Patlabor: The Movie
1989 1h 40m movie Film Japan

Patlabor: The Movie

機動警察パトレイバー 劇場版

Synopsis

機動警察パトレイバー 劇場版

A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo.

The 1988–1990 Japan Window

110 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Patlabor: The Movie sits at position #53.

  1. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
    #1

    Legend of the Galactic Heroes

    ★ 9.0 · 1988

  2. Chibi Maruko-chan
    #2

    Chibi Maruko-chan

    ★ 9.0 · 1990

  3. Ranma ½
    #3

    Ranma ½

    ★ 8.6 · 1989

  4. Grave of the Fireflies
    #4

    Grave of the Fireflies

    ★ 8.5 · 1988

  5. Moomin
    #5

    Moomin

    ★ 8.4 · 1990

  6. Dragon Ball Z
    #6

    Dragon Ball Z

    ★ 8.3 · 1989

  7. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
    #7

    Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket

    ★ 8.2 · 1989

  8. My Neighbor Totoro
    #8

    My Neighbor Totoro

    ★ 8.1 · 1988

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Patlabor: The Movie. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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The 1980s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Patlabor: The Movie premiered. 280 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.8
TMDB Rating
123
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #2,507 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (45th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,001 of 1,714 (top 58%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies Studio Deen, Production I.G, Bandai Visual
Runtime 1h 40m
Release Date July 15, 1989
IMDb tt0100339

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