Friday Movie - Godzilla (1954)

The granddaddy of all monster movies is also a humane and melancholy drama, made in Japan at a time when the country was reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing in the Pacific. Its rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire population’s fears, became a beloved international icon of destruction, spawning more than thirty sequels. The original Japanese version is presented with subtitles. (1 hour, 36 minutes)