Two of the Best Godzilla Movies Ever Made Are Finally Coming to Netflix

Netflix’s December slate is stacked, but here’s the quiet power move: starting December 1, Godzilla (2014) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) will stomp onto Netflix, and that’ll give subscribers two pillars of Legendary’s MonsterVerse in one hit. Earlier this year, Godzilla vs. Kong: The New Empire left Netflix, leaving a kaiju-shaped gap on its blockbuster shelf. However, the return makes it smart programming because the 2014 reboot and its maximalist sequel in the peak holiday window will instantly restore a monster franchise spine for people who’d rather watch cities crumble than another cozy rom-com.

Gareth Edwards’ 2014 film plays like a slow-burning disaster movie that keeps human POV front and center until the reveals truly land, while King of the Monsters swings the pendulum the other way: full creature-feature excess, with Ghidorah, Mothra, and Rodan turning the sky into a war zone. Netflix subscribers who missed these two films in theaters and couldn’t catch them on Apple TV either now have a chance to figure out which flavor of kaiju storytelling they actually prefer before possibly hunting down the remaining entries on other services.

Netflix’s December 2025 Slate Is Mystery and Monster-Loaded

From Netflix’s side, the play is obvious but effective. December 2025 is already carrying the second and final half of Stranger Things Season 5 and Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, and now they can algorithmically funnel that event traffic into a proven, global IP where even casual viewers recognize the silhouette on the thumbnail. Add in Netflix’s own kaiju-adjacent watch lists and anime offerings, and you’ve quietly built a mini monster hub inside the app. So yes, the fan-favorite city-crusher really is waking up in a new streaming lair, and this time, the battleground will be a holiday watchlist. Some other notable films landing on Netflix on the same day are A League of Their Own (1992), Anything Else (2003), Brightburn (2019), and Downton Abbey (2019), among others.

Godzilla centers on Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Ford Brody, a Navy EOD specialist caught in the crossfire between humanity and the awakening Titans. Bryan Cranston plays Joe Brody, the obsessed scientist convinced the government is hiding the truth, while Elizabeth Olsen plays Elle Brody. In King of the Monsters, Kyle Chandler leads as Mark Russell, an animal behavior specialist pulled back into Monarch, alongside Vera Farmiga as Dr. Emma Russell and Millie Bobby Brown as Madison Russell.

Godzilla and Godzilla: King of the Monsters will be available to stream on Netflix starting December 1, 2025. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Release Date

May 29, 2019

Runtime

132 Minutes

Director

Michael Dougherty

Writers

Michael Dougherty, Zach Shields, Max Borenstein