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(Photo by Warner Bros. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM.)
Most recently: The epic curio Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim (reviews aren’t enthusiastic so it’s going on the second page). The fourth My Hero Academia film, You’re Next, has arrived. Look Back, the tear-jerking ode to art and creation based on the manga from Chainsaw Man’s tatsuki Fujimoto.
The Tomatometer takes on the best anime movies of all time! That means we’re ranking everything from the feverishly dark 1980s/1990s films (Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Ninja Scroll), to the Studio Ghibli golden era (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Grave of the Fireflies), and into today’s mainstream renaissance (Your Name, Demon Slayer, Jujutsu Kaisen 0).
The list begins with Certified Fresh films first: Movies with at least 75% on the Tomatometer after enough critics reviews (40 or 80 reviews, depending on the type of release). These are movies seen by a wide swath of critics for potential wide audiences, including most films by Hayao Miyazaki (Kiki’s Delivery Service, The Wind Rises), Isao Takahata (The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Only Yesterday), Satoshi Kon (Tokyo Godfathers, Paprika), Mamoru Hosoda (Belle, The Boy and the Beast, Mirai), and Makoto Shinkai (Weathering With You).
After those are the Fresh movies, and a definitely rewarding dive for fans. Though anime has bubbled up in pop culture over the last two decades, many of these Fresh-rated films still need reviews to cross the Certified Fresh threshold. Though what reviews are there are pretty good! These Fresh movies include classics like The Castle of Cagliostro, Perfect Blue, and Vampire Hunter D, along with newer favorites Promare, Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms, and A Silent Voice.
On the second page, you’ll find even more Fresh movies hovering on the fringe like the Cowboy Bebop movie, along with Rotten-rated anime, including from Studio Ghibli (Tales From Earthsea), Pokemon, and Final Fantasy.
We defined anime at its most fundamental — simply, movies that were drawn and animated in Japan. This includes earlier efforts like 1973’s Belladonna of Sadness, movies directed by non-Japanese folks (Tekkonkinkreet, The Red Turtle), anthologies (The Animatrix, Gotham Knight), and even for-hire international productions, like Topcraft (whose core members would go on to found Studio Ghibli) animating The Last Unicorn and J.R.R. Tolkien adaptations for Rankin/Bass.
Page 1: Movies #1-#100 | Page 2: Movies #101+
#1
Adjusted Score: 103981%
Synopsis: A tiny nymph found inside a bamboo stalk grows into a beautiful and desirable young woman, who orders her suitors... [More]
#2
Adjusted Score: 105197%
Synopsis: A put-upon 27-year-old Japanese office worker travels to the countryside and reminisces about her childhood in Tokyo and what life... [More]
#3
Adjusted Score: 103625%
Synopsis: A teenager (J. Robert Spencer) is charged with the care of his younger sister (Rhoda Chrosite) after an Allied firebombing... [More]
#4
Adjusted Score: 101588%
Synopsis: Shohoku's "speedster" and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while... [More]
#5
Adjusted Score: 103059%
Synopsis: A teenage boy and girl embark on a quest to meet each other for the first time after they magically... [More]
#6
Adjusted Score: 99874%
Synopsis: When they were children, Rika Orimoto was killed in a traffic accident right before the eyes of her close friend,... [More]
#7
Adjusted Score: 100030%
Synopsis: Falling forever into an endless dream... Tanjiro and the group have completed their rehabilitation training at the Butterfly Mansion, and... [More]
#8
Adjusted Score: 101600%
Synopsis: In this anime feature, 13-year-old Kiki moves to a seaside town with her talking cat, Jiji, to spend a year... [More]
#9
Adjusted Score: 99801%
Synopsis: As she combats her daily struggles In Hiroshima during World War II, an 18-year-old woman gets married and has to... [More]
#10
Adjusted Score: 111100%
Synopsis: From the legendary Studio Ghibli and Academy Award®-winning director Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) comes a new critically-acclaimed fantasy adventure. After... [More]
#11
Adjusted Score: 104258%
Synopsis: 10-year-old Chihiro (Daveigh Chase) moves with her parents to a new home in the Japanese countryside. After taking a wrong... [More]
#12
Adjusted Score: 102881%
Synopsis: 17-year-old Suzume's journey begins in a quiet town in Kyushu when she encounters a young man who tells her, "I'm... [More]
#13
Adjusted Score: 101055%
Synopsis: Suzu is a shy, everyday high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a... [More]
#14
Adjusted Score: 99160%
Synopsis: In this Japanese animation, cyborg federal agent Maj. Motoko Kusanagi (Mimi Woods) trails "The Puppet Master" (Abe Lasser), who illegally... [More]
#15
Adjusted Score: 99828%
Synopsis: Arrietty, a tiny teenager, lives with her parents in the recesses of a suburban home, unbeknown to the homeowner and... [More]
#16
Adjusted Score: 99234%
Synopsis: This acclaimed animated tale by director Hayao Miyazaki follows schoolgirl Satsuke and her younger sister, Mei, as they settle into... [More]
#17
Adjusted Score: 101017%
Synopsis: A prince becomes involved in the struggle between a forest princess and the encroachment of mechanization.... [More]
#18
Adjusted Score: 94461%
Synopsis: In this animated movie, filmmaker Genya Tachibana begins work on a documentary about famed Japanese actress Chiyoko Fujiwara. Now well... [More]
#19
Adjusted Score: 95103%
Synopsis: The daughter of a famous artist is constantly overshadowed by him.... [More]
#20
Adjusted Score: 100782%
Synopsis: A massive sea turtle destroys a stranded man's raft every time he tries to sail away from a tropical island.... [More]
#21
Adjusted Score: 97316%
Synopsis: The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly... [More]
#22
Adjusted Score: 96180%
Synopsis: A tomboy (Hailee Steinfeld) explores a long-abandoned villa and meets a mysterious blonde girl only she can see.... [More]
#23
Adjusted Score: 94043%
Synopsis: Middle-aged alcoholic Gin (Toru Emori), teenage runaway Miyuki (Aya Okamoto) and former drag queen Hana (Yoshiaki Umegaki) are a trio... [More]
#24
Adjusted Score: 93183%
Synopsis: Deku and the rest of Class 1-A must save a group of islanders from a villain with an unfathomable quirk.... [More]
#25
Adjusted Score: 94806%
Synopsis: Rudger is a boy no one can see, imagined by Amanda to share her thrilling make-believe adventures. But when Rudger,... [More]
#26
Adjusted Score: 97813%
Synopsis: During a forbidden excursion to see the surface world, a goldfish princess encounters a human boy named Sosuke, who gives... [More]
#27
Adjusted Score: 93093%
Synopsis: From visionary director Masaaki Yuasa, hailed by IndieWire as "one of the most creatively unbridled minds in all of modern... [More]
#28
Adjusted Score: 95430%
Synopsis: In 1988 the Japanese government drops an atomic bomb on Tokyo after ESP experiments on children go awry. In 2019,... [More]
#29
Adjusted Score: 93363%
Synopsis: Young Mary follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest and discovers an old broomstick and the strange Fly-by-Night flower,... [More]
#30
Adjusted Score: 94015%
Synopsis: Sophie (Emily Mortimer) has an uneventful life at her late father's hat shop, but all that changes when she befriends... [More]
#31
Adjusted Score: 96302%
Synopsis: A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M... [More]
#32
Adjusted Score: 90629%
Synopsis: Kyuta slips into an alternate universe where he is raised by a bear-man, Kumatetsu. Kyuta is eventually thrust into an... [More]
#33
Adjusted Score: 89887%
Synopsis: Yokohama teens try to save their school's clubhouse from being demolished.... [More]
#34
Adjusted Score: 88794%
Synopsis: Visually stunning Japanese anime interpretation of Fritz Lang's classic film, also based on Osamu Tezuka's outstanding 1945 illustrations. A Japanese... [More]
#35
Adjusted Score: 90294%
Synopsis: Dr. Atsuko Chiba works as a scientist by day and, under the code name "Paprika," is a dream detective at... [More]
#36
Adjusted Score: 87239%
Synopsis: A mysterious figure stalks a pop star when she becomes an actor on a television show.... [More]
#38
Adjusted Score: 79711%
Synopsis: Kai is a lonely teenage boy who lives in a small fishing village. One day, he meets and befriends Lu,... [More]
#39
#40
Adjusted Score: 100573%
Synopsis: From legendary director Hideaki Anno, EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME is the fourth and final installment of the REBUILD OF... [More]
#41
Adjusted Score: 100412%
Synopsis: A fourth-grade student investigates when penguins appear in his village.... [More]
#42
Adjusted Score: 100029%
Synopsis: Teen misfits Roma, Toto, and Drop call themselves the "Don Glees," an informal name for their backyard adventures. One day,... [More]
#43
Adjusted Score: 92780%
Synopsis: With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her... [More]
#44
Adjusted Score: 100535%
Synopsis: Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher... [More]
#45
Adjusted Score: 72770%
Synopsis: When you're a bored teenager looking for thrills, sometimes the only thing you can turn to is rock 'n roll.... [More]
#47
Adjusted Score: 59700%
Synopsis: When a dark power enshrouds the Earth after a total solar eclipse, the scattered Sailor Guardians must reunite to bring... [More]
#48
Adjusted Score: 61863%
Synopsis: While writing other people’s emotions, she may have neglected her own. Violet Evergarden, the child soldier turned Auto Memory Doll,... [More]
#49
Adjusted Score: 55982%
Synopsis: KIZUMONOGATARI -Koyomi Vamp- centers around a high school student named Koyomi Araragi, who survives an encounter with a gorgeous yet... [More]
#50
Adjusted Score: 83856%
Synopsis: In this animated film, Shiro (Mitsuki Yayoi) fails to become a navy pilot for the mythical kingdom of Honneamise but... [More]
#51
Adjusted Score: 48844%
Synopsis: Sing a Bit of Harmony tells the story of the beautiful and mysterious Shion (Tao Tsuchiya) who transfers to Keibu... [More]
#52
Adjusted Score: 47074%
Synopsis: Deku visits I-Expo, the world's leading hero item exhibition, but a sinister plan is set in motion when villains hack... [More]
#53
Adjusted Score: 43280%
Synopsis: After meeting one bright, sunny day, a shy boy who expresses himself through haiku and a bubbly but self-conscious girl... [More]
#54
Adjusted Score: 33594%
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#55
Adjusted Score: 32538%
Synopsis: A local urban legend claims that lighting fireworks at an abandoned airfield will call the "summer ghost," a spirit that... [More]
#56
Adjusted Score: 35284%
Synopsis: After a covert mission goes wrong, Mobile Suit pilot Amuro Ray and his comrades are stranded on a remote island.... [More]
#57
Adjusted Score: 90195%
Synopsis: Dai Miyamoto's life is turned upside down the day he discovers jazz. A former high school basketball player, Dai picks... [More]
#58
Adjusted Score: 29468%
Synopsis: Asuna and the gang convince Kirito to try a new game known as Ordinal Scale. However, they soon discover that... [More]
#59
Adjusted Score: 26045%
Synopsis: Leon S. Kennedy (Matthew Mercer) sneaks into a former Soviet state to investigate rumors that bio-organic weapons are being used... [More]
#60
Adjusted Score: 98176%
Synopsis: Uta -- the most beloved singer in the world. Renowned for concealing her own identity when performing, her voice has... [More]
#61
Adjusted Score: 97623%
Synopsis: Thirty years has passed since the appearance of Burnish, a race of flame-wielding mutant beings, who destroyed half of the... [More]
#62
Adjusted Score: 98162%
Synopsis: Young orphan Sheeta and her kidnapper, Col. Muska, are flying to a military prison when their plane is attacked by... [More]
#63
Adjusted Score: 97283%
Synopsis: In this entrancing tale by renowned Japanese animator Hiyao Miyazaki, World War I flying ace Marco Pagott mysteriously turns from... [More]
#64
Adjusted Score: 96302%
Synopsis: Pompo is a talented and gutsy producer in "Nyallywood," the movie-making capital of the world. Although she's known for B-movies,... [More]
#65
Adjusted Score: 97581%
Synopsis: In this animated feature, Arsene Lupin III, the world's most daring thief, pulls off a heist at a Monte Carlo... [More]
#66
Adjusted Score: 95231%
Synopsis: A master thief and his underworld companions race against time to uncover the secrets of a dark diary.... [More]
#67
Adjusted Score: 94022%
Synopsis: Wolf Children is a staggeringly beautiful animated feature film from director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars). This epic cinematic achievement follows... [More]
#68
Adjusted Score: 95607%
Synopsis: Based on the manga with the same title, this animated film follows Shizuku, an inquisitive young girl and a voracious... [More]
#69
Adjusted Score: 95900%
Synopsis: After transferring into a new school, a deaf girl, Shoko Nishimiya, is bullied by the popular Shoya Ishida. As Shoya... [More]
#70
Adjusted Score: 97411%
Synopsis: The Red Ribbon Army was once destroyed by Son Goku. Individuals, who carry on its spirit, have created the ultimate... [More]
#71
Adjusted Score: 94984%
Synopsis: He's a spy. She's an assassin. Together, Loid and Yor keep their double lives to themselves while pretending to be... [More]
#72
#73
Adjusted Score: 94187%
Synopsis: Hoping to be the best hero he can be, high school student Izuku Midoriya confronts a villain who imitates the... [More]
#74
Adjusted Score: 93623%
Synopsis: Surf-loving college student Hinako must find joy and purpose in life again, after a terrible tragedy results in the death... [More]
#75
Adjusted Score: 80641%
Synopsis: The line between human and animal starts to blur after a girl transforms herself into a cat.... [More]
#76
Adjusted Score: 85081%
Synopsis: This final movie version was created as an alternative ending to the NEON GENESIS EVANGELION TV series, remaking the final... [More]
#77
Adjusted Score: 91245%
Synopsis: Brash single mother Nikuko is well-known for her bold spirit, much to the embarrassment of Kikuko, her pensive yet imaginative... [More]
#78
Adjusted Score: 58869%
Synopsis: The Urashima Tunnel can grant any wish... for a price. High school boy Kaoru, plagued by a troubled past, teams... [More]
#79
Adjusted Score: 92253%
Synopsis: Far in the future, after an apocalyptic conflict has devastated much of the world's ecosystem, the few surviving humans live... [More]
#80
Adjusted Score: 90827%
Synopsis: A young girl embarks on an insanely long night of partying where she interacts with an increasingly eccentric cast of... [More]
#81
Adjusted Score: 89962%
Synopsis: The arrival of a pretty transfer student from Tokyo sets in motion a change in the relationship between two best... [More]
#82
Adjusted Score: 64138%
Synopsis: A collection of nine short films features stories related to The Matrix.... [More]
#83
Adjusted Score: 89962%
Synopsis: In this anime film, Jubei, a highly skilled ninja, is coerced into slaying his own clan of warriors. After begrudgingly... [More]
#84
Adjusted Score: 82684%
Synopsis: High school student Haru rescues a cat that was about to be run over by a truck and discovers the... [More]
#85
Adjusted Score: 35785%
Synopsis: Birus, the god of destruction, awakes from his long slumber itching for a fight with a Saiyan god.... [More]
#86
Adjusted Score: 28185%
Synopsis: Four talented alien musicians are kidnapped by a record producer who disguises them as humans. Shep, a space pilot in... [More]
#87
Adjusted Score: 87627%
Synopsis: Japan's greatest heroes must track down the mastermind behind a deadly chemical attack.... [More]
#88
Adjusted Score: 86169%
Synopsis: Shape-shifting raccoons band together to save their forest homeland from the bulldozers of greedy land developers.... [More]
#89
Adjusted Score: 37236%
Synopsis: After Char's rebellion, Hathaway Noa leads an insurgency against Earth Federation, but meeting an enemy officer and a mysterious woman... [More]
#90
Adjusted Score: 73687%
Synopsis: A teenage girl tries to use her newfound ability to travel through time to her advantage.... [More]
#91
Adjusted Score: 83115%
Synopsis: Poupelle of Chimney Town is the story of young Lubicchi living among the thick smoke from the chimneys of his... [More]
#92
Adjusted Score: 78579%
Synopsis: Gokû (Masako Nozawa) and Vegeta (Ryo Horikawa) must protect Earth from the resurrected Frieza and his army of soldiers.... [More]
#93
Adjusted Score: 58619%
Synopsis: Best friends in their last year of high school realize there is no such thing as being together forever.... [More]
#95
Adjusted Score: 82000%
Synopsis: Batman, along with his allies and adversaries, finds himself transported from modern Gotham City to feudal Japan.... [More]
#96
Adjusted Score: 40544%
Synopsis: Mari Illustrious-Makinami pilots Provisional Unit-05 to defeat the excavated Third Angel. Asuka Langley-Shikinami and EVA-02 defeat the Seventh Angel. The... [More]
#97
Adjusted Score: 80340%
Synopsis: Momo is recovering from her father's death and her mother's decision to move their family from Tokyo to a remote... [More]
#99
Adjusted Score: 33839%
Synopsis: In this animated film, M. Bison (Jôji Nakata), leader of the international crime syndicate Shadowlaw, is recruiting the world's greatest... [More]
#100
Adjusted Score: 22390%
Synopsis: Violet Evergarden tutors a young lady at a private women's academy, but still grieves for the only person who ever... [More]
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