Princess Mononoke(もののけ姫)

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

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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.

Spirited Away
(千と千尋の神隠し)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 2001
• Director Hayao Miyazaki
• Cast Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Bunta Sugawara, Yumi Tamai, Ryunosuke Kamiki
• Genre Animation, Family, Fantasy
• Available on HBO Max, iTunes, Google Play, VUDU, Amazon, Microsoft Movies & TV, YouTube

A ten-year-old girl must save her parents from hostile spirits.

Akira
(アキラ)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1988
• Director Takashi Nakamura
• Cast Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshou Genda, Hiroshi Ohtake, Kōichi Kitamura
• Genre Science Fiction, Animation
• Available on Hulu, Funimation Now, VUDU, FandangoNOW

Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.

Howl's Moving Castle
(ハウルの動く城)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 2004
• Director Hayao Miyazaki
• Cast Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa, Tatsuya Gashūin, Ryunosuke Kamiki
• Genre Fantasy, Animation, Adventure
• Available on Microsoft Movies & TV, YouTube, HBO Max, iTunes, VUDU, Amazon

A young woman cursed with old age seeks the help of an insecure magician and his companions, who live in a moving castle.

Paprika
(パプリカ)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 2006
• Director Satoshi Kon
• Cast Megumi Hayashibara, Tōru Furuya, Kouichi Yamadera, Katsunosuke Hori, Toru Emori
• Genre Animation, Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
• Available on YouTube, DIRECTV, iTunes, VUDU, Amazon, Microsoft Movies & TV, FandangoNOW, Google Play

Just anyone can let themselves into your dreams now...

My Neighbor Totoro
(となりのトトロ)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1988
• Director Hayao Miyazaki
• Cast Noriko Hidaka, Hitoshi Takagi, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto, Tanie Kitabayashi
• Genre Fantasy, Animation, Family
• Available on Microsoft Movies & TV, YouTube, HBO Max, iTunes, Google Play, VUDU, Amazon

Sisters and spirits come together in this magical tale.

Ghost in the Shell
(GHOST IN THE SHELL)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan, United Kingdom • 1995
• Director Mamoru Oshii
• Cast Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Iemasa Kayumi, Kouichi Yamadera, Yutaka Nakano, Tesshou Genda
• Genre Action, Animation, Science Fiction
• Available on Microsoft Movies & TV, YouTube, Redbox, Amazon, Mubi, iTunes, AMC, DIRECTV, Google Play, VUDU, FandangoNOW

It found a voice... Now it needs a body.

Castle in the Sky
(天空の城ラピュタ)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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.

Porco Rosso
(紅の豚)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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.

Grave of the Fireflies
(火垂るの墓)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1988
• Director Isao Takahata
• Cast Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi
• Genre Animation, Drama, War
• Available on VUDU, Hulu, iTunes

Can these two siblings beat the odds?

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
(時をかける少女)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 2006
• Director Mamoru Hosoda
• Cast Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutaka Itakura, Ayami Kakiuchi, Mitsuki Tanimura, Yuki Sekido
• Genre Fantasy, Animation, Drama, Science Fiction
• Available on iTunes, Google Play, VUDU, Amazon, Microsoft Movies & TV, YouTube

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)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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?

Kiki's Delivery Service
(魔女の宅急便)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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.

Whisper of the Heart
(耳をすませば)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• 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.