| 1. |  | Castle in the Sky (1986)
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. tt0092067+
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| 2. |  | Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
A tragic film covering a young boy and his little sister's struggle to survive in Japan during World War II. tt0095327+
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| 3. |  | My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wonderous forest spirits who live nearby. tt0096283+
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| 4. |  | Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
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. tt0097814+
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| 5. | | Only Yesterday (1991) |
| 6. |  | Porco Rosso (1992)
The adventures of a 1920's bush pilot who just happens to look like a humanoid pig.tt0104652+
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| 7. | | Pom Poko (1994) |
| 8. |  | Whisper of the Heart (1995)
A young girl finds that all the books she chooses in the library have been previously checked out by the same boy. Later she meets a very infuriating fellow...tt0113824+
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| 9. |  | Princess Mononoke (1997)
On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest and Tataraba, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime. tt0119698
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| 10. |  | My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)
The life and misadventures of a family in contemporary Japan.tt0206013
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| 11. |  | Spirited Away (2001)
In the middle of her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and monsters; where humans are changed into animals; and a bathhouse for these creatures. tt0245429+
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| 12. |  | The Cat Returns (2002)
After helping a cat, a young girl finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat prince in a magical world where her only hope of freedom lies with a dapper cat statuette come to life.tt0347618+
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| 13. |  | Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home. tt0347149+
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| 14. | | Tales from Earthsea (2006) |
| 15. |  | Ponyo (2008)
An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human. tt0876563+
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| 16. |  | The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their daughter, Arrietty, is discovered.tt1568921
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| 17. |  | From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
A group of Yokohama teens look to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball in preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. tt1798188+
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| 18. | | The Wind Rises (2013) |