List of Dragon Ball films
Animated

List of Dragon Ball films

Section Title: Animated
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No.	English title (Japanese title)	Director	Writer	Theatrical release	American release

1	Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (Dragon Ball; ドラゴンボール 神龍の伝説; Doragon Bōru Shenron no Densetsu)	Daisuke Nishio	Toshiki Inoue	December 20, 1986	Not shown in US theaters

A retelling of Dragon Ball's origins, this is a different version of the meeting of Goku, Bulma, Oolong, and Yamcha. They are all looking for the dragon balls for different reasons when they cross paths with an evil king named Gourmeth, who is also looking for the dragon balls.

2	Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (Doragon Bōru Majin-jō no nemuri hime; ドラゴンボール 魔神城のねむり姫)	Daisuke Nishio	Kenji Terui	July 18, 1987	Not shown in US theaters

Goku and Krillin are given an assignment by Master Roshi to retrieve the sleeping princess from Lucifer by which he accept them as his students.

3	Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (Doragon Bōru: Makafushigi Dai-Bōken; /ドラゴンボール 魔訶不思議大冒険)	Kazuhisa Takenouchi	Yoshifumi Yuki	July 9, 1988	Not shown in US theaters

Goku and Krillin attend the World Martial Arts Tournament For Fun, which is hosted by the Emperor Bora and his son Upa attempt to hide the dragon ball they found from the emperor's forces, which are under the control of the evil Shen and General Tao; and Bulma conducts her own search for the dragon balls with the help of Yamcha, Puar, and Oolong.

4	Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (Doragon Bōru Zetto; ドラゴンボールZ)	Daisuke Nishio	Takao Koyama	July 15, 1989	Not shown in US theaters

5	Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (Doragon Bōru Zetto: Kono Yo de Ichiban Tsuyoi Yatsu; ドラゴンボールZ この世で一番強いヤツ)	Daisuke Nishio	Takao Koyama	March 10, 1990	Not shown in US theaters

6	Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (Doragon Bōru Zetto: Chikyū Marugoto Chōkessen; ドラゴンボールZ 地球まるごと超決戦)	Daisuke Nishio	Takao Koyama	July 7, 1990	Not shown in US theaters

7	Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (Doragon Bōru Zetto Sūpā Saiyajin da Son Gokū; ドラゴンボールZ 超スーパーサイヤ人だ孫悟空)	Mitsuo Hashimoto	Takao Koyama	March 9, 1991	Not shown in US theaters

8	Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (Doragon Bōru Zetto: Tobikkiri no Saikyō tai Saikyō; ドラゴンボールZ とびっきりの最強対最強)	Mitsuo Hashimoto	Takao Koyama	July 20, 1991	Not shown in US theaters

9	Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (Doragon Bōru Zetto Gekitotsu!! Hyaku-Oku Pawā no Senshi-tachi; ドラゴンボールZ 激突!!100億パワーの戦士たち)	Daisuke Nishio	Takao Koyama	March 7, 1992	Not shown in US theaters

10	Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! (Doragon Bōru Zetto Kyokugen Batoru!! San Dai Sūpā Saiyajin; ドラゴンボールZ 極限バトル!!三大超サイヤ人)	Daisuke Nishio	Takao Koyama	July 11, 1992	Not shown in US theaters

11	Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan (Doragon Bōru Zetto Moetsukiro!! Nessen Ressen Chō-Gekisen; ドラゴンボールZ 燃えつきろ!!熱戦・烈戦・超激戦)	Shigeyasu Yamauchi	Takao Koyama	March 6, 1993	September 15, 2018

12	Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound (Doragon Bōru Zetto: Ginga Giri-Giri!! Butchigiri no Sugoi Yatsu; ドラゴンボールZ 銀河ギリギリ!!ぶっちぎりの凄い奴)	Yoshihiro Ueda	Takao Koyama	July 10, 1993	Not shown in US theaters

13	Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming (Doragon Bōru Zetto Kiken na Futari! Sūpā Senshi wa Nemurenai; ドラゴンボールZ 危険なふたり!超戦士はねむれない)	Shigeyasu Yamauchi	Takao Koyama	March 12, 1994	Not shown in US theaters

14	Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly (Doragon Bōru Zetto Sūpā Senshi Gekiha!! Katsu No wa Ore da; ドラゴンボールZ 超戦士撃破!!勝つのはオレだ)	Yoshihiro Ueda	Takao Koyama	July 9, 1994	Not shown in US theaters

15	Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (Dragon Ball Z Fukkatsu no Fusion!! Goku to Vegeta; ドラゴンボールZ 復活のフュージョン!!悟空とベジータ)	Shigeyasu Yamauchi	Takao Koyama	March 4, 1995	November 3, 2018

16	Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (Dragon Ball Z Ryū-Ken Bakuhatsu!! Gokū ga Yaraneba Dare ga Yaru; ドラゴンボールZ 龍拳爆発!!悟空がやらねば誰がやる)	Mitsuo Hashimoto	Takao Koyama	July 15, 1995	Not shown in US theaters

17	Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (Doragon Bōru Saikyō e no Michi; ドラゴンボール 最強への道)	Shigeyasu Yamauchi	Aya Matsui	March 2, 1996	Not shown in US theaters

18	Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (Doragon Bōru Zetto: Kami to Kami; ドラゴンボールZ 神と神)	Masahiro Hosoda	Akira Toriyama	March 30, 2013	August 5, 2014

19	Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (Doragon Bōru Zetto: Fukkatsu no 'Efu'; ドラゴンボールＺ 復活の「Ｆエフ)	Tadayoshi Yamamuro	Akira Toriyama	April 18, 2015	April 11, 2015

20	Dragon Ball Super: Broly (Doragon Bōru Sūpā: Burorī; ドラゴンボール超スーパー ブロリー)	Tatsuya Nagamine	Akira Toriyama	November 14, 2018	December 13, 2018

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Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods was the first Dragon Ball movie in 17 years to have a theatrical release, the last movie being in 1996, which followed the first three Dragon Ball films and the thirteen Dragon Ball Z films.
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods is the first Dragon Ball movie in 17 years to have a theatrical release, with the last movie released in 1996, which followed the first three Dragon Ball films and the thirteen Dragon Ball Z films.
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods is the first Dragon Ball movie in 17 years to have a theatrical release, the last being the movie in 1996, which followed the first three Dragon Ball films and the thirteen Dragon Ball Z films.

final_sentence: Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods was the first Dragon Ball movie in 17 years to have a theatrical release, the last movie being in 1996, which followed the first three Dragon Ball films and the thirteen Dragon Ball Z films.
final_sentence: Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods is the first Dragon Ball movie in 17 years to have a theatrical release, with the last movie released in 1996, which followed the first three Dragon Ball films and the thirteen Dragon Ball Z films.
final_sentence: Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods is the first Dragon Ball movie in 17 years to have a theatrical release, the last being the movie in 1996, which followed the first three Dragon Ball films and the thirteen Dragon Ball Z films.