7 Best Godzilla Movies Where He's the Villain, Ranked

There are countless things that make the Godzilla series great, of course, but one of the main ones is just how versatile the titular character is, and how varied the movies can be, partly as a result of this. He was introduced as something of a tragic villain, standing in for nuclear weapons and the devastation they can cause. Whenever he shows up in a movie without other monsters to fight, he’s usually also at least an obstacle, sometimes pitiful as like, a force of nature, rather than something malicious, yet at other times, certain versions of Godzilla do seem more outwardly villainous.