8 Best Japanese Monster Movies Without Godzilla

Godzilla is known as the king of the monsters, and he’s well and truly earned such a title, to the extent that typing “king of the monsters” felt wrong, just there. Let’s try that again. Godzilla is known as the King of the Monsters. Better. He’s known as the KING OF THE MONSTERS. That actually feels best. Look, point is, he’s been at the center of more giant monster movies than any other giant monster. King Kong predates Godzilla, with Kong’s first movie being in 1933, versus Godzilla’s first in 1954, but Godzilla, as a series, is almost four times longer, in terms of the number of movies.