Best Hayao Miyazaki films

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626votes

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0commentsUpdated on 10/06/2026 at 07:00 PM

Spirited Away1434

The worldwide ranking generated by 626 votes

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Spirited Away1434

Princess Mononoke1390

Howl's Moving Castle1294

My Neighbor Totoro1236

Castle in the Sky1231

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind1218

Porco Rosso1182

The Wind Rises1138

Kiki's Delivery Service1116

#10

The Boy and the Heron1115

#11

Ponyo1098

#12

The Castle of Cagliostro947

What the community says

Spirited Away leads with an ELO of 1,434, ahead of Princess Mononoke (1,390) and Howl's Moving Castle (1,294). Ranked over 626 duels between 12 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.

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How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.