Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro(ルパン三世 カリオストロの城)

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
(風の谷のナウシカ)

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• Japan, USA • 1984
• Director Hayao Miyazaki
• Cast Sumi Shimamoto, Ichirō Nagai, Gorō Naya, Yōji Matsuda, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Iemasa Kayumi
• Genre Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
• Available on iTunes, Google Play, VUDU, Amazon, Microsoft Movies & TV, YouTube, HBO Max

A young girl's love called forth miracles.

Steamboy
(スチームボーイ)

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• Japan • 2004
• Director Katsuhiro Otomo
• Cast Anne Suzuki, Manami Konishi, Katsuo Nakamura, Masane Tsukayama, Kiyoshi Kodama, Ikki Sawamura
• Genre Animation, Fantasy, Science Fiction
• Available on iTunes, VUDU, Amazon, Microsoft Movies & TV, Google Play, YouTube, DIRECTV

He will save the future.

Metropolis

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• Japan • 2001
• Director Rintaro
• Cast Yuka Imoto, Kei Kobayashi, Kōki Okada, Taro Ishida, Kousei Tomita
• Genre Animation, Science Fiction
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Welcome to Metropolis

Castle in the Sky
(天空の城ラピュタ)

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• Japan • 1986
• Director Hayao Miyazaki
• Cast Keiko Yokozawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Minori Terada, Kotoe Hatsui, Fujio Tokita, Ichirō Nagai
• Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Animation, Action, Family, Romance
• Available on Amazon, Microsoft Movies & TV, YouTube, HBO Max, Google Play, VUDU

Two kids race to find a lost civilization and keep a magic crystal out of the wrong hands.

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
(カウボーイビバップ 天国の扉)

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• Japan, USA • 2001
• Director Shinichiro Watanabe
• Cast Kouichi Yamadera, Unsho Ishizuka, Aoi Tada, Ai Kobayashi, Megumi Hayashibara
• Genre Action, Animation, Science Fiction
• Available on No streaming locations found.

The crew of the spaceship Bebop must stop a terrorist from destroying the human population of Mars.

Porco Rosso
(紅の豚)

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• Japan • 1992
• Director Hayao Miyazaki
• Cast Shûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô, Sanshi Katsura, Tsunehiko Kamijô, Akemi Okamura, Akio Otsuka
• Genre Comedy, Animation, Adventure
• Available on Microsoft Movies & TV, YouTube, HBO Max, iTunes, Google Play, VUDU, Amazon

When pigs fly...

Ponyo
(崖の上のポニョ)

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• Japan • 2008
• Director Hayao Miyazaki
• Cast Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, George Tokoro, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Yuki Amami, Kazushige Nagashima
• Genre Animation, Family
• Available on VUDU, Amazon, Microsoft Movies & TV, YouTube, HBO Max, iTunes, Google Play

Welcome to a world where anything is possible.

Tokyo Godfathers
(東京ゴッドファーザーズ)

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• Japan • 2003
• Director Satoshi Kon
• Cast Aya Okamoto, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Toru Emori, Satomi Kourogi, Mamiko Noto, Ryûji Saikachi
• Genre Animation, Drama
• Available on Google Play, VUDU, Amazon, Microsoft Movies & TV, FandangoNOW, YouTube, Hoopla, iTunes

A bizarre, heartwarming holiday tragicomedy film inspired by Peter B. Kyne's novel "Three Godfathers."

Tekkonkinkreet
(鉄コン筋クリート)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 2006
• Director Michael Arias
• Cast Kazunari Ninomiya, Yū Aoi, Yusuke Iseya, Kankuro Kudo, Min Tanaka, Rokuro Naya
• Genre Action, Adventure, Animation
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Only Yesterday
(おもひでぽろぽろ)

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• Japan • 1991
• Director Isao Takahata
• Cast Miki Imai, Toshirō Yanagiba, Yoko Honna, Mayumi Iizuka, Masahiro Itou, Chie Kitagawa
• Genre Animation, Drama, Romance
• Available on Microsoft Movies & TV, YouTube, HBO Max, iTunes, Google Play, VUDU, Amazon

Is the life you have now really everything you imagined it to be?

Pom Poko
(平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1994
• Director Isao Takahata
• Cast Shinchou Kokontei, Makoto Nonomura, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Shigeru Izumiya, Kosan Yanagiya, Norihei Miki
• Genre Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
• Available on Google Play, VUDU, Amazon, Microsoft Movies & TV, YouTube, HBO Max, iTunes

A Fantastic Tale Of Survival

The Cat Returns
(猫の恩返し)

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• Japan • 2002
• Director Hiroyuki Morita
• Cast Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Aki Maeda, Takayuki Yamada, Hitomi Satô, Kenta Satoi
• Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Animation, Drama, Family
• Available on HBO Max, iTunes, Google Play, VUDU, Amazon, Microsoft Movies & TV, YouTube

It’s not so bad being a cat, now is it?

My Neighbors the Yamadas
(ホーホケキョとなりの山田くん)

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• Japan • 1999
• Director Isao Takahata
• Cast Hayato Isohata, Masako Araki, Naomi Uno, Tôru Masuoka, Yukiji Asaoka
• Genre Animation, Family
• Available on Google Play, VUDU, Amazon, Microsoft Movies & TV, YouTube, HBO Max, iTunes

The safety of family is the wish of the world

Kiki's Delivery Service
(魔女の宅急便)

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• Japan • 1989
• Director Hayao Miyazaki
• Cast Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi, Keiko Toda, Mieko Nobusawa, Kôichi Miura
• Genre Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Family
• Available on HBO Max, Microsoft Movies & TV, iTunes, YouTube, Amazon, VUDU, Google Play

A young witch goes on fantastic adventures as she runs her own delivery service.

Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo
(ルパン三世 ルパンVS複製人間)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1978
• Director Yasuo Ôtsuka
• Cast Yasuo Yamada, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Eiko Masuyama, Gorō Naya, Makio Inoue
• Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Crime, Science Fiction
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Whisper of the Heart
(耳をすませば)

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• Japan • 1995
• Director Yoshifumi Kondou
• Cast Yoko Honna, Issey Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, Shigeru Muroi, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Keiju Kobayashi
• Genre Animation, Drama, Family
• Available on VUDU, Amazon, Microsoft Movies & TV, YouTube, HBO Max, iTunes, Google Play

I found someone I like

Tales from Earthsea
(ゲド戦記)

• ✭ ✭
• Japan • 2006
• Director Goro Miyazaki
• Cast Junichi Okada, Aoi Teshima, Bunta Sugawara, Yūko Tanaka, Teruyuki Kagawa, Jun Fubuki
• Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Animation, Science Fiction
• Available on YouTube, HBO Max, iTunes, Google Play, VUDU, Amazon, Microsoft Movies & TV

A powerful wizard and his prince companion must find the cause of the troubles facing their world.

The Secret World of Arrietty
(借りぐらしのアリエッティ)

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• Japan • 2010
• Director Hiromasa Yonebayashi
• Cast Mirai Shida, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Tomokazu Miura, Keiko Takeshita, Kirin Kiki, Shinobu Ōtake
• Genre Fantasy, Animation, Family
• Available on VUDU, Amazon, Microsoft Movies & TV, YouTube, HBO Max, iTunes, Google Play

Do not be seen by humans. That's been the law of children of the underfloor.

From Up on Poppy Hill
(コクリコ坂から)

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• Japan • 2011
• Director Gorô Miyazaki
• Cast Masami Nagasawa, Junichi Okada, Keiko Takeshita, Yuriko Ishida, Rumi Hiiragi, Jun Fubuki
• Genre Animation, Drama
• Available on Amazon, Microsoft Movies & TV, YouTube, HBO Max, iTunes, Google Play, VUDU

A group of Yokohama students fight to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball during preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.

The Wind Rises
(風立ちぬ)

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• Japan • 2013
• Director Hayao Miyazaki
• Cast Hideaki Anno, Miori Takimoto, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masahiko Nishimura, Stephen Alpert, Morio Kazama
• Genre Animation
• Available on FandangoNOW, YouTube, HBO Max, iTunes, Google Play, VUDU, Amazon, Microsoft Movies & TV

We must live.