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23.Godzilla: The Planet Eater(2018)
23.
The three anime Godzilla movies (see also: No.
Its as different a premise for a Godzilla movie as there has ever been.
The film ends with the main character committing suicide to put a status-quo-restoring stop to all this madness.
22.Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle(2018)
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21.Godzilla 2000: Millennium(1999)
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The Americans didntgetGodzilla let Japan show you how its done.
Unfortunately,Godzilla 2000: Millenniumis narrowly worse than the American debacle.
At least the 98Godzillawassporadicallyengaging for all its many flaws.
20.Godzilla(1998)
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19.Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters(2017)
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18.Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla(1994)
18.
The Heisei Era is also sometimes called the Vs.
Era, because six of the seven movies in it are titledGodzilla vs. [insert monster name here].
Creatively, too, its dump the Heisei franchise was nearing its end.
Thankfully, Toho came up with something different and much better for the final Heisei film.
17.Godzilla: King of the Monsters(2019)
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Thats just bad, but whats unforgivable is how flippantlyKing of the Monstersinverts the atomic metaphor that begat Godzilla.
16.Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
(2003)
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Whereas all the other moviesonlyincluded the original 1954Godzillain their continuity,Tokyo S.O.S.is a follow-up toGodzilla Against Mechagodzilla.
15.Godzilla vs. Mothra(1992)
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14.Godzilla: Final Wars(2004)
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13.Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II(1993)
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12.Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire(2024)
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11.Godzilla vs. Megaguirus(2000)
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10.Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah(1991)
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To stop this, the Futurians travel back in time and unleash the three-headed King Ghidorah on Japan.
(There is also a robot character who was clearly just Tohos attempt to copyThe Terminator.)
9.Godzilla vs. Biollante(1989)
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8.Godzilla(2014)
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7.The Return of Godzilla(1984)
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- Few other Godzillas are as of their time, in a positive way, asReturns.
The American edit,Godzilla 1985, is much worse.
6.Godzilla vs. Destoroyah(1995)
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5.Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla(1993)
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4.Godzilla vs. Kong(2021)
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There have been lots of movies calledGodzilla vs. [insertmonster name here].
3.Godzilla Minus One(2023)
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The latest JapaneseGodzillatakes things back to the start before the start, actually.
Its a movie about optimism, not militarism.
2.Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack(2001)
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Godzilla has been heroic, hes been aloof, and hes been varying levels of horrifying.
Only inGMK, however, does Godzilla truly feelevilas opposed to justbad.
1.Shin Godzilla(2016)
1.
Godzilla is at his strongest when he means something.
This is aGodzillaborn of modern fears and concerns.
And what a Godzilla it is.
As is perhaps fitting for the first JapaneseGodzillato be CGI rather than suitmation, there is nothing human aboutShinGodzilla.
Its a monster that defies all sense of order and all your expectations.
