Every Studio Ghibli Movie, Ranked by Fans
Rank every Studio Ghibli film head-to-head, Spirited Away vs Totoro and Princess Mononoke vs Howl's Moving Castle, and see the community's ranking. Early results (n = 27): too few finished brackets to call a leader yet. Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
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Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind1984
Castle in the Sky1986
Tap a poster to make your pick. Crowd numbers appear after you choose.
Studio Ghibli: early results
Early results (n = 27). Win rate across 557 head-to-head picks from 27 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | Studio Ghibli movie | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spirited Away2001 | 57–20 | 74% | 5 | 77 | |
| 2 | Howl's Moving Castle2004 | 56–21 | 72.7% | 4 | 77 | |
| 3 | Princess Mononoke1997 | 43–21 | 67.2% | 4 | 64 | |
| 4 | My Neighbor Totoro1988 | 40–20 | 66.7% | 4 | 60 | |
| 5 | Whisper of the Heart1995 | 35–22 | 61.4% | 2 | 57 | |
| 6 | Grave of the Fireflies1988 | 33–21 | 61.1% | 3 | 54 | |
| 7 | Kiki's Delivery Service1989 | 32–24 | 57.1% | 0 | 56 | |
| 8 | Ponyo2008 | 31–25 | 55.4% | 1 | 56 |
Studio Ghibli: an early tier list
Early results (n = 27) Too few finished brackets to call yet; the tiers settle as more people play. Placed by win rate, steadied toward 50% for entrants with few matchups: S is 75% or more, A 60%, B 50%, C 40%, D 25%.
Stier, win rate 75% or more
- Nobody yet
Atier, win rate 60% or more
- Spirited Away
- Howl's Moving Castle
- Princess Mononoke
- My Neighbor Totoro
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- Whisper of the Heart
- Grave of the Fireflies
- Kiki's Delivery Service
- Ponyo
- The Boy and the Heron
- Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- Arrietty
- Porco Rosso
- The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
- Castle in the Sky
- When Marnie Was There
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- The Wind Rises
- Tales from Earthsea
- From Up on Poppy Hill
- My Neighbors the Yamadas
- Only Yesterday
- Pom Poko
- The Cat Returns
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- Earwig and the Witch
- Ocean Waves
How the Studio Ghibli bracket works
This Studio Ghibli movie ranking is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — Spirited Away or Princess Mononoke? My Neighbor Totoro or Howl's Moving Castle? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. The awkward pairings are the point: they are the calls a drag-and-drop tier list quietly lets you avoid.
This bracket runs 4 rounds at the default 16-slot size (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), drawn from a pool of 24 films. The draw is seeded: the same for everyone today, different tomorrow, and different again whenever you press New draw. You can also play it at 8 or 24 slots for a shorter or longer run.
15 picks, 4 rounds
- Round of 168 matchups
- Quarterfinals4 matchups
- Semifinals2 matchups
- Final1 matchup
Roughly 1-2 minutes start to finish at the default size.
All 24 entrants
All 24 entrants are listed below, including Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro and Howl's Moving Castle. Updated
- Spirited Away2001
- Princess Mononoke1997
- My Neighbor Totoro1988
- Howl's Moving Castle2004
- Grave of the Fireflies1988
- Kiki's Delivery Service1989
- Castle in the Sky1986
- Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind1984
- Porco Rosso1992
- The Wind Rises2013
- Ponyo2008
- The Tale of the Princess Kaguya2013
- Whisper of the Heart1995
- The Cat Returns2002
- Arrietty2010
- When Marnie Was There2014
- From Up on Poppy Hill2011
- Pom Poko1994
- Only Yesterday1991
- Ocean Waves1993
- Tales from Earthsea2006
- My Neighbors the Yamadas1999
- The Boy and the Heron2023
- Earwig and the Witch2020
Tier list instead?
Load all 24 into the tier list maker and sort them into S through F yourself: same entrants, no matchups.
Open the tier list makerMissing something?
Build your own Studio Ghibli movie bracket with exactly the entrants you want, then share the link.
Open the bracket makerGetting a ranking you actually agree with
- Pick the film you would actually rewatch tonight, not the one with the better reputation.
- Start at 16 slots. If the result feels too obvious, replay at 24 so more of the 24 films make the field.
- Use undo the moment you regret a pick. One reflex answer in an early round can knock out a favourite before it gets going.
Questions people ask
How many films are in the Studio Ghibli bracket?
The pool holds 24 films. A default run uses 16 of them and takes 15 picks across 4 rounds: Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final. Other field sizes are available too — 8, 16, 24 slots.
Which films are included?
Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle, Grave of the Fireflies, Kiki's Delivery Service, Castle in the Sky, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Porco Rosso, The Wind Rises, Ponyo and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, plus 12 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Studio Ghibli bracket take?
About 1-2 minutes — 15 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to an 8-slot bracket. No account is needed, and a run saves after every pick, so you can stop and jump back in later.
Can I turn the result into S/A/B tiers?
Both are here, and the bracket is closer to a tier list than it looks. It ends with a champion, a runner-up and then every other film grouped by the round it went out in — which is exactly a set of tiers, decided by 15 direct comparisons rather than by your first guess at a layout. What it deliberately does not do is claim a precise gap between two films that never met. If you would rather place the films into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 24 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
Can I compare my order with other people's?
Every completed bracket feeds the Studio Ghibli community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 24 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
What if a film I wanted is missing?
Use the bracket maker: add your own films, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 24 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.