The ultimate anime and manga database MyAnimeList allows users to rate every show and collectively determine the top-rated anime movies on this list. These films range from a comedy about alien overlords taking over Japan, to a romance blooming between a boy and a girl in a bunny costume, to a dramatic body-swapping mystery.

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So, what are considered the best anime movies when adhering to this ranking list? Studio Ghibli dominates the list, along with a couple of fan-favorite franchise movie sequels, but none of those take the number one spot! The score rankings may or may not come as a surprise.

10 Howl's Moving Castle (2004) - 8.67

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This Studio Ghibli movie is about a moving castle inhabited by the infamous wizard and rumored womanizer Howl. In this fantasy world, Sophie Hatter had an ordinary life before being cursed by a jealous witch and becoming an old woman. Now on a path to return to her ordinary life, Sophie travels with Howl and meets a variety of fantastical figures.

The film has won numerous awards, including the Best Japanese Movie Overall in the Mainichi Film Awards in 2004 and the Animation of the Year in the Tokyo International Anime Fair in 2005. It was also nominated in 2006 for the Best Animated Feature in the 78th Academy Awards. Howl's Moving Castle actually ties with The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010) movie ratings-wise, but it takes the number ten spot because 521,254 users determined it was an 8.67 rating while The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya only has 239,424 user ratings.

9 Rascal Does Not Dream Of A Dreaming Girl (2019) - 8.7

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The Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl movie is about romantic troubles in high school. Despite already having a girlfriend, Sakuta Azusagawa finds himself conflicted when he sees his first crush, Shouko Makinohara, in a bunny costume. Hilarity and supernatural happenings ensue. Because life as a high school student in love is never easy!

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The movie takes place during volumes six and seven of Hajime Kamoshida's Seishun Buta light novels. It currently has a weighted score of 8.7 based on the scores of 154,054 users.

8 Princess Mononoke (1997) - 8.73

Princess Mononoke

Another Studio Ghibli entry, Princess Mononoke follows the young prince Ashitaka, whose arm has been cursed with demonic powers slowly draining his life. Ashitaka goes to Tatara, the Iron Town, and stumbles into the middle of the conflict between Lady Eboshi's deforestation plans and Princess San along with the sacred spirits of the forest who want the destruction to stop. It's a tale about the conflict between nature and technology and the search for peace between the two conflicting forces.

Princess Mononoke won numerous awards the year it came out at the 52nd Mainichi Film Awards, including Best Japanese Movie and Best Animation. A year later, the movie received the Best Picture award at the 21st Japan Academy Awards. It has an overall ranking of 8.73 based on the scores of 514,109 users.

7 Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - III. Spring Song (2020) - 8.76

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Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - III. Spring Song ends the trilogy of films that adapt the third route in the Fate/stay night visual novel. During this version of the Holy Grail War, a fight to the death between seven mages and their Servants in which the winning mage and Servant can literally make any wish come true, apprentice mage Shirou Emiya attempts to help his friend Sakura Matou win the war as romance blooms. But dark forces attempt to keep the couple apart and may have dire consequences.

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The film has a score of 8.76 based on 3,904 users' scores. In Japanese box offices, it opened at number one.

6 Made in Abyss Movie 3: Dawn Of The Deel Soul (2020) - 8.79

Made In Abyss Dawn Of The Deep Soul

The third Made in Abyss movie continues to follow Riko and Reg as they descend down the abyss to find Riko's mother. This film feature's the fifth layer of the abyss, the Sea of Corpses. Our two adventurers meet Bondrewd, a legendary White Whistle. Can they trust their new friend?

Don't be deceived by the cute art style because things are never what they seem in the abyss! The animated feature received an 8.79 based on the scores of 36,816 users.

5 Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-hen (2017) - 8.82

Shinobu is surrounded by crows in Kizumonogatari

Also considered one of the best action anime based on MyAnimeList scores, Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-hen is the third film in the Monogatari Series but serves as a prequel to the second film. Spoilers ahead! After the events of the first movie, Koyomi revives the legendary vampire Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade. He becomes a vampire and is forced to become her servant!

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This is an adaptation of the Monogatari Series light novels featuring vampires and the supernatural! Based on the scores of 153,439 users, the movie has a score of 8.82.

4 Spirited Away (2001) - 8.84

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After stumbling into the spirit world, Chihiro and her parents are separated, and her parents are transformed into pigs. On a quest to find and return her parents to normal, Chihiro works in a bathhouse where the clientele consists of powerful spirits.

The highest-rated of any Studio Ghibli film, Spirited Away received an 8.84 score based on 787,753 user scores. The highest-grossing film in Japanese history, this movie won numerous awards globally, including the Oscar for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards in 2003, the Golden Bear at the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival, and was ranked seventh in the British Film Institute's list of the "50 films you should see by the age of 14" in 2005.

3 Gintama Movie 2: Kanketsu-hen - Yorozuya yo Eien Nare - 8.97

 

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This long-running action-comedy franchise takes place in an alternate-reality Edo that parodies samurai and sci-fi. Japan has been taken over by alien overlords and swords are illegal.

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In this film, Gintoki takes down a movie pirate at a premiere who turns out to be an android time machine that sends him five years into the future. Now in a post-apocalyptic version of his home, Gintoki must find his way back while avoiding the "White Plague." This Gintama movie sits at a score of 8.97 based on the votes of 88,961 users.

2 Your Name. (2016) - 9.0

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In this feature-length body-swapping mystery, high schoolers Mitsuha Miyamizu and Taki Tachibana wake up in each other's bodies. The two couldn't be more different, with Mitsuha living in the countryside and Taki in the city now experiencing the other's life. The two attempt to unite with each other to find answers to their supernatural predicament.

Your Name. is also ranked the number one best romance anime based on its MyAnimeList score, winning the LAFCA Animation Award in 2016 and the Best Animated Film in 2017 from the Mainichi Film Awards. It has a 9.0 score based on 1,024,604 user scores.

1 A Silent Voice (2016) - 9.01

Cast Of A Silent Voice

The number one anime movie on MyAnimeList is A Silent Voice. Get your tissues ready. Shouya Ishida bullied the deaf transfer student Shouko Nishimiya in his elementary class. Ostracized in elementary school through high school for his bullying after Shouko is transferred, Shouya wants to make up for these past mistakes by reuniting with her and making amends.

This film received a 9.01 score based on the combined ratings of 775,938 users. It has won multiple awards, including the Tokyo Anime Award for Best Film and Best Screenplay/Original Story as well as the IGN Award for Best Animated Film in 2017.

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