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  • 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
  • Castle in the Sky (1986)

    4. 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
  • Kirsten Dunst in Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

    5. 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
  • Ponyo (2008)

    6. 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 Cat Returns (2002)

    7. 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
  • Whisper of the Heart (1995)

    8. 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
  • The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

    9. 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
  • From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

    10. 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
  • Wolf Children (2012)

    11. Wolf Children

    20121h 57mPG76Metascore
    8.1 (52K)
    After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident while hunting for food for their children, a young woman must find ways to raise the werewolf son and daughter that she had with him while keeping their trait hidden from society.
    DirectorMamoru HosodaStarsAoi MiyazakiTakao OsawaHaru Kuroki
  • My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

    12. My Neighbor Totoro

    19881h 26mG87Metascore
    8.1 (407K)
    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
  • Corinne Orr, Ayano Shiraishi, Tsutomu Tatsumi, J. Robert Spencer, Emily Neves, and Adam Gibbs in Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

    13. Grave of the Fireflies

    19881h 28mNot Rated94Metascore
    8.5 (349K)
    A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
    DirectorIsao TakahataStarsTsutomu TatsumiAyano ShiraishiAkemi Yamaguchi
  • Ghost in the Shell (1995)

    14. Ghost in the Shell

    19951h 23mTV-MA76Metascore
    7.9 (165K)
    A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.
    DirectorMamoru OshiiStarsAtsuko TanakaIemasa KayumiAkio Ôtsuka
  • Onigamiden - Legend of the Millennium Dragon (2011)

    15. Onigamiden - Legend of the Millennium Dragon

    20111h 40mPG-13
    5.7 (1.3K)
    A 15-year-old boy goes 1200 years back in time to find his unlikely destiny as the savior to end the war between humans and demons.
    DirectorHirotsugu KawasakiStarsKenshô OnoSatomi IshiharaTakashi Kondô
  • Steamboy (2004)

    16. Steamboy

    20042h 6mPG-1366Metascore
    6.8 (19K)
    In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.
    DirectorsShinji TakagiKatsuhiro ÔtomoStarsAnna PaquinPatrick StewartAlfred Molina
  • Welcome to the Space Show (2010)

    17. Welcome to the Space Show

    20102h 16mNot Rated
    6.7 (1.1K)
    Five kids go on amazing adventures through the universe after they rescue an injured alien.
    DirectorsKôji MasunariMasaaki YuasaStarsTomoyo KurosawaHonoka IkezukiTakuto Yoshinaga
  • Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)

    18. Children Who Chase Lost Voices

    20111h 56mTV-14
    7.1 (18K)
    A coming of age story involving young love and a mysterious music, coming from a crystal radio left as a memento by an absent father, that leads a young heroine deep into a hidden world.
    DirectorMakoto ShinkaiStarsHisako KanemotoMiyu IrinoKazuhiko Inoue
  • The Garden of Words (2013)

    19. The Garden of Words

    201346mTV-14
    7.4 (57K)
    On a rainy morning in Tokyo, 15-year-old Takao, an aspiring shoemaker, decides to skip class to sketch designs in a beautiful garden. This is where he meets Yukari, a beautiful yet mysterious woman. They strike an unlikely friendship.
    DirectorMakoto ShinkaiStarsMiyu IrinoKana HanazawaFumi Hirano
  • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

    20. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

    20061h 38mTV-PG66Metascore
    7.7 (73K)
    A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.
    DirectorMamoru HosodaStarsRiisa NakaTakuya IshidaMitsutaka Itakura
  • 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)

    21. 5 Centimeters per Second

    20071h 3mTV-PG
    7.5 (68K)
    Told in three interconnected segments, Takaki tells the story of his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love.
    DirectorMakoto ShinkaiStarsKenji MizuhashiYoshimi KondouSatomi Hanamura
  • The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)

    22. The Place Promised in Our Early Days

    20041h 30mTV-PG
    6.8 (16K)
    In an alternate postwar timeline, Japan is divided into the Union-controlled North and the US-controlled South.
    DirectorsMakoto ShinkaiYoshio SuzukiStarsHidetaka YoshiokaMasato HagiwaraYuka Nanri
  • Voices of a Distant Star (2002)

    23. Voices of a Distant Star

    200225mTV-PGShort
    7.1 (9.9K)
    The love of Japanese high school students Mikako Nagamine and Noboru Tera is tested when Mikako is sent to fight aliens in a distant universe and voice mails to and from Earth become months to years in transmission.
    DirectorMakoto ShinkaiStarsMika ShinoharaMakoto ShinkaiSumi Mutoh
  • The Boy and the Beast (2015)

    24. The Boy and the Beast

    20151h 59mPG-1365Metascore
    7.6 (28K)
    When a young orphaned boy living on the streets of Shibuya stumbles upon a fantastic world of beasts, he's taken in by a gruff warrior beast looking for an apprentice.
    DirectorMamoru HosodaStarsKôji YakushoAoi MiyazakiShôta Sometani
  • Atsushi Abe, Daisuke Namikawa, Junko Takeuchi, Noriaki Sugiyama, Yûko Sanpei, Kokoro Kikuchi, Kenshô Ono, and Ryûichi Kijima in Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015)

    25. Boruto: Naruto the Movie

    20151h 35mPG
    7.7 (13K)
    It's been some years since the end of the Shinobi War. Naruto Uzumaki is the 7th Hokage of Konohagakure, in this new era. His son, Boruto Uzumaki, will soon enter the Chûnin exams, alongside Sarada Uchiha and the mysterious Mitsuki.
    DirectorsHiroyuki YamashitaToshiyuki TsuruStarsYûko SanpeiKokoro KikuchiRyûichi Kijima

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