List of Godzilla movies
This is a list of all official feature-length Godzilla movies. There are currently 36 films in the franchise: 15 authored by Toho, one by Toho and Benedict Pictures, three by Toho Eizo, 13 by Toho Pictures, one by TriStar Pictures, Fried Films, and Independent Pictures, and three by Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures. 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 Shin Godzilla is the 29th Godzilla film.[1] There are two upcoming Godzilla films currently confirmed to be in development. The first, given the working title Blockbuster Monster Movie, will be the 30th mainline entry in the series and is set for release on November 3, 2023. The other, under the working title Origins, will be the fifth entry in the MonsterVerse series of films produced by Legendary and will release on March 24, 2024.
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Main series
There are a total of 29 main Godzilla movies, with a 30th in development. The movies are split into four distinct subseries: Showa, comprising the first 15 films; Heisei, comprising the next seven films; Millennium, comprising the next 6 films after that; and Reiwa, which includes the most recent film Shin Godzilla and three animated films which are considered spinoffs. Despite the Showa, Heisei, and Reiwa series being named after poltical 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.
# | Poster | Title (Japanese) |
Release date | Presented by | Produced by | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Director of SFX | Monsters* | ||
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#1 | Godzilla (ゴジラ) |
November 3, 1954 | Toho | Ishiro Honda | Shigeru Kayama | Takeo Murata Ishiro Honda |
Eiji Tsuburaya | ||||
#2 | Godzilla Raids Again (ゴジラの逆襲, lit. Godzilla's Counterattack) |
April 24, 1955 | Motoyoshi Oda | Shigeaki Hidaka Takeo Murata |
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#3 | King Kong vs. Godzilla (キングコング対ゴジラ) |
August 11, 1962 | Ishiro Honda | Shinichi Sekizawa | |||||||
#4 | Mothra vs. Godzilla (モスラ対ゴジラ) |
April 29, 1964 | |||||||||
#5 | Ghidorah, the Three- Headed Monster (三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦, lit. Three Giant Monsters: The Greatest Battle on Earth) |
December 20, 1964 |
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#6 | Invasion of Astro-Monster (怪獣大戦争, lit. The Great Monster War) |
December 19, 1965 | Toho Benedict Pictures |
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#7 | Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (ゴジラ・エビラ・ モスラ 南海の大決闘, lit. Godzilla, Ebirah, Mothra: Great Duel in the South Seas) |
December 17, 1966 | Toho | Jun Fukuda | Sadamasa Arikawa |
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#8 | Son of Godzilla (怪獣島の決戦 ゴジラの息子, lit. The Battle of Monster Island: Son of Godzilla) |
December 16, 1967 | Shinichi Sekizawa Kazue Kiba |
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#9 | Destroy All Monsters (怪獣総進撃, lit. Monster Total Advancement) |
August 1, 1968 | Ishiro Honda | Ishiro Honda Kaoru Mabuchi |
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#10 | All Monsters Attack (ゴジラ・ミニラ・ガバラ オール 怪獣大進撃, lit. Godzilla, Minilla, Gabara: All Monsters Attack) |
December 20, 1969 | Shinichi Sekizawa | Ishiro Honda |
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#11 | Godzilla vs. Hedorah (ゴジラ対ヘドラ) |
July 24, 1971 | Yoshimitsu Banno | Yoshimitsu Banno Kaoru Mabuchi |
Teruyoshi Nakano | ||||||
#12 | Godzilla vs. Gigan (地球攻撃命令 ゴジラ対ガイガン, lit. Earth Attack Command: Godzilla vs. Gigan) |
March 12, 1972 | Jun Fukuda | Shinichi Sekizawa | |||||||
#13 | Godzilla vs. Megalon (ゴジラ対メガロ) |
March 17, 1973 | Toho Eizo | Shinichi Sekizawa | Jun Fukuda | ||||||
#14 | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (ゴジラ対メカゴジラ) |
March 21, 1974 | Shinichi Sekizawa Masami Fukushima |
Hiroyasu Yamaura Jun Fukuda |
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#15 | Terror of Mechagodzilla (メカゴジラの逆襲, lit. Mechagodzilla's Counterattack) |
Ishiro Honda | Yukiko Takayama | ||||||||
#16 | The Return of Godzilla (ゴジラ, lit. Godzilla) |
December 15, 1984 | Toho Pictures | Koji Hashimoto | Hideichi Nagahara | ||||||
#17 | Godzilla vs. Biollante (ゴジラ |
December 16, 1989 | Kazuki Omori | Shinichiro Kobayashi | Kazuki Omori | Koichi Kawakita | |||||
#18 | Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (ゴジラ |
December 14, 1991 | Kazuki Omori | ||||||||
#19 | Godzilla vs. Mothra (ゴジラ |
December 12, 1992 | Takao Okawara | ||||||||
#20 | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (ゴジラ Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla) |
December 11, 1993 | Wataru Mimura | ||||||||
#21 | Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (ゴジラ |
December 10, 1994 | Kensho Yamashita | Hiroshi Kashiwabara |
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#22 | Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (ゴジラ |
December 9, 1995 | Takao Okawara | Kazuki Omori | |||||||
#23 | Godzilla 2000: Millennium (ゴジラ2000 ミレニアム) |
December 11, 1999 | Hiroshi Kashiwabara Wataru Mimura |
Kenji Suzuki | |||||||
#24 | Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (ゴジラ lit. Godzilla × Megaguirus: The G Annihilation Strategy) |
December 16, 2000 | Masaaki Tezuka | ||||||||
#25 | Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (ゴジラ・モスラ・ キングギドラ 大怪獣総攻撃) |
December 15, 2001 | Shusuke Kaneko | Keiichi Hasegawa Masahiro Yokotani Shusuke Kaneko |
Makoto Kamiya |
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#26 | Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (ゴジラ lit. Godzilla × Mechagodzilla) |
December 14, 2002 | Masaaki Tezuka | Wataru Mimura | Yuichi Kikuchi | ||||||
#27 | Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (ゴジラ×モスラ× メカゴジラ 東京 lit. Godzilla × Mothra × Mechagodzilla: Tokyo SOS) |
December 13, 2003 | Masahiro Yokotani Masaaki Tezuka |
Eiichi Asada | |||||||
#28 | Godzilla Final Wars (ゴジラ |
December 4, 2004 | Ryuhei Kitamura | Wataru Mimura Isao Kiriyama |
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#29 | Shin Godzilla (シン・ゴジラ) |
July 29, 2016 | Toho | Toho Pictures Cine Bazar |
Hideaki Anno Shinji Higuchi |
Hideaki Anno | Shinji Higuchi | ||||
#30 | Blockbuster Monster Movie [working title] (超大作怪獣映画) |
November 3, 2023 | ROBOT | Takashi Yamazaki | Takashi Yamazaki | To be announced. |
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! (the 1956 Americanization of the 1954 Godzilla), the 1963 American release of King Kong vs. Godzilla, and Godzilla 1985 (the 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.[2]
There have also been two Godzilla films created as cooperations between the United States and Japan from their inception. Invasion of Astro-Monster was produced in Japan but co-funded by Benedict Pictures Corporation (a subsidiary of Henry G. Saperstein's United Productions of America), while Godzilla: King of the Monsters was shot in America but produced in association with Toho, with Toho president and CEO Hiroyasu Matsuoka serving as an executive producer. Despite this, Astro-Monster is primarily considered a Japanese film and is part of the main Godzilla series, while 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 | Presented 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 | Warner Bros. Pictures Legendary Pictures |
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 | 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 | Adam Wingard | Terry Rossio Michael Dougherty Zach Shields |
Eric Pearson Max Borenstein |
John DesJardin |
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#5 | Origins [working title] | March 15, 2024 | To be announced. | Terry Rossio Jeremy Slater Simon Barrett |
Alessandro Ongaro |
Animated films
A trilogy of animated Godzilla films were created by Toho, but are not considered to be part of the main film series, likely because of their lack of live-action cinematography. They are, however, part of the Reiwa series.
Peculiarly, Godzilla.com, the official international website for the Godzilla franchise, counts the shows Godzilla, Godzilla: The Series, and Godzilla Singular Point as "films", bringing its tally of animated movies to 6.[3]
# | Poster | Title (Japanese) |
Release date | Presented 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 |
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#2 | GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle ( |
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
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
- 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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