#11: Mimic (1997)
In his first English-language studio venture, del Toro explored the consequences of humans meddling with nature through a scientist who engineered an insect to stop a plague, but the decision led to unintended consequences.

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Rotten Tomatoes rated Mimic 67 percent, and although it didn’t fully deliver, critics accepted it as an early sign of del Toro’s ambition.
