Godzilla 1985

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Godzilla 1985

PG

1984

1h 31m

Sci-Fi

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The Japanese dinosaur wakes up and swims toward Tokyo, leaving a wake of nuclear destruction.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

1/4

The fatal flaw in Godzilla 1985 is that it is a bad movie with aspirations of being a good bad movie.

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

Apr 26, 2025

It’s still a guy in a suit stomping through lovingly detailed miniatures, and by American standards it’ll always have that delightfully cheesy camp element, but this painstakingly crafted affair is one of the easier series efforts to take seriously.

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Chase Burns

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

Jan 8, 2022

Godzilla 1985 is one helluva frankensteined relic.

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Bob Chipman

Escapist Magazine

May 23, 2019

Godzilla is also the nominal villain once again, setting up a streak of moral ambiguity that would inform the series from this point forward.

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Tom Long

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Feb 4, 2019

"Godzilla -- I was hoping I would never hear that name again," says the prime minister of Japan. Now I know what he meant.

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Randy Shulman

Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

Oct 28, 2005

1/5

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Minus Z

@MinusZero 1 day ago

That was so good.

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Matthew L

@Mattog1 4 days ago

Top 5 Godzilla movie. Truly amazing.

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Connor D

@Chills_Thrills_Podcast 4 days ago

After a 9 year hiatus Godzilla is back with an all new design and in a solo movie for the first time since the original 30 years earlier. The special effects are improved, the suitmation is better than before and Godzilla kicks off this new Heisei era with a bang!

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Avery B

@RT36417369 5 days ago

Underrated gem. I barely see anybody talk about this film. A lot of people forget about it, but I love the aesthetic now the human characters are not great and not even the Godzilla action sometimes. But it’s the vibe that gets to you and the ending gets to you as well. I think it’s pretty decent Godzilla film. And I wish more people knew about it.

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Jacob N

@RT90164981 Oct 24, 2026

Return of Godzilla is a perfect sequel to the original!!

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Christopher R

@RT33320041 Oct 11, 2026

I'm a newbie to Godzilla (had only seen Minus One up to this point), but I'm so glad that my friend who's a big fan of the franchise recommended this to me. Very 80's, very Japanese, and overall just a fun movie that serves as a fitting introduction to Godzilla. The effects for the monster are quite remarkable for their time.

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Kohji Hashimoto

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R.J. Kizer

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Raymond Burr

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Hiroshi Okumura

Ken Tanaka

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Keiju Kobayashi

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Synopsis

The Japanese dinosaur wakes up and swims toward Tokyo, leaving a wake of nuclear destruction.

Director: Kohji Hashimoto, R.J. Kizer
Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka, Norio Hayashi, Kiyomi Kanazawa, Tony Randel
Production Co: Toho Eizo Co., CEA Studios, Toho
Rating: PG
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.1M
Runtime: 1h 31m

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