Godzilla Day 2025: What’s YOUR favorite Godzilla movie?
November 3 is the anniversary of when Godzilla’s first movie came out in 1954.
In the years since, there have been dozens more Godzilla movies—with all sorts of angles and different approaches. Which do YOU like best?
Godzilla has made a huge impact on popular culture! For more than 70 years, the giant monster Godzilla—“King of the Monsters”—has been the lead in one of the longest-running series in the history of movies. Since his debut—the Toho 1954 movie Gojira—he has appeared in like 40 movies, plus TV shows, video games, comic books, toys, and other merch.
Who is showing Godzilla movies in the streaming age?
You can check JustWatch to see who is currently streaming some of the Godzilla movies.
If you want to update your Godzilla library, lots of the digital movies are for sale at Fandango at Home.
And in case you were wondering…
As for me, my favorite Godzilla movies include Gojira (1954), Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964), Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964), Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965), Destroy All Monsters (1968), Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971), GMK: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001), Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003), Godzilla: Final Wars (2004), and the Hollywood movies Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and Godzilla vs. Kong (2021).
Special notes:
With Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, I especially loved that “monster council” scene.
And with Godzilla: Final Wars, I love that don’t-blink-or-you’ll-miss-it “Godzilla vs American version Zilla” fight.
Related Godzilla links:
Godzilla: Surprising facts—like when the Japanese studio said “That’s not Godzilla”
13 “What the Heck” Monster Movies (like Godzilla vs The Smog Monster)
Toho vs. Marvel for ‘Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe’ comic book event
Godzilla vs American version ‘Zilla’ (Hollywood’s 1998 version)
The GODZILLA Issue: Godzilla, Kong, and Gamera Movies, Games, Cartoons, More
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