Kaiju Critical: The Godzilla Shortlist

Below is the shortlist of Godzilla films I intend to cover. There’s a lot of Godzilla films to cover, and I find that not all of them are as personally interesting to me, either thematically or simply as films. You can consider this a recommendations list in a sense, with these films either being enjoyable or interesting in other ways.

Be aware that these are tentative and in no particular order. (Also check out An Introduction to G for a brief rundown of the series’ history).

Godzilla (1954)

Invasion of Astro Monster/ Monster Zero

Mothra vs. Godzilla/ vs. The Thing

Godzilla vs. Hedorah/ vs. The Smog Monster

Godzilla (1984)/ Return of Godzilla

Godzilla vs. Biollante

Godzilla vs. Mothra (The Battle for Earth)

Godzilla 2000

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

Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla

Godzilla: Tokyo SOS

For those asking about Godzilla Final Wars: fuck that movie.