Hayao Miyazaki films, ranked by your taste

Director and actor · 13 films on Boxlist

Known for Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro and Howl's Moving Castle.

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Spirited Away
2001 · Film
8.5/10 · TMDB
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
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My Neighbor Totoro
1988 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the...
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Howl's Moving Castle
2004 · Film
8.4/10 · TMDB
When Sophie, a shy 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.
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The Boy and the Heron
2023 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he...
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Princess Mononoke
1997 · Film
8.4/10 · TMDB
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who...
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Ponyo
2008 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
The son of a sailor, 5-year old Sosuke, lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa. One fateful day, he finds a beautiful goldfish trapped in a bottle on the beach and upon rescuing her, names her Ponyo. But she is no...
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Castle in the Sky
1986 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
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.
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
1984 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the...
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Porco Rosso
1992 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was somehow...
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The Wind Rises
2013 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
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Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro
1979 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
After a successful robbery leaves famed thief Lupin the Third and his partner Jigen with nothing but a large amount of expertly crafted counterfeit bills, he decides to track down the forgers responsible—and steal any other treasures he...
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Kiki's Delivery Service
1989 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
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.
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Hayao Miyazaki films, ranked by your taste

Starring Hayao Miyazaki

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki