Ishirō Honda

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

1. 1Dreams
   Dreams夢

   1990 · Japan / United States · fantasy, drama, sci-fi

   Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1990 #4 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1990 #8 · Criterion Collection spine #842

   0.913 citations
2. 2
   Godzillaゴジラ

   1954 · Japan · horror, sci-fi, action

   Kurosawa's 100 favorite films · Criterion Collection spine #594 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

   0.453 citations

Complete filmography

All 48 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

• 1951The Blue Pearl
• 1952The Man Who Came to Port
• 1952The Skin of the South
• 1953Adolescence Part II
• 1953Eagle of the Pacific
• 1954Farewell Rabaul
• 1954Godzilla
• 1955Half Human
• 1955Love Makeup
• 1955Oen-san
• 1956Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
• 1956Night School
• 1956People of Tokyo, Goodbye
• 1956Rodan
• 1956Young Tree
• 1957A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister
• 1957A Rainbow Plays in My Heart
• 1957A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye
• 1957Be Happy, These Two Lovers
• 1957The Mysterians
• 1958Song for a Bride
• 1958The H-Man
• 1958Varan the Unbelievable
• 1959Battle in Outer Space
• 1959Echo Mountain
• 1959Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
• 1959鉄腕投手 稲尾物語
• 1960The Human Vapor
• 1961A Man In Red
• 1961Mothra
• 1962Gorath
• 1962King Kong vs. Godzilla
• 1963Atragon
• 1963Matango
• 1964Dogora
• 1964Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
• 1964Mothra vs. Godzilla
• 1965Frankenstein Conquers the World
• 1965Invasion of Astro-Monster
• 1966The War of the Gargantuas
• 1967King Kong Escapes
• 1968Destroy All Monsters
• 1969All Monsters Attack
• 1969Latitude Zero
• 1970Space Amoeba
• 1975Terror of Mechagodzilla
• 1990Dreams
• —Mirrorman