List of every Godzilla movie ever made

Godzilla in 1954 was more than a monster movie. It hit Japanese theaters like an earthquake. Chains of sold-out showings. It channeled national trauma and tapped into a primal fear of nuclear destruction.

Sequels followed annually. Toho refined its formula. Godzilla became a cultural icon, a staple of Japanese pop. Every new creature, every new battle, kept audiences pouring into cinemas.

Overseas availability came slow. Imported prints. Late-night television. Bootleg tapes. Science-fiction conventions. A devoted cult took root. Fans mapped every continuity gap.

In the 1980s and 90s the franchise regained steam. Heisei revivals. Cable networks broadcast subtitled originals. VHS box sets spread records of radioactive roars and citywide carnage across continents.

Hollywood stepped in. Roland Emmerich’s 1998 Godzilla first cracked the mainstream. Gareth Edwards’ 2014 revival cemented it. Legendary’s MonsterVerse turned a cult phenomenon into a global blockbuster engine.

List of every Godzilla film ever released

Film	Year	Director	Key event
Godzilla	1954	Ishirō Honda	Godzilla emerges from Tokyo Bay and attacks Tokyo
Godzilla Raids Again	1955	Motoyoshi Oda	Godzilla battles Anguirus
King Kong vs. Godzilla	1962	Ishirō Honda	Godzilla battles King Kong
Mothra vs. Godzilla	1964	Ishirō Honda	Godzilla battles Mothra
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster	1964	Ishirō Honda	Godzilla battles King Ghidorah
Invasion of Astro-Monster	1965	Ishirō Honda	Godzilla battles King Ghidorah and Rodan
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep	1966	Jun Fukuda	Godzilla battles Ebirah
Son of Godzilla	1967	Jun Fukuda	Godzilla protects Minilla from Kumonga and Kamacuras
Destroy All Monsters	1968	Ishirō Honda	Godzilla and allies battle King Ghidorah under alien mind control
All Monsters Attack	1969	Ishirō Honda	Godzilla battles Gabara with Minilla
Godzilla vs. Hedorah	1971	Yoshimitsu Banno	Godzilla battles pollution monster Hedorah
Godzilla vs. Gigan	1972	Jun Fukuda	Godzilla and Anguirus battle Gigan and King Ghidorah
Godzilla vs. Megalon	1973	Jun Fukuda	Godzilla and Jet Jaguar battle Megalon and Gigan
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla	1974	Jun Fukuda	Godzilla battles Mechagodzilla and King Caesar
Terror of Mechagodzilla	1975	Ishirō Honda	Godzilla battles Mechagodzilla 2 and Titanosaurus
The Return of Godzilla	1984	Kōji Hashimoto	Godzilla attacks Mihama nuclear plant and is trapped in Mount Mihara
Godzilla vs. Biollante	1989	Kazuki Ōmori	Godzilla battles plant monster Biollante
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah	1991	Kazuki Ōmori	Godzilla battles time-traveling King Ghidorah
Godzilla vs. Mothra	1992	Takao Okawara	Godzilla battles Mothra in Yokohama
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II	1993	Takao Okawara	Godzilla battles Mechagodzilla II
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla	1994	Kenshō Yamazaki	Godzilla battles SpaceGodzilla
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah	1995	Takao Okawara	Godzilla battles Destoroyah, leading to his demise
Godzilla	1998	Roland Emmerich	American Godzilla battles Navy and MUTOs in New York
Godzilla 2000: Millennium	1999	Takao Okawara	Godzilla battles Orga in Osaka
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus	2000	Masaaki Tezuka	Godzilla battles Megaguirus
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack	2001	Shūsuke Kaneko	Godzilla battles Mothra and King Ghidorah possessed by war dead
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla	2002	Masaaki Ōte	Godzilla battles Kiryu (Mechagodzilla) at Izu Island
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.	2003	Masaaki Tezuka	Godzilla battles Kiryu and Mothra in Tokyo
Godzilla: Final Wars	2004	Ryūhei Kitamura	Godzilla battles multiple monsters under alien control
Godzilla	2014	Gareth Edwards	Godzilla battles MUTOs in San Francisco
Shin Godzilla	2016	Hideaki Anno & Shinji Higuchi	Godzilla mutates and ravages Tokyo while evolving rapidly
Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters	2017	Kōbun Shizuno	Humans return to fight Godzilla Earth
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle	2018	Kōbun Shizuno	Survivors ally with Mechagodzilla City against Godzilla Earth
Godzilla: The Planet Eater	2018	Kōbun Shizuno	Godzilla Earth battles King Ghidorah
Godzilla: King of the Monsters	2019	Michael Dougherty	Godzilla battles King Ghidorah with Mothra’s aid
Godzilla vs. Kong	2021	Adam Wingard	Godzilla battles Kong then teams up to fight Mechagodzilla
Godzilla Minus One	2023	Takashi Yamazaki	Godzilla attacks post-war Japan
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	2024	Adam Wingard	Godzilla and Kong unite to battle Scar King and Shimo

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