Destroy All Monsters 1968

To understand the franchise:

JP Shōwa era (1954–1975) - Daikaijū movies and a toku TV series.

JP Heisei era (1984–1995) - New timeline sequel to the 1954 film that ignores the Shōwa era.

JP Millennium era (1999–2004) - Anthology where each film is a standalone story, with the 1954 film serving as the only previous point of reference.
* In this era, Mechagodzilla (2002) and Tokyo SOS (2003) are the only films to share continuity and are also connected to Mothra (1961).

JP Era Reiwa (2016-now) - Toho's complete reboot of the franchise.

US Americanized (1956, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1985) - 5 re-edited Japanese films, adding different footage with American actors.

FR Frenchnized (1957) - Obscure re-edited French dubbed that combines elements of the 1954 (JP) and 1956 (US) versions.

ITA "Codzzilla" (1977) - Re-edited and colorized Italian dubbed that uses the US version (1956) plus WWII newsreel and clips from other monster movies.

US Hanna-Barbera (1978-1979) - TV animated series

US TriStar Pictures (1998–2000) - USA remake and a TV animated series.

US Monster Verse (2014-now) - USA Legendary Pictures reboot, plus King Kong and other characters owned by Toho Co with movies, TV series and animations.

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Films listed in order of spine numbers. Releases with multiple films are listed as individual items where appropiate.

Last Update: Releases up to May 2024 (Spine #1219)

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Tends to focus on psychological horror, tension building (suspense), and the supernatural, particularly involving ghosts (yūrei) and poltergeists.

Kaiju films and other movies with giant monsters

These are films that Quentin has mentioned in best-of lists, end of the year top films lists, QT Film Fests, podcasts, off-hand remarks in interviews, etc.

These have been sourced from many lists online, and made available here, in one spot, for your enjoyment.

Sources:
https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantinos-favorite-movies-time-ranked/
https://mubi.com/lists/quentin-tarantinos-favorite-movies
https://imdb.com/list/ls043093231/
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/quentin-tarantino-favourite-11-films-handwritten-list/
https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/quentin-tarantino-favorite-movies/
https://wiki.tarantino.info/index.php/Tarantino's_favorite_films
https://www.pulpfiction.com/quentin-tarantinos-top-20-films-1992-to-2009

Please comment on any that I may have missed.

All Toho Kaiju films, plus a few other series.

Godzilla go roar :)

hbo movies

This Collection features all Godzilla films made by Toho as well as other Toho productions that are related and officially counted in-canon. (Summary from original list)

This list is in no way official and the original list on imdb is now gone that explained all the connections.

All the Godzilla movies.

A list originally mirrored from Letterboxd.

Ultimate Spooktober List

A list of Giant Monster Movies.

My Criterion Movies

Library for Kodi import