List of Pokémon films

During each season of the main series, a starring the main characters from the TV series has been released. , there have been 16 movies and one feature length TV broadcast (released outside Japan as a direct-to-video movie titled "Mewtwo Returns"). The plot of every movie has involved an encounter with a Legendary Pokémon, although some may not conform to a strict definition of the word. The movies are also used to promote new Pokémon that appear in new versions of the game and series.
==Movies==
Movie #	Japanese title	Released 	English title 	Released 	Featured Pokémon
1 	 	July 18, 1998	Mewtwo Strikes Back'' 	November 12, 1999 	Mewtwo, Mew
2 	 	July 17, 1999	The Power of One 	July 21, 2000 	Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Lugia
3 	 	July 8, 2000 	Spell of the Unown 	April 6, 2001 	Entei, Unown
4 	 	July 7, 2001 	Celebi: Voice of the Forest 	October 11, 2002 	Suicune, Celebi
5 	 	July 13, 2002	Pokémon Heroes: Latios and Latias 	May 16, 2003 	Latias, Latios
6 	 	July 19, 2003	Jirachi Wish Maker 	June 1, 2004 	Groudon, Jirachi
7 	 	July 17, 2004	Destiny Deoxys 	January 22, 2005 	Rayquaza, Deoxys
8 	 	July 16, 2005	Lucario and the Mystery of Mew 	September 19, 2006	Mew, Regirock, Regice, Registeel, Lucario
9 	 	July 15, 2006	Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea	March 23, 2007 	Kyogre, Manaphy
10 	 	July 14, 2007	The Rise of Darkrai 	February 24, 2008 	Dialga, Palkia, Darkrai
11 	 	July 19, 2008	Giratina and the Sky Warrior 	February 13, 2009 	Regigigas, Giratina, Shaymin, Dialga
12 	 	July 18, 2009	Arceus and the Jewel of Life 	November 20, 2009 	Heatran, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Arceus
13 	 	July 10, 2010	Zoroark: Master of Illusions 	February 5, 2011 	Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Celebi, Zorua, Zoroark
14 	 	July 16, 2011	White: Victini and Zekrom 	December 3, 2011 	Victini, Zekrom, Reshiram
14 	 	July 16, 2011	Black: Victini and Reshiram 	December 10, 2011 	Victini, Reshiram, Zekrom
15 	 	July 14, 2012	Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice 	December 8, 2012 	Kyurem, Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion, Keldeo
16 	 	July 13, 2013	Genesect and the Legend Awakened 	October 19, 2013 	Mewtwo, Genesect
17 	 	July 19, 2014	Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction 	November 8, 2014 	
18 	 	July 18, 2015	Hoopa and the Clash of Ages 	December 19, 2015 	
19 	 	July 16, 2016	Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel 	December 5, 2016 	
==Television specials movies==
These special episodes, which run longer than the normal half hour and are not usually separated into more than one episode in either the original or the dub, are often considered TV Pokémon movies, not counting towards the running total. They never appear in theaters, but are instead broadcast on the same networks that the regular anime is broadcast for their premieres. Though they may air around the same time as other episodes of the anime, usually in the anime's normal timeslot, they are not assigned episode numbers.
Special Movie #	Japanese title	Released 	English title 	Released 	Featured Pokémon
1 	 	December 30, 2000 	Mewtwo Returns 	December 4, 2001 	Mewtwo
2 	 	December 30, 2001 	The Legend of Thunder 	June 3/10, 2006 	Raikou
3 	 	October 13, 2006 	The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon	April 29, 2006 	see below
4 	 	February 28/March 7, 2010	Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs 	November 10, 2010	see below
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