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1. Dragon Ball Z (1996–2003)

TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

With the help of the powerful Dragonballs, a team of fighters led by the saiyan warrior Goku defend the planet earth from extraterrestrial enemies.

Stars: Doc Harris, Christopher Sabat, Scott McNeil, Sean Schemmel

Votes: 148,164

2. Dragon Ball Super (2015–2018)

TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Six months after the defeat of Majin Buu, The mighty Saiyan Son Goku continues his quest on becoming stronger.

Stars: Masako Nozawa, Naoki Tatsuta, Sean Schemmel, Ryô Horikawa

Votes: 35,948

3. Dragon Ball (1986–1989)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Son Gokû, a fighter with a monkey tail, goes on a quest with an assortment of odd characters in search of the Dragon Balls, a set of crystals that can give its bearer anything they desire.

Stars: Masako Nozawa, Jôji Yanami, Brice Armstrong, Stephanie Nadolny

Votes: 66,301

4. Sand Land: The Series (2024– )

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, water is controlled by a greedy ruler. Sheriff Rao enlists the king of demons' son Beelzebub and assistant Thief to find a lost lake, facing dangers across the desert.

Stars: Jonathan Lipow, Owen Thomas, Erik Braa, Alan Adelberg

Votes: 543

5. Dragonball Evolution (2009)

PG | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The young warrior Son Goku sets out on a quest, racing against time and the vengeful King Piccolo, to collect a set of seven magical orbs that will grant their wielder unlimited power.

Director: James Wong | Stars: Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Chow Yun-Fat, Emmy Rossum

Votes: 79,419 | Gross: $9.35M

6. Dragon Ball (1995–2003)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Dragon Ball tells the tale of a young warrior by the name of Son Goku, a young peculiar boy with a tail who embarks on a quest to become stronger and learns of the Dragon Balls, when, once all 7 are gathered, grant any wish of choice.

Stars: Brice Armstrong, Steve Olson, Stephanie Nadolny, Zoe Slusar

Votes: 65,270

7. Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022)

PG-13 | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Red Ribbon Army from Goku's past has returned with two new androids to challenge him and his friends.

Director: Tetsuro Kodama | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Aya Hisakawa, Ryô Horikawa, Takeshi Kusao

Votes: 14,941 | Gross: $38.11M

8. Dragon Ball Z (1989–1996)

TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The adventures of Earth's martial arts defender, Son Goku, continue with a new family and the revelation of his alien origins. Now Goku and his allies must defend the planet from an onslaught of new extraterrestrial enemies.

Stars: Jôji Yanami, Kyle Hebert, Masako Nozawa, Sean Schemmel

Votes: 87,995

9. Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018)

PG | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Goku and Vegeta encounter Broly, a Saiyan warrior unlike any fighter they've faced before.

Director: Tatsuya Nagamine | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Aya Hisakawa, Ryô Horikawa, Toshio Furukawa

Votes: 31,705 | Gross: $30.71M

10. Dragon Ball Z Kai (2009–2015)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Goku is settled with his family and is living in peace. Unfortunately, his peaceful time is momentary as a visitor crashes into the planet claiming to be his brother.

Stars: Masako Nozawa, Jôji Yanami, Sean Schemmel, Doc Morgan

Votes: 24,705

11. Sand Land (2023)

106 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The world has become a desolate desert called SandLand, inhabited by humans and demons.

Directors: Toshihisa Yokoshima, Hiroshi Kôjina | Stars: Mutsumi Tamura, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Chô, Satoshi Tsuruoka

Votes: 211

12. Dragon Ball GT (1996–1997)

TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

After Goku is made a kid again by the Black Star Dragon Balls, he goes on a journey to get back to his old self.

Stars: Elise Baughman, Andrew Chandler, Masako Nozawa, Yûko Minaguchi

Votes: 28,968

13. Super Dragon Ball Heroes (2018– )

TV-PG | 10 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Z-Fighters set out to rescue Trunks from a prison planet.

Stars: Ryô Horikawa, Takeshi Kusao, Masako Nozawa, Ryûsei Nakao

Votes: 3,190

14. Sand Land (2024 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Dive into a desert world where both humans and demons suffer from an extreme water shortage. Play as and watch the Fiend Prince, Beelzebub, Sheriff Rao, and demon Thief set off on an ... See full summary »

Directors: Daisuke Ichihara, Marc Hawes, Wendee Lee, Toni Smith | Stars: Mutsumi Tamura, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Chô, Mikako Komatsu

Votes: 18

15. The Return of Godzilla (1984)

103 min | Action, Drama, Horror

The Japanese government suppresses the horrifying news of Godzilla's resurrection as political tensions increase between the United States and Soviet Union, both of whom are willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.

Director: Koji Hashimoto | Stars: Keiju Kobayashi, Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Shin Takuma

Votes: 2,357

16. Death Battle (2010– )

TV-PG | Animation, Action, Comedy

Fictional characters from movies, comics, manga, television programs, literature and video games are created in a simulated battle to the death.

Stars: Ben B. Singer, Chad James, Chris Guerrero, Nicholas Andrew Louie

Votes: 525

17. Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013)

TV-PG | 85 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

After sleeping for 39 years, the God of destruction Beerus is surprised to learn that Frieza was defeated by the saiyajin Goku. Upon finding him, Goku is excited to face him, but realizes that his powers are negligible compared to Beerus.

Director: Masahiro Hosoda | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Hiromi Tsuru, Ryô Horikawa, Masaharu Satô

Votes: 29,884 | Gross: $2.55M

18. Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993)

TV-PG | 72 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

Goku, Vegeta, and the rest of the Dragon Team search for the fabled Legendary Super Saiyan, a destructive, all-powerful warrior.

Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Takeshi Kusao

Votes: 11,979

19. Dragon Ball Daima (2024– )

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure | Filming

Due to a conspiracy, Goku and friends are transformed into children. They intend to travel to a mysterious new world to undo this change.

Star: Masako Nozawa

20. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018 Video Game)

E10+ | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch brings back every fighter in the history of the series, adds newcomers and over 100 stages, and introduces a new adventure mode called "World of Light''.

Director: Masahiro Sakurai | Stars: Jaz Adams, Rikako Aikawa, Justin Anselmi, Takeshi Aono

Votes: 4,332

21. Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986)

TV-PG | 50 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Goku and his friends must stop King Gurumes from destroying the city for blood rubies and gathering the seven Dragon Balls.

Director: Daisuke Nishio | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Hiromi Tsuru, Naoki Tatsuta, Naoko Watanabe

Votes: 3,493

22. Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015)

Not Rated | 93 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Frieza is reborn and achieves the last of his transformations, and it is up to Goku and his warrior friends to join forces to fight the enemy who has returned from the dead.

Director: Tadayoshi Yamamuro | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Ryô Horikawa, Hiromi Tsuru, Masaharu Satô

Votes: 23,969 | Gross: $8.01M

23. Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995)

PG | 51 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

The universe is thrown into dimensional chaos as the dead come back to life. Now Goku and Vegeta must track down the cause of this uproar.

Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Ryô Horikawa, Takeshi Kusao, Daisuke Gôri

Votes: 12,119

24. Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound (1993)

TV-PG | 50 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

Bojack is a demon who was freed from prison when King Kai's planet was destroyed. Now, without his father Goku by his side, can Gohan save the Earth?

Director: Yoshihiro Ueda | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Takeshi Kusao

Votes: 6,996

25. Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (1991)

Not Rated | 47 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

Frieza's older brother Cooler travels to Earth to take revenge against Goku for Frieza's defeat on planet Namek.

Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Naoki Tatsuta

Votes: 8,293

26. Epic Rap Battles of History (2010– )

TV-14 | 5 min | Short, Comedy, History

A YouTube video series that pits famous historical, pop culture, or fictional characters against one another in rap battle format.

Stars: Peter Shukoff, Lloyd Ahlquist, Dante Cimadamore, Zach Sherwin

Votes: 3,627

27. PB&J Otter (1998–2001)

TV-Y | 15 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Peanut, Jelly, and Baby Butter are three young otters who live on Lake Hoohaw with their family and friends.

Stars: Adam Rose, Gina Marie Tortorici, Brook Jenell Slack, Gwendolyn Shepherd

Votes: 1,646

28. Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (1989)

Unrated | 41 min | Animation, Short, Action

Gohan is kidnapped by Garlic Jr.'s men so he can have Gohan's Dragon Ball to grant him immortality. Goku and his friends try to stop Garlic Jr. and save the world.

Director: Daisuke Nishio | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Hiromi Tsuru, Mayumi Tanaka

Votes: 7,979

29. Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995)

TV-PG | 52 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

The Z-fighters find themselves in the middle of another extraterrestrial conflict, which includes a sword-wielding warrior named Tapion, a wizard and an enormous monster named Hirudegarn.

Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Takeshi Kusao, Mayumi Tanaka, Hiromi Tsuru

Votes: 9,700

30. Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming (1994)

TV-PG | 48 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

After seven years went by, Gohan grows up during the time around Goten's birth. Goku died and when Goten cries, Broly regains life and the Z warriors must stop him again.

Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Takeshi Kusao, Yûko Minaguchi

Votes: 6,123

31. Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (1990)

Not Rated | 59 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Z-Fighters must stop a mad scientist out to take over the world.

Director: Daisuke Nishio | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Hiromi Tsuru

Votes: 7,307

32. Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (1990)

Not Rated | 60 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A group of aliens visit Earth to plant the Tree of Might, a plant that grants cosmic power by draining the Earth's life force.

Director: Daisuke Nishio | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Tôru Furuya, Hirotaka Suzuoki

Votes: 8,569

33. Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (1992)

Not Rated | 45 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

Cooler has resurrected himself as a robot and is enslaving the people of New Namek. Goku and the gang must help.

Director: Daisuke Nishio | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Ryô Horikawa

Votes: 8,495

34. Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy (1997 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 65 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Goku Jr. is the great-great-grandson of the legendary warrior Goku, but unlike his predecessor he's not a brave fighter. He's constantly picked on by school bullies--his grandmother Pan ... See full summary »

Director: Osamu Kasai | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Tôru Furuya, Miki Itô, Kazuyuki Sogabe

Votes: 2,777

35. Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (1987)

TV-14 | 45 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Goku and Krillin want to be trained in the martial arts by the great Master Roshi. The only way he will agree to train them is if they go to Devil's Castle to find the Sleeping Princess, who is being held prisoner by Count Lucifer, and bring her back to his island.

Director: Daisuke Nishio | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Tôru Furuya, Mami Koyama, Mayumi Tanaka

Votes: 2,807

36. Chrono Trigger (1995 Video Game)

E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Crono, a young boy, is thrust to adventure by destiny to destroy an oncoming threat that will destroy the world in 1999.

Directors: Yoshinori Kitase, Akihiko Matsui, Takashi Tokita, Nao Ito

Votes: 3,319

37. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (2020 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Play as the legendary Saiyan Son Goku 'Kakarot' as you relive his story and explore the world.

Directors: Akihiro Anai, Stephen Hoff | Stars: Sean Schemmel, Masako Nozawa, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Kyle Hebert

Votes: 753

38. Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock (2011 Video)

TV-PG | 20 min | Animation, Short, Action

The continuing adventures of Goku's father Bardock, who traveled through time and met new friends and enemies.

Director: Yoshihiro Ueda | Stars: Masashi Ebara, Keiji Hirai, Sayaka Hirao, Kazuyuki Ishikawa

Votes: 2,534

39. Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly (1994)

TV-PG | 47 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

Broly is cloned by Lord Jaguar, who plans to pit him and other bio-warriors against Mr. Satan in an attempt to expose him as a fraud. Goten, Trunks, Kriilin and Android 18 must stop the new Bio-Broly.

Director: Yoshihiro Ueda | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Takeshi Kusao, Daisuke Gôri, Mayumi Tanaka

Votes: 5,822

40. Dr. Slump (1981–1986)

25 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

The wacky adventures of Penguin Village and its residents, primarily the crummy inventor Senbei Norimaki and his robot daughter Arale, a superhuman but naïve girl.

Stars: Mami Koyama, Kenji Utsumi, Kazuko Sugiyama, Toshio Furukawa

Votes: 614

41. Dream 9 Toriko x One Piece x Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!! (2013 TV Movie)

43 min | Animation

The heroes Son Goku, Monkey D Luffy and Toriko and their friends team up for the first time ever!

Directors: Hiroaki Miyamoto, Akifumi Zako | Stars: Diego Borghi, Luci Christian, Chô, Leah Clark

Votes: 465

42. Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! (1992)

TV-PG | 46 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

The death of Dr. Gero at the hands of Androids 17 and 18 prompts the activation of Androids 13, 14, and 15. They try to kill Goku, who fights them with the help of Trunks, Piccolo, Vegeta, Krillin, and Gohan.

Director: Daisuke Nishio | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Takeshi Kusao

Votes: 7,878

43. Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (1991)

Not Rated | 43 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

A Super Namekian named Lord Slug comes to invade Earth and only Goku can stop him .

Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Hiromi Tsuru

Votes: 6,607

44. Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins (1991)

Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

An evil alien searches the Earth for seven "Dragon Pearls" which can grant him ultimate power. A gang of misfit adventurers band together to stop him.

Director: Chun-Liang Chen | Stars: Chi-Chiang Chen, Jeannie Hsieh, Tung-Chuan Cheng, San Peng

Votes: 1,346

45. Dragon Ball: The Return of Son Goku and Friends! (2008 Video)

35 min | Animation, Short, Action

Goku and his family and friends encounter Vegeta's brother, and a threat from Vegeta's past shows up and causes trouble.

Director: Yoshihiro Ueda | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Ryô Horikawa, Tôru Furuya, Mayumi Tanaka

Votes: 2,417

46. Legend: A Dragon Ball Tale (2022)

10 min | Animation, Short, Action

Given diplomatic orders by the Grand Council, Vegeta, now king of the Saiyans, sets out on an interstellar assassination mission.

Director: Naseer Pasha | Stars: Elsie Lovelock, Jordan Woollen, Jason Alexander Sukhram

Votes: 202

47. Naruto Shippûden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 (2013 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The game follows the events of the previous game when all the five Kages gather to the land of iron to discuss how to deal with the Akatsuki. But the summit is soon attacked by Sasuke Uchiha who is after Danzo the new Hokage.

Directors: Yohei Ishibashi, Hiroshi Matsuyama | Stars: Junko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Satoshi Hino, Kazuhiko Inoue

Votes: 709

48. Dr. Slump (1997–1999)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

Professor Senbe Norimaki, aka Doctor Slump, is a bumbling inventor living with his wife and his out-of-control robot daughter, Arale.

Stars: Michael C. Pizzuto, Masako Nozawa, Tôru Furuya, Ryôtarô Okiayu

Votes: 489

49. Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (1988)

TV-14 | 48 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Goku and Krillin are invited to participate in a martial arts tournament taking place in the country of Mifan, where a desperate emperor needs help.

Director: Kazuhisa Takenouchi | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Mami Koyama, Tôru Furuya, Hiromi Tsuru

Votes: 2,618

50. Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku (1990 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 48 min | Animation, Action, Drama

The tale of Bardock, the father of Goku, and his rebellion against his master the mighty Frieza.

Directors: Mitsuo Hashimoto, Daisuke Nishio | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Yûko Mita, Takeshi Watabe

Votes: 6,242 | Gross: $0.54M