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Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro
Born 9th Oct 1964, Mexican director Guillermo del Toro (one of the 'three amigos') has become known for his excellent dark films. His talents have lead to him be brought in to direct the eagerly anticipated 'The Hobbit', however he left the production following a series of delays.



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Guillermo del Toro - news / articles


  • Hellboy boss adamant Del Toro won't return for third film - 20 June 2011
    -Moviemaker Guillermo del Toro won't return to direct a third Hellboy movie, according to the comic book character's creator.-Del Toro won rave reviews for his work on 2004's Hellboy and its sequel Hellboy 2: The Golden Army in 2008, with both films garnering box office sal


  • Del Toro to direct The Hulk - 18 November 2010
    -Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro has signed up to give The Hulk a new lease of life in an upcoming epic TV show.- -The comic book creation was first seen on the small screen in a 1970s programme starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno, before the giant green charac


  • Del Toro against 3D Frankenstein - 4 November 2010
    -Guillermo del Toro will "fight" to ensure his new big screen take on Frankenstein is not made in 3D - because he's convinced the groundbreaking technology is not suitable for classic tales.- -The Pan's Labyrinth director is set to re-imagine Mary Shelley's classic horror n

Guillermo del Toro - what members say


  • The Devil's Backbone
  • The Devil's Backbone review by from West Midlands
    Rated - 5.0 stars El Espinazo del Diablo 20 October 2003
    ...The Devil's Backbone (a.k.a. 'El Espinazo del Diablo') is Guillermo del Toro's third feature film, and is a psychological ghost story at its core. It is a story about a young boy...   Read customer review
  • Mimic
  • Mimic review by from Warwickshire, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Del Toro magic 26 July 2004
    ...Guillermo del Toro sure likes things in jars and insect's... and Mimic is no exception. Really enjoyed this, not my fave del Toro movie but good on the suspense front with strong...   Read customer review
  • Cronos
  • Cronos review by A customer from Portsmouth
    Rated - 5.0 stars Del Toros Vampire Debut 11 March 2008
    ...This is Guillermo del Toro's first feature film and for those who have enjoyed his other work (my favourites being Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth) this is essential viewing...   Read customer review

Guillermo del Toro - filmography


  • Julia's Eyes on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Belen Rueda,  Lluis Homar,  Francesc Orella
    Director: Guillem Morales
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) produces the story of Julia (Belén Rueda, The Orphanage), a woman suffering from a degenerative sight disease who finds her blind sister Sara hung in her basement. Despite all signs pointing to suicide, Julia decides to investigate what she intuitively ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 4,816 members
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  • Julia's Eyes - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Belen Rueda,  Lluis Homar,  Francesc Orella
    Director: Guillem Morales
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) produces the story of Julia (Belén Rueda, The Orphanage), a woman suffering from a degenerative sight disease who finds her blind sister Sara hung in her basement. Despite all signs pointing to suicide, Julia decides to investigate what she intuitively ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,563 member
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  • Hellboy 2 - The Golden Army on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Ron Perlman,  John Hurt,  Selma Blair
    Director: Guillermo del Toro
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Genre icon Ron Perlman returns to the comic book character Hellboy with this sequel from visionary director Guillermo Del Toro (PAN'S LABYRINTH, THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE). In HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY, the red-skinned demon hero must face off against a new nemesis called 'the Prince' (former Bros ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 39,309 members
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  • Pan's Labyrinth - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Doug Jones,  Ivana Baquero,  Sergi Lopez
    Director: Guillermo del Toro
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Accompanied by her parents, Ofelia moves from a large Spanish city to a more rural area in the North of the country. Faced with the upheaval of moving home, an abusive stepfather and the general unpleasantness surrounding Franco's victory in 1944, Ofelia enters an imaginary world of creatures and ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 6,921 members
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  • Pan's Labyrinth on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Ivana Baquero,  Sergi Lopez,  Maribel Verdu
    Director: Guillermo del Toro
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Accompanied by her parents, Ofelia moves from a large Spanish city to a more rural area in the North of the country. Faced with the upheaval of moving home, an abusive stepfather and the general unpleasantness surrounding Franco's victory in 1944, Ofelia enters an imaginary world of creatures and ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 93,270 members
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  • Pan's Labyrinth - HD (2006)
    Starring: Doug Jones,  Ivana Baquero,  Sergi Lopez
    Director: Guillermo del Toro
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Accompanied by her parents, Ofelia moves from a large Spanish city to a more rural area in the North of the country. Faced with the upheaval of moving home, an abusive stepfather and the general unpleasantness surrounding Franco's victory in 1944, Ofelia enters an imaginary world of creatures and ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 1,363 member
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  • Hellboy on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Ron Perlman,  John Hurt,  Selma Blair
    Director: Guillermo del Toro
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the comic book series by Mike Mignola, Guillermo del Toro's gleefully eccentric film follows the supernatural adventures of Hellboy (Ron Perlman), a cigar-chomping, horn-filing demonic hero enlisted by an occult scholar (John Hurt) to fight evil in the Bureau of Paranormal Research and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 58,173 members
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  • Blade 2 on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Wesley Snipes,  Kris Kristofferson,  Ron Perlman
    Director: Guillermo del Toro
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In Guillermo del Toro's BLADE II, Wesley Snipes reprises his role as the part-human, part-vampire superhero based on the comic book character. Following a trail of blood that leads to Prague, Blade (aka the Daywalker) slays a legion of bloodsuckers in the search for his abducted mentor, Whistler (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 25,992 members
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  • Mimic on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Mira Sorvino,  Jeremy Northam,  Josh Brolin
    Director: Guillermo del Toro
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When a cockroach-spread plague threatens to decimate the child population of New York City, evolutionary biologist Susan Tyler and her research associates rig up a species of "Judas" bugs and introduce them into the environment, where they will "mimic" the diseased roaches and infiltrate their ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 5,747 members
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  • Mimic - Blu-ray (1997)
    Starring: Alexander Goo,  Mira Sorvino,  Jeremy Northam
    Director: Guillermo del Toro
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When a cockroach-spread plague threatens to decimate the child population of New York City, evolutionary biologist Susan Tyler and her research associates rig up a species of "Judas" bugs and introduce them into the environment, where they will "mimic" the diseased roaches and infiltrate their ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 217 members
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  • Cronos on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Ron Perlman,  Frederico Luppi,  Claudio Brook
    Director: Guillermo del Toro
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A modern vampire tale, elevated from the usual trappings of fangs and garlic, Cronos is living evidence that the vampire movie is disturbingly undead, stylishly reworking the ancient themes of dread and desire in a sophisticated and unique way. Packed with startling imagery and a strong visual ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 7,368 members
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  • Hellboy - Blu-ray
    Starring: Ron Perlman,  John Hurt,  Selma Blair
    Director: Guillermo del Toro
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the comic book series by Mike Mignola, Guillermo del Toro's gleefully eccentric film follows the supernatural adventures of Hellboy (Ron Perlman), a cigar-chomping, horn-filing demonic hero enlisted by an occult scholar (John Hurt) to fight evil in the Bureau of Paranormal Research and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 4,780 members
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  • Cronos - Blu-ray
    Starring: Ron Perlman,  Frederico Luppi,  Claudio Brook
    Director: Guillermo del Toro
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A modern vampire tale, elevated from the usual trappings of fangs and garlic, Cronos is living evidence that the vampire movie is disturbingly undead, stylishly reworking the ancient themes of dread and desire in a sophisticated and unique way. Packed with startling imagery and a strong visual ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 453 members
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Guillermo del Toro facts

5 most recent films

Julia's Eyes - 3.5 stars
Julia's Eyes - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Hellboy 2 - The Golden Army - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Hellboy 2 - The Golden Army - 3.5 stars
Pan's Labyrinth - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Guillermo Del Toro Collection - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Pan's Labyrinth - HD - 4.0 stars
Pan's Labyrinth - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Pan's Labyrinth - 4.0 stars
The Devil's Backbone - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Mimic - 3.0 stars
Cronos - 3.0 stars
Hellboy - 3.0 stars
Cronos - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Mimic - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ron Perlman - 12 times - show films
Thomas Kretschmann - 7 times - show films
Doug Jones - 7 times - show films
Luke Goss - 7 times - show films
John Hurt - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Guillem Morales - 3 times - show films