Best Anime Movies On Crunchyroll

As one of the most popular and highly regarded anime streaming services, Crunchyroll has been providing anime fans with their favorite series for years now. Many fans can likely point to the service as a reason they got into anime in the first place. It has long held recognition in the community as a jumping-off point due to its accessibility and ease of use.

Though it’s perhaps not as widely known for its films, Crunchyroll offers a varied selection of feature-length anime movies as well. From stone-cold classics to under-the-radar flicks, there is a lot to explore on the streaming service. Let’s look at the best anime films on Crunchyroll.

The following movies are available in Crunchyroll’s North America lineup, but the selection varies from region to region.

Each movie’s MyAnimeList score has been included for reference. Crunchyroll’s best anime movies are listed first, just to highlight them.

Finally, click on the movie’s Japanese title to head straight to its Crunchyroll page.

Updated September 12, 2025, by Mark Sammut: A few more of Crunchyroll’s best anime movies have been added: Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom, Psycho-Pass’s films, and Street Fighter 2: The Animated Movie.

Millennium Actress

MyAnimeList: 8.24

Every Satoshi Kon movie is a masterpiece in its own right, and his four feature directorial efforts are wildly different from each other. Perfect Blue is probably his most well-known work, for good reason, but Millennium Actress is arguably just as great.

Framed through an interview with an actress who has long-since retired, the movie goes through her life, using this as an opportunity to explore eras in Japanese film history while also telling a powerful tale about memories, legacy, and isolation. Visually, Millennium Actress is a work of art of near-insurmountable measure, and the animation beautifully complements the historically dense but still introspective story.

Akira

MyAnimeList: 8.16

An all-time classic, Akira was among the first anime movies to gain international fame. As such, the gory sci-fi flick introduced a generation to Japanese animation, and they could not ask for a better crash course. Even more than three decades later, the movie’s visuals and themes continue to be awe-inspiring and thought-provoking.

Set in a cyberpunk metropolis called Neo-Tokyo that rose up from the corpse of Tokyo, Akira envisions a cutthroat world rife with crime, gang warfare, and human experimentation. When one of Shoutarou’s friends begins to develop psychic powers, he is kidnapped by the government.

Fate/stay night [Heaven’s Feel]

MyAnimeList: 8.16 (Presage Flower); 8.47 (Lost Butterfly); 8.65 (Spring Song)

Finally, Fate/stay night [Heaven’s Feel] is readily accessible on Crunchyroll, allowing fans of Fate/Zero or Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works an opportunity to consume one of the darkest storylines in this franchise. For the uninitiated, Fate/stay night started as a visual novel with three main routes, with Heaven’s Feel being largely ignored by Unlimited Blade Works or even the underwhelming 2006 series. This trilogy covers this route, delivering roughly six hours of intense action, horrifying imagery, and twisted romance. While, technically, a viewer does not need to be intimately familiar with the previous incarnations, Heaven’s Feel assumes that anyone watching understands the concept of a Holy Grail War and knows most of the core masters and servants, even if their depictions are somewhat different in this particular storyline.

The Holy Grail War is, essentially, a battle royale where mages summon heroes from history to fight each other to the death. The winner gets any wish granted, and there is definitely no way that might backfire.

While this is a trip best entered relatively blind (for this route), Heaven’s Feel is notably darker and gorier than the other Fate anime, which is saying something. Shirou and Sakura’s relationship serves as the story’s beating heart, and it is more of an epic tragedy than a “love conquers all” journey. Even though the visual novel is still the best way to experience this storyline, the movie trilogy serves as a great celebration of not just the franchise as a whole, but specifically ufotable’s work on the adaptations. The studio’s anime helped turn Fate into a mainstream name, and Heaven’s Feel is an incredible swan song.

Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms

MyAnimeList: 8.39

A haunting tale about family, war, and mortality, Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms expertly tells a personal story while building an ambitious and epic fantasy world. In this universe, humans exist alongside the Iorph, who look similar but have much longer lifespans. After watching her town and loved ones be massacred by a human army, Maquia barely manages to escape; on the way, she finds a human baby and decides to adopt him.

Along with weaving an engrossing war story, Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms thoroughly explores the heartbreaking relationship between Maquia and Ariel, her son who is destined to age past his mother. Visually stunning and narratively dense, this anime is a modern masterpiece that deserves to be mentioned alongside the likes of Your Name and A Silent Voice.

The Garden Of Sinners

MyAnimeList: 8.52 (Movie 5)

Consisting of eight movies along with a few OVAs, The Garden of Sinners adapts Kinoko Kasu’s light novel series centering around Shiki Ryougi, a woman who can see someone’s lines of death. Touching upon heavy themes like abuse and suicide, The Garden of Sinners is not an easy watch at the best of times, especially since the franchise’s nonlinear structure means the first few movies can fall flat.

While you will need some patience to sit through all of these films, The Garden of Sinners reveals itself to be a thought-provoking and unforgettable experience with few equals in anime. Paradox Spiral and A Study in Murder – Part 2 are the strongest entries.

Haikyu!! Movie: The Dumpster Battle

MyAnimeList: 8.62

Be it Haruichi Furudate’s manga or the anime adaptation, Haikyu!! is just reliably entertaining. A serious argument could be made that the story has never really missed a beat, at least not to the point of causing a loss of momentum. The Dumpster Battle maintains the extremely high standards set by the TV show, serving as a fantastic sequel that justifies its theatrical release through top-notch production value (even more so than the series).

Now, as with all of these types of shonen releases, the movie expects viewers to be fully caught up with Haikyu!!, meaning they should have watched all four seasons. Fortunately, the entire series is available on Crunchyroll, so the content is very accessible. The Dumpster Battle finds Karasuno going up against arguably their biggest rival: Nekoma. The latter is known for their extremely great defensive game, setting them up to counter Karasuno’s intense speed.

Gintama: The Very Final

MyAnimeList: 9.04

After more than 300 episodes and a couple of movies, Gintama finally came to an end courtesy of a stellar film. The Very Final lives up to its name by delivering a glorious romp that sees the Odds Job crew teaming up with friends and foes to try and defeat Utsuro once and for all. For the most part, the flick focuses on action, which is generally vicious and creative.

However, Gintama cannot exist without humor, and The Very Final periodically brings things to a halt to have a hearty laugh. Halfway through the story, the movie stops for a good 10 minutes to deliver one of Gintama‘s most absurd jokes of all time, and it is great.

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train

MyAnimeList: 8.56

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train is the highest-grossing anime film of all time, and fans of the shonen series can watch the feature on Crunchyroll. An action extravaganza that moves at a frantic pace while still giving important moments time to breathe, Mugen Train takes everything that worked about the show’s first season and amplifies it; the animation ranks among Ufotable’s best, Enmu is a fun villain, and Kyojuro Rengoku is comfortably among the franchise’s most beloved characters.

Crunchyroll also has the TV version of the Mugen Train arc, and while that is a perfectly fine way to experience this storyline, there is no reason to watch that iteration instead of the movie.

Spy x Family Code: White

MyAnimeList: 8.13

A standalone “filler” movie, Code: White might not add much to Spy x Family‘s overarching story or lore, but it is a whole lot of fun. The movie takes the show’s episodic format and stretches a typical storyline into nearly two hours, incorporating the same sense of humor and surprisingly great action that have made Spy x Family such a beloved modern anime.

Now, someone’s mileage will come down entirely to their overall attachment to the series. If they disliked season 2 due to feeling that the story stagnated in favor of fluff shenanigans, then they will probably not get much out of Code: White. Conversely, if they simply enjoy watching Anya, Loid, and Yor engage in wholesome silliness with occasionally massive stakes, they will love this side quest. This film is hilarious, beautifully animated, and fittingly “bigger” than the series, at least in its presentation. The villain is also quite good.

Card Captor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card

MyAnimeList: 8.21

Crunchyroll has both of Madhouse’s Cardcaptor Sakura movies, each of which is a must-watch for fans of the iconic magical girl anime. As good as the first feature is, it is completely blown out of the water by its successor. The Sealed Card brings the original anime series to a satisfying and unforgettable conclusion, and it finds Sakura facing off against The Nothing, the last Clow Card.

Similar to the show, the movie blends action, humor, drama, and romance; also like the series, The Sealed Card balances all of these genres effortlessly, crafting an experience that feels complete. Obviously, this movie should only be watched after the series, as it by no means attempts to tell a standalone story.