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Gods of Egypt (film)

Gods of Egypt is a 2016 Alex Proyas fantasy film loosely based on The Contendings of Horus and Seth, starring Gerard Butler and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau; it grossed $150 million on a $140 million budget amid a whitewashing controversy.

Gods' Man

Gods' Man: A Novel in Woodcuts is Lynd Ward's 1929 wordless novel, the first American one, told in 139 wood engravings of a Faustian artist's bargain, precursor of the graphic novel.

Godse (film)

Godse (గాడ్సే) is a 2022 Telugu action thriller directed by Gopi Ganesh Pattabhi, produced by C Kalyan, starring Satyadev and Aishwarya Lekshmi; a hostage negotiator thriller about youth unemployment, released 17 June 2022 and streaming on Netflix.

Godsfavour Chidozie

Godsfavour Chidozie, known professionally as Fave, is a Nigerian Afropop and R&B singer whose 2021 single "Baby Riddim" topped Nigeria's TurnTable chart, followed by the EP Riddim 5 in 2022.

Godsmack

Godsmack: American hard rock band formed 1995 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, led by Sully Erna; known for Alice in Chains-influenced alt-metal, three No. 1 Billboard 200 albums, and 26 Mainstream Rock top-ten singles.

Godspeed (一路顺风)

Godspeed (一路順風, Yi lu shun feng) is Chung Mong-hong's 2016 Taiwanese road film in which drug courier Na Dow hails Michael Hui's taxi for a delivery south. Eight Golden Horse nominations, one win; 2017 Hong Kong Film Award for Best Cross-Strait film.

Godspeed questionnaire

The Godspeed questionnaire is a standardized 2009 survey measuring how people perceive robots, with five subscales including anthropomorphism, likeability, and perceived safety, scored from semantic differential items.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Godspeed You! Black Emperor (GY!BE), Montreal post-rock collective formed 1994, named after a 1976 Japanese documentary; long instrumental pieces, 16mm film projections, Constellation Records, hiatus 2003, reunion 2010, ninth album 2024.

Godspell

Godspell is a 1971 musical by John-Michael Tebelak and Stephen Schwartz based on the Gospel of Matthew, famous for "Day by Day," a 1973 film, and the 2011 Broadway revival.

Godspell (1973 film)

Godspell (1973 film), David Greene's Columbia Pictures adaptation of the Tebelak-Schwartz Gospel of Matthew musical, shot on empty New York streets with Victor Garber as Jesus and the song "Beautiful City" written for the film.

Godswill Akpabio

Godswill Akpabio is a Nigerian politician and member of the All Progressives Congress who serves as President of the Senate in the 10th National Assembly, presiding over the upper chamber.

Godtfred Kirk Christiansen

Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (1920–1995) was a Danish industrialist who led the LEGO Group in Billund as managing director from 1957, creating the LEGO System and the 1958 brick.

Godunov family

The Godunov family (Годуновы) was an extinct Russian noble family of Kostroma origin that rose to rule Muscovy through Tsar Boris Godunov, reigned 1598 to 1605.

Godus

Godus is a free-to-play god game by Peter Molyneux's studio 22cans, funded on Kickstarter in 2012 (£526,563 from 17,184 backers), released in Steam early access in 2013 and on iOS in 2014, and widely criticized for unfulfilled promises.

Godwill Kukonki

Godwill Kukonki (born 2008, Stoke-on-Trent) is an English left-footed centre-back, 196 cm, in Manchester United's academy; England U17-U19 youth international also eligible for DR Congo, no senior appearances yet.

Godwin, Earl of Wessex

Godwin (Godwine), died 15 April 1053, Earl of Wessex under Canute and Edward the Confessor; father of Harold Godwinson; exiled 1051, restored 1052, died at the king's table.

Godwin's law

Godwin's law, Godwin's rule of Nazi analogies, is a 1990 internet adage by attorney Mike Godwin: as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a Nazi or Hitler comparison approaches one; designed as a counter-meme, formalized in the OED in 2012.

Godzilla

Godzilla (Gojira, ゴジラ) is Toho's 1954 kaiju created by Ishiro Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya as a nuclear allegory; the Guinness-recognized longest-running film franchise spans Shin Godzilla (2016) and Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One (2023).

Godzilla (1998 film)

Godzilla is a 1998 American science-fiction monster film directed by Roland Emmerich, starring Matthew Broderick, that reimagines the kaiju as a giant irradiated lizard attacking New York City.

Godzilla (2014 film)

Godzilla (2014 film) is a monster film where the title creature battles two parasitic MUTOs. The plot follows the crisis from Japan to San Francisco.

Godzilla (Eminem song)

Godzilla (Eminem song): 2020 track from Music To Be Murdered By featuring Juice WRLD, his first posthumous release; holds the Guinness record for fastest rap in a No. 1 single at 225 words in 30 seconds.

Godzilla (franchise)

Godzilla (Gojira, ゴジラ) is Toho's Japanese kaiju media franchise begun with Ishirō Honda's 1954 film. It spans Showa, Heisei, Millennium, and Reiwa eras, the MonsterVerse, and the Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One.

Godzilla (Heisei)

Heisei Godzilla (ゴジラ, VS. Series Godzilla) is Toho's Second Generation-era monster from seven films, 1984–1995, from The Return of Godzilla to Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, ignoring all canon except the 1954 original and ending in Burning Godzilla meltdown.

Godzilla (Takashi Yamazaki)

Godzilla (Takashi Yamazaki) is the kaiju incarnation from Godzilla Minus One (ゴジラ-1.0, 2023) and Minus Zero (2026), an Odo Island creature mutated by 1946 nuclear tests, with regeneration and atomic breath, from Toho's Oscar-winning Reiwa-era films.

Godzilla (ゴジラ) (1954 film)

Godzilla (ゴジラ, Gojira) is Toho's 1954 black-and-white kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda with effects by Eiji Tsuburaya, inspired by the Daigo Fukuryu Maru H-bomb incident and spawning the long-running Godzilla franchise.

Godzilla (ゴジラ) (Shōwa)

Shōwa-era Godzilla (ゴジラ): Toho's kaijū film series 1954–1975, beginning with Honda, Tanaka, and Tsuburaya's black-and-white 1954 Gojira, made after the Lucky Dragon No. 5 incident and founding the tokusatsu monster-film genre.

Godzilla 2000 (ゴジラ2000 ミレニアム)

Godzilla 2000: Millennium (ゴジラ2000 ミレニアム) is Toho's 1999 kaiju film, 23rd in the series and first of the Millennium era, directed by Takao Okawara, pitting Godzilla against the cell-absorbing alien Orga; released in the US as Godzilla 2000 in 2000.

Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (ゴジラ×メカゴジラ)

Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (ゴジラ×メカゴジラ) is a 2002 Toho kaiju film, 26th in the series and fourth Millennium entry, directed by Masaaki Tezuka, in which the JSDF builds the cyborg Kiryu from the original 1954 Godzilla's bones; sequel Tokyo S.O.S. (2003).

Godzilla Minus One

Godzilla Minus One (ゴジラ-1.0) is Toho's 2023 kaiju film directed, written, and VFX-supervised by Takashi Yamazaki; set in postwar Japan, it won the Best Visual Effects Oscar and grossed $56.4 million in the US and Canada, with sequel Godzilla Minus Zero due in 2026.

Godzilla Minus Zero (ゴジラ-0.0)

Godzilla Minus Zero (ゴジラ-0.0) is Takashi Yamazaki's 2026 direct sequel to Godzilla Minus One, released by Toho in Japan November 3 and GKIDS in North America November 6, 2026; first Japanese IMAX production, first R-rated Godzilla film, pitting Godzilla against King Ghidorah in 1949.