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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).

Page 1: Movies #1-#100 | Page 2: Movies #101-#137

#101
#101
Adjusted Score: 26150%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Five strangers with nothing in common find themselves working together to save the people and Pokemon of Fula City.... [More]
Starring: Sarah Natochenny, Haven Paschall, Eddy Lee, Kathryn Cahill
Directed By: Tetsuo Yajima

#102

Redline (2009)
70%

#102
Adjusted Score: 30459%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A daredevil driver falls for an alluring woman as he tries to win a race that occurs only once every... [More]
Starring: Patrick Seitz, Michelle Ruff, Mark Allen Jr., Cutter Mitchell
Directed By: Takeshi Koike

#103

The Hobbit (1977)
71%

#103
Adjusted Score: 71586%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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]
Starring: Orson Bean, John Huston, Otto Preminger, Cyril Ritchard
Directed By: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.

#104

Napping Princess (2017)
68%

#104
Adjusted Score: 68383%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A young girl dreams of a world called Heartland, a place where she has magic powers. When her events in... [More]
Starring: Mitsuki Takahata, Yosuke Eguchi, Rie Kugimiya, Shinnosuke Mitsushima
Directed By: Kenji Kamiyama

#105

Drifting Home (2022)
69%

#105
Adjusted Score: 54334%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Kosuke and Natsume have been friends since childhood, but as time goes on the relationship between the two sixth graders... [More]
Starring: Mutsumi Tamura, Asami Seto, Daiki Yamashita, Kana Hanazawa
Directed By: Hiroyasu Ishida

#106
#106
Adjusted Score: 67351%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
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]
Starring: William Conrad, Orson Bean, Theodore Bikel, Paul Frees
Directed By: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.

#107
#107
Adjusted Score: 43881%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: The Straw Hat Pirates take on Gild Tesoro, one of the richest and most ambitious men in the world.... [More]
Starring: Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi
Directed By: Hiroaki Miyamoto

#108
#108
Adjusted Score: 67898%
Critics Consensus: This may be strictly for anime junkies, but they'll find much to like about Cowboy Bebop's casual violence and cool dialogue.
Synopsis: Cocky Spike Spiegel and the crew of his spaceship, Bebop, an intrepid band of bounty hunters, land on Mars in... [More]
Starring: Esther Aflalo, Jean-Marc Delhausse, Louis Alain, Tony Beck
Directed By: Shinichirô Watanabe, Hiroyuki Okiura

#109
#109
Adjusted Score: 16686%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Two soldiers (Alyson Court, Paul Mercier) battle a mutated monster while trying to eradicate a deadly virus.... [More]
Starring: Alyson Court, Paul Mercier, Laura Bailey, Roger Craig Smith
Directed By: Makoto Kamiya

#110
#110
Adjusted Score: 66877%
Critics Consensus: The animation is lovely, but the plot is complex to the point of inscrutability, leaving Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence both original and numbing.
Synopsis: A mostly mechanical cyborg (Akio Ôtsuka) and his human-looking partner (Kôichi Yamadera) track robotic sex dolls that have murdered their... [More]
Starring: Akio Ôtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka, Koichi Yamadera, Tamio Ôki
Directed By: Mamoru Oshii

#111
#111
Adjusted Score: 62973%
Critics Consensus: An animated adventure perhaps best appreciated as a visual experience, Children of the Sea is strikingly lovely if less than satisfying on a narrative level.
Synopsis: When Ruka was younger, she saw a ghost in the water at the aquarium where her dad works. Now she... [More]
Starring: Ashida Mana, Hiiro Ishibashi, Uragami Seishuu, Morisaki Win
Directed By: Ayumu Watanabe

#112

Steamboy (2004)
60%

#112
Adjusted Score: 62829%
Critics Consensus: The story isn't the greatest, but there's an abundance of sci-fi eye candy to compensate.
Synopsis: England of the 1860s receives a technological remake in this animated adventure. Ray (Anna Paquin) is a brilliant young inventor... [More]
Starring: Anna Paquin, Alfred Molina, Patrick Stewart, Robin Atkin Downes
Directed By: Katsuhiro Ohtomo

#113
#113
Adjusted Score: 20417%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Takeshi Kovacs protects a tattooist while investigating the death of a yakuza boss on the planet Latimer.... [More]
Starring: Ray Chase, Elizabeth Maxwell, Jamieson Price, Kaiji Tang
Directed By: Takeru Nakajima, Yoshiyuki Okada

#114

The Deer King (2021)
56%

#114
Adjusted Score: 57014%
Critics Consensus: The Deer King's lush animation is certainly striking, although it isn't quite enough to make up for the movie's dawdling, predictable story.
Synopsis: In the years following a vicious war, the Empire of Zol now controls the land and citizens of rival Aquafa... [More]
Starring: Shinichi Tsutsumi, Ryoma Takeuchi, Anne Watanabe, Hisui Kimura
Directed By: Masashi Ando, Masayuki Miyaji

#115
#115
Adjusted Score: 56463%
Critics Consensus: Despite a creative team and source material that should be any animation fan's fantasy, uneven craft and an inert story keep Little Nemo from being a proper dream come true.
Synopsis: A boy goes to the kingdom of Slumberland and then, Nightmare Land.... [More]
Starring: Rene Auberjonois, Bever-Leigh Banfield, Michael Bell, Nancy Cartwright
Directed By: Masami Hata, Masanori Hata, William T. Hurtz

#116
#116
Adjusted Score: 51693%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: The movie "Jin-Roh" is about those in society who are predators among prey. But these "beasts" never bother to change... [More]
Starring: Michael Dobson, Moneca Stori, Doug Abrahams, Colin Murdock
Directed By: Hiroyuki Okiura

#117

Bubble (2022)
50%

#117
Adjusted Score: 49084%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: The story is set in Tokyo, after bubbles that broke the laws of gravity rained down upon the world. Cut... [More]
Starring: Jun Shison, Mamoru Miyano, Yuki Kaji, Marina Inoue
Directed By: Tetsuro Araki

#118
#118
Adjusted Score: 23991%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A hero named Cloud (Takahiro Sakurai) must fight a new evil as a mysterious disease affects mankind in a devastated... [More]
Starring: Takahiro Sakurai, Ayumi Ito, Shotaro Morikubo, Maaya Sakamoto
Directed By: Tetsuya Nomura

#119
#119
Adjusted Score: 24752%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Before there was Tohru and Kyo -- there was Katsuya and Kyoko. Discover the turbulent beginning of Tohru's mom's dark... [More]
Starring: Miyuki Sawashiro, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Manaka Iwami, Nobunaga Shimazaki
Directed By: Yoshihide Ibata

#120
#120
Adjusted Score: 26944%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Ash and his friends try to thwart Mewtwo's evil plan to destroy the word.... [More]
Starring: Rica Matsumoto, Mayumi Iizuka, Yûji Ueda, Ikue Otani
Directed By: Kunihiko Yuyama

#121
#121
Adjusted Score: 25104%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: The world's first VRMMORPG (Sword Art Online) became a game of death. Over a month has passed since 10,000 users... [More]
Starring: Haruka Tomatsu, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Inori Minase, Shiori Izawa
Directed By: Ayako Kouno

#122
#122
Adjusted Score: 34060%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Saya goes undercover just before Halloween and battles daemons.... [More]
Starring: Yûki Kudô, Saemi Nakamura, Joe Romersa, Rebecca Forstadt
Directed By: Hiroyuki Kitakubo

#123
#123
Adjusted Score: 40630%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In the land of Earthsea, a mysterious force threatens to plunge humanity into destruction and chaos. A powerful wizard named... [More]
Starring: Timothy Dalton, Willem Dafoe, Mariska Hargitay, Cheech Marin
Directed By: Goro Miyazaki

#124
#124
Adjusted Score: 14554%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Yugi Muto and Kaiba have a duel that transcends dimensions.... [More]
Starring: Shunsuke Kazama, Kenjiro Tsuda, Hiroki Takahashi, Maki Saitō
Directed By: Satoshi Kuwabara

#125
#125
Adjusted Score: 10140%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In the early years of Japan's Meiji Restoration, a human Ronin must unite with an orc assassin to save an... [More]
Starring: Simu Liu, Fred Mancuso, Yuzu Harada
Directed By: Kyōhei Ishiguro

#126

MFKZ (2017)
39%

#126
Adjusted Score: 36927%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In Dark Meat City, a young man develops supernatural powers after an otherwise uneventful scooter accident.... [More]
Starring: Tay Lee, Mark Ryan Haltom, Ray Chung, Alp Altiner
Directed By: Shoujirou Nishimi, Guillaume Renard

#127
#127
Adjusted Score: 21613%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Ash turns 10 years old and becomes a Pokémon trainer when Professor Oak gives him his first Pokémon.... [More]
Starring: Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Otani, Unshô Ishizuka, Megumi Hayashibara
Directed By: Kunihiko Yuyama

#128
#128
Adjusted Score: 31448%
Critics Consensus: With a story as uninspired as its animation, Earwig and the Witch is a surprising -- and near-total -- misfire for Studio Ghibli.
Synopsis: Growing up in an orphanage in the British countryside, Earwig has no idea that her mother had magical powers. Her... [More]
Starring: Richard E. Grant, Kacey Musgraves, Dan Stevens, Taylor Henderson
Directed By: Goro Miyazaki

#129
#129
Adjusted Score: 24656%
Critics Consensus: Digimon is better than Pokemon, but it's still a predictable movie with mediocre animation.
Synopsis: The Internet becomes a battlefield for the DigiDestined and their Digimon companions, as they embark on their greatest adventure yet.... [More]
Starring: Lara Jill Miller, Joshua Seth, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Philece Sampler
Directed By: Mamoru Hosoda, Shigeyasu Yamauchi, Jeff Nimoy, Bob Buchholz

#130
#130
Adjusted Score: 22435%
Critics Consensus: Critics say that the third Pokemon movie has a better plot than its two predecessors. This is not enough, however, to recommend it to those not already fans of the franchise.
Synopsis: Young Pokémon trainer Ash Ketchum and his loyal friends journey to the beautiful mountain town of Greenfield, where they will... [More]
Starring: Kathleen McInerney, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Maddie Blaustein
Directed By: Kunihiko Yuyama

#131
#131
Adjusted Score: 21220%
Critics Consensus: Despite being somewhat more exciting than the previous film, this kiddy flick still lacks any real adventure or excitement. What is does contain is choppy animation and poor voice acting. Doesn't match up to virtually anything out there.
Synopsis: Ash's adventure begins when a powerful storm beaches him and his friends on Shamouti Island just as the islanders are... [More]
Starring: Kathleen McInerney, Rachael Lillis, Maddie Blaustein, Eric Stuart
Directed By: Michael Haigney

#132

Pokémon Heroes (2003)
17%

#132
Adjusted Score: 17543%
Critics Consensus: This series isn't getting any better.
Synopsis: Two thieves go to an island city to steal a giant jewel that was once used to defend the canal... [More]
Starring: Kathleen McInerney, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Ikue Otani
Directed By: Larry Juris

#133
#133
Adjusted Score: 19247%
Critics Consensus: Audiences other than children will find very little to entertain them.
Synopsis: Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu face Mewtwo, a bioengineered Pokémon, and the super-Pokémon it has created. With short "Pikachu's Vacation."... [More]
Starring: Kathleen McInerney, Jay Goede, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart
Directed By: Michael Haigney, Kunihiko Yuyama

#134

Pokémon 4Ever (2002)
16%

#134
Adjusted Score: 16389%
Critics Consensus: Only for diehard Pokemon fans.
Synopsis: Ash and his friends travel to an island to search for a rare species of Pokemon that has the power... [More]
Starring: Kathleen McInerney, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Maddie Blaustein
Directed By: Kunihiko Yuyama, Jim Malone

#135
#135
Adjusted Score: 12020%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: An elite force of soldiers must protect the magical kingdom of Lucis from the invading empire Niflheim.... [More]
Starring: Sean Bean, Aaron Paul, Lena Headey, Adrian Bouchet
Directed By: Takeshi Nozue

#136

Yu-Gi-Oh! (2004)
5%

#136
Adjusted Score: 6611%
Critics Consensus: Don't watch the TV show or play the card game? Then this movie is not for you.
Synopsis: Young Yugi (Dan Green) must use his game skills to defeat his bitter rival (Eric Stuart) and an Egyptian mummy.... [More]
Starring: Dan Green, Eric Stuart, Scottie Ray, Wayne Grayson
Directed By: Hidetaka Ikuta

#137
#137
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: The greed of a princess who wants control of a planet threatens Rainbow's mission to bring joy to the world.... [More]
Starring: Pat Fraley, Charlie Adler, Rhonda Aldrich, Bettina Bush
Directed By: Bernard Deyriès, Kimio Yabuki

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