Movies like Godzilla 1985

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Godzilla 1985 (1985)
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Godzilla 1985 (1985)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.
Style: daikaiju, cult classic, natural horror, serious, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic, scary, atmospheric, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: monster, godzilla, kaiju, giant monster, disaster, island, dinosaur, mutant, killer animal, beast, scientist, undead, creature, prehistoric creature, exploitation, giant creature, reptiles, nuclear threat, burned alive, race against time, monster terrorizes city, ship, ocean, heroes, supernatural ...
Time: jurassic, 80s
Place: japan, tokyo, asia, soviet union, ussr
Keyword: reboot, ocean or sea, gangsters, russian

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Most similar movies to Godzilla 1985

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out natural horror, suspenseful, daikaiju and serious films with plots about kaiju, danger, monster, giant monster, escapades, deadly and deadly creature mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Godzilla 1985: Godzilla (1998), Godzilla 2000 (1999), Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003), Godzilla: Final Wars (2004), Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Godzilla (1998)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story: When a freighter is viciously attacked in the Pacific Ocean, a team of experts -- including biologist Niko Tatopoulos and scientists Elsie Chapman and Mendel Craven -- concludes that an oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, serious, action packed ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: dinosaur, godzilla, monster, giant monster, disaster, experiment gone awry, giant, lost world, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, creature, human versus monster, danger ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, jurassic, year 1998
Place: new york, new jersey, manhattan new york city, tahiti, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Godzilla 2000 (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Godzilla saves Tokyo from a flying saucer that transforms into the beast Orga.
Style: exciting, stylized, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, kids
Plot: godzilla, monster, kaiju, giant monster, alien invasion, transformation, fight scenes, redemption, technology, deadly creature, anti hero, heroic mission ...
Time: 2000s, jurassic
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Forty-two years after her first visit in Tokyo, Mothra returns to warn mankind that they must return Mechagodzilla, along with Godzilla's bones, to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. If not, dire consequences will follow. However, ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: godzilla, monster, giant monster, kaiju, save the world, deadly creature, survival, escapades, good versus evil, danger, disorder, chaos ...
Time: jurassic, 2000s
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, Australia, China, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Evil Space Aliens called the Xilians unleashes all the Earth's monsters to lay waste to most of the world's major cities, including Tokyo, New York, Sydney, Shanghai and Paris. It is up to Godzilla and the Earth Defense Force to vanquish ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, psychotronic, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: godzilla, kaiju, evil alien, dangerous animal, deadly creature, chaos and mayhem, giant monster, chaos, supernatural, danger, save the world, chases and races ...
Time: jurassic, 60s, 2000s, 20th century, year 1964 ...
Place: new york, japan, tokyo, usa, vancouver ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Dr. Shiragami combines the DNA of roses with some extracted from Godzilla's cells. He names his creation "Biollante".
Style: natural horror, psychotronic, daikaiju, fast, serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: kaiju, godzilla, giant monster, monster, psychic, creature, reptiles, dinosaur, mitsubishi, mutant, killer animal, beast ...
Time: jurassic, 80s
Place: japan, asia, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Three ancient guardian beasts awaken to protect Japan against Godzilla.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: godzilla, monster, beast, kaiju, giant monster, dinosaur, mothra, dragon, chaos, heroic mission, disaster, save the world ...
Time: year 2001, jurassic, 2000s
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
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Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The aftermath of the Oxygen Destroyer brings forth Destoroyah, a beast intent on killing Godzilla, who is on the verge of a nuclear meltdown.
Style: natural horror, daikaiju, dark, depressing, serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: godzilla, kaiju, giant monster, monster, killer animal, mutant, disaster, creature, giant creature, reptiles, prehistoric creature, phenomenon ...
Time: jurassic, 90s
Place: japan, asia, tokyo, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A hibernating species of giant carnivorous bird is awakened on a Japanese island shortly after the Japanese military encounters an unidentified mass moving beneath the water off-shore.
Style: natural horror, daikaiju, semi serious, suspenseful
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot: giant bird, kaiju, giant monster, monster, gamera, space and aliens, godzilla, creature feature, plutonium, reptiles, exploitation, prehistoric creature ...
Time: prehistory
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A strange meteor lands in Japan unleashing hundreds of insect-like "legion" creatures which find their way into Tokyo. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary.
Style: natural horror, daikaiju, fast, suspenseful, serious
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: kaiju, giant monster, gamera, monster, godzilla, creature feature, dinosaur, killer animal, underground, future war, prehistoric creature, reptiles ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Godzilla returns to terrorize Japan! This time, however, Japan has two new weapons to defend themselves. The Gryphon, a high-tech ship, and the Dimension Tide, a device that creates artificial black holes! During a test of the Dimension Tide, eggs ...
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, suspense, natural horror, daikaiju ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: godzilla, kaiju, giant monster, save the world, space and aliens, survival, supernatural, disorder, chaos, imaginary, escapades, dangerous animal ...
Time: jurassic, 90s, 1950s, year 1954
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1992)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The Earth is headed for disaster and when an archeological research team visits Infant Island to find out why, they discover two tiny women who reveal that the Earth is fighting back for all the harm humans have done here and sends out the evil ...
Style: daikaiju, natural horror, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: godzilla, giant monster, kaiju, monster, mothra, archaeologist, creature, reptiles, crossover, beast, dinosaur, killer animal ...
Time: jurassic, 90s
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Godzilla (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when Godzilla, King of the Monsters, arises ...
Style: exciting, suspense, intense, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, boys' night
Plot: monster, giant monster, dinosaur, godzilla, disaster, creature, kaiju, catastrophe, military, deadly creature, giant, giant creature ...
Time: jurassic, 90s, year 2014, 2010s, year 1999 ...
Place: japan, san francisco, hawaii, tokyo, honolulu hawaii ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The 9th Godzilla film was the last made by the original Godzilla creators, and was meant to be a grand finale. Aliens have released all the giant monsters from their imprisonment on Monster Island and are using them to destroy earth's major ...
Style: daikaiju, grindhouse, natural horror, classic horror, suspense ...
Audience: kids, boys' night
Plot: kaiju, godzilla, giant monster, monster, alien invasion, mothra, monster terrorizes city, giant spider, dinosaur, alien, creature feature, moon base ...
Time: future, jurassic, 90s, year 1999
Place: japan, mount fuji, asia, france, moscow russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
War of the Monsters (1966)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After a treacherous expedition to retrieve a giant opal, disaster strikes as the opal reveals itself to be an egg which spawns Barugon, demon dog from Hell! Armed with a deadly tongue and cold beams, Barugon wreaks havoc on Japan. Gamera comes to ...
Style: daikaiju, suspense, cult classic, classic horror, grindhouse ...
Plot: kaiju, giant monster, monster, gamera, mutant, dam, killer animal, dinosaur, reptiles, prehistoric creature, mothra, turtle ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Pterodactyl (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic, Russia, Armenia
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A dormant volcano deep with the Turkish forest holds within it a deadly secret. Perfectly preserved, a nest of pterodactyl eggs are ready to hatch...
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, natural horror, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: dangerous animal, pterodactyl, experiment gone awry, deadly creature, creature feature, expedition, dinosaur, save the day, save the world, heroic mission, paleontologist, race against time ...
Time: prehistoric times, jurassic
Place: armenia, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: During WWII, a human heart taken from Dr. Frankenstein's lab and is kept in Japan where it gets exposed to the radiation of the bombing of Hiroshima. The heart grows in size, mutates and eventually becomes an indestuctable humanoid. Later, a ...
Style: scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, daikaiju ...
Plot: frankenstein, giant monster, godzilla, world war two, scientist, false accusation, kaiju, mutant, rescue, deadly creature, supernatural, experiment gone awry ...
Time: year 1945, 1940s, 60s
Place: japan, germany, hiroshima japan, tokyo, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Time travelers from the 23rd century return to 1992 to warn Japan that Godzilla will cause a catastrophic nuclear incident in the 21st century and suggest a way to rid the world of him forever. They intend to go back to 1944, to Ragos Island, where ...
Style: mythical, daikaiju, serious, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: godzilla, kaiju, giant monster, time travel, world war two, monster, dinosaur, dragon, androids, space monster, reptiles, undead ...
Time: 1940s, future, 20th century, near future, jurassic ...
Place: japan, asia, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: An experimental lab animal called a gargantua escapes from his captors and is suspected to be the creature that is killing people all over the countryside. But when the gargantua from the lab appears at the same time as the evil gargantua, the two ...
Style: daikaiju, natural horror, prehistoric, grindhouse, classic horror ...
Plot: godzilla, frankenstein, kaiju, giant monster, airport, giant creature, creature feature, underground, occult, post apocalyptic, 666, prehistoric man ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: asia, japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When Mothra went into outer space to stop a meteor from reaching Earth, she accidentally took with cells from Godzilla and remaining cells from Biollante that inhabited our atmosphere. The combined cells went through a black hole and created a new ...
Style: natural horror, grindhouse, daikaiju, semi serious, suspenseful
Plot: godzilla, kaiju, giant monster, monster, mothra, extraterrestrial, mutant, dinosaur, killer animal, beast, prehistoric creature, reptiles ...
Time: jurassic, 90s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Python 2 (2002)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The beast is back.
Style: natural horror, scenic, suspense, fast, scary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: killer animal, snake, creature feature, creature, dangerous animal, survival, rescue, race against time, danger, undercover, monster, giant monster ...
Time: jurassic, 2000s
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min.
Story: In his 13th film, Godzilla takes a supporting role to the far more prominently featured Jet Jaguar, an Ultra-Man like robot. Aliens take control of Earth's monsters and begin using them to destroy the human race. Jet Jaguar decides to stop the ...
Style: daikaiju, natural horror, classic horror, fast, semi serious ...
Plot: kaiju, godzilla, giant monster, robot, monster, cyclops, lost civilization, dinosaur, creature, giant robot, kidnapping, superman ...
Time: jurassic, 70s
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: This final installment of the recent Gamera trilogy begins with schoolgirl Ayana discovering a large egg in a cave that, according to legend, houses demons. The egg hatches into a small monster, which Ayana decides to raise and quickly develops a ...
Style: daikaiju, natural horror, cult classic, suspenseful, serious
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: giant monster, giant bird, kaiju, gamera, monster, superhero, godzilla, creature feature, superhuman powers, prehistoric creature, reptiles, exploitation ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The United Nations assembles the ultimate weapon to defeat Godzilla, while scientists discover a fresh pteranodon egg on a remote Japanese island.
Style: daikaiju, sad, semi serious, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: godzilla, giant monster, kaiju, androids and robots, dinosaur, robot, creature feature, cyborgs, evil twin, killer animal, siblings, beast ...
Time: jurassic, 90s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In the 6th Godzilla movie, mysterious aliens from the Planet X ask earth's people to help them save their world from the dreaded Ghidorah (aka "Monster Zero") by letting them "borrow" Godzilla and Rodan. Monster mayhem ...
Style: grindhouse, daikaiju, natural horror, suspense, classic horror ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kaiju, godzilla, giant monster, alien invasion, monster, alien, ufo, crossover, evil alien, distopia, spacesuit, killer animal ...
Time: jurassic, 60s
Place: japan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Carnosaur 3: Primal Species (1996)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: International terrorists get a surprise when their cargo turns out to contain living dinosaurs. The army commando team now have to think fast, if they want to prevent the extinction of the human species, instead of the reptiles.
Style: natural horror, scary, independent film, serious, rough
Plot: dinosaur, monster, creature feature, kaiju, creature, killer animal, exploitation, giant monster, reptiles, terrorism, tyrannosaurus rex, animal attack ...
Time: jurassic, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The 4th film in the Godzilla franchise restores the serious tone of the original Godzilla film. A greedy developer has placed huge machines to suck dry a part of the ocean near Tokyo so he can build luxury condos. After a storm, a giant egg washes ...
Style: suspense, grindhouse, natural horror, daikaiju, classic horror ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kaiju, godzilla, monster, giant monster, mothra, dinosaur, greed, island, creature feature, crossover, dangerous animal, prehistoric creature ...
Time: jurassic, 60s
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Son of Godzilla (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The 8th Godzilla film is aimed at an even younger audience than its predecessors. In the South Seas, scientists conducting weather experiments encounter gigantic mantises and a giant spider that are attacking Godzilla's offspring.
Style: scary, suspense, daikaiju, natural horror, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kaiju, giant monster, monster, island, godzilla, giant spider, disaster, weather, weather manipulation, killer animal, heroes, danger ...
Time: year 1967, jurassic, 60s, 20th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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King Kong (1976)
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In this remake of the 1933 classic about the giant ape, an oil company expedition disturbs the peace of Kong and brings him back to New York to exploit him. Even though a woman somewhat tames Kong, he finally breaks loose and terrorizes the city, ...
Style: suspense, daikaiju, natural horror, depressing, fairy tale ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, date night
Plot: king kong, beast, monster, gorilla, giant monster, kaiju, giant ape, giant snake, world trade center manhattan new york city, island, full moon, survival ...
Time: 70s, prehistoric times, jurassic, year 1976, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, fictional island, asia, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After a 7 year hiatus, Godzilla returned to the screen to take on King Kong in the 3rd film in the Godzilla franchise. A pharmaceutical company captures King Kong and brings him to Japan, where he escapes from captivity and battles a recently ...
Style: cult classic, daikaiju, grindhouse, psychotronic, classic horror ...
Plot: king kong, godzilla, monster, kaiju, giant monster, dinosaur, crossover, monkey, island, ape, giant ape, jungle ...
Time: prehistoric times, jurassic, 60s
Place: japan, tokyo, mount fuji
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A new Mothra takes to the air and must battle Death Ghidora to save humanity.
Style: daikaiju, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kaiju, giant monster, mothra, godzilla, monster, good versus evil, reptiles, prehistoric creature, giant creature, youth, beast, dinosaur ...
Time: 90s, 60s
Place: japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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