This is a list of movies and specials based on the manga and anime series Dragon Ball Z.

Movies

Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone

Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone, (ドラゴンボールZ　オラの悟飯を返せッ!!, Doragon Bōru Zetto: Ora no Gohan o Kaese!!) also known as Dragon Ball Z: The Movie, is the fourth film in the Dragon Ball franchise and the first based on Dragon Ball Z. It was released on July 15, 1989 in Japan. The movies events take place before Z and Raditz's arrival on Earth. Notably, the character Garlic Jr. would later reappear as a filler character in the anime.

Synopsis
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 the dead zone.

Dubbing History

Dead Zone was first dubbed by FUNimation, in association with Pioneer Entertainment, utilizing the same Vancouver-based voice actors from Ocean Productions as Saban's dub for the TV series. In contrast with Saban's highly edited and censored dub for the series, the movie was dubbed uncut and with the original Japanese score by Shunsuke Kikuchi left intact. Though when aired on Toonami, the opening and end credit music was replaced with the Saban/Ocean Dub's opening "Rock the Dragon" by Shuki Levy, and it was also edited for content. These edits included profanity, the scene when Goku emerges naked from fishing underwater, and the scene when Gohan urinates on Krillin's head from high above.

The movie was dubbed again in France by the AB Groupe for European distribution under the title In Pursuit of Garlic. The AB Groupe dubs were based on the French dub and had little rewriting to help mold the dialogue to the animations mouth. It would air in The Netherlands and on Toonami in the United Kingdom. The quality of the AB Groupe dubs (known as "The Big Green" dub in reference to the nickname given to Piccolo in this dub) is infamous in the Dragon Ball fanbase for its poor syncing, unfitting and limited casting choices and motor mouth dialogue. This dub is included as an alternate track on DVD in the Netherlands.

After Pioneer's distribution license for Movies 1-3 and Saban's initial dub of Episodes 1-67 expired, FUNimation would go back and redub them with their own in-house dubbing cast. Their dub was first released on DVD in 2005 with a new score by Mark Menza, though later releases would also include an audio track with Shunsuke Kikuchi's original score left intact.

Cast

Character	Seiyū	Ocean	AB Groupe	FUNimation
Goku	Masako Nozawa	Peter Kelamis	David Gasman	Sean Schemmel
Gohan	Masako Nozawa	Saffron Henderson	Jodi Forrest	Stephanie Nadolny
Piccolo	Toshio Furukawa	Scott McNeil	David Gasman	Christopher Sabat
Kami	Takeshi Aono	Ward Perry	Ed Marcus	Christopher Sabat
Krillin	Mayumi Tanaka	Terry Klassen	Sharon Mann	Sonny Strait
Chi-Chi	Mayumi Shō	Lisa Ann Beley	Sharon Mann	Cynthia Cranz
Ox-King	Daisuke Gōri	Dave Ward	David Gasman	Kyle Hebert
Master Roshi	Kōhei Miyauchi	Don Brown	Ed Marcus	Mike McFarland
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Lalainia Lindbjerg	Sharon Mann	Tiffany Vollmer
Garlic Jr.	Akira Kamiya	Don Brown	Doug Rand	Chuck Huber
Ginger	Kōji Totani	Terry Klassen	Ed Marcus (first lines)	Troy Baker
Ginger	Kōji Totani	Terry Klassen	David Gasman	Troy Baker
Nicky	Shigeru Chiba	Paul Dobson	Ed Marcus	Doug Burks
Sansho	Yukitoshi Hori	Ward Perry	Doug Rand	Eric Dillow
			David Gasman (one loop)
			Ed Marcus (one loop)
Shenron	Kenji Utsumi	Don Brown	Ed Marcus	Christopher Sabat
Narration	Jōji Yanami	Doc Harris	Ed Marcus	Kyle Hebert

Notes

Christopher Sabat is mis-credited as the voice of the Ox-King in the FUNimation dub.
Lisa Ann Beley replaces Laara Sadiq as Chi-Chi in the Pioneer/Ocean Dub of the movie, as well as for Movie 2.
Toshio Furukawa's voice from the original Japanese version is retained in the AB Groupe dub at the beginning of this film, when Piccolo screams and destroys a large rock formation.
In the AB Groupe dub, Sansho's voice is filled in two different times by different voice actors; David Gasman when he says "Yes, sire!" and Ed Marcus when he says "Who said that?" The voice difference is obvious.
Ed Marcus voices Ginger's first lines, before David Gasman voices him for the majority of the film.

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Dub	Region	Country
Pioneer Entertainment	1997	Ocean	NTSC	United States
Pioneer Entertainment	1997		1 NTSC	United States
Speedy Video	1998		PAL	Malaysia
Speedy Video	1998	Speedy	PAL	Malaysia
FUNimation Entertainment	2005	FUNimation	1 NTSC	United States
	2008*		1 NTSC
	2008*		A DVB-T

*released in double pack with The World's Strongest

Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest

Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (ドラゴンボールZ　この世で一番強いヤツ, Doragon Bōru Zetto: Kono yo de Ichiban Tsuyoi Yatsu) is the fifth film in the Dragon Ball franchise and the second based on Dragon Ball Z. It was released on March 10, 1990 in Japan.

Synopsis

The evil Dr. Kochin uses the dragon balls to resurrect his mentor, Dr. Wheelo, in an effort to take over the world. Dr. Wheelo, his body having been destroyed by the avalanche that killed him fifty years before, desires the body of the strongest fighter in the world as his new vessel. Believing Roshi to be the world's strongest warrior, Dr. Kochin abducts Bulma and forces Roshi to surrender himself to save her. When Goku hears of their abduction, he goes to their rescue.