Movies Like Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986)

Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies is a 1986 action, adventure, animation, comedy, fantasy, science fiction film from Daisuke Nishio with a MovieMagicScore of 6.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle and Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure.

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Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle

1987

Goku and Kuririn are given an assignment by Kame-Sen'nin: "Retrieve the sleeping princess from Lucifer and I will take you as my students." But the mission proves to be more perilous than originally thought.

6.6

MagicScore

Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure

1988

Master Roshi has succeeded at the one mission he valued most: to train Goku and Krillin to become ultimate fighters. So, he arranges for them to test their mettle at a competition hosted by Emperor Chiaotzu. Not everyone's playing by the rules, however, as a member of the ruler's household schemes to use the Dragonballs to extort money and power from the royal.

6.7

MagicScore

Dragon Ball: The Path to Power

1996

A retelling of Dragon Ball's origin with a different take on the meeting of Goku, Bulma, and Kame-Sen'nin. It also retells the Red Ribbon Army story; but this time they find Goku rather than Goku finding them.

7.3

MagicScore

Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone

1989

In order to wish for immortality and avenge his father, Garlic Jr. collects the dragon balls, kidnapping Goku's son Gohan in the process. Goku, Kami, Piccolo, and Krillin unite to rescue Gohan and save the world from being sucked into a dead zone.

6.8

MagicScore

Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan

1993

While the Saiyan Paragus persuades Vegeta to rule a new planet, King Kai alerts Goku of the South Galaxy's destruction by an unknown Super Saiyan.

7.2

MagicScore

Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler

1992

Cooler has resurrected himself as a robot and is enslaving the people of New Namek. Goku and the gang must help.

6.4

MagicScore

Ranma 1/2: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix

1994

Kuno purchases a strange egg, believing that the mysterious powers of the legendary Phoenix will help him defeat Ranma. But when the egg hatches on his head, the bird goes out of control and wreaks havoc all over Tokyo. Ranma and the gang must use any means necessary to get the Phoenix to leave Kuno's head and fly away.

7.6

MagicScore

Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon

1995

The Z Warriors discover an unopenable music box and are told to open it with the Dragon Balls. The contents turn out to be a warrior named Tapion who had sealed himself inside along with a monster called Hildegarn. Goku must now perfect a new technique to defeat the evil monster.

7.3

MagicScore

The Last: Naruto the Movie

2014

Two years after the events of the Fourth Great Ninja War, the moon that Hagoromo Otsutsuki created long ago to seal away the Gedo Statue begins to descend towards the world, threatening to become a meteor that would destroy everything on impact. Amidst this crisis, a direct descendant of Kaguya Otsutsuki named Toneri Otsutsuki attempts to kidnap Hinata Hyuga but ends up abducting her younger sister Hanabi. Naruto and his allies now mount a rescue mission before finding themselves embroiled in a final battle to decide the fate of everything.

7.5

MagicScore

#10

The Last Dragon

1985

A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial arts expert and rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter.

6.5

MagicScore

#11

DAN DA DAN: Evil Eye

2025

Momo and Okarun set out on their latest adventure, traveling to a hot springs town home rented by Jiji, Momo's childhood friend and former crush, with the goal to solve the mystery surrounding his family. When they arrive, strange locals derail their investigation before it can properly begin, and the group soon learns there's more lurking under the surface of the town than they could possibly have imagined. Theatrical event featuring four episodes of the anime, including the first three episodes of the second season, and an exclusive interview with series co-directors Fuga Yamashiro and Abel Góngora.

7.9

MagicScore

#12

Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!

2008

Following the defeat of Majin Buu, Son Goku and friends travel to Mr. Satan's newly-opened hotel for an all-you-can-eat banquet, when they are paid a visit by Vegeta's younger brother Tarble. They are informed by Tarble that the terrible brother duo of Abo and Cado have terrorized his planet and are on their way to Earth.

6.5

MagicScore

#13

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

1972

Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.

7.3

MagicScore

#14

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

1972

Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza in order to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.

7.1

MagicScore

#15

One Piece: Episode of Skypiea

2018

The Straw Hats embark on a dangerous trip to the sky where their destination comes straight out of a fairytale. The island of Skypiea and its grand city of gold await among the clouds, but a clash of winged clans and a man who calls himself God won’t make things easy! Only Luffy can resist this God’s mighty power and light the mysteries of the past.

7.2

MagicScore

#16

Urusei Yatsura: Only You

1983

Six-year-old Ataru steps on Elle's shadow during an impromptu game of shadow-tag; in Elle's culture, this is viewed as a marriage proposal. Eleven years later, Elle returns to Earth in order to marry Ataru — by which time not only had he forgotten the events of his childhood, but he was also going out with Lum. The rest of the plot focuses on Lum's attempts to prevent the marriage.

6.0

MagicScore

#17

Yu☆Gi☆Oh!

1999

A shy duelist stumbles upon the legendary Red Eyes Black Dragon, with that card in his possession, he must learn to bring out his confidence to duel.

7.0

MagicScore

#18

Gintama: The Very Final

2021

The concluding film to the Gintama animated series, adapting the final chapters of the comic series of the same name by Hideaki Sorachi. The film covers chapters 699–704 of the original comics, with original material added in.

8.1

MagicScore

#19

Shaolin

2011

China is plunged into strife as feuding warlords try to expand their power by warring over neighboring lands. Fuelled by his success on the battlefield, young and arrogant Hao Jie sneers at Shaolin's masters when he beats one of them in a duel. But the pride comes before a fall. When his own family is wiped out by a rival warlord, Hao is forced to take refuge with the monks. As the civil unrest spreads and the people suffer, Hao and the Shaolin masters are forced to take a fiery stand against the evil warlords. They launch a daring plan or rescue and escape.

6.9

MagicScore

#20

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

2022

The Red Ribbon Army, an evil organization that was once destroyed by Goku in the past, has been reformed by a group of people who have created new and mightier Androids, Gamma 1 and Gamma 2, and seek vengeance against Goku and his family.

7.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies?

The top films similar to Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies by MovieMagicScore are Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (6.6), Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (6.7), Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (7.3). Each shares action/adventure/animation/comedy/fantasy/science fiction themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies worth watching?

Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.8/10 from 356 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies?

Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986) is a action, adventure, animation, comedy, fantasy, science fiction film directed by Daisuke Nishio, starring Masako Nozawa, Hiromi Tsuru, Naoki Tatsuta.

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About movies like Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies

This ranked list pairs Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986), a action and adventure and animation and comedy and fantasy and science fiction film from Daisuke Nishio, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Masako Nozawa take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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