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All the Godzilla Movies Ranked


As the release of "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" stomps closer, here are all 34 Godzilla movies ranked from worst to best.

Image Credit: Courtesy of Everett Collection Notable only for introducing Godzilla’s dog-like adversary Anguirus, who would go on to become one of the most beloved beasts in the series, this rushed production is marred by awkward direction, threadbare special effects, and an interminably slow and meandering second half that dispenses with monster fights in favor of pointless human drama. Image Credit: Courtesy of Everett Collection With his red cyclopean eye, metallic jai alai scoop hands, razor-sharp beak, and dorsal-finned back, the giant alien cyborg named Gigan is one of Toho’s most impressively designed monsters; and that’s before his secret buzzsaw belly-blades are revealed in all their gory glory. Image Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Restoring a sense of childlike wonder to the franchise, the exceptional fourth entry in the MonsterVerse saga is like a kaiju smorgasbord brimming with tributes to everything from Edgar Rice Burroughs’ pulpy Hollow Earth novels to Toho Studios’ 1967 classic “King Kong Escapes.” Lighter in tone than the three previous movies in this cycle, the story finds the secretive Monarch organization desperately trying to determine why Godzilla has reverted back to his old destructive ways.

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