Japan 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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Patlabor: The Movie. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Studio Deen
Action + Animation in Japan
1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Patlabor: The Movie itself).
The 1988–1990 Japan Window
Patlabor: The Movie holds position #53 of 110 Japan films in the 1988–1990 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
1989 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 44 titles released, including Patlabor: The Movie. Bars below show how the 1980s stacked up year by year (280 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 43 other Japan films in 1989.
The 789th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
123 audience reviews — more than 79% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (79th percentile) outruns trending popularity (57th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
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 |