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List of King Kong movies

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This is a list of all feature-length King Kong movies in order of release date. There are currently 13 films in the franchise—10 live-action and three animated—with an 11th live-action film currently in production. Unlike the Godzilla and Gamera series, the Kong films are not primarily produced by a single studio, and only one company (Legendary Pictures) has ever produced more than two of them.

List

# Poster/cover Title Release date Funded by Produced/
animated by 		Director(s) Writer(s) FX director/
supervisor(s) 		Monsters
Story Screenplay
#1
King Kong March 7, 1933 RKO Radio Pictures Merian C. Cooper
Ernest Schoedsack 		Edgar Wallace
Merian C. Cooper
("from an idea by") 		James Creelman
Ruth Rose 		Willis O'Brien
("chief technician")
#2
Son of Kong December 22, 1933 Ernest Schoedsack Ruth Rose
#3
King Kong vs. Godzilla August 11, 1962 Toho Company Ltd. Ishiro Honda[a] Shinichi Sekizawa[b] Eiji Tsuburaya
(director)
#4
King Kong Escapes July 22, 1967 Kaoru Mabuchi[c]
#5
King Kong December 17, 1976 Dino De Laurentiis Corp. John Guillermin Merian C. Cooper
Edgar Wallace
("from an idea conceived by")
James Creelman
Ruth Rose
("based on the screenplay by") 		Lorenzo Semple Jr. Frank Van der Veer
(supervisor)
#6
King Kong Lives December 19, 1986 De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Ronald Shusett
Steven Pressfield 		Barry Nolan
(supervisor)
#7
The Mighty Kong May 29, 1998 The LANA Film Company Jade Animation
Anirom Animation
Rainbow Korea Animation
Hahn Shin Corporation Korea 		Art Scott William J. Keenan N/A
#8
Kong: King of Atlantis November 22, 2005
(direct-to-video) 		BKN International BKN Studios
PASI 		Patrick Archibald Chuck Patton
Patrick Archibald
Sean Catherine Derek 		Sean Catherine Derek
  • Cave Bear
  • Living Tar
  • Royal Firefly
  • Tyranno-Guard
#9
King Kong December 14, 2005 Universal Pictures WingNut Films Peter Jackson Merian C. Cooper
Edgar Wallace 		Fran Walsh
Philippa Boyens
Peter Jackson 		Joe Letteri
(supervisor)
Extended cut
#10
Kong: Return to the Jungle November 14, 2006
(direct-to-video) 		BKN International UTV Software Communications Stuart Evans Rick Ungar
Sean Catherine Derek 		N/A
#11
Kong: Skull Island March 10, 2017 Legendary Pictures
Warner Bros.
RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Tencent Pictures 		Legendary Pictures Jordan Vogt-Roberts John Gatins Dan Gilroy
Max Borenstein
Derek Connolly 		Stephen Rosenbaum
Jeff White
(supervisors)
#12
Godzilla vs. Kong March 31, 2021 Legendary Pictures
Warner Bros. 		Adam Wingard Terry Rossio
Michael Dougherty
Zach Shields 		Eric Pearson
Max Borenstein 		John DesJardin
(supervisor)
#13
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire March 29, 2024 Terry Rossio
Adam Wingard
Simon Barrett 		Terry Rossio
Simon Barrett
Jeremy Slater 		Alessandro Ongaro
(supervisor)
#14
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova March 26, 2027 Legendary Pictures Grant Sputore David Callaham
Michael Lloyd Green 		Kelly Port

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ King Kong vs. Godzilla's U.S. version was directed by Thomas Montgomery. King Kong Escapes's U.S. version credits Arthur Rankin Jr. as director despite no new footage being shot; he is only credited on the Japanese version as "technical advisor."
  2. ↑ Inspired by the unfilmed screenplay King Kong vs. Prometheus written by George Worthing Yates and conceived of by Willis O'Brien. The film's U.S. version was written by Paul Mason and Bruce Howard.
  3. ↑ The film's U.S. version was written by William J. Keenan, future writer of The Mighty Kong.

References

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  1. ↑ "Zeus". Writers Guild of America West. Archived from the original on 16 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.

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