Anime Movies, a list by Adam McGready

8.6

/950309/

86

/30099/

85

/17811/

4.5

/3244089/

96

/225/

96

/23081/

96

/41/

8.7

/1391593/

4.0

age 9+

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.

90

8.5

/374856/

85

/9884/

84

/6266/

4.5

/1023250/

100

/50/

95

/5486/

94

/16/

8.5

/449120/

4.0

age 15+

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.

88

8.3

/13656/

84

/1000/

83

/480/

4.1

/43445/

100

/10/

99

/122/

8.8

/330069/

age 13+

As the world moves on from the war and technological advances bring changes to her life, Violet still hopes to see her lost commanding officer again.

87

7.8

/19834/

80

/1728/

80

/460/

4.3

/374142/

100

/25/

98

/131/

90

/6/

8.6

/122499/

age 11+

Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a competitive fervor in Fujino. What starts as jealousy transforms when Fujino realizes their shared passion for drawing.

87

8.0

/60700/

79

/2995/

80

/1921/

4.3

/268934/

100

/96/

90

/458/

89

/28/

8.2

/133910/

4.0

age 9+

Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate.

87

8.3

/476589/

84

/15508/

83

/8693/

4.4

/1474015/

93

/123/

94

/12004/

78

/31/

8.6

/871132/

4.0

age 12+

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.

87

8.4

/381158/

86

/18719/

85

/12208/

4.2

/1323183/

98

/118/

94

/1179/

81

/26/

8.8

/2046554/

3.5

age 12+

High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

87

8.1

/423823/

82

/16595/

81

/8530/

4.2

/1731055/

94

/63/

94

/7768/

87

/16/

8.2

/745549/

4.0

age 5+

Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.

86

8.0

/17500/

80

/1577/

82

/899/

4.3

/119597/

100

/29/

91

/178/

85

/8/

8.5

/187537/

age 15+

In the aftermath of the Fourth Impact, stranded without their Evangelions, Shinji, Asuka and Rei find refuge in one of the rare pockets of humanity that still exist on the ruined planet Earth. There, each lives a life far different from their days as an Evangelion pilot. However, the danger to the world is far from over. A new impact is looming on the horizon—one that will prove to be the true end of Evangelion.

86

8.2

/134694/

84

/6868/

84

/4313/

4.2

/736302/

95

/37/

94

/391/

78

/10/

8.9

/1758890/

age 13+

Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?

85

8.1

/74665/

83

/3739/

82

/1764/

4.5

/466608/

92

/12/

87

/249/

8.5

/676895/

age 16+

SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity.

84

7.6

/11346/

78

/807/

82

/557/

3.8

/42030/

100

/15/

97

/100/

8.3

/266868/

age 10+

With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a storybook.

84

8.1

/33912/

81

/2097/

82

/1704/

3.9

/175833/

93

/14/

92

/58/

8.5

/651084/

After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.

84

8.2

/97361/

82

/4485/

82

/4357/

3.9

/268278/

98

/49/

99

/4040/

72

/10/

8.5

/1156568/

age 14+

Tanjiro Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, boards the Infinity Train on a new mission with the Fire Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, to defeat a demon who has been tormenting the people and killing the demon slayers who oppose it!

84

8.1

/53923/

82

/3233/

82

/2411/

4.1

/153698/

95

/21/

92

/287/

76

/8/

8.5

/481039/

age 10+

After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.

84

8.0

/195039/

81

/6638/

79

/3918/

4.2

/423613/

89

/19/

90

/72/

86

/7/

8.3

/255011/

age 11+

After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.

83

8.4

/39804/

82

/2051/

83

/593/

4.4

/399011/

71

/13/

9.1

/205518/

3.5

age 16+

In a brutal war between devils, hunters, and secret enemies, a mysterious girl named Reze has stepped into Denji's world, and he faces his deadliest battle yet, fueled by love in a world where survival knows no rules.

83

7.8

/57480/

79

/3862/

81

/1628/

3.9

/299752/

98

/54/

98

/1182/

71

/8/

8.3

/748057/

age 14+

Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a curse and won't leave him alone. Since Rika is no ordinary curse, his plight is noticed by Satoru Gojo, a teacher at Jujutsu High, a school where fledgling exorcists learn how to combat curses. Gojo convinces Yuta to enroll, but can he learn enough in time to confront the curse that haunts him?

86

83

8.0

/12505/

82

/828/

77

/501/

4.2

/68142/

100

/47/

99

/30/

79

/10/

8.7

/33988/

age 10+

Shohoku's “speedster” and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. In his second year of high school, Ryota plays with the Shohoku High School basketball team along with Sakuragi, Rukawa, Akagi, and Mitsui as they take the stage at the Inter-High School National Championship. And now, they are on the brink of challenging the reigning champions, Sannoh Kogyo High School.

83

7.3

/122306/

74

/5766/

74

/2459/

3.9

/1142960/

96

/275/

88

/474/

91

/55/

7.6

/89484/

4.0

age 10+

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."

83

8.0

/8734/

82

/754/

78

/277/

4.2

/19358/

94

/85/

8.5

/326318/

A week before Christmas, Kyon wakes up in a world where the SOS Brigade doesn't exist. Mikuru and Yuki don't recognize him, and Haruhi and Itsuki seem to have vanished.

83

7.6

/41541/

74

/1951/

73

/1203/

3.9

/157147/

100

/63/

82

/66/

90

/19/

7.4

/83893/

4.0

age 11+

In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.

83

7.6

/182026/

79

/8548/

78

/4653/

4.1

/1144507/

91

/174/

84

/5249/

86

/29/

7.9

/422931/

4.0

age 5+

When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.

86

82

8.5

/3404/

83

/332/

79

/86/

4.1

/14189/

100

/102/

8.7

/202918/

After pining for one another and plotting for so long, Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane finally have their climactic first kiss. However, they struggle to define their relationship. After all, how much of their true selves have they really shown to one another?

82

7.4

/9479/

75

/785/

81

/344/

3.5

/19150/

100

/6/

96

/62/

7.9

/116874/

age 12+

As a lionhearted boy who can't wield magic strives for the title of Wizard King, four banished Wizard Kings of yore return to crush the Clover Kingdom.

82

8.0

/117199/

82

/6058/

83

/3020/

4.4

/1040062/

84

/57/

89

/1220/

67

/17/

8.5

/426577/

age 16+

Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

82

8.2

/503195/

84

/18647/

83

/10733/

4.3

/2187816/

88

/185/

93

/14660/

82

/40/

8.6

/1005585/

2.5

age 8+

Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.

82

8.2

/12161/

80

/657/

79

/448/

4.2

/23252/

91

/54/

7.9

/55385/

La Maison en Petits Cubes tells the story of a grandfather's memories as he adds more blocks to his house to stem the flooding waters.

82

8.0

/7149/

80

/935/

77

/276/

4.0

/19010/

92

8.6

/297713/

A continuation of the epic adventure of plucky Riko and Reg who are joined by their new friend Nanachi. Together they descend into the Abyss' treacherous fifth layer, the Sea of Corpses, and encounter the mysterious Bondrewd, a legendary White Whistle whose shadow looms over Nanachi's troubled past. Bondrewd is ingratiatingly hospitable, but the brave adventurers know things are not always as they seem in the enigmatic Abyss.

84

82

8.3

/9313/

82

/739/

82

/571/

3.9

/20313/

95

/35/

8.5

/507542/

In Fujisawa, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. Blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted by the appearance of his first crush, Shoko Makinohara.

82

7.9

/4775/

81

/599/

77

/195/

4.3

/27863/

89

/55/

8.5

/245434/

Following Madoka's rewriting of the universe, sacrificing herself and her happy normal days to save all magical girls from the cruel fate that awaited them by wiping witches out of existence, the despair still manifest into creatures known as nightmares. Magical girl Homura Akemi continues to fight alone in the hope that she will be able to see Madoka smile again.

82

7.8

/81618/

80

/3475/

79

/2193/

4.2

/400693/

95

/21/

90

/1519/

75

/4/

8.2

/224797/

age 10+

Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa'.

82

8.0

/222997/

81

/10739/

79

/4598/

4.3

/743812/

91

/55/

90

/8614/

68

/22/

8.1

/554418/

age 16+

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

81

7.6

/59963/

79

/4340/

78

/1622/

3.8

/369736/

96

/137/

98

/507/

77

/27/

8.2

/266240/

3.0

age 10+

Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a journey to set things right.

81

7.7

/114271/

77

/5114/

77

/3581/

4.0

/481515/

95

/21/

87

/8412/

83

/11/

7.9

/176374/

age 10+

In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was somehow turned into a pig during the war. As he prepares to battle the pirate crew's American ace, Porco Rosso enlists the help of spunky girl mechanic Fio Piccolo and his longtime friend Madame Gina.

81

7.7

/11796/

78

/599/

74

/315/

4.2

/53930/

100

/14/

92

/233/

66

/6/

7.7

/35215/

age 16+

Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.

81

7.8

/53903/

80

/2499/

79

/1447/

4.2

/238254/

92

/77/

91

/917/

75

/25/

8.2

/160371/

3.0

age 13+

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.

81

7.4

/10393/

79

/992/

81

/681/

3.9

/32777/

100

/26/

87

/79/

72

/8/

8.3

/212820/

Fleeing the war, the immortal Machia, graced with eternal youth, finds a baby abandoned in the forest and decides to raise it as her own child, sparking a moving story between a mortal and a being who does not age.

81

7.5

/9445/

75

/904/

77

/626/

3.6

/34696/

94

/16/

99

/177/

8.1

/133714/

age 11+

The world's boldest buccaneers set sail for the great Pirate Festival, where the Straw Hats join a mad-dash race to find Gol D. Roger's treasure. There's just one little problem: An old member of Roger's crew has a sinister score to settle.

81

7.8

/13692/

77

/817/

79

/607/

4.1

/38911/

97

/74/

87

/21/

73

/21/

8.2

/83440/

3.0

age 10+

Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…

81

7.8

/35916/

79

/1545/

78

/965/

4.2

/132633/

93

/59/

90

/779/

70

/15/

8.2

/93296/

age 12+

Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who mysteriously vanished at the height of her career. When he presents her with a key she had lost and thought was gone forever, the filmmaker could not have imagined that it would not only unlock the long-held secrets of Chiyoko’s life... but also his own.

81

7.7

/109633/

78

/5395/

78

/2728/

4.1

/506923/

87

/94/

88

/4298/

81

/26/

8.0

/300256/

age 16+

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.

81

7.9

/170828/

80

/9499/

79

/3723/

4.1

/383822/

95

/62/

89

/4413/

76

/14/

8.2

/354836/

3.0

age 15+

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.

80

7.7

/7507/

80

/618/

76

/217/

4.2

/92309/

76

/21/

99

/98/

67

/6/

8.6

/98527/

age 13+

Shoyo Hinata joins Karasuno High's volleyball club to be like his idol, a former Karasuno player known as the 'Little Giant'. But Hinata soon learns that he must team up with his middle school nemesis, Tobio Kageyama. Their clashing styles form a surprising weapon, but can their newfound teamwork defeat their rival Nekoma High in the highly anticipated 'Dumpster Battle', the long awaited ultimate showdown between two opposing underdog teams?

80

7.8

/184582/

80

/8517/

78

/4415/

4.1

/1029203/

85

/15/

8.2

/420513/

age 5+

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.

80

7.8

/12221/

77

/1383/

81

/1243/

3.6

/47270/

92

/39/

98

/1010/

70

/9/

7.9

/363263/

age 13+

Class 1-A visits Nabu Island where they finally get to do some real hero work. The place is so peaceful that it's more like a vacation... until they're attacked by a villain with an unfathomable Quirk! His power is eerily familiar, and it looks like Shigaraki had a hand in the plan. But with All Might retired and citizens' lives on the line, there's no time for questions. Deku and his friends are the next generation of heroes, and they're the island's only hope.

80

7.5

/67903/

78

/4588/

79

/2529/

3.7

/264591/

91

/98/

96

/36/

72

/30/

8.2

/665224/

3.0

age 13+

The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.

81

80

7.9

/4156/

81

/499/

80

/225/

4.2

/21085/