There are few movie franchises older than the James Bond one, but Godzilla is one of them. It also has something most other franchises don’t have: continuity.
The Godzilla franchise is not only over half a century old, but the vast majority of the movies were produced by the same studio. The Godzilla that appears in the eponymous 1954 film is the same as the monster that appears in the 1966 film Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster, and so on right on down the line of movies to the present. As of 2016, there are no less than 28 films in the franchise as produced by the Toho studio and another 6 American adaptations.
1954 | Godzilla | ゴジラ |
1955 | Godzilla Raids Again | ゴジラの逆襲 |
1962 | King Kong vs. Godzilla | キングコング対ゴジラ |
1964 | Mothra vs. Godzilla | モスラ対ゴジラ |
1964 | Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster | 三大怪獣: 地球最大の決戦 |
1965 | Invasion of Astro-Monster | 怪獣大戦争 |
1966 | Ebirah, Horror of the Deep | ゴジラ・エビラ・モスラ: 南海の大決闘 |
1967 | Son of Godzilla | |
1968 | Destroy All Monsters | 怪獣総進撃 |
1969 | Attack All Monsters | ゴジラ・ミニラ・ガバラ: オール怪獣大進撃 |
1969 | Bambi Meets Godzilla | |
1971 | Godzilla vs. Hedorah | ゴジラ対ヘドラ |
1972 | Godzilla vs. Gigan | 地球攻撃命令 ゴジラ対ガイガン |
1973 | Godzilla vs. Megalon | ゴジラ対メガロ |
1974 | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla | ゴジラ対メカゴジラ |
1975 | Terror of Mechagodzilla | メカゴジラの逆襲 |
1977 | Godzilla | |
1984 | The Return of Godzilla | ゴジラ |
1989 | Godzilla vs. Biollante | ゴジラ VS ビオランテ |
1991 | Godzilla vs. King Ghidora | ゴジラ VS キングギドラ |
1992 | Godzilla vs. Mothra | ゴジラ VS モスラ |
1993 | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla | ゴジラ VS メカゴジラ |
1994 | Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla | ゴジラ VS スペースゴジラ |
1995 | Godzilla vs. Destoroyah | ゴジラ VS デストロイア |
1998 | Godzilla | ゴジラ GODZILLA |
1999 | Godzilla 2000: Millennium | ゴジラ 2000: ミレニアム |
2000 | Godzilla vs. Megaguirus | ゴジラ X メガギラス G消滅作戦 |
2001 | Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack | ゴジラ・モスラ・キングギドラ: 大怪獣総攻撃 |
2002 | Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla | ゴジラ×メカゴジラ |
2003 | Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. | ゴジラ X モスラ X メカゴジラ: 東京SOS |
2004 | Godzilla: Final Wars | ゴジラ ファイナルウォーズ |
2007 | Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 | |
2014 | Godzilla | GODZILLA ゴジラ |
2016 | Godzilla Resurgence | シン・ゴジラ Shin Gojira |