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1. Spirited Away (2001)
PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
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.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi
Votes: 847,971 | Gross: $10.06M
2. Your Name. (2016)
PG | 106 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Two teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryo Narita, Aoi Yûki
Votes: 319,252 | Gross: $5.02M
3. Princess Mononoke (1997)
PG-13 | 134 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka, Billy Crudup
Votes: 433,118 | Gross: $2.38M
4. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
PG | 119 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
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.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin, Akihiro Miwa
Votes: 448,277 | Gross: $4.71M
5. The Day I Bought a Star (2006)
16 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
A young boy is tired of the city and escapes into the country. Two strangers trade him a strange seed. The boy accepts and the seed sprouts into a miniature planet, which continues to grow.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kyôka Suzuki, Genzô Wakayama, Yô Ôizumi
Votes: 368
6. Akira (1988)
R | 124 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda
Votes: 204,958 | Gross: $0.55M
7. Castle in the Sky (1986)
PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
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.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Mayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa, Kotoe Hatsui, Minori Terada
Votes: 182,087
8. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
PG | 137 min | Animation, Drama, Family
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.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, James Marsden
Votes: 53,904 | Gross: $1.51M
9. Mei and the Kitten Bus (2002)
13 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A Kittenbus puppy, the cat-shaped bus that is one of the protagonists of My Neighbor Totoro, becomes a great friend of little Mei and with her has an incredible night adventure in the forest.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hayao Miyazaki, Chika Sakamoto
Votes: 1,697
10. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
G | 103 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
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.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 165,174
11. Whisper of the Heart (1995)
G | 111 min | Animation, Drama, Family
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.
Director: Yoshifumi Kondô | Stars: Yoko Honna, Issei Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, Shigeru Muroi
Votes: 72,480
12. Porco Rosso (1992)
PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Shûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô, Bunshi Katsura VI, Tsunehiko Kamijô
Votes: 101,885
13. House-hunting (2006)
12 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Fuki sets out on a journey to look for a new house. Along the way, she encounters many of Japan's guardian spirits.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Tamori, Akiko Yano
Votes: 227
14. Yume no Hoshi no Button Nose (1985–1986)
24 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
The series focused on Button Nose, a little girl who had been left in charge of her home while her parents were away. One night, a robot came to her house to pick up some strawberries. When... See full summary »
Stars: Sanae Miyuki, Hiroshi Ôtake, Shinobu Adachi, Kazue Komiya
Votes: 46
15. The Boy and the Heron (2023)
PG-13 | 124 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
In the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living and the dead.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki, Aimyon
Votes: 50,396
16. Ponyo (2008)
G | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
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.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson, Tomoko Yamaguchi
Votes: 163,167 | Gross: $15.09M
17. The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
G | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
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.
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Stars: Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Mirai Shida
Votes: 104,166 | Gross: $19.20M
18. When Marnie Was There (2014)
PG | 103 min | Animation, Drama, Family
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.
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Stars: Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima
Votes: 47,769 | Gross: $0.77M
19. Only Yesterday (1991)
PG | 119 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
A twenty-seven-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Miki Imai, Toshirô Yanagiba, Yoko Honna, Mayumi Izuka
Votes: 37,167 | Gross: $0.45M
20. Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess (2010)
12 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The witch Baba Yaga keeps her servant the Egg Princess confined and forces her to do hard daily chores around the mill. One night, a batch of kneaded dough comes to life and befriends the Egg Princess.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Votes: 889
21. From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A group of Yokohama teens look to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball in preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Director: Gorô Miyazaki | Stars: Sarah Bolger, Chris Noth, Anton Yelchin, Christina Hendricks
Votes: 51,892 | Gross: $1.00M
22. The Whale Hunt (2001)
16 min | Animation, Short
A group of school children play in their classroom, imagining that they are on a boat in the ocean. Fantasy becomes reality, and they encounter a whale.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Yoshiaki Hakamada, Hiroki Ise, Yuki Ise, Keito Ishihara
Votes: 207
23. Pom Poko (1994)
PG | 119 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Shinchô Kokontei, Makoto Nonomura, Yuriko Ishida, Norihei Miki
Votes: 34,502
24. The Cat Returns (2002)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
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.
Director: Hiroyuki Morita | Stars: Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Aki Maeda, Takayuki Yamada
Votes: 64,373
25. Devilman (1987–1990)
TV-MA | 57 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
Devilman faces the tortoise demon Jinmen and birdwoman Shiranu.
Stars: Show Hayami, Alan Marriott, Yû Mizushima, Adam Matalon
Votes: 1,857
26. My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)
PG | 104 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The life and misadventures of a family in contemporary Japan.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Yukiji Asaoka, Tôru Masuoka, Masako Araki, Hayato Isohata
Votes: 15,929
27.
Devilman (1987–1990)
Episode:
Yocho Sirène Hen (Evil Bird Siren Volume)
(1990)
TV-MA | Animation, Action, Fantasy
Devilman faces the birdwoman Shiranu.
Director: Umanosuke Iida | Stars: Show Hayami, Alan Marriott, Yû Mizushima, Adam Matalon
Votes: 139
28. A Journey Through Fairyland (1985)
TV-Y7-FV | 90 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A boy, the son of famous musicians, is kicked out of a music university when he spends too much time with tending plants. A flower fairy helps him out as thanks for his treatment of the plants.
Director: Masami Hata | Stars: Masachika Ichimura, Tomoko Kaneda, Mizuki Nakajima, Chika Takami
Votes: 140
29. Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)
PG | 103 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Based on "The Little Broomstick" by Mary Stewart, a strange flower grants a girl magic powers.
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Stars: Hana Sugisaki, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Yûki Amami, Fumiyo Kohinata
Votes: 16,128 | Gross: $2.42M
30. Venus Wars (1989)
Not Rated | 103 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Two thriving colonies, Ishtar and Aphrodia, exist on the planet Venus in the year 2089. War breaks out, and Ishtar invades Aphrodia, sweeping its residents, including motorcycle rider Hiro and his teammates, into the chaos of the conflict.
Director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | Stars: Katsuhide Uekusa, Yûko Mizutani, Eriko Hara, Yûko Sasaki
Votes: 1,986
31. Tales from Earthsea (2006)
PG-13 | 115 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
In a mythical land, a man and a young boy investigate a series of unusual occurrences.
Director: Gorô Miyazaki | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Willem Dafoe, Mariska Hargitay, Jun'ichi Okada
Votes: 44,120 | Gross: $0.05M
32. Manga Nihonshi (1983–1984)
24 min | Animation, History
A women tells the story of the history of Japan to two children.
Star: Kazuko Sugiyama
33. Kaibutsu-kun: Kaibutsu Land e no Shoutai (1981)
75 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Its spring break and everyone is going on vacation but Heroshi doesn't have any place to go but when Kaibutsu-kun receives a letter from his father saying that his father is sick he asks ... See full summary »
Director: Hiroshi Fukutomi | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Tarô Sagami, Kaneta Kimotsuki, Takuzô Kamiyama
34.
Yume no Hoshi no Button Nose (1985–1986)
Episode:
Welcome to Hookland
(1985)
Animation, Adventure, Family
Stars: Shinobu Adachi, Akira Kamiya, Kazue Komiya, Sanae Miyuki
35.
Yume no Hoshi no Button Nose (1985–1986)
Episode:
The Scheme of the Braclet Mother and Daughter
(1985)
Animation, Adventure, Family
Stars: Shinobu Adachi, Akira Kamiya, Tomie Kataoka, Kazue Komiya
36.
Yume no Hoshi no Button Nose (1985–1986)
Episode:
The Forbidden Cave
(1985)
Animation, Adventure, Family
Stars: Shinobu Adachi, Akira Kamiya, Tomie Kataoka, Kazue Komiya
37.
Yume no Hoshi no Button Nose (1985–1986)
Episode:
The Honey Train of the Flower Country
(1985)
Animation, Adventure, Family
Stars: Shinobu Adachi, Tomie Kataoka, Kazue Komiya, Sanae Miyuki
38.
Yume no Hoshi no Button Nose (1985–1986)
Episode:
The Pendant of Friendship
(1986)
Animation, Adventure, Family
Stars: Shinobu Adachi, Akira Kamiya, Tomie Kataoka, Kazue Komiya
39.
Yume no Hoshi no Button Nose (1985–1986)
Episode:
The Strange, Strange Classmate
(1986)
Animation, Adventure, Family
Stars: Shinobu Adachi, Runa Akiyama, Akira Kamiya, Toshihiko Kojima
40.
Yume no Hoshi no Button Nose (1985–1986)
Episode:
Purin the Magic Girl
(1986)
Animation, Adventure, Family
Stars: Shinobu Adachi, Kazue Komiya, Sanae Miyuki, Ken'ichi Ogata
41.
Yume no Hoshi no Button Nose (1985–1986)
Episode:
The Midnight Friend
(1986)
Animation, Adventure, Family
Stars: Shinobu Adachi, Tomie Kataoka, Kazue Komiya, Sanae Miyuki
42.
Yume no Hoshi no Button Nose (1985–1986)
Episode:
See You Again!
(1986)
Animation, Adventure, Family
Stars: Shinobu Adachi, Akira Kamiya, Tomie Kataoka, Kazue Komiya
43.
Manga Nihonshi (1983–1984)
Episode:
Taika no kaishin: Nakanoôeno ôji to Fujiwara no Kamatari
(1983)
24 min | Animation, History
Directors: Kiyoshi Fukumoto, Eisuke Kondô | Star: Kazuko Sugiyama
44.
Yume no Hoshi no Button Nose (1985–1986)
Episode:
The Magic Raspberry
(1985)
Animation, Adventure, Family
Stars: Shinobu Adachi, Akira Kamiya, Kazue Komiya, Sanae Miyuki