Movies like Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
The best movies like Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) are Godzilla (1954), King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) and Rodan (1956). If Godzilla, King of the Monsters! hooked you with its science fiction and horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedGodzilla (1954)7.6/10 from 1,206 votes
- NewestGodzilla (1977)Released 1977
- Same seriesKing Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)Americanized Godzilla
Godzilla (1954)
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKing Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)
When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus.
Why it matches: Same series: Americanized Godzilla · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRodan (1956)
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mines. After an attack on the local village, Shigeru heads deeper into the mines only to make a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature. Soon a second monster appears as the two converge in Fukuoka.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, Sanda, descends from the mountains to defend his kin. A battle between good and evil ensues, leaving brothers divided and a city in ruins.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGamera vs. Barugon (1966)
Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is discovered to have been an egg that births a new monster called Barugon. The creature attacks the city of Osaka by emitting a destructive rainbow ray from his back, along with a freezing spray capable of incapacitating Gamera.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGamera, the Giant Monster (1965)
A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera wreaks havoc over the entire world, and it's up to the scientists, assisted by a young boy with a strange sympathic link to the monster, to put a stop to Gamera's rampage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisKing Kong Escapes (1967)
An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle atop Tokyo Tower.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGodzilla Raids Again (1955)
Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon that killed the original, authorities attempt to lure Godzilla away from the mainland. But Anguirus soon arrives and the two monsters make their way towards Osaka as Japan braces for tragedy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGammera the Invincible (1966)
An atomic explosion awakens Gammera, a giant fire breathing turtle monster from his millions of years of hibernation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic bomb. Years later a wild boy is discovered wandering the streets of the city alone, born of the immortal heart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVaran (1958)
When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Varan, a giant monster, who decides to leave the valley and head straight for Tokyo.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
The Giant Behemoth (1959)
Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which threatens London.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisKing Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media frenzy generates with Pacific looking to capitalize off of the ultimate battle.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGodzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
An ever evolving alien life-form arrives on a comet from the Dark Gaseous Nebula and proceeds to consume pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and corrosive sludge, neither humanity nor Godzilla may be able to defeat this toxic menace.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInvasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". In exchange for borrowing Godzilla and Rodan, the Xiliens offer a cure for cancer. As Glenn investigates, he develops a romance with Miss Namikawa and uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMothra (1961)
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGodzilla (1977)
A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of the original Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. version, "Godzilla, King of the Monsters!" (1956), plus WWII newsreel footage and clips from other science fiction films. The re-edited film was then colorized via a process called "Spectrorama 70" consisting of applying various colored gels to the black and white footage. The film's opening and ending also features new music composed by musicians Fabio Frizzi, Franco Bixio, and Vince Tempera (under the pseudonym Magnetic System).
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEbirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other teenagers. The group shipwrecks on Letchi island and discover the Infant Island natives have been enslaved by a terrorist organization controlling a crustacean monster. Finding a sleeping Godzilla, they decide to awaken him to defeat the terrorists and liberate the natives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe X from Outer Space (1967)
The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking one of the specimens back to earth, it soon develops and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster that tramples Japan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Deadly Mantis (1957)
When a melting iceberg releases a prehistoric giant praying mantis, a palaeontologist works alongside the military to kill it after it attacks scientific outposts on its way to Washington and New York.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisSon of Godzilla (1967)
Reporter Goro Maki stumbles upon scientists conducting weather experiments on Sollgel Island in the South Seas. He discovers the island is inhabited by giant mantis and a woman named Saeko who's been cast away since the death of her father. The pair soon find a helpless infant monster that Godzilla must adopt and learn to raise as one of his own.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpace Amoeba (1970)
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDestroy All Monsters (1968)
At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the monsters across the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGhidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThem! (1954)
As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists join forces with the state police officer who first discovers their existence, an FBI agent and, eventually, the US Army to eradicate the menace, before it spreads across the continent — and the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
Giants Mollusks are released from the earth by an earthquake and start killing people.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisDogora (1964)
A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Mysterians (1957)
In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the city by night, after which they request a small patch of land on Earth and the right to marry earthling women, claiming to be pacifists. Mankind must decide whether to capitulate or to resist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Godzilla, King of the Monsters!?
The closest matches to Godzilla, King of the Monsters! are Godzilla (1954), King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) and Rodan (1956). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Godzilla, King of the Monsters!?
People who watched Godzilla, King of the Monsters! most often go on to Godzilla (1954), Rodan (1956) and Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964).
What is the highest-rated movie like Godzilla, King of the Monsters!?
Godzilla (1954), rated 7.6/10 by 1,206 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Godzilla, King of the Monsters!?
Godzilla (1977) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Godzilla, King of the Monsters! part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Americanized Godzilla, which includes King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963).
Are there English movies like Godzilla, King of the Monsters!?
Yes: King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963), Gammera the Invincible (1966) and The Giant Behemoth (1959).
How are movies similar to Godzilla, King of the Monsters! chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.