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What are the five best Studio Ghibli movies?

I am a frozen-hearted White Walker (don't like any).
0 (0%)
I really like the one with the genie and the monkey (haven't seen enough).
0 (0%)
Castle in the Sky (1986)
4 (4.7%)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
8 (9.3%)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
14 (16.3%)
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
6 (7%)
Only Yesterday (1991)
4 (4.7%)
Porco Rosso (1992)
2 (2.3%)
Pom Poko (1994)
1 (1.2%)
Whisper of the Heart (1995)
3 (3.5%)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
8 (9.3%)
My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)
0 (0%)
Spirited Away (2001)
17 (19.8%)
The Cat Returns (2002)
0 (0%)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
6 (7%)
Tales from Earthsea (2006)
0 (0%)
Ponyo (2008)
0 (0%)
Arrietty (2010)
1 (1.2%)
From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
0 (0%)
The Wind Rises (2013)
4 (4.7%)
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)
7 (8.1%)
When Marnie Was There (2014)
1 (1.2%)
The Red Turtle (2016)
0 (0%)

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Re: Best Studio Ghibli Movies
« Reply #30 on: August 07, 2019, 01:30:43 PM »
1. Tonari no Totoro / My Neighbour Totoro (Miyazaki)
2. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi / Spirited Away (Miyazaki)
3. Mononoke-hime / Princess Mononoke (Miyazaki)
4. Kaguyahime no monogatari / The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Takahata)
5. Hotaru no haka / Grave of the Fireflies (Takahata)
6. Omohide poro poro / Only Yesterday (Takahata)

7. Kaze no tani no Naushika / Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Miyazaki)
8. Majo no takkyûbin / Kiki's Delivery Service (Miyazaki)
9. Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta / Castle in the Sky (Miyazaki)

10. Mimi wo sumaseba Whisper of the Heart (Kondô)
11. Hauru no ugoku shiro / Howl's Moving Castle (Miyazaki)


Heisei tanuki gassen ponpoko / Pom Poko (Takahata)
Kaze tachinu / The Wind Rises (Miyazaki)
Hôkokekyo tonari no Yamada-kun / My Neighbors the Yamadas (Takahata)
Kokuriko-zaka kara / From Up on Poppy Hill (G. Miyazaki)
Neko no ongaeshi / The Cat Returns (Morita)
Gake no ue no Ponyo / Ponyo (Miyazaki)
Kurenai no buta / Porco Rosso (Miyazaki)
Omoide no Mâni / When Marnie Was There (Simone & Yonebayashi)
Kari-gurashi no Arietti / The Secret World of Arrietty (Yonebayashi)
Gedo senki / Tales from Earthsea (G. Miyazaki)
Uma ga kikoeru / Ocean Waves (Mochizuki)

Seems a little silly for me to have so many unseen given my love for the ones that I have seen. I will remedy that as far as the Miyazaki-directed ones go this year at least, and will surely get to Pon Poko at some point (maybe a top 100 Club 1SO month) at the very least. I do like having potential masterpieces still to watch though (I have especially high hopes for The Wind Rises).
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Re: Best Studio Ghibli Movies
« Reply #31 on: August 07, 2019, 03:01:05 PM »
The Wind Rises is indeed a masterpiece.
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Re: Best Studio Ghibli Movies
« Reply #32 on: August 08, 2019, 07:54:30 PM »
Not voting because I still need to watch:

Castle In The Sky
Kiki's Delivery Service
My Neighbors The Yamadas
The Cat Returns
Tales From Earthsea
The Red Turtle


Though, going in and doing a quick eye test/knowing what I do about them, The Red Turtle is the only one that I get the impression would have the potential to 'make noise.'

However, were I to vote, I think I'd go with, from best to not as best:

Grave Of The Fireflies
Totoro
Only Yesterday
Mononoke
Porco Rosso


PR is my favorite Ghibli though, I think, sort of like how Hercules is my fave Dis, but probs not what I would call their best (Bambi). Only Yesterday is the one I most want to rewatch because I only saw it on TCM when they did their Month Of Miyazaki while I was still in high school and it was still super underdistributed in the US, glad it eventually got put out there.

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Re: Best Studio Ghibli Movies
« Reply #33 on: August 13, 2019, 11:19:39 PM »
Whisper of the Heart 10/10
My Neighbor Totoro 10/10
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya 10/10
The Wind Rises 10/10
Spirited Away 9/10
Porco Rosso 9/10
Grave of the Fireflies 9/10
Princess Mononoke 9/10
Castle in the Sky 8/10
Only Yesterday 8/10
When Marnie Was There 8/10
The Secret World of Arrietty 7/10
Kiki's Delivery Service 7/10
Ponyo 6/10
Howl's Moving Castle 6/10
The Red Turtle 6/10
From Up on Poppy Hill 5/10

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Re: Best Studio Ghibli Movies
« Reply #34 on: July 05, 2020, 08:44:25 PM »
Little known fact? Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence is a Studio Ghibli film.

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Re: Best Studio Ghibli Movies
« Reply #35 on: July 05, 2020, 08:57:34 PM »
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Re: Best Studio Ghibli Movies
« Reply #36 on: July 06, 2020, 06:26:52 AM »
Masterpieces (top 100)
Spirited Away
Grave of the Fireflies

Great
Kiki's Delivery Service
Howl's Moving Castle

Very Good
My Neighbour Totoro

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Re: Best Studio Ghibli Movies
« Reply #37 on: July 06, 2020, 06:56:20 AM »
1. Tonari no Totoro / My Neighbour Totoro (Miyazaki)
2. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi / Spirited Away (Miyazaki)
3. Mononoke-hime / Princess Mononoke (Miyazaki)
4. Kaguyahime no monogatari / The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Takahata)
5. Hotaru no haka / Grave of the Fireflies (Takahata)
6. Omohide poro poro / Only Yesterday (Takahata)

7. Kaze no tani no Naushika / Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Miyazaki)
8. Kurenai no buta / Porco Rosso (Miyazaki)
9. Gake no ue no Ponyo / Ponyo (Miyazaki)

10. Majo no takkyûbin / Kiki's Delivery Service (Miyazaki)
11. Kaze tachinu / The Wind Rises (Miyazaki)
12. Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta / Castle in the Sky (Miyazaki)

13. Mimi wo sumaseba Whisper of the Heart (Kondô)
14. Hauru no ugoku shiro / Howl's Moving Castle (Miyazaki)


Heisei tanuki gassen ponpoko / Pom Poko (Takahata)
Hôkokekyo tonari no Yamada-kun / My Neighbors the Yamadas (Takahata)
Kokuriko-zaka kara / From Up on Poppy Hill (G. Miyazaki)
Neko no ongaeshi / The Cat Returns (Morita)
Omoide no Mâni / When Marnie Was There (Simone & Yonebayashi)
Kari-gurashi no Arietti / The Secret World of Arrietty (Yonebayashi)
Gedo senki / Tales from Earthsea (G. Miyazaki)
Uma ga kikoeru / Ocean Waves (Mochizuki)

I've completed Miyazaki's filmography, but should probably take the opportunity of them all being on Netflix now to watch the rest, especially the two Takahatas.
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Re: Best Studio Ghibli Movies
« Reply #38 on: July 07, 2020, 07:04:34 PM »
I am committing July to Studio Ghibli and other anime films. I still have 2 films to go before I complete the feature filmography of Ghibli (GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE, TALES FROM EARTHSEA). I am also revisiting a few classics that I haven't seen since high school (PRINCESS MONONOKE, SPIRITED AWAY). Here is my current official ranking:

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1. Whisper of the Heart
2. The Wind Rises
3. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
4. My Neighbor Totoro
5. Porco Rosso
6. Kiki's Delivery Service
7. Spirited Away
8. Princess Mononoke
9. The Cat Returns
10. My Neighbors the Yamadas
11. Only Yesterday
12. Grave of the Fireflies
13. Pom Poko
14. The Secret World of Arrietty
15. Castle in the Sky
16. When Marnie Was There
17. Ponyo
18. Howl's Moving Castle
19. The Red Turtle
20. From Up on Poppy Hill
21. Ocean Waves

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1-4 are masterpieces. 17-21 are passable.

 

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