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What is the best Mamoru Oshii film?

by YPB Team

From philosophical cyberpunk landmarks to dreamlike experiments and live-action detours, this is one visionary director's singular body of work. Which is his best?

  1. Ghost in the Shell — ranked #11
    Ghost in the Shell
    Oshii's landmark 1995 cyberpunk masterpiece about a cyborg policewoman hunting a mysterious hacker.
    1000pts
  2. Angel's Egg — ranked #22
    Angel's Egg
    The hauntingly abstract 1985 film about a girl protecting a mysterious egg in a desolate world.
    800pts
  3. The Sky Crawlers — ranked #33
    The Sky Crawlers
    The melancholic 2008 film about ageless fighter pilots locked in an endless corporate-staged war.
    709pts
  4. Avalon — ranked #44
    Avalon
    Oshii's 2001 Polish-language live-action film about a gamer immersed in an illegal virtual reality war game.
    692pts
  5. Patlabor: The Movie — ranked #55
    Patlabor: The Movie
    The 1989 mecha thriller about a computer virus that threatens to send giant work robots berserk.
    491pts
  6. Urusei Yatsura: Only You — ranked #66
    Urusei Yatsura: Only You
    Oshii's 1983 debut feature in the franchise, a comedy about an alien forcing a marriage on Ataru.
    491pts
  7. Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer — ranked #77
    Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer
    Oshii's surreal 1984 feature trapping a town in an endless recurring day before a school festival.
    491pts
  8. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence — ranked #88
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
    The visually opulent 2004 sequel exploring artificial humanity through a case involving murderous gynoids.
    0pts
  9. Patlabor 2: The Movie — ranked #99
    Patlabor 2: The Movie
    The acclaimed 1993 political thriller in which a coup threatens Tokyo and the Labor patrol police respond.
    0pts

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