55 Best Anime Movies and Series of All Time

Anime is presently one of the most well-known genres of film, and lots of new anime movies are released every year everywhere throughout the world. Anime movies are the absolute most breathtaking scenes in the film. Coming the 2020s, it is about time we concluded the best anime movie ever however it ought to be updated as time passes by.

The meticulous tender to detail and the mix of drama, romance, action, and different genres truly separates them as a tour de force with regards to the work of art. Directors like Hayao Miyazaki have captivated crowds for decades with his work.

Usually, an anime is televised on TV nowadays, in any case, you can watch anime just on big screens at the auditorium at first. An anime movie in Japan started in the mid-1900s. Talking about the renowned Japanese anime movies, Studio Ghibli was found in 1985 and released Castle in the Sky in 1986.

In the United States, the first color full-length animation movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released by the American film studio Walt Disney Productions (Walt Disney Animation Studios) in 1937. There are various fans of Walt Disney Studios and its auxiliary Pixar Animation Studios around the world today.

Here, the best anime film list centers around Japanese anime movies excluding the anime series broadcasted on TV. The film adaptions from the TV series are planned. Check the 55 best movies ever covering the world-well-known Studio Ghibli and Makoto Shinkai anime and the most recent movies famous particularly among Japanese. Dissimilar to the TV anime series with numerous episodes, an anime movie is finished with a single story that takes just 2-3 hours at most to watch.

List of top anime movies and series of all time

1. Her Blue Sky (2019)
2. Sound! Euphonium The Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day (2019)
3. Weathering with You (2019)
4. Penguin Highway (2018)
5. Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017)
6. A Silent Voice (2016)
7. In this Corner of the World (2016)
8. Kizumonogatari (2016-2017)
9. Your Name (2016)
10. Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ (2015)
11. The Anthem of the Heart (2015)
12. Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)
13. Tamako Love Story (2014)
14. When Marnie Was There (2014)
15. The Garden of Words (2013)
16. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)
17. The Wind Rises (2013)
18. Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie (2012-2013)
19. Wolf Children (2012)
20. A Letter to Momo (2011)
21. From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
22. Tatsumi (2011)
23. The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
24. Summer Wars (2009)
25. 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
26. Rebuild of Evangelion (2007 – present)
27. Sword of the Stranger (2007)
28. Paprika (2006)
29. Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
30. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
31. Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
32. Fullmetal Alchemist (2003-2004)
33. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
34. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
35. Metropolis (2001)
36. Millennium Actress (2001)
37. Spirited Away (2001)
38. Digimon Adventure Children’s War Game! (2000)
39. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
40. Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998)
41. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
42. Perfect Blue (1997)
43. Princess Monoke (1997)
44. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
45. Whisper of the Heart (1995)
46. Ninja Scroll (1993)
47. Akira (1988)
48. Cowboy Bebop (1998-1999)
49. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
50. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
51. Castle in the Sky (1986)
52. Vampire Hunter D (1985)
53. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
54. Barefoot Gen (1983)
55. The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)