The original Japanese Gojira (1954) is a sad movie. Godzilla's first outing, directed by Honda Ishirō, sees the giant kaiju at his most wrathful, an avatar of war punishing humanity for unleashing nuclear weapons upon the world. Despite how campy the series would swiftly become, the original is a grim, violent movie concerned with the human propensity for self-destruction. It's honestly pretty great.