After the original 1954 cinematic masterpiece, Godzilla has appeared in more than 30 films spanning seven decades and several eras.
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CLASSICS
1954
Godzilla
1954
Godzilla rises from the Pacific to attack Tokyo in the definitive cinematic allegory for humankind’s disregard for nature and itself.
Directed By
Ishiro Honda
Music By
Akira Ifukube
Story By
Takeo Murata & Ishiro Honda
1955
Godzilla Raids Again
1955
The spiny, ferocious kaiju Anguirus wreaks havoc on Osaka before facing Godzilla in this 1955 sequel.
Directed By
Motoyoshi Oda
Music By
Masaru Sato
Story By
Takeo Murata & Shigeaki Hidaka
1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962
It’s a kaiju battle for the ages as the infamous King Kong is brought to Japan for a brutal brawl with Godzilla.
Directed By
Ishiro Honda
Music By
Akira Ifukube
Story By
Shinichi Sekizawa
1964
Mothra vs. Godzilla
1964
The mighty Mothra is summoned to stop a returning Godzilla’s rampage in the duo’s debut cinematic clash.
Directed By
Ishiro Honda
Music By
Akira Ifukube
Story By
Shinichi Sekizawa
1964
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964
Godzilla, Rodan, and Mothra join forces to save Earth from the three-headed alien invader kaiju, King Ghidorah.
Directed By
Ishiro Honda
Music By
Akira Ifukube
Story By
Shinichi Sekizawa
1965
Invasion of Astro-Monster
1965
While exploring Planet X, two astronauts witness attacks by the dreaded Monster Zero, launching an intergalactic battle between kaiju and humankind.
Directed By
Ishiro Honda
Music By
Akira Ifukube
Story By
Shinichi Sekizawa
1966
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
1966
The citizens of Letchi Island call on Godzilla and Mothra to save them from the Red Bamboo terrorist group and the crustacean kaiju, Ebirah.
Directed By
Jun Fukuda
Music By
Masaru Sato
Story By
Shinichi Sekizawa
1967
Son of Godzilla
1967
When secret weather-control experiments create a radioactive storm, Godzilla must rescue loveable kaiju hatchling Minilla from giant bugs.
Directed By
Jun Fukuda
Music By
Masaru Sato
Story By
Shinichi Sekizawa & Kazue Kiba
1968
Destroy All Monsters
1968
Earth's kaiju are confined to Monster Island until alien forces cause them to break free and rampage across world capitals.
Directed By
Ishiro Honda
Music By
Akira Ifukube
Story By
Takeshi Kimura & Ishiro Honda
1969
All Monsters Attack
1969
A boy named Ichiro befriends Godzilla’s adopted son Minilla as they learn how to confront their respective bullies.
Directed By
Ishiro Honda
Music By
Kunio Miyauchi
Story By
Shinichi Sekizawa
1971
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
1971
Godzilla takes on smog monster Hedorah, a kaiju perpetuating the perils of humankind’s pollution.
Directed By
Yoshimitsu Banno
Music By
Riichiro Manabe
Story By
Takeshi Kimura & Yoshimitsu Banno
1972
Godzilla vs. Gigan
1972
Godzilla and Anguirus defend Earth from a space kaiju summoned by evil aliens disguised as theme park employees.
Directed By
Jun Fukuda
Music By
Akira Ifukube
Story By
Shinichi Sekizawa
1973
Godzilla vs. Megalon
1973
Jet Jaguar teams up with Godzilla in a battle to defend humankind from subterranean monster Megalon, and the returning space kaiju, Gigan.
Directed By
Jun Fukuda
Music By
Riichiro Manabe
Story By
Shinichi Sekizawa
1974
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
1974
When Earth-hungry aliens unleash the robotic Mechagodzilla on humankind, only King Caesar, and Godzilla can stop it.
Directed By
Jun Fukuda
Music By
Akira Ifukube
Story By
Jun Fukuda
1975
Terror of Mechagodzilla
1975
Godzilla must once again face its alien-built metallic adversary Mechagodzilla, along with mad scientist-controlled kaiju, Titanosaurus.
Directed By
Ishiro Honda
Music By
Akira Ifukube
Story By
Yukiko Takayama
1984
The Return of Godzilla
1984
A new Godzilla’s Tokyo rampage triggers world panic and the threat of nuclear war in a story evocative of the original 1954 Godzilla.
Directed By
Koji Hashimoto
Music By
Reijiro Koroku
Story By
Tomoyuki Tanaka
1989
Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989
Misguided genetic engineering and human greed wreaks havoc as Godzilla is forced to defend Earth from plant-hybrid kaiju Biollante.
Directed By
Kazuki Omori
Music By
Koichi Sugiyama
Story By
Shinichirō Kobayashi
1991
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
Godzilla confronts archnemesis King Ghidorah in a cataclysmic, time-transcending battle for the fate of Earth's future.
Directed By
Kazuki Omori
Music By
Akira Ifukube
Story By
Kazuki Omori
1992
Godzilla vs. Mothra
1992
The majestic Mothra returns to confront fellow moth Battra, along with Godzilla in this complex multi-kaiju melee.
Directed By
Takao Okawara
Music By
Akira Ifukube
Story By
Kazuki Omori
1993
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
1993
Godzilla squares off against an all-new incarnation of Mechagodzilla, the pinnacle of human engineering built to defeat the King of the Monsters.
Directed By
Takao Okawara
Music By
Akira Ifukube
Story By
Wataru Mimura
1994
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
1994
Godzilla, Little Godzilla, and humankind’s mecha M.O.G.U.E.R.A battle space-born psychic monstrosity SpaceGodzilla to save Earth.
Directed By
Kensho Yamashita
Music By
Takayuki Hattori
Story By
Hiroshi Kashiwabara
1995
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
1995
A war-weathered Godzilla and Godzilla Junior face a foe born of the aftermath of 1954’s Godzilla in an apocalyptic battle with the evil kaiju Destoroyah.
Directed By
Takao Okawara
Music By
Akira Ifukube
Story By
Kazuki Omori
1999
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
1999
A new era begins as alien creature Orga attempts to harvest Godzilla’s DNA in a hyper-adaptive kaiju clash.
Directed By
Takao Okawara
Music By
Takayuki Hattori
Story By
Hiroshi Kashiwabara & Wataru Mimura
2000
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
2000
When a black hole weapon releases prehistoric insects in modern Japan, humankind relies on Godzilla’s might to protect them from Megaguirus.
Directed By
Masaaki Tezuka
Music By
Michiru Oshima
Story By
Hiroshi Kashiwabara & Wataru Mimura
2001
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
2001
Godzilla battles Mothra, King Ghidorah, and Baragon as the Guardian Monsters fight to protect Japan from total annihilation.
Directed By
Shusuke Kaneko
Music By
Kow Otani
Story By
Keiichi Hasegawa, Masahiro Yokotani, & Shusuke Kamiya
2002
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
2002
Humankind confronts the King of the Monsters with a biomechanical Mechagodzilla known as Kiryu, built on the bones of the original 1954 Godzilla.
Directed By
Masaaki Tezuka
Music By
Michiru Oshima
Story By
Wataru Mimura
2003
Godzilla: Tokyo SOS
2003
Mechagodzilla (aka Kiryu) and Mothra team up to protect Japan from Godzilla's latest rampage, but a sacrifice must be made in order to restore peace.
Directed By
Masaaki Tezuka
Music By
Michiru Oshima
Story By
Masahiro Yokotani & Masaki Tezuka
2004
Godzilla Final Wars
2004
It’s the ultimate kaiju extravaganza as Godzilla battles a series of fan-favorite monsters before a decisive confrontation with a merciless new foe.
Directed By
Ryuhei Kitamura
Music By
Keith Emerson, Nobuhiko Morino & Daisuke Yano
Story By
Wataru Mimura & Isao Kiriyama
2016
2023
Godzilla Minus One
2023
In postwar Japan, a new terror rises; Godzilla. Will the devastated people be able to survive... let alone fight back?
Directed By
Takashi Yamazaki
Music By
Naoki Sato
Story By
Takashi Yamazaki
HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD
1998
Godzilla
1998
The American military pursues Godzilla and its offspring on, above, and below the streets of New York City.
Directed By
Roland Emmerich
Music By
David Arnold
Story By
Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich
2014
Godzilla
2014
An American soldier and his father are pulled into an escalating crisis as Godzilla emerges from the sea to combat new monsters that threaten humanity.
Directed By
Gareth Edwards
Music By
Alexandre Desplat
Story By
David Callaham
2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
The crypto-zoological agency Monarch fights to survive a battery of monsters as Godzilla battles Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah.
Directed By
Michael Dougherty
Music By
Bear McCreary
Story By
Max Borenstein, Michael Dougherty, & Zach Shields
2021
Godzilla vs. Kong
2021
Kong collides with an enraged Godzilla on a perilous journey to find his true home.
Directed By
Adam Wingard
Music By
Junkie XL
Story By
Eric Pearson & Max Borenstein
2024
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
2024
Godzilla and Kong unite against a new threat, now in theaters.
Directed By
Adam Wingard
Music By
Tom Holkenborg and Antonio Di Iorio
Story By
Terry Rossio, Simon Barrett & Jeremy Slater
ANIME ANIME
2017
GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters
2017
20,000 years after humanity flees Earth to escape Godzilla-imposed extinction, a group of space-faring human refugees attempt to take back their home planet.
Directed By
Kobun Shizuno & Hiroyuki Seshita
Music By
Takayuki Hattori
Story By
Gen Urobuchi
2018
GODZILLA: A City on the Edge of Battle
2018
With the help of a new Mechagodzilla, a group of human refugees continue their fight to reclaim Earth from Godzilla in this sequel to Planet of the Monsters.
Directed By
Kobun Shizuno & Hiroyuki Seshita
Music By
Takayuki Hattori
Story By
Gen Urobuchi
2018
GODZILLA: The Planet Eater
2018
Struggling human refugees confront Godzilla and an all-new incarnation of King Ghidorah in the final installment of the anime trilogy.
Directed By
Kobun Shizuno & Hiroyuki Seshita
Music By
Takayuki Hattori
Story By
Gen Urobuchi