Ranked: Every Studio Ghibli Movie

1. Princess Mononoke

Studio Ghibli’s finest film is also perhaps its most surprising. Visceral, violent, and conflicting, Princess Mononoke is no easy tale to absorb. There is no “good guy,” not in the traditional sense, as Miyazaki explores hist favored ecological theme but through the lens of humanity struggling to survive in a world where they are just surpassing nature, the beast gods and goddesses who had previously ruled. It is an epic in the vein of films from decades before with vibrant and complex characters, ground-breaking animation, and an English voice track that is second to none. The studio’s most intricate work, Princess Mononoke requires multiple viewings to fully appreciate.