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This is a '''list of all official feature-length ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' movies'''. There are currently 37 films in the franchise: | This is a '''list of all official feature-length ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' movies'''. There are currently 37 films in the franchise: 17 authored by [[Toho]] (one of which with [[Benedict Pictures Corporation|Benedict Pictures]]), three by [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]], 13 by [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], one by [[TriStar Pictures]] et al., and three by [[Legendary Pictures]] and [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Pictures]] et al. Toho only considers the live action films that it or its subsidiaries create to comprise the numerical entries in the franchise; as such, it excludes the Hollywood adaptations and animated films from the numerical order and maintains that ''[[Godzilla Minus One]]'' is the 30th ''Godzilla'' film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://godzilla-sp.jp/history/|title=Godzilla Film History (ゴジラ映画ヒストリー)|work=[[Godzilla Singular Point|godzilla-sp.jp]]|accessdate=28 December 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210040139/https://godzilla-sp.jp/history/|archivedate=10 December 2020}}</ref> There is one upcoming ''Godzilla'' film awaiting release: ''[[Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire]]'', the fifth entry in the [[Monsterverse]] series of films produced by Legendary, scheduled for April 12, [[2024]]. | ||
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! colspan="2" | Writer(s) | ! colspan="2" | Writer(s) | ||
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Four ''Godzilla'' movies have been produced entirely by Hollywood studios, with a fifth in development. However, it should be noted that three of the Japanese ''Godzilla'' films were brought to the United States with new footage shot by American studios inserted into them. These include ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla, King of the Monsters!]]'' (a [[1956]] Americanization of 1954's ''Godzilla''), the [[1963]] American release of ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'', and ''[[The Return of Godzilla|Godzilla 1985]]'' (a [[1985]] Americanization of [[1984]]'s ''The Return of Godzilla''). Though these are generally not included in the tally of American ''Godzilla'' films, the 2016 book ''[[Shin Godzilla Walker: The New Legend of the King of the Monsters]]'' does treat ''Godzilla, King of the Monsters!'' as a distinct work.{{sfn|Kikuchi|Kato|Yamamoto|2016|pp=52, 81}} | Four ''Godzilla'' movies have been produced entirely by Hollywood studios, with a fifth in development. However, it should be noted that three of the Japanese ''Godzilla'' films were brought to the United States with new footage shot by American studios inserted into them. These include ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla, King of the Monsters!]]'' (a [[1956]] Americanization of 1954's ''Godzilla''), the [[1963]] American release of ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'', and ''[[The Return of Godzilla|Godzilla 1985]]'' (a [[1985]] Americanization of [[1984]]'s ''The Return of Godzilla''). Though these are generally not included in the tally of American ''Godzilla'' films, the 2016 book ''[[Shin Godzilla Walker: The New Legend of the King of the Monsters]]'' does treat ''Godzilla, King of the Monsters!'' as a distinct work.{{sfn|Kikuchi|Kato|Yamamoto|2016|pp=52, 81}} | ||
There have also been | There have also been two ''Godzilla'' films created as cooperations between American and Japanese companies from their inception. ''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' was produced in Japan but co-funded by [[Benedict Pictures Corporation]] of the [[United States]], while ''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' was shot in America but co-funded by Toho. Despite this, ''Invasion of Astro-Monster'' is primarily considered a Japanese film and is part of the main ''Godzilla'' series, while ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' is primarily an American film and is included among the American spinoffs. | ||
The 1998 film by [[TriStar Pictures|TriStar]] et al. is standalone, while the other three American ''Godzilla'' films, produced by [[Legendary Pictures]], share continuity and make up the [[Monsterverse]] series along with the ''[[King Kong (franchise)|King Kong]]'' film ''[[Kong: Skull Island]]''. | The 1998 film by [[TriStar Pictures|TriStar]] et al. is standalone, while the other three American ''Godzilla'' films, produced by [[Legendary Pictures]], share continuity and make up the [[Monsterverse]] series along with the ''[[King Kong (franchise)|King Kong]]'' film ''[[Kong: Skull Island]]''. | ||
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| | [[Roland Emmerich]] | | | [[Roland Emmerich]] | ||
| colspan="2" | [[Dean Devlin]]<br>[[Roland Emmerich]] | | colspan="2" | [[Dean Devlin]]<br>[[Roland Emmerich]] | ||
| | Volker Engel | | | [[Volker Engel]] | ||
| style="text-align:left" | {{bl|[[Godzilla (TriStar)|Godzilla]]|[[Baby Godzilla (TriStar)|Baby Godzilla]]s}} | | style="text-align:left" | {{bl|[[Godzilla (TriStar)|Godzilla]]|[[Baby Godzilla (TriStar)|Baby Godzilla]]s}} | ||
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| rowspan="4" | [[Legendary Pictures]] | | rowspan="4" | [[Legendary Pictures]] | ||
| | [[Gareth Edwards]] | | | [[Gareth Edwards]] | ||
| | | | | David Callaham | ||
| | [[Max Borenstein]] | | | [[Max Borenstein]] | ||
| | [[Jim Rygiel]] | | | [[Jim Rygiel]] | ||
| style="text-align:left" | {{bl|[[Godzilla (Monsterverse)|Godzilla]]|[[MUTO]] (male and female)}} | | style="text-align:left" | {{bl|[[Godzilla (Monsterverse)|Godzilla]]|[[MUTO]]s (male and female)}} | ||
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! scope="row" rowspan="1" | {{big2|{{tt|#3|35th film overall}}}} | ! scope="row" rowspan="1" | {{big2|{{tt|#3|35th film overall}}}} | ||
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| | '''''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters|Godzilla: King<br>of the Monsters]]'''''<br>{{Nihongo|ゴジラ キング・<br>オブ・モンスターズ|3=lit.<br>"''Godzilla: King of Monsters''"}} | | | '''''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters|Godzilla: King<br>of the Monsters]]'''''<br>{{Nihongo|ゴジラ キング・<br>オブ・モンスターズ|3=lit.<br>"''Godzilla: King of Monsters''"}} | ||
| | May 31, [[2019]] | | | May 31, [[2019]] | ||
| | | | [[Legendary Pictures]]<br>[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Pictures]]<br>[[Toho]]<br>Huahua Media{{#tag:ref|Huahua Media purchased a stake in the film just before release,<ref name="Huahua">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/huahua-buys-stake-legendarys-godzilla-king-monsters-1205898/|title=China’s Huahua Media Buys Stake in Legendary’s ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ (Exclusive)|first=Patrick|last=Brzeski|date=30 April 2019|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> and therefore could not have contributed to its production budget.|group="lower-alpha"}} | ||
| | [[Michael Dougherty]] | | | [[Michael Dougherty]] | ||
| | [[Max Borenstein]]<br>[[Michael Dougherty]] | | | [[Max Borenstein]]<br>[[Michael Dougherty]] | ||
| | [[Michael Dougherty]]<br>[[Zach Shields]] | | | [[Michael Dougherty]]<br>[[Zach Shields]] | ||
| | Guillaume Rocheron | | | [[Guillaume Rocheron]] | ||
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| | '''''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'''''<br>{{nihongo|ゴジラ{{ruby|vs|ブイエス}}コング}} | | | '''''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'''''<br>{{nihongo|ゴジラ{{ruby|vs|ブイエス}}コング}} | ||
| | March 31, [[2021]] | | | March 31, [[2021]] | ||
| | [[Legendary Pictures]]<br>[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Pictures]] | |||
| rowspan="2" | [[Adam Wingard]] | | rowspan="2" | [[Adam Wingard]] | ||
| | [[Terry Rossio]]<br>[[Michael Dougherty]]<br>[[Zach Shields]] | | | [[Terry Rossio]]<br>[[Michael Dougherty]]<br>[[Zach Shields]] | ||
| | | | | Eric Pearson<br>[[Max Borenstein]] | ||
| | John DesJardin | | | [[John DesJardin]] | ||
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! scope="row" rowspan="1" | {{big2|{{tt|#5|38th film overall}}}} | ! scope="row" rowspan="1" | {{big2|{{tt|#5|38th film overall}}}} | ||
| | [[File:Godzilla_x_Kong_rise_together_poster.jpg|center|100px]] | | | [[File:Godzilla_x_Kong_rise_together_poster.jpg|center|100px]] | ||
| | '''''[[Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire]]''''' | | | '''''[[Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire|Godzilla x Kong:<br>The New Empire]]''''' | ||
| | April 12, [[2024]] | | | April 12, [[2024]] | ||
| | To be announced. | | | To be announced. | ||
| | [[Terry Rossio]]<br>[[Adam Wingard]]<br>Simon Barrett | | | [[Terry Rossio]]<br>[[Adam Wingard]]<br>Simon Barrett | ||
| | [[Terry Rossio]]<br>Simon Barrett<br>Jeremy Slater | | | [[Terry Rossio]]<br>Simon Barrett<br>Jeremy Slater | ||
| | Alessandro Ongaro | | | [[Alessandro Ongaro]] | ||
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| {{bl|[[Godzilla (Monsterverse)|Godzilla]]|[[King Kong (Monsterverse)|King Kong]]|[[Skar King]]|[[Doug]]<ref name="IGN">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-director-titanus-doug-return-kong-like-villain|title=Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Director on Titanus Doug's Return, New 'Kong-Like' Villain|first=Katie|last=Reul|date=2 December 2023|work=IGN | | {{bl|[[Godzilla (Monsterverse)|Godzilla]]|[[King Kong (Monsterverse)|King Kong]]|[[Skar King]]|[[Shimo]]<ref name="Shimo">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/HLSy56947413/status/1733401099472863584|title=beyond that|author=@HLSy56947413|date=9 December 2023|work=X}}</ref>|[[Doug]]<ref name="IGN">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-director-titanus-doug-return-kong-like-villain|title=Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Director on Titanus Doug's Return, New 'Kong-Like' Villain|first=Katie|last=Reul|date=2 December 2023|work=IGN}}</ref>}} | ||
| style="vertical-align:top"| {{bl|"Mini-Kong"|Canine monsters|Ape monsters|Arthropod monster}} | | style="vertical-align:top"| {{bl|[[Leafwing]]s|"Mini-Kong"|Canine monsters|Ape monsters|Arthropod monster}} | ||
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===Animated films=== | ===Animated films=== | ||
A trilogy of animated ''Godzilla'' films was created by Toho, but is not considered to be part of the main film series, likely because of the films' lack of live-action cinematography. The films are, however, counted as part of the [[Reiwa era|Reiwa series]]. | A trilogy of animated ''Godzilla'' films was created by Toho, but is not considered to be part of the main film series, likely because of the films' lack of live-action cinematography. The films are, however, counted as part of the [[Reiwa era|Reiwa series]]. | ||
Peculiarly, Godzilla.com, the official international website for the ''Godzilla'' franchise, | Peculiarly, Godzilla.com, the official international website for the ''Godzilla'' franchise, previously counted the shows ''[[Godzilla (series)|Godzilla]]'', ''[[Godzilla: The Series]]'', and ''[[Godzilla Singular Point]]'' as "films," bringing its tally of animated movies to six.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://godzilla.com/filmography/#animated-version|title=Filmography|work=Godzilla.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914214442/https://godzilla.com/filmography/#animated-version|archivedate=14 September 2022}}</ref> | ||
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This is a list of all official feature-length Godzilla movies. There are currently 37 films in the franchise: 17 authored by Toho (one of which with Benedict Pictures), three by Toho Eizo, 13 by Toho Pictures, one by TriStar Pictures et al., and three by Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures et al. Toho only considers the live action films that it or its subsidiaries create to comprise the numerical entries in the franchise; as such, it excludes the Hollywood adaptations and animated films from the numerical order and maintains that Godzilla Minus One is the 30th Godzilla film.[1] There is one upcoming Godzilla film awaiting release: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, the fifth entry in the Monsterverse series of films produced by Legendary, scheduled for April 12, 2024.
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Main series
There are a total of 30 Godzilla movies which comprise the mainline series. The movies are split into four distinct subseries: Showa, comprising the first 15 films; Heisei, comprising the next seven films; Millennium, comprising the next six films after that; and Reiwa, which includes Shin Godzilla, three animated films which are considered spinoffs, and the most recent installment, Godzilla Minus One. Despite the Showa, Heisei, and Reiwa series being named after political periods of Japan, the series do not neatly map on to the eras; the first film of the Heisei series, The Return of Godzilla, was in fact released during the Showa era, and Shin Godzilla in the Heisei era. Moreover, all of the Millennium series was released during the Heisei era.
Hollywood films
Four Godzilla movies have been produced entirely by Hollywood studios, with a fifth in development. However, it should be noted that three of the Japanese Godzilla films were brought to the United States with new footage shot by American studios inserted into them. These include Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (a 1956 Americanization of 1954's Godzilla), the 1963 American release of King Kong vs. Godzilla, and Godzilla 1985 (a 1985 Americanization of 1984's The Return of Godzilla). Though these are generally not included in the tally of American Godzilla films, the 2016 book Shin Godzilla Walker: The New Legend of the King of the Monsters does treat Godzilla, King of the Monsters! as a distinct work.[3]
There have also been two Godzilla films created as cooperations between American and Japanese companies from their inception. Invasion of Astro-Monster was produced in Japan but co-funded by Benedict Pictures Corporation of the United States, while Godzilla: King of the Monsters was shot in America but co-funded by Toho. Despite this, Invasion of Astro-Monster is primarily considered a Japanese film and is part of the main Godzilla series, while Godzilla: King of the Monsters is primarily an American film and is included among the American spinoffs.
The 1998 film by TriStar et al. is standalone, while the other three American Godzilla films, produced by Legendary Pictures, share continuity and make up the Monsterverse series along with the King Kong film Kong: Skull Island.
# | Poster | Title (Japanese) |
Release date | Funded by | Produced by | Director(s) | Writer(s) | VFX supervisor | Monsters* | ||
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#1 | GODZILLA ( |
May 19, 1998 | TriStar Pictures Fried Films Independent Pictures |
Centropolis Entertainment | Roland Emmerich | Dean Devlin Roland Emmerich |
Volker Engel | ||||
#2 | Godzilla (GODZILLA ゴジラ) |
May 16, 2014 | Legendary Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures RatPac-Dune Entertainment |
Legendary Pictures | Gareth Edwards | David Callaham | Max Borenstein | Jim Rygiel | |||
#3 | Godzilla: King of the Monsters (ゴジラ キング・ オブ・モンスターズ, lit. "Godzilla: King of Monsters") |
May 31, 2019 | Legendary Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures Toho Huahua Media[b] |
Michael Dougherty | Max Borenstein Michael Dougherty |
Michael Dougherty Zach Shields |
Guillaume Rocheron |
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#4 | Godzilla vs. Kong (ゴジラ |
March 31, 2021 | Legendary Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures |
Adam Wingard | Terry Rossio Michael Dougherty Zach Shields |
Eric Pearson Max Borenstein |
John DesJardin |
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#5 | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire |
April 12, 2024 | To be announced. | Terry Rossio Adam Wingard Simon Barrett |
Terry Rossio Simon Barrett Jeremy Slater |
Alessandro Ongaro |
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Animated films
A trilogy of animated Godzilla films was created by Toho, but is not considered to be part of the main film series, likely because of the films' lack of live-action cinematography. The films are, however, counted as part of the Reiwa series.
Peculiarly, Godzilla.com, the official international website for the Godzilla franchise, previously counted the shows Godzilla, Godzilla: The Series, and Godzilla Singular Point as "films," bringing its tally of animated movies to six.[7]
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Release date | Funded by | Animated by | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Monsters* | ||||
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#1 | GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters ( |
November 17, 2017 | Toho | Polygon Pictures | Kobun Shizuno Hiroyuki Seshita |
Gen Urobuchi | Gen Urobuchi |
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#2 | GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle ( lit. "GODZILLA: Battle Mobile Proliferation City") |
May 18, 2018 | Sadayuki Murai Tetsuya Yamada Gen Urobuchi |
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#3 | GODZILLA: The Planet Eater ( |
November 9, 2018 | Gen Urobuchi |
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See also
Notes
- ↑ Though Higuchi is credited as tokugi kantoku (特技監督, "director of special effects") in Japanese, Toho's English-language press notes specify that he is the VFX director. Onoue was the director for the film's second unit, which shot a small number of practical effects sequences, making him more akin to the special effects directors of prior Godzilla films.
- ↑ Huahua Media purchased a stake in the film just before release,[4] and therefore could not have contributed to its production budget.
References
This is a list of references for List of Godzilla movies. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]
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Bibliography
- Nakamura, Satoshi; Shiraishi, Masahiko; Aita, Tetsuo; Tomoi, Taketo; Shimazaki, Jun; Maruyama, Takeshi; Shimizu, Toshifumi; Hayakawa, Masaru (29 November 2014). Godzilla Toho Champion Festival Perfection. ASCII MEDIA WORKS. ISBN 978-4-04-866999-3.
- Kikuchi, Takeshi; Kato, Yuto; Yamamoto, Kyotaro, eds. (26 September 2016). Shin Godzilla Walker: The New Legend of the King of the Monsters (3rd ed.). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-04-895632-1.
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