The Entire Godzilla Franchise
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- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsTakashi ShimuraAkihiko HirataAkira TakaradaAfter a dinosaur-like beast - awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing - ravages Tokyo, a scientist must decide if his similarly dangerous weapon should be used to destroy it.One of the greatest films ever made. Essentially unbeaten for a reason.
- 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.Yes, I just did that. Sue me, I love this show to death.
- DirectorKazuki ÔmoriKoji HashimotoKenjirô OhmoriStarsKunihiko MitamuraYoshiko TanakaMasanobu TakashimaDesolate by the loss of his daughter, a geneticist creates a monstrous new mutation.In this episode of Heisei Godzilla, Toho refuses to release this specific film and only this one internationally so good luck seeing why it's so good.
- 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.Essentially interchangeable with SOS.
- 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.Essentially interchangeable with GXMG.
- 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.This movie is so dumb, I love it.
- DirectorYoshimitsu BannoIshirô HondaStarsAkira YamanouchiToshie KimuraHiroyuki KawaseA toxic, ever-evolving alien life-form from the Dark Gaseous Nebula arrives to consume rampant pollution, threatening to destroy all life in its wake unless Godzilla is able to stop it.I wish that I could make a movie as *weird* as this.
- DirectorHideaki AnnoShinji HiguchiStarsHiroki HasegawaYutaka TakenouchiSatomi IshiharaJapan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.How to do a re-imagining correctly.
TALKING TO YOU, ANIME. - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsNick AdamsAkira TakaradaJun TazakiAstronauts encounter the Xiliens, who ask Earth to help save their planet from "Monster Zero", but when one astronaut romances a mysterious woman, he uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.It's just a better version of GTTHM, much like the below.
- DirectorIshirô HondaJun FukudaStarsKatsuhiko SasakiTomoko AiAkihiko HirataAn Interpol investigation uncovers a shunned biologist and his daughter, who are involved in an alien plot to use Mechagodzilla and Titanosaurus to defeat Godzilla and wipe out humanity.It's just a better version of GVMG, much like the above.
- 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.Goji arrives in Boston and the audience goes wild!
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsAkira TakaradaYuriko HoshiHiroshi KoizumiWhen greedy entrepreneurs refuse to return Mothra's egg to Infant Island, its people must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help when Godzilla arises near Nagoya.Adult Mothra on her way to die in almost every appearance she has:
- DirectorKoji HashimotoStarsKeiju KobayashiKen TanakaYasuko SawaguchiThe Japanese government suppresses news of Godzilla's return as political tensions increase between the US and USSR, both of whom are willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.In this episode of Heisei Godzilla, the surviving little brother of the original gets mad and decides to wreck some stuff.
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsYôsuke NatsukiYuriko HoshiHiroshi KoizumiA detective protects a princess who prophecies the Earth's destruction by a powerful alien monster, which Mothra and her fairies try to persuade Godzilla and Rodan to help her fight....but it still is pretty banger, gonna be real.
- 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.Toho, so upset by 98, proceed to immediately go back on the fact they killed Godzilla four years prior.
- 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....and so is this one, honestly.
Poor Anguirus, though, jesus. - 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.In this episode of Heisei Godzilla, Serizawa's fears are finally realized. Also, you are crying. I see you doing it.
- 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.Okay, I'm gonna drop the jokey descriptions for this one.
Yeah, it's poorly-written with uninteresting characters that aren't very smart, the plot is nonsensical and takes nosedive turns depending on whatever the writer was on that particular day, and its theme and tone pays absolutely zero homage to the original to the point it could be seen as outright disrespectful. But I just described like, half of the franchise. Are we seriously going to pretend that Son of Godzilla is more true to the original than 98? I don't think this one should be singled out just because it's not from Toho. It's not good, not by any stretch, but it's not heinously bad like this fandom would have you believe. All I'm saying is, give this one a shot before judging it too harshly, alright? It's got lovely "so bad it's good" charm to it. - DirectorIshirô HondaNorman TokarStarsTadao TakashimaYû FujikiKenji SaharaThe advertising director of a pharmaceutical company seeks to boost the ratings of their sponsored TV program by capturing the giant ape King Kong, who battles a re-emerged Godzilla."Sure, I'll make the crossover for you, but I'm doing it my way." ~ Ishiro Honda, presumably
- DirectorJun FukudaYoshimitsu BannoIshirô HondaStarsHiroshi IshikawaYuriko HishimiMinoru TakashimaAfter a manga artist and his friends uncover a plot by his employers at an amusement park to lure aliens Ghidorah and Gigan to Earth, Godzilla and Anguirus set out to defeat them.The little "okay!" from Anguirus is worth the price of admission alone.
- 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.Suffers from AVP:R syndrome of "too dark for me to see anything" but at least it has SOME scenes in the light.
Also golden chainsaw of all time - 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.In this episode of Heisei Godzilla, "Please remember what Mothra did for you and the planet" becomes one of my favourite lines ever.
- DirectorJun FukudaStarsTadao TakashimaAkira KuboBibari MaedaA reporter stumbles upon weather experiments on a tropical island, discovering giant mantises, a castaway woman, and an infant monster that Godzilla must learn to raise as his son.A father-son comedy routine was not what I expected to come out of the original film.
- DirectorKazuki ÔmoriKoji HashimotoStarsKôsuke ToyoharaAnna NakagawaMegumi OdakaTime travelers use Godzilla in their scheme to destroy Japan to prevent the country's future economic reign.In this episode of Heisei Godzilla, eco-activists from the future try to retroactively kill Godzilla. Also Ghidorah shows up, or something like that.
- 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.In this episode of Godzilla, his twin brother from space, creatively named SpaceGodzilla, kidnaps the unreasonably adorable Junior.
- DirectorJun FukudaYoshimitsu BannoIshirô HondaStarsKatsuhiko SasakiHiroyuki KawaseYutaka HayashiMegalon, the monster god of the vengeful undersea nation Seatopia, is aided by Gigan in attacking the surface world, until android Jet Jaguar teams up with Godzilla to fight them.The dropkick scene alone gives this movie like, thirty extra points.
Also Gigan and Megalon have like... such a vibe going on. I love them. - DirectorJun FukudaStarsAkira TakaradaKumi MizunoChôtarô TôginA young man searching for his brother is shipwrecked on Letchi Island, where he encounters Godzilla, a monstrous lobster, and terrorists who have enslaved the natives of Infant Island.Godzilla battles a crustacean that's not the one everyone knows and loves, so nobody cares for this movie. Also, the Japanese title is leagues better.
- DirectorIshirô HondaTerry O. MorseStarsRaymond BurrTakashi ShimuraMomoko KôchiAn American reporter visiting Tokyo becomes a witness to the city's destruction by a dinosaur-like beast awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing.Raymond Burr tries to salvage what happens when you remove all of the dark tones and beautiful tragedy of the original film and somewhat succeeds.
- 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.The fact this didn't get nominated for best visual effects is a crime, because despite its flaws it looks REALLY good.
- 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.In this episode of Heisei Godzilla, Rodan shows up momentarily on loan from the Showa Gamera department. Also, Godzilla adopts a child.
- 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.Toho remembers that Rodan (1956) was a movie that they made, and decide to bring back one of the minor monsters from that film instead of Varan.
- DirectorMotoyoshi OdaIshirô HondaStarsHiroshi KoizumiSetsuko WakayamaMinoru ChiakiScout pilots for a fishing company are startled to discover a second Godzilla, whose battle with rival monster Anguirus threatens to destroy Osaka.Studio makes sequel near-immediately after an unexpected success without any of the impact of the original. In other news, water is wet.
- DirectorIshirô HondaJun FukudaStarsAkira KuboJun TazakiYukiko KobayashiIn 1999, a race of aliens, the Kilaaks, brainwash the Earth's monsters into attacking major cities, prompting a team of astronauts to stop them as the monsters face the return of Ghidorah.Final Wars, except Captain Gordon nor Twink Gigan are in the movie.
- 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.Kid on loan from the Gamera franchise has fever dreams involving a talking Minilla and tons of stock footage.
- 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.war crime apologetics movie
- DirectorHiroyuki SeshitaKôbun ShizunoStarsMamoru MiyanoTakahiro SakuraiKana HanazawaA desperate group of refugees attempts to recolonize Earth 20,000 years after Godzilla took over, but one young man wants revenge above all else.The anime trilogy creates its cavalcade of "stellar ideas, abysmal execution" with the obnoxious lead of Attack on Titan on loan.
- DirectorHiroyuki SeshitaKôbun ShizunoStarsMamoru MiyanoTakahiro SakuraiKana HanazawaHumanity's desperate battle to reclaim the Earth from Godzilla continues. The key to defeating the King of the Monsters may be Mechagodzilla, a robotic weapon thought to have been lost nearly 20,000 years ago.The anime trilogy continues its cavalcade of "stellar ideas, abysmal execution" by ruining the potential of Transformer MechaGodzilla.
- DirectorHiroyuki SeshitaKôbun ShizunoStarsMamoru MiyanoTakahiro SakuraiKana HanazawaHumanity, their alien allies, and Godzilla all enter their endgame as the powerful destructive entity known as Ghidorah arrives on Earth.The anime trilogy concludes its cavalcade of "stellar ideas, abysmal execution" with what had the potential to be the best re-imagining of Ghidorah ever.
- StarsCristina ValenzuelaBill ButtsYume MiyamotoBrought together by a mysterious song, a grad student and an engineer lead the fight against an unimaginable force that may spell doom for the world.nope it's worse