Hayao Miyazaki
Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (born 1941)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- January 5, 1941 · Bunkyō-ku
- Nationality
- Japan
- Work
- film director, animator, mangaka, screenwriter
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
2001 · Japan · fantasy, animation, drama
Berlin Golden Bear winner 2002 · Japan Academy Prize winner 2002 · Kehr's annual top 10 2002 #1
4.9814 citations - 2
1988 · Japan · fantasy, drama, animation
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1988 #1 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #72 · Empire 500 (2008) #275
1.985 citations - 3
1997 · Japan · fantasy, animation, action
Japan Academy Prize winner 1998 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1997 #2 · Letterboxd Top 250 #72
1.975 citations - 4The Wind Rises風立ちぬ
2013 · Japan · drama, biography, animation
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2014 #5 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2013 #7 · Film Comment year-end poll 2013 #42
0.903 citations - 5Howl's Moving Castleハウルの動く城
2004 · Japan · fantasy, animation, adventure
Letterboxd Top 250 #104 · Film Comment year-end poll 2005 #27 · Empire 500 (2008) #230
0.623 citations - 6The Boy and the Heron君たちはどう生きるか
2023 · Japan · adventure, drama, fantasy
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2023 #9 · Film Comment year-end poll 2023 #20
0.532 citations - 70.431 citation
- 8Kiki's Delivery Service魔女の宅急便
1989 · Japan · fantasy, animation
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1989 #5
0.391 citation - 9
1983 · Japan · sci-fi, animation, fantasy
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1984 #7
0.331 citation - 10Castle in the Sky天空の城ラピュタ
1986 · Japan · fantasy, romance, animation
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1986 #8
0.321 citation - 110.181 citation
