Tall tales: the 20 best giants in film – ranked! | Film | The Guardian Skip to main content Skip to navigation Close dialogue 1 / 8 Next image Previous image Toggle caption Print subscriptions Search jobs Sign in Eur Europe edition UK edition US edition Australia edition International edition The Guardian - Back to home The Guardian News Opinion Sport Culture Lifestyle Show more Hide expanded menu News View all News World news UK news Climate crisis Ukraine Environment Science Global development Football Tech Business Obituaries Opinion View all Opinion The Guardian view Columnists Cartoons Opinion videos Letters Sport View all Sport Football Cricket Rugby union Tennis Cycling F1 Golf US sports Culture View all Culture Books Music TV & radio Art & design Film Games Classical Stage Lifestyle View all Lifestyle Fashion Food Recipes Love & sex Health & fitness Home & garden Women Men Family Travel Money Search input google-search Search Support us Print subscriptions Search jobs Holidays Digital Archive Guardian Licensing Live events About Us The Guardian app Video Podcasts Pictures Newsletters Today's paper Inside the Guardian Guardian Weekly Crosswords Wordiply Corrections Tips Search input google-search Search Search jobs Holidays Digital Archive Guardian Licensing Live events About Us Books Music TV & radio Art & design Film Games Classical Stage Colossus of roads … Jötunn in Troll Hunter (2010). Photograph: Film Fund Fuzz/Filmkameratene/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen Colossus of roads … Jötunn in Troll Hunter (2010). Photograph: Film Fund Fuzz/Filmkameratene/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock Ranked Film Tall tales: the 20 best giants in film – ranked! On the 300th anniversary of Gulliver’s Travels, we celebrate the biggest film stars of them all – from a stone colossus to a metal-munching alien and a 50ft woman on the rampage Anne Billson Thu 3 Sep 2026 14.00 CEST Last modified on Fri 4 Sep 2026 01.05 CEST Share Prefer the Guardian on Google 20. The BFG (201