The Best Rinko Kikuchi Movies, Ranked
41 credits from 1997 to 2026, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. We Are Little Zombies (2020) comes out on top with a score of 80. The biggest box office hit is Pacific Rim (2013) with $411M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Rinko Kikuchi Box Office Hits
Rinko Kikuchi's films have made $905M worldwide in total. Pacific Rim (2013) is the biggest hit at $411M, ahead of Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) ($291M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Pacific Rim 2013 · Action $411M $102M dom. - 2
Pacific Rim: Uprising 2018 · Action $291M $59.9M dom. - 3
47 Ronin 2013 · Action $152M $38.4M dom. - 4
Love Strikes! 2011 · Comedy $27.7M - 5
The Sky Crawlers 2008 · Sci-Fi $5.85M - 6
Terra Formars 2016 · Action $5.55M - 7
69 2004 · Drama $4.55M - 8
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo 2009 · Drama $3.16M - 9
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? 2022 · Action $2.83M - 10
Last Summer 2014 · Drama $1.25M
The Best Rinko Kikuchi Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Rinko Kikuchi has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 14 films, and We Are Little Zombies (2020) is the pick of them.
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Drama 14 films We Are Little Zombies 2020 · as Ikuko Ibu Movie Echo Score: 80 - Comedy 6 films Love Strikes! 2011 · as Naoko Hayashida
- Action 5 films Pacific Rim: Uprising 2018 · as Mako Mori Movie Echo Score: 51
- Sci-Fi 3 films The Sky Crawlers 2008 · as Suito Kusanagi (voice)
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Adventure 2 films Endless Night 2015 · as Allaka -
Music 1 film We Are Little Zombies 2019 · as Yuko Ibu Movie Echo Score: 76
The Best Rinko Kikuchi Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Rinko Kikuchi's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Rinko Kikuchi Movies
The most recent films Rinko Kikuchi is credited on, newest first — starting with Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! (2026). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! 2026 · Haru -
The Hot Spot 2025 · Masako Umemoto -
WHO’S GONE 2024 · Terada -
Trespassers 2024 · Tanaka Akiko -
In Love and Deep Water 2023 · Aina Horikawa -
Yoko 2023 · Yoko - What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? 2022 · Colonel Sen Masago
- We Are Little Zombies 2020 · Ikuko Ibu
- We Are Little Zombies 2019 · Yuko Ibu
- Pacific Rim: Uprising 2018 · Mako Mori
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Weakest Beast 2018 · Kureha Tachibana - Terra Formars 2016 · Asuka Moriki
The Best Rinko Kikuchi Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Rinko Kikuchi films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Rinko Kikuchi movie?
We Are Little Zombies (2020) is the best-rated Rinko Kikuchi film, with a Movie Echo Score of 80, ahead of We Are Little Zombies (2019) (76) and Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) (51). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
We Are Little Zombies: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Rinko Kikuchi movie?
Pacific Rim (2013) made the most at the box office, with $411M worldwide, followed by Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) with $291M. Together, Rinko Kikuchi's films with box office figures have made $905M.
What is the best Rinko Kikuchi drama movie?
We Are Little Zombies (2020) is the best-rated of Rinko Kikuchi's drama films, with a score of 80. In other genres: Love Strikes! (comedy), Pacific Rim: Uprising (action) and The Sky Crawlers (sci-fi).
What is the newest Rinko Kikuchi movie?
The newest film on Rinko Kikuchi's filmography is Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! (2026), with Rinko Kikuchi as Haru.
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