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Could've sworn there was a given thread like this a long time ago, but oh well! Share your top 10 Godzilla films!

1) Terror of Mechagodzilla
2) Mothra vs Godzilla
3) GMK
4) Gojira
5) Invasion of Astro-Monster
6) Godzilla vs Gigan
7) Son of Godzilla
8) Shin Godzilla
9) GTTHM
10) Godzilla vs Hedorah

1. Godzilla (1954)
2. Son of Godzilla
3. Terror of MechaGodzilla
4. Shin Godzilla
5. Godzilla 2000
6. Godzilla vs. Monster Zero
7. Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster
8. Mothra vs. Godzilla
9. King Kong vs. Godzilla
10. Godzilla (2014)

huh.

Weird we don't have one.

oh well.

1. Gojira
2. Shin Godzilla
3. Mothra vs Godzilla
4. Godzilla 2000: Millenium
5. Terror of Mechagodzilla
6. Son of Godzilla
7. Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack
8. Godzilla, Ebirah, and Mothra: Big Duel in The South Seas
9. Three Giant Monsters: Greatest Battle On Earth
10. Godzilla: King Of The Monsters

Runners Ups: Godzilla vs Hedorah, Monster Zero, Godzilla vs King Ghidorah, and Godzilla 2014.

Godzilla (54)
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster
Monster Zero
Son of Godzilla
Godzilla vs Biollante
Godzilla vs King Ghidorah
GMK (a little torn about this one actually)
Shin Godzilla (ditto)

Listed chronologically because no one said I had to put them in any other order.

Honorable mention to Sea Monster and Hedorah.

Godzilla 1954
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Godzilla vs. Monster Zero
Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Godzilla 2000 Millenium (US cut over Japanese version)
Big Duel in the South Seas
Godzilla X Mechagodzilla
Shin Godzilla
Mothra vs. Godzilla
The Return of Godzilla (Same as G2K)

GMK
Gojira
Shin Gojira
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Godzilla 2000
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Terror of Mechagodzilla

This is good timing. I finished a huge marathon in May and a lot of my favorites and critical opinions on various films got shifted around.


PERSONALLY:

1. Godzilla (1954)
2. Mothra vs Godzilla (Sorry, GMK/GvD. You've been dethroned.)
3. Frankenstein vs Baragon (You two have been dethroned further still...)
4. GMK
5. Godzilla vs Destoroyah
6. Monster Zero
7. Terror of Mechagodzilla
8. Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
9. Godzilla vs Biollante
10. Godzilla 2000



CRITICALLY:

10/10
1. Godzilla (1954)
2. Mothra
9/10
3. Mothra vs Godzilla
8/10
4. Return of Godzilla
5. Godzilla vs Biollante
6. Godzilla vs Hedorah (With each viewing my opinion on this film gets higher. I can't believe I used to hate this one.)
7. Frankenstein vs Baragon
8. GMK
9. Godzilla (2014)
10. Shin Godzilla


I listed my favorites and best-to-worsts of my entire bloody marathon cause I'm a fucking nerd.

1. Gojira
2. Godzilla vs Destoroyah
3. Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
4. Godzilla (2014)
5. Godzilla Final Wars
6. GMK
7. Godzilla vs King Ghidorah
8. Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth
9. Godzilla against Mechagodzilla
10. Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II

G54
Mothra vs Godzilla
Godzilla 2000
Godzilla vs Destoroyah
Terror of Mechagodzilla
Godzilla vs Hedorah
Godzilla vs King Ghidorah
Godzilla vs Biollante
Godzilla vs Monster Zero
G14

Honorable mention: GMK, Godzilla x Mechagodzilla

10. Godzilla Final Wars
9. Godzilla King of the Monsters
8. Mothra vs Godzilla
7. Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla 2
6. Godzilla Tokyo SOS
5. Ghidorah, The Three Headed Monster
4. Godzilla vs Destoroyah
3. Gojira
2. GMK
1. Godzilla 2000

Via this Preference Revealer gizmo, my top 10 was determined as:

Godzilla (1954)
Mothra vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Son of Godzilla
Invasion of Astro-Monster
The Return of Godzilla
Destroy All Monsters
Terror of Mechagodzilla
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

And the whole list, having only seen KOTM once, but also having rewatched a lot of entries recently (Including GMK which...oof, didn't hold up) goes like:


Godzilla (1954)
Mothra vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Son of Godzilla
Invasion of Astro-Monster
The Return of Godzilla
Destroy All Monsters
Terror of Mechagodzilla
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Godzilla vs. Megalon
Ebirah, Horror from the Deep
Godzilla vs. Gigan
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Godzilla: Final Wars
Godzilla vs. Mothra
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Shin Godzilla
Godzilla Raids Again
Godzilla 2000
All Monsters Attack
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Godzilla: Tokyo SOS
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Godzilla (1998)
Godzilla (2014)
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla
Godzilla: The Planet Eater
Godzilla: Monster Planet
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle

Just copy and paste my list, and try for yourselves!

https://czeckd.github.io/preference-revealer/dist/

Off the top of my head:

1. Godzilla (1954)
2. Godzilla: King Of The Monsters (2019)
3. Godzilla 2000 (American version specificly)
4. Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
5. Mothra vs. Godzilla
6. Terror Of Mechagodzilla
7. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
8. Godzilla vs. Biolante
9. Godzilla vs. Hedorah
10. Monster Zero

Godzilla (1954)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Godzilla (2014)
Terror of Mechagodzilla
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Shin Godzilla
__________Hmmmmm can't think of a last one atm

Godzilla (1954)
Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1974)
Terror of Mechagodzilla
Godzilla 2000
Godzilla, Mothra & King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All out Attack (my all time personal favorite)
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
Godzilla: Tokyo SOS
Godzilla (2014)
Shin Godzilla
Godzilla: King of the Monsters

There are a lot of Showa era films that were very close to making it (Mothra vs Godzilla, Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster, etc.), but I wanted to go with personal favorites, which meant a lot of childhood classics and thus a lot of Millennium films made it on the list instead.

Off the top of my head:

1. Gojira
2. GMK
3. Mothra vs Godzilla
4. Godzilla vs Biollante
5. King Kong vs Godzilla
6. The Return of Godzilla
7. Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster
8. Terror of Mechagodzilla
9. Shin Godzilla
10. Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Via preference revealer...

Top tier films
Godzilla
Mothra vs Godzilla
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Son of Godzilla
Godzilla vs Hedorah
The Return of Godzilla
Shin Godzilla
Godzilla vs Biollante
King Kong vs Godzilla
Terror of Mechagodzilla

Mid range films
Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla
Destroy All Monsters
Godzilla vs Gigan
Godzilla vs King Ghidorah
Godzilla vs Destoroyah
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
All Monsters Attack
Godzilla: Tokyo SOS
Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II
Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters
Godzilla (2014)

Bottom rung films
Godzilla: The Planet Eater
Godzilla vs Megalon
Godzilla vs Mothra
Godzilla vs Megaguirus
Godzilla Raids Again
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
Godzilla vs SpaceGodzilla
Godzilla: Final Wars
Godzilla (1998)

Tentative list

1.Godzilla 1985
2.Son of Godzilla
3.Shin Godzilla
4.Ghidrah TTHM
5.Mothra vs Godzilla
6.Monster Zero
7.Godzilla vs the Sea Monster
8.Terror of Mechagodzilla
9.Godzilla vs Biollante
10.Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla '75

Easy. Not counting 1954 since... well. It’s a pretty huge mountain to top.

1. Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2. Godzilla: Final Wars
3. Godzilla (2014)
4. Godzilla Vs. MechaGodzilla II
5. GMK
6. Godzilla Vs. Gigan
7. Ghidrah: The Three Headed Monster
8. Godzilla 2000
9. Godzilla X MechaGodzilla
10. Shin Godzilla

1. Godzilla (1954)
2. Godzilla vs Gigan
3. Terror of Mechagodzilla
4. Godzilla vs Biollante
5. Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
6. Godzilla (2014)
7. Godzilla vs Hedorah
8. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
9. Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
10. The Return of Godzilla

My top 10 from a critical standpoint:

1. Godzilla (1954)
2. Godzilla (2014)
3. Mothra vs. Godzilla
4. GMK
5. Son of Godzilla
6. Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
7. Shin Godzilla
8. Godzilla: King of the Monsters
9. Godzilla vs. Biollante
10. Terror of Mechagodzilla

My top 10 personal favorites:

1. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
2. Godzilla (1954)
3. Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
4. Shin Godzilla
5. Terror of Mechagodzilla
6. Godzilla (2014)
7. Destroy All Monsters
8. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
9. Godzilla vs. Biollante
10. Son of Godzilla