MyAnimeList's Top 75 Standalone Films
by mymovieslists | created - 20 Jun 2015 | updated - 03 Jan 2017 | PublicSource: http://myanimelist.net/topanime.php?type=movie
Last updated: January 3, 2017
The highest rated standalone anime films on MyAnimeList (including shorts, but not music videos).
- No relations to earlier anime or video games, unless they don't share any main characters, or if the film includes everything from the earlier anime.
- No films that were originally intended as the first part of a series.
Inclusions explained:
- Redline shares 2 characters with Trava: Fist Planet, but no main characters.
- Eve no jikan includes everything from the 6-episode ONA.
- Patema Inverted includes everything from the 4-episode ONA (the ONA is the first ~25 minutes of the movie).
- Interstella 5555 is listed in the music category, but it's a movie.
- Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild is a Korean film (and it's standalone).
- The Cat Returns shares a character with Whisper of the Heart, but no main characters.
- Memories is listed as having 3 episodes, but it is an anthology film.
Exclusions explained:
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete and Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva are based on video games.
- Ghost in the Shell 2.0 is the same film as Ghost in the Shell, but with some new CGI.
- Kara no Kyoukai, Break Blade, and Mardock Scramble were intended as movie series.
- Acchi Kocchi is not available, so I left it out. Voters confused it with an unrelated series with the same title.
- Hi no Ame ga Furu (1988) hasn't been subbed, so I left it out.
- Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, You Are Umasou, Macross: Do You Remember Love?, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, and Galaxy Express 999 are related to earlier anime, so they are excluded, although some people watch them without watching the earlier anime.
Missing from IMDb: Ojii-san no Lamp (short)
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1. Your Name. (2016)
PG | 106 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
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: 320,172 | Gross: $5.02M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/32281/Kimi_no_Na_wa
2. A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
Not Rated | 130 min | Animation, Drama
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: 101,191
https://myanimelist.net/anime/28851/Koe_no_Katachi
3. Spirited Away (2001)
PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
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: 849,179 | Gross: $10.06M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/199/Sen_to_Chihiro_no_Kamikakushi
4. Wolf Children (2012)
PG | 117 min | Animation, Drama, Family
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: 49,471
https://myanimelist.net/anime/12355/Ookami_Kodomo_no_Ame_to_Yuki
5. Princess Mononoke (1997)
PG-13 | 134 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
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: 433,646 | Gross: $2.38M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/164/Mononoke_Hime
6. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
PG | 119 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
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: 449,250 | Gross: $4.71M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/431/Howl_no_Ugoku_Shiro
7. 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: 21,680
https://myanimelist.net/anime/10408/Hotarubi_no_Mori_e
8. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Not Rated | 89 min | Animation, Drama, War
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: 310,353
https://myanimelist.net/anime/578/Hotaru_no_Haka
9. The Boy and the Beast (2015)
PG-13 | 119 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
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: 26,925 | Gross: $0.45M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/28805/Bakemono_no_Ko
10. Dou Kyu Sei: Classmates (2016)
60 min | Animation, Drama, Music
A relationship between two high school second years, Licht Sajo, who is an honor student, and Hikaru Kusakabe, who plays in a rock band.
Director: Shôko Nakamura | Stars: Kotomi Aihara, Haruki Aikawa, Iori Ashihara, Atsuto Higashitani
Votes: 3,449
https://myanimelist.net/anime/30346/Doukyuusei_Movie
11. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
G | 86 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
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: 380,166 | Gross: $1.11M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/523/Tonari_no_Totoro
12. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
PG | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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: 182,501 | Gross: $0.50M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/572/Kaze_no_Tani_no_Nausicaä
13. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
TV-PG | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
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: 70,853
https://myanimelist.net/anime/2236/Toki_wo_Kakeru_Shoujo
14. 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: 18,299
https://myanimelist.net/anime/2418/Stranger__Mukou_Hadan
15. Castle in the Sky (1986)
PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
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: 182,318
https://myanimelist.net/anime/513/Tenkuu_no_Shiro_Laputa
16. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
PG | 137 min | Animation, Drama, Family
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: 53,989 | Gross: $1.51M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/16664/Kaguya-hime_no_Monogatari
17. When Marnie Was There (2014)
PG | 103 min | Animation, Drama, Family
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: 47,899 | Gross: $0.77M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/21557/Omoide_no_Marnie
18. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
TV-MA | 83 min | Animation, Action, Crime
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: 156,855 | Gross: $0.52M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/43/Ghost_in_the_Shell
19. 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: 52,556
https://myanimelist.net/anime/16782/Kotonoha_no_Niwa
20. Millennium Actress (2001)
PG | 87 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
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: 32,049 | Gross: $0.19M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/1033/Sennen_Joyuu
21. 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: 17,202
https://myanimelist.net/anime/6675/Redline
22. Whisper of the Heart (1995)
G | 111 min | Animation, Drama, Family
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: 72,612
https://myanimelist.net/anime/585/Mimi_wo_Sumaseba
23. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
PG-13 | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
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: 46,738 | Gross: $0.13M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/759/Tokyo_Godfathers
24. The Anthem of the Heart (2015)
119 min | Animation, Drama, Family
A young girl had her voice magically taken away so that she would never hurt people with it, but her outlook changes when she encounters music and friendship.
Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai | Stars: Inori Minase, Kôki Uchiyama, Sora Amamiya, Yoshimasa Hosoya
Votes: 6,343
https://myanimelist.net/anime/28725/Kokoro_ga_Sakebitagatterunda
25. Summer Wars (2009)
PG | 114 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
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: 31,779 | Gross: $0.08M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/5681/Summer_Wars
26. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
G | 103 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
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: 165,465
https://myanimelist.net/anime/512/Majo_no_Takkyuubin
27. The House of Small Cubes (2008)
Not Rated | 12 min | Animation, Short, Drama
To save his house from rising flood waters, an old man uses bricks to build it higher, then he relives events from his past while searching for his dropped pipe.
Director: Kunio Kato | Star: Masami Nagasawa
Votes: 11,650
https://myanimelist.net/anime/5365/Tsumiki_no_Ie
28. Time of Eve (2010)
106 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
In a not too distant future, a young man's outlook on his home android begins to change after tracking the android's behavioral log to a mysterious cafe.
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura | Stars: Jun Fukuyama, Kenji Nojima, Rie Tanaka, Rina Satô
Votes: 4,073
https://myanimelist.net/anime/7465/Eve_no_Jikan_Movie
29. The Wind Rises (2013)
PG-13 | 126 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
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: 98,746 | Gross: $5.21M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/16662/Kaze_Tachinu
30. Perfect Blue (1997)
R | 81 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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: 95,447 | Gross: $0.78M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/437/Perfect_Blue
31. Patema Inverted (2013)
Not Rated | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A young girl, from a civilization that resides in deep underground tunnels, finds herself trapped in an inverted world and teams up with a resident to escape and return home.
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura | Stars: Yukiyo Fujii, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Shintarô Ôhata, Shin'ya Fukumatsu
Votes: 10,212
https://myanimelist.net/anime/12477/Sakasama_no_Patema
32. 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: 15,567
https://myanimelist.net/anime/731/Interstella5555__The_5tory_of_The_5ecret_5tar_5ystem
33. Akira (1988)
R | 124 min | Animation, Action, Drama
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: 205,178 | Gross: $0.55M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/47/Akira
34. Paprika (2006)
R | 90 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
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: 96,856 | Gross: $0.88M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/1943/Paprika
35. Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
R | 111 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
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
https://myanimelist.net/anime/2154/Tekkon_Kinkreet
36. The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
G | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
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: 104,343 | Gross: $19.20M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/7711/Karigurashi_no_Arrietty
37. 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: 63,752
https://myanimelist.net/anime/1689/Byousoku_5_Centimeter
38. 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: 7,042
https://myanimelist.net/anime/8142/Colorful_Movie
39. Death Billiards (2013)
25 min | Animation, Short, Drama
An old man and a young adult find themselves in a strange bar where the barman forces them to bet their lives in a game of billiards.
Director: Yuzuru Tachikawa | Stars: Jun Hazumi, Tomoaki Maeno, Yûichi Nakamura, Asuka Nishi
Votes: 2,053
https://myanimelist.net/anime/14353/Death_Billiards
40. Porco Rosso (1992)
PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
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: 102,076
https://myanimelist.net/anime/416/Kurenai_no_Buta
41. From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
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: 51,999 | Gross: $1.00M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/10029/Coquelicot-zaka_kara
42. Little Witch Academia (2013)
TV-Y7 | 26 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Inspired by a magician named Shiny Chariot, the lively Akko Kagari enters the Little Witch Academy with the dream of one day becoming as cool and great as her idol.
Director: Yô Yoshinari | Stars: Megumi Han, Fumiko Orikasa, Michiyo Murase, Yôko Hikasa
Votes: 2,263
https://myanimelist.net/anime/14349/Little_Witch_Academia
43. Ushiro no shoumen daare (1991)
90 min | Animation, Drama, War
A young Japanese girl witnesses the horrors of World War II as she struggles to survive after her family is torn apart.
Director: Seiji Arihara | Stars: Yuri Amano, Kobuhei Hayashiya, Masato Hirano, Masako Ikeda
Votes: 403
https://myanimelist.net/anime/2753/Ushiro_no_Shoumen_Daare
44. The Cat Returns (2002)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After helping a cat, a seventeen-year-old girl finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat Prince in a magical world where her only hope of freedom lies with a dapper cat statuette come to life.
Director: Hiroyuki Morita | Stars: Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Aki Maeda, Takayuki Yamada
Votes: 64,492
https://myanimelist.net/anime/597/Neko_no_Ongaeshi
45. Daisy, a Hen Into the Wild (2011)
Not Rated | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Leafie is a hen who manages to escape the horrible conditions of an egg production line. After surviving a harrowing encounter with a one-eyed weasel and being rejected by the barnyard ... See full summary »
Director: Seong-yun Oh | Stars: Moon So-ri, Yoo Seung-ho, Choi Min-sik, Park Chul-min
Votes: 1,051
https://myanimelist.net/anime/12917/Madang-Eul_Naon_Amtalg
46. Ponyo (2008)
G | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
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: 163,443 | Gross: $15.09M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/2890/Gake_no_Ue_no_Ponyo
47. 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
https://myanimelist.net/anime/1824/Hadashi_no_Gen
48. Arashi no yoru ni (2005)
110 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
After meeting on a stormy night, a goat Mei and a wolf Gabu become sworn friends. However, trouble sets afoot among the two unlikely friends after their secret gets out, putting them in a perilous yet amazing adventure.
Director: Gisaburô Sugii | Stars: Eiji Bandô, Kaba Chan, Shôzô Hayashiya, Shidô Nakamura
Votes: 1,291
https://myanimelist.net/anime/1961/Arashi_no_Yoru_ni
49. The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
TV-PG | 90 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
In an alternate postwar timeline, Japan is divided into the Union-controlled North and the US-controlled South.
Directors: Makoto Shinkai, Yoshio Suzuki | Stars: Hidetaka Yoshioka, Masato Hagiwara, Yuka Nanri, Unshô Ishizuka
Votes: 15,131
https://myanimelist.net/anime/433/Kumo_no_Mukou_Yakusoku_no_Basho
50. Mind Game (I) (2004)
Not Rated | 103 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
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
https://myanimelist.net/anime/875/Mind_Game
51. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)
R | 102 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A traumatized member of an elite para-military police force falls for the sister of a female terrorist courier who died in front of him on duty.
Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Hiroyuki Okiura | Stars: Michael Dobson, Yoshikazu Fujiki, Sumi Mutoh, Moneca Stori
Votes: 18,746 | Gross: $0.09M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/570/Jin-Rou
52. Piano no mori (2007)
101 min | Animation, Drama, Family
The son of a prostitute and the son of a professional musician develop a bond of friendship through their love of playing the piano.
Director: Masayuki Kojima | Stars: Aya Ueto, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hiroyuki Amano, Mayuko Fukuda
Votes: 1,749
https://myanimelist.net/anime/2594/Piano_no_Mori
53. Giovanni's Island (2014)
102 min | Animation, Drama, History
A dramatic yet heart-warming story of cross-cultural friendship among children in the aftermath of WWII, presented by Tokyo-based award-winning animation studio Production I.G. Based on true events.
Directors: Mizuho Nishikubo, Masaki Tachibana | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Yukie Nakama, Yûsuke Santamaria, Tatyana Sharko
Votes: 2,228
https://myanimelist.net/anime/19115/Giovanni_no_Shima
54. 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: 21,377
https://myanimelist.net/anime/1462/Memories
55. Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)
TV-14 | 116 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A coming of age story involving young love and a mysterious music, coming from a crystal radio left as a memento by an absent father, that leads a young heroine deep into a hidden world.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Hisako Kanemoto, Miyu Irino, Kazuhiko Inoue, Junko Takeuchi
Votes: 17,004
https://myanimelist.net/anime/9760/Hoshi_wo_Ou_Kodomo
56. The Princess and the Pilot (2011)
Not Rated | 99 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A pilot, despite being advised not to, bonds with a princess when he is tasked with escorting the royal subject overseas and across enemy territory to reunite her with her future husband.
Director: Jun Shishido | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Seika Taketomi, Katsumi Chô, Mitsuaki Hoshino
Votes: 1,257
https://myanimelist.net/anime/9000/Toaru_Hikuushi_e_no_Tsuioku
57. A Letter to Momo (2011)
Not Rated | 120 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
11-year-old Momo moves with her mother to a small island town after her father dies. When she arrives, she encounters three goblins that others cannot see who try to help her to cope with the loss of her father and the changes in her life.
Director: Hiroyuki Okiura | Stars: Karen Miyama, Yuka, Daizaburo Arakawa, Toshiyuki Nishida
Votes: 8,150
https://myanimelist.net/anime/10389/Momo_e_no_Tegami
58. Hal (2013)
TV-14 | 60 min | Animation, Drama, Family
A humanoid robot is asked to replace Hal, who was killed in a terrible accident, in order help Hal's girlfriend move on in life, but struggles to understand the real Hal's past and the meaning of being alive.
Director: Ryôtarô Makihara | Stars: Yoshimasa Hosoya, Yôko Hikasa, Mamoru Miyano, Tamio Ôki
Votes: 2,009
https://myanimelist.net/anime/16528/Hal
59. Wings of Honneamise (1987)
Unrated | 121 min | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
In an alternative Earth, a young astronaut participates in a controversial fledgling space program.
Director: Hiroyuki Yamaga | Stars: Leo Morimoto, David Thomas, Mitsuki Yayoi, Heidi Lenhart
Votes: 5,759 | Gross: $0.06M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/1034/Ouritsu_Uchuugun__Honneamise_no_Tsubasa
60. Aura: Koga Maryuin's Last War (2013)
TV-MA | 85 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
Menzu keeps quiet about his delusions of grandeur until Ry, a beautiful young woman claiming to be a witch from another universe, expands his horizons.
Director: Seiji Kishi | Stars: Kana Hanazawa, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Chiwa Saitô, Harumi Sakurai
Votes: 476
https://myanimelist.net/anime/14669/Aura__Maryuuin_Kouga_Saigo_no_Tatakai
61. 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: 40,718
https://myanimelist.net/anime/617/Juubee_Ninpuuchou
62. Summer Days with Coo (2007)
138 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A boy befriends an orphaned water spirit, or Kappa, he found dried up and buried in a riverbank. He and his family help the creature adjust to life in the modern world.
Director: Keiichi Hara | Stars: Kazato Tomizawa, Takahiro Yokokawa, Naoki Tanaka, Naomi Nishida
Votes: 2,157
https://myanimelist.net/anime/2848/Kappa_no_Coo_to_Natsuyasumi
63. Majokko shimai no Yoyo to Nene (2013)
100 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
This is a thrilling, magical and colorful movie about the adventures of two witches who embark on an adventure to save our world from dark magic, also known as curses.
Director: Takayuki Hirao | Stars: Sumire Morohoshi, Ai Kakuma, Miyuki Sawashiro, Takahiro Sakurai
Votes: 239
https://myanimelist.net/anime/15813/Majokko_Shimai_no_Yoyo_to_Nene
64. Only Yesterday (1991)
PG | 119 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
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: 37,229 | Gross: $0.45M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/1029/Omoide_Poroporo
65. Metropolis (2001)
PG-13 | 108 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.
Director: Rintarô | Stars: Toshio Furukawa, Scott Weinger, Yuka Imoto, Kei Kobayashi
Votes: 22,614 | Gross: $0.64M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/522/Metropolis
66. Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror (2009)
TV-G | 93 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A teenage girl discovers a magical world, which forces her to come to terms with her grief for her deceased mother, and her tenuous relationship with her father.
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Christine Marie Cabanos, Patrick Seitz, Julie Maddalena, Julie Ann Taylor
Votes: 758
https://myanimelist.net/anime/5998/Hottarake_no_Shima__Haruka_to_Mahou_no_Kagami
67. Shashinkan (2013)
17 min | Animation, Short
The story takes place before WWII at a photo studio on top of a hill. Many people visit this studio to have their photos taken. One day, a couple comes, but the wife is so shy that she ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Nakamura
Votes: 102
https://myanimelist.net/anime/20671/Shashinkan
68. Expelled from Paradise (2014)
TV-14 | 104 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
With Earth in ruins, humanity no longer takes corporeal form and exists in a virtual society known as 'DEVA'. When a hacker infiltrates the cyber universe, Officer Angela Balzac is dispatched to the surface to track him down.
Directors: Seiji Mizushima, Tomoki Kyôda | Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Wendee Lee, Steve Blum, Shin'ichirô Miki
Votes: 1,835 | Gross: $0.03M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/13391/Rakuen_Tsuihou__Expelled_from_Paradise
69. Brave Story (2006)
112 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
When eleven-year-old Wataru is told he can change his destiny by entering a magic gateway into another world, he jumps at the chance. But on his quest to find the Tower of Fortune and be granted any wish, he must conjure up all his bravery to battle a world of demons, his own friends and ultimately himself.
Directors: Makoto Bessho, Kôichi Chigira, Mahiro Maeda, Yukio Takahashi, Tomihiko Ôkubo | Stars: Takako Matsu, Eiji Wentz, Joe Cappelletti, Dorothy Elias-Fahn
Votes: 1,560
https://myanimelist.net/anime/1681/Brave_Story
70. Someone's Gaze (2013)
7 min | Animation, Short
A futuristic story about a newly independent female and her maturation into independence. The narrator details the effect her development is having on her relationship with her father.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Fumi Hirano, Satomi Hanamura, Shinji Ogawa, Rina Endô
Votes: 1,970
https://myanimelist.net/anime/17121/Dareka_no_Manazashi
71. Momoko, kaeru no uta ga kikoeruyo (2003)
Animation, Drama
The movie follows the life of physically and slightly mentally disabled Momoko and her twin brother Riki. One of her biggest dreams comes true, when she is allowed to attend the same school as her brother.
Director: Setsuko Shibuichi | Stars: Tsukasa Itou, Kentarô Itô, Masafumi Kimura, Kaho Kôda
Votes: 69
https://myanimelist.net/anime/7877/Momoko_Kaeru_no_Uta_ga_Kikoeru_yo
72. Voices of a Distant Star (2002)
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Short, Drama
The love of Japanese high school students Mikako Nagamine and Noboru Tera is tested when Mikako is sent to fight aliens in a distant universe and voice mails to and from Earth become months to years in transmission.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Mika Shinohara, Makoto Shinkai, Sumi Mutoh, Chihiro Suzuki
Votes: 9,646
https://myanimelist.net/anime/256/Hoshi_no_Koe
73. Nitaboh (2004)
100 min | Animation, Drama, Music
Nitaboh inherits a shamisen after going blind at a young age. As he improves his skills, he tries to perfect his own unique style.
Director: Akio Nishizawa | Stars: Yumi Furukawa, Sayaka Hanamura, Satoshi Hino, Tomohiko Imai
Votes: 157
https://myanimelist.net/anime/1203/Nitaboh
74. Peiru Kokun (2005)
23 min | Animation, Short, Drama
In the far future when the continuity of the history has been lost, humans live in an ever more deteriorating completely artificial and enclosed world. The sea and the sky have disappeared,... See full summary »
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura | Stars: Minako Kawashima, Nakao Michiosu, Hiroka Oyama, Yasuhiro Yoshiura
Votes: 1,154
https://myanimelist.net/anime/770/Pale_Cocoon
75. Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress (2012)
106 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Hamaji's brother asks her to help hunt down half-human, half-dog beings that steal human souls.
Directors: Hiroshi Haraguchi, Masayuki Miyaji | Stars: Atsushi Abe, Keiji Fujiwara, Kenji Hamada, Gekidan Hitori
Votes: 456
https://myanimelist.net/anime/13335/Fuse__Teppou_Musume_no_Torimonochou
76. Harmonie (2014)
26 min | Animation, Short
A girl's phone rings during a class. A boy tries to reproduce the ringtone and this becomes the spark that makes them meet, dream together and discover each other personal world.
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura | Stars: Makoto Furukawa, Ryô Iwasaki, Kenta Matsumoto, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Votes: 415
https://myanimelist.net/anime/20903/Harmonie
77. She and Her Cat: Their Standing Points (1999 Video)
5 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A lonely young woman adopts a cat on a rainy day.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Makoto Shinkai, Mika Shinohara
Votes: 3,204
https://myanimelist.net/anime/1004/Kanojo_to_Kanojo_no_Neko
78. Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)
G | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Each night, young Nemo goes to Slumberland and has adventures and befriends the king of Slumberland, Morpheus. But one night Nemo discovers Nightmare Land, and the evil nightmare king, throwing Slumberland and Nemo himself into danger.
Directors: Masami Hata, Masanori Hata, William T. Hurtz | Stars: Gabriel Damon, Mickey Rooney, Rene Auberjonois, Danny Mann
Votes: 8,263 | Gross: $1.37M
https://myanimelist.net/anime/2286/Little_Nemo
79. Welcome to the Space Show (2010)
Not Rated | 136 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Five kids go on amazing adventures through the universe after they rescue an injured alien.
Directors: Kôji Masunari, Masaaki Yuasa | Stars: Tomoyo Kurosawa, Honoka Ikezuki, Takuto Yoshinaga, Tamaki Matsumoto
Votes: 1,080
https://myanimelist.net/anime/8115/Uchuu_Show_e_Youkoso
80. Tibetan Dog (2011)
95 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Tianjin, a boy from the city, has to move to his father on the prairie of Tibet. There he meets a golden dog that helps him cope with the new challenges ahead.
Director: Masayuki Kojima | Stars: Tatsuomi Hamada, Toshio Kakei, Kaori Yamagata, Norio Wakamoto
Votes: 249
https://myanimelist.net/anime/10629/Tibet_Inu_Monogatari
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