Every Naruto Movie, Ranked by Its Best Battle Scene

While we already have an epic adventure and action saga in our hands with the Naruto and Naruto: Shippuden anime series, the movies are no less. While most of them are non-canon additions to the franchise, they reflect the same intensity Masashi Kishimoto used with his writing of the manga for the main series.

Without wasting any more time, here are some of the best anime battle scenes from the Naruto movies, each from one of them. Let’s take a deep dive and pick out the crème de la crème of battle from these movies. Here’s a quick summary table of the main series before we dive into the films:

TITLE	Naruto
CREATOR	Masashi Kishimoto
STUDIO	Studio Pierrot
IMDb RATING (as of July 16, 2026)	8.4/10
WHERE TO WATCH	Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu

11 Naruto & Temujin vs. Haido – Legend of the Stone of Gelel

This is the one most fans skip on rewatches, and the final fight explains why. Haido regenerates through most of the battle thanks to the Gelel Vine, no matter what Naruto throws at him, until Temujin finally steps up and lends Naruto a Gelel-infused Rasengan to break through.

The steampunk fortress and glowing energy effects look neat on paper, but the pacing undercuts the tension, and Haido’s death lands more abruptly than it should. Still a fun watch, just clearly the weakest link in the franchise’s movie lineup. It closes out the list because the abrupt pacing keeps this fight from ever building real momentum.

10 Naruto vs. Ishidate – Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom

A stone-turning gauntlet is a fun gimmick for a villain, and Ishidate uses it well, petrifying Naruto’s leg mid-fight in one of the more visceral moments the early movies allowed themselves. What saves the fight from being forgettable is the teamwork angle, since Naruto can barely stand and needs Michiru and Hikaru holding him up so he can land the moonlit Rasengan that finishes Ishidate off.

It’s a smaller-scale battle than most on this list, but the found-family energy holding it together gives it more heart than its reputation suggests. It ranks tenth because the scale is small, even though the teamwork moment gives it more soul than expected.

9 Naruto vs. Mōryō – Naruto Shippuden the Movie

This one carries actual dread going in, since the whole movie opens with a vision of Naruto dying to this exact demon. Mōryō absorbs Shion and corners Naruto with genuinely creepy body-horror visuals for a kids’ franchise, which gives the fight teeth other movie villains lack.

The finish leans on emotion as much as power, with Shion’s stolen chakra fusing into Naruto’s Rasengan to end things for good. It’s a little slow to get going, but the stakes feel real in a way some later, flashier entries don’t quite match. It sits at nine because the slow-burn setup costs it momentum that snappier fights on this list don’t lose.

8 Naruto vs. Doto – Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow

The very first Naruto movie set the template every other entry would follow, and its icy showdown between Naruto and the tyrant Doto still holds up. Getting smashed through frozen water and dragged toward drowning before the Nine-Tails flares inside him is peak early-Naruto drama, all set against a genuinely gorgeous snowbound backdrop.

The finishing blow, a shadow-clone trick followed by the so-called Seven-Colored Rasengan, isn’t canon, but it’s become iconic anyway. It’s simple compared to later entries, but there’s a scrappy charm here the sequels sometimes forget to bring. It ranks 8th for nostalgia and atmosphere, even though later movies clearly outdo it on a raw power scale.

7 Naruto vs. Satori – Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison

Watching nearly every notable side character pile onto one monster gives this fight a chaotic, almost tournament-arc energy. Satori, born from Mui’s tragically resurrected son Muku, shrugs off attack after attack until Naruto drops back into Sage Mode and starts reading its fear instead of its mind.

Killer B’s assist and Mui’s last-second sacrifice to weaken his own child add a gut-punch of tragedy most movie villains never get. The Rasenshuriken finish is satisfying, even if the sheer number of moving pieces makes the fight feel a little overstuffed. It lands 7th because the tragedy hits hard, but the crowded battlefield dilutes the focus a bit.

6 Naruto & Kakashi vs. Hiruko – The Will of Fire: Naruto the Movie

Hiruko absorbing every jutsu thrown at him, Raikiri included, makes this fight feel genuinely hopeless for a good stretch. Naruto and Kakashi keep swinging anyway, and the tension escalates nicely once it’s clear brute force alone won’t cut it.

The payoff comes when Naruto lands Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, a technique Hiruko simply can’t swallow, ending things in a single decisive blow. It’s a shorter fight than most on this list, but the slow build of an unbeatable opponent finally meeting his match gives it a satisfying punch. It sits at sixth because the payoff is great, but the fight itself wraps up faster than its buildup deserves.

5 Naruto & Minato vs. Anrokuzan – The Lost Tower: Naruto the Movie

There’s something quietly devastating about watching Naruto fight beside his father without either of them knowing who the other really is. Anrokuzan, a puppet-fused warlord, regenerates from the ruins of a city faster than either of them can keep up, until Minato Namikaze lends Naruto his chakra to build the Supreme Ultimate Rasengan.

The animation on that final strike is gorgeous, but it’s the quiet father-son bond simmering underneath that turns a decent monster fight into one of the more memorable movie climaxes in the whole series. It ranks fifth because the emotional gut-punch outweighs how straightforward the actual fight choreography is.

4 Naruto & Sasuke vs. Shinnō – Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds

Shinnō fusing with the Zero-Tails cocoon turns this into one of the weirder movie villains, and honestly, that’s part of the appeal. Naruto and Sasuke get dragged into an uneasy alliance again, chakra draining out of them the moment they attack, until Sasuke cracks the seal and Naruto lets the Nine-Tails flare.

Watching Lightning Blade and Tornado Rasengan land together feels like a throwback to their glory days as Team 7. It’s not the deepest story in the franchise, but the tag-team finish makes it worth the price of admission. It lands at four because any Naruto-and-Sasuke team-up earns bonus points, even in a middling movie.

3 Naruto vs. Menma – Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie

Fighting a twisted mirror of yourself hits different, and that’s exactly what makes this one stick. Naruto squares off against Menma, his own dark-timeline counterpart, before the real threat, Tobi wearing Menma’s face, shows up to steal the show.

Full-grown Kurama gets unleashed here in a way the main series barely allowed, and the Akatsuki showing up to help is a genuinely fun swerve. It’s messy in spots, sure, but there’s real heart behind it, since Naruto’s basically fighting for a version of happiness he never got to have. It ranks third for sheer emotional stakes, even if the plot mechanics behind the fight get a little tangled.

2 Naruto vs. Toneri – The Last: Naruto the Movie

On the surface of a cracked moon, Naruto goes toe-to-toe with an Otsutsuki who can split a celestial body in half. It’s easily the most visually ambitious fight the movies ever attempted, full of scale earlier entries couldn’t dream of.

What pushes it over the top isn’t the ninjutsu; it’s Naruto gripping the last scrap of Hinata’s scarf before landing the punch that ends it. Toneri never becomes a great villain, but the moon setting and romantic stakes give this battle a weight the franchise rarely reaches for. It sits at number two because the scale is massive, but a flatter villain keeps it just behind the top spot.

1 Naruto & Sasuke vs. Momoshiki – Boruto: Naruto the Movie

This is the one that made everyone go quiet and stare at the screen. Grown Naruto and Sasuke finally share a battlefield the way fans always dreamed, throwing Kurama‘s Avatar and full Susanoo at an Otsutsuki who doesn’t respect them at first. Momoshiki’s arrogance costs him, but not before he forces two Hokage-tier legends to sweat.

The animation is some of the smoothest Studio Pierrot ever put out, and watching Boruto see his dad’s real strength gives the fight an emotional undercurrent most franchise finales only wish they had. It tops the list because nothing else here has adult Naruto and Sasuke fighting side by side at full strength.

RANKINGS	ANIME MOVIE	IMDb RATINGS (as of July 16, 2026)
1	Boruto: Naruto the Movie	7.7/10
2	The Last: Naruto the Movie	7.6/10
3	Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie	7.6/10
4	Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds	6.8/10
5	The Lost Tower: Naruto the Movie	6.8/10
6	The Will of Fire: Naruto the Movie	7/10
7	Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison	7.1/10
8	Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow	6.6/10
9	Naruto Shippuden the Movie	6.7/10
10	Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom	6.3/10
11	Legend of the Stone of Gelel	6.3/10

What are your thoughts on our ranking of the best battle scenes from the Naruto movie-verse? Which one is your favourite? We’d love to hear your top picks and opinions in the comments below.