The Best Jouji Nakata Movies, Ranked
117 credits from 1985 to 2023, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020) comes out on top with a score of 90. The biggest box office hit is Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween (2022) with $72.7M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Jouji Nakata Movies
The 4 highest-rated films Jouji Nakata is credited on. Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020) leads with 90, followed by Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020) at 88. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 90 Violet Evergarden: The Movie 2020 · Animation -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 88 Violet Evergarden: The Movie 2020 · Animation -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 79 Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel III. Spring Song 2020 · Animation -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 43 Altered Carbon: Resleeved 2020 · Animation
Biggest Jouji Nakata Box Office Hits
Jouji Nakata's films have made $225M worldwide in total. Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween (2022) is the biggest hit at $72.7M, ahead of Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals (2011) ($22.3M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween 2022 · Animation $72.7M - 2
Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals 2011 · History $22.3M - 3
Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure 2007 · Adventure $22.1M - 4 Violet Evergarden: The Movie 2020 · Animation $20.3M
- 5 Violet Evergarden: The Movie 2020 · Animation $20.3M
- 6 Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel III. Spring Song 2020 · Animation $19.3M $200K dom.
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Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel I. Presage Flower 2017 · Romance $17.4M $194K dom. - 8
Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel II. Lost Butterfly 2019 · Fantasy $17.3M $421K dom. - 9
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva 2009 · Animation $6.14M - 10
Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger The Movie: Time Slip! Dinosaur Panic!! 2019 · Adventure $2.77M
The Best Jouji Nakata Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Jouji Nakata has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Animation leads with 48 films, and Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020) is the pick of them.
- Animation 48 films Violet Evergarden: The Movie 2020 · as Lord Bougainvillea (voice) Movie Echo Score: 90
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Drama 13 films Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation 2017 · as Diethard Ried - Fantasy 9 films Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel II. Lost Butterfly 2019 · as Kirei Kotomine (voice)
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Action 8 films Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger the Movie: Super Sentai’s Message from the Future 2017 · as Azald (voice) -
Sci-Fi 6 films Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man 2005 · as Kusunoki (voice) - Adventure 5 films Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure 2007 · as Mitsuji Matsumoto (voice)
- Romance 3 films Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel I. Presage Flower 2017 · as Kirei Kotomine (voice)
- History 2 films Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals 2011 · as Birth Driver (voice) / Birth Buster (voice) / Narrator (voice)
The Best Jouji Nakata Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Jouji Nakata's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
- 2020s 11 films Violet Evergarden: The Movie 2020 · as Lord Bougainvillea (voice) Movie Echo Score: 90
- 2010s 57 films Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals 2011 · as Birth Driver (voice) / Birth Buster (voice) / Narrator (voice)
- 2000s 32 films Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure 2007 · as Mitsuji Matsumoto (voice)
The Latest Jouji Nakata Movies
The most recent films Jouji Nakata is credited on, newest first — starting with The Aristocrat’s Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far (2023). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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The Aristocrat’s Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far 2023 · Dalmatia (voice) -
My Daemon 2023 · Genjiro Houjou (voice) - Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween 2022 · Bomber (voice)
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Vlad Love 2021 · Mitsugu's pops (voice) -
Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger 2021 · Bokkowausu (voice) -
Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger Spin-Off: Zenkai Red Great Introduction 2021 · Great King Boccowaus (voice) - Violet Evergarden: The Movie 2020 · Lord Bougainvillea (voice)
- Violet Evergarden: The Movie 2020 · Lord Bougainvillea (voice)
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Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Scribble Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes 2020 · Rakuga King (voice) - Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel III. Spring Song 2020 · Kirei Kotomine (voice)
- Altered Carbon: Resleeved 2020 · Ogai (voice)
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Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya: Prisma☆Phantasm 2019 · Kirei Kotomine (voice)
The Best Jouji Nakata Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Jouji Nakata films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Jouji Nakata movie?
Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020) is the best-rated Jouji Nakata film, with a Movie Echo Score of 90, ahead of Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020) (88) and Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel III. Spring Song (2020) (79). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Violet Evergarden: The Movie: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Jouji Nakata movie?
Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween (2022) made the most at the box office, with $72.7M worldwide, followed by Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals (2011) with $22.3M. Together, Jouji Nakata's films with box office figures have made $225M.
What is the best Jouji Nakata animation movie?
Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020) is the best-rated of Jouji Nakata's animation films, with a score of 90. In other genres: Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation (drama), Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel II. Lost Butterfly (fantasy) and Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger the Movie: Super Sentai’s Message from the Future (action).
What is the newest Jouji Nakata movie?
The newest film on Jouji Nakata's filmography is The Aristocrat’s Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far (2023), with Jouji Nakata as Dalmatia (voice).
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