Monsterverse Movies: The Complete Godzilla and Kong Franchise

The Monsterverse is a shared film universe in which Godzilla, Kong and other giant creatures called Titans exist in one continuity, and it currently has five films. All five are main saga entries, so the franchise has five films and no theatrical spin-offs. A live action series, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, shares the same continuity and gets its own paragraph further down. The first film, Godzilla (2014), directed by Gareth Edwards, reached US theaters on May 16, 2014, and the most recent, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024), directed by Adam Wingard, followed on March 29, 2024. If you want the exact count and the reasoning behind it, the page on how many Monsterverse movies are there covers it.

Monarch, the secretive organization that studies Titans, is the thread that holds the Monsterverse together. In Kong: Skull Island (2017), directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, a Monarch man named Bill Randa persuades the government to fund a survey of a newly found island in 1973. By Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), directed by Michael Dougherty, the Titans have been known to the world for five years, and Monarch scientists are tracking a newly hatched Mothra. In Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), also directed by Wingard, Kong lives under Monarch's watch inside a large dome on Skull Island. A Titan veterinarian called Trapper turns up in The New Empire, which tells you how normal the job market for monster work has become.

The full Monsterverse movies list, in release order, looks like this (the composers get more room on the Monsterverse soundtrack page):

• Godzilla (2014), directed by Gareth Edwards, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche and Bryan Cranston. The runtime is 123 minutes and the score is by Alexandre Desplat.
• Kong: Skull Island (2017), directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, with Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman and Brie Larson. The runtime is 118 minutes and the score is by Henry Jackman.
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), directed by Michael Dougherty, with Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown and Ken Watanabe. The runtime is 132 minutes and the score is by Bear McCreary.
• Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), directed by Adam Wingard, with Alexander Skarsgård, Rebecca Hall, Kaylee Hottle and Brian Tyree Henry, while Millie Bobby Brown and Kyle Chandler return from King of the Monsters. The runtime is 114 minutes and the score is by Tom Holkenborg.
• Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024), directed by Adam Wingard, with Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens and Kaylee Hottle. The runtime is 115 minutes and the score is by Tom Holkenborg.

The Monsterverse films used different methods to create their Titans, from inflatable greenscreens in Godzilla (2014) to motion capture in Kong: Skull Island. According to American Cinematographer, Godzilla (2014) shot in Vancouver and Oahu and never had a physically built Godzilla. Kong in Skull Island is credited to motion capture services from Toby Kebbell and Terry Notary. In King of the Monsters, a sound device called the Orca drives the plot, because it can calm a Titan such as Mothra and so makes whoever holds it dangerous. Godzilla vs. Kong filmed on Oahu and at Village Roadshow Studios in Queensland, according to Star Advertiser and Ausfilm.

The highest grosser of the five Monsterverse films is The New Empire at $572 million worldwide, with Kong: Skull Island close behind at $569 million. Budgets run from $135 million for The New Empire to $185 million for Skull Island, and Godzilla: King of the Monsters sits in between at $170 million. The Monsterverse box office page lays out every film.

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is the Monsterverse live action series on Apple TV+ (branded Apple TV from 2025), created by Chris Black and Matt Fraction. Season 1 premiered on November 17, 2023 with 10 episodes, and season 2 ran from February 27 to May 1, 2026, also with 10 episodes. Toho, which owns Godzilla, licensed the character to Legendary Entertainment for the show, and John Goodman appears as the older Bill Randa, tying it to Skull Island. Apple has not formally renewed Monarch: Legacy of Monsters for a third season as of October 29, 2026, though TVLine reported talks were under way. The Monarch: Legacy of Monsters page tracks it, and the Monsterverse timeline shows where the series sits against the films.

For more, see the Monsterverse cast, Monsterverse movies ranked and the Monsterverse titans.

HBO Max carries the most Monsterverse movies in the UK (four of five) and Australia (all five), while in the US the Warner channels TNT, TBS and tru TV carry three. The details below come from JustWatch data through TMDB, checked on November 2, 2026, and availability can change.

In the US, Godzilla (2014) streams on Paramount Plus and fuboTV, and Kong: Skull Island streams on TNT, TBS, tru TV and YouTube TV. Godzilla: King of the Monsters is on HBO Max through its Amazon Channel and on Vix, which also offers it free with ads. Godzilla vs. Kong is on TNT, TBS and tru TV, while The New Empire is on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max and the same Warner channels.

In the UK, Godzilla (2014) is on Netflix, Apple TV and HBO Max, and Skull Island is on HBO Max, Sky Go and Now TV Cinema. King of the Monsters is on Netflix, HBO Max and Now TV Cinema, Godzilla vs. Kong is on HBO Max, Now TV Cinema and ITVX, and The New Empire is on Netflix only.

In Australia, Godzilla (2014) is on Apple TV, Foxtel Now and HBO Max, and Skull Island is on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and HBO Max. King of the Monsters and Godzilla vs. Kong are both on Amazon Prime Video, Stan and HBO Max, and The New Empire is on HBO Max. Wherever HBO Max is named, it is also offered through its Amazon Channel.

All five films can be rented or bought in all three countries on Amazon Video and the Apple TV Store. The country by country table lives on where to watch Monsterverse.