The Best Hiro Kanagawa Movies, Ranked
29 credits from 1994 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Orphan: First Kill (2022) comes out on top with a score of 58. The biggest box office hit is Orphan: First Kill (2022) with $37.1M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Hiro Kanagawa Movies
The 5 highest-rated films Hiro Kanagawa is credited on. Orphan: First Kill (2022) leads with 58, followed by Every Breath You Take (2021) at 50. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 58 Orphan: First Kill 2022 · Drama -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 50 Every Breath You Take 2021 · Drama -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 47 Playdate 2025 · Action -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 43 Love, Once and Always 2018 · Tv movie -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 38 Needle in a Timestack 2021 · Sci-Fi
Biggest Hiro Kanagawa Box Office Hits
Hiro Kanagawa's films have made $51.5M worldwide in total. Orphan: First Kill (2022) is the biggest hit at $37.1M, ahead of Hideaway (1995) ($12.2M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 Orphan: First Kill 2022 · Drama $37.1M $5.41M dom.
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Hideaway 1995 · Drama $12.2M $12.2M dom. - 3
Replicant 2001 · Sci-Fi $895K - 4
The King of Fighters 2009 · Sci-Fi $502K - 5 Every Breath You Take 2021 · Drama $339K
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Bliss 1997 · Drama $294K $294K dom. - 7
Chaos and Desire 2002 · Drama $119K - 8
Bob the Butler 2005 · Comedy $51.4K
The Best Hiro Kanagawa Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Hiro Kanagawa has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 11 films, and Orphan: First Kill (2022) is the pick of them.
- Drama 11 films Orphan: First Kill 2022 · as Detective Donnan Movie Echo Score: 58
- Action 4 films Playdate 2025 · as Colonel Kurtz Movie Echo Score: 47
- Sci-Fi 3 films Needle in a Timestack 2021 · as Tattersall Movie Echo Score: 38
- Tv movie 3 films Love, Once and Always 2018 · as Niven Movie Echo Score: 43
- Comedy 1 film Bob the Butler 2005 · as Japanese Plumber
The Best Hiro Kanagawa Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Hiro Kanagawa's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Hiro Kanagawa Movies
The most recent films Hiro Kanagawa is credited on, newest first — starting with Playdate (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Playdate 2025 · Colonel Kurtz
- Orphan: First Kill 2022 · Detective Donnan
- Needle in a Timestack 2021 · Tattersall
- Every Breath You Take 2021 · Dr. Toth
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A Twist of Christmas 2018 · Chester - Love, Once and Always 2018 · Niven
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Akashi 2017 · Drama -
Hailey Dean Mysteries: Murder, With Love 2016 · Al Sandburg -
Grave Halloween 2013 · Jin -
Deck the Halls 2011 · Harry Saito -
Doomsday Prophecy 2011 · Dr. Yates - The King of Fighters 2009 · Saisyu Kusanagi
The Best Hiro Kanagawa Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Hiro Kanagawa films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Hiro Kanagawa movie?
Orphan: First Kill (2022) is the best-rated Hiro Kanagawa film, with a Movie Echo Score of 58, ahead of Every Breath You Take (2021) (50) and Playdate (2025) (47). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Orphan: First Kill: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Hiro Kanagawa movie?
Orphan: First Kill (2022) made the most at the box office, with $37.1M worldwide, followed by Hideaway (1995) with $12.2M. Together, Hiro Kanagawa's films with box office figures have made $51.5M.
What is the best Hiro Kanagawa drama movie?
Orphan: First Kill (2022) is the best-rated of Hiro Kanagawa's drama films, with a score of 58. In other genres: Playdate (action), Needle in a Timestack (sci-fi) and Love, Once and Always (tv movie).
What is the newest Hiro Kanagawa movie?
The newest film on Hiro Kanagawa's filmography is Playdate (2025), with Hiro Kanagawa as Colonel Kurtz.
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