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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

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

Rated: 1/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

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.

Apr 26, 2025

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Chase Burns

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

Godzilla 1985 is one helluva frankensteined relic.

Jan 8, 2022

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Bob Chipman

Escapist Magazine

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

May 23, 2019

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Tom Long

Santa Cruz Sentinel

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

Feb 4, 2019

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Randy Shulman

Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

Rated: 1/5

Oct 28, 2005

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Mr man S

One amazing remake!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/21/24

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josh d

Very underrated Godzilla film. Deserves a much better tomato score then it has.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/08/24

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Rich A

Oh I love this movie!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/23/24

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Irelia I

it was not that bad lol

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/03/24

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Spike G

A decent godzilla movie

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/06/24

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Price M

Best Godzilla movie of all time!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/28/24

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Kohji Hashimoto

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R.J. Kizer

Director

Raymond Burr

Steve Martin

Shin Takuma

Hiroshi Okumura

Ken Tanaka

Goro Maki

Keiju Kobayashi

Prime Minister Mitamura

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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, Anthony Randel, 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