Studio Ghibli Movies
Title↕ | Year↕ | Director↕ | Genre↕ | Box Office↕ | IMDb Rating↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind | 1984 | Hayao Miyazaki | Fantasy / Adventure | $11.8M | 8 | Proto-Ghibli epic that launched Miyazaki's environmental themes |
Castle in the Sky | 1986 | Hayao Miyazaki | Fantasy / Adventure | $15.5M | 8 | First official Studio Ghibli film; floating city of Laputa |
Grave of the Fireflies | 1988 | Isao Takahata | War / Drama | $1.7M | 8.5 | Devastating WWII story of two orphaned siblings; one of the saddest films ever made |
My Neighbor Totoro | 1988 | Hayao Miyazaki | Fantasy / Family | $5.8M | 8.1 | Totoro became Ghibli's mascot; pure childhood wonder in rural Japan |
Kiki's Delivery Service | 1989 | Hayao Miyazaki | Fantasy / Coming-of-age | $20.8M | 7.8 | Young witch starting her own delivery business; charming independence story |
Only Yesterday | 1991 | Isao Takahata | Drama / Romance | $37.8M | 7.6 | Nostalgic reflection on childhood memories; highest-grossing Japanese film of 1991 |
Porco Rosso | 1992 | Hayao Miyazaki | Adventure / Comedy | $44.6M | 7.7 | WWI-era bounty hunter cursed to look like a pig; Miyazaki's love letter to aviation |
Pom Poko | 1994 | Isao Takahata | Fantasy / Comedy | $26.5M | 7.3 | Shape-shifting tanuki fighting urban development; ecological comedy |
Whisper of the Heart | 1995 | Yoshifumi Kondo | Drama / Romance | $31.2M | 7.9 | Tender teenage romance centered on creative ambition; features 'Country Roads' |
Princess Mononoke | 1997 | Hayao Miyazaki | Fantasy / Epic | $170M | 8.3 | Epic clash between industrialization and nature; broke Japanese box office records |
My Neighbors the Yamadas | 1999 | Isao Takahata | Comedy / Family | $8.1M | 7.1 | Watercolor-style vignettes of everyday family life |
Spirited Away | 2001 | Hayao Miyazaki | Fantasy / Adventure | $395.8M | 8.6 | Won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature; highest-grossing Japanese film until 2020 |
The Cat Returns | 2002 | Hiroyuki Morita | Fantasy / Comedy | $65M | 7.1 | Lighthearted spinoff from Whisper of the Heart; a girl rescued by cats |
Howl's Moving Castle | 2004 | Hayao Miyazaki | Fantasy / Romance | $235.2M | 8.2 | Based on Diana Wynne Jones novel; enchanted castle and anti-war themes |
Tales from Earthsea | 2006 | Goro Miyazaki | Fantasy / Adventure | $76.9M | 6.4 | Goro Miyazaki's directorial debut; adapted from Ursula K. Le Guin's novels |
Ponyo | 2008 | Hayao Miyazaki | Fantasy / Family | $202.3M | 7.6 | Miyazaki's reimagining of The Little Mermaid; entirely hand-drawn animation |
Arrietty | 2010 | Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Fantasy / Family | $145.6M | 7.6 | Adaptation of The Borrowers; tiny people living beneath a house |
From Up on Poppy Hill | 2011 | Goro Miyazaki | Drama / Romance | $61.5M | 7.4 | 1960s Yokohama setting; teenage romance during a period of rapid modernization |
The Wind Rises | 2013 | Hayao Miyazaki | Drama / Biography | $136.4M | 7.8 | Fictionalized biography of Zero fighter designer Jiro Horikoshi; Miyazaki's 'final' film |
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | 2013 | Isao Takahata | Fantasy / Drama | $24.2M | 8 | Stunning watercolor art style; retelling of Japan's oldest known narrative, The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter |
When Marnie Was There | 2014 | Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Drama / Mystery | $36.3M | 7.7 | Atmospheric ghost story about loneliness and belonging; Oscar-nominated |
The Boy and the Heron | 2023 | Hayao Miyazaki | Fantasy / Adventure | $262.7M | 7.5 | Miyazaki's return from retirement; won Academy Award for Best Animated Feature 2024 |
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