🌿every studio ghibli movie in order (20 of 22)

cut two to keep this from running forever: My Neighbors the Yamadas and The Cat Returns, sorry to both. everything else, in the order it came out.

Castle in the Sky (Hayao Miyazaki, 1986)

first one under the ghibli name. still holds up, still the best entry point.

My Neighbor Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988)

Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata, 1988)

not a kids movie despite how it gets marketed. check you're in the right headspace before you press play.

Kiki's Delivery Service (Hayao Miyazaki, 1989)

Only Yesterday (Isao Takahata, 1991)

takahata's, and it's a memory piece more than a plot movie. slower, worth it anyway.

Porco Rosso (Hayao Miyazaki, 1992)

Pom Poko (Isao Takahata, 1994)

raccoon dogs waging war on suburban sprawl. genuinely stranger than people remember.

Whisper of the Heart (Yoshifumi Kondo, 1995)

Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki, 1997)

long. also the one that made mononoke a household reference outside japan.

Howl's Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki, 2004)

loosely a diana wynne jones adaptation. changes a lot from the book and still works.

Tales from Earthsea (Goro Miyazaki, 2006)

goro's first, not hayao's. weakest entry on this list honestly, no spoilers, just manage expectations.

Ponyo (Hayao Miyazaki, 2008)

Arrietty (Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2010)

From Up on Poppy Hill (Goro Miyazaki, 2011)

The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki, 2013)

hayao's last film before the first 'retirement.' heavier than the trailer makes it look.

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Isao Takahata, 2013)

takahata's last film. the animation style is completely different from everything else here, almost watercolor.

When Marnie Was There (Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2014)

The Red Turtle (Michael Dudok de Wit, 2016)

only non-japanese director on this whole list. co-produced with ghibli, quiet, almost no dialogue.

real last one so far, 2023. no spoilers, go in blind if you can.

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