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Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986) original theatrical poster art. The first Dragon Ball film retelling the early Emperor Pilaf arc with kid Goku gathering the dragon balls.
Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies

The first Dragon Ball film retells the Emperor Pilaf Saga with a twist, replacing Pilaf with the monstrous King Gurumes, whose Blood Ruby obsession has ravaged his kingdom. Goku, Bulma, and a village girl named Pansy race to gather the Dragon Balls before Gurumes can use them to feed his insatiable greed.

Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy (1997) original TV special poster art. The GT epilogue film following Goku Jr., Goku's distant descendant, on a quest to find the dragon balls to save his grandmother Pan.
Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy

Set 100 years after the events of Dragon Ball GT, this TV special follows Goku Jr., the timid great-great-grandson of Goku, on a perilous journey to Mount Paozu to find the Four-Star Dragon Ball and save his ailing grandmother Pan.

Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (1988) original theatrical poster art. The third Dragon Ball film featuring the Mifan tournament and alternate-universe versions of the Red Ribbon Army and Mercenary Tao.
Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure

The third Dragon Ball film reimagines multiple early sagas into a single adventure set in the kingdom of Mifan, where Emperor Chiaotzu searches for his lost companion Ran Ran while his treacherous minister Shen plots to seize power using the Dragon Balls.

Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans (1993) original OVA poster art. Features the Tsufruian scientist Hatchiyack absorbing Saiyan rage to enact a plan to wipe out the remaining Saiyans.
Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans

A Tuffle scientist named Dr. Lychee enacts his revenge against the surviving Saiyans by flooding Earth with Destron Gas and unleashing Ghost Warriors of Frieza, Cooler, Turles, and Lord Slug. Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Trunks, and Piccolo must destroy the devices and track Lychee to the Dark Planet.

Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) original theatrical poster art. The canon reboot of Broly featuring Goku, Vegeta, and Broly clashing on the icy planet Vampa and the debut of the canon Gogeta Blue.
Dragon Ball Super: Broly

The highest-grossing Dragon Ball film ever made brings Broly into official canon with a completely reimagined origin story. Written by Akira Toriyama and featuring groundbreaking animation by Naohiro Shintani, the film spans from the destruction of Planet Vegeta to a cataclysmic three-way battle between Goku, Vegeta, and the legendary Saiyan berserker.

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022) original theatrical poster art. The film featuring Gohan, Piccolo, Pan, and the new Red Ribbon Army Gamma Androids and Cell Max.
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

The second Dragon Ball Super film shifts the spotlight to Gohan and Piccolo as a revived Red Ribbon Army, led by Commander Red's son Magenta and the brilliant Dr. Hedo, unleashes android superheroes and the monstrous Cell Max. Gohan awakens a terrifying new form while Piccolo unlocks his own evolution.

Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996) original theatrical poster art. The tenth anniversary Dragon Ball film retelling the Red Ribbon Army saga with kid Goku as the central hero.
Dragon Ball: The Path to Power

A lavish retelling of Goku's earliest adventures, condensing his first meeting with Bulma, the Red Ribbon Army conflict, and the gathering of the Dragon Balls into a single cinematic narrative produced for the franchise's tenth anniversary in 1996.

Dragon Ball Z: Bardock The Father of Goku (1990) original TV special poster art. The tragic story of Bardock, a low-class Saiyan warrior and Goku's father, and the genocide of the Saiyan race by Frieza.
Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku

The tragic origin story of Goku's father, a low-class Saiyan warrior who foresees the destruction of his entire race at Frieza's hands and mounts a doomed, solitary rebellion against the tyrant in a desperate attempt to change the future.

Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) original theatrical poster art. The return-to-canon film introducing Beerus the God of Destruction and Goku's first Super Saiyan God transformation.
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

The film that launched the Dragon Ball Super era. The God of Destruction Beerus awakens from a decades-long slumber seeking the Super Saiyan God, leading to Bulma's birthday party, an unforgettable pudding incident, and Goku's first battle on a divine stage.

Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly (1994) original theatrical poster art. The eleventh Dragon Ball Z film featuring a biological clone of Broly created by Jaguar on a remote island resort.
Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly

The final chapter of the original Broly trilogy. A wealthy industrialist clones the Legendary Super Saiyan, but the experiment goes horribly wrong when the clone mutates into a grotesque bio-organic monster that Goten, Trunks, Krillin, and Android 18 must stop before it consumes everything.

Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound (1993) original theatrical poster art. The ninth Dragon Ball Z film featuring the space pirate Bojack and his crew escaping their stellar prison to conquer the galaxy.
Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound

Set shortly after the Cell Games, this film follows Gohan and the Z Fighters as they enter an intergalactic martial arts tournament that is secretly hijacked by Bojack, an ancient space pirate freed from his stellar prison when Goku teleported Cell to King Kai's planet.

Dragon Ball Z: Broly Second Coming (1994) original theatrical poster art. The tenth Dragon Ball Z film featuring the return of Broly the Legendary Super Saiyan against Gohan, Goten, and kid Trunks.
Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming

Seven years after his defeat, the Legendary Super Saiyan Broly awakens from an icy prison on Earth, driven to madness by the crying of Goten, who reminds him of the infant Goku. Gohan, Goten, Trunks, and Videl must survive his rampage, culminating in the legendary Family Kamehameha.

Dragon Ball Z: Broly The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993) original theatrical poster art. The eighth Dragon Ball Z film introducing Broly, the Legendary Super Saiyan, and his rampage against the Z fighters on New Vegeta.
Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan

A vengeful Saiyan named Paragus lures Vegeta to a doomed planet under the guise of building a new Saiyan homeworld, but his true weapon is his son Broly, a warrior of incomprehensible power whose hatred of Goku stretches back to the day they were born. The Z Fighters must pool every ounce of their strength into a single desperate punch to bring down the Legendary Super Saiyan.

Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (1991) original theatrical poster art. The fifth Dragon Ball Z film featuring Frieza's older brother Cooler and his armored squadron hunting Goku on Earth.
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge

Frieza's older brother Cooler arrives on Earth seeking to restore his family's honor after learning a Saiyan defeated his sibling. Goku is critically wounded protecting Gohan and must recover in time to face a tyrant who possesses a transformation beyond anything Frieza ever achieved.

Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (1989) original theatrical poster art. The first Dragon Ball Z film featuring the villain Garlic Jr. and his minions attacking Earth to open the dead zone.
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone

The very first Dragon Ball Z film pits Goku and Piccolo against Garlic Jr., an immortal demon king who kidnaps Gohan to steal the Dragon Balls. Set in the brief window between Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, the film climaxes when Gohan's hidden power explodes to seal the villain in an inescapable void.

Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995) original theatrical poster art. The twelfth Dragon Ball Z film featuring Janemba and the first appearance of Gogeta, the fusion of Goku and Vegeta.
Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn

A catastrophic explosion at the Other World soul-cleansing facility births Janemba, a reality-warping demon who traps King Yemma and unleashes the dead back onto Earth. With Goku stranded in a twisted version of Hell and Vegeta refusing to cooperate, the only hope lies in the Fusion Dance and the debut of the ultimate warrior: Gogeta.

Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (1991) original theatrical poster art. The fourth Dragon Ball Z film featuring the ancient Namekian warlord Lord Slug terraforming Earth into darkness.
Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug

An ancient Super Namekian named Lord Slug arrives on Earth, uses the Dragon Balls to restore his youth, and begins terra-freezing the planet to turn it into his personal warship. Goku must push beyond his known limits, briefly touching a mysterious power beyond Super Saiyan, to stop a tyrant that even King Kai fears could rival Frieza.

Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F (2015) original theatrical poster art. The film featuring the resurrection of Frieza and his new Golden Frieza transformation, with Goku and Vegeta in Super Saiyan Blue.
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'

The remnants of Frieza's army use the Dragon Balls to revive their fallen emperor, who trains for four months and unlocks a terrifying golden evolution. With Goku and Vegeta training under Whis on Beerus's planet, Earth's defenders must hold the line until the Saiyans arrive for a rematch that will push both sides to their absolute limits.

Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! (1992) original theatrical poster art. The seventh Dragon Ball Z film featuring Dr. Gero's unleashed Androids 13, 14, and 15 hunting down Goku.
Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!

Dr. Gero's posthumous revenge unfolds as three new Androids, built by his hidden supercomputer, target Goku during a rare day off. The battle escalates from city streets to frozen wastelands, culminating in a monstrous fusion that only a Spirit Bomb can stop.

Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (1993) original TV special poster art. The grim alternate timeline where Future Trunks and his mentor Future Gohan fight the Androids to save a dying Earth.
Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks

In a future where Goku died of heart disease and the Androids slaughtered Earth's greatest fighters, teenage Trunks trains under the last warrior alive: a one-armed Gohan fighting a war he cannot win. This is the story of how grief became power, and how a boy became a Super Saiyan.

Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (1992) original theatrical poster art. The sixth Dragon Ball Z film featuring Meta-Cooler, a robotic resurrection of Cooler as the Big Gete Star invading Namek.
Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler

Cooler survived the sun. Fused with a massive machine planet called the Big Gete Star, he returns as an army of metallic clones to enslave New Namek. Goku and Vegeta must combine their Super Saiyan power to face a villain who repairs himself after every wound.

Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (1990) original theatrical poster art. The third Dragon Ball Z film featuring the Saiyan warrior Turles and his crew planting the tree of might to drain Earth's life force.
Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might

A rogue Saiyan named Turles plants the Tree of Might on Earth, a cosmic parasite that devours a planet's energy to produce fruit that grants immense power. Goku must protect his son, his world, and face a dark mirror of himself before the planet dies.

Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (1990) original theatrical poster art. The second Dragon Ball Z film featuring Dr. Wheelo and Dr. Kochin seeking the strongest body to become the world's strongest warrior.
Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest

A mad scientist frozen for decades is freed from an icy prison with the Dragon Balls, intent on transplanting his brain into the body of the world's strongest fighter. When he targets Master Roshi and then Goku, the Z Fighters must storm a fortress full of Bio-Warriors to stop him.

Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995) original theatrical poster art. The thirteenth and final classic-era Dragon Ball Z film featuring the dragon beast Hirudegarn and the sword-wielding hero Tapion.
Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon

A mysterious warrior named Tapion is freed from an ancient music box, carrying half of a monstrous creature sealed within his body. As the beast Hirudegarn threatens to reassemble and destroy the Earth, young Trunks forms an unlikely bond with Tapion that will end with a sword, a farewell, and one of Dragon Ball's most devastating finishing moves.

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