What is the best Studio Ghibli animated film of all time?

Studio Ghibli has created some of the most beautiful and emotionally resonant animated films ever made. From Spirited Away's Oscar-winning fantasy to Grave of the Fireflies' devastating anti-war tragedy, which is the greatest Ghibli film?

1. 1
   Howl's Moving Castle

   Miyazaki's 2004 romantic fantasy about a girl transformed into an old woman who seeks help from a wizard.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Princess Mononoke

   Miyazaki's 1997 epic about the conflict between industrialization and nature spirits in feudal Japan.
   942pts
3. 3
   Spirited Away

   Hayao Miyazaki's 2001 Oscar-winning masterpiece following a girl trapped in the spirit world.
   791pts
4. 4
   My Neighbor Totoro

   Miyazaki's 1988 gentle masterpiece about two girls befriending a forest spirit in rural 1950s Japan.
   791pts
5. 5
   The Tale of Princess Kaguya

   Isao Takahata's 2013 hand-sketched masterpiece retelling the ancient Japanese bamboo-cutter folktale.
   754pts
6. 6
   When Marnie Was There

   Hiromasa Yonebayashi's 2014 quiet coming-of-age mystery about a lonely girl and a ghost from the past.
   691pts
7. 7
   Grave of the Fireflies

   Isao Takahata's 1988 devastating anti-war film following two siblings struggling to survive post-WWII Japan.
   668pts
8. 8
   Porco Rosso

   Miyazaki's 1992 romantic adventure about a World War I ace pilot cursed to walk the earth as a humanoid pig.
   668pts
9. 9
   Only Yesterday

   Takahata's 1991 melancholy adult drama about a Tokyo woman recalling her rural childhood self.
   565pts
10. 10
    Kiki's Delivery Service

    Miyazaki's 1989 coming-of-age story about a young witch who moves to a new city and starts a delivery service.
    283pts
11. 11
    The Boy and the Heron

    Miyazaki's 2023 return — a surreal, semi-autobiographical fantasy about a boy visiting a mysterious tower.
    283pts
12. 12
    Castle in the Sky

    Miyazaki's 1986 adventure following two children racing to find Laputa, the legendary floating city.
    81pts
13. 13
    Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

    Miyazaki's 1984 proto-Ghibli post-apocalyptic epic about a princess protecting her valley from toxic jungle spores.
    81pts
14. 14
    The Cat Returns

    Hiroyuki Morita's 2002 whimsical spin-off in which a girl is swept into the Kingdom of Cats.
    81pts
15. 15
    The Wind Rises

    Miyazaki's 2013 semi-biographical farewell about the designer of Japan's Zero fighter planes.
    0pts

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