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This incarnation of Godzilla is set to return and battle King Kong in the fourth entry of the MonsterVerse, Godzilla vs. Kong.
This incarnation of Godzilla is set to return and battle King Kong in the fourth entry of the MonsterVerse, Godzilla vs. Kong.


==Toho productions==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:25px" | #
! style="width:300px;"| Title
! style="width:50px;"| Year
! style="width:120px;"| Director(s)
! style="width:140px;"| Effects director
! style="width:250px;"| Monster co-star(s)
! style="width:250px;"| Current U.S. licenses
|-
! colspan="7" style="background-color:#CEE0F2;" | Shōwa era (1954–1975)
|-
|-
|1
|
''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]''
|[[1954 in film|1954]]
|[[Ishirō Honda]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Eiji Tsuburaya]]
|None
|rowspan="2" |[[The Criterion Collection]]{{efn|[[Janus Films]] and [[The Criterion Collection]] have sub-licensed these films from [[DreamWorks Classics]] (formerly known as Classic Media), who hold permanent rights to the Japanese and English versions of these films: '''''Godzilla''''' (1954), '''''Godzilla Raids Again''''' (1955), '''''Godzilla, King of the Monsters!''''' (1956), '''''Rodan''''' (1956), '''''Mothra vs. Godzilla''''' (1964), '''''Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster''''' (1964), '''''Invasion of Astro-Monster''''' (1965), '''''The War of the Gargantuas''''' (1966), '''''All Monsters Attack''''' (1969), and '''''Terror of Mechagodzilla''''' (1975).<ref name="Showa Criterion">{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/home-video/3469049/criterion-collection-obtained-showa-era-godzilla-films/|title=Criterion Collection Has Obtained Most of the Shōwa Era 'Godzilla' Films!|last=Squires|first=John|work=Bloody Disgusting|date=November 8, 2017| access-date=November 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2011/11/18/godzilla-from-the-criterion-collection-2/|title=Godzilla from The Criterion Collection|last=Aiken|first=Keith|work=SciFi Japan|date=November 18, 2011| access-date=November 8, 2017}}</ref> On April 28, 2016, [[NBCUniversal]] announced it would be acquiring DreamWorks Classics' parent company [[DreamWorks Animation]] for $3.8 billion.<ref name="lat-comcastbuy">{{cite web |last1=James |first1=Meg |title=Comcast's NBCUniversal buys DreamWorks Animation in $3.8-billion deal |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-nbcuniversal-buys-dreamworks--20160428-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times | access-date=April 28, 2016 |date=April 28, 2016}}</ref> The acquisition was completed on August 22.<ref>{{cite web |author=Dave McNary |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/comcast-completes-dreamworks-animation-purchase-1201842240/ |title=Comcast Completes $3.8 Billion DreamWorks Animation Purchase |publisher=Variety |date=August 22, 2016 | access-date=August 27, 2016}}</ref>}}
|-
|2
|
''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]''
|[[1955 in film|1955]]
|[[Motoyoshi Oda]]
|[[Anguirus]]
|-
|3
|''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]''
|[[1962 in film|1962]]
| rowspan="4" |Ishirō Honda
|[[King Kong]], the Oodako{{sfn|Lees|Cerasini|1998|p=116}}
|[[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]]<br>The Criterion Collection<ref name="Criterion Set"/>
|-
|4
|
''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]''
| rowspan="2" |[[1964 in film|1964]]
|[[Mothra]]
| rowspan="12" |The Criterion Collection<ref name="Criterion Set">{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/7/25/8930381/godzilla-criterion-collection-showa-era-films-release-date|title=Criterion reveals the collection's 1000th disc: the ultimate Godzilla set|last=Patches|first=Matt|date=July 25, 2019|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|access-date=July 25, 2019}}</ref>
|-
|5
|
''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]''
|[[King Ghidorah]], [[Rodan]], Mothra
|-
|6
|
''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]''
|[[1965 in film|1965]]
|King Ghidorah, Rodan
|-
|7
|
''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]''
|[[1966 in film|1966]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Jun Fukuda]]
| rowspan="3" |Sadamasa Arikawa
|[[Ebirah]], Mothra, the Ookondoru{{sfn|Lees|Cerasini|1998|p=116}}
|-
|8
|''[[Son of Godzilla]]''
|[[1967 in film|1967]]
|[[Minilla]], [[Kumonga]], [[Kamacuras]]
|-
|9
|''[[Destroy All Monsters]]''
|[[1968 in film|1968]]
| rowspan="2" |Ishirō Honda
|King Ghidorah, Rodan, Mothra, Anguirus, Minilla, Kumonga, [[Manda (kaiju)|Manda]], [[Gorosaurus]], [[Baragon]], [[Varan]]
|-
|10
|
''[[All Monsters Attack]]''
|[[1969 in film|1969]]
|Ishirō Honda
|Gabara, Minilla
|-
|11
|
''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]''
|[[1971 in film|1971]]
|[[Yoshimitsu Banno]]
| rowspan="5" |[[Teruyoshi Nakano]]
|[[Hedorah]]
|-
|12
|
''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]''
|[[1972 in film|1972]]
| rowspan="3" |Jun Fukuda
|[[Gigan]], King Ghidorah, Anguirus
|-
|13
|''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]''
|[[1973 in film|1973]]
|[[Megalon]], [[Jet Jaguar]], Gigan, Anguirus, Rodan
|-
|14
|
''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]''
|[[1974 in film|1974]]
|[[Mechagodzilla]], [[King Caesar]], Anguirus
|-
|15
|
''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]''
|[[1975 in film|1975]]
|Ishirō Honda
|Mechagodzilla 2, [[Titanosaurus (Godzilla)|Titanosaurus]]
|-
|-
! colspan="7" style="background-color:#CEE0F2;" | Heisei era (1984–1995)
|-
|-
|16
|
''[[The Return of Godzilla]]''
|[[1984 in film|1984]]
|[[Koji Hashimoto (director)|Koji Hashimoto]]
|[[Teruyoshi Nakano]]
|Giant Sea Lice{{sfn|Lees|Cerasini|1998|p=55}}
|[[Section23 Films#Kraken Releasing|Kraken Releasing]]
|-
|17
|''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]''
|[[1989 in film|1989]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Kazuki Ōmori]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Koichi Kawakita]]
|[[Biollante]]
|[[Lionsgate]]
|-
|18
|''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''
|[[1991 in film|1991]]
|King Ghidorah, [[Mecha-King Ghidorah]], the [[Dorats]], [[Godzillasaurus]]
| rowspan="5" |[[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]]
|-
|19
|
''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]''
|[[1992 in film|1992]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Takao Okawara]]
|Mothra, [[Battra]]
|-
|20
|
''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]''
|[[1993 in film|1993]]
|Mechagodzilla, [[Super Mechagodzilla]], Rodan, [[Rodan|Fire Rodan]], [[Godzilla Junior|Baby Godzilla]]
|-
|21
|''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]''
|[[1994 in film|1994]]
|Kensho Yamashita
|[[SpaceGodzilla]], [[Moguera]], [[Mothra|Fairy Mothra]], [[Godzilla Junior|Little Godzilla]]
|-
|22
|
''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''
|[[1995 in film|1995]]
|Takao Okawara
|[[Destoroyah]], [[Godzilla Junior]]
|-
|-
! colspan="7" style="background-color:#CEE0F2;" | Millennium era (1999–2004)
|-
|-
|23
|
''[[Godzilla 2000|Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]''
|[[1999 in film|1999]]
|Takao Okawara
| rowspan="2" |[[Kenji Suzuki (tokusatsu)|Kenji Suzuki]]
|Orga, the Millennian
| rowspan="6" |Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
|-
|24
|
''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''
|[[2000 in film|2000]]
|Masaaki Tezuka
|[[Megaguirus]], the [[Meganulon]]s, the [[Meganulon|Meganula]]s
|-
|25
|
''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]''
|[[2001 in film|2001]]
|[[Shusuke Kaneko]]
|Makoto Kamiya
|King Ghidorah, Mothra, Baragon
|-
|26
|
''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]''
|[[2002 in film|2002]]
| rowspan="2" |Masaaki Tezuka
|Yûichi Kikuchi
|Mechagodzilla (Kiryu)
|-
|27
|
''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]''
|[[2003 in film|2003]]
| rowspan="2" |Eiichi Asada
|Mechagodzilla (Kiryu), Mothra, [[Kamoebas]]
|-
|28
|''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]''
|[[2004 in film|2004]]
|[[Ryuhei Kitamura]]
|Monster X a.k.a. Keizer Ghidorah, [[Zilla (TriStar Godzilla)|Zilla]], Rodan, Mothra, Gigan, King Caesar, Anguirus, Minilla, Kumonga, Kamacuras, Manda, Hedorah, Ebirah
|-
|-
! colspan="7" style="background-color:#CEE0F2;" | Reiwa era (2016–present){{efn|Japan's Reiwa era began on May 1, 2019;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/31/asia/japan-new-era-reiwa-intl/index.html|title='Reiwa': Japan announces dawn of a new era|author1=Euan McKirdy|author2=Junko Ogura|author3=James Griffiths|work=CNN|date=April 1, 2019|accessdate=October 12, 2019|url-status=live|archivedate=October 12, 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012071316/https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/31/asia/japan-new-era-reiwa-intl/index.html}}</ref>however, Toho considers ''Shin Godzilla'' and the anime trilogy as part of the Reiwa era.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}}}
|-
|-
|29
|
''[[Shin Godzilla]]''
|[[2016 in film|2016]]
|[[Hideaki Anno]]<br />[[Shinji Higuchi]]
|Shinji Higuchi
|None
|[[Funimation]]{{efn|On July 31, 2017, [[Sony Pictures Television]] announced that it would buy a controlling 95% stake in Funimation for $143,000,000, a deal that closed on October 27, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Eggerton|first1=John|title=Feds OK Sony Purchase of Funimation|url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/policy/feds-ok-sony-purchase-funimation/414752|website=Multichannel| access-date=27 October 2017}}</ref>}}
|-
|30
|
''[[Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters]]''
|[[2017 in film|2017]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Kōbun Shizuno]]<br />Hiroyuki Seshita
| rowspan="3" |N/A
|Servum, [[Dogora]], [[Dagahra]], Orga, Kamacuras, Anguirus, Rodan, [[Mechagodzilla]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Netflix]]
|-
|31
|''[[Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle]]''
| rowspan="2" |[[2018 in film|2018]]
| Mechagodzilla City, Servum, Vulture
|-
|32
|''[[Godzilla: The Planet Eater]]''
|[[King Ghidorah]], Mothra, Servum
|}
===Hollywood productions===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:25px" | #
! style="width:300px;"|Title
! style="width:50px;"|Year
! style="width:120px;"|Director(s)
! style="width:140px;"|Effects director
! style="width:250px;"|Monster co-star(s)
! style="width:250px;"|Current U.S. licenses
|-
|-
! colspan="7" style="background-color:#CEE0F2;" | [[TriStar Pictures]] (1998)
|-
|-
|-
|1
|''[[Godzilla (1998 film)|Godzilla]]''
|[[1998 in film|1998]]
|[[Roland Emmerich]]
|[[Volker Engel]]
|[[Zilla (TriStar Godzilla)|Baby Godzilla]]s
|Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
|-
|-
! colspan="7" style="background-color:#CEE0F2;" | [[Legendary Entertainment|Legendary Pictures]] / [[MonsterVerse]] (2014–present)
|-
|-
|-
|2
|[[Godzilla (2014 film)|''Godzilla'']]
|[[2014 in film|2014]]
|[[Gareth Edwards (director)|Gareth Edwards]]
|[[Jim Rygiel]]
|[[MUTO]] (male and female)
| rowspan="3"|[[Warner Home Video|Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]]
|-
|3
|[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)|''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'']]
|[[2019 in film|2019]]
|[[Michael Dougherty]]
|[[Guillaume Rocheron]]
|[[King Ghidorah]], [[Mothra]], [[Rodan]], [[King Kong]] (archival footage), female MUTO, Behemoth, Methuselah, Scylla<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/godzilla-king-monsters-monster-list-17-titan-names-revealed-1441056|title=Godzilla: King of the Monsters Monster List: All 17 Titan Names Revealed|first=Andrew|last=Whalen|work=Newsweek|date=May 31, 2019|accessdate=June 1, 2019|url-status=live|archivedate=June 2, 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602061549/https://www.newsweek.com/godzilla-king-monsters-monster-list-17-titan-names-revealed-1441056}}</ref>
|-
|4
|''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]''
|[[2020 in film|2020]]
|[[Adam Wingard]]
|John “DJ” DesJardin
|King Kong
|-
|}
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Godzilla (ゴジラ Gojira) is a Titan who first appeared in the 2014 Legendary Pictures film, Godzilla.

The MonsterVerse Godzilla is the second incarnation of Godzilla to be featured in an American-made film, after the TriStar Godzilla from the 1998 film, and the tenth onscreen incarnation of the character overall. A colossal apex predator hailing from a time in Earth's past where surface radiation levels were considerably higher, Godzilla retreated deep underwater as this radiation declined to feed on the planet's natural geothermal radiation. Godzilla occasionally surfaced throughout history, inspiring some of humanity's mythology. In the 20th century, the advent of the nuclear age drew Godzilla to the surface along with the deadly Shinomura, attracting the attention of the American military, which carried out a campaign of nuclear strikes against the two clashing monsters in the South Pacific under the guise of nuclear testing. While Shinomura was vaporized by the blast of the Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb, Godzilla survived and vanished up until 2014 when parasitic creatures from his time period dubbed MUTOs were unleashed and prepared to begin reproducing. Godzilla hunted the MUTOs down to San Francisco, where he engaged in a protracted battle which ended when he killed them both and returned to the ocean. After subsequently slaying the MUTOs' mother, MUTO Prime, Godzilla disappeared into the depths of the ocean for five years, though Monarch kept tabs on him. When a group of eco-terrorists awakened his ancient nemesis King Ghidorah from his icy tomb in Antarctica, Godzilla confronted the newly-awakened three-headed Titan. King Ghidorah escaped their first battle, but Godzilla tracked him down to the waters off of Mexico and nearly defeated him in an underwater clash before being interrupted by the military's Oxygen Destroyer. Godzilla retreated to his underwater lair to heal, but his rejuvenation was accelerated by the sacrifice of Dr. Ishiro Serizawa, who set off a thermonuclear warhead in his vicinity. Godzilla made his way to Boston for a final battle with Ghidorah, and with the intervention of Mothra was finally able to triumph. The surviving Titans who had been following Ghidorah congregated around Godzilla and submitted to him, accepting him as the King of the Monsters.

This incarnation of Godzilla is set to return and battle King Kong in the fourth entry of the MonsterVerse, Godzilla vs. Kong.

Toho productions

# Title Year Director(s) Effects director Monster co-star(s) Current U.S. licenses
Shōwa era (1954–1975)
1

Godzilla

1954 Ishirō Honda Eiji Tsuburaya None The Criterion CollectionTemplate:Efn
2

Godzilla Raids Again

1955 Motoyoshi Oda Anguirus
3 King Kong vs. Godzilla 1962 Ishirō Honda King Kong, the OodakoTemplate:Sfn Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
The Criterion Collection<ref name="Criterion Set"/>
4

Mothra vs. Godzilla

1964 Mothra The Criterion Collection<ref name="Criterion Set">Template:Cite web</ref>
5

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

King Ghidorah, Rodan, Mothra
6

Invasion of Astro-Monster

1965 King Ghidorah, Rodan
7

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

1966 Jun Fukuda Sadamasa Arikawa Ebirah, Mothra, the OokondoruTemplate:Sfn
8 Son of Godzilla 1967 Minilla, Kumonga, Kamacuras
9 Destroy All Monsters 1968 Ishirō Honda King Ghidorah, Rodan, Mothra, Anguirus, Minilla, Kumonga, Manda, Gorosaurus, Baragon, Varan
10

All Monsters Attack

1969 Ishirō Honda Gabara, Minilla
11

Godzilla vs. Hedorah

1971 Yoshimitsu Banno Teruyoshi Nakano Hedorah
12

Godzilla vs. Gigan

1972 Jun Fukuda Gigan, King Ghidorah, Anguirus
13 Godzilla vs. Megalon 1973 Megalon, Jet Jaguar, Gigan, Anguirus, Rodan
14

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

1974 Mechagodzilla, King Caesar, Anguirus
15

Terror of Mechagodzilla

1975 Ishirō Honda Mechagodzilla 2, Titanosaurus
Heisei era (1984–1995)
16

The Return of Godzilla

1984 Koji Hashimoto Teruyoshi Nakano Giant Sea LiceTemplate:Sfn Kraken Releasing
17 Godzilla vs. Biollante 1989 Kazuki Ōmori Koichi Kawakita Biollante Lionsgate
18 Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah 1991 King Ghidorah, Mecha-King Ghidorah, the Dorats, Godzillasaurus Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
19

Godzilla vs. Mothra

1992 Takao Okawara Mothra, Battra
20

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II

1993 Mechagodzilla, Super Mechagodzilla, Rodan, Fire Rodan, Baby Godzilla
21 Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla 1994 Kensho Yamashita SpaceGodzilla, Moguera, Fairy Mothra, Little Godzilla
22

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

1995 Takao Okawara Destoroyah, Godzilla Junior
Millennium era (1999–2004)
23

Godzilla 2000: Millennium

1999 Takao Okawara Kenji Suzuki Orga, the Millennian Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
24

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

2000 Masaaki Tezuka Megaguirus, the Meganulons, the Meganulas
25

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

2001 Shusuke Kaneko Makoto Kamiya King Ghidorah, Mothra, Baragon
26

Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla

2002 Masaaki Tezuka Yûichi Kikuchi Mechagodzilla (Kiryu)
27

Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.

2003 Eiichi Asada Mechagodzilla (Kiryu), Mothra, Kamoebas
28 Godzilla: Final Wars 2004 Ryuhei Kitamura Monster X a.k.a. Keizer Ghidorah, Zilla, Rodan, Mothra, Gigan, King Caesar, Anguirus, Minilla, Kumonga, Kamacuras, Manda, Hedorah, Ebirah
Reiwa era (2016–present)Template:Efn
29

Shin Godzilla

2016 Hideaki Anno
Shinji Higuchi 		Shinji Higuchi None FunimationTemplate:Efn
30

Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters

2017 Kōbun Shizuno
Hiroyuki Seshita 		N/A Servum, Dogora, Dagahra, Orga, Kamacuras, Anguirus, Rodan, Mechagodzilla Netflix
31 Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle 2018 Mechagodzilla City, Servum, Vulture
32 Godzilla: The Planet Eater King Ghidorah, Mothra, Servum


Hollywood productions

# Title Year Director(s) Effects director Monster co-star(s) Current U.S. licenses
TriStar Pictures (1998)
1 Godzilla 1998 Roland Emmerich Volker Engel Baby Godzillas Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Legendary Pictures / MonsterVerse (2014–present)
2 Godzilla 2014 Gareth Edwards Jim Rygiel MUTO (male and female) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
3 Godzilla: King of the Monsters 2019 Michael Dougherty Guillaume Rocheron King Ghidorah, Mothra, Rodan, King Kong (archival footage), female MUTO, Behemoth, Methuselah, Scylla<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
4 Godzilla vs. Kong 2020 Adam Wingard John “DJ” DesJardin King Kong

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