The Pokémon franchise put out a movie almost every year for 20 years straight, going back to 1998, meaning there have been quite a lot of Pokémon movies over the years. With so many movies, though, how can one pick which ones to watch?

The quality of Pokémon movies has been a rather mixed bag, to say the least, but there are still some incredible movies in there that just about any anime fan will be able to enjoy. Of course, that just makes it all the more important to sift out the best movies from those that are a little lackluster. While critics are often very negative towards Pokémon movies, they're often missing crucial context (if not the entire point of the film) due to the critic's lack of familiarity with Pokémon in general. Here are 15 of the best Pokémon movies released to date, ranked with a baseline knowledge of Pokémon in mind.