Top 100 Highest Rated Anime Films on IMDb (Highest to Lowest)

by TwiZone | created - 23 Jul 2016 | updated - 17 Jul 2019 | Public

Each film must have at least 1,000 votes. Note: Ghost in the Shell 2.0 is a revised version of Ghost in the Shell.

I judged the list based on this:

http://www.imdb.com/search/title?genres=animation&title_type=feature&num_votes=1000,&sort=user_rating,desc

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1. Spirited Away (2001)

PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

96 Metascore

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: 849,120 | Gross: $10.06M

2. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Not Rated | 89 min | Animation, Drama, War

94 Metascore

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: 310,338

3. Your Name. (2016)

PG | 106 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

81 Metascore

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: 320,146 | Gross: $5.02M

4. Princess Mononoke (1997)

PG-13 | 134 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

76 Metascore

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: 433,622 | Gross: $2.38M

5. A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)

Not Rated | 130 min | Animation, Drama

78 Metascore

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: 101,177

6. Gintama the Movie: The Final Chapter - Be Forever Yorozuya (2013)

110 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Gintoki travels into the future and discovers it to be a wasteland with his friends fallen apart. He reunites them to find out what went wrong and how to fix things.

Director: Yôichi Fujita | Stars: Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Rie Kugimiya, Tsutomu Isobe

Votes: 3,068

7. Magnetic Rose (1995)

PG-13 | 45 min | Animation, Drama, Horror

"Magnetic Rose" is about what happens when a deep space corporate freighter is called upon to investigate a distress signal from what ought to be a derelict space station. The space station... See full summary »

Director: Kôji Morimoto | Stars: Alexa N. Careccia, Shigeru Chiba, Robbie Daymond, Martha Harms

Votes: 3,351

8. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

PG | 119 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

82 Metascore

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: 449,218 | Gross: $4.71M

9. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)

TV-MA | 87 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Concurrent theatrical ending of the TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995).

Directors: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura, Kotono Mitsuishi

Votes: 64,229

10. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

G | 86 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

86 Metascore

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: 380,143 | Gross: $1.11M

11. Wolf Children (2012)

PG | 117 min | Animation, Drama, Family

71 Metascore

After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident while hunting for food for their children, a young woman must find ways to raise the werewolf son and daughter that she had with him while keeping their trait hidden from society.

Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa, Haru Kuroki, Yukito Nishii

Votes: 49,464

12. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)

Not Rated | 162 min | Animation, Drama, Family

A week before Christmas, Kyon wakes up in a world where the SOS Brigade doesn't exist. Mikuru and Yuki don't recognize him, and Haruhi and Itsuki seem to have vanished.

Directors: Noriyuki Kitanohara, Kazuya Sakamoto, Noriko Takao, Yasuhiro Takemoto, Hiroko Utsumi, Naoko Yamada, Mitsuyoshi Yoneda, Tatsuya Ishihara | Stars: Aya Hirano, Tomokazu Sugita, Minori Chihara, Yûko Gotô

Votes: 8,009

13. Akira (1988)

R | 124 min | Animation, Action, Drama

68 Metascore

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: 205,168 | Gross: $0.55M

14. Castle in the Sky (1986)

PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

78 Metascore

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: 182,310

15. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

PG | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi

86 Metascore

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: 182,489 | Gross: $0.50M

16. 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: 9,206

17. Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018)

PG | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

59 Metascore

Goku and Vegeta encounter Broly, a Saiyan warrior unlike any fighter they've faced before.

Director: Tatsuya Nagamine | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Aya Hisakawa, Ryô Horikawa, Toshio Furukawa

Votes: 31,608 | Gross: $30.71M

18. Kuroko's Basketball: Last Game (2017)

91 min | Animation, Drama, Sport

The Generation of Miracles, including Kagami and Kuroko, form Team Vorpal Swords to challenge Team Jabberwock to a revenge match after the latter disparaged all Japanese basketballers as monkeys.

Director: Shunsuke Tada | Stars: Jon Allen, Tommy Arciniega, Brian Beacock, Edward Bosco

Votes: 3,365

19. Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015)

PG | 95 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

It's been some years since the end of the Shinobi War. Naruto Uzumaki is the 7th Hokage of Konohagakure, in this new era. His son, Boruto Uzumaki, will soon enter the Chûnin exams, alongside Sarada Uchiha and the mysterious Mitsuki.

Directors: Hiroyuki Yamashita, Toshiyuki Tsuru | Stars: Yûko Sanpei, Kokoro Kikuchi, Ryûichi Kijima, Junko Takeuchi

Votes: 12,132

20. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

PG | 137 min | Animation, Drama, Family

89 Metascore

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: 53,981 | Gross: $1.51M

21. One Piece Film Z (2012)

TV-14 | 108 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A former Marine stands in the way of the Straw Hat Pirates.

Director: Tatsuya Nagamine | Stars: Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi

Votes: 9,688

22. Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013)

Not Rated | 110 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A year has passed since Guts parted ways with Griffith. The Band of the Hawk is plotting a rescue mission to save Griffith who is confined to prison.

Director: Toshiyuki Kubooka | Stars: Marc Diraison, Hiroaki Iwanaga, Carrie Keranen, Takahiro Sakurai

Votes: 11,732

23. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal (2012)

Not Rated | 109 min | Animation, Fantasy, Mystery

As the truth behind the girls' contracts with Kyubey is revealed, Madoka has to make the ultimate decision to either see those she love the most die before her eyes or to sacrifice her life as a normal girl and help out her friends in need.

Directors: Tomoyuki Itamura, Yukihiro Miyamoto, Masahiro Mukai, Kotono Watanabe, Yûki Yase, Akiyuki Shinbô | Stars: Aoi Yûki, Chiwa Saitô, Eri Kitamura, Kaori Mizuhashi

Votes: 1,683 | Gross: $0.06M

24. The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral (2008)

TV-MA | 114 min | Animation, Action, Crime

A teenage demon hunter uses her mystical powers to investigate supernatural events.

Director: Takayuki Hirao | Stars: Maaya Sakamoto, Ken'ichi Suzumura, Takako Honda, Ayumi Fujimura

Votes: 2,099

25. Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008)

TV-14 | 83 min | Animation, Action, Crime

A hacker known as the Puppet Master is hunted by a female cyborg cop and her partner. This film is a revised version of Ghost in the Shell (1995).

Director: Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera, Tesshô Genda

Votes: 15,248

26. Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)

TV-14 | 112 min | Animation, Action, Drama

46 Metascore

In the face of increasingly bizarre and powerful Angel attacks, Shinji Ikari and his partner Rei Ayanami are assisted by two new pilots: the fiery Asuka Langley Shikinami and the mysterious Mari Illustrious Makinami.

Directors: Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno, Joe Fria | Stars: Kotono Mitsuishi, Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura

Votes: 24,876 | Gross: $0.13M

27. Whisper of the Heart (1995)

G | 111 min | Animation, Drama, Family

75 Metascore

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: 72,607

28. Ghost in the Shell (1995)

TV-MA | 83 min | Animation, Action, Crime

76 Metascore

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: 156,846 | Gross: $0.52M

29. Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu (2013)

TV-14 | 90 min | Animation, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After the events of the anime, Rintarou begins to feel the repercussions of extensive time travel, and eventually completely fades from reality. Kurisu, being the only companion to remember him, now must find a way to bring him back.

Directors: Kanji Wakabayashi, Hiroshi Hamasaki, Takuya Satô | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Asami Imai, Kana Hanazawa, Tomokazu Seki

Votes: 9,608

30. To the Forest of Firefly Lights (2011)

45 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Hotaru is rescued by a spirit when she gets lost in a forest as a child. The two become friends, despite the spirit revealing that he will disappear if he is ever touched by a human.

Director: Takahiro Ômori | Stars: Kôki Uchiyama, Ayane Sakura, Shinpachi Tsuji, Izumi Sawada

Votes: 21,677

31. Mind Game (I) (2004)

Not Rated | 103 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

66 Metascore

After a deadly encounter with two yakuza, a loser with a crush on his childhood girlfriend goes to heaven and back, embarking on a psychedelic self-discovery experience with her and his friends.

Directors: Masaaki Yuasa, Kôji Morimoto | Stars: Kôji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Takashi Fujii, Seiko Takuma

Votes: 10,701 | Gross: $0.04M

32. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

PG-13 | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

75 Metascore

On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.

Directors: Shôgo Furuya, Satoshi Kon | Stars: Tôru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto, Shôzô Îzuka

Votes: 46,737 | Gross: $0.13M

33. 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: 15,566

34. Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card (2000)

Not Rated | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Sakura Kinomoto, mistress of the Clow Cards, faces not only the wrath of an unsealed Clow Card, but her own feelings for friend Syaoran Li who returns from Hong Kong for a visit.

Director: Morio Asaka | Stars: Sakura Tange, Motoko Kumai, Aya Hisakawa, Masaya Onosaka

Votes: 1,764

35. Millennium Actress (2001)

PG | 87 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

70 Metascore

A TV interviewer and his cameraman meet a former actress and travel through her memories and career.

Directors: Satoshi Kon, Kô Matsuo | Stars: Miyoko Shôji, Shôzô Îzuka, Mami Koyama, Fumiko Orikasa

Votes: 32,048 | Gross: $0.19M

36. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)

TV-14 | 115 min | Animation, Action, Crime

62 Metascore

A terrorist explosion releases a deadly virus on the masses, and it's up to the bounty-hunting Bebop crew to catch the cold-blooded culprit.

Directors: Shin'ichirô Watanabe, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Tensai Okamura, Hiroyuki Okiura, Yoshiyuki Takei | Stars: Beau Billingslea, Melissa Fahn, Nicholas Guest, Kôichi Yamadera

Votes: 53,132 | Gross: $1.00M

37. Perfect Blue (1997)

R | 81 min | Animation, Crime, Drama

67 Metascore

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: 95,429 | Gross: $0.78M

38. Ninja Scroll (1993)

Not Rated | 94 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A vagabond swordsman is aided by a kunoichi and a spy in battling a demonic clan of killers - led by a ghost from his past - who are bent on overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Emi Shinohara, Takeshi Aono, Osamu Saka

Votes: 40,715

39. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

G | 103 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

85 Metascore

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: 165,452

40. Macross: Do You Remember Love? (1984)

Not Rated | 114 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Earth braces for an invasion of giant male bionoids and their enemy, giant female bionoids.

Directors: Noboru Ishiguro, Shôji Kawamori, Katsuhito Akiyama, Tatsuya Kasahara | Stars: Arihiro Hase, Mari Iijima, Mika Doi, Michio Hazama

Votes: 3,429

41. My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018)

PG-13 | 96 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

All Might and Deku accept an invitation to visit I Island where they battle against a villain who takes the island hostage.

Director: Kenji Nagasaki | Stars: Daiki Yamashita, Kenta Miyake, Mirai Shida, Nobuhiko Okamoto

Votes: 12,481 | Gross: $5.75M

42. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018)

Not Rated | 109 min | Animation, Drama, Family

A high school student discovers one of his classmates, Sakura Yamauchi, is suffering from a terminal illness. This secret brings the two together, as she lives out her final moments.

Directors: Jun'ichi Fujise, Tomoyuki Itamura, Masaharu Tomoda, Shin'ichirô Ushijima, Daisuke Yoshida, Fumihiro Yoshimura | Stars: Mahiro Takasugi, Lynn, Yukiyo Fujii, Yuma Uchida

Votes: 24,220 | Gross: $0.28M

43. Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu (2016)

68 min | Animation, Action, Drama

In the spring of his second year of high school, Koyomi Araragi met the beautiful vampire Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade. Koyomi saved Kiss-shot, who was on the verge of death ... See full summary »

Directors: Yukihiro Miyamoto, Tatsuya Oishi, Akiyuki Shinbô | Stars: Hiroshi Kamiya, Takahiro Sakurai, Maaya Sakamoto, Yui Horie

Votes: 3,264

44. In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World (2016)

PG-13 | 129 min | Animation, Drama, Family

73 Metascore

A spirited 18-year-old woman is married off to a man she barely knows as she combats the daily struggles of living in Hiroshima during World War II.

Director: Sunao Katabuchi | Stars: Non, Ava Pickard, Kenna Pickard, Karen Strassman

Votes: 12,449 | Gross: $0.17M

45. Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey (2012)

TV-MA | 95 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

For three years, Guts believed his mission was to pursue Griffith's dream together with him. But in order to become Griffith's equal and truly be called his friend, Guts realizes he will have to leave the Band of the Hawk.

Director: Toshiyuki Kubooka | Stars: Carrie Keranen, Orion Acaba, Chris Jai Alex, G.K. Bowes

Votes: 11,949

46. Road to Ninja - Naruto the Movie (2012)

TV-14 | 109 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Naruto and Sakura are captured in a parallel world by Madara, who's intentions are to steal the Nine Tails from Naruto.

Director: Hayato Date | Stars: Junko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Emi Shinohara

Votes: 8,172

47. The Wind Rises (2013)

PG-13 | 126 min | Animation, Biography, Drama

83 Metascore

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: 98,740 | Gross: $5.21M

48. Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood's End (2008)

TV-PG | 112 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Simon and Kamina, brothers in arms, take upon themselves to venture beyond the borders of their world, reality and imagination. Venturing further and further into a hidden truth that has kept humanity prisoners for millennia.

Directors: Hiroyuki Imaishi, Shin Itagaki, Tarô Iwasaki, Osamu Kobayashi, Hiroshi Kurimoto, Takayoshi Morimiya, Katsuichi Nakayama, Shôji Saeki, Hiroaki Tomita, Akitoshi Yokoyama, Masahiko Ôtsuka | Stars: Johnny Yong Bosch, G.K. Bowes, Brianne Brozey, Doug Erholtz

Votes: 1,856

49. Sword of the Stranger (2007)

Not Rated | 103 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A swordsman from a strange land is caught in a struggle between morality, righteousness, and devotion as he reluctantly agrees to take a raggedy boy and his dog to a remote, Buddhist temple.

Director: Masahiro Andô | Stars: Tomoya Nagase, Yuri Chinen, Kôichi Yamadera, Akio Ôtsuka

Votes: 18,297

50. Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002)

98 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Conan and his friends were invited to the premier of an new virtual computer game. But someone programmed the game, that if they can't answer the riddle in the game, they all have to die.

Director: Kenji Kodama | Stars: Minami Takayama, Hideyuki Tanaka, Wakana Yamazaki, Kappei Yamaguchi

Votes: 3,947

51. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

TV-PG | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

66 Metascore

A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.

Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutaka Itakura, Ayami Kakiuchi

Votes: 70,850

52. InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (2003)

Not Rated | 99 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

After 700 years the sword Sounga, who belonged to the Great Dog Demon, is unleashed, tearing a rift in the barrier between the underworld and the earth and stirring the restless souls.

Director: Toshiya Shinohara | Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi, Satsuki Yukino, Kôji Tsujitani, Houko Kuwashima

Votes: 2,395

53. Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995)

PG | 51 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

The universe is thrown into dimensional chaos as the dead come back to life. Now Goku and Vegeta must track down the cause of this uproar.

Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Ryô Horikawa, Takeshi Kusao, Daisuke Gôri

Votes: 12,085

54. Sailor Moon S: The Movie - Hearts in Ice (1994)

TV-14 | 60 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

An unusual snow storm hits the town and the Sailor Scouts discover that an evil snow queen Kaguya, wants to freeze the entire earth. It's up to the Inner Sailor Scouts along with the Outers... See full summary »

Director: Hiroki Shibata | Stars: Kotono Mitsuishi, Aya Hisakawa, Michie Tomizawa, Emi Shinohara

Votes: 2,250

55. Sailor Moon R: The Movie: The Promise of the Rose (1993)

TV-14 | 61 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Fiore, an old friend from Mamoru's lonely childhood who couldn't survive on Earth, returns with flowers he promised Mamoru. But, the evil flower Kisenian overpowered Fiore's weak mind and ... See full summary »

Director: Kunihiko Ikuhara | Stars: Kotono Mitsuishi, Tôru Furuya, Michie Tomizawa, Aya Hisakawa

Votes: 2,858

56. Porco Rosso (1992)

PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

83 Metascore

In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Shûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô, Bunshi Katsura VI, Tsunehiko Kamijô

Votes: 102,064

57. Digimon Adventure tri. Part 1: Reunion (2015)

Not Rated | 96 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

After years of inactivity, the DigiDestined regroup with their Digimon to save their world, but have the years changed their characters too much?

Director: Keitarô Motonaga | Stars: Cherami Leigh, Cristina Valenzuela, Robbie Daymond, Johnny Yong Bosch

Votes: 1,927 | Gross: $0.19M

58. When Marnie Was There (2014)

PG | 103 min | Animation, Drama, Family

72 Metascore

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: 47,892 | Gross: $0.77M

59. The Boy and the Beast (2015)

PG-13 | 119 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

65 Metascore

When a young orphaned boy living on the streets of Shibuya stumbles upon a fantastic world of beasts, he's taken in by a gruff warrior beast looking for an apprentice.

Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Shôta Sometani, Suzu Hirose

Votes: 26,923 | Gross: $0.45M

60. The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014)

TV-14 | 112 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Hinata Hyuga's younger sister has been kidnapped, so Naruto must do what he can to save her.

Director: Tsuneo Kobayashi | Stars: Junko Takeuchi, Nana Mizuki, Jun Fukuyama, Chie Nakamura

Votes: 17,657

61. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: The Rebellion Story (2013)

Not Rated | 116 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Madoka Kaname used to be a normal girl living happy days of her life. This all ended when she sacrificed herself in order to save other magical girls from the utterly cruel fate that ... See full summary »

Directors: Takashi Kawabata, Yukihiro Miyamoto, Akiyuki Shinbô | Stars: Aoi Yûki, Chiwa Saitô, Eri Kitamura, Kaori Mizuhashi

Votes: 4,139 | Gross: $0.38M

62. Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012)

TV-MA | 76 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A lone sellsword named Guts gets recruited into a mercenary band and attempts to help the Band's leader, Griffith, on his rise to power.

Director: Toshiyuki Kubooka | Stars: Hiroaki Iwanaga, Carrie Keranen, Takahiro Sakurai, Kevin T. Collins

Votes: 14,263

63. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings (2012)

Not Rated | 130 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

A mysterious creature "Kyubey" offers a young girl named Madoka Kaname the chance to have any one wish granted to her. In exchange she must battle evil creatures named "Witches" at the risk of losing her life.

Directors: Fujiaki Asari, Mamoru Hatakeyama, Takashi Kawabata, Seimei Kidokoro, Takahiro Majima, Yukihiro Miyamoto, Masahiro Mukai, Yûki Yase, Akiyuki Shinbô, Tomoyuki Itamura | Stars: Aoi Yûki, Chiwa Saitô, Eri Kitamura, Kaori Mizuhashi

Votes: 1,718 | Gross: $0.18M

64. Wan pisu firumu: sutorongu warudo (2009)

TV-14 | 113 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Straw Hat Pirates must save their navigator and stop the legendary Pirate, Shiki the Golden Lion from conquering East Blue.

Director: Munehisa Sakai | Stars: Felecia Angelle, Bryan Baker, Jeff Banks, Christopher Bevins

Votes: 7,174

65. 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)

TV-PG | 63 min | Animation, Drama, Family

Told in three interconnected segments, Takaki tells the story of his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love.

Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Kenji Mizuhashi, Yoshimi Kondou, Satomi Hanamura, Ayaka Onoue

Votes: 63,742

66. Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)

PG-13 | 98 min | Animation, Action, Drama

66 Metascore

The fate of the world is threatened by seemingly monstrous entities known as Angels. NERV is an organization set up to counter this threat and it is up to young pilots to protect Earth but exactly what are the real motives behind NERV?

Directors: Hiroshi Haraguchi, Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno, Kôbun Shizuno | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Yuriko Yamaguchi

Votes: 27,632 | Gross: $0.11M

67. Ponyo (2008)

G | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

86 Metascore

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: 163,434 | Gross: $15.09M

68. Paprika (2006)

R | 90 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

81 Metascore

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: 96,848 | Gross: $0.88M

69. Comet in Moominland (1992)

70 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Moomin, Sniff and My set out to stop a comet approaching the Moomin valley. Along the way they meet Snusmumriken, the beautiful Snorkfröken, Snorken and a Hemul, who join them in their quest.

Directors: Masayuki Kojima, Hiroshi Saitô | Stars: Rabbe Smedlund, Jyrki Kovaleff, Elina Salo, Ulla Tapaninen

Votes: 2,343

70. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)

R | 103 min | Animation, Action, Drama

62 Metascore

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: 35,795 | Gross: $0.15M

71. Angel's Egg (1985 Video)

Not Rated | 71 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.

Director: Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Mako Hyôdô, Jinpachi Nezu, Keiichi Noda

Votes: 11,994

72. Only Yesterday (1991)

PG | 119 min | Animation, Drama, Romance

90 Metascore

A twenty-seven-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo.

Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Miki Imai, Toshirô Yanagiba, Yoko Honna, Mayumi Izuka

Votes: 37,222 | Gross: $0.45M

73. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)

102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

72 Metascore

A dashing thief, his gang of desperadoes and an intrepid cop struggle to free a princess from an evil count, and learn the secret of a treasure that she holds part of the key to.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue

Votes: 33,561

74. The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl (2017)

PG-13 | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

65 Metascore

In this comedy about one epic night in Kyoto, a college sophomore goes on a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife, all the while unaware of the romantic longings of her classmate Senpai.

Director: Masaaki Yuasa | Stars: Gen Hoshino, Kana Hanazawa, Hiroshi Kamiya, Ryûji Akiyama

Votes: 6,315 | Gross: $0.41M

75. No Game No Life: Zero (2017)

TV-14 | 110 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Adaption of the sixth Light Novel of series, it follows the story of two new characters, Riku and Schwi, during the events of the Great War prior to the Ten Covenants.

Director: Atsuko Ishizuka | Stars: Alexandra Bedford, Jessica Boone, Ricardo Contreras, Kregg Dailey

Votes: 4,571

76. Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu (2016)

64 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Follows Araragi's encounter with the vampire Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade and his journey back into humanity from being a vampire.

Directors: Tatsuya Oishi, Akiyuki Shinbô | Stars: Hiroshi Kamiya, Takahiro Sakurai, Maaya Sakamoto, Yui Horie

Votes: 3,716

77. The Garden of Words (2013)

TV-14 | 46 min | Animation, Drama, Romance

On a rainy morning in Tokyo, 15-year-old Takao, an aspiring shoemaker, decides to skip class to sketch designs in a beautiful garden. This is where he meets Yukari, a beautiful yet mysterious woman. They strike an unlikely friendship.

Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Gou Maeda

Votes: 52,550

78. The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

G | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

80 Metascore

The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their teenage daughter Arrietty is discovered.

Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Stars: Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Mirai Shida

Votes: 104,334 | Gross: $19.20M

79. Detective Conan: Countdown to Heaven (2001)

100 min | Animation, Action, Crime

Multiple murders has been committed while the Black Organization members are roaming around Conan and his friends. Are they responsible for the killings? Or Is it someone else?

Director: Kenji Kodama | Stars: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Kappei Yamaguchi, Akira Kamiya

Votes: 2,906

80. Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes (2000)

100 min | Animation, Adventure, Crime

Three Police officers get murdered. Then, Ran saw the murderer murder her best friend and she lost her memory. Now Conan and Inspector Megure are trying to find the murderer.

Director: Kenji Kodama | Stars: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Kappei Yamaguchi, Gara Takashima

Votes: 3,043

81. Tekkonkinkreet (2006)

R | 111 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

65 Metascore

Two boys defend Treasure Town and Yakuza try to take over and clear it for new development.

Directors: Michael Arias, Hiroaki Andô | Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Yû Aoi, Yûsuke Iseya, Kankurô Kudô

Votes: 14,553

82. InuYasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002)

Not Rated | 99 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

After seemingly defeating their common enemy, Naraku, what appears to be the near-end of their journey instead leads Inuyasha and Kagome facing against a new threat.

Director: Toshiya Shinohara | Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi, Satsuki Yukino, Kôji Tsujitani, Houko Kuwashima

Votes: 2,340

83. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (I) (2004)

PG-13 | 100 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery

68 Metascore

In the year 2032, Batô, a cyborg detective for the anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9, investigates the case of a female robot--one created solely for sexual pleasure--who slaughtered her owner.

Directors: Naoko Kusumi, Mizuho Nishikubo, Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Akio Ôtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka, Tamio Ôki, Kôichi Yamadera

Votes: 40,298 | Gross: $1.04M

84. Rurouni Kenshin: The Movie (1997)

90 min | Animation, Action, Drama

The war against the Tokugawa Shogunate ended years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Takimi Shigure watched his friends and family get cut down in the name of ... See full summary »

Director: Tsuji Hajiki | Stars: Mayo Suzukaze, Shanon Weaver, Miki Fujitani, Judson Jones

Votes: 2,895

85. Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995)

TV-PG | 52 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

The Z-fighters find themselves in the middle of another extraterrestrial conflict, which includes a sword-wielding warrior named Tapion, a wizard and an enormous monster named Hirudegarn.

Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Takeshi Kusao, Mayumi Tanaka, Hiromi Tsuru

Votes: 9,675

86. Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)

TV-14 | 113 min | Animation, Action, Drama

When a terrorist attack is blamed on the Air Force, Special Vehicle Unit 2 gets caught in the middle of a growing political conflict.

Directors: Mamoru Oshii, Mizuho Nishikubo | Stars: Mîna Tominaga, Briony Glassco, Julie Ann Taylor, Toshio Furukawa

Votes: 4,594

87. Memories (1995)

PG-13 | 113 min | Animation, Sci-Fi, Thriller

An animated science fiction anthology from the visionary anime director, Katsuhiro Otomo.

Directors: Kôji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura, Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Marc Swint, Robbie Daymond, Frank Todaro, Laura Post

Votes: 21,375

88. Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie: Black Dream Hole (1995)

TV-14 | 75 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

When the Evil Madame Vadiane kidnaps Chibi-Usa, the senshi rush to her rescue with the aid of Chibi-Usa's new friend, Peruru. After trying to find Chibi-Usa and fight off Vadiane's henchmen... See full summary »

Director: Hiroki Shibata | Stars: Kotono Mitsuishi, Kae Araki, Michie Tomizawa, Aya Hisakawa

Votes: 1,806

89. Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984)

Unrated | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The night before the school festival, things seem to be repeating themselves. Gradually, all the world functions come to a stop, the only ones that are not affected are a select group of student friends.

Director: Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Fumi Hirano, Toshio Furukawa, Akira Kamiya, Kazuko Sugiyama

Votes: 2,226

90. The Red Turtle (2016)

PG | 80 min | Animation, Drama, Family

86 Metascore

A man is shipwrecked on a deserted island and encounters a big red turtle, which changes his life.

Director: Michael Dudok de Wit | Stars: Emmanuel Garijo, Tom Hudson, Baptiste Goy, Axel Devillers

Votes: 38,759 | Gross: $0.92M

91. K-On! The Movie (2011)

TV-14 | 110 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

In this continuation of the K-On anime, the girls from the band "After School Tea Time" go on a trip to London.

Director: Naoko Yamada | Stars: Aki Toyosaki, Yôko Hikasa, Satomi Satô, Minako Kotobuki

Votes: 2,261

92. From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

PG | 91 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

71 Metascore

A group of Yokohama teens look to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball in preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Director: Gorô Miyazaki | Stars: Sarah Bolger, Chris Noth, Anton Yelchin, Christina Hendricks

Votes: 51,992 | Gross: $1.00M

93. Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse (2010)

TV-14 | 94 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

When Ichigo's sister Yuzu is kidnapped by sinners & he is asked to do something for them in order to get his sister released. Ichigo must find a way to take his sister back from hell with the help of Rukia, Renji & Uryu.

Directors: Noriyuki Abe, Yuzuru Tachikawa | Stars: Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Kazuya Nakai, Noriaki Sugiyama

Votes: 3,166

94. Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010)

TV-14 | 90 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A gunfighter with a strict no-kill policy, Vash the Stampede arrives in a town full of bounty hunters competing to collect the reward for catching a robber he saved 20 years ago.

Director: Satoshi Nishimura | Stars: Masaya Onosaka, Hiromi Tsuru, Satsuki Yukino, Show Hayami

Votes: 5,886 | Gross: $0.06M

95. Colorful (2010)

TV-14 | 126 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

A sinful spirit is granted the opportunity to prove worthy for rebirth, inhabiting the body of a student who killed himself.

Director: Keiichi Hara | Stars: Kumiko Asô, Chris Ayres, Greg Ayres, Clint Bickham

Votes: 7,041

96. Gintama: The Movie (2010)

TV-14 | 96 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

The silver-haired samurai Sakata Gintoki investigates the disappearance of a legendary sword named Benizakura while his partners Kagura and Shimura Shinpachi try to find out what has happened to Gintoki's friend, Kotaro Katsura.

Director: Shinji Takamatsu | Stars: Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Rie Kugimiya, Akira Ishida

Votes: 2,266

97. Redline (2009)

Not Rated | 102 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

A story about the most popular racing event in the galaxy, the Redline, and the various racers who compete in it.

Director: Takeshi Koike | Stars: Takuya Kimura, Yû Aoi, Tadanobu Asano, Yoshiyuki Morishita

Votes: 17,200

98. Summer Wars (2009)

PG | 114 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

63 Metascore

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: 31,778 | Gross: $0.08M

99. Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century (1999)

99 min | Animation, Adventure, Crime

Kaito Kid plotted to steal a rare Jeweled Easter Egg. Conan(together with his friends) is eager to stop the thief and uncover the mysteries surrounding the Jeweled Egg and the family who owns it.

Directors: Kenji Kodama, Yasuichirô Yamamoto | Stars: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Akira Kamiya, Kappei Yamaguchi

Votes: 3,000

100. Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)

PG-13 | 105 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Edward Elric, an alchemist from an alternate world, races to prevent the Thule Society from harnessing alchemy to wage war on his home.

Director: Seiji Mizushima | Stars: Vic Mignogna, Aaron Dismuke, Jason Liebrecht, Kelly Manison

Votes: 12,098



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