Movies like Godzilla 1977

If you like "Godzilla" you are looking for colorized and psychotronic movies about / with kaiju, godzilla, monster, giant monster, dinosaur, beast and undead themes of Horror and Sci-Fi genre shot in Japan or USA.
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Godzilla (1977)
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Godzilla (1977)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The film is a re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of Godzilla featuring 80 minutes of footage from the original Gojira (1954) and the US version Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) plus 25 minutes of WWII newsreel footage and clips from other monster 1950's movies. The re-edited film was then colorized via a process called Spectorama 70 consisting of applying various colored gels to the black and white footage. The film also features a new music score composed by musician Vince Tempera (under the pseudonym Magnetic System).
Style: colorized, psychotronic
Plot: kaiju, godzilla, monster, giant monster, dinosaur, beast, undead, world war two, bomb

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Most similar movies to Godzilla

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychotronic, daikaiju, natural horror and suspenseful films with plots about monster, giant monster, kaiju, dinosaur, animal horror, godzilla and danger mostly in Sci-Fi, Horror and Action genres. Some movies like Godzilla: Varan the Unbelievable (1962), Destroy All Monsters (1968), The Giant Monster Gamera (1965), The Milpitas Monster (1976), Ganjasaurus Rex (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Varan the Unbelievable (1962)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story: In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric ...
Style: daikaiju, classic horror, natural horror, psychotronic, independent film ...
Plot: giant monster, kaiju, monster, godzilla, dinosaur, beast, monster terrorizes city, giant, death of protagonist, lake, loss of brother, animal horror
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
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 ...
Style: daikaiju, natural horror, cult classic, fast, serious ...
Plot: monster, godzilla, kaiju, giant monster, disaster, island, mutant, dinosaur, scientist, exploitation, giant creature, creature ...
Time: jurassic, 80s
Place: japan, tokyo, asia, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Following their explosive showdown, Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own.
Style: psychotronic
Plot: giant monster, godzilla, king kong, giant ape, kaiju, dinosaur, giant animal, giant creature, creature, crossover, biopunk, monster ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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 ⇓
46%
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The Giant Monster Gamera (1965)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 78 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: daikaiju, classic horror, suspense, natural horror, grindhouse ...
Plot: kaiju, giant monster, monster, gamera, turtle, reptiles, mothra, killer animal, darkness, mutant, pop culture, dinosaur ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Milpitas Monster (1976)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A monster created from a garbage dump; local pollution terrorizes a town
Style: psychotronic, independent film
Plot: kaiju, monster, giant monster, creature, creature feature, exploitation, town, transformers, contamination, small town, mutant, party ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: In postwar Japan, a new terror rises. Will the devastated people be able to survive... let alone fight back?
Style: crying, ambiguous ending
Plot: godzilla, kaiju, monster, giant monster, post war japan, post war, kamikaze, naval battle, duty, heroes, male female relationship, bomb ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, year 1947, 20th century, post world war two ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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 ⇓
40%
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Ganjasaurus Rex (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A giant tyrannosaur terrorizes a band of California marijuana growers.
Style: spoof
Plot: dinosaur, kaiju, giant monster, monster, drug, stoner, marijuana, pun, cannabis, drug humor
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Kraa! The Sea Monster (1998)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story: Lord Doom, evil master of Proyas, the Dark Planet, sends Kraa the Sea Monster to Earth as part of his plan to dominate the galaxy. To keep the meddling hands of the Planet Patrol out of his scheme, he incapacitates their nearby space station. ...
Style: daikaiju
Audience: kids
Plot: kaiju, giant monster, alien, killer animal, creature, monster, space, dinosaur, biker, space station, midget, dwarf ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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 ⇓
39%
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 ⇓
38%
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'It's Alive!' (1969)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A farmer traps three people in a cave with his pet prehistoric monster.
Style: natural horror, independent film, scary, semi serious, offbeat ...
Plot: monster, deadly creature, kidnapping, dinosaur, kaiju, giant monster, crazy, cave, creature, farm, psychopath, supernatural ability ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 ⇓
37%
The X from Outer Space (1967)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: daikaiju, grindhouse, suspense, cult classic, retro ...
Plot: kaiju, giant monster, monster, ufo, mars, alien invasion, spacesuit, alien, spaceship, dinosaur, moon base, rescue ...
Time: 60s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Creature of Destruction (1968)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A resort hypnotist and his assistant predict murders, which she then commits as a fanged monster.
Style: psychotronic, independent film
Plot: monster, dinosaur, octopus, reincarnation, murder, creature, hypnotist, beach, hypnosis, aquatic humanoid, animal horror
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Dogora (1964)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The Earth is attacked by a giant jellyfish monster from outer space that, for some reason, has a sweet tooth for diamonds.
Style: daikaiju, natural horror, grindhouse, detective, serious ...
Plot: giant monster, kaiju, space monster, yakuza, diamond theft, monster, alien, gangster, police detective, godzilla, fishing, ufo ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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 ⇓
35%
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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 ⇓
34%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Alien from the Deep (1989)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Somewhere deep in the jungle a chemical corporation dumps tons of toxic waste in a still active volcano. Two environmentalists try to expose these illegal ways of getting rid of hugely dangerous waste, but they get caught by the vigilantes working ...
Style: classic horror, gothic horror, independent film
Plot: monster, kaiju, exploitation, volcano, toxic waste, giant monster, environmentalist, contamination, sea monster, alien abduction, mutant, underwater ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 ⇓
34%
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 ⇓
33%
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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 ⇓
32%
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The Lake (2022)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Thailand, Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When a mysterious monster rises from the Mekong River and attacked Bueng Kan, cuts off people from the outside world. Officials and people in the area, including Chinese scientists who accidentally came to conduct research in Thailand, all forces ...
Style: thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot: monster, creature, giant monster, kaiju, creature feature, beast, sea monster, monster terrorizes city, struggle for survival, threat, swamp monster, human versus monster ...
Place: thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 ⇓
31%
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Shin Godzilla (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: From the mind behind Evangelion comes a hit larger than life. When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red ...
Style: suspense, tense, natural horror, serious, dark ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: godzilla, giant monster, kaiju, monster, destruction, creature feature, giant, creature, danger, radioactivity, military, evolution ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016
Place: japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Island Claws (1980)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A biological experiment in Florida goes awry. The result: 8-foot long land crabs which roar loudly and kill everything in sight.
Style: independent film, psychotronic
Audience: adult
Plot: monster, creature, animal attack, creature feature, giant monster, kaiju, island, crab, toxic waste, giant animal, sea monster, giant crab ...
Place: florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Naked Monster (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Using soundtracks and extensive footage from many old movies, this spoof/homage of 1950's science-fiction films brings back many favorite actors from these classic movies, some reprising their former roles, to help destroy a giant stop-motion ...
Style: humorous, parody, captivating, disturbing, mysterious ...
Plot: giant monster, satire, mad scientist, monster, kaiju, supernatural being, supernatural, teamwork, dinosaur, human versus monster, monster terrorizes city, absurd humor ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
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Story: Set after the battle between Godzilla and the Titans in 2014. The world now knows that monsters are real. One family will embark on a journey to uncover buried secrets and a legacy linking them to the shadowy Monarch Organization.
Style: captivating
Plot: godzilla, giant monster, kaiju, monster, titan, family secret, secret organization, giant creature, monarch, problem, travel, giant
Time: year 2015, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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