The dragon ball series is set in a multiverse that contains 12 universes, each universe having its own rulers and inhabitants. The rulers are either Supreme Kais or Gods of destructions based on the good or evil natures. Universe 7 is the universe where all the actions of the Dragon ball series take place. It contains many planets, including a fictionalized Earth, Planet Vegeta (home of Saiyans), planet Namek, etc. Angels, Demons, Androids, Tuffles, Saiyans, and Namekians are some species inhabiting Universe 7 apart from humans. Dragon ball’s story spins around the protagonist, Son Goku, and his friends and their journey searching for dragon balls. There are 7 dragon balls in total. All the dragon balls are used together to summon a wish-granting dragon named Shenron.
10 Best Dragon Ball z Movies
- Bardock-The Father of Goku (IMDb Rating: 7.9)
- The History of Trunks (IMDb Rating: 7.9)
- Fusion Reborn (IMDb Rating: 7.7)
- Broly-the Legendary Super Saiyan (IMDb Rating: 7.5)
- Resurrection F (IMDb Rating: 7.3)
- Cooler’s Revenge (IMDb Rating: 7.2)
- Bojack Unbound (IMDb Rating: 7.2)
- Return of Cooler (IMDb Rating: 7.1)
- Dead Zone (IMDb Rating: 7.0)
- The Tree of Might (IMDb Rating: 7.0)
1. Dragon ball z: Dead Zone
- Director: Daisuke Nishio.
- Writers: Akira Toriyama & Takao Koyama.
- Stars: Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Hiromi Tsuru.
- IMDb Rating: 7.0
- Platform: US – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Canada – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Australia / New Zealand – Anime Lab (Sub and Dub)
Dragon ball z: Dead Zone is the title of one of the first films under the Dragon Ball Z franchise. Dragon ball z: Dead Zone offers an action-packed battle between Goku and Garlic Jr. The Dragon ball z movie begins with a brief recap about Goku and Piccolo’s face-off, Goku being married to Chi-Chi and both having a son named Gohan. Garlic Jr’s henchmen kidnap Gohan to get possession of the four-star dragon ball attached to Gohan’s hat. And then Garlic Jr makes Gohan his pupil. Garlic Jr wishes for immortality, so after getting one dragon ball, he gathers the rest of the six dragon balls and summons Shernon. Goku goes to find Gohan. Goku engages in an action-packed battle with Garlic Jr. Garlic Jr, enraged by his defeat, opens up a portal into a void, dark zone known as “Dead zone.”
2. Dragon ball z: The World’s Strongest
- Director: Daisuke Nishio.
- Writers: Akira Toriyama & Takao Koyama.
- Stars: Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka.
- IMDb Rating: 6.8
- Platform: US – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Canada – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Australia / New Zealand – Anime Lab (Sub and Dub)
The Dragon ball z: The World’s Strongest is the second film of Dragon Ball Z’s Japanese movies series. This Dragon ball z: The World’s Strongest film is about Dr. Wheelo’s s quest to become the world’s strongest being. So, he wants to acquire the body of the strongest man for his revival. Dr. Kochin helped Dr. Wheelo in fulfilling his desire to become the strongest person. The Dragon ball z movie begins with Oolong and Gohan investigating the accumulation of dragon balls. Dr. Kochin collected all the dragon balls to call Shernon. Dr. Kochin asks Shernon to release Dr. Wheelo’s lab, which was trapped in the ice.
3. Dragon ball z: The Tree of Might
- Director: Daisuke Nishio
- Writers: Akira Toriyama & Takao Koyama
- Stars: Masako Nozawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Tôru Furuya
- IMDb Rating: 7.0
- Platform: US – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Canada – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Australia / New Zealand – Anime Lab (Sub and Dub)
The Dragon ball z: The Tree of Might is the third movie of the DBZ movies franchise. The Dragon ball z: The Tree of Might film is about the “Tree of Might,” a strange and mighty tree possessing supernatural abilities. The Tree of Might sucks up the planet’s energy, in which it is planted, and stores all the energy in its fruit. The fruit provides invincible powers to the person who consumes it. The Dragon ball z movie begins with a camping scenario, where Gohan, Krillin, Bulma, and Oolong are camping peacefully. A devastating forest fire disrupts the peaceful camp. The group restored the forest with the help of dragon balls.
4. Dragon ball z: Bardock-The Father of Goku
- Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto, Daisuke Nishio.
- Writers: Akira Toriyama & Takao Koyama.
- Stars: Masako Nozawa, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Yûko Mita.
- IMDb Rating: 7.9
- Platform: US – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Canada – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Australia / New Zealand – Anime Lab (Sub and Dub)
The Dragon ball z: Bardock-The Father of Goku is the title of the fourth movie of the Dragon ball z Japanese movies series. The Dragon ball z: Bardock-The Father of Goku is a special movie that tells about Goku’s history. The 4th Dragon ball z film tells the story of the Father of Goku, Bardock. Goku is Bardock’s youngest son. Goku’s original birth name is Kakarot. This Dragon ball z movie introduces Bardock as a soldier in Frieza’s army. Bardock and Goku’s original home planet is planet Vegeta, the home of all the Saiyans.
Initially, Kakarot was selected to go to the Earth and destroy it. Bardock and other inhabitants of Vegeta were loyal to Frieza. Frieza, a Namekian, on the other hand, was insecure about the immense powers of the Saiyans and planned to destroy all the Saiyans along with their planet, Planet Vegeta. And then Frieza tries to kill Bardock and his team. Bardock survives, but his best friend, Tora, is killed in the ambush.
5. Dragon ball z: Lord Slug
- Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto.
- Writers: Akira Toriyama & Takao Koyama.
- Stars: Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka.
- IMDb Rating: 6.7
- Platform: US – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Canada – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Australia / New Zealand – Anime Lab (Sub and Dub)
The Dragon ball z: Lord Slug film is the fifth movie of the Dragon ball z movies series. The fifth Dragon ball z film tells about Lord Slug, the last Super Namek, who wants to rule on the Earth. The Dragon ball z movie begins with Piccolo discovering his hypersensitive listening ability, which imparts immense pain. Lord Slug, along with his army, attacks the planet. Gohan and Chi-Chi fight with Lord Slug but get defeated. Lord Slug takes Gohan’s hat along with the 4-star dragon ball. And also, Lord Slug collects all the dragon balls and asks Shernon to grant his wish of attaining eternal youth. Lord Slug turns the Earth into a gloomy place after attaining eternal youth, making it uninhabitable for humans.
6. Dragon ball z: Cooler’s Revenge
- Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto.
- Writers: Akira Toriyama & Takao Koyama.
- Stars: Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka.
- IMDb Rating: 7.2
- Platform: US – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Canada – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Australia / New Zealand – Anime Lab (Sub and Dub)
The Dragon ball z: Cooler s Revenge is the title of the sixth film of the Dragon ball z movies series. The sixth Dragon ball z story tells about Cooler, elder brother of Frieza. Cooler appears for the first time in this film. The Dragon ball z: Cooler s Revenge movie begins with a flashback of baby Gohan sent to the Earth in his space pod. Cooler allows the space pod to leave, thinking it as harmless. But after 20 years, when Goku defeats Frieza on planet Namek, Cooler is outraged by the insult. Cooler decides to kill Goku to avenge the insult.
Cooler and his army attack Goku. Krillin and Oolong manage to rescue injured Goku and hide in a cave. Gohan tries to heal his father with the help of senzu beans. Goku is healed and goes to face Cooler. During the face-off, Goku attains Super Saiyan form and defeats the powerful form of Cooler, putting an end to Cooler s revenge.
7. Dragon ball z: Return of Cooler
- Director: Daisuke Nishio.
- Writers: Akira Toriyama & Takao Koyama.
- Stars: Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka.
- IMDb Rating: 7.1
- Platform: US – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Canada – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Australia / New Zealand – Anime Lab (Sub and Dub)
The Dragon ball z: Return of Cooler is the seventh movie of the Dragon ball z movies series. And The Dragon ball z: Return of Cooler along with Cooler s Revenge is one of the double feature films of the DBZ franchise. The Dragon ball z: Return of the Cooler film starts with a fight between Super Saiyan Goku and Frieza, destroying planet Namek. Namek was rebuilt with the help of the Dragon balls. A few years later, Namek is threatened by an unknown silver planet, which marks Cooler’s return. Dende, a Namekian, seeks Goku’s help to stop the plight. Goku and his allies come to help the Namekians. They face an army of strange and silent robots, who were following the orders of Cooler.
8. Dragon ball z: Super Android 13
- Director: Daisuke Nishio.
- Writers: Akira Toriyama & Takao Koyama.
- Stars: Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka.
- IMDb Rating: 7.1
- Platform: US – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Canada – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Australia / New Zealand – Anime Lab (Sub and Dub)
Dragon ball z: Super Android 13 or Super Android 13 Dragon ball z is the title of the 8th movie of the Dragon ball z films. Dragon ball z: Super Android 13 or Super Android 13 Dragon ball z film begins with Android 17 and 18, a humanoid race, killing Dr. Gero. But Dr. Gero had already saved his consciousness in a supercomputer humanoid form named Android 13. Dr. Gero had installed superpowers in Android 13 and programmed it to kill Goku. Android 13 attacks Goku to kill him. Vegeta and Piccolo appear to help Goku.
Dragon ball z: Super Android 13 or Super Android 13 Dragon ball z movie witnesses Goku, Trunks, and Vegeta attain their respective Super Saiyan forms and fight against the Super Android 13. Goku, Piccolo, Trunks, and Vegeta formed a circle around Super Android 13 and attacked him from all sides, finally succeeded in defeating Super Android 13.
9. Dragon ball z: The History of Trunks
- Director: Yoshihiro Ueda, Daisuke Nishio.
- Writers: Akira Toriyama & Hiroshi Toda.
- Stars: Masako Nozawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Hiromi Tsuru.
- IMDb Rating: 7.9
- Platform: US – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Canada – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Australia / New Zealand – Anime Lab (Sub and Dub)
The Dragon ball z: The History of Trunks is the title of the 9th movie of the Dragon ball z Japanese movies series. The 9th Dragon ball z movie tells about the history of Trunks, son of Vegeta and Bulma. The movie begins with Goku’s death because of viral heart disease. Later, Android 17 and 18 kill all the Z-fighters except Gohan. Death of Piccolo and Kami makes the dragon balls useless.
So, the last hope of reviving the Z-fighters is also lost. Gohan trains Trunks so that he can defend the Earth. And then Gohan tries to trigger Trunks’ unleashed energy so that Trunks can attain his Super Saiyan form but was repeatedly failing. but he loses his left arm during a fight with the Androids. Gohan and Trunks barely escaped the fall and resumed their training. Android attacks the city again. This time, Gohan decides to face the Androids alone, makes Trunks unconscious, and fights with the Androids.
10. Dragon ball z: Broly-the Legendary Super Saiyan
- Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi.
- Writers: Akira Toriyama & Koyama.
- Stars: Bin Shimada, Masako Nozawa, Ryô Horikawa.
- IMDb Rating: 7.5
- Platform: US – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Canada – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Australia / New Zealand – Anime Lab (Sub and Dub)
Dragon ball z: Broly-the Legendary Super Saiyan is the title of the 10th movie of the Dragon ball z movies series. And Dragon ball z: Broly-the Legendary Super Saiyan is the first of the five movies featuring Broly. Dragon ball z: Broly-the Legendary Super Saiyan is followed by Dragon ball z: Broly-Second coming and Bio-Broly. The Dragon ball z: Broly-the Legendary Super Saiyan movie begins with a strange Super Saiyan destroying the galaxies. The Super Saiyan has already destroyed South Galaxy and is advancing towards the North. King Kai tells Goku about the unknown Super Saiyan and his evil intentions. Meanwhile, Paragus, a Saiyan, arrives on the Earth and requests Vegeta to become the new ruler of the renewed planet Vegeta.
11. Dragon ball z: Bojack Unbound
- Director: Yoshihiro Ueda.
- Writers: Akira Toriyama & Takao Koyama.
- Stars: Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka.
- IMDb Rating: 7.2
- Platform: US – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Canada – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Australia / New Zealand – Anime Lab (Sub and Dub)
Dragon ball z: Bojack Unbound is the title of the 11th movie of the Dragon ball z movies series. Dragon ball z: Bojack Unbound film tells about Bojack, who wishes to conquer the universe. At the beginning of Dragon ball z: Bojack Unbound, Bojack was sealed in a star by all the four Kais. Bojack got released during the self-destruction of Goku while attempting to annihilate Cells. This destruction impacted the seal, and it gave away releasing Bojack. The movie begins with a martial art tournament in which Piccolo, Gohan, Future Trunks, and Krillin participate. Alien fighters disguise themselves as participants and intrude into the tournament. They fight with Trunks, Gohan, and Krillin in the final round. Gohan defeats one of the alien fighters named Bujin. Outraged by his friend’s defeat, Bojack intends to take revenge by ruling the universe.
12. Dragon ball z: Broly-Second Coming
- Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi.
- Writers: Akira Toriyama & Takao Koyama.
- Stars: Masako Nozawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Takeshi Kusao.
- IMDb Rating: 6.7
- Platform: US – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Canada – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Australia / New Zealand – Anime Lab (Sub and Dub)
Dragon ball z: Broly-Second Coming is the 12th film of the Dragon ball z films series. And the movie Dragon ball z: Broly-Second Coming is the sequel of Broly-the Legendary Super Saiyan. This Dragon ball z: Broly-Second Coming movie shows Broly the Legendary Super Saiyan, deadly injured, escaping the destruction of New Vegeta, and landing on the Earth in his space pod. Broly regains his normal state but remains unconscious in the crater. And then he regains his senses after listening to Goten’s cries. Broly attacks Goten, who looks like his father, confusing him to be Goku. Despite attaining Super Saiyan forms, both Goten and Trunks failed in Broly-The Legendary Super Saiyan. Gohan comes to rescue Goten and Trunks. Now, Broly confuses Gohan for Goku as he also looks like his father, and targets Gohan.
13. Dragon ball z: Bio-Broly
- Director: Yoshihiro Ueda.
- Writers: Akira Toriyama & Koyama.
- Stars: Masako Nozawa, Takeshi Kusao, Daisuke Gôri.
- IMDb Rating: 6.0
- Platform: US – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Canada – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Australia / New Zealand – Anime Lab (Sub and Dub)
Dragon ball z: Bio-Broly is the title of the 13th movie of the Dragon ball z movies series. And it is the sequel of Broly- Second Coming. Dragon ball super Broly is the fourth film in the series featuring Broly. The 13th Dragon ball z film begins with Dr. Collie creating humanoids in tanks on a strange island, marks the beginning of the movie. Mr. Jaguar, the employer of Dr. Collie, compels Mr. Satan, a martial art fighter, to have a face-off with his special fighters.
Goten and Trunks accompanying Mr. Satan, discover Broly-The Legendary Super Saiyan, in one of the tanks. Dr. Collie had created a clone of Broly from his blood after his demise. Clone of Broly was named as Bio-warriors. Goten and Trunks try to kill Broly’s clone, but their efforts go in vain. Broly’s clone is released from the tank and starts attacking Goten and Trunks. The tanks filled with hazardous culture fluid, breaks and the culture fluid is spilled everywhere. The fluid deforms clone Broly, making multiple structures on his body. The deformed clone Broly is named Bio-Broly.
14. Dragon ball z: Fusion Reborn
- Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi.
- Writers: Akira Toriyama & Takao Koyama.
- Stars: Masako Nozawa, Ryô Horikawa, Takeshi Kusao.
- IMDb Rating: 7.7
- Platform: US – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Canada – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Australia / New Zealand – Anime Lab (Sub and Dub)
Dragon ball z: Fusion Reborn is the title of the 14th film of the DBZ films series. This Dragon ball z: Fusion Reborn movie witnesses Goku and Vegeta’s fusion for the first time. The movie also shows the fusion of Goten and Trunks. Dragon ball z: Fusion Reborn movie starts with a teenager in the Other World, comes in contact with the evil essence in an accident, and is transformed into a huge child-like monster. The teenage calls himself Janemba.
Janemba possesses the power to alter the laws of the living and dead worlds. He disturbs the delicate balance between the worlds due to which many dead beings become alive, and livings become dead. Janemba blocks the check-in station of the Other World with crystal-like jelly beans, thereby entrapping King Yemma. Due to the imbalance, the barrier between both the worlds breaks, releasing various villains and zombies.
15. Dragon ball z: Wrath of the dragon
- Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto.
- Writers: Akira Toriyama & Takao Koyama.
- Stars: Masako Nozawa, Takeshi Kusao, Mayumi Tanaka.
- IMDb Rating: 7.5
- Platform: US – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Canada – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Australia / New Zealand – Anime Lab (Sub and Dub)
Dragon ball z: Wrath of the dragon is the title of the 15th movie of the Dragon ball z movies series. Tapion and Minotia, two characters, are introduced in the Dragon ball z: Wrath of the dragon. Wrath of the dragon film tells Hirudegarn, a deadly monster, and his wrath on the Earth. Kashvaars, a race of alien magicians, are set out to destroy the universe, to prove their mettle. They release the monster Hirudegarn and attack planet Konats. Two Konatsian brothers, named Tapion and Minotia, and a Konatsian priest save their planet by repelling Hirudegarn with the ocarina, a musical instrument. The priest cuts Hirudegarn’s body into two halves with a magical sword and entraps the body parts separately inside Tapion and Minotia.
16. Dragon ball z: Battle of Gods
- Director: Masahiro Hosoda.
- Writers: Akira Toriyama & Akira Toriyama.
- Stars: Masako Nozawa, Hiromi Tsuru, Ryô Horikawa.
- IMDb Rating: 7.2
- Platform: US – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Canada – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Australia / New Zealand – Anime Lab (Sub and Dub)
Dragon ball z: Battle of Gods is the title of the 16th movie of the Dragon ball z movies series. Dragon ball z: Battle of Gods is the first-ever Japanese film screened at the IMAX Digital theatres. The Dragon ball z: Battle of Gods movie is about Beerus, the God of Destruction, who wants to fight with a powerful opponent. Whilst, the companion of Beerus informs Beerus about Goku, a Saiyan, defeating Frieza.
Beerus and Whis set out to find Goku. And he challenges Goku, and the fight commences. He easily defeats Goku, who had transformed into Super Saiyan 3 form. And then he goes to the Earth in search of a more worthy opponent. Beerus is enraged by Mr. Buu and intends to destroy the Earth. Z-fighters try to fight Beerus with all their might but are trounced. Goku asks Shernon to help by inquiring about the Super Saiyan God.
17. Dragon ball z: Resurrection F
- Director: Tadayoshi Yamamuro.
- Writers: Akira Toriyama & Akira Toriyama.
- Stars: Masako Nozawa, Ryô Horikawa, Hiromi Tsuru.
- IMDb Rating: 7.3
- Platform: US – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Canada – Funimation (Sub and Dub), Australia / New Zealand – Anime Lab (Sub and Dub)
Dragon ball z: Resurrection F is the title of the 17th movie of the Dragon ball z movies series. Dragon ball z: Resurrection F is about the resurrection of Frieza and his battle with the Z-fighters. Sorbet summons Shernon by using dragon balls gathered by Pilaf. Mai and Shu. He asks Shernon to resurrect Frieza and manages to revive Frieza’s body parts. Sorbet reassembles Frieza’s body parts and restores Frieza. Freiza comes to know about Goku defeating Majin Buu and decides to train himself to fight with Goku. Frieza attacks the Z-fighters. Bulma requests Goku and Vegeta, who was training with Whis, to stop Frieza. Goku is attacked by Sorbet’s ray gun and falls. Also, Frieza orders Vegeta to kill Goku, but Vegeta defies. Frieza destroys Vegeta and the earth. This offers to turn time backward by a few minutes.
So, Here is the story tells about the adventures of Goku and his allies and how they fight the evils while they set on the journey to get the dragon balls. Happy watching!
