Movies & TV Shows/Series by Studio Ghibli at a glance

58 movies found (page 1/2):

How Do You Live?(2021)

15-year-old boy Junichi Honda and his uncle move to new neighborhood, as Junichi deals with spiritual growth, bullying, poverty, education, work, courage, and how to live as a human being.

The Boy and the Heron(2023)

PG-13

| 2h 5min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

3.7/5 (with 425 votes)

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one.".

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

Howl's Moving Castle(2004)

| 1h 59min | Fantasy, Animation, Adventure

4.2/5 (with 4,230 votes)

From director Hayao Miyazaki and the legendary Studio Ghibli, Howl's Moving Castle is an Academy Award-nominated acclaimed fantasy based on the novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones.Sophie, a quiet girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl. The vain and vengeful Witch of the Waste, jealous of their friendship, puts a curse on Sophie and turns her into a 90-year-old woman. On a quest to break the spell, Sophie climbs aboard Howl's magnificent moving castle and into a new life of wonder and adventure. But as the true power of Howl's wizardry is revealed, Sophie finds herself fighting to protect them both from a dangerous war of sorcery that threatens their world. Featuring the voice talents of Lauren Bacall, Christian Bale, Billy Crystal, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer and Jean Simmons.

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki - With Christian Bale

Spirited Away(2001)

| 2h 5min | Animation, Kids & Family, Fantasy

4.3/5 (with 7,055 votes)

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

My Neighbor Totoro(1988)

| 1h 26min | Fantasy, Animation, Kids & Family

4.0/5 (with 3,615 votes)

Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

Princess Mononoke(1997)

PG-13

| 2h 14min | Adventure, Fantasy, Animation

4.2/5 (with 3,435 votes)

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

Ponyo(2008)

| 1h 40min | Animation, Fantasy, Kids & Family

3.9/5 (with 1,778 votes)

The son of a sailor, 5-year-old Sosuke, lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa. One fateful day, he finds a beautiful goldfish trapped in a bottle on the beach and upon rescuing her, names her Ponyo. But she is no ordinary goldfish.

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

Castle in the Sky(1986)

| 2h 5min | Adventure, Fantasy, Animation, Action, Kids & Family, Romance / Love

4.0/5 (with 1,778 votes)

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.

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

Kiki's Delivery Service(1989)

| 1h 43min | Animation, Kids & Family, Fantasy, Adventure

3.9/5 (with 1,669 votes)

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.

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

The Wind Rises(2013)

PG-13

| 2h 6min | Drama, Animation, War, Romance / Love

3.9/5 (with 1,289 votes)

A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

The Secret World of Arrietty(2010)

| 1h 34min | Fantasy, Animation, Kids & Family

3.8/5 (with 1,211 votes)

14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.

Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Only Yesterday(1991)

1h 58min | Animation, Drama, Romance / Love

3.7/5 (with 443 votes)

It's 1982, and Taeko is 27 years old, unmarried, and has lived her whole life in Tokyo. She decides to visit her family in the countryside, where she begins to reconnect to forgotten longings. In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.

Directed by Isao Takahata

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Whisper of the Heart(1995)

| 1h 51min | Animation, Drama, Kids & Family

4.0/5 (with 816 votes)

Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa'.

Directed by Yoshifumi Kondō

Porco Rosso(1992)

1h 34min | Kids & Family, Comedy, Animation, Adventure

3.9/5 (with 1,482 votes)

In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was somehow turned into a pig during the war. As he prepares to battle the pirate crew's American ace, Porco Rosso enlists the help of spunky girl mechanic Fio Piccolo and his longtime friend Madame Gina.

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

When Marnie Was There(2014)

| 1h 43min | Animation, Drama, Kids & Family

4.0/5 (with 768 votes)

Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.

Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi

From Up on Poppy Hill(2011)

| 1h 31min | Animation, Drama

3.8/5 (with 726 votes)

Two high schoolers find hope as they fight to save an old wartime era clubhouse from destruction during the preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Directed by Gorō Miyazaki

The Cat Returns(2002)

| 1h 15min | Adventure, Fantasy, Animation, Drama, Kids & Family

3.6/5 (with 822 votes)

Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it happens to be the Prince of the Cats.

Directed by Hiroyuki Morita

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya(2013)

| 2h 17min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

4.1/5 (with 737 votes)

Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate.

Directed by Isao Takahata

Tales from Earthsea(2006)

PG-13

| 1h 55min | Animation, Fantasy, Adventure

3.3/5 (with 570 votes)

Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange... What's even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all these bizarre events, Ged, a wandering wizard, is investigating the cause. During his journey, he meets Prince Arren, a young distraught teenage boy. While Arren may look like a shy young teen, he has a severe dark side, which grants him strength, hatred, ruthlessness and has no mercy, especially when it comes to protecting Teru. For the witch Kumo this is a perfect opportunity. She can use the boy's "fears" against the very one who would help him, Ged.

Directed by Gorō Miyazaki

Pom Poko(1994)

| 1h 59min | Adventure, Animation, Fantasy

3.6/5 (with 423 votes)

The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and fight back. The Raccoons practice and perfect the ancient art of transformation until they are even able to appear as humans in hilarious circumstances.

Directed by Isao Takahata

Ocean Waves(1993)

| 1h 12min | Animation, Drama, Romance / Love, TV Movie

3.2/5 (with 350 votes)

At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life...

Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki

My Neighbors the Yamadas(1999)

1h 44min | Animation, Kids & Family

3.5/5 (with 206 votes)

The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.

Directed by Isao Takahata

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence(2004)

PG-13

| 1h 40min | Animation, Drama, Science Fiction

3.7/5 (with 353 votes)

Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The brains of the gynoids initialize in order to protect their manufacturer's software, but in one gynoid, which Batou himself neutralized, one file remains: a voice speaking the phrase "Help me.".

Directed by Mamoru Oshii - With Akio Ōtsuka

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Earwig and the Witch(2021)

| 1h 22min | Animation, Fantasy, Kids & Family

3.1/5 (with 98 votes)

A headstrong orphan discovers a world of spells and potions while living with a selfish witch.

Directed by Gorō Miyazaki

Ponyo: Meet Ponyo(2010)

4min | Fantasy, Animation, Adventure

3.5/5 (with 4 votes)

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The Red Turtle(2016)

| 1h 20min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Kids & Family

3.8/5 (with 550 votes)

The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.

Directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit

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On Your Mark(1995)

7min | Animation, Drama, Science Fiction, Music

3.7/5 (with 59 votes)

This animated short by Miyazaki was created as a music video for the song "On Your Mark" by Japanese duo Chage & Aska. The narrative is non-linear with no dialog and loosely follows the song lyrics and chorus. The video feels like a very compressed version of an epic Miyazaki film. The story follows two police officers in a futuristic setting in their repeated attempts at rescuing a mysterious winged girl.

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki