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1. The Boy and the Heron (2023)

PG-13 | 124 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

In the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living and the dead.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki, Aimyon

Votes: 50,383

2. Spirited Away (2001)

PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi

Votes: 847,957 | Gross: $10.06M

3. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

PG | 119 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin, Akihiro Miwa

Votes: 448,267 | Gross: $4.71M

4. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Not Rated | 89 min | Animation, Drama, War

A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.

Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi, Yoshiko Shinohara

Votes: 309,861

5. Princess Mononoke (1997)

PG-13 | 134 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka, Billy Crudup

Votes: 433,114 | Gross: $2.38M

6. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

G | 86 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi

Votes: 379,572 | Gross: $1.11M

7. Ponyo (2008)

G | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson, Tomoko Yamaguchi

Votes: 163,165 | Gross: $15.09M

8. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

G | 103 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi

Votes: 165,167

9. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

PG | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyôda, Gorô Naya

Votes: 182,309 | Gross: $0.50M

10. The Wind Rises (2013)

PG-13 | 126 min | Animation, Biography, Drama

Jiro Horikoshi studies assiduously to fulfill his aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer. As WWII begins, fighter aircraft designed by him end up getting used by the Japanese Empire against its foes.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hideaki Anno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto, Masahiko Nishimura

Votes: 98,552 | Gross: $5.21M

11. Castle in the Sky (1986)

PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Mayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa, Kotoe Hatsui, Minori Terada

Votes: 182,086

12. The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

G | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their teenage daughter Arrietty is discovered.

Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Stars: Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Mirai Shida

Votes: 104,160 | Gross: $19.20M

13. The Cat Returns (2002)

G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

After helping a cat, a seventeen-year-old girl finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat Prince in a magical world where her only hope of freedom lies with a dapper cat statuette come to life.

Director: Hiroyuki Morita | Stars: Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Aki Maeda, Takayuki Yamada

Votes: 64,372

14. Whisper of the Heart (1995)

G | 111 min | Animation, Drama, Family

A love story between a girl who loves reading books, and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses.

Director: Yoshifumi Kondô | Stars: Yoko Honna, Issei Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, Shigeru Muroi

Votes: 72,479

15. Porco Rosso (1992)

PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Shûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô, Bunshi Katsura VI, Tsunehiko Kamijô

Votes: 101,882

16. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)

102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A dashing thief, his gang of desperadoes and an intrepid cop struggle to free a princess from an evil count, and learn the secret of a treasure that she holds part of the key to.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue

Votes: 33,502

17. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

PG | 137 min | Animation, Drama, Family

Kaguya is a beautiful young woman coveted by five nobles. To try to avoid marrying a stranger she doesn't love, she sends her suitors on seemingly impossible tasks. But she will have to face her fate and punishment for her choices.

Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, James Marsden

Votes: 53,902 | Gross: $1.51M

18. When Marnie Was There (2014)

PG | 103 min | Animation, Drama, Family

Anna, a shy 12-year-old girl, is sent to spend time with her aunt and uncle who live in the countryside, where she meets Marnie. The two become best friends. But Anna gradually discovers that Marnie is not quite who she appears to be.

Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Stars: Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima

Votes: 47,768 | Gross: $0.77M

19. From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

PG | 91 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A group of Yokohama teens look to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball in preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Director: Gorô Miyazaki | Stars: Sarah Bolger, Chris Noth, Anton Yelchin, Christina Hendricks

Votes: 51,892 | Gross: $1.00M

20. Only Yesterday (1991)

PG | 119 min | Animation, Drama, Romance

A twenty-seven-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo.

Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Miki Imai, Toshirô Yanagiba, Yoko Honna, Mayumi Izuka

Votes: 37,165 | Gross: $0.45M

21. Tales from Earthsea (2006)

PG-13 | 115 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

In a mythical land, a man and a young boy investigate a series of unusual occurrences.

Director: Gorô Miyazaki | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Willem Dafoe, Mariska Hargitay, Jun'ichi Okada

Votes: 44,119 | Gross: $0.05M

22. Pom Poko (1994)

PG | 119 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.

Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Shinchô Kokontei, Makoto Nonomura, Yuriko Ishida, Norihei Miki

Votes: 34,502

23. Ronja, the Robber's Daughter (2014–2015)

TV-Y7-FV | 25 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

The story follows Ronja, a young girl whose father is the chief of a tribe of bandits. They live in a huge castle in the forest with the bandits. In this story Ronja encounters mystical ... See full summary »

Stars: Gillian Anderson, Teresa Gallagher, Rasmus Hardiker, Giles New

Votes: 955

24. Ocean Waves (1993 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 76 min | Animation, Drama, Romance

As a young man returns home after his first year away at college he recalls his senior year of high school and the iron-willed, big city girl that turned his world upside down.

Director: Tomomi Mochizuki | Stars: Nobuo Tobita, Toshihiko Seki, Yoko Sakamoto, Yuri Amano

Votes: 20,378

25. The Red Turtle (2016)

PG | 80 min | Animation, Drama, Family

A man is shipwrecked on a deserted island and encounters a big red turtle, which changes his life.

Director: Michael Dudok de Wit | Stars: Emmanuel Garijo, Tom Hudson, Baptiste Goy, Axel Devillers

Votes: 38,565 | Gross: $0.92M

26. Spirited Away: Live on Stage (2022)

Not Rated | 170 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A young girl arriving in a new neighborhood, enters the world of spirits, and when her parents are turned into pigs she must go on a quest to rescue them.

Director: John Caird | Stars: Kotaro Daigo, Kanna Hashimoto, Satoshi Hashimoto, Fu Hinami

Votes: 497

27. My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)

PG | 104 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

The life and misadventures of a family in contemporary Japan.

Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Yukiji Asaoka, Tôru Masuoka, Masako Araki, Hayato Isohata

Votes: 15,929

28. Mei and the Kitten Bus (2002)

13 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

A Kittenbus puppy, the cat-shaped bus that is one of the protagonists of My Neighbor Totoro, becomes a great friend of little Mei and with her has an incredible night adventure in the forest.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hayao Miyazaki, Chika Sakamoto

Votes: 1,697

29. The Day I Bought a Star (2006)

16 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy

A young boy is tired of the city and escapes into the country. Two strangers trade him a strange seed. The boy accepts and the seed sprouts into a miniature planet, which continues to grow.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kyôka Suzuki, Genzô Wakayama, Yô Ôizumi

Votes: 368

30. The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013)

Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary

Follows the routines of those employed at Studio Ghibli, including filmmakers Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki as they work to release two films simultaneously, The Wind Rises and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.

Director: Mami Sunada | Stars: Hayao Miyazaki, Yumiko Miyoshi, Toshio Suzuki, Shinsuke Nonaka

Votes: 5,652

31. Chage & Aska: On Your Mark (1995 Music Video)

7 min | Animation, Short, Music

Set in the future: Two men learn that a mysterious winged girl has been taken prisoner, and then decide that they must free her at any cost.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Votes: 4,348

32. Boro the Caterpillar (2018)

14 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

A diving bell spider who seems to have fallen in love with a water strider.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Star: Tamori

Votes: 252

33. Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess (2010)

12 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

The witch Baba Yaga keeps her servant the Egg Princess confined and forces her to do hard daily chores around the mill. One night, a batch of kneaded dough comes to life and befriends the Egg Princess.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Votes: 889

34. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (2011 Video Game)

E10+ | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Oliver discovers that his mother is not dead, but kidnapped and taken hostage by the White Witch.

Director: Kentaro Motomura | Stars: Adam Wilson, Lauren Mote, Louis Tamone, Steffan Rhodri

Votes: 985

35. Yuki's Sun (1972)

5 min | Animation, Short, Drama

The Story centers around a child name Yuki, a 10-year old orphan who's being adopted by a family.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Votes: 1,050

36. Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki (2016 TV Movie)

70 min | Documentary, Biography

A look at famous Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.

Director: Kaku Arakawa | Stars: Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki, Yuhei Sakuragi, Yukinori Nakamura

Votes: 873 | Gross: $0.19M

37. The Whale Hunt (2001)

16 min | Animation, Short

A group of school children play in their classroom, imagining that they are on a boat in the ocean. Fantasy becomes reality, and they encounter a whale.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Yoshiaki Hakamada, Hiroki Ise, Yuki Ise, Keito Ishihara

Votes: 207

38. House-hunting (2006)

12 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Fuki sets out on a journey to look for a new house. Along the way, she encounters many of Japan's guardian spirits.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Tamori, Akiko Yano

Votes: 227

39. Monmon the Water Spider (2006)

15 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

The short film's main character is a water spider who seems to have fallen in love with a water strider. Though she is scared of him at first, the water strider soon gets used to the presence of the spider.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Star: Akiko Yano

Votes: 429

40. Koro's Big Day Out (2002)

14 min | Animation, Short

Koro is a puppy owned by a little girl in a small town. One day the puppy gets free and becomes lost.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Itsuki Komazawa, Kenji Imura, Haruyo Moriyoshi, Yumiko Kitajima

Votes: 189

41. A Sumo Wrestler's Tail (2010)

13 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

It tells the story of an old man and his wife who help out some mice who engage in sumo. As a reward, one of the mice gives them enough gold on which to live for the rest of their lives.

Director: Akihiko Yamashita | Stars: Tomo Adachi, Sawako Agawa, Aiko Hibi, Yukiko Kurihara

Votes: 55

42. Treasure Hunting (2011)

9 min | Animation, Short, Family

Based on a picture book by Rieko Nakagawa and Yuriko Yamawaki, Takara-sagashi tells the story of a boy, Yuji, and a rabbit, Gikku, who both find a stick. They compete in a series of competitions to choose the owner of the stick.

Votes: 47

43. Nandarou (1992 TV Short)

1 min | Animation, Short

A short TV featuring a small green pig with enormous eyes. The title Nandarou implies that even its creators didn't really know what kind of creature it was supposed to be. However, NTV (Nihon TV) chose it as their station's mascot.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Votes: 141

44. Children of Chronos (2021)

Short, Sci-Fi

A young woman, Nikita, takes a treacherous journey towards a mystical far away city, Chronos, in hope of a better life. After an epic journey arriving at the gates of Chronos, they find that the great stories of Chronos aren't quite true.

Directors: Jamie Sundance, Daniel Conn | Stars: Chloë Johnson, Ronan Doyle, Alec Westwood, Kenny Luke

Votes: 7

45. Ghibliotheque (2018 Podcast Series)

Talk-Show

The podcast that walks through libraries of films from the world's greatest animation studios.

Stars: Michael Leader, Jake Cunningham

Votes: 10