Specifically the listed 4, after that I fall to Biolante or Return of G / 1984.
Beyond all the kaiju and adjacent stuff that Evangelion incorporates (circling back with Shin), Return hit me over the head repeatedly, seeing how much Hideaki Anno must’ve veined and framed a great deal.
I think Biollante might be in my top 3. I’m also a bit of a sucker for any of the ones that have Mothra’s fairies or anyone else singing some 60s/70s pop song.
I’ve seen like 7 Godzilla movies and most of them have completely blended together in my mind, but the two I really loved were Mothra and Shin Godzilla.
I just did not see Mothra’s bizarre psychedelic magical faerie girl vibe coming at all! I was like, “these movies can be like this!?”
from what i remember, a scientist combines the dna of godzilla and a rose, along with the soul of his dead wife to make a special medicine of somekind? and naturally, it becomes a gigantic plant monster