Anime Movies, Ranked
by solmaquina | created - 24 Apr 2016 | updated - 3 months ago | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Barefoot Gen (1983)
TV-PG | 83 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
Director: Mori Masaki | Stars: Issei Miyazaki, Catherine Battistone, Yoshie Shimamura, Iona Morris
Votes: 9,205
10/10
2. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Not Rated | 89 min | Animation, Drama, War
A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi, Yoshiko Shinohara
Votes: 310,165
10/10
3. Summer Wars (2009)
PG | 114 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A student tries to fix a problem he accidentally caused in OZ, a digital world, while pretending to be the fiancé of his friend at her grandmother's 90th birthday.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Takahiro Yokokawa
Votes: 31,772 | Gross: $0.08M
7.5/10
4. Your Name. (2016)
PG | 106 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Two teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryo Narita, Aoi Yûki
Votes: 319,759 | Gross: $5.02M
7/10
5. Barefoot Gen 2 (1986)
TV-PG | 85 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.
Director: Toshio Hirata | Stars: Issei Miyazaki, Masaki Kôda, Kei Nakamura, Takami Aoyama
Votes: 1,418
7/10
6. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
R | 103 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A legendary dhampir competes with a motley family of bounty hunters to return a young woman, who has been seemingly abducted by a vampire, to her family.
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Stars: Andrew Philpot, John Rafter Lee, Pamela Adlon, Wendee Lee
Votes: 35,786 | Gross: $0.15M
7/10
7. Perfect Blue (1997)
R | 81 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.
Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ôkura
Votes: 95,324 | Gross: $0.78M
6.5/10
8. Princess Mononoke (1997)
PG-13 | 134 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka, Billy Crudup
Votes: 433,459 | Gross: $2.38M
6/10
9. Castle in the Sky (1986)
PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Mayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa, Kotoe Hatsui, Minori Terada
Votes: 182,239
6/10
10. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
PG | 137 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Kaguya is a beautiful young woman coveted by five nobles. To try to avoid marrying a stranger she doesn't love, she sends her suitors on seemingly impossible tasks. But she will have to face her fate and punishment for her choices.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, James Marsden
Votes: 53,961 | Gross: $1.51M
6/10
11. Paprika (2006)
R | 90 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.
Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tôru Furuya
Votes: 96,783 | Gross: $0.88M
5.5/10
12. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
TV-MA | 83 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.
Directors: Mizuho Nishikubo, Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera
Votes: 156,796 | Gross: $0.52M
5.5/10
13. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
PG | 119 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin, Akihiro Miwa
Votes: 448,847 | Gross: $4.71M
5/10
14. Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)
Not Rated | 68 min | Animation, Adventure, Music
A continuation of the story told in the Daft Punk music videos "One More Time," "Aerodynamic," "Digital Love," and "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger."
Directors: Daisuke Nishio, Hirotoshi Rissen, Leiji Matsumoto, Kazuhisa Takenouchi | Stars: Romanthony, Thomas Bangalter
Votes: 15,561
5/10
15. The Cat Returns (2002)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After helping a cat, a seventeen-year-old girl finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat Prince in a magical world where her only hope of freedom lies with a dapper cat statuette come to life.
Director: Hiroyuki Morita | Stars: Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Aki Maeda, Takayuki Yamada
Votes: 64,454
5/10
16. Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle (2020)
TV-Y7 | 99 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The story of Koko, a young boy raised by Pokémon, and the creation of a new bond between humans and Pokémon.
Director: Tetsuo Yajima | Stars: Sarah Natochenny, Kimlinh Tran, Edward Bosco, Kellen Goff
Votes: 2,510
5/10
17. Big Fish & Begonia (2016)
PG-13 | 100 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A 16-year-old girl travels to the human world in the form of a dolphin and forms a connection with a human boy.
Directors: Xuan Liang, Chun Zhang | Stars: Guanlin Ji, Shangqing Su, Timmy Xu, Shulan Pan
Votes: 6,762
5/10
18. A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
Not Rated | 130 min | Animation, Drama
A young man is ostracized by his classmates after he bullies a deaf girl to the point where she moves away. Years later, he sets off on a path for redemption.
Directors: Taichi Ishidate, Naoko Yamada | Stars: Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yûki, Kenshô Ono
Votes: 101,083
5/10
19. Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie (1996)
Not Rated | 60 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Sonic the Hedgehog and his sidekicks Tails and Knuckles the Echidna are determined to thwart a plan that would turn their Land of the Sky into the equivalent of The Land of Darkness, which ... See full summary »
Stars: Martin Burke, Lainie Frasier, Bill Wise, Edwin Neal
Votes: 2,256
4.5/10
20. Super Mario Brothers: Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach (1986)
TV-Y7 | 60 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Mario Bros. get sucked into their Famicom game, and must now rescue Princess Peach from King Bowser Koopa.
Director: Masami Hata | Stars: Tôru Furuya, Yû Mizushima, Junko Hori, Shigeru Chiba
Votes: 550
4.5/10
21. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
G | 103 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 165,368
4.5/10
22. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
G | 86 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi
Votes: 379,963 | Gross: $1.11M
4.5/10
23. Gekijô-ban Dôbutsu no Mori (2006)
TV-Y7 | 87 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A young girl moves to a village populated by anthropomorphic animals.
Director: Jôji Shimura | Stars: Yui Horie, Misato Fukuen, Fumiko Orikasa, Yû Kobayashi
Votes: 972
4.5/10
24. Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice (2012)
Not Rated | 72 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An over zealous pokemon called Keldeo enrages a very powerful Kyurem. With the help of Ash and Pikachu, can Keldeo become a sword of justice and defeat the mighty Kyurem?
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Sarah Natochenny, Eileen Stevens, Jason Griffith, Vic Mignogna
Votes: 1,776
4/10
25. Spirited Away (2001)
PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi
Votes: 848,759 | Gross: $10.06M
4/10
26. Ponyo (2008)
G | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson, Tomoko Yamaguchi
Votes: 163,358 | Gross: $15.09M
4/10
27. Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages (2015)
TV-Y7 | 79 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ash, Pikachu, and their friends meet the mythical Pokémon Hoopa. The little Pokémon likes to use his talent to play harmless tricks on people. When its true power is released, it loses control and becomes the terrifying Hoopa Unbound.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ôtani, Mayuki Makiguchi, Yûki Kaji
Votes: 2,113
3.5/10
28. The Wind Rises (2013)
PG-13 | 126 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
Jiro Horikoshi studies assiduously to fulfill his aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer. As WWII begins, fighter aircraft designed by him end up getting used by the Japanese Empire against its foes.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hideaki Anno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto, Masahiko Nishimura
Votes: 98,674 | Gross: $5.21M
3.5/10
29. Whisper of the Heart (1995)
G | 111 min | Animation, Drama, Family
A love story between a girl who loves reading books, and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses.
Director: Yoshifumi Kondô | Stars: Yoko Honna, Issei Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, Shigeru Muroi
Votes: 72,572
3.5/10
30. Pokémon: Jirachi - Wish Maker (2003)
Unrated | 81 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A magician attempts to use the power of the Millennium Comet to awaken the legendary Pokémon Groudon.
Directors: Kunihiko Yuyama, Eric Stuart | Stars: Rica Matsumoto, Veronica Taylor, Eric Stuart, Ikue Ôtani
Votes: 4,594
3/10
31. Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998)
G | 96 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Scientists genetically create a new Pokémon, Mewtwo, but the results are horrific and disastrous.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Rica Matsumoto
Votes: 46,033 | Gross: $85.74M
3/10
32. Pokémon the Movie: Destiny Deoxys (2004)
Unrated | 98 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A comet bearing a deadly Pokemon creature crash-lands onto Earth, terrorising a nearby high-tech city, where Ash, Pikachu and friends are currently visiting...
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Veronica Taylor, Eric Stuart, Amy Birnbaum, Madeleine Blaustein
Votes: 4,434
3/10
33. Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai (2007)
Not Rated | 90 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An idyllic town is thrown into chaos when two powerful Pokémon, Dialga and Palkia, cross paths and battle, distorting the dimensions of time and space. The only hope comes from Darkrai, a shadowy Pokémon shunned by the townsfolk.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ôtani, Yûji Ueda, Megumi Toyoguchi
Votes: 3,980
3/10
34. Pokemon 4Ever: Celebi - Voice of the Forest (2001)
G | 75 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ash must stop a hunter who forces the mythical Pokémon Celebi to help him destroy a forest.
Directors: Kunihiko Yuyama, Jim Malone | Stars: Veronica Taylor, Rica Matsumoto, Rachael Lillis, Ikue Ôtani
Votes: 9,345 | Gross: $1.73M
3/10
35. Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008)
R | 98 min | Animation, Action, Horror
Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield must battle a rogue warrior seeking revenge after unleashing the deadly G-Virus, whilst a mutated monster goes on a rampage.
Director: Makoto Kamiya | Stars: Paul Mercier, Alyson Court, Laura Bailey, Roger Craig Smith
Votes: 33,192
3/10
36. Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions (2010)
Not Rated | 96 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A greedy, manipulative media mogul seeks to capture Celebi for nefarious purposes, using the shape-shifting Pokémon Zoroark to hunt it down.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Ikue Ôtani, Sarah Natochenny, Wayne Grayson, Emily Bauer
Votes: 2,351
3/10
37. Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2005)
Unrated | 103 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When Pikachu is taken to the Tree of Beginnings by the playful Mew, Ash Ketchum and friends are guided to the tree by Lucario, a time-displaced Pokémon who seeks answers regarding the betrayal of his master.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Veronica Taylor, Eric Stuart, Amy Birnbaum, Madeleine Blaustein
Votes: 5,203
3/10
38. Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns (2000 Video)
Not Rated | 63 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Team Rocket's memories of Mewtwo had been erased, but the Team Rocket scientists' logs have not. After uncovering the logs, they track down Mewtwo and build a Base in a Johto. Ash and company meet Mr. Giovanni for the first time.
Director: Masamitsu Hidaka | Stars: Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ôtani, Mayumi Izuka, Yûji Ueda
Votes: 4,013
2.5/10
39. Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior (2008)
Not Rated | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When a new Pokèmon emerges able to create parallel dimensions, it's up to Ash Ketchum and his friends to stop a mysterious stranger from using its powers for evil!
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Rica Matsumoto, Amy Palant, Ikue Ôtani, Yûji Ueda
Votes: 2,879
2.5/10
40. Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened (2013)
96 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ash, Pikachu, and friends must stop Mewtwo and a group of Genesect from the destroying the city.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Sarah Natochenny, Eileen Stevens, Jason Griffith, Kayzie Rogers
Votes: 1,625
2.5/10
41. Pokémon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unown (2000)
G | 93 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the town of Greenfield, a young, lonely girl's dreams and wishes are brought into reality by a collective of reality-warping Pokémon.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Veronica Taylor, Eric Stuart, Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ôtani
Votes: 15,247 | Gross: $17.05M
2.5/10
42. When Marnie Was There (2014)
PG | 103 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Anna, a shy 12-year-old girl, is sent to spend time with her aunt and uncle who live in the countryside, where she meets Marnie. The two become best friends. But Anna gradually discovers that Marnie is not quite who she appears to be.
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Stars: Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima
Votes: 47,852 | Gross: $0.77M
2.5/10
43. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005)
PG-13 | 101 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An ex-mercenary is forced out of isolation when three mysterious men kidnap and brainwash the city's children afflicted with the Geostigma disease.
Directors: Tetsuya Nomura, Takeshi Nozue | Stars: Takahiro Sakurai, Ayumi Ito, Shôtarô Morikubo, Maaya Sakamoto
Votes: 58,193
2.5/10
44. Pokémon the Movie: White - Victini and Zekrom (2011)
Not Rated | 97 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The greatest adventure in Pokémon history approaches.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ôtani, Hideki Takahashi, Takeshi Tsuruno
Votes: 1,920
2/10
45. Akira (1988)
R | 124 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda
Votes: 205,095 | Gross: $0.55M
2/10
46. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
PG | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyôda, Gorô Naya
Votes: 182,430 | Gross: $0.50M
2/10
47. Pokémon the Movie 2000 (1999)
G | 99 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ash Ketchum must gather the three spheres of fire, ice and lightning in order to restore balance to the Orange Islands.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Veronica Taylor, Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ôtani, Unshô Ishizuka
Votes: 23,852 | Gross: $43.76M
2/10
48. Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (2006)
TV-Y7-FV | 105 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Our heroes must protect the Prince of the Sea, Manaphy, from the evil pirate Phantom, and return the young Pokémon to the Sea Temple with the help of the the People of the Water and Jackie the Pokémon Ranger.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Sarah Natochenny, Michele Knotz, Kayzie Rogers, Bill Rogers
Votes: 2,956
2/10
49. Pokémon Heroes (2002)
G | 71 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Two thieves take control of an ancient weapon designed to defend the canal city of Altomare.
Directors: Jim Malone, Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Eric Stuart, Madeleine Blaustein, Rachael Lillis, Veronica Taylor
Votes: 6,822 | Gross: $0.75M
2/10
50. Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (2009)
TV-Y7 | 95 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Arceus, creator of the world, comes to pass judgement on humanity for the theft of the Jewel of Life, but Ash Ketchum and his friends are sent back in time to discover and possible reverse the events that led to Arceus' vendetta.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Sarah Natochenny, Michele Knotz, Emily Bauer, James Carter Cathcart
Votes: 2,873
2/10
51. Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction (2014)
Not Rated | 76 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When Diancie a Pokémon said to create diamond travels to find Xerneas to help her make a heart diamond to save her home, Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie help her to be safe on the way from thieves.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Ikue Ôtani, Caitlin Glass, Sarah Natochenny, Haven Burton Paschall
Votes: 1,769
2/10
52. Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel (2016)
PG | 90 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A mystical Pokémon by the name of Volcanion must accept Ash's help to rescue the Azoth Kingdom.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Tyler Bunch, James Carter Cathcart, Daniel J. Edwards, Kiyotaka Furushima
Votes: 1,582
2/10
53. Pokémon the Movie: Black - Victini and Reshiram (2011)
Not Rated | 88 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Victini, a legendary Pokémon, unable to leave the boundaries of its hometown, is targeted by a determined villager to restore the homelands of his ancestors.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Sarah Natochenny, Eileen Stevens, Jason Griffith, James Carter Cathcart
Votes: 1,356
1/10
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