Guillermo Del Toro is one of the most prolific directors in history. For over thirty years, Del Toro has masterfully crafted fantasy spectacles to wow audiences and spark the imagination of all who view his work. He is highly thought of as a master visionary who continues to push the envelope when it comes to the extraordinary worlds that can come to life on screen.
Guillermo Del Toro specializes in mythic fantasy and horror, having his movies filled with the strange and unknown. Each Guillermo Del Toro movie is something special to behold and melds incredible detail into outstanding storytelling. In his lengthy career, Guillermo Del Toro has crafted countless works of art, many of which have garnered immense popularity and gone on to become cult classics.
6 Blade II
Marvel movies have come a long way since their early beginnings on the silver screen. It wasn't always Chirs Evans and Robert Downey Jr. who played the faces of the Marvel superhero. The legacy of Marvel starts with Blade, which debuted with monumental success, so much so that it received a sequel.
Blade II saw a drastic expansion in scope as Guillermo Del Toro took the reins and created a horror epic that placed the vampire hunter against monstrous mutations called Reapers. Faced with an uprising of a new species, Blade must partner with his enemies in order to ensure that the entire world doesn't drop lower on the food chain. Wesley Snipes returns to his role and delivers a spectacular performance alongside Ron Perlman and Kris Kristofferson.
5 Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim was an innovative movie that took full advantage of how far the world of special effects has come. The film community had left the world of giant robots and monsters untouched for decades, leaving a lot of potential for the first director willing to take a chance. Guillermo Del Toro grabbed hold of the mecha genre and delivered the first blockbuster super robot movie on the American screen since the original Transformers movie back in 2007.
Charlie Hunnam and Idris Elba starred in this breathtakingly beautiful action movie in which monstrous creatures begin invading the earth and destroying cities. The human race bands together and creates powerful mechanical weapons called Jaegers to combat the threats and protect the world. Pacific Rim is filled with wall-to-wall robot vs. kaiju action and tells a redemptive story about a former soldier who has to stop running from his past.
4 Pans Labyrinth
Pans Labyrinth is one of the best movies created by Guillermo Del Toro. In an attempt to bring a nearly ancient fairytale to life, Del Toro sought to make a movie that genuinely connected with viewers on a deeper level than most of his movies and succeeded in spectacular fashion.
Taking place in Europe, the stepdaughter of a Nazi general, Ofelia, escapes into Pan's Labyrinth to get away from her stepfather's cruelty. Upon entering, she is met by a faun which sets her on a mystical and mysterious adventure. Ofelia must find her bravery as she takes on horrific creatures and the strange lands of the underworld in order to make it out alive.
3 Hellboy
Hellboy was one of the first superhero movies to debut and introduced Hollywood to the genre with a fantastic movie starring Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, and the legendary Doug Jones. Hellboy was created by Mike Mignola, a demon found by humans and adopted during World War 1.
The movie follows Hellboy as a member of the Bureau of Paranormal defense who protects ordinary everyday people from monsters, ghouls, and goblins. Guillermo Del Toro crafted a remarkable story to go alongside the hell-born hero that helped newcomers to the genre connect with him immediately. Many fans still celebrate the movie to this day for its stunning visuals and impeccable performances.
2 The Shape Of Water
The shape of water is perhaps the most unique movie created by Guillermo Del Toro. While the movie still retains Del Toro's fantastical visuals, it simmers down from the action-packed epics he's known for and instead follows an interspecies love story. A mute cleaner becomes involved with an amphibious humanoid being held captive in a secret organization laboratory.
Their feelings evolve into more than friendship but are threatened by the head of the organization and marine biologist who have other plans for the creature. The Shape of Water stands as one of Guillermo Del Toro's best movies for which he was nominated and succeeded in winning an academy award for Best Picture and Best Director.
1 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The success of the first Hellboy movie sparked a sensation that warranted a sequel with Ron Perlman and Guillermo Del Toro returning. Hellboy II The Golden Army expanded the world of Hellboy, introducing new and returning fans to the underground world of mythical creatures, monsters, and ancient races.
A prince of a mystic race seeks to control a catastrophic weapon and take the world of fairies and fiends out of the shadows and into the light, wiping out humanity in the process. Hellboy must make a difficult decision: protect the human race as he has done for most of his life or protect himself.