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.
Tends to focus on psychological horror, tension building (suspense), and the supernatural, particularly involving ghosts (yūrei) and poltergeists.
All Toho Kaiju films, plus a few other series.
Godzilla and his pals get into all kinds of crazy shenanigans
Kaiju films and other movies with giant monsters
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.
A list of Giant Monster Movies.
Le Reste...
The best of kaiju, sentai, and Japanese special effects through the ages.
Godzilla and related monster movies
This is a list of science fiction movies and series that I've watched or plan to watch. These movies and series contain at least one typical sci-fi element like advanced / futuristic science or technology (for the era that movie/series takes place), space exploration, time travel, parallel universes or extratrerrestial life.
Films I love or want to watch
The official Asian Cinema Takeout Fanzine movie list.
This is a list of movies and series of the Godzilla franchise.
Godzilla
by Marcelo Castanheira (Rexx)