Every Guillermo del Toro Movie Ranked From Worst to Best
Guillermo del Toro poses backstage with the Oscar® for Animated Feature Film during the live ABC telecast of the 95th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 12, 2023.
Visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is one of the most popular directors working today!
He began his career directing classic horror films like ‘Cronos’ and ‘The Devil’s Backbone’ before turning to the superhero genre with ‘Blade II’, ‘Hellboy’ and ‘Hellboy II: The Golden Army’.
Del Toro received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay for his work on ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’, and would go on to win Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director for ‘The Shape of Water’, as well as an Oscar for Best Animated Feature for his work on ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’.
The director has also made such popular films as ‘Pacific Rim’, ‘Crimson Peak’ and ‘Nightmare Alley’, which was also nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award.
“Only monsters play God.”
Release Date: Oct 17, 2025
Run Time: 2 hr 30 min
Budget: $120,000,000
Del Toro’s latest film, ‘Frankenstein’, a long time passion project for the director, opens in theaters on October 17th before premiering on Netflix November 7th.
In honor of the new release, Moviefone is counting down every film Guillermo del Toro has ever directed, including his latest.
Let’s begin!
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Tom Hiddleston in ‘Crimson Peak’. Photo: Universal Pictures.
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author (Mia Wasikowska) is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.
“Love makes monsters of us all.”
Release Date: Oct 16, 2015
Run Time: 1 hr 59 min
Budget: $55,000,000
12. ‘Mimic’ (1997)
Mira Sorvino in ‘Mimic’. Photo: Miramax Films.
A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler (Mira Sorvino), creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.
“For thousands of years, man has been evolution’s greatest creation… until now.”
Release Date: Aug 22, 1997
Run Time: 1 hr 45 min
Budget: $30,000,000
Fernando Tielve in ‘The Devil’s Backbone’. Photo: 20th Century Fox.
Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos (Fernando Tielve) arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
Run Time: 1 hr 48 min
Budget: $4,500,000
10. ‘Cronos’ (1994)
Ron Perlman in ‘Cronos’. Photo: October Films.
Faced with his own mortality, an ingenious alchemist tried to perfect an invention that would provide him with the key to eternal life. It was called the Cronos device. When he died more than 400 years later, he took the secrets of this remarkable device to the grave with him. Now, an elderly antiques dealer has found the hellish machine hidden in a statue and learns about its incredible powers. The more he uses the device, the younger he becomes…but nothing comes without a price. Life after death is just the beginning as this nerve-shattering thriller unfolds and the fountain of youth turns bloody.
“An ancient device. A modern discovery. A terrifying tale of the eternal.”
Release Date: Mar 30, 1994
Run Time: 1 hr 34 min
(L to R) Sally Hawkins and Doug Jones in ‘The Shape of Water’. Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures.
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor (Sally Hawkins) working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man (Doug Jones) being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
“A Fairy Tale for Troubled Times”
Release Date: Dec 22, 2017
Run Time: 2 hr 3 min
Budget: $19,500,000
A scene from ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’. Photo: Netflix.
Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro reinvents Carlo Collodi’s classic tale of the wooden marionette (Gregory Mann) who is magically brought to life in order to mend the heart of a grieving woodcarver named Geppetto (David Bradley). This whimsical, stop-motion film directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson follows the mischievous and disobedient adventures of Pinocchio in his pursuit of a place in the world.
“Love will give you life.”
Release Date: Nov 9, 2022
Run Time: 1 hr 57 min
Budget: $35,000,000
(L to R) Doug Jones and Ivana Baquero in ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’. Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures.
In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.
“Innocence has a power evil cannot imagine.”
Release Date: Jan 19, 2007
Run Time: 1 hr 58 min
Budget: $19,000,000
(L to R) Cate Blanchett and Bradley Cooper in ‘Nightmare Alley’. Photo: Searchlight Pictures.
An ambitious carnival man (Bradley Cooper) with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist (Cate Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is.
Release Date: Dec 17, 2021
Run Time: 2 hr 31 min
Budget: $60,000,000
(L to R) Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, and Rinko Kikuchi in ‘Pacific Rim’. Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures.
Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, earth’s survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy, the forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes who now stand as earth’s final hope against the mounting apocalypse.
“To fight monsters, we created monsters.”
Release Date: Jul 12, 2013
Run Time: 2 hr 11 min
Budget: $180,000,000
(L to R) Ron Perlman and Doug Jones in ‘Hellboy II: The Golden Army’. Photo: Universal Pictures.
Hellboy (Ron Perlman), his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz (Selma Blair), and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien (Doug Jones), face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada (Luke Goss) tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity’s annihilation.
“Believe it or not… He’s the good guy.”
Release Date: Jul 11, 2008
Run Time: 2 hr
Budget: $85,000,000
Wesley Snipes in ‘Blade II’. Photo: New Line Cinema.
Blade (Wesley Snipes) forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires.
“Faster. Sharper. Deadlier.”
Release Date: Mar 22, 2002
Run Time: 1 hr 57 min
Budget: $54,000,000
Ron Perlman in ‘Hellboy’. Photo: Sony Pictures Releasing.
In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed “Hellboy”. Sixty years later, Hellboy (Ron Perlman) serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien (Doug Jones) – a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman (Selma Blair) – a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.
“From the dark side to our side.”
Release Date: Apr 2, 2004
Run Time: 2 hr 2 min
Budget: $66,000,000
Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein in Frankenstein. Photo: Ken Woroner/Netflix © 2025.
Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac), a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature (Jacob Elordi) to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
“Only monsters play God.”
Release Date: Oct 17, 2025
Run Time: 2 hr 30 min
Budget: $120,000,000