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[[folder:Showa Era films]]
* ''Film/{{Gojira}}'' and ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1956 Godzilla: King of the Monsters!]]'' have Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, a giant dinosaur terrorizing Tokyo.
* ''Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain'' has Franchise/{{Godzilla}} returning to cause havoc, though this time [[BigBadEnsemble he also has an opponent]] in [[PrehistoricMonster Anguirus]], until the former kills the latter and becomes the sole BigBad.
* ''Film/{{Rodan}}'' has a BigBadEnsemble, with [[BigBad Big Bads]] for both the first and second half of the film. In the first half of the movie, the [[DiscOneFinalBoss Meganulon]], [[BigCreepyCrawlies massive prehistoric larvae]] with a taste for human flesh, are the villains. In the second half, it's the [[GiantFlyer Rodans]], who [[MakeWayForTheNewVillains promptly establish themselves as more dangerous by]] ''[[MakeWayForTheNewVillains eating]]'' [[MakeWayForTheNewVillains the Meganulon]].
* ''Film/{{Mothra}}'' has [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Clark Nelson]], who by kidnapping the Shobijin triggers the release of Mothra.
* ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' has Franchise/{{Godzilla}} proving to be the bigger threat between the two.
* ''Film/MothraVsGodzilla'' has Franchise/{{Godzilla}} appearing again to cause havoc, though [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Jiro Torahata, and Kumayama]] also stir up quite a bit of trouble.
* ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster'', marking the point where Godzilla began to undergo a HeelFaceTurn has the world-ending dragon [[ArchEnemy King Ghidorah]] appear to destroy all life on Earth, forcing Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra to all team up to fight him.
* ''Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster'' has [[HumanAliens the Controller of Planet X]] as the mastermind behind the Xiliens' AlienInvasion, though its [[ArchEnemy King Ghidorah]] who is [[DragonInChief the primary threat to Godzilla]] and an instrumental part of the Xiliens' plan.
* ''Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep'' has [[FarEastAsianTerrorists the Red Bamboo]], who enslave the natives of an island and later unleash [[GiantEnemyCrab Ebirah]] [[DragonInChief to take on Godzilla]].
* ''Film/SonOfGodzilla'' has [[GiantSpider Kumonga]], who seeks to devour Godzilla's son Minya.
* ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' has [[HumanAliens the Kilaak Queen]], who brainwashes all of Earth's kaiju to conquer Earth for her. [[ArchEnemy King Ghidorah]] also comes back again as [[DragonInChief the main threat to Godzilla]].
* ''Film/AllMonstersAttack'' has [[TheBully Gabara]], along with his kaiju counterpart in Ichiro's dream.
* ''Film/GodzillaVsHedorah'' has [[BlobMonster Hedorah]], a kaiju made out of pollution seeking to pollute the world.
* ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan'' has [[InsectoidAliens Kubota and Fumio Sudo]] as the ones behind the AlienInvasion this time around, with their kaijus [[ArchEnemy King Ghidorah]] and [[CyberCyclops Gigan]] serving as [[DragonInChief the threats opposed to Godzilla]].
* ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon'' has [[AntiVillain Emperor Antonio]], who seeks to destroy humanity as reprisal for them polluting Earth's oceans, with [[DumbMuscle Megalon]] and [[PsychoForHire Gigan]] serving as [[DragonInChief the means with which he intends to enact his plan]].
* ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla'' has [[ManiacMonkeys Kuronuma]], who creates [[EvilKnockoff Mechagodzilla]] to turn the world against Godzilla, though of course its [[DragonInChief Mechagodzilla]] who serves as the direct foe to Godzilla in this movie.
* ''Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla'' has [[MadScientist Dr. Mafune]] and [[HumanAliens Mugal]], who work to together to reconstruct [[EvilKnockoff Mechagodzilla]], with both it and [[SeaMonster Titanosaurus]] serving as [[DragonInChief Godzilla's main foes]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Heisei Era Films]]
* ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' has Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, restored to his original villainous role to wreak havoc.
* ''Film/GodzillaVsBiollante'' has [[{{Planimal}} Biollante]], a plant kaiju created from Godzilla's cells which begins to cause havoc right after its creation, though [[MiddleEasternTerrorists SSS9]] and [[WesternTerrorists John Lee]] also cause problems too.
* ''Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah'' has [[WesternTerrorists the Futurians]], though [[ArchEnemy King Ghidorah]] is [[DragonInChief insrumental]] in their plan to destroy Japan and defeat Godzilla. After the Futurians are killed and Ghidorah defeated, ''Godzilla'' becomes the BigBad, because unsurprisingly a giant animal come force of nature/vengeful god doesn't exactly subscribe to the whole EnemyMine concept.
* ''Film/GodzillaAndMothraTheBattleForEarth'' has [[KnightTemplar Battra]], a kaiju whose objective is to protect Earth, even if it means annihilating most of humanity, though [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Takeshi Tomokane]] also causes many of the problems in the film due to his reckless destruction of the environment and later kidnapping the Cosmos.
* ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII'' has [[WellIntentionedExtremist General Aso]], whose kidnapping of Baby Godzilla spurs Godzilla and Rodan's rampages across Japan, with [[EvilKnockoff Mechagodzilla]] serving as [[DragonInChief the foe opposite of them]].
* ''Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla'' has [[EvilTwin SpaceGodzilla]], who arrives on Earth planning to kill Godzilla and TakeOverTheWorld.
* ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'' has [[HeroKiller Destoroyah]], a creature created from the Oxygen Destroy used to destroy [[Film/{{Gojira}} the original Godzilla]], who [[spoiler:brings about the death of Godzilla]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Millennium Era Films]]
* ''Film/Godzilla2000'' has [[BlobMonster Orga]], a creature created from copying Godzilla's DNA that causes havoc across the globe, and [[KnightTemplar Mitsuo Katagiri]], whose determination to kill Godzilla causes quite a bit of destruction.
* ''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus'' has [[HiveQueen Megaguirus]], a kaiju that emerges from an attempt to kill Godzilla with an artificial black hole.
* ''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack'' has Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, who in this movie is a being possessed by the souls of those who died in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII who comes to Japan to wreak havoc.
* ''Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla'' has Franchise/{{Godzilla}}. Mechagodzilla in this movie is created to halt Godzilla's destructive rampage.
* ''Film/GodzillaTokyoSOS'' has Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, who returns following his defeat against Mechagodzilla in the previous film to rampage once again.
* ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' has [[AxCrazy X]], who leads the Xilien invasion of Earth after taking command of the Xiliens [[KlingonPromotion by force]], with [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Monster X]] and [[SinisterScythe Gigan]] as [[DragonInChief the main foes to]] Godzilla and Mothra.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Reiwa Era Films]]
* ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' has Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, restored once more to his roots as a rampaging giant beast.
%%* ''Monster Planet'' Anime Trilogy
%%** ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters'': Godzilla Filius
%%** ''Anime/GodzillaCityOnTheEdgeOfBattle'': Galu-gu, with Mechagodzilla City as the DragonInCheif
%%** ''Anime/GodzillaThePlanetEater'': Otaru Ghidorah, with Metphies as TheDragon
%%* ''[[Anime/ShinkansenHenkeiRoboShinkalion Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion THE ANIMATION: The Mythically Fast ALFA-X that came from the Future]]''
[[/folder]]
[[folder:American Films]]
* ''Film/{{Godzilla 1998}}'' has [[NotZilla Zilla]], an {{Expy}} of Godzilla who attacks Manhattan.
* ''Franchise/MonsterVerse''
** ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' has the [[BattleCouple MUTOs]] whose rampage eventually triggers Godzilla to arise to put an end to them.
** ''Film/KongSkullIsland'': A BigBadEnsemble forms between [[TheDreaded the Skullcrawlers]], [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent reptilian creatures]] that killed Kong's family (reducing him to the LastOfHisKind) and are the main threat he faces on Skull Island, and [[Creator/SamuelLJackson Colonel Preston Packard]], a colonel whose desire to avenge his fellow soldiers (whom Kong attacked and killed in a territorial dispute) [[FaceHeelTurn corrupts him]] into a GeneralRipper with a MobySchtick against the giant ape.
** ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' has [[ArchEnemy King Ghidorah]]. [[WesternTerrorists Alan Jonah]] and Emma Russell kickstart the plot by unsealing King Ghidorah, though Ghidorah proves to be a ''far'' greater threat than either of them, awakening the other Titans across the globe and sending them out to rampage to terraform Earth [[InTheirOwnImage to his own liking]].
** ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' has numerous contenders for the role of main antagonist, including Godzilla himself, who has started attacking cities seemingly at random. As it turns out, [[spoiler: he's actually trying to destroy the Apex Corporation's attempt to activate [[EvilKnockoff MechaGodzilla]], which is powered by the [[NotQuiteDead still-alive brain]] of Ghidorah's last remaining head. During the climax, Mecha-G comes online and [[HijackedByGanon Ghidorah takes control of it]], destroying Apex and [[EnemyMine forcing Godzilla and Kong to team up against him]].]]
[[/folder]]
* ''Film/{{Gojira}}'' and ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1956 Godzilla: King of the Monsters!]]'' have Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, a giant dinosaur terrorizing Tokyo.
* ''Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain'' has Franchise/{{Godzilla}} returning to cause havoc, though this time [[BigBadEnsemble he also has an opponent]] in [[PrehistoricMonster Anguirus]], until the former kills the latter and becomes the sole BigBad.
* ''Film/{{Rodan}}'' has a BigBadEnsemble, with [[BigBad Big Bads]] for both the first and second half of the film. In the first half of the movie, the [[DiscOneFinalBoss Meganulon]], [[BigCreepyCrawlies massive prehistoric larvae]] with a taste for human flesh, are the villains. In the second half, it's the [[GiantFlyer Rodans]], who [[MakeWayForTheNewVillains promptly establish themselves as more dangerous by]] ''[[MakeWayForTheNewVillains eating]]'' [[MakeWayForTheNewVillains the Meganulon]].
* ''Film/{{Mothra}}'' has [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Clark Nelson]], who by kidnapping the Shobijin triggers the release of Mothra.
* ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' has Franchise/{{Godzilla}} proving to be the bigger threat between the two.
* ''Film/MothraVsGodzilla'' has Franchise/{{Godzilla}} appearing again to cause havoc, though [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Jiro Torahata, and Kumayama]] also stir up quite a bit of trouble.
* ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster'', marking the point where Godzilla began to undergo a HeelFaceTurn has the world-ending dragon [[ArchEnemy King Ghidorah]] appear to destroy all life on Earth, forcing Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra to all team up to fight him.
* ''Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster'' has [[HumanAliens the Controller of Planet X]] as the mastermind behind the Xiliens' AlienInvasion, though its [[ArchEnemy King Ghidorah]] who is [[DragonInChief the primary threat to Godzilla]] and an instrumental part of the Xiliens' plan.
* ''Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep'' has [[FarEastAsianTerrorists the Red Bamboo]], who enslave the natives of an island and later unleash [[GiantEnemyCrab Ebirah]] [[DragonInChief to take on Godzilla]].
* ''Film/SonOfGodzilla'' has [[GiantSpider Kumonga]], who seeks to devour Godzilla's son Minya.
* ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' has [[HumanAliens the Kilaak Queen]], who brainwashes all of Earth's kaiju to conquer Earth for her. [[ArchEnemy King Ghidorah]] also comes back again as [[DragonInChief the main threat to Godzilla]].
* ''Film/AllMonstersAttack'' has [[TheBully Gabara]], along with his kaiju counterpart in Ichiro's dream.
* ''Film/GodzillaVsHedorah'' has [[BlobMonster Hedorah]], a kaiju made out of pollution seeking to pollute the world.
* ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan'' has [[InsectoidAliens Kubota and Fumio Sudo]] as the ones behind the AlienInvasion this time around, with their kaijus [[ArchEnemy King Ghidorah]] and [[CyberCyclops Gigan]] serving as [[DragonInChief the threats opposed to Godzilla]].
* ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon'' has [[AntiVillain Emperor Antonio]], who seeks to destroy humanity as reprisal for them polluting Earth's oceans, with [[DumbMuscle Megalon]] and [[PsychoForHire Gigan]] serving as [[DragonInChief the means with which he intends to enact his plan]].
* ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla'' has [[ManiacMonkeys Kuronuma]], who creates [[EvilKnockoff Mechagodzilla]] to turn the world against Godzilla, though of course its [[DragonInChief Mechagodzilla]] who serves as the direct foe to Godzilla in this movie.
* ''Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla'' has [[MadScientist Dr. Mafune]] and [[HumanAliens Mugal]], who work to together to reconstruct [[EvilKnockoff Mechagodzilla]], with both it and [[SeaMonster Titanosaurus]] serving as [[DragonInChief Godzilla's main foes]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Heisei Era Films]]
* ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' has Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, restored to his original villainous role to wreak havoc.
* ''Film/GodzillaVsBiollante'' has [[{{Planimal}} Biollante]], a plant kaiju created from Godzilla's cells which begins to cause havoc right after its creation, though [[MiddleEasternTerrorists SSS9]] and [[WesternTerrorists John Lee]] also cause problems too.
* ''Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah'' has [[WesternTerrorists the Futurians]], though [[ArchEnemy King Ghidorah]] is [[DragonInChief insrumental]] in their plan to destroy Japan and defeat Godzilla. After the Futurians are killed and Ghidorah defeated, ''Godzilla'' becomes the BigBad, because unsurprisingly a giant animal come force of nature/vengeful god doesn't exactly subscribe to the whole EnemyMine concept.
* ''Film/GodzillaAndMothraTheBattleForEarth'' has [[KnightTemplar Battra]], a kaiju whose objective is to protect Earth, even if it means annihilating most of humanity, though [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Takeshi Tomokane]] also causes many of the problems in the film due to his reckless destruction of the environment and later kidnapping the Cosmos.
* ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII'' has [[WellIntentionedExtremist General Aso]], whose kidnapping of Baby Godzilla spurs Godzilla and Rodan's rampages across Japan, with [[EvilKnockoff Mechagodzilla]] serving as [[DragonInChief the foe opposite of them]].
* ''Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla'' has [[EvilTwin SpaceGodzilla]], who arrives on Earth planning to kill Godzilla and TakeOverTheWorld.
* ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'' has [[HeroKiller Destoroyah]], a creature created from the Oxygen Destroy used to destroy [[Film/{{Gojira}} the original Godzilla]], who [[spoiler:brings about the death of Godzilla]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Millennium Era Films]]
* ''Film/Godzilla2000'' has [[BlobMonster Orga]], a creature created from copying Godzilla's DNA that causes havoc across the globe, and [[KnightTemplar Mitsuo Katagiri]], whose determination to kill Godzilla causes quite a bit of destruction.
* ''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus'' has [[HiveQueen Megaguirus]], a kaiju that emerges from an attempt to kill Godzilla with an artificial black hole.
* ''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack'' has Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, who in this movie is a being possessed by the souls of those who died in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII who comes to Japan to wreak havoc.
* ''Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla'' has Franchise/{{Godzilla}}. Mechagodzilla in this movie is created to halt Godzilla's destructive rampage.
* ''Film/GodzillaTokyoSOS'' has Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, who returns following his defeat against Mechagodzilla in the previous film to rampage once again.
* ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' has [[AxCrazy X]], who leads the Xilien invasion of Earth after taking command of the Xiliens [[KlingonPromotion by force]], with [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Monster X]] and [[SinisterScythe Gigan]] as [[DragonInChief the main foes to]] Godzilla and Mothra.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Reiwa Era Films]]
* ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' has Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, restored once more to his roots as a rampaging giant beast.
%%* ''Monster Planet'' Anime Trilogy
%%** ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters'': Godzilla Filius
%%** ''Anime/GodzillaCityOnTheEdgeOfBattle'': Galu-gu, with Mechagodzilla City as the DragonInCheif
%%** ''Anime/GodzillaThePlanetEater'': Otaru Ghidorah, with Metphies as TheDragon
%%* ''[[Anime/ShinkansenHenkeiRoboShinkalion Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion THE ANIMATION: The Mythically Fast ALFA-X that came from the Future]]''
[[/folder]]
[[folder:American Films]]
* ''Film/{{Godzilla 1998}}'' has [[NotZilla Zilla]], an {{Expy}} of Godzilla who attacks Manhattan.
* ''Franchise/MonsterVerse''
** ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' has the [[BattleCouple MUTOs]] whose rampage eventually triggers Godzilla to arise to put an end to them.
** ''Film/KongSkullIsland'': A BigBadEnsemble forms between [[TheDreaded the Skullcrawlers]], [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent reptilian creatures]] that killed Kong's family (reducing him to the LastOfHisKind) and are the main threat he faces on Skull Island, and [[Creator/SamuelLJackson Colonel Preston Packard]], a colonel whose desire to avenge his fellow soldiers (whom Kong attacked and killed in a territorial dispute) [[FaceHeelTurn corrupts him]] into a GeneralRipper with a MobySchtick against the giant ape.
** ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' has [[ArchEnemy King Ghidorah]]. [[WesternTerrorists Alan Jonah]] and Emma Russell kickstart the plot by unsealing King Ghidorah, though Ghidorah proves to be a ''far'' greater threat than either of them, awakening the other Titans across the globe and sending them out to rampage to terraform Earth [[InTheirOwnImage to his own liking]].
** ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' has numerous contenders for the role of main antagonist, including Godzilla himself, who has started attacking cities seemingly at random. As it turns out, [[spoiler: he's actually trying to destroy the Apex Corporation's attempt to activate [[EvilKnockoff MechaGodzilla]], which is powered by the [[NotQuiteDead still-alive brain]] of Ghidorah's last remaining head. During the climax, Mecha-G comes online and [[HijackedByGanon Ghidorah takes control of it]], destroying Apex and [[EnemyMine forcing Godzilla and Kong to team up against him]].]]
[[/folder]]
