Naruto Movies in Order: All 11 Films and When to Watch Them

Watch the 11 animated Naruto movies in release order, from Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004) to Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015). If you are still watching the anime, use the episode checkpoints below to avoid meeting characters and abilities too early.

Already finished Naruto and Shippuden? Follow the movie column from top to bottom. If you only want the film that connects the main story to its ending, jump to The Last.

Naruto movies in release order, with anime checkpoints

These are recommended first-watch points, not an official chronology. Episode numbers restart at 1 for Naruto: Shippuden; years are Japanese theatrical releases.

Missed a checkpoint? You can watch that film later without restarting the anime. Several of these adventures do not fit the TV timeline exactly, so matching every scene is not the goal.

How the first nine movies fit

The first three movies use the younger Naruto cast. VIZ groups them together in its Naruto movie collection. Treat them as extra missions during the original series rather than missing chapters you must see to understand Shippuden.

The next six are Shippuden-era adventures. This is where a strict chronological order becomes awkward: characters may work together when the TV story has them elsewhere, or a film may combine abilities and relationships from different points in the series. Moving the film a few episodes earlier will not resolve every inconsistency.

For example, the checkpoint for The Lost Tower waits until after the Pain storyline, so Naruto’s abilities are familiar. Road to Ninja gets a more direct lead-in: Shippuden episode 311 is titled “Prologue of Road to Ninja”. The official website calls it episode 531 because it counts the original show’s 220 episodes first.

The checkpoints do not make skipped filler compulsory. If your filler guide skips a listed episode, add the movie when you reach that number in your viewing sequence; you do not need to restore the skipped episodes. Road to Ninja’s episode 311 is an optional lead-in you may want to add back.

When should you watch The Last?

Watch The Last after Shippuden episode 493 and before episode 494. This puts it before the anime’s wedding arc and avoids showing you Naruto’s later circumstances too early. It is a convenient first-watch placement, not a claim that every postwar episode happens immediately before the film.

Unlike the earlier mission movies, The Last develops Naruto and Hinata’s relationship in the period after the main conflict. That makes it the most useful movie to include if you want the transition into the ending of Shippuden to feel complete. Its title does not mean “watch this after Boruto.”

Already finished the main conflict around episode 479? You have the essential background for the film, but the 493 checkpoint lets you keep the anime’s postwar stories together before watching it. If you have already finished all 500 episodes, there is no reason to restart anything.

Do you need the Boruto movie before the TV series?

No. Boruto: Naruto the Movie is a compact introduction to the next generation, but Boruto: Naruto Next Generations revisits and expands the movie’s Chunin Exams story. You can start the Boruto TV anime after Shippuden and The Last without watching the film first.

Choose the movie if you want a shorter next-generation adventure. Choose the TV route if you want to meet that cast gradually and continue beyond the same events. Watching both is fine, but expect overlap rather than two consecutive stories.

Why do some lists include more than 11 entries?

They may count short OVAs and bonus animations alongside the theatrical features. Those extras are not additional full-length movies. Check the subtitle and runtime when a service bundles a film with a short; you do not need to track down every bonus animation to follow this list.