Top Anime Movies


The Top Anime Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Anime List". Lists are calculated daily.

31. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro ( Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro )

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Actors: Bob Bergen, Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Plot: A princess kept in the clutches of an evil count holds the key to finding a fabulous treasure. Master thief Lupin III and his gang hatch a plan to free the princess and get their hands on the riches.

32. Metropolis ( Metoroporisu )

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Rintaro
Actors: Yuka Imoto, Kei Kobayashi, Kouki Okada, Tarô Ishida
Plot: A story of a young boy, and his uncle from Japan are on the hunt for a mad doctor who supposedly uses human body parts to creating new robots. But in the midst of the investigation, Kinichi.. nephew to his great detective uncle finds himself kneeling face to face to a small girl who the mad scientist himself had created.

Now both are on the run from a hit squad lead by a boy named Rock who must hunt them down to cover for his adopted father's tracks against humanity. Sealed within this girl however is a fail safe switch if she was ever to come to harm. If it activates, it would mean all life on earth would be wiped out in eighteen hours.

33. Only Yesterday ( Omohide poro poro )

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Isao Takahata
Actors: Miki Imai, Toshirô Yanagiba, Youko Honna, Mayumi Iizuka
Plot: An office-worker quits her job and moves to the countryside, where she finds a new life and inspiring romance in the provinces.

34. Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler ( Inuyasha - Tenka hadou no ken )

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Toshiya Shinohara
Actors: Kappei Yamaguchi, Satsuki Yukino, Kôji Tsujitani, Houko Kuwashima

35. Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon ( Doragon bôru Z 13: Ryûken bakuhatsu!! Gokû ga yaraneba dare ga yaru )

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto
Actors: Masako Nozawa, Takeshi Kusao, Mayumi Tanaka, Hiromi Tsuru
Plot: The Z warriors are surprised when a mysterious being named Hoy arrives with a portent of destruction by the great monster Hildegarn. He says the only way to stop it is to use the Dragon Balls to free an ancient warrior, Tapion, and stop the beast. But Hoy isn't all he appears to be - and soon the warriors come to know the true threat.

36. Origin: Spirits of the Past ( Gin-iro no kami no Agito )

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Keiichi Sugiyama
Actors: Ryo Katsuji, Aoi Miyazaki, Yûko Kotegawa, Masaru Hamaguchi

37. End of Evangelion ( Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Air/Magokoro wo, kimi ni )

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki
Actors: Spike Spencer, Amanda Winn Lee, Tiffany Grant, Allison Keith
Plot: With the angels defeated, SEELE begins their Human Instrumentality Project, but are betrayed by Gendo Ikari who has plans of his own. A brutal attack on NERV HQ commences and it's up to a broken Shinji to act before humanity is destroyed.

38. Millenium Actress ( Sennen joyû )

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Satoshi Kon
Actors: Miyoko Shôji, Mami Koyama, Fumiko Orikasa, Shôzô Îzuka
Plot: After 30 years, a reclusive, aged actress grants an interview with a journalist as the studio she worked for is torn down. Her tales of cinema are interweaved with the story of finding a young artist she met as a young girl.

39. Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time ( Inuyasha - Jidai wo koeru omoi )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Toshiya Shinohara
Actors: Kappei Yamaguchi, Satsuki Yukino, Kumiko Watanabe, Kôji Tsujitani
Plot: 200 years ago, InuYasha's father sealed away a powerful demon from China named Hyoga. A Shikon Jewel shard awakens Hyoga's son, Menomaru, inspiring him to absorb the remains of his father's power to take control of the world. It's up to InuYasha and his friends to stop this nearly invincible foe!

40. The Animatrix

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Multiple
Actors: Akio Ôtsuka, Clayton Watson, Olivia d'Abo, Kevin Michael Richardson
Plot: A collection of animated shorts that deals with some of the characters in The Matrix films as well as the history behind the fall of man and creation of The Matrix.

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