Movies directed by Hayao Miyazaki

The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)

100 mins Adventure , Animation, Family

The Castle of Cagliostro: a thief tries to rescue a beautiful damself from a Count who keeps her prisoner in his castle...

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

117 mins Adventure , Animation, Fantasy

When I think Hayao Miyazaki I think three things; the first of these is beautiful animations and whilst his more recent movies, those which have come out of Studio Ghibli have impressed me you can see the beginnings of these ...

Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)

124 mins Adventure , Animation, Family

Whilst Hayao Miyazaki had already given us such animations as "Nausica� of the Valley of the Wind" and "The Castle of Cagliostro", "Laputa: Castle in the Sky" was the first animation to come out of Studio Ghibli. Now I hate t...

My Neighbour Totoro (1988)

86 mins Adventure , Animation, Family

To be honest I am not the biggest fan of animation, I find that whilst many can impress on a visual level the actual storylines are weak. But the few Studio Ghibli movies I have watched have thus far impressed as whilst the o...

Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

103 mins Adventure , Animation, Family

It would be fair to say that many of Hayao Miyazaki's animes have a strong fantasy element and with a storyline which features a 13 year old witch leaving home there is a sense of fantasy to "Kiki's Delivery Service". But in ...

Porco Rosso (1992)

94 mins Adventure , Animation, Fantasy

Movies I like are those which make me lose track of time and that is what "Porco Rosso" does which considering we are talking Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki it shouldn't be a surprise. In fact "Porco Rosso" turned out as mo...

Princess Mononoke (1997)

134 mins Adventure , Animation, Fantasy

Princess Mononoke: Young warrior Ashitaka finds himself stuck between the wolf people of the forest and the humans when he goes in search of a cure for a curse...

Spirited Away (2001)

125 mins Adventure , Animation, Family

I have mentioned before that there was a time when I just didn't do animations having grown tired of the conveyor belt animations which were coming out, filled with similar characters and voiced by similar actors. At the same...

Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

115 mins Adventure , Animation, Fantasy

To be honest I am not a huge fan of modern animated films, especially those which come under the Manga banner, as the ones I had seen had been confusing and boring. So when a young friend enthused so much about "Howl's Moving...

Ponyo (2008)

101 mins Animation, Family, Fantasy

I don't think I have watched a Studio Ghibli animation which I didn't like but some have wowed me more than others. Unfortunately "Ponyo" is not in the group which wowed me as whilst I am sure the storyline works for those wh...

The Wind Rises (2013)

126 mins Animation, Biography, Drama

Let me split this review in two and start with the story, which in this case is the fictionalized account of Jiro Horikoshi's life, the man who designed the plane which was named after him and which the Japanese used in WWII....

* This is purely a list of reviews on The Movie Scene featuring the name Hayao Miyazaki as one of the directors.