12 films · 22h 34m
Hayao Miyazaki
Twelve films, and no villains in most of them.
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- 1979
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
1h 40m
His feature debut, made for an existing anime franchise six years before Ghibli existed.
- 1984
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Essential1h 57m
The film whose success paid for Studio Ghibli. Technically it predates the studio.
- 1986
Castle in the Sky
Essential2h 5m
Ghibli's first official film. Airships, sky pirates, and a lost floating city.
- 1988
My Neighbor Totoro
Essential1h 26m
Almost no plot and no antagonist at all. Two sisters, a sick mother, and a forest spirit.
- 1989
Kiki's Delivery Service
Essential1h 43m
A thirteen-year-old witch starts a business. Really about creative burnout.
- 1992
Porco Rosso
1h 34m
An Adriatic seaplane pilot cursed into the shape of a pig. His most personal film.
- 1997
Princess Mononoke
Essential2h 14m
Violent, ecological, and refuses to give either side of its war a clean moral case.
- 2001
Spirited Away
Essential2h 5m
A girl trapped in a bathhouse for spirits. Won Best Animated Feature and remains the obvious entry point.
- 2004
Howl's Moving Castle
Essential1h 59m
A hat-maker cursed into old age. Structurally loose, visually his richest.
- 2008
Ponyo
1h 41m
The Little Mermaid, hand-drawn, aimed squarely at five-year-olds. No CG at all.
- 2013
The Wind Rises
Essential2h 6m
The engineer who designed the Zero fighter. His only adult biographical drama, and his announced retirement.
- 2023
The Boy and the Heron
Essential2h 4m
The un-retirement, made over seven years. A second Oscar, at eighty-two.