1. Pokémon 3: Spell Of The Unown (2001)
A heartbreaking, powerful, avant-garde fantasy dreamscape of grief expositon from origins as raw and dark as a little girl’s tears after losing her father: a canvas of pure emotion, masterpiece world building, epic-scale action, & depth of allegory. 9.2/10.
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2. Pokémon: Arceus & The Jewel Of Life (2010)
The finale of a trilogy on the most epic godlike scale imaginable, ATJOL is a pantheonic kaiju action fantasy adventure time-travel religion horror apocalypse survival comedy mystery film and the zenith PKMN cinexperience: a wild story w. breathtaking Greco-Roman x Egyptian heiroglyphic x Churchlike Stained Glass aestheticization, orchestral symphony score, power, awe, emotion, balance, hyperimagination, 5+ box-legends, & complex pago-biblical allegory/iconography. 9.2/10.
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3. Pokémon: Hoopa And The Clash Of Ages (2015)
The Dream Blockbuster Experience Of PKMN, H&COA Finds Djinn Magic In Egypt/Dubai: Exorcist x Aladdin x Godzilla: KOTM x Avengers: Civil War/Endgame x Nightmare On Elm St. Guignol Carnival Of The Most Epic Crossover Of Legends x Generations Imaginable 10x Proving By Pure Kaiju Grace/Awe & Fandom-Service Pokémon Could Easily Be The Biggest Cinematic Franchise Of All-Time In Live-Action [W. The CGI & Resources]. 9/10.
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4. Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back (2021 Netflix Remake)
The greatest video game movie, PTFM takes cues from the world’s biggest sci-fi, horror, & action/adventure films with breathtaking new visuals and strikingly-complex religion allegory, philosophy, emotion, fandom-service, & sociology. 9/10.
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5. Pokémon: Destiny Of Deoxys (2005)
The purest kaiju awe of the film series by grace of two of [& perhaps: the #1] Greatest PKMN Of All-Time, DOD – though ~choppily 3D-animated and gimmicky in commercialization – is a love-letter to science-fiction w. beautiful cyberpunk futuristic worldbuilding, better length for characterization, fun subplots, & epic zombie/alien invasion apocalyptica. 8.7/10.
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6 (Tie). Pokémon: Heroes (2003)
The greatest score, pure adventure, aestheticization of vivid baroque/romanticism worldbuilding in breathtaking old-world venetian & parisien setting, & legends of Pokéfilms prismatizing themes of history, mankind, & heroicism, HRS is a CLC favorite B-feature. 8.5/10.
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7 (Tie). Pokémon: Kyurem Vs. The Sword Of Justice (2013)
From Its Epic Prologue To Finale Amongst The Best Scenes In The PKMN Collection, KVTSOJ is a BW2 cityscape grimm fairy-tale de/reconstructing Anipoké and fixing ~every problem of the Gen. V movies – refocusing a flash-cannon on the nature, mythology, awe, & eponymous creatures > mankind that originally crowned the franchise in a five-legend knights of the round table x musketeer epic adventure w. gospel kaiju scenes, breathtaking visuals/worldbuild, dark minor-key orchestration, filmography-precedence characterization by minimalistic trio-driven arcs highlighting [& fixing] Ash though a Keldeo coming-of-age/personality lens impressively executed in arctic breezy ~1 hour runtime, badass striking-iconography x proverb x fandom-service multi-forme Kyurem villainization. 8.5/10.
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8. Pokémon: Giratina & The Sky Warrior (2007)
The Most VFX & Ocularly-Striking PKMN Movie by grace of its MC Esher-esque Distortion Worldbuild, True GIV Dawn Experience, Darker Mystery Tone, & Uber-Fandom Tribute To The #1-2 G.O.A.T. PKMN: Giratina, despite a mixed counterbalance mythical in Shaymin. 8.2/10.
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9. Pokémon: Diancie & The Cocoon Of Destruction (2013)
A Snow White Evocative [True Gen. VI] Fairy-Tale Of Princessdom, Thieves, Heroes x Villains, Jewels, Self-Discovery, Forbidden Domains, Forest Animals, Royal Bodyguards, Kingdoms, Romance, Apples, Turning To Stone, Fire-Like Breathing Dragon Kaiju, Mythology, & Life/Death w. Allegory For Mankind Vs. Nature Prismatized Through X/Y Box Legends x Starters, DATCOD is a real diamond in the rough of anipoké films of-late – beautiful animation vibrance, classical score, good characterization and vocal acts, etc. 8/10.
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10. Pokémon: The Movie 2000
Better-animated with epic mythological scale & apocalyptica thrills expanding the canon and bridging gaps between generations alongside a provocative villain, PTM2 is more corporatized w. setting, plot, score issues, but ~okay sequel for fans. 7.5/10.
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11. Pokémon: 4Ever (2003)
Despite a bad dub name-choice, epilogue, ~choppy VFX, and [predictable] clichés, 4E is a rustic, quiescent old-world fantasy myth/folk aestheticized ocarina hymn to nature & time w two of Greatest Pokémon Ever Created: Celebi and Sucune. 7.2/10.
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. 12. Pokémon: Genesect And The Legend Awakened (2013)
A Mega-X/Y Transitional, B/W-True NYC Epic Psy. Kaiju Jurassic Park x Golden-Age ’50’s Hollywood Science-Fiction Bug/Alien Invasion! x TFM Legacy Sequel Of A+ Kaiju And Complex IQ Ghetsis Vs. N Allegory By Lens Of God-Tier Synergized Legends: Mewtwo Vs. Genesect & Civilizational/Existential Analysis: Mankind Vs. Nature … ~ruined by inexplicable purgatory of Team Plasma’s cinematic absence, mixed development arc, and *sacrilegious* retcon of Mewtwo canon/origins with a laughable, cringeworthy vocal-recast: worst actress/performance in the history of pokéfilm. 7.1/10.
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13. Pokémon: Ranger & The Temple Of The Sea (2006)
A Swashbuckling Disneyesque Little Mermaid x Aladdin x POTC x Dumbo x Indiana Jones Adventure W. Body Swap Comedy, A Tribute To May, Emotional Parenthood Themes, T10 PKMN, & Best Soundtrack Of Series.. But Weak Finale, Recasts. 6.5/10.
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14. Pokémon: Lucario & The Mystery Of Mew (2005)
A Medieval Expansion Of The Mystery Of PKMN Beyond Dex #’s & Regions To Past, LATMOM weaves a fine character-driven tale for an über-popular ‘mon amongst a nicely-aestheticized A/V canvas & finale swan-song for the OG voice cast. 6.4/10.
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15. Detective Pikachu (2019)
Though the cyberpunk worldbuild & CGI texture-realism are very impressive amongst good mystery and nice Reynolds voice-cast, DP is a horrifically-miscast, anti-canon, overly-grayscaled, super-[in]effective introduction to the Next Big Cinematic Universe. 6/10.
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16. Pokémon: The Rise Of Darkrai (2007)
Though w. a humanized theme inkling of groupthink & toxic demonization, TROD: laziest Pokéfilm; Bayesque, laughably-scored, mediocre VFX, narrative/thoughtless, poorly-acted, raw, incohensive ext. animé episode misutilizing GIV legends. 4.2/10.
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17. Pokémon: Jirachi – Wish Maker (2004)
Though w. a fine vilain & refreshingly character-driven events, JWM: lazy, A/V-bad, lethargically-paced, bizarrely plebeian/realistic movie for a mythical of the biggest fantasy possibility of wishes – focusing one of worst anipoké characters: Max. 4.2/10.
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18. Pokémon: Volcanion And The Mechanical Marvel (2016)
Though its visual dept. fulfills their job by a retro-futuristic Azoth Kingdom and cross-gen. vi/vii Beauty And The Beast juxtaposition of mythicals, VATMM prioritizes fandom-service like shiny x mega x cool ‘mons > storytelling – corely lacking *any* ostensible raison-d’être w. bad writing & acting (except for Matsumoto Koshirō X) lazily copying [& somehow ~ruining] old themes/characterization by the most annoying PKMN in anipoké history: Volcanion. 4/10.
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19. Pokémon: Zoroark And The Master Of Illusions (2010)
Though its VFX trickery/illusion is wild and the film cleverly allegorizes & references the B/W video games [down to Easter Eggs, parenthood, and race/capitalism/future-vs.-past/religion/anti-nature themes], why gatekeep your own franchise and do a Zoroark movie w/o the N & Team Plasma canon making the kitsune devil-fox special/interesting, not just copy/paste kaiju blockbuster? 4/10.
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20. Pokémon: Black/White, The Movie – Victini And Zekrom/Reshiram (2012)
The First Double-Feature PKMN Movie W. Different Versions Like The Video Games is completely wasted: poorly-written, juvenile, low-effort, clockwatching, offensive false-advertization – Gen. V cinematically relegated to JV snoozefest anti-canon ext. copy/paste animé episodes running out clocks for box-office w. illusion/allegory references instead of real, major, promised VG lore and story/characterization [worse: B/W’s all-time best, AWOL] fans desperately want to see beyond 2D on big-screen – inexplicable gatekeeping and self-sabotage within segregated depts of the *same* franchise: a war more pointless, moralistic, and destructive than Zekrom vs. Reshiram’s, wherein only fans lose. 3.7/10.
