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100 Best Anime Movies of All Time, Ranked by Tomatometer

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).


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#101
Adjusted Score: 21691%
Synopsis: Return to the death game where it all began--Sword Art Online. In this new Aincrad Arc by original creator Reki... [More]
Directed By: Ayako Kawano

#102

Summer Wars (2009)
Tomatometer icon 79% Popcornmeter icon 87%

#102
Adjusted Score: 79078%
Synopsis: A young math genius solves a complex equation and inadvertently puts a virtual world's artificial intelligence in a position to... [More]
Directed By: Mamoru Hosoda

#103

My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)
Tomatometer icon 78% Popcornmeter icon 75%

#103
Adjusted Score: 40129%
Synopsis: The adventures of a modern family in Japan.... [More]
Directed By: Isao Takahata

#104

Vampire Hunter D (1985)
Tomatometer icon 78% Popcornmeter icon 78%

#104
Adjusted Score: 74523%
Synopsis: In this animated film, the future is bleak for the world's remaining humans, who inhabit a vast wasteland and spend... [More]
Directed By: Toyoo Ashida

#105

Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
Tomatometer icon 77% Popcornmeter icon 88%

#105
Adjusted Score: 77016%
Synopsis: Two brothers wage an ongoing battle to protect their decaying city from villains.... [More]
Directed By: Michael Arias

#106

Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)
Tomatometer icon 75% Popcornmeter icon 69%

#106
Adjusted Score: 26932%
Synopsis: The Dark Knight (Kevin Conroy) battles Scarecrow, Killer Croc and Deadshot.... [More]

#107
#107
Adjusted Score: 75389%
Synopsis: Shoyo Hinata joins Karasuno High's volleyball club to be like his idol, a former Karasuno player known as the "Little... [More]
Directed By: Susumu Mitsunaka

#108

Patema Inverted (2013)
Tomatometer icon 73% Popcornmeter icon 78%

#108
Adjusted Score: 55640%
Synopsis: Patema and Age leave their community's tunnels to find out why gravity was reversed by an energy experiment.... [More]
Directed By: Yasuhiro Yoshiura

#109

The Hobbit (1977)
Tomatometer icon 71% Popcornmeter icon 65%

#109
Adjusted Score: 72061%
Synopsis: An animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's tale of the adventures of a hobbit on a quest to regain a dwarf... [More]

#110
Adjusted Score: 22368%
Synopsis: Scarred by the Second Impact, the Fourth Angel attacks Tokyo III and humanity's fate is left in the hands of... [More]

#111
Adjusted Score: 18939%
Synopsis: The feature film debut from Makoto Shinkai, the acclaimed director of Weathering With You and Your Name., is a haunting... [More]
Directed By: Makoto Shinkai

#112
Adjusted Score: 29248%
Synopsis: Five strangers with nothing in common find themselves working together to save the people and Pokemon of Fula City.... [More]
Directed By: Tetsuo Yajima

#113

Vampire Hunter D (2000)
Tomatometer icon 70% Popcornmeter icon 86%

#113
Adjusted Score: 70519%
Synopsis: In a dark and distant future, when the undead have arisen from apocalyptic ashes, an original story unfolds. Ten thousand... [More]
Directed By: Yoshiaki Kawajiri

#114

Redline (2009)
Tomatometer icon 70% Popcornmeter icon 88%

#114
Adjusted Score: 31465%
Synopsis: A daredevil driver falls for an alluring woman as he tries to win a race that occurs only once every... [More]
Directed By: Takeshi Koike

#115

Drifting Home (2022)
Tomatometer icon 69% Popcornmeter icon 79%

#115
Adjusted Score: 64911%
Synopsis: Kosuke and Natsume have been friends since childhood, but as time goes on the relationship between the two sixth graders... [More]
Directed By: Hiroyasu Ishida

#116

Napping Princess (2017)
Tomatometer icon 68% Popcornmeter icon 51%

#116
Adjusted Score: 68120%
Synopsis: A young girl dreams of a world called Heartland, a place where she has magic powers. When her events in... [More]
Directed By: Kenji Kamiyama

#117

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
Tomatometer icon 68% Popcornmeter icon 90%

#117
Adjusted Score: 70295%
Synopsis: A slacker (Koichi Yamadera) and a former policeman (Unshô Ishizuka) lead a gang of bounty hunters to find a terrorist... [More]

#118
#118
Adjusted Score: 21799%
Synopsis: A strange old woman allows a teenage runaway and a young orphan to stay in an abandoned house that overlooks... [More]
Directed By: Shinya Kawatsura

#119

The Return of the King (1980)
Tomatometer icon 67% Popcornmeter icon 39%

#119
Adjusted Score: 67776%
Synopsis: A Hobbit faces the powers of darkness as he tries to destroy the Ring of Doom. Based on J.R.R. Tolkien's... [More]

#120

One Piece Film Gold (2016)
Tomatometer icon 67% Popcornmeter icon 81%

#120
Adjusted Score: 30957%
Synopsis: The Straw Hat Pirates take on Gild Tesoro, one of the richest and most ambitious men in the world.... [More]
Directed By: Hiroaki Miyamoto

#121
#121
Adjusted Score: 18044%
Synopsis: Two soldiers (Alyson Court, Paul Mercier) battle a mutated monster while trying to eradicate a deadly virus.... [More]
Directed By: Makoto Kamiya

#122
#122
Adjusted Score: 67773%
Synopsis: A mostly mechanical cyborg and his human-looking partner track robotic sex dolls that have murdered their masters.... [More]
Directed By: Mamoru Oshii

#123

Children of the Sea (2019)
Tomatometer icon 62% Popcornmeter icon 61%

#123
Adjusted Score: 62623%
Synopsis: When Ruka was younger, she saw a ghost in the water at the aquarium where her dad works. Now she... [More]

#124

Steamboy (2004)
Tomatometer icon 61% Popcornmeter icon 68%

#124
Adjusted Score: 63506%
Synopsis: England of the 1860s receives a technological remake in this animated adventure. Ray (Anna Paquin) is a brilliant young inventor... [More]
Directed By: Katsuhiro Ohtomo

#125

Altered Carbon: Resleeved (2020)
Tomatometer icon 60% Popcornmeter icon 53%

#125
Adjusted Score: 18544%
Synopsis: Takeshi Kovacs protects a tattooist while investigating the death of a yakuza boss on the planet Latimer.... [More]

#126

The Deer King (2021)
Tomatometer icon 59% Popcornmeter icon 82%

#126
Adjusted Score: 60223%
Synopsis: In the years following a vicious war, the Empire of Zol now controls the land and citizens of rival Aquafa... [More]

#127
Adjusted Score: 52883%
Synopsis: Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films, "The Lord of the Rings: The War... [More]
Directed By: Kenji Kamiyama

#128
Adjusted Score: 56859%
Synopsis: A boy goes to the kingdom of Slumberland and then, Nightmare Land.... [More]

#129

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1998)
Tomatometer icon 52% Popcornmeter icon 79%

#129
Adjusted Score: 52611%
Synopsis: The movie "Jin-Roh" is about those in society who are predators among prey. But these "beasts" never bother to change... [More]
Directed By: Hiroyuki Okiura

#130

Bubble (2022)
Tomatometer icon 52% Popcornmeter icon 71%

#130
Adjusted Score: 52235%
Synopsis: The story is set in Tokyo, after bubbles that broke the laws of gravity rained down upon the world. Cut... [More]
Directed By: Tetsuro Araki

#131
#131
Adjusted Score: 23507%
Synopsis: Shy outcast Kokoro has been avoiding school for weeks when she discovers a portal in her bedroom mirror. She reaches... [More]
Directed By: Keiichi Hara

#132
Adjusted Score: 15243%
Synopsis: A hero named Cloud (Takahiro Sakurai) must fight a new evil as a mysterious disease affects mankind in a devastated... [More]
Directed By: Tetsuya Nomura

#133

Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
Tomatometer icon 50% Popcornmeter icon 66%

#133
Adjusted Score: 41417%
Synopsis: Saya goes undercover just before Halloween and battles daemons.... [More]
Directed By: Hiroyuki Kitakubo

#134
Adjusted Score: 22161%
Synopsis: Ash and his friends try to thwart Mewtwo's evil plan to destroy the word.... [More]
Directed By: Kunihiko Yuyama

#135

Fruits Basket: Prelude (2022)
Tomatometer icon 42% Popcornmeter icon 95%

#135
Adjusted Score: 29618%
Synopsis: Before there was Tohru and Kyo -- there was Katsuya and Kyoko. Discover the turbulent beginning of Tohru's mom's dark... [More]
Directed By: Yoshihide Ibata

#136
Adjusted Score: 29643%
Synopsis: The world's first VRMMORPG (Sword Art Online) became a game of death. Over a month has passed since 10,000 users... [More]
Directed By: Ayako Kouno

#137
Adjusted Score: 10267%
Synopsis: Yugi Muto and Kaiba have a duel that transcends dimensions.... [More]
Directed By: Satoshi Kuwabara

#138

Bright: Samurai Soul (2021)
Tomatometer icon 40% Popcornmeter icon 35%

#138
Adjusted Score: 10845%
Synopsis: In the early years of Japan's Meiji Restoration, a human Ronin must unite with an orc assassin to save an... [More]
Directed By: Kyōhei Ishiguro

#139

MFKZ (2017)
Tomatometer icon 39% Popcornmeter icon 80%

#139
Adjusted Score: 39061%
Synopsis: In Dark Meat City, a young man develops supernatural powers after an otherwise uneventful scooter accident.... [More]

#140

Tales From Earthsea (2006)
Tomatometer icon 37% Popcornmeter icon 46%

#140
Adjusted Score: 37893%
Synopsis: In the land of Earthsea, a mysterious force threatens to plunge humanity into destruction and chaos. A powerful wizard named... [More]
Directed By: Goro Miyazaki

#141
#141
Adjusted Score: 17504%
Synopsis: Ash turns 10 years old and becomes a Pokémon trainer when Professor Oak gives him his first Pokémon.... [More]
Directed By: Kunihiko Yuyama

#142

Earwig and the Witch (2020)
Tomatometer icon 28% Popcornmeter icon 68%

#142
Adjusted Score: 31203%
Synopsis: Growing up in an orphanage in the British countryside, Earwig has no idea that her mother had magical powers. Her... [More]
Directed By: Goro Miyazaki

#143

Digimon: The Movie (2000)
Tomatometer icon 24% Popcornmeter icon 66%

#143
Adjusted Score: 24887%
Synopsis: The Internet becomes a battlefield for the DigiDestined and their Digimon companions, as they embark on their greatest adventure yet.... [More]

#144

Pokémon 3: The Movie (2001)
Tomatometer icon 20% Popcornmeter icon 54%

#144
Adjusted Score: 21294%
Synopsis: Young Pokémon trainer Ash Ketchum and his loyal friends journey to the beautiful mountain town of Greenfield, where they will... [More]
Directed By: Kunihiko Yuyama

#145
Adjusted Score: 21129%
Synopsis: Ash's adventure begins when a powerful storm beaches him and his friends on Shamouti Island just as the islanders are... [More]
Directed By: Michael Haigney

#146

Pokémon Heroes (2003)
Tomatometer icon 19% Popcornmeter icon 60%

#146
Adjusted Score: 19681%
Synopsis: Two thieves go to an island city to steal a giant jewel that was once used to defend the canal... [More]
Directed By: Larry Juris

#147

Pokémon: The First Movie (1998)
Tomatometer icon 16% Popcornmeter icon 75%

#147
Adjusted Score: 21347%
Synopsis: Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu face Mewtwo, a bioengineered Pokémon, and the super-Pokémon it has created. With short "Pikachu's Vacation."... [More]

#148

Pokémon 4Ever (2002)
Tomatometer icon 16% Popcornmeter icon 54%

#148
Adjusted Score: 16488%
Synopsis: Ash and his friends travel to an island to search for a rare species of Pokemon that has the power... [More]

#149
#149
Adjusted Score: 10678%
Synopsis: An elite force of soldiers must protect the magical kingdom of Lucis from the invading empire Niflheim.... [More]
Directed By: Takeshi Nozue

#150

Yu-Gi-Oh! (2004)
Tomatometer icon 6% Popcornmeter icon 49%

#150
Adjusted Score: 7477%
Synopsis: Young Yugi (Dan Green) must use his game skills to defeat his bitter rival (Eric Stuart) and an Egyptian mummy.... [More]
Directed By: Hidetaka Ikuta

#151
Synopsis: The greed of a princess who wants control of a planet threatens Rainbow's mission to bring joy to the world.... [More]

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