Movies You've Seen in Theaters

[TitanoGoji16]

The upcoming festival, Godzilla and the Monsters of Mass Destruction, inspired this: Which giant monster movies, Toho or otherwise, have you been able to catch in theaters?

The ones I've seen:

- Gojira
- Mothra
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
- Godzilla (1998)
- Mothra 3: King Ghidorah Attacks
- Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
- Godzilla 2000 (Six times! The most I've ever seen any movie in the theater)
- King Kong (2005)
- Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
- Godzilla: Final Wars
- Transformers (Would this count? They're giant robots...)
- Cloverfield
- Monsters vs. Aliens

[MouthForWar]

Godzilla/Toho:
Gojira
Battle in Outer Space
Mothra
King Kong vs. Godzilla (DVD projection)
Son of Godzilla
King Kong Escapes (DVD projection)
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
The first 40 minutes of Godzilla vs. Biollante (thanks a lot, G-Fest- no more DVDs!)
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (twice)
GINO
Godzilla 2000 (a bunch of times)
Godzilla x MechaGodzilla
Godzilla: Tokyo SOS
Godzilla Final Wars

Gamera
Gamera The Brave (DVD projection)

O'Brien/Harryhausen
King Kong (33)
It Came From Beneath The Sea
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
20 Million Miles To Earth
7th Voyage of Sinbad
Jason and the Argonauts
First Men In The Moon
Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

Others:
Kong 05 (4 times)
Cloverfield (3 times)
Monsters vs Aliens

[kiryugoji04]

- Godzilla
- Mothra
- Matango (Why the dub?! ;_; )
- Destroy All Monsters
- Godzilla Vs. Gigan
- Godzilla Vs. Bio---*freeze*
- Orochi
- GMK
- GxMG

- 7th Voyage of Sinbad
- King Kong '05
- Cloverfield

[MouthForWar]

[armandv]

[lhb412]

[kpa]

Fun idea for a thread! In the past ten years or so I've been lucky enough to catch a lot of films on the big screen, thanks to the Egyptian Theatre, Godzillafest, the American Film Market, and events like the Japan Film Festival currently running in Los Angeles. The Egyptian alone has screened nearly every Toho kaiju/toku film that there is a subbed or dubbed print available for.

This isn't exactly what TitanoGoji16 asked for, but here are the Asian monster/sci-fi/horror/FX films (and a comedy or two) that I've seen in theaters. I've never paid to see a DVD-R or a commercially released DVD projected on a big screen and wouldn't count it if I did, so for everything listed here I saw either a film print or a video/digital version provided directly by the studio or distributor...

Toho
Godzilla (5 times, both the Toho subtitled and Rialto versions)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters (twice)
Gigantis the Fire Monster (US)
Rodan (US)
The H-Man (US)
Battle in Outer Space (US)
Mothra (5 times, both US and subtitled versions)
King Kong vs Godzilla (US)
Matango (Toho international version)
Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster (3 times, US)
Invasion of the Astro-Monsters (twice, Toho international)
Ebirah: Horror of the Deep (twice, both Japanese and Toho International versions)
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
War of the Gargantuas (twice, US version)
King Kong Escapes (US)
Son of Godzilla (twice, both Japanese and Toho International versions)
Destroy All Monsters (twice, Toho international)
Godzilla vs Hedorah (twice, Toho international)
Godzilla vs Gigan (Toho international)
Godzilla vs Megalon (twice, US and Toho international versions)
Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (Toho international)
Terror of Mechagodzilla (Toho international)
Godzilla 1985 (US)
Godzilla vs King Ghidorah (Japanese)
Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla II (Toho international)
Godzilla vs Destoroyah (Toho international)
Godzilla (twice, TriStar)
Rebirth of Mothra 3 (Toho international)
Godzilla 2000 (5 times, US)
Godzilla vs Megaguirus (Japanese)
Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (5 times, Japanese)
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (3 times, Japanese)
Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (twice, Japanese)
Godzilla: Final Wars (3 times, Japanese)
A Heartful of Love (Japanese)
Sinking of Japan (Japanese)
Always- Sunset on Third Street- 2 (Japanese)
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size
20th Century Boys (Japanese)
K-20: Legend of the Mask (Japanese)

Tsuburaya Pro
Ultraman Tiga: the Final Odyssey (Japanese)
Ultraman: The Next (Japanese)
Mirror Man: Reflex (Japanese)
Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers (Japanese)
Various Ultraman and TPC episodes and shorts

Daiei/Kadokawa
Gamera, the Guardian of the Universe (Japanese)
Gamera 2: Advent of Legion (twice, Japanese)
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (Japanese)
The Great Yokai War (3 times, Japanese)
Samurai Commando: Mission 1549 (international dub)
Gamera the Brave (Japanese)

Misc
Evil Brain from Outer Space (US)
Message from Space (US)
Makaraga: Moon Over Tao (Japanese)
Cure (Japanese)
Ring (Japanese)
Audition (Japanese)
Zatoichi (Beat Takeshi, Japanese)
The Ring (US remake)
The Ring Two (US sequel)
The Grudge (US remake)
The Grudge 2 (US sequel)
Dark Water (US remake)
Aegis (Japanese)
Deep Sea Monster Reigo (Japanese)
Negadon the Monster from Mars (Japanese)
Retribution (Japanese)
Mushi-shi (Japanese)
L: Change The World (Japanese)
Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit! (Japanese)
Ichi (Japanese)
252: Signal of Life (Japanese)

Recent Anime
Princess Mononoke (US)
Spirited Away (twice, Japanese and US)
The Cat Returns (Japanese)
Metropolis (Japanese)
Howl’s Moving Castle (US)
Steamboy (US)
Evangelion: 1:0 You Are (Not) Alone (twice, Japanese)
The Sky Crawlers (Japanese)


Shaw Bros
Inframan (US)
The Mighty Peking Man (twice, English dub)

Korean
A*P*E (US version in 3-D)
The Host (twice, subtitled)
Dragon Wars: D-War (twice, both extended cut and theatrical release version)

[Xenorama]

Godzilla
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
Rodan (US)
King Kong vs Godzilla (US)
Godzilla vs the Thing
King Kong Escapes (US)
Destroy All Monsters 16mm print
Godzilla vs The Smog Monster
Godzilla on Monster Island
Godzilla vs Megalon
Terror of Godzilla
Godzilla 1985
Godzilla 2000 (5 times, US)

probably more i've forgotten, lots of screen tv prints. does that count?

[The Top Crusader]

[Cookie]

[canofhumdingers]

[MekaGojira3k]

[JordanGLC]

King Kong '33
Gojira
Godzilla King of the Monsters
Gigantis the Fire Monster
Rodan (English)
Mothra (Japanese)
King Kong vs. Godzilla (English)
Ghidrah the Three Headed Monster (English w/Spanish subs!)
Monster Zero (English)
War of the Gargantuas (English)
Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster (Japanese)
Son of Godzilla (Japanese)
Destroy All Monsters (English)
Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster (English, during its original theatrical release!)
Godzilla vs. Megalon (ditto!)
King Kong '76 (during original theatrical release)
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (English)
GINO
Godzilla 2000 (English)
Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey (Japanese)
GMK (Japanese)
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (Japanese)
Godzilla Tokyo SOS (Japanese)
Ultraman the Next (Japanese)
Gamera the Brave (Japanese)
Mirror Man: Reflex (Japanese)
Negadon Monster from Mars (Japanese)
The Host (Korean)
King Kong '05
Dragon Wars
The Mist (have to mention it)
Cloverfield
Monsters vs. Aliens

An embarrassing omission for me is Godzilla 1985. Just never got around to seeing it when it came out.

I've been fortunate though to see what I have. It's been through the great efforts of guys like Keith that I've had the privilege to view so many films that I love on the big screen. I'm definitely looking forward to the Godzilla and the Monsters of Mass Destruction event this summer!

[McGodzilla]

[Benjamin Haines]

GINO four times. (I was 9.)
Godzilla 2000 once.
King Kong '05 twice.
The Host once.
Cloverfield three times.

[kiryugoji04]

OH! I forgot the Host! D:

[SciFi Geek]

Impressive list, Keith. Sure, you didn't post that to show off a little.

[kpa]

[August]

Toho SF/Fantasy/Monster films:

GODZILLA (Japanese and three subbed versions)
GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERS
GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN
GIGANTIS
THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN
RODAN (US and Japanese versions)
THE MYSTERIANS (US and Japanese versions)
THE H-MAN (US and Japanese versions)
VARAN THE UNBELIEVABLE
BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE (US and Japanese versions)
THE THREE TREASURES
SECRET OF THE TELEGIAN (Japanese version)
THE HUMAN VAPOR (Japanese version)
MOTHRA (US and Japanese versions)
THE LAST WAR (Japanese version)
GORATH (Japanese version)
KING KONG VS. GODZILLA
MATANGO (Japanese version)
WHIRLWIND
ATRAGON (Japanese version)
MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA
GODZILLA VS. THE THING
GHIDRAH THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER (US and Japanese versions)
FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD (US and Japanese versions)
MONSTER ZERO
INVASION OF THE ASTRO MONSTER (International and Japanese versions)
THE ADVENTURE OF TALKA MAKAN
THE WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS (US and Japanese versions)
BIG DUEL IN THE SOUTH SEAS (Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster)
EBIRAH HORROR OF THE DEEP
KING KONG ESCAPES (US and Japanese versions)
SON OF GODZILLA (International and Japanese versions)
DESTROY ALL MONSTERS (US, Japanese and International versions)
LATITUDE ZERO (US version)
GODZILLA'S REVENGE
YOG MONSTER FROM SPACE
LAKE OF DRACULA
GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH (International version)
GODZILLA VS. THE SMOG MONSTER
GODZILLA VS. GIGAN (International version)
GODZILLA ON MONSTER ISLAND
GODZILLA VS. MEGALON (International and US versions)
SUBMERSION OF JAPAN
TIDAL WAVE
EVIL OF DRACULA
GODZILLA VS. THE COSMIC MONSTER
CATASTROPHE: 1999
TERROR OF GODZILLA (aka TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA)
BLUE CHRISTMAS
THE WAR IN SPACE (Japanese version)
THE PHOENIX
EARTHQUAKE 7.9
RETURN OF GODZILLA
PRINCESS FROM THE MOON
GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH
GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA (International version)
GODZILLA VS. SPACE GODZILLA (International version)
GODZILLA VS. DESTROYAH
REBIRTH OF MOTHRA 2
REBIRTH OF MOTHRA 3
GODZILLA 2000 (US version)
GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRUS (Japanese and International versions)
GMK (Japanese and International versions)
GODZILLA AGAINST MECHAGODZILLA
GODZILLA: TOKYO SOS
GODZILLA FINAL WARS

[Andrew Nguyen]

Well here is my list for you all.

1998: GINO

2000: Godzilla vs Destoroyah and Godzilla 2000 (both of them were English dubbed versions)

2004: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (in its original Japanese language)

2005: King Kong (the remake version) and Steamboy (US version).

2006: Sinking of Japan (the remake version)

2008: War of the Gargantuas (the english version of the film).


Also I want to add that I am stunned, impressed, and a bit jealous of the film list that both kpa and August have provided here. I just had to say that alright(shrugs).

[August]

Andrew,
Don't be jealous; I'm just older, and saw some of the '70s films when they first were released, and there used to be theaters that would show a lot of the older films. There were also summer kids matinees at different theaters all over the San Francisco Bay Area which would book these films, and also the UC Berkeley Theater used to have a one day "Godzillathon", featuring four movies in a row. Usually, they were the same four (GODZILLA VS. THE THING, GHIDRAH, DAM and SMOG MONSTER), but we looked forward to it every spring.

Many others, I got to see in Japan, either in retrospective screenings, or at the Tokyo International Film Festival. We also had a Japanese theater here in San Francisco (which closed in the late 1980s), and I saw a bunch of cool films there as well (like Toei's amazing WATARI THE NINJA BOY).

Back then, there were also more prints floating around... or still owned by the original US distributors, so they were easier to see. Now, prints are scare, and there's not a lot available from the Showa Era in terms of rental prints that theaters can book.

Kids of my generation were just lucky to grow up in that time to be able to see all of these films. But, we didn't have DVDs or even VCRs back then, either... we would have killed to have them.

[KaiserGhidorah]

Wow.... just wow at KPA and August. Unfortunately, my list isn't that long but here it goes:

Godzilla 1985
Godzilla (1998)
Godzilla 2000
GMK (my very first theatrical booking)

Gfest 2004:
Godzilla vs Monster Zero
Terror of Mechagodzilla
Godzilla: Tokyo SOS

Gfest 2005:
Godzilla vs Hedorah
Godzilla: Final Wars

Gfest 2008:
Godzilla vs Gigan
The first half of Godzilla vs Biollante
Godzilla X Mechagodzilla

I skipped over the non Toho G flix at the conventions and missed DAM at Gfest last year.

King Kong (2005)
Cloverfield

I believe that has it covered.

[jellydonut25]

[The Giant Pacific Octopus]

[kpa]