Destroy All Monsters (1968)

IMDb plot summary: Female aliens take control of Earth's monsters and begin using them to destroy the human race.
Directed by Ishirô Honda. Starring Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yukiko Kobayashi, and Yoshio Tsuchiya.

This one takes a little while to get going, but when it does, it's so much fun. It was interesting to realize how satisfying I found the destruction scenes, despite the extremely dated and low-budget effects. But while it's less immersive than a modern day action movie with things exploding all over the place, it's also much easier to follow visually. "Yup, that building's getting crushed." It's a different kind of fun, like the satisfaction you get from just knocking over Lego buildings. It's not realistic by any stretch of the imagination but I maybe prefer this to the chaotic sort of "explosions and debris everywhere" style.

How it entered my Flickchart:
Destroy All Monsters > The Recruit
Destroy All Monsters < The Lady Vanishes
Destroy All Monsters > Serenity
Destroy All Monsters > Dan in Real Life
Destroy All Monsters > The Boys of Paul Street
Destroy All Monsters < Thor: Ragnarok
Destroy All Monsters < Peggy Sue Got Married
Destroy All Monsters < Andhadhun
Destroy All Monsters < The Sessions
Destroy All Monsters > 49 Up
Destroy All Monsters > Upside Down
Destroy All Monsters < Waking Ned Devine
Final spot: #838 out of 2997.