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Studio Ghibli Films, Ranked

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  • 23 titles
  • Spirited Away (2001)

    1. Spirited Away

    20012h 4mPG96Metascore
    8.6 (910K)
    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.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsDaveigh ChaseSuzanne PleshetteMiyu Irino
  • Claire Danes and Yuriko Ishida in Princess Mononoke (1997)

    2. Princess Mononoke

    19972h 13mPG-1376Metascore
    8.3 (460K)
    While seeking to cure himself of a curse, young warrior Ashitaka stumbles into a conflict between the people of Iron Town and Princess Mononoke, a girl raised by wolves, who will stop at nothing to prevent the destruction of her home.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsYôji MatsudaYuriko IshidaYûko Tanaka
  • Christian Bale, Jean Simmons, Chieko Baishô, and Takuya Kimura in Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

    3. Howl's Moving Castle

    20041h 59mPG82Metascore
    8.2 (483K)
    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.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsChieko BaishôTakuya KimuraTatsuya Gashûin
  • My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

    4. My Neighbor Totoro

    19881h 26mG87Metascore
    8.1 (408K)
    When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsHitoshi TakagiNoriko HidakaChika Sakamoto
  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

    5. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

    19841h 57m86Metascore
    8.0 (191K)
    Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsSumi ShimamotoMahito TsujimuraHisako Kyôda
  • Castle in the Sky (1986)

    6. Castle in the Sky

    19862h 4mPG78Metascore
    8.0 (191K)
    Pazu's life changes when he meets Sheeta, a girl whom pirates are chasing for her crystal amulet, which has the potential to locate Laputa, a legendary castle floating in the sky.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsMayumi TanakaKeiko YokozawaKotoe Hatsui
  • The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

    7. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

    20132h 17mPG89Metascore
    8.0 (58K)
    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.
    DirectorIsao TakahataStarsChloë Grace MoretzJames CaanMary Steenburgen
  • Kirsten Dunst in Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

    8. Kiki's Delivery Service

    19891h 43mG85Metascore
    7.8 (177K)
    Along with her black cat Jiji, Kiki settles in a seaside town and starts a high-flying delivery service. Here begins her magical encounter with independence and responsibility, making lifelong friends and finding her place in the world.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsKirsten DunstMinami TakayamaRei Sakuma
  • Whisper of the Heart (1995)

    9. Whisper of the Heart

    19951h 51mG75Metascore
    7.8 (78K)
    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.
    DirectorYoshifumi KondôStarsYoko HonnaIssei TakahashiTakashi Tachibana
  • Porco Rosso (1992)

    10. Porco Rosso

    19921h 34mPG83Metascore
    7.7 (110K)
    In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsShûichirô MoriyamaTokiko KatôBunshi Katsura VI
  • The Wind Rises (2013)

    11. The Wind Rises

    20132h 6mPG-1383Metascore
    7.8 (106K)
    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.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsHideaki AnnoHidetoshi NishijimaMiori Takimoto
  • Ponyo (2008)

    12. Ponyo

    20081h 41mG86Metascore
    7.6 (175K)
    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.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsCate BlanchettMatt DamonLiam Neeson
  • The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

    13. The Secret World of Arrietty

    20101h 34mG80Metascore
    7.6 (111K)
    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.
    DirectorHiromasa YonebayashiStarsBridgit MendlerAmy PoehlerWill Arnett
  • Yoko Honna, Miki Imai, Alison Fernandez, and Daisy Ridley in Only Yesterday (1991)

    14. Only Yesterday

    19911h 59mPG90Metascore
    7.6 (40K)
    A twenty-seven-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo.
    DirectorIsao TakahataStarsMiki ImaiToshirô YanagibaYoko Honna
  • The Boy and the Heron (2023)

    15. The Boy and the Heron

    20232h 4mPG-1391Metascore
    7.4 (96K)
    In the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy ventures into a dreamlike world shared by the living and the dead in search of his missing stepmother.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsSoma SantokiMasaki SudaKô Shibasaki
  • When Marnie Was There (2014)

    16. When Marnie Was There

    20141h 43mPG72Metascore
    7.6 (52K)
    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.
    DirectorHiromasa YonebayashiStarsSara TakatsukiKasumi ArimuraNanako Matsushima
  • From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

    17. From Up on Poppy Hill

    20111h 31mPG71Metascore
    7.4 (56K)
    A group of Yokohama teens look to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball in preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
    DirectorGorô MiyazakiStarsSarah BolgerChris NothAnton Yelchin
  • Pom Poko (1994)

    18. Pom Poko

    19941h 59mPG77Metascore
    7.3 (37K)
    A community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.
    DirectorIsao TakahataStarsShinchô KokonteiMakoto NonomuraYuriko Ishida
  • The Cat Returns (2002)

    19. The Cat Returns

    20021h 15mG70Metascore
    7.1 (69K)
    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.
    DirectorHiroyuki MoritaStarsChizuru IkewakiYoshihiko HakamadaAki Maeda
  • Masako Araki, Yukiji Asaoka, Tôru Masuoka, Naomi Uno, Akiko Yano, Hayato Isohata, and Kosanji Yanagiya in My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)

    20. My Neighbors the Yamadas

    19991h 44mPG75Metascore
    7.1 (17K)
    The life and misadventures of a family in contemporary Japan.
    DirectorIsao TakahataStarsYukiji AsaokaTôru MasuokaMasako Araki
  • Ocean Waves (1993)

    21. Ocean Waves

    19931h 16mPG-13TV Movie73Metascore
    6.6 (22K)
    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.
    DirectorTomomi MochizukiStarsNobuo TobitaToshihiko SekiYoko Sakamoto
  • Tales from Earthsea (2006)

    22. Tales from Earthsea

    20061h 55mPG-1347Metascore
    6.3 (46K)
    In a mythical land, a man and a young boy investigate a series of unusual occurrences.
    DirectorGorô MiyazakiStarsTimothy DaltonWillem DafoeMariska Hargitay
  • Taylor Henderson, Kokoro Hirasawa, and Jazmín Abuín in Earwig and the Witch (2020)

    23. Earwig and the Witch

    20201h 22mPGTV Movie46Metascore
    4.7 (6.5K)
    An orphan girl, Earwig, is adopted by a witch and comes home to a spooky house filled with mystery and magic.
    DirectorGorô MiyazakiStarsTaylor HendersonJazmín AbuínJB Blanc

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