The following list is the list Top 15 Good Anime Movies to Watch On Netflix (2021). This includes the Good Anime Movies On Netflix according to their popularity and rating.

Top 15 Good Anime Movies to watch On Netflix (2021)

As anime movies also creating an empire in the entertainment world, Netflix is also providing many anime movies. 

This list provides you the Top 15 Good Anime Movies to Watch On Netflix (2021), From which most of the movies are from 200 to 2020.

Most of the movies on the list are of the famous director Hayao Miyazaki whose most famous movies are spirited away Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle.

1. A Silent Voice

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Genres: Animation | Family | Romance

Director: Naoko Yamada

Release date: 17 September 2016 (Japan)


The 1st anime movie on the list which makes their position in the top 5 in any titles is " A silent voice " of 2016 is the best romance, family, and the 1st good anime movie on Netflix of all time.

In this anime movie, a deaf girl is bullied by a boy in school after that she moves away. Then classmates ostracize the boy and after some time he goes into a deep depression.

In this movie Shoya Ishida, a high school student intends to kill himself but at the last minute, he recalls the days of his elementary school and the events that held on those days. One day he remembered that a new student in his class Shoko Nishimiya informs all the students that she is deaf. 

She tries to integrate with class but ends up being an easy target for Shoya and his friends to bully. When the words of bullying to the principal then the teacher culprit the shoya only. 

soon everyone is looking towards the shoya. shoya blames Shoko and both of them get into the physical interaction. Then Shoko subsequently transferred to another school. Shoya found a book of Shoko which is left behind and kept it with him.



2. Spirited Away

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Genres: Animation | Adventure | Family | fantasy

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Release date: 28 March 2003 (USA)


The anime movie that acquires the 2nd position on the list is Spirited Away. The anime movie "Spirited Away" of 2003 is not only one of the 2nd good anime movie on Netflix of all time but one of the good anime movies on Netflix of all time.

This movie the highest-grossing anime movie on Netflix as well as in the world. This movie is super fantastic, family, and adventurous. 

In this movie, a girl with her parents reaches an unknown village of gods, spirits, and witches by mistake where her parents transform into pigs and there is a story that how came out of the village with her parents.

In this movie, a 10-year-old girl named Chihiro and her parents is moving to their new home to a little Japanese town within the countryside. 

While going to their him her father tries to take a shortcut which leads to the wrong way and this wrong way ends up to the front of the tunnel. As they stop and start to explore the tunnel and they found a town.



3. Flavors Of Youth

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Genres: Romance/Drama

Director: Li Haoling, Yoshitaka Takeuchi

Release date: 4 August 2018 (USA) 


Only some anime movies are like "Flavor of Youth" of 2018 as it acquires 3rd position on the list. It is one of the best family, romance, and 3rd good anime movie on Netflix of the time. 

In this anime movie, there are three different stories of youth in three different cities.

The anime movie is divided into three-story the first Hidamari no Choshoku (The Rice Noodles), the second Chiisana Fashion Show (A Little Fashion Show), and the third Shanghai Koi (Love in Shanghai).

The anime movie is a super fantastic and romantic anime movie. The moral of all these three-stories is the friendship between the friends and kind of love between each other.



4. From Up On Poppy Hills

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Genres: Family/Romance

Director: Gorō Miyazaki

Release Date: July 16, 2011 (Japan)


The 4th best family anime movie on this list is "From Up on Poppy Hill" which is 2011 one of the best romantic, and 4th good anime movie on Netflix of the time.

In this movie, a sixteen-year-old high school student Umi Matsuzaki living in the boarding house Coquelicot Manor. Her mother Ryoko is a medical professor studying in the United States. 

Umi is very responsible, she takes care of the house and runs the house along with this they take care of her younger sibling and grandmother. 

Every morning she raises the set of signal flags in which prays that pray for the safe journey. One day in a school newspaper a poem flag is published raises.



5. Howl's Moving Castle

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Genres: Animation | Adventure | Fantasy

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Release date: 17 June 2005 (USA)


The 5th anime movie "Howl’s Moving Castle" of 2005 is one of the best fantasy, adventure, and the best family anime movie.  This anime film is the 5th good anime movie on Netflix of the time.

 In this anime movie, there is a young woman who is cursed with the black magic of a bad witch in which she transforms into the lid lady. And she has a chance to break this spell with the help of a young man and his moving castle.

In this movie, Sophie a young milliner meets a Wizard name howl while going to her sister's home lettie. While returning home a witch of the waste, transforms her into an old-90-years woman. 

After this incident, she left the town and move towards the countryside. she meets a living scarecrow who leads her to the howls moving castle and she entered the house without an invitation.



6. 5 Centimeters per seconds

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Genres: Animation | Family | Romance

Director: Makoto Shinkai

Release date: 3 March 2007 (Japan)


The 6th anime movie is "5 centimeters per second" of 2007 is the best family, romance, and 6th good anime movie on Netflix of the time.

 In this anime movie, there is three interconnected segments of the life of a young boy, Takaki as in cruel winter, cold technology, and adult obligation.

The movie consists of three life parts of Takaki Tōno and the Akari Shinohara of cruel winter, cold technology, and adult obligation. Akari Shinohara transfers to his elementary school in Tokyo and is a friend with Takaki Tōno. 

They get very closed to each other because of the same interests and attitude because of the seasonal problem they had. They become best friends and they form a close bond with each other as they talk with each other by using their names without any kind of honorifics as this is the sign of the deep friendship between them.



7. Whisper Of Hearts

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Genres: Family/Romance 

Director: Yoshifumi Kondo

Release Date: 13 December 1996 (USA)


Whisper of the Heart of 1996 which acquires the 7th position on the list is the best anime film. And one of the best romance, and 7th good anime movie on Netflix of all time. 

In this movie, there is a love story between a girl who loves reading books, and for that, she went to the library but all books that she chooses are checked out by the boy.

The story is about a 14-year-old girl named Shizuku Tsukishima studying in Junior high school and she is interested in creative writing and she also loves to read books. 

She is living in Tokyo with her parents and older sister. One evening she went to the library to take the books but all the books that she chooses are checkout by a boy.



8. Children Who Chaise Lost Voice

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Genres: Fantasy/Adventure

Director: Makoto Shinkai

Release Date: 7 May 2011 (Japan)


Children Who Chaise Lost Voice of 2011 which acquires the 8th position on the list is the best anime film. And one of the best fantasy, adventure, and 8th good anime movie on Netflix of all time. 

In this anime movie, there is a story of a girl, Asuna Watase who goes into the mysterious hidden world through the mysterious music which is coming from the crystal radio which is given by her father as a memento.

This anime movie starts with Asuna Watase a young elementary girl who has to live alone because her father has died and her mother is a nurse and works a long shift in the hospital.

And all the day she spends her time listening to the music which is coming from the crystal radio which is given by her father as a memento.



9. Wind Rises

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Genres: Romance | Animation | war

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Release Date: 21 February 2014 (USA)


The anime movie which acquires the 9th position is "The wind rises " of 2014 is one of the best family, romance, animation, war, and the 9th good anime movie on Netflix of all time.

In this movie, there is a young boy Jiro Horikoshi who design a fighter plane during the time of world war 2 and there is a small look at Jiro Horikoshi's life.

In this movie, a young boy Jiro Horikoshi wants to become a pilot but because of his nearsightedness and eye problem, he is not able to become a pilot. One day he read the book of great aircraft designer and dreams about him at night. 

In the dream, he dreams that the aircraft designer tells Jiro that In his whole life he never flies a plane but designing and building the aircraft is better than fly the aircraft. Then he decided to study aeronautical engineering and decided to study at Tokyo Imperial University. 

While traveling to the city He meets a girl Naoko Satami traveling with her maid and suddenly an earthquake occurs.



10. Kiki's Delivery Service

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Genres: Animation | Adventure | Fantasy

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Release date: 20 December 1990 (USA)


The 10th anime movie is "Kiki’s Delivery Service" of 1990 is the best family anime movie of all time.  This movie is the best fantasy, adventure, and the  10th good anime movie on Netflix of all time. 

In this anime movie, a young witch at the mandatory year of her independent life she travels to a new town. And in this town, she thinks to start the air courier. 

In this anime movie, a young witch named Kiki is 13 years old with a black cat "Jiji" with whom she talks. Later she starts her new courier service while working in the bakery. 



11. In the corner of Worlds

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Genres: War | Drama | Animation

Director: Sunao Katabuchi

Release Date: 12 November 2016 (Japan) 


The 11th anime movie is "In the corner of the world" of 2016 is one of the best family, animation, war, and 11th good anime movie on Netflix of all time.

In this movie, during the time of world war 2, an eighteen-year-old girl is getting married and she had to maintain the food for her family as there are low supplies of amenities due to war and she also has to maintain the will to live.

In this movie, in the seaside town Eba near Hiroshima city, where a young woman named Suzu lives there and she is innocent she loves drawing.

 The 18-year-old  Suzu is cultivating the Nori an edible seaweed just for a small family business doing with her grandmother because told by her parents because a young man comes with the marriage proposal for her.



12. Castle In The Sky

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Genres: Animation | Fantasy | Adventure

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Release date: 19 July 1991 (USA) 


And the 12th anime movie on this list is "Castle in the Sky" of 1991 is the best anime movie on Netflix. And one of the best fantasy, adventure, and 12th good anime movie on Netflix of all time.

In this movie, there is a legendary flying castle and there are a young boy and young girls finding this castle and there are also pirates and agents who are also finding the same.

This anime movie starts where a young orphan girl Sheeta is kidnapped by a government agent in flying aircraft because they want to reach that legendary flying castle. And suddenly an airship with pirates attacked the aircraft of a government agent.

The pirates attacked them just to take the crystal pendant from Sheeta, where the crystal is helpful to find the flying castle. While this attack Sheeta safely falls on a mining town where a young boy Pazu takes her to his home to recover. 



13. Nausicaa Of The Valley Of Wind

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Genres: Animation | Fantasy | Adventure

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Release Date: 25 November 1987 (USA)


The 13th best anime movie on this list is "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" which is 1987 one of the best fantasy, adventure, and 13th good anime movie on Netflix of all time.

In this movie, Nausicaa the princess of the valley of wind trying to stop the war between two nations to maintain peace.

This movie starts from one thousand years ago, where there is a fire that lasts for seven days because of the war between two nations which destroy the civilization, and this fire causes the creation of a huge toxic jungle and this forest consist group of many mutant insects.  

The princess of the valley of the garden starts to explore the whole jungle after this crisis and she communicates with the creatures of the jungle. And later she understands the jungle and starts to find ways to send back all the humans.



14. Ponyo 

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Genres: Animation/Fantasy

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Release date: 14 August 2009 (USA)


And on the number 14th position is "Ponyo" of 2009 is one of the best anime movies to watch with family. This anime film is fantasy and the 14th good anime movie on Netflix of all time.

In this anime movie, a five-year-old boy makes friends with Ponyo, Ponyo is a goldfish princess who falls in love with him makes her become human for a long time.

In this movie, there is a human wizard/scientist Fujimoto lives underwater along with his daughter (Ponyo) and sisters, While they are on a trip with his four-flippered submarine. One fateful day,  gorgeous goldfish (Ponyo) trapped in a bottle on the beach. But she is not any ordinary goldfish. 

The son of a sailor, 5-year-old Sosuke lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff together with his mother Lisa. He finds the Ponyo and rescued her.



15. My Neighbor Totoro

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Genres: Animation | Family | Fantasy

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Release date: 13 July 1990 (USA)


The 15th anime movie on the list of creative thinking is "My Neighbor Totoro" of 1990 is recommended as the 15th good anime movie on Netflix of all time. And this movie is a super fantasy, and the best anime movie on Netflix. 

In this anime movie, there are two girls who are shifted to their new home nearer to their mother who is hospitalized, and they make a wondrous adventure with the forest spirit named Totoro.

In the movie a University professor Tatsuo Kusakabe along with her two young daughter 10-year-old, Satsuki and her 4-year-old sister Mei is moved to another house which is closer to the hospital where the girl's mother is treating with long term illness.

Satsuki and Mei discover that the nearby forest is inhabited by magical creatures called Totoros. They soon befriend these Totoros and have several magical adventures.




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