The Godzilla Movies
All the Godzilla movies, TV shows, documentaries, and video games in date order, their translations from Japanese, what they are also known as, what series they're from, the monsters in the movies, and, if not there, their names in Japanese.
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- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsTakashi ShimuraAkihiko HirataAkira TakaradaAmerican nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable dinosaur-like beast.The original classic.
Series: Showa
Japanese: Gojira
Monsters: Godzilla - DirectorMotoyoshi OdaIshirô HondaStarsHiroshi KoizumiSetsuko WakayamaMinoru ChiakiScout pilots for a fishing fleet are startled to discover a new monster named Anguirus alongside a second Godzilla. The monsters make their way toward Osaka as Japan can only brace for tragedy and relive the horror of Godzilla once more.English: Godzilla Raids Again
Also known as: Gigantis, The Fire Monster
Series: Showa
Monsters: Godzilla & Anguirus - DirectorIshirô HondaTerry O. MorseStarsRaymond BurrTakashi ShimuraMomoko KôchiA 400-foot (122-meter) dinosaur-like beast, awoken from undersea hibernation off the Japanese coast by atomic-bomb testing, attacks Tokyo.Godzilla hit the screens in America, with a few new scenes made by the Americans.
Series: Showa
Monsters: Godzilla - DirectorIshirô HondaTom MontgomeryStarsTadao TakashimaKenji SaharaYû FujikiA UN reporter broadcasts a report on the appearance of a prehistoric monster that emerges from hibernation while a pharmaceutical company seeks publicity with a monster of their own. (US Version)Series: Showa
Japanese: Kingu Kongu Tai Gojira
Monsters: Godzilla & King Kong - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsAkira TakaradaYuriko HoshiHiroshi KoizumiMothra's egg washes ashore and is claimed by greedy entrepreneurs who refuse to return it to her fairies. As Godzilla arises near Nagoya, the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.Also known as: Godzilla vs. The Thing!
Series: Showa
Japanese: Gojira tai Mosura
Monsters: Godzilla, Mothra, & Mothra's larvae - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsYôsuke NatsukiYuriko HoshiHiroshi KoizumiA detective is assigned to protect a princess who prophecies the Earth's end with the arrival of a powerful space monster. Mothra and her fairies must persuade Godzilla and Rodan to set aside their differences or face the invader alone.Also known as: Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster.
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Three Giant Monsters: Earth's Greatest Battle
Series: Showa
Japanese: San Daikaijū: Chikyū Saidai no Kessen
Monsters: Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, & King Ghidorah - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsNick AdamsAkira TakaradaJun TazakiAstronauts investigate Planet X and encounter the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". As one astronaut forms a romance with a mysterious woman, he uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.Also known as: Godzilla vs. Monster Zero
Series: Showa
Japanese: Kaiju Daisenso
Monsters: Godzilla, Rodan, & King Ghidorah - DirectorJun FukudaStarsAkira TakaradaKumi MizunoChôtarô TôginA young man searching for his brother steals a boat that shipwrecks on Letchi island, where terrorists have enslaved the Infant Island natives. Discovering Godzilla asleep, he and some others decide to awaken him to liberate the natives.Also known as: Godzilla vs. the Seamonster
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Godzilla-Ebira-Mothra: Big Duel In The South Seas
Series: Showa
Japanese: Gojira-Ebirah-Mosura: Nankai no Daikettō
Monsters: Godzilla, Ebirah, & Mothra - DirectorJun FukudaStarsTadao TakashimaAkira KuboBibari MaedaA reporter stumbles upon weather experiments on a tropical island, discovering giant mantids, a cast away woman, and an infant monster that Godzilla must adopt and learn to raise as one of his own.English: Son Of Godzilla
Series: Showa
Monsters: Godzilla, Minilla, Spiga, & giant grasshoppers - DirectorIshirô HondaJun FukudaStarsAkira KuboJun TazakiYukiko KobayashiAt the end of the 20th century, all of Earth's monsters have been safely rounded up and sent to Monsterland for scientific study. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleashes the monsters on the world.English: Destroy All Monsters!
Also known as: Operation Monsterland
Series: Showa
Monsters: Godzilla, Rodan, Anguirus, Gorasaurus, Mothra, Minilla, Manda, Kumonga, Baragon, & King Ghidorah - DirectorIshirô HondaJun FukudaKengo FurusawaStarsKenji SaharaMachiko NakaTomonori YazakiA latchkey child living in the industrial city of Kawasaki confronts his loneliness through his escapist dreams of Monster Island and friendship with Minilla.English: Godzilla-Minilla-Gabara: All Monsters Attack
Also known as: Godzilla's Revenge
Series: Showa
Monsters: Godzilla, Minilla, Gabara, Kamacuras, & Maneater - DirectorYoshimitsu BannoIshirô HondaStarsAkira YamanouchiToshie KimuraHiroyuki KawaseAn ever-evolving alien life form from the Dark Gaseous Nebula arrives to consume rampant pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and corrosive sludge, neither humanity or Godzilla may be able to defeat this toxic menace.Also known as: Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster
Series: Showa
Japanese: Gojira Tai Hedorah
Monsters: Godzilla & Hedorah - DirectorJun FukudaYoshimitsu BannoIshirô HondaStarsHiroshi IshikawaYuriko HishimiMinoru TakashimaA manga artist becomes suspicious of his employers when a garbled message is discovered on tape. As he forms a team to investigate, Godzilla and Anguirus set out to help defeat the invaders.English: Godzilla vs. Gigan
Also known as: War Of The Monsters
Series: Showa
Monsters: Godzilla, Gigan, Anguirus, & King Ghidorah - CreatorTomoyuki TanakaStarsKazuya AoyamaKazumi KitaharaTakashi SatoThe last remaining survivors of the now long gone planet, Peaceland, the Zone family soon found refuge on the planet Earth, where they took on the identity of the Sakimori family and began a peaceful new life. However, fate seemed to have other plans in store for them. The evil alien race that had destroyed Peaceland, known as the Garoga have now turned their eyes toward Earth as the next target in their never ending quest to conquer the universe. Shortly after discovering this, several members of the Zone family are kidnapped. Luckily, the Garoga did not expect the three children, Hikaru, Hotaru, and Akira to transform into Zone Fighter, Zone Angel, and Zone Junior respectively, who fight off the Garoga.English: Zone Fighter
Taking place in between Godzilla vs. Gigan and Godzilla vs. Megalon, this show was not about Godzilla, but he was featured in a few episodes as a close friend of Zone Fighter.
Series: Showa (Even though it is a TV series, Toho said it could be part of the Showa collection due to it be being in between 'Gigan' & 'Megalon'. - DirectorJun FukudaYoshimitsu BannoIshirô HondaStarsKatsuhiko SasakiHiroyuki KawaseYutaka HayashiAn inventor creates a humanoid robot named Jet Jaguar that is seized by the undersea nation of Seatopia. Using Jet Jaguar as a guide, the Seatopians send Megalon as vengeance for the nuclear tests that have devastated their society.English: Godzilla vs. Megalon
Series: Showa
Monsters: Godzilla, Megalon, Jet Jaguar, Gigan, & Anguirus. - DirectorJun FukudaStarsMasaaki DaimonKazuya AoyamaReiko TajimaAn Okinawan prophecy appears to foretell Earth's destruction at the hands of Godzilla, only for the true Godzilla to reveal his doppelganger as a mechanical alien weapon.English: Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla
Also known as: Godzilla vs. The Cosmic Monster
Series: Showa
Monsters: Godzilla, MechaGodzilla, Anguirus, & King Ceasar - DirectorIshirô HondaJun FukudaStarsKatsuhiko SasakiTomoko AiAkihiko HirataAttempts to salvage Mechagodzilla are thwarted, causing an INTERPOL investigation that uncovers the work of a shunned biologist and his daughter, whose lives become entwined with the resurrected machine.English: Terror Of MechaGodzilla
Series: Showa
Monsters: Godzilla, MechaGodzilla, & Titanosaurus - DirectorLuigi CozziIshirô HondaTerry O. MorseStarsRaymond BurrMikel ConradPaul FreesIn 1977, the film was purchased and colorized by Luigi Cozzi in a terrible way of an old negative print. When American reporter Steve Martin investigates a series of mysterious disasters off the coast of Japan, he comes face to face with an ancient creature so powerful and so terrifying, it can reduce Tokyo to a smoldering graveyard. Nuclear weapon testing resurrected this relic from the Jurassic age, and now it's rampaging across Japan. At night, Godzilla wades through Tokyo leaving death and destruction in his wake, disappearing into Tokyo Bay when his rage subsides. Conventional weapons are useless against him; but renowned scientist Dr. Serizawa has discovered a weapon that could destroy all life in the bay - including Godzilla. But which disaster is worse, Godzilla's fury, of the death of Tokyo Bay?An Italian version of the 1954 classic.
- CreatorDuane PooleDick RobbinsStarsTed CassidyJeff DavidDon MessickThe crew of the research vessel, The Calico, investigate strange phenomena and often meet menaces that force them to summon Godzilla to help.OK, I'll admit it: I've never actually seen this show.
- DirectorKoji HashimotoR.J. KizerIshirô HondaStarsRaymond BurrKeiju KobayashiKen TanakaThirty years after the original monster's rampage, a new Godzilla emerges and attacks Japan.Also known as:
Godzilla 1985
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Godzilla Returns
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Godzilla
Series: Heisei
Japanese: Gojira
Monsters: Godzilla - DirectorKazuki ÔmoriKoji HashimotoKenjirô OhmoriStarsKunihiko MitamuraYoshiko TanakaMasanobu TakashimaDesolate by the loss of his daughter, a geneticist creates a monstrous new mutation.English: Godzilla vs. Biollante
Series: Heisei
Monsters: Godzilla & Biollante - Playable Monsters: Godzilla, Baragon, Rodan, Hedorah, King Ghidorah, & Mothra
- DirectorKazuki ÔmoriKoji HashimotoStarsKôsuke ToyoharaAnna NakagawaMegumi OdakaTime travelers use Godzilla in their scheme to destroy Japan to prevent the country's future economic reign.English: Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Series: Heisei
Monsters: Godzilla, King Ghidorah, Mecha-King Ghidorah, Godzillasaurus, & Dorat - DirectorTakao OkawaraStarsTetsuya BesshoSatomi KobayashiTakehiro MurataJapan is caught in the middle of a three way battle between Godzilla, the divine Mothra, and her dark counterpart Battra.English: Godzilla vs. Mothra
Also known as: Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle For Earth
Series: Heisei
Monsters: Godzilla, Mothra & Battra - DirectorTakao OkawaraKazuki ÔmoriStarsMasahiro TakashimaRyoko SanoMegumi OdakaThe United Nations assembles the ultimate weapon to defeat Godzilla, while scientists discover a fresh pteranodon egg on a remote Japanese island.English: Godzilla VS MechaGodzilla
Also Known As: Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla 2
Series: Heisei
Monsters: Godzilla, MechaGodzilla, Rodan, Baby Godzilla, & Mecha-King Ghidorah - DirectorKenshô YamashitaTakao OkawaraKazuki ÔmoriStarsJun HashizumeMegumi OdakaZenkichi YoneyamaGodzilla is threatened by two new forces: Mogera - another UN built machine; and Space Godzilla - a beast spawned from Godzilla's particles in space.English: Godzilla VS SpaceGodzilla
Series: Heisei
Monsters: Godzilla, SpaceGodzilla, M.O.G.U.E.R.A., Little Godzilla, Mothra, & Fairy Mothra. - DirectorTakao OkawaraIshirô HondaKoji HashimotoStarsTakurô TatsumiYôko IshinoYasufumi HayashiThe aftermath of the Oxygen Destroyer brings forth Destoroyah, a beast intent on killing Godzilla, who is on the verge of a nuclear meltdown.English: Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Series: Heisei
Monsters: Godzilla, Destoroyah, & Godzilla Junior - StarsJirô DanKaori AizawaMaimi OkuwaGodzilla and friends have been rounded up on monster island. They protect the island from evil monsters such as King Ghidorah and mechagodzillaJapanese: Gojira Airando
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsMatthew BroderickJean RenoMaria PitilloFrench nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that heads off to New York City. The American military must chase the monster across the city to stop it before it reproduces.They must've been really desperate for some movie that'd make 'em rich, yet not really please us.
Monsters: Godzilla & little Godzillas - StarsAlex CoxDean DevlinRoland EmmerichA documentary on how they made the original Godzilla.
- CreatorJeff KlineRichard RaynisStarsIan ZieringMalcolm DanareRino RomanoIn this direct sequel to the 1998 Godzilla movie, Dr. Nico Tatopoulos leads a team, known as H.E.A.T, to battle giant monsters with the help of Godzilla's only living offspring.The children's TV series of the 1998 Roland Emmerich disaster.
- DirectorTakao OkawaraStarsTakehiro MurataHiroshi AbeNaomi NishidaAn independent group of researchers actively track Godzilla as a giant meteor is discovered. The mysterious rock begins to levitate as its true intentions for the world and Godzilla are revealed.Also known as: Godzilla 2000: Millenium
Series: Millenium
Japanese: Gojira Nisen: Mireniamu
Monsters: Godzilla, Orga, & Millennians - DirectorMasaaki TezukaIshirô HondaStarsMisato TanakaShôsuke TaniharaMasatô IbuJapan creates an artificial black hole device to trap Godzilla forever, but a test of the device creates new foes for Godzilla, car-sized dragonflies called meganula and their queen, Megaguirus.English: Godzilla vs. MegaGuirus
Series: Millenium
Monsters: Godzilla, MegaGuirus, Meganulon, & Meganula - DirectorShûsuke KanekoStarsChiharu NiiyamaRyûdô UzakiMasahiro KobayashiA reporter, notorious for working on pseudo-documentaries, must uncover the legend of the three guardian monsters who must rise to defend Japan from the vengeful spirits within Godzilla.Series: Millenium
Japanese: Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidora: Daikaijū Sōkōgeki
Monsters: Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah, & Baragon - DirectorMasaaki TezukaKazuki ÔmoriStarsYumiko ShakuShin TakumaKana OnoderaA new Godzilla causes the JSDF to construct a cyborg countermeasure from the original monster's remains. The beast's restless soul is discovered to inhabit the machine as the pilot must learn to find value in her own life.English: Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla
Series: Millenium
Monsters: Godzilla, MechaGodzilla, & Mothra - The Vortaak - alien invaders from a distant galaxy who possess an intellect and technology far superior than our own have come to seize control of planet Earth and plunder its resources for their own purposes. All earth inhabitants will be enlisted to do the Vortaak's bidding. All Earth Citizens are instructed to proceed to the nearest outpost for processing. Resistance is futile. To encourage cooperation the Vortaak have seized control of Monster Island and have unleashed all monsters under mind control rays. One monster managed to escape capture and has set out to stop the Vortaak before they can complete their diabolical plan!English: Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee
Playable Monsters: Godzilla (From the 90's), Godzilla 2000, Anguirus, Destoroyah, Gigan, King Ghidorah, MechaGodzilla, Mecha-King Ghidorah, Megalon, Rodan, & Orga - DirectorMasaaki TezukaKoji HashimotoTakao OkawaraStarsNoboru KanekoMiho YoshiokaMickey KogaMothra and her fairies return to Japan to warn mankind that they must return Kiryu to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. However Godzilla has survived to menace Japan leaving Kiryu as the nation's only defense.Also known as: Godzilla-Mothra-MechaGodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Series: Millenium
Japanese: Gojira-Mosura-Mekagojira: Tokyo S.O.S.
Monsters: Godzilla, Mothra, MechaGodzilla, Kiryu, & Kamoebas - DirectorRyûhei KitamuraKoji HashimotoShûsuke KanekoStarsMasahiro MatsuokaRei KikukawaDon FryeGodzilla's fiftieth Anniversary project, in which Godzilla travels around the world to fight his old foes and his allies plus a new, mysterious monster named Monster X.Series: Millenium
Japanese: Gojira: Fainaru Wōzu
Monsters: Godzilla, Rodan, Anguirus, Zilla, King Ceasar, Kamacuras, Kumonga, Manda, Ebirah, Gigan, Mothra, Minilla, Hedorah, Monster X, & Keizer Ghidorah - DirectorAntoine CharreyronStarsAnne Le ChartierFrédéric KontogomA race of aliens called the Vortak have come to Earth seeking Godzilla's skin cells. It's now up to Godzilla, Rodan, Baragon, Mothra, and many other kaiju to defend the planet from this menace.Playable Monsters: Godzilla (From the 90's), Godzilla 2000, Anguirus, Baragon, Destoroyah, Gigan, King Ghidorah, Mecha-King Ghidorah, Jet Jaguar, MechaGodzilla, Megaguirus, Megalon, M.O.G.U.E.R.A, Mothra, Organ, Rodan, & SpaceGodzilla
- StarsDennis BatemanEllen McLainFrank WelkerGodzilla: Unleashed is set during a series of unnatural disasters across Earth due to unexplained appearances of large crystals, where the Vortaak alien race are invading once again.Playable Monsters: Godzilla, Anguirus, Rodan, Mothra, Baragon, King Ceasar, Varan, M.O.G.U.E.R.A, MechaGodzilla, Jet Jaguar, Mecha-King Ghidorah, Gigan, Megalon, Orga, Battra, Biollante, Destoroyah, Krystalak, Megaguirus, Obsidious, SpaceGodzilla, & Titanosaurus
- DirectorGareth EdwardsStarsAaron Taylor-JohnsonElizabeth OlsenBryan CranstonThe world is beset by the appearance of monstrous creatures, but one of them may be the only one who can save humanity.Series: Legendary
Monsters: Godzilla & MUTOs - DirectorHideaki AnnoShinji HiguchiStarsHiroki HasegawaYutaka TakenouchiSatomi IshiharaJapan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.Can't wait!
- DirectorMichael DoughertyStarsKyle ChandlerVera FarmigaMillie Bobby BrownThe crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah.Series: Legendary
Monsters: Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, & King Ghidorah - DirectorAdam WingardStarsAlexander SkarsgårdMillie Bobby BrownRebecca HallThe epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against each other--the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong--with humanity caught in the balance.Warner Bros. is pitting Godzilla against Kong for the second time in 2020. There is so much potential for this movie, and I can't wait.