Top 10 Greatest Godzilla Movies

In the American version, Godzilla, King of the Monsters, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki message was cut out, probably because the distributors didn't want to scare people like the original Japanese release did.

In the original Japanese version, Godzilla includes the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki message. Both the Japanese and American versions are the original Godzilla movie. They are both good, but the Japanese version is much better.

Absolutely awesome, one of my favorite Godzilla movies (the others are Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, Godzilla: King of the Monsters (the 2019 one), Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Destroy All Monsters, Godzilla 2000, and Terror of Mechagodzilla [that list is not ranked]).

One of the greatest Godzilla moments was when he killed the imposter Zilla. By the way, the 1998 monstrosity had a surviving offspring that was the REAL Godzilla, with a green atomic breath and everything, that showed up in the sequel series to the movie.

Most powerful live-action version of Godzilla, and second most powerful ever (Godzilla Earth is the strongest version).

This movie is the best ever. How can it not be number 1? This movie has everything: burning Godzilla, Destoroyah, Godzilla's son as a true warrior who fights, and Godzilla's son becoming an adult Godzilla.

The saddest moment in movie history is Godzilla's death in this movie. It was truly the best way possible for the big G to go out. No, really, Godzilla's death was on the news in every country in the world when it was still only in Japanese theaters.

If that's not proof that this was the saddest death in movie history, then you haven't seen it or your brain doesn't know how to work right.

Godzilla never looked more ominous than he did in this action-packed monster thriller. The camera angles and shots are perfect, especially when he first appears rising out of the water while sky-pummeling a fishing boat that had the most unfortunate luck of being nearby.

Godzilla was most devastating and terrifying as he took on The Guardian Monsters and the Japanese military in an all-out war!

This is the best one in the millennium era since some of them are a mess. However, GMK feels new and fresh by making Godzilla a ghost and having King Ghidorah as the hero. It is a well-planned movie that reinvents this rivalry.

The best feature of the Heisei era is that everything is connected (for example, it's the only Godzilla era to have a main human character, Miki Saegusa). The movies have a good plot and amazing fights between monsters at the same time.

This movie is without a doubt the most complete Godzilla movie. It has a great sci-fi plot, with time travel, alternative futures, and cyborgs. The main monsters are the king of the monsters and his worst enemy, King Ghidorah. Simply a masterpiece.

The very first Godzilla movie I ever watched, and one of the best in my opinion.

Best movie with Mechagodzilla. Godzilla's magnetic powers are really neat, and this was the first Godzilla movie I ever saw.

This was the first Godzilla movie I ever watched. The action scenes between the two Godzillas were great!

This is like the best Godzilla movie ever. No, it's the best monster movie ever!

I've got a bone to pick with Rotten Tomatoes for giving this the lowest Monsterverse rating. This is an awesome movie, and on the poster for the movie, below the title, there's a note: "Long Live the King." I agree with my life on that note.

Plus, when Godzilla turns into Nuclear Godzilla, that was one of his greatest finishing moves ever (the best one was the kiss of death from 2014).

I love this movie. The action is nice, the CGI is nice, but I hate some of the characters, like the family. I like the soldiers.

Godzilla is very powerful in that movie, especially his fiery nuclear version. So badass!

This is my favorite Godzilla movie because it shows Godzilla as one of humanity's allies. This was the second Godzilla movie the USA made, and it pushes the 1998 Godzilla out of the fray.

Finally saw it last night and it's absolutely WAY better than the 1998 Godzilla. That's what Godzilla is supposed to look like, a real Japanese Godzilla.

When I saw this in theaters, the first thing I thought was, "Please don't be bad." And I was so happy to see it was good. One of my favorites.

I think this movie is better than Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) because the Ghidorah in that movie does not focus on tradition. Ghidorah in that movie might be the weakest I have ever seen.

This movie introduces the most powerful monster Toho created in a movie that lives up to its name.

Ever since I was 12 or 13, I have loved this movie both for its abundance of monsters and comedic fight scenes.

The original movie with modern CGI, Godzilla Minus One won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. After 69 years, the King of the Monsters has finally received an Oscar.

The movie even incorporates some thematic math. Japan is at its lowest point in history after WWII, symbolizing zero. Nothing can seem worse than zero. Then Godzilla arrives and brings them to negative one. The movie features one of the most powerful atomic breaths ever. Hope there's a sequel!

After the 1998 monstrosity, Toho got really ticked off and decided to start making more Godzilla movies earlier than planned (they planned to take a break after Godzilla vs. Destoroyah).

Godzilla's strategy to kill Orga, plus the moment he kills that military guy, shows off his intelligence.

Not the greatest Godzilla movie, but why is it lower than the 1998 one? I'm not trying to hate or anything, but this movie was literally made to remind fans of who the REAL Godzilla was after 1998 was a major box office fail.

Also, just a little side note, this is my third favorite Godzilla look. Second is the Yuji Sakai version of G2000, and first is the 2014 Godzilla.

This was the first Godzilla movie I ever saw, and I invited a lot of my friends to see it with me. Even though some of the fight scenes were a little cheesy, I liked the plot. I also enjoyed some of the fight scenes too.

But I heard there were two endings. In the USA, King Kong won, and in Japan, Godzilla won. But I heard it was fake, though.

Godzilla movies I want to see with the new Godzilla are:
- Godzilla vs. King Kong remake
- Godzilla vs. Pacific Rim robots
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla remake
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah remake (the 1991 version)
- Son of Godzilla remake
- Destroy All Monsters remake

Has some flaws, but I still like it.

Godzilla, King of the Monsters! is... alright. The US version of the original film may not be as good as the original, but at least it's better than the English dubbing of Final Wars and Shin Godzilla (their English dubbed versions are terrible).

It's even better than the American version of King Kong vs. Godzilla.

If this counts as Gojira, then yes, it should be number 1. Gojira is dark, depressing, and shows what Hiroshima and Nagasaki were like for the Japanese. Great movie.

The American one is NOT tougher than the Japanese one. In Final Wars, Godzilla defeats the American one in 10 seconds.

This movie has a dark tone to it, making it a bit scary. But I love it!

The moment where Godzilla destroys Mechagodzilla proves the movie's moral: nature always triumphs over machine.

Baby Godzilla looks so cute. Godzilla is awesome. Fire Rodan and Mechagodzilla are nice. Sad that Rodan died to save Baby Godzilla.

Little Godzilla is just adorable.

The reason I feel this was such a good movie was because it brings two big Toho monsters together to fight each other. It's also the start of one of Godzilla's biggest rivalries throughout his franchise.

The new Godzilla vs. Mothra, which is Godzilla vs. Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1992), is okay, but the original Godzilla vs. Mothra (1964) is one of the best Godzilla movies and one of the very first Godzilla movies I ever saw.

Godzilla vs. Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1992) is cool, but the original Godzilla vs. Mothra (1964) makes more sense. In the original, Godzilla is the bad guy and Mothra is the good guy. However, in Godzilla vs. Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1992), Godzilla is innocent. Well, Godzilla wants to destroy or eat the egg, but he was awakened by a meteor that crashed into him at the bottom of the sea or ocean.

Then Godzilla fights the Mothra caterpillar, and Battra shows up to fight both Godzilla and the Mothra caterpillar. Godzilla fights Battra underwater and gets sucked down by an underwater volcano. Battra comes out of the underwater volcano, and Godzilla comes out of a regular volcano in Mt. Fuji, which is the best part of Godzilla vs. Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1992).

Godzilla fights both Mothra and Battra in their butterfly forms and gets beaten by both of them at the end of the movie. Godzilla was innocent in Godzilla vs. Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1992). A meteor woke him up from his sleep at the bottom of the sea or ocean.

But in the original Godzilla vs. Mothra (1964), Godzilla comes out of the dirt and destroys the city until he fights Mothra in her butterfly form. Godzilla defeats Mothra, but the two Mothra caterpillars defeat Godzilla, and Godzilla retreats back into the ocean until he returns in Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964).

The action isn't delayed. It starts off right at the beginning. There's a lot of it, and the moment where Godzilla tears off MechaG's head and he's still standing so he raises his hand like "Hold the heck up!" is hilarious.

I love this movie so much! It's my favorite. It was my first ever Godzilla movie.

My first ever Godzilla movie. This will always be my childhood favorite.

This movie brought together several kaiju from the Showa era to defeat the Kilaaks. Plus, Ghidorah is finally killed (note: Godzilla vs. Gigan came after Destroy All Monsters, and Ghidorah was alive in that movie, so I think the events in Godzilla vs. Gigan came before the events in Destroy All Monsters).

I'm shocked this is so low, especially with the highly uneven Final Wars being so high.

The best Godzilla movie ever. Shocked it's so low.

Ranking this film at 36th is so criminal that it is almost a crying shame that this list even exists. Shin Godzilla is at least in my top five favorites out of the entire series.

Why do a lot of people hate this one so much? I honestly don't see what is so bad about it.

Yes, it may not be on the level of the original 1964 Mothra vs. Godzilla, but it's still my personal favorite of the Heisei series.

Beautiful because of Mothra and the Cosmos in this film. Godzilla looks angry in a cool way, like usual.

Absolutely incredible. Little Godzilla is at his cutest, Spacegodzilla looks awesome, and Godzilla uses his Spiral Atomic Breath Ray again.

Nice movie. SpaceGodzilla is awesome. Baby Godzilla, as always, looks cute.

I think that Moguera reminds me of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Megazord. SpaceGodzilla is awesome looking, and Fairy Mothra is beautiful!

I'm a die-hard Godzilla fan since I was a kid (54 now). This is by far my favorite, with Jet Jaguar. The story is great, and the action is spot on. Godzilla may not have his antics as in Monster Zero or Mechagodzilla, but he does show just what a badass he is against Megalon.