The Ultimate Ranking of 25 Pokémon Movies Plus Detective Pikachu

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One of the reasons for the immense success of the Pokémon brand is the flexible nature that allows it to transcend beyond just roleplaying games.

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Though the Pokémon anime started as a TV show, it eventually expanded to include animated films and even a live-action movie.

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There are a whopping 25 movies in the Pokémon anime series--26 if you include the almost identical Black & White films as separate entities

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While all of the films include tons of cute or menacing little Pokémon, not all have the animation or production quality, characters, action, and story to be the best

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25. Pokémon Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution Fans would have welcomed the disturbing remake of the original movie more than 20 years later if it didn’t have such stiff and horrid 3D animation

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24. Black: Victini and Reshiram/White: Victini and Zekrom The idea of two movies to choose your own adventure, is exciting. However, the films themselves are a snooze fest with mediocre action

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23. Hoopa and the Clash of Ages Hoopa attempts to be the Avengers of Pokémon but without any heart or real foundation for the movie.

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