Favorite Godzilla Movie by Era

[American Godzilla]

For mine by Era...

Showa Era (1954--1983): the 1st movie, the 1954 Godzilla as it is the one that started it all and defined what it meant to be a Godzilla.

Heisei Era (1984--1995): 'Godzilla vs Destroyah' as it returned to the Oxygen Destroyer concept only in kaiju form... of course I was hoping for (at least) the two of them to kill each other off rather than Destroyah being killed so easily like that.

Millennium Era (1999--2004): None really, a lot here had potential... but to me fell short (in one aspect or another) of my hopes/expectations.

Monsterverse Era (2014--2019): 2014 Godzilla film, and most likely I will enjoy the "King of the Monsters" film (based on the info and trailers I have seen it should be great, and the movie makers tried to have a lot of nods to classic films as far as I've heard... just the 2019 Ghidorah seems like a modern remake to the concept behind Toho's 1st Ghidorah!)

Post-Millennium Era (2016--2018): None as well. The Anime trilogy tried to be a big hit, but to me Toho had a LOT of missed potential in both story and kaiju designs. So much that at times I try to pretend that they don't exist (at least in my own little universe).

[GodzillaXGomoraFight]

1950s: Gojira
1960s: Destroy All Monsters (Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster is a close second)
1970s: Terror of Mechagodzilla
1980s: The Return of Godzilla
1990s: Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
2000s: GMK
2010s: Godzilla: King of The Monsters

Showa: Destroy All Monsters
Heisei: The Return of Godzilla
Millennium: GMK
Reiwa?: Shin Godzilla
MonsterVerse: Godzilla: King of the Monsters

[Kerwell]

50s: Godzilla
60s: King Kong vs Godzilla
70s: Terror of MechaGodzilla
80s: Godzilla vs Biollante
90s: Godzilla 2000
2000s: GMK
2010s: Shin Godzilla

[godzilla98rules]

Here's mine by Decade:

50s: Gojira
60s: Invasion of Astro Monster (Godzilla vs Monster Zero)
70s: Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla
80s: Godzilla vs Biollante
90s: Godzilla vs King Ghidorah
2000s: GMK
2010s: Shin Godzilla

My list by Era is about the same.......

Showa: Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla
Heisei: Godzilla vs Biollante
Millennium: GMK
Post-Millennium: Shin Godzilla
Monsterverse: Godzilla: King of the Monsters

[jrock]

50s: Godzilla King of Monsters (with Raymond Burr)
60s: Godzilla vs. Mothra
70s: Terror of MechaGodzilla
80s: Return of Godzilla (Japan version only)
90s: Godzilla vs King Ghidorah
2000s: Godzilla 2000.
2010s: Godzilla 2014.

[Dynomy-DX]

Going by Era

Showa: Godzilla Vs. Gigan/Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster
Heisei: Godzilla Vs. MechaGodzilla II
Millennium: Godzilla: Final Wars
Monsterverse: Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Can’t comment on Post Millenium since the only real movie there is Shin Godzilla and the Anime trilogy is their own little thing... which I’m not big on.

[Terasawa]

50s: Godzilla (54)
60s: Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster (runner-up: Mothra vs. Godzilla)
70s: Godzilla vs. Gigan (runner-up: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla)
80s: Godzilla vs. Biollante
90s: Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (runner-up: Godzilla 2000)
00s: GMK
10s: Shin Godzilla

By era:

Showa: Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster
Matsuri: Godzilla vs. Gigan
Heisei: Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (runner-up: Godzilla vs. Biollante)
Millennium: Godzilla 2000 (runner-up: GMK)
Modern era: Shin Godzilla

I was saving an update until I could see KOTM, which didn't make the cut as I'd hoped. But I'll use the opportunity to make a few necessary changes.

By decade:

90s: (runner-up: Godzilla vs. Mothra)

By era:

Heisei: Toss up between Godzilla vs. Biollante & Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah.
Millennium: GMK (Distant runner-up: G2K. Most of the Millennium films suck.)

[Dv-218]

Finally decided to revise that list I made last year after giving several Godzilla movies a rewatch. I admit this was a tough one, there's so much to choose from

By period:

50's: Godzilla.

60's: Monster Zero (GTTHM and KKvG are close contenders for me).

70's: Terror of Mechagodzilla.

80's: Godzilla vs Biollante.

90's: Godzilla 2000 (Although GvKG is a guilty pleasure purely due to how batshit insane the plot is lol).

2000's: GMK.

2010's: Godzilla: King of the Monsters.


By era:

Showa: Monster Zero (technically 1954, but I prefer to consider it it's own thing in terms of eras).

Heisei: Godzilla vs Biollante.

Millenium: GMK.

Monsterverse: Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

New post-Millenium Toho era (Reiwa? Dunno how else to call it): Shin Godzilla.

[Dr. Professor]

Doing an update since I just rewatched the series before KOTM.

By decade:
50s: Godzilla
60s: Son of Godzilla
70s: Terror of MechaGodzilla
80s: The Return of Godzilla
90s: Godzilla 2000
00s: GMK
10s: Shin Godzilla

By era:
Showa: Son of Godzilla (aside from the original)
Heisei: Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Millennium: Godzilla 2000
MonsterVerse: Kong: Skull Island (But if we're doing strictly Godzilla films than it's Godzilla.)
Post-Millennium: Shin Godzilla

[Spuro]

I see your two lists and raise you four!

PERSONALLY:

By Decade:
50s: Gojira
60s: Mothra vs Godzilla
70s: Terror of MechaGodzilla
80s: Godzilla vs Biollante
90s: Godzilla vs Destoroyah
2000s: GMK
2010s: Godzilla: King of the Monsters

By Era:
Showa: Gojira
Heisei: Godzilla vs Biollante
Millennium: GMK
Monsterverse: Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Post-Millennium: Shin Godzilla




CRITICALLY:

By Decade:
50s: Gojira (duh)
60s: Mothra vs Godzilla (again, duh)
70s: Godzilla vs Hedorah
80s: The Return of Godzilla
90s: Godzilla: 2000
2000s: GMK
2010s: Godzilla 2014

By Era:
Showa: Gojira (yet again, duh)
Heisei: The Return of Godzilla
Millennium: GMK
Monsterverse: Godzilla 2014
Post-Millennium: Shin Godzilla

[SoggyNoodles2016]

Time to do this again now that I've seen more of the franchise and reconsidered some of the other films I've seen.

50s: Gojira
60s: Mothra vs Godzilla
70s: Terror Of Mechagodzilla
80s: Return of Godzilla
90s: Godzilla 2000
2000s: Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack
2010s: Shin Godzilla


Runners Up
60s: Ghidorah, Ebirah, Son of Godzilla
70s: Hedorah
80s: Godzilla vs Biollante
90s: Godzilla vs King Ghidorah
2000s: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
2010s: Godzilla 2014, King Of The Monsters, City On The Edge Of Battle.

[Gojira18]

50s: Gojira
60s: Ghidorah: The Three Headed Monster
70s: Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla
80s: Godzilla vs Biollante
90s: Godzilla vs Destoroyah
2000s: Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack
2010s: Godzilla: King of the Monsters

By Era:
Showa: Gojira
Heisei: Godzilla vs Destoroyah
Millennium: GMK
Monsterverse: Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Post-Millennium: Shin Godzilla

[CommanderBowser]

My top 10 favourite Godzilla films

1. Godzilla: Final Wars
2. Godzilla (2014)
3. Godzilla vs Biollante
4. Terror of MechaGodzilla
5. King Kong vs Godzilla
6. Godzilla vs Megalon
7. Godzilla 2000
8. Ghidorah: the Three Headed Monster
9. Godzilla vs Hedorah
10. Godzilla Resurgence

At least for now

Edit: whoops, wrong thread

[HedorahIsBestGirl]

50s: Godzilla
60s: Mothra vs. Godzilla (best) / Destroy All Monsters (favorite)
70s: Terror of Mechagodzilla
80s: Godzilla vs. Biollante
90s: Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
2000s: GMK
2010s: Shin Gojira (best) / King of the Monsters (favorite)

[realinvaderdesign]

50s- godzilla
60s- godzilla vs mothra
70s- terror of mechagodzilla
80s- godzilla vs biolante
90s- godzilla vs king ghidorah
00's- gmk
Current series- shin godzilla
Monsterverse- king of the monsters

[GodzillaRangerPrime]

By Decade:

1950s: Gojira
1960s: Mothra vs Godzilla
1970s: Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla
1980s: Godzilla vs Biollante
1990s: Godzilla vs Destoroyah
2000s: Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack
2010s: Godzilla: King of the Monsters

By Era:

Showa: Gojira
Heisei: Godzilla vs Biollante
Millennium: Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack
Monsterverse: Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Reiwa: Shin Godzilla

[ShinGojira14]

Showa: Godzilla (1954)
Heisei: Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla (1993)
Millennium: Godzilla Final Wars
MonsterVerse: Godzilla (2014), though hopefully Godzilla vs Kong changes that
Reiwa: Shin Godzilla
Anime: Godzilla Planet of the Monsters

[Voyager]

50s: Gojira
60s: Mothra vs Godzilla
70s: Terror of Mechagodzilla
80s: Godzilla vs Biollante
90s: Godzilla vs King Ghidorah
2000s: GMK
2010s: Shin Gojira


Showa: Mothra vs Godzilla
Heisei: Godzilla vs King Ghidorah
Millennium: GMK
MonsterVerse: KOTM
Reiwa: Shin Gojira

[CommanderBowser]

Changing my list a bit

50s: It's obvious (Godzilla 1954)
60s: King Kong vs Godzilla
70s: Terror of MechaGodzilla
80s: Godzilla vs Biollante
90s: Godzilla 2000
2000s: Godzilla: Final Wars
2010s: Godzilla: King of the Monsters

By Era

Showa: Terror of MechaGodzilla
Heisei: Godzilla vs Biollante
Millennium: Godzilla: Final Wars
Monsterverse: Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Reiwa: Godzilla Resurgence

[Kaltes-Herzeleid]

50s: Godzilla (1954)
60s: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
70s: Terror of Mechagodzilla
80s: The Return of Godzilla
90s: Godzilla Vs. King Ghidorah
2000s: GMK
2010s: Shin Godzilla