Who doesn’t knows King Kong? After all, it is such a famous character of the warner bros publication. If someone doesn’t know, King Kong movies are based on a fictional character who Merian C. Cooper initially made. But after the great popularity of King Kong, the right of the character is now with warner bros.
Who is King Kong?
Talking about the character of King Kong, king kong is a giant fictional monster that resembles a giant gorilla that was introduced in 1993 in king kong movies. He has also been dubbed the eighth wonder of the world. The eighth wonder of the world is a phrase that is commonly used in king kong films.
Since the release of the first king kong movie in 1933, the character and story of king kong are still loved by the audience. After the character of king kong and king kong movies proved to be such a great success, king kong was officially declared as a franchise whose rights were reserved by various production companies such as warner bros, universal pictures, and legendary pictures with warner bros handling the distribution.
The king kong franchise has never disappointed its viewers in terms of the theme, plot, characters, and story of their films. The success of the king kong movies, the king kong franchise, and king kong characters are not limited to just movies.
Since the release date of king kong in 1933, till now several movies have been made with consideration of king kong as the title character.
15. Godzilla vs. King Kong
- Director: Adam Wingard
- Writer: Eric Pearson, Max Borenstein
- Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri
- IMDb Rating: 6.3/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 75%
- Platforms Available: Amazon Prime Video
Godzilla vs. king kong is the 36th film in the Godzilla franchise and the 12th film in the king kong franchise. The film release date of the film Godzilla vs. Kong was on March 24, 2021, and it has a running time of around 113 minutes.
Now coming to the plot of the film, as we can determine by the name Godzilla vs. king kong, the film is broadly about the fight between Godzilla and Kong, that is, Godzilla vs. Kong. In the film, Godzilla resurfaces again, creating a violent disorder and chaos.
Other than this humans are in great trouble. Humans need the help of Kong to retrieve a secret weapon and a power source to reach the hollow earth and save themselves.
14. Kong skull island
- Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts
- Writer: Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein, and Derek Connolly
- Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson
- IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 75%
- Platforms Available: Amazon Prime Video, Netflix
Kong skull island is an American monster movie. Kong skull island is the 11th movie in the franchise of King Kong. King Kong movies have never failed to entertain their audience, and just like that, skull island is also on the list.
Skull Island was released a few years back on March 10, 2017. The film is based on the new findings on an island and how the mission of finding new things on the island becomes a mission of returning alive from that island.
The plot of the film was a very interesting one which showed the battle between humans and nature. An uncharted and mythical island called skull island was discovered in the Pacific Ocean. Some scientists and soldiers dive into the ocean to explore the secrets of the skull island.
Due to this plot of the movie, it is named kong skull island. As the humans go into the domain of Mighty Kong, it triggers an ultimate battle between the humans and the most powerful of all the giant monsters.
The mission of exploring the secrets of the kong skull island becomes a mission of the survival of the humans from a world where humanity does not even exist.
13. Kong Returns to the Jungle
- Director: Stuart Evans
- Writer: Sean Catherine Derek
- Cast: Kirby Morrow, Scott McNeil, Kathy Morse, Saffron Henderson
- IMDb Rating: 4/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 60%
- Platforms Available: Amazon Prime Video
Kong’s Return to the Jungle is one of the 3D animated films which was released on November 14, 2006.
Kong the animated series are also Kong movies, but they are made as animated movies. Just like the original king kong, Kong the animated series was also a great success. The movie is co-directed by Rick Ungar.
Now talking about the plot of the movie, as we can guess by the name, the film is about the return of Kong to the jungle. The hunters transport a great gorilla or the king kong from his natural habitat island to a zoo in the city of new york.
12. King Kong
- Director: Peter Jackson
- Writer: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson
- Cast: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann
- IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 84%
- Platforms Available: Amazon Prime Video, Netflix
King Kong is an epic monster movie that was released back on December 14, 2005. It is the eighth movie in the king kong franchise. The movie is based on king kong in 1933, which was an American pre-code adventure movie.
This king kong 1993 remake follows the adventure of Carl Denham, Jack Driscoll, and Ann Darrow when they travel from New York to skull island. Director Carl Denham and the other team members are astonished when they witness the presence of a giant gorilla Kong upon reaching the Kong skull island.
Ann Darrow, Carl Denham, and the other members encounter the presence of dinosaurs and other creatures as well. Director Carl Denham has very gracefully shown all this.
11. Kong King of Atlantis
- Director: Patrick Archibald
- Writer: Sean Catherine Derek
- Cast: Kirby Morro, Scott McNeil, Saffron Henderson, Daphne Goldrick
- IMDb Rating: 4/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 80%
- Platforms Available: Amazon Prime Video
Kong King of Atlantis is also a part of the Kong animated films. The movie has special effects of animation which makes it even more interesting. Kong King of Atlantis came out on November 22, 2005.
Kong King of Atlantis is broadly about the people of Atlantis. The queen of the evil Reptilla wants to have control of the people of Atlantis and for this, she wants to use King Kong for the same.
10. The Mighty Kong
- Director: Art Scott William
- Writer: William J. Keenan
- Cast: Dudley Moore, Jodi Benson, Randy Hamilton, William Sage
- IMDb Rating: 4.1/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 60%
- Platforms Available: Amazon Prime Video
Here comes another animation in the king kong series. Mighty Kong is an animation. It is an adaptation of king kong in 1933. The release date for Mighty Kong was June 16, 1998.
In this king kong 1933 adaptation of The Mighty Kong, a showman brings king kong, the great ape to the city of new york in a tune and fun-filled way.
9. King Kong Lives
- Director: John Guillermin
- Writer: Ronald Shusett, Steven Pressfield
- Cast: Brian Kerwin, Linda Hamilton, John Ashton, Peter Michael Goetz
- IMDb Rating: 3.9/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 79%
- Platforms Available: Amazon Prime Video
King Kong Lives, also known as king kong 2, is an American monster-based movie with an introduction of lady kong as well. The film is a sequel to the remake of king kong in 1976. Broadly it is about when king kong escapes.
In King Kong Lives, Kong has been in a coma for about ten years. Kong needs a blood transfusion to do a heart transplant. For this purpose, a lady Kong is brought. But somehow, King Kong lives, and King Kong escapes with the lady ape.
8. King Kong
- Director: John Guillermin
- Writer: Lorenzo Semple Jr.
- Cast: Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange
- IMDb Rating: 5.9/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 53%
- Platforms Available: Amazon Prime Video
King Kong is another making in the franchise Kong. It came out on December 17, 1976, and has a running time of around three hours. In the film, a research ship is sent to an island that is said to be rich in oil. Paleontologist Jack Prescott is hired for this. The place is found to be none other than the living place of Kong, the enormous ape.
7. King Kong Escapes
- Director: Ishirō Honda
- Writer: Takeshi Kimura
- Cast: Rhodes Reason, Linda Miller, Mie Hama, Akira Takarada
- IMDb Rating: 5.5/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 63%
- Platforms Available: Amazon Prime Video
King Kong Escapes is a Japanese-American Kong film; Eiji Tsuburaya did the special effects. King Kong Escapes came out in the United States on July 22, 1967, in Japan, and on June 19, 1968.
Now talking about the plot, Dr. Who makes a giant robot version of Kong but soon realizes that the copy is not as capable as the real king kong. But the gorilla soon escapes and goes to the city of Tokyo.
6. King Kong vs. Godzilla
- Director: Ishirō Honda
- Writer: Shinichi Sekizawa
- Cast: Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yū Fujiki, Ichirō Arishima
- IMDb Rating: 5.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 50%
- Platforms Available: HBO max
King Kong vs. Godzilla is the third movie in the Godzilla and the third movie in the King Kong franchise. It came out on August 11, 1962, with a running time of 97 minutes.
As we can already guess by the name, it is about a battle between king kong and Godzilla. The enormous ape escapes from Japan and faces Godzilla, which is a lizard in the battle of the beast.
5. Son of Kong
- Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack
- Writer: Ruth Rose
- Cast: Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Reicher
- IMDb Rating: 5.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 42%
- Platforms Available: HBO max
This came out back on December 22, 1933. It is also a part of the franchise of King films. In the films, Carl Denham flees to new york with the king.
Carl does so to avoid a confrontation with the grand jury. Soon they reach the habitat of the king, and there find Kong’s son who protects them from a group of dinosaurs.
4. King Kong
- Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack
- Writer: Ruth Rose
- Cast: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot
- IMDb Rating: 7.9/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 99%
- Platforms Available: HBO Max, YouTube
Now comes the first film of the king kong movies, which came out back on March 2, 1933. This is where such a great franchise began. The running time for this is 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Talking about the plot of this iconic movie, this was the one where they introduce king kong. In the picture, a crew goes to a tropical place for an exotic shoot but there discover a colossal and giant ape, they capture it and bring it to the city of new york.
3. The King Kong Show
- Director: Arthur Rankin Jr.
- Writer: Jules Bass
- Cast: Carl Banas, Susan Conway
- IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 87%
- Platforms Available: Peacock
The King Kong show is another making in the animated series of the King franchise. It is a television series that came out in 1966.
In the series, you can see the adventures of a king, fighting with robots, monsters, and aliens.
2. Kong The animated series
- Director: Marc Boreal
- Writer: Sean Catherine Derek
- Cast: Kirby Morrow, Scott McNeil
- IMDb Rating: 5.5/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 87%
- Platforms Available: Peacock
Here comes another introduction to the animation of Kong. This came out in 2001 and is, of course, an adaptation of the Kong movies itself. In the show, they shoot Kong, and after his death, they make an attempt to duplicate Kong, a scientist named Dr. Lorna.
1. Kong King of the Apes
- Director: Avi Arad
- Writer: Allen Bohbot
- Cast: Alessandro Juliani
- IMDb Rating: 5.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 55%
- Platforms Available: Netflix
Kong King of the Apes is an animated series in the king kong franchise; 41 Entertainment LLC produced the series. The series is in the genre of adventure, science, fantasy, and drama. It came on April 15, 2016, and consists of a total of 2 seasons and 23 episodes. The running time of each episode varies between 20 and 25 minutes.
Talking about the plot of the show, Kong King Of The Apes is a series that is set in 2050, where Kong wreaks havoc in Alcatraz Island’s Natural History and Marine Preserve. After the havoc, Kong becomes wanted.
