As director
All the following are Japanese productions unless otherwise specified.
| Year | English title | Japanese title | Romanized title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Sanshiro Sugata[a] | 姿三四郎 | Sugata Sanshirō |
| 1944 | The Most Beautiful | 一番美しく | Ichiban utsukushiku |
| 1945 | Sanshiro Sugata Part II[b] | 續姿三四郎 | Zoku Sugata Sanshirō |
| The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail | 虎の尾を踏む男達 | Tora no o wo fumu otokotachi | |
| 1946 | Those Who Make Tomorrow[c] | 明日を創る人々 | Asu o tsukuru hitobito |
| No Regrets for Our Youth | わが青春に悔なし | Waga seishun ni kuinashi | |
| 1947 | One Wonderful Sunday | 素晴らしき日曜日 | Subarashiki nichiyōbi |
| 1948 | Drunken Angel | 酔いどれ天使 | Yoidore tenshi |
| 1949 | The Quiet Duel | 静かなる決闘 | Shizukanaru kettō |
| Stray Dog | 野良犬 | Nora inu | |
| 1950 | Scandal | 醜聞 | Sukyandaru (Shūbun) |
| Rashomon | 羅生門 | Rashōmon | |
| 1951 | The Idiot | 白痴 | Hakuchi |
| 1952 | Ikiru | 生きる[d] | Ikiru |
| 1954 | Seven Samurai | 七人の侍 | Shichinin no samurai |
| 1955 | I Live in Fear | 生きものの記録[e] | Ikimono no kiroku |
| 1957 | Throne of Blood | 蜘蛛巣城[f] | Kumonosu-jō |
| The Lower Depths | どん底 | Donzoko | |
| 1958 | The Hidden Fortress | 隠し砦の三悪人 | Kakushi toride no san akunin |
| 1960 | The Bad Sleep Well | 悪い奴ほどよく眠る[g] | Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru |
| 1961 | Yojimbo | 用心棒[h] | Yōjinbō |
| 1962 | Sanjuro | 椿三十郎 | Tsubaki Sanjūrō |
| 1963 | High and Low | 天国と地獄[i] | Tengoku to jigoku |
| 1965 | Red Beard | 赤ひげ | Akahige |
| 1970 | Dodes'ka-den | どですかでん[j] | Dodesukaden |
| 1975 | Dersu Uzala[k] | デルス・ウザーラ | Derusu Uzāra |
| 1980 | Kagemusha | 影武者[l] | Kagemusha |
| 1985 | Ran[m] | 乱[n] | Ran |
| 1990 | Dreams[o] | 夢 | Yume |
| 1991 | Rhapsody in August | 八月の狂詩曲 | Hachigatsu no rapusodī(Hachigatsu no kyōshikyoku) |
| 1993 | Madadayo | まあだだよ[p] | Mādadayo |
