Anime movies to watch
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1. Golgo 13: The Professional (1983)
Not Rated | 91 min | Animation, Action, Crime
After killing the son of a powerful oil tycoon, an infamous hit-man is targeted by American governmental forces and superhuman killers.
Director: Osamu Dezaki | Stars: Tetsurô Sagawa, Gorô Naya, Toshiko Fujita, Kôsei Tomita
Votes: 3,371
2. Riding Bean (1989 Video)
Not Rated | 46 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
A superhuman outlaw courier and his female partner/manager are framed for the kidnapping of a millionaire's daughter.
Directors: Yasuo Hasegawa, Yasunori Ide, Osamu Kamijô, Masahiro Tanaka, Shin'ya Ôhira | Stars: Hideyuki Tanaka, Naoko Matsui, Mami Koyama, Kei Tomiyama
Votes: 1,096
3. Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)
R | 89 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
A black op has gone terribly wrong. Now, Captain Carmen Ibanez and a hardcore trooper famed as Major Henry "Hero" Varro must lead a team of battle-weary troopers to find the missing ship and discover what went wrong.
Directors: Shinji Aramaki, Steven Foster | Stars: Luci Christian, David Matranga, Justin Doran, David Wald
Votes: 11,921
4. Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars (2017)
R | 88 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Federation trooper, Johnny Rico's ordered to work with a group of new recruits on a satellite station on Mars, where giant bugs have decided to target their next attack.
Directors: Shinji Aramaki, Masaru Matsumoto | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, DeRay Davis, Justin Doran
Votes: 6,421
5. Starship Troopers Deadlock (2022)
41 min | Short, Action, Adventure
A live-action short movie within the Starship Troopers universe. Meet new types of Arachnids, faced with new enemies, follow a small squad of the Mobile Infantry to protect the Earth. One special mission of the Mobile Infantry.
Director: Steffen Werner | Stars: Scotty Stahl, Phelan A. Davion, Anna Dönitz, Larissa Drobychevskaja
Votes: 48
6. Dying Is Easy (2021)
26 min | Short, Action
While the GCPD is looking for the missing police officers, Batman gets an invitation from an old foe from the Arkham Asylum.
Directors: Aaron Schoenke, Sean Schoenke | Stars: Kevin Porter, Aaron Schoenke, Michael Madsen, Doug Jones
Votes: 1,032
7. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
TV-14 | 115 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A terrorist explosion releases a deadly virus on the masses, and it's up to the bounty-hunting Bebop crew to catch the cold-blooded culprit.
Directors: Shin'ichirô Watanabe, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Tensai Okamura, Hiroyuki Okiura, Yoshiyuki Takei | Stars: Beau Billingslea, Melissa Fahn, Nicholas Guest, Kôichi Yamadera
Votes: 53,166 | Gross: $1.00M
8. 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: 95,647 | Gross: $0.78M
9. Robot Carnival (1987 Video)
Unrated | 90 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A collection of short stories, made by different animators with "robot" as the working title.
Directors: Atsuko Fukushima, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, Hiroyuki Kitazume, Kôji Morimoto, Takashi Nakamura, Yasuomi Umetsu, Manabu Ôhashi, Hidetoshi Ômori, Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Kôji Moritsugu, Yayoi Maki, Keiko Hanagata, Kumiko Takizawa
Votes: 2,954
10. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018)
Not Rated | 109 min | Animation, Drama, Family
A high school student discovers one of his classmates, Sakura Yamauchi, is suffering from a terminal illness. This secret brings the two together, as she lives out her final moments.
Directors: Jun'ichi Fujise, Tomoyuki Itamura, Masaharu Tomoda, Shin'ichirô Ushijima, Daisuke Yoshida, Fumihiro Yoshimura | Stars: Mahiro Takasugi, Lynn, Yukiyo Fujii, Yuma Uchida
Votes: 24,280 | Gross: $0.28M
11. 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: 54,049 | Gross: $1.51M
12. Birth (1984)
80 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Brother-and-sister heirs to a planetary kingdom face danger as they embark on a journey of self-discovery.
Director: Shin'ya Sadamitsu | Stars: Mîna Tominaga, Kazuki Yao, Ichirô Nagai, Kaneto Shiozawa
Votes: 174
13. Sand Land (2023)
106 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The world has become a desolate desert called SandLand, inhabited by humans and demons.
Directors: Toshihisa Yokoshima, Hiroshi Kôjina | Stars: Mutsumi Tamura, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Chô, Satoshi Tsuruoka
Votes: 201
14. Spy x Family Code: White (2023)
PG-13 | 110 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
After receiving an order to be replaced in Operation Strix, Loid decides to help Anya win a cooking competition at Eden Academy, by making the director's favorite meal in order to prevent his replacement.
Directors: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Takashi Katagiri | Stars: Takuya Eguchi, Atsumi Tanezaki, Saori Hayami, Ken'ichirô Matsuda
Votes: 2,287
15. Escaflowne: The Movie (2000)
PG-13 | 98 min | Adventure, Animation, Drama
A grim retelling of the television series "The Vision of Escaflowne".
Directors: Kazuki Akane, Yoshiyuki Takei | Stars: Shin'ichirô Miki, Jôji Nakata, Maaya Sakamoto, Tomokazu Seki
Votes: 3,816
16. Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020)
99 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
Tsuneo is a university student and Josee is a young girl who has rarely gone out of the house by herself due to her being unable to walk. The two meet when Tsuneo finds Josee's grandmother taking her out for a evening walk.
Director: Kôtarô Tamura | Stars: Kaya Kiyohara, Taishi Nakagawa, Matsutera Chiemi, Kengo Kawanishi
Votes: 7,911
17. The Boy and the Heron (2023)
PG-13 | 124 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
In the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living and the dead.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki, Aimyon
Votes: 51,127
18. 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: 52,053 | Gross: $1.00M
19. Maboroshi (2023)
TV-14 | 111 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Following an explosion at a factory that mysteriously freezes a town in time, two students encounter a mysterious feral child, spurring an impulse of love fueled by the frustration of their daily lives that begins to upend their world.
Directors: Mari Okada, Seimei Kidokoro | Stars: Junya Enoki, Reina Ueda, Misaki Kuno, Zeke Alton
Votes: 1,528
20. Attack on Titan: Junior High (2015)
TV-14 | 17 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After his lunch is eaten by a Titan on the first day of junior high, young Eren Jaeger vows to destroy the human food-stealing creatures with the help of his classmates and hilarity ensues.
Stars: Yûki Kaji, Yui Ishikawa, Marina Inoue, Kishô Taniyama
Votes: 2,913
21. Venus Wars (1989)
Not Rated | 103 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Two thriving colonies, Ishtar and Aphrodia, exist on the planet Venus in the year 2089. War breaks out, and Ishtar invades Aphrodia, sweeping its residents, including motorcycle rider Hiro and his teammates, into the chaos of the conflict.
Director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | Stars: Katsuhide Uekusa, Yûko Mizutani, Eriko Hara, Yûko Sasaki
Votes: 1,992
22. Lily C.A.T. (1987 Video)
TV-14 | 67 min | Animation, Action, Horror
The expendable crew of a corporate space vessel must stop a murderous shape-shifting alien organism that somehow got on board.
Director: Hisayuki Toriumi | Stars: Hiroyuki Okita, Masako Katsuki, Osamu Saka, Chikao Ôtsuka
Votes: 1,207
23. Bio Hunter (1995 Video)
Unrated | 58 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Two biologists attempt to distribute the cure for a demonic virus spreading throughout Japan, but when one of them is infected, he must learn to harness his demon side.
Directors: Yûzô Satô, Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Stars: Matt McKenzie, Matt K. Miller, Sherry Lynn, Mike Reynolds
Votes: 1,275
24. Golgo 13: Queen Bee (1998 Video)
Not Rated | 57 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
Golgo 13 is hired to assassinate Queen Bee, the second-in-command of a South American rebel army, to prevent her from killing the United States democratic presidential nominee.
Director: Osamu Dezaki | Stars: Tarô Arakawa, John DiMaggio, Kinryû Arimoto, Denise Poirier
Votes: 815
25. Dragon's Heaven (1988 Video)
42 min | Animation, Short, Sci-Fi
In the year 3195, during a war between robots and humans, a sentient combat armor loses his companion in battle and shuts down until his internal systems spot a new human.
Director: Makoto Kobayashi | Stars: Iemasa Kayumi, Yûko Minaguchi, Kei Tomiyama, Daisuke Gôri
Votes: 429
26. Megazone 23 (1985 Video)
Not Rated | 81 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In 1980s Tokyo, a young motorcycle enthusiast discovers that the transforming bike/mecha entrusted to him by his murdered friend holds the key to the true nature of his world.
Directors: Yasuo Hasegawa, Noboru Ishiguro, Ichirô Itano | Stars: Masato Kubota, Maria Kawamura, Mîna Tominaga, Mayumi Shô
Votes: 726
27. Megazone 23 Part II: Please Give Me Your Secret (1986 Video)
Not Rated | 82 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Framed for murder and on the run, Shogo Yahagi must make contact with EVE to determine the fate of everyone on board Megazone 23, which is under attack from the alien Dezalg.
Directors: Yasuo Hasegawa, Ichirô Itano, Katsuhisa Yamada | Stars: Kazuki Yao, Maria Kawamura, Shigeru Chiba, Kôichi Hashimoto
Votes: 366
28. Megazone 23 III (1989)
Not Rated | 101 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Eiji Takanaka is a B Level hacker who has been accepted into EX. However, before his first day on the job, he becomes embroiled in a network war, a legendary figure named EVE, and a plot to re-inhabit the Earth.
Stars: Takeshi Kusao, Hiroko Kasahara, Kôichi Yamadera, Saki Takaoka
Votes: 280
29. Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu (2016)
64 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Follows Araragi's encounter with the vampire Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade and his journey back into humanity from being a vampire.
Directors: Tatsuya Oishi, Akiyuki Shinbô | Stars: Hiroshi Kamiya, Takahiro Sakurai, Maaya Sakamoto, Yui Horie
Votes: 3,722
30. Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012)
TV-MA | 76 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A lone sellsword named Guts gets recruited into a mercenary band and attempts to help the Band's leader, Griffith, on his rise to power.
Director: Toshiyuki Kubooka | Stars: Hiroaki Iwanaga, Carrie Keranen, Takahiro Sakurai, Kevin T. Collins
Votes: 14,277
31. Afro Samurai: Resurrection (2009 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 97 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When his father's body is stolen from its grave, Afro takes up his sword again to tear through an army of deadly foes led by a sadistic leader.
Director: Fuminori Kizaki | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Lucy Liu, Mark Hamill, Grey Griffin
Votes: 9,456
32. 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: 22,621 | Gross: $0.64M
33. 9 (I) (2009)
PG-13 | 79 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A rag doll that awakens in a postapocalyptic future holds the key to humanity's salvation.
Director: Shane Acker | Stars: Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, Crispin Glover, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 147,712 | Gross: $31.74M
34. Gekijouban Sengoku Basara: The Last Party (2011)
PG-13 | 94 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Japan is again in turmoil as a subordinate of Toyotomi, Ishida cuts a wrath of fury across the land while other warlords rally for an era of peace. Masamune and Sanada must fight Mitsunari in order to bring the country to peace.
Director: Kazuya Nomura | Stars: Liam O'Brien, Troy Baker, Laura Bailey, Chris Ayres
Votes: 190
35. Mass Effect: Paragon Lost (2012 Video)
TV-MA | 84 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Set before Mass Effect 3, James Vega and a group of soldiers try to protect a human colony from the Collectors, who wish to capture the colonists for unknown purposes.
Director: Atsushi Takeuchi | Stars: Freddie Prinze Jr., Monica Rial, Vic Mignogna, Todd Haberkorn
Votes: 2,593
36. Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (2020)
TV-MA | 113 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Riko, Reg, and their new friend, Nanachi, continue their journey down the Abyss and arrive at the 5th layer. But in order for them to continue to the 6th layer, they must encounter the haunting figure of Nanachi's past: Bondrewd the Novel.
Director: Masayuki Kojima | Stars: Miyu Tomita, Mariya Ise, Shiori Izawa, Inori Minase
Votes: 5,531
37. Future War 198X (1982)
125 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
An American scientist constructs a laser satellite with hopes of preventing any nuclear conflicts from occurring. However, after a fatal error from both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. ... See full summary »
Directors: Tomoharu Katsumata, Toshio Masuda | Stars: Kin'ya Kitaôji, Masako Natsume, Yoshio Kaneuchi, Tadashi Nakamura
Votes: 163
38. Pengin haiwei (2018)
Not Rated | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A fourth-grader, Aoyama-kun, investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden appearance of penguins in his village, which is somehow related to a power from a young woman working at a dental clinic.
Director: Hiroyasu Ishida | Stars: Kana Kita, Yû Aoi, Rie Kugimiya, Megumi Han
Votes: 3,840
39. Mutafukaz (2017)
R | 94 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
In Dark Meat City, a young man develops supernatural powers after an otherwise uneventful scooter accident.
Directors: Shôjirô Nishimi, Guillaume Renard | Stars: Orelsan, Gringe, Redouanne Harjane, Féodor Atkine
Votes: 5,164 | Gross: $0.23M
40. 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: 10,218
41. Summer Ghost (2021)
40 min | Animation, Short, Drama
An urban legend speaks of a summer ghost, a spirit girl who appears when fireworks are set off.
Director: Loundraw | Stars: Kyla Carter, Clifford Chapin, David Errigo Jr., Megan Taylor Harvey
Votes: 1,887
42. Blue Giant (2023)
120 min | Animation, Drama, Music
Dai Miyamoto, a student from Sendai, receives a saxophone as a gift from his brother, Masayuki. He starts practicing immediately.
Director: Yuzuru Tachikawa | Stars: Yutaka Aoyama, Masayuki Katô, Sayaka Kinoshita, Hidenobu Kiuchi
Votes: 1,694
43. The First Slam Dunk (2022)
PG-13 | 124 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Follows 17-year-old Ryota Miyagi, who struggles to accomplish his late elder brother's dream of becoming a basketball star.
Director: Takehiko Inoue | Stars: Shugo Nakamura, Jun Kasama, Shinichiro Kamio, Subaru Kimura
Votes: 7,068
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