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| '''[[M01|Pokémon the First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'''

| November 10, 1999

| '''ミュウツーの逆襲'''<br>''Mewtwo's Counterattack''<br><small>''Mewtwo Strikes Back!''</small>

| July 18, 1998

| align="left" | [[Ash Ketchum]] and {{ashfr|friends}} are tricked into visiting [[New Island]], an island ruled by a mutant Pokémon, {{an|Mewtwo}}. There, they find out about Mewtwo's plans to clone their Pokémon and destroy the world, and a massive battle follows between the clones and the originals—including the "original" counterpart to Mewtwo: {{mov|Mew|Mew|1}}.

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| '''[[M02|Pokémon the Movie 2000 - The Power of One]]'''

| July 21, 2000

| '''幻のポケモン ルギア爆誕'''<br>''Mirage Pokémon: Lugia's Explosive Birth''<br><small>''Revelation-Lugia''</small>

| July 17, 1999

| align="left" | [[Ash Ketchum]] and {{ashfr|friends}} visit [[Shamouti Island]], the centerpoint of culture in the [[Orange Archipelago|Orange Islands]], just in time for their annual festival in honor of the Chosen One spoken of in legends who would save the world when {{mov|Lugia|Lugia|2}}'s song was not enough to quell the fighting {{mov|legendary birds|legendary birds|2}}. But when the meddling of a self-named "[[Lawrence III|Pokémon Collector]]" causes the legendary birds to begin fighting, will the Chosen One appear in time to help Lugia?

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| '''[[M03|Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown]]'''

| April 6, 2001

| '''結晶塔の帝王 ＥＮＴＥＩ'''<br>''Emperor of the Crystal Tower: Entei''<br><small>''Lord of the "Unknown" Tower''</small>

| July 8, 2000

| align="left" | When [[Spencer Hale]], a researcher exploring the mystery of the {{mov|Unown|Unown|3}}, disappears on an expedition, his daughter [[Molly Hale|Molly]] is left alone in their mansion in [[Greenfield]]. Using tiles of the Unown sent to her by her father, she brings Unown into the [[Pokémon world]], where their power can make real her dreams. When she wishes for her parents to return, however, she wishes her father as an {{mov|Entei|Entei|3}}, and then for him to bring her a mother. When Ash's [[Delia Ketchum|own mother]] is kidnapped by Entei to serve as Molly's, Ash and his friends must journey into the mansion that has been warped by the Unown's power and Molly's wishes... but can they get to Molly in time to stop the Unown's power from warping the whole [[Johto]] region... or even the world?

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| '''[[M04|Pokémon 4Ever - Celebi: Voice of the Forest]]'''

| October 11, 2002

| '''セレビィ時を超えた遭遇'''<br>''Celebi: Encounter Beyond Time''<br><small>''Celebi: a Timeless Encounter''</small>

| July 7, 2001

| align="left" | Forty years in the past, a [[Sam|young Trainer]] finds a {{mov|Celebi|Celebi|4}} on the run from a Pokémon poacher. Trying to calm it, the boy is accidentally transported to the present day by Celebi, and thought by all in the past to have vanished. He meets {{Ash}} and {{ashfr|friends}}, but before they can get Celebi to take him back to the past, it is captured by a far more dangerous man, [[Team Rocket]] operative [[Iron-Masked Marauder]], whose [[Dark Ball]]s brainwash Celebi into following his every command.

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| '''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes]]'''

| May 16, 2003

| '''水の都の護神 ラティアスとラティオス'''<br>''Guardian Gods of the City of Water: Latias and Latios''<br><small>''The Guardians of Altomare''</small>

| July 13, 2002

| style="{{roundybr|5px}}" align="left" | In [[Alto Mare]], a legend is told of its guardians, {{OBP|Latios|movie 5}} and {{OBP|Latias|movie 5}}, who have protected the city for a long time. The [[Soul Dew]], their essence, is kept in Alto Mare to keep the city safe. But when [[Team Rocket]] agents {{mov|Annie}} and [[Oakley]] arrive to attempt to steal the Soul Dew, Ash and his friends must recover it to keep Alto Mare safe at all costs.

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| '''[[M06|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'''

| June 1, 2004 (DVD)

| '''七夜の願い星 ジラーチ'''<br>''Wishing Star of the Seven Nights: Jirachi''<br><small>''Wishing Star of the Seven Nights''</small>

| July 19, 2003

| align="left" | A mysterious comet that passes by every millennium awakens {{OBP|Jirachi|movie 6}}, a legendary Pokémon. Using its power, a magician, [[Butler]], who was formerly a member of [[Team Magma]], attempts to create a {{p|Groudon}} to further the group's goals. Can {{Ash}} and {{ashfr|his friends}} protect Jirachi during the week that it is awake?

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| '''[[M07|Destiny Deoxys]]'''

| January 22, 2005 (Kids' WB!)

| '''裂空の訪問者 デオキシス'''<br>''Sky-Splitting Visitor: Deoxys''<br><small>''Deoxys the Visitor''</small>

| July 17, 2004

| align="left" | When a meteor crashes into Earth, a battle begins between {{OBP|Rayquaza|movie 7}} and the {{OBP|Deoxys|movie 7}} contained inside. With Rayquaza the victor, researchers pick up a portion of the meteor with the intention of studying it. When the Deoxys has finally recovered four years later, it attacks the city where the researchers call home, just in time for Ash and friends to visit. But why is it attacking? What connection does the meteor have with it?

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| '''[[M08|Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]'''

| September 19, 2006 (Kids' WB!)

| '''ミュウと波導の勇者 ルカリオ'''<br>''Mew and the Wave-Guiding Hero: Lucario''<br><small>''Mew and the Wave Hero''</small>

| July 16, 2005

| align="left" | [[Ash's Pikachu]] is taken to the [[Tree of World's Beginning]] by a wild {{OBP|Mew|movie 8}}. To get Pikachu back, Ash must now team up with a legendary {{OBP|Lucario|movie 8}} from many years past, but with Lucario still bitter about the hero who sealed him away, Ash and friends must discover the hero's true intentions.

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| '''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]'''

| March 23, 2007 (Cartoon Network)

| '''ポケモンレンジャーと蒼海の王子 マナフィ'''<br>''Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea: Manaphy''<br><small>''The Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea''</small>

| July 15, 2006

| style="{{roundybr|5px}}" align="left" | When the egg of a legendary Pokémon, {{mov|Manaphy|Manaphy|9}}, with ties to [[People of the Water|an ancient water-based civilization]], falls into the hands of [[The Phantom|a pirate]], a {{OBP|Pokémon Ranger|Ranger series}} entrusts the egg to {{Ash}} and {{ashfr|his friends}}—specifically {{an|May}}. May must keep the egg safe until it hatches, and afterward, make sure Manaphy does not fall into the hands of the Phantom, lest [[Samiya]] be lost to the seafloor and Manaphy lose its home.

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| '''[[M10|The Rise of Darkrai]]'''

| February 24, 2008 (Cartoon Network)

| '''ディアルガVSパルキアVSダークライ'''<br>''Dialga vs. Palkia vs. Darkrai''

| July 14, 2007

| align="left" | In [[Alamos Town]], a large shrine to {{an|Dialga}} and {{an|Palkia}}, the [[Space-Time Tower]], sits. But when Dialga and Palkia begin to battle in their dimension, the fight spills over into the Pokémon world, trapping Alamos Town away from the rest of the world. A {{mov|Darkrai|Darkrai|10}} that lives in town tries to help, but is ultimately blamed by the town as the cause of the problem. Can Ash and his friends save Alamos Town before it is destroyed, and prove Darkrai's intentions?

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| '''[[M11|Giratina and the Sky Warrior]]'''

| February 13, 2009 (Cartoon Network)

| '''ギラティナと氷空の花束 シェイミ'''<br>''Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin''

| July 19, 2008

| align="left" | When dark, poisonous clouds begin to appear in the [[Reverse World]], home to {{an|Giratina}}, it takes matters into its own hands and pursues the cause of the clouds: {{an|Dialga}} and {{an|Palkia}}. Finding Dialga, it lures it for revenge, and assumes {{mov|Shaymin|Shaymin|11}} to also be responsible. But this is not the only trouble: a researcher who wishes to make Giratina's power his own is also in pursuit of the Renegade Pokémon. With the balance of the Pokémon world and Reverse World altering due to Dialga and Giratina's own fight, Ash and friends must stop the fighting and get Shaymin to {{si|Gracidea}} to participate in the flower bearing ceremony.

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| '''[[M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]'''

| November 20, 2009 (Cartoon Network)

| '''アルセウス 超克の時空へ'''<br>''Arceus: To a Conquering Spacetime''

| July 18, 2009

| align="left" | Ash and friends have traveled to [[Michina Town]], an ancient area surrounded by many legends—and unsurprisingly, many [[legendary Pokémon]] as well. {{an|Arceus}}, however, is angry, as in the past it was betrayed by the people of Michina Town, and begins to destroy the area. {{an|Dialga}}, {{an|Palkia}}, and {{an|Giratina}} arrive to protect Ash and friends from the legendary Pokémon, but how can Ash stop the most powerful Pokémon of them all, especially in its rage?

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| '''[[M13|Zoroark: Master of Illusions]]'''

| February 5, 2011 (Cartoon Network)

| '''幻影の覇者ゾロアーク'''<br>''Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark''

| July 10, 2010

| style="{{roundybr|5px}}" align="left" | Ash and friends arrive in [[Crown City]], where the "Pokémon Baccer World Cup" will be held. However, the city is being destroyed by {{p|Raikou}}, {{p|Entei}} and {{p|Suicune}}, who are all forms of a new and mysterious Pokémon, {{p|Zoroark}}. Zoroark's child, {{p|Zorua}}, asks Ash and his friends for help in saving its mother from the villain who has enslaved it. This draws them into a race against businessman [[Grings Kodai]], who has come to the city in pursuit of {{p|Celebi}}'s "Time Ripple" for his own sinister ends, to save Crown City before Kodai's actions lead to its destruction.

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| '''[[M14|White—Victini and Zekrom]]'''

| December 3, 2011

| '''ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム'''<br>''Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom''

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| rowspan="2" | Ash, Iris and Cilan arrive in [[Eindoak Town]], a village where the descendants of a race known as the People of the Vale live, to participate in a battle tournament. They meet the Victory Pokémon, {{p|Victini}}, and learn of its deep connection to the history of the People of the Vale and their land. However, when [[Damon]], a man aiming to use the castle known as the Sword of the Vale to restore his people's kingdom to its former glory, captures Victini to move his plan forward, he sets in motion a chain of events that threaten to destroy not only Eindoak Town but the entire world.

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| '''[[M14|Black—Victini and Reshiram]]'''

| December 10, 2011

| '''ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム'''<br>''Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram''

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| [[File:M15 teaser poster.png|100px|Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsmen]]

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| '''キュレムVS聖剣士'''<br>''Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsmen''

| July 14, 2012

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