Filmography
From 1954 through 2004, there have been 28 Godzilla films produced by Toho Studios in Japan. The first was adapted into Godzilla, King of the Monsters in the United States. A wholly American production was made in 1998 by TriStar Pictures. A new film is currently in development by Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures in the United States to be released on May 16, 2014.
| # | Official Toho title (alternate English titles) |
Year | Director | Effects director | Monster co-star(s) | Godzilla performer(s) |
Current US licences/media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Godzilla (Gojira) |
1954 | Ishiro Honda | Eiji Tsuburaya | None | Haruo Nakajima, Katsumi Tezuka | Criterion Collection - DVD/Blu-ray |
| 2 | Godzilla Raids Again (Gigantis, the Fire Monster) |
1955 | Motoyoshi Oda | Eiji Tsuburaya | Anguirus | Haruo Nakajima | Classic Media - DVD |
| 3 | King Kong vs. Godzilla | 1962 | Ishiro Honda | Eiji Tsuburaya | King Kong, Giant Octopus | Haruo Nakajima, Katsumi Tezuka | Universal - DVD |
| 4 | Mothra vs. Godzilla (Godzilla vs. the Thing, Godzilla vs. Mothra) |
1964 | Ishiro Honda | Eiji Tsuburaya | Mothra | Haruo Nakajima, Katsumi Tezuka | Classic Media - DVD |
| 5 | Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster) |
1964 | Ishiro Honda | Eiji Tsuburaya | King Ghidorah, Mothra, Rodan | Haruo Nakajima, Katsumi Tezuka | Classic Media - DVD |
| 6 | Invasion of Astro-Monster (Monster Zero, Godzilla vs. Monster Zero) |
1965 | Ishiro Honda | Eiji Tsuburaya | King Ghidorah, Rodan | Haruo Nakajima | Classic Media - DVD |
| 7 | Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (Ebirah, Horror of the Deep) |
1966 | Jun Fukuda | Sadamasa Arikawa, under the supervision of Eiji Tsuburaya | Ebirah, Mothra, Giant Condor | Haruo Nakajima | Sony - DVD |
| 8 | Son of Godzilla | 1967 | Jun Fukuda | Sadamasa Arikawa, under the supervision of Eiji Tsuburaya | Kamacuras, Kumonga, Minilla | Yu Sekida, Haruo Nakajima, Seiji Onaka | Sony - DVD |
| 9 | Destroy All Monsters | 1968 | Ishiro Honda | Sadamasa Arikawa, under the supervision of Eiji Tsuburaya | Anguirus, Baragon, Gorosaurus, King Ghidorah, Kumonga, Manda, Minilla, Mothra, Rodan, Varan | Haruo Nakajima | Media Blasters - DVD / Blu-ray |
| 10 | All Monsters Attack (Godzilla's Revenge) |
1969 | Ishiro Honda | Ishiro Honda | Gabara, Kamacuras, Minilla, (In Stock Footage: Gorosaurus, Kumonga, Anguirus, Ebirah, Manda, Giant Condor) | Haruo Nakajima | Classic Media - DVD |
| 11 | Godzilla vs. Hedorah (Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster) |
1971 | Yoshimitsu Banno | Teruyoshi Nakano | Hedorah | Haruo Nakajima | Sony - DVD |
| 12 | Godzilla vs. Gigan (Godzilla on Monster Island) |
1972 | Jun Fukuda | Teruyoshi Nakano | Anguirus, Gigan, King Ghidorah, (In Stock Footage: Rodan, Gorosaurus, Kamacuras, Kumonga, Minilla, Mothra) | Haruo Nakajima | Sony - DVD |
| 13 | Godzilla vs. Megalon | 1973 | Jun Fukuda | Teruyoshi Nakano | Gigan, Jet Jaguar, Megalon, Anguirus (In Stock Footage: Rodan) | Shinji Takagi | Media Blasters - DVD |
| 14 | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (Godzilla vs. Cosmic Monster, Godzilla vs. Bionic Monster) |
1974 | Jun Fukuda | Teruyoshi Nakano | Anguirus, King Caesar, Mechagodzilla (In Stock Footage: King Ghidorah) | Isao Zushi | Sony - DVD |
| 15 | Terror of Mechagodzilla (The Terror of Godzilla) |
1975 | Ishiro Honda | Teruyoshi Nakano | Mechagodzilla, Titanosaurus (In Stock Footage: King Ghidorah, Manda, Rodan) | Toru Kawai | Classic Media - DVD |
| 16 | The Return of Godzilla (Godzilla 1985) |
1984 | Koji Hashimoto | Teruyoshi Nakano | Shockirus (Giant Sea Louse) | Kenpachiro Satsuma | Lakeshore Entertainment - VHS |
| 17 | Godzilla vs. Biollante | 1989 | Kazuki Omori | Koichi Kawakita | Biollante | Kenpachiro Satsuma | Echo Bridge Entertainment - DVD / Blu-Ray |
| 18 | Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah | 1991 | Kazuki Omori | Koichi Kawakita | Dorat, Godzillasaurus, King Ghidorah, Mecha-King Ghidorah | Kenpachiro Satsuma | Sony - DVD |
| 19 | Godzilla vs. Mothra (Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth) |
1992 | Takao Okawara | Koichi Kawakita | Battra, Mothra | Kenpachiro Satsuma | Sony - DVD |
| 20 | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II | 1993 | Takao Okawara | Koichi Kawakita | Baby Godzilla, Rodan, Fire Rodan, Mechagodzilla, Super Mechagodzilla | Kenpachiro Satsuma | Sony - DVD |
| 21 | Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla | 1994 | Kensho Yamashita | Koichi Kawakita | Mothra, Fairy Mothra, Little Godzilla, MOGUERA, SpaceGodzilla (In Stock Footage: Battra, Biollante) | Kenpachiro Satsuma | Sony - DVD |
| 22 | Godzilla vs. Destoroyah |
1995 | Takao Okawara | Koichi Kawakita | Destoroyah, Godzilla Junior | Kenpachiro Satsuma | Sony - DVD |
| 23 | Godzilla 2000: Millennium (Godzilla 2000) |
1999 | Takao Okawara | Kenji Suzuki | Orga | Tsutomu Kitagawa | Sony - DVD |
| 24 | Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (Godzilla x Megaguirus) |
2000 | Masaaki Tezuka | Kenji Suzuki | Meganulon, Meganula, Megaguirus | Tsutomu Kitagawa | Sony - DVD |
| 25 | Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (GMK) |
2001 | Shusuke Kaneko | Makoto Kamiya | Baragon, King Ghidorah, Mothra | Mizuho Yoshida | Sony - DVD |
| 26 | Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (Godzilla x Mechagodzilla) |
2002 | Masaaki Tezuka | Yûichi Kikuchi | Mechagodzilla (In Stock Footage: Mothra, Gaira) | Tsutomu Kitagawa | Sony - DVD |
| 27 | Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (Godzilla x Mothra x Mechagodzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.) |
2003 | Masaaki Tezuka | Eiichi Asada | Kamoebas, Mechagodzilla, Mothra | Tsutomu Kitagawa | Sony - DVD |
| 28 | Godzilla: Final Wars | 2004 | Ryuhei Kitamura | Eiichi Asada | Anguirus, Ebirah, Gigan, Hedorah, Monster X/Keizer Ghidorah, Kamacuras, King Caesar, Kumonga, Manda, Minilla, Mothra, Rodan, Zilla, (In Stock Footage: Varan, Baragon, Gezora, Gaira, Titanosaurus, Megaguirus) | Tsutomu Kitagawa | Sony - DVD |
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