Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
1984 · Studio Ghibli
Miyazaki's eco-epic, the film that essentially launched the studio.
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1986 · Studio Ghibli
Sky pirates and a floating city, pure adventure and wonder.
Find it on Amazon →Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Studio Ghibli
Takahata's devastating wartime elegy, the most heartbreaking animated film ever.
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1988 · Studio Ghibli
The gentle forest-spirit classic, comfort cinema in its purest form.
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1989 · Studio Ghibli
A young witch finds her way in a seaside town, warm and windswept.
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1992 · Studio Ghibli
A seaplane-flying pig ace over the Adriatic, Miyazaki's most rakish charmer.
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1997 · Studio Ghibli
Gods, iron and forest fury, the epic that made Ghibli a global force.
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2001 · Studio Ghibli
The Oscar-winning bathhouse odyssey, the studio's crowning masterpiece.
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2004 · Studio Ghibli
A walking castle and a wartime romance, ravishing and dreamlike.
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2008 · Studio Ghibli
A goldfish princess and a little boy, Miyazaki at his most joyful.
Find it on Amazon →The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
2013 · Studio Ghibli
Takahata's watercolor swan song, impossibly beautiful and sad.
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2013 · Studio Ghibli
A bittersweet ode to dreamers and the machines they build.
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2023 · Studio Ghibli
His late-career return, a fever-dream of grief, wonder and legacy.
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