Every ninja movie ever

What do I do when I’m bored? I statistics all the things.

Usual shit: IMDB search, filter out games and series, sort by year.

What did I find?

118 movies between 1962 and now. Roughly two a year. 1986 and 1987 were the golden years of ninja movies. About one rolled off the assembly line every month. I don’t think that there is any chronology to them either. 1984 had Ninja 3: The Domination, but there wasn’t a real Ninja 2 or Ninja 4.

Grouping them by decade we get: 56 in 80’s, 22 in 90’s, 15 in the new millenium and 21 recently. By the mid 90’s, studios were pretty ninja’d out and shit like the “3 ninja’s” started coming out and that absolute shit called Pocket Ninjas. If you like training montages, watch Pocket Ninjas.

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Here is a list of the movies. How many did you watch?

Ninja, a Band of Assassins (1962)
Seventeen Ninja (1963)
The Ninja Hunt (1964)
Band of Ninja (1967)
Ninja bugeicho momochi sandayu (1980)
Enter the Ninja (1981)
The Shinobi Ninja (1981)
Five Element Ninjas (1982)
Secret Ninja (1982)
The Ninja (1982)
Kabamaru the Ninja (1983)
Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
The Last Ninja (1983)
Ninja Busters (1984)
Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
Ninja’s Force (1984)
Revenge of the Ninja (1984)
Sexy Timetrip Ninjas (1984)
The Ninja Mission (1984)
American Ninja (1985)
Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1985)
Ninja Assassins (1985)
Ninja Holocaust (1985)
Ninja Terminator (1985)
Ninja Warriors (1985)
USA Ninja (1985)
Bionic Ninja (1986)
Challenge of the Ninja (1986)
Clash of the Ninjas (1986)
Golden Ninja Warrior (1986)
Ninja Champion (1986)
Ninja Destroyer (1986)
Ninja Dragon (1986)
Ninja Fantasy (1986)
Ninja Hunt (1986)
Ninja Kids (1986)
Project Ninja Daredevils (1986)
The Ninja Squad (1986)
The Ultimate Ninja (1986)
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987)
Cobra vs. Ninja (1987)
Ninja Commandments (1987)
Ninja Death (1987)
Ninja in Action (1987)
Ninja Kill (1987)
Ninja Operation 6: Champion on Fire (1987)
Ninja vs. Ninja (1987)
Ninja: Silent Assassin (1987)
Screaming Ninja (1987)
Wu Tang vs. Ninja (1987)
Cyber Ninja (1988)
Diamond Ninja Force (1988)
Force of the Ninja (1988)
Ninja of the Magnificence (1988)
Ninja Vengeance (1988)
Rage of Ninja (1988)
7 Lucky Ninja Kids (1989)
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
Ninja Academy (1989)
Robot Ninja (1989)
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation (1990)
Legend of the Shadowy Ninja: The Ninja Dragon (1990)
Ninja Empire (1990)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
9 1/2 Ninjas! (1991)
Lethal Ninja (1991)
Ninja gaiden (1991)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
3 Ninjas (1992)
Lethal Ninja (1992)
Ninja (1992)
American Ninja 5 (1993)
Extralarge: Ninja Shadow (1993)
Ninja Scroll (1993)
Surf Ninjas (1993)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)
3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994)
Kindergarten Ninja (1994)
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up (1995)
Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)
Pocket Ninjas (1997)
3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (1998)
Cheerleader Ninjas (2002)
Tongan Ninja (2002)
The Black Ninja (2003)
iNinja (2007)
Lady Ninja Kaede (2007)
Super Ninja Bikini Babes (2007)
TMNT (2007)
Mask of the Ninja (2008)
Ninja Cheerleaders (2008)
Ninjas vs. Zombies (2008)
Afro Ninja (2009)
Lady Ninja Kaede 2 (2009)
Ninja (2009)
Ninja Assassin (2009)
Ninja Masters (2009)
Alien vs. Ninja (2010)
Dancing Ninja (2010)
Ninjas vs. Vampires (2010)
The Etiquette Ninjas (2010)
Ninja Zombies (2011)
Ninja: Prophecy of Death (2011)
Ninja (2012)
Ninjas vs. Monsters (2012)
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012)
Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013)
Ninja Apocalypse (2014)
Ninja Immovable Heart (2014)
Office Ninja (2014)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
The Ninja War of Torakage (2014)
Ninja Hunter (2015)
Ninja Party (2015)
Ninja the Monster (2015)
Zombie Ninjas vs Black Ops (2015)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)