The Naruto universe is not only limited to its series Naruto and Naruto Shippuden. It also expands into ten movies, three based on the Naruto original series and six based on the Naruto Shippuden series and the final movie set around the events after the Shippuden series. The below are the list of Naruto movies in order of release;
1. Naruto the movie: Ninja clash in the Snow (2004)
Ninja clash in the snow is the first movie to come out from the original Naruto show and revolves around team 7’s mission to escort the actress Yukie who plays the character Princess Fu to the land of Snow for the shooting of the movie. Yukie is in fact a real life Princess who had to flee from the Land of Snow and as the show progresses the viewers get to learn what happened in her past.
2. Naruto the movie: Legend of the Stone Gelel (2005)
Legend of the Stone Gelel is the second movie of the Naruto original series and is based around the mysterious stone named Gelel. The stone becomes the sole reason the clan that controls the Gelel is wiped out due to other clans waging war to acquire the power of Gelel.
This movie features Gaara and his brother Kankuro from the village of sand who have been dispatched to control the attacks by mysterious soldiers on the Land of the Wind where the sand village is located. Naruto, Sakura and Shikamaru who were on a different mission get entangled with the mission of the sand village ninja and the story will unfold on how they work together to find the face behind the attacks.
3. Naruto the movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006)
Guardians of the Crescent Moon is the third and final movie from the Naruto original series. The story is based around another mission carried out by Naruto, Sakura, Kakashi and Rock Lee.
The mission is to escort the materialistic Prince of the Land Of Moon and his son who has similar traits back to his land. Will the Prince be able to get over his obsession over materialistic things and become a better King to his people?
4. Naruto Shippuden the movie (2007)
This is the first movie based off of the Naruto Shippuden series. The plot of the story revolves around a man named Yomi who offers his body to be a vessel to the demon spirit Moryo until he retrieves his original body.
The only person who can stop the demon is a priestess called Shion who is constantly under threat by Moryo due to this. To avert the threat and protect Shion, leaf village ninja Naruto, Sakura, Neji and Rock Lee are dispatched. Will they be able to protect Shion from the evil demon spirit?
5. Naruto Shippuden the movie: Bonds (2008)
Bonds movie starts off with an attack on the Leaf village by ninjas from the Land of the Sky. Through this chaos a boy named Amaru brings news of his village being under attack and comes to find and escort his sensei back who is cureently in the leaf village. Naruto, Sakura and Hinata are dispatched to escort Amaru and his sensei back and help the village. The movie delivers plot twists, betrayal and an appearance from a long lost friend.
6. Naruto Shippuden the movie: The Will of Fire (2009)
The will of fire starts with the disappearance of ninjas with a special ability known as Kekkei Genkai. The perpetrator behind this is revealed to be Hiruko who introduced himself as a ninja from leaf village.
This leads to all the ninja villages to believe that leaf village is trying start the next war and gain power to which the Land of Fire the land where leaf village is located gives the ultimatum whether to find Hiruko and clear the misunderstanding or the whole village will be destroyed to retain peace among the ninja world. Clock is ticking, Naruto and his friends will have to stop Hiruko before the time ends.
7. Naruto Shippuden the movie: Lost Tower (2010)
Lost Tower movie starts with Naruto, Sakura, Sai and Yamato being assigned to catch a missing ninja Mukade, who could be a threat. It is revealed that Mukade’s goal is to travel to the past and take control of all five lands in the ninja world by using an ancient power hidden underground in the city of Roran.
He releases this power which makes Naruto and Yamato travel twenty years back into the past. Will Naruto and Yamato be able to stop Mukade and travel back to the future?
8. Naruto Shippuden the movie: Blood Prison (2011)
Blood prison starts with an assassination attempt on the Raikage, the head of the village hidden in the clouds. The assailant is revealed to be none other than Naruto. Back in the leaf village Naruto is stripped away from being a ninja and sent to the Hozuki Castle also known as Blood Prison despite his pleas of being innocent. Will Naruto be able to escape the highly guarded Blood Prison and prove his innocence? Moreover, who made the assassination attempt disguised as Naruto?
9. Road to Ninja: Naruto the movie (2012)
Road to Ninja starts off with Naruto and his friends fighting off the reanimated Akatsuki (criminal organization consisting of defected ninja from the five villages). After defeating them the parents of Naruto’s friends happily receive their children back which makes Naruto feel lonely while Sakura has an argument with her parents.
With the appearance of Tobi, the main antagonist in Naruto Shippuden casting a dream-like ninja technique called limited Tsukuyomi, they travel to an alternate reality where Naruto and Sakura’s lives are switched. Will Naruto and Sakura be free from the illusion and make their way back or will they be tempted to stay?
10. The Last: Naruto the movie (2014)
The last Naruto movie is the seventh and final movie in the Naruto series. The last movie is set two years after incidents of the Naruto Shippuden series. It starts with the threat of the moon traveling towards the earth and eventually colliding with it which is caused by Toneri due to a misinterpretation of his ancestors' teaching.
Hanabi the sister of Hinata is kidnapped by Toneri in order to take her eyes that hold the Byakugan(special ability inherited by the members of Hinata and Hanabi’s clan) which will help him in his plans. Naruto, Sakura, Shikamaru, Sai and Hinata are dispatched to save Hanabi.
In their journey the team find themselves on the moon, while the other ninja villages are discussing the possibility of blowing up the moon before it collides and destroys the world. Will Naruto and his friends be able to save Hanabi and stop the moon colliding before the villages decide to blow it up?
You can watch all the Naruto movies on https://www.crunchyroll.com/ only available in some regions.
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