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All Godzilla Movies Ranked

Godzilla celebrates its 25th anniversary!

Born out of nuclear brimstone, the Godzilla series since 1955 has, by turns, served as a manifestation of ecological fears and unchecked human aggression, a satire on politics and government bureaucracy, and a vehicle for giant monsters yelling each other to death.

In this countdown of the best Godzilla movies ranked by Tomatometer alongside the worst, we have the aformentioned 1955 original, and the kaiju-popularizing American version (Godzilla: King of the Monsters!) with Raymond Burr. Naturally, Japan became Godzilla’s deathmatch ring for decades, with title bouts featuring Ghidorah, Space Godzilla, Ebirah, Mechagodzilla, and more terrors of the deep, earth, space and beyond.

Hollywood productions have come in the form of the 1998 disaster epic, the 2014 update, and now, five years later, Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Warner Bros. is going all claws in with their Monsterverse, as Godzilla vs. Kong stomps into theaters in 2020. Before then, we’re ranking all Godzilla movies by adjusted Tomatometer. Let them fight! —Alex Vo