King Kong vs. Godzilla

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) is Toho's Japanese-American monster spectacular you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Ishiro Honda with English-language scenes by Thomas Montgomery, it brought both giants together on screen for the first time — and in colour.

A scheming pharmaceutical executive sends a team to a remote island to capture King Kong for a publicity stunt. The ape arrives in Japan just as Godzilla breaks free from the Arctic ice where he had been buried seven years earlier. What follows is exactly what the title promises.

The third entry in Toho's Godzilla series pulled the biggest domestic audience of any film in the franchise up to that point. It plays as pure spectacle — rubber suits, miniature buildings, zero subtlety — and fully owns it. Stream King Kong vs. Godzilla online on iFILM.