Ranking All Of Director Mamoru Hosoda’s Movies
“What are Mamoru Hosoda’s Best Movies?” We looked at all of Hosoda’s directed filmography and ranked them against one another to answer that very question!
We took all of the movies directed by Mamoru Hosoda and looked at their Rotten Tomato Critic, Rotten Tomato User, Metacritic, Metacritic User, IMDB, and Letterboxd scores, ranking them against one another to see which movies came out on top. The movies are ranked in our list below based on which movies have the highest overall score between all 6 review sites in comparison with all of the other movies by the same director. The process is all very scientific with no flaws at all.
The full ranking chart is also included below the countdown on the bottom of the page.
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The Top Film’s Of Mamoru Hosoda
7 ) One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island (2005)
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 7
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 6
- Metacritc Critic Score: 6
- Metacritic User Score: 6
- IMDB User Review Score: 5
- Letterboxd User Score: 6
The Straw Hats visit a recreational island, run by Baron Omatsuri, the former captain of a pirate crew, who were all killed years ago. Being the only survivor, he then started hating all close-knit groups of pirates and wishing to separate them. He and his henchmen seed distrust among the Straw Hats and capture them one by one, leaving only Luffy to free his crew from the Baron’s hold.
6 ) Digimon: The Movie (2000)
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 6
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 7
- Metacritc Critic Score: 3
- Metacritic User Score: 5
- IMDB User Review Score: 7
- Letterboxd User Score: 7
The first story focused on Tai and Kari Kamiya four years before their adventure in the Digital World. It shows their first encounter with Digimon and what happened to them (as well as the other children). Tai and Kari wake one morning to find a Digi-Egg that came out of their computer the night before and the egg soon hatches, revealing a Botamon. The Digimon then evolves into Koromon and then Agumon (not the same one that became friends with Tai in the series, and yet, somehow, both Koromon and Kari remember each other), who then goes out and unintentionally destroys a good part of the neighborhood with Kari riding on his back. A second Digi-Egg appears in the sky to reveal an evil digimon, Parrotmon. Agumon then Digivolves to Greymon but isn’t strong enough to beat Parrotmon and is knocked out. Tai grabs Kari’s whistle and wakes up Greymon, who defeats Parrotmon and disappears with him.
5 ) Summer Wars (2009)
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 5
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 3
- Metacritc Critic Score: 5
- Metacritic User Score: 4
- IMDB User Review Score: 4
- Letterboxd User Score: 3
Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He’s good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time out hanging out in the all-powerful online community known as OZ. His second life is the only life he has – until the girl of his dreams, Natsuki, hijacks him for a starring role as a fake fiancé at her family reunion. Things only get stranger from there. A late-night email containing a cryptic mathematic riddle leads to the unleashing of a rogue AI intent on using the virtual world of OZ to destroy the real world. As Armageddon looms on the horizon, Kenji and his new “family” set aside their differences and band together to save the worlds they inhabit in this “near-perfect blend of social satire and science fiction.”
4 ) The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 4
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 2
- Metacritc Critic Score: 6
- Metacritic User Score: 6
- IMDB User Review Score: 2
- Letterboxd User Score: 2
When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, “leap” backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn’t as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.
3 ) Mirai (2018)
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 2
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 5
- Metacritc Critic Score: 1
- Metacritic User Score: 2
- IMDB User Review Score: 6
- Letterboxd User Score: 5
The movie follows a 4-year old boy who is struggling to cope with the arrival of a little sister in the family until things turn magical. A mysterious garden in the backyard of the boy’s home becomes a gateway allowing the child to travel back in time and encounter his mother as a little girl and his great-grandfather as a young man. These fantasy-filled adventures allow the child to change his perspective and help him become the big brother he was meant to be.
2 ) The Boy and the Beast (2015)
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 3
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 3
- Metacritc Critic Score: 4
- Metacritic User Score: 3
- IMDB User Review Score: 3
- Letterboxd User Score: 3
Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he’s looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.
1 ) Wolf Children (2012)
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 1
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 1
- Metacritc Critic Score: 2
- Metacritic User Score: 1
- IMDB User Review Score: 1
- Letterboxd User Score: 1
After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father’s traits prove to be a challenge for her.
Mamoru Hosoda’s Best Movies
Mamoru Hosoda Review Website Filmography Rankings
| Film | RT Critic | RT User | MC Critic | MC User | IMDB | Letterboxd | Overal Rank |
| Wolf Children (2012) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| The Boy and the Beast (2015) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Mirai (2018) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Summer Wars (2009) | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Digimon: The Movie (2000) | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island (2005) | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
