Rank Miyazaki's Filmography

Epic movies;
1. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
2. Laputa: Castle in the Sky
3. Spirited Away
4. Howl's Moving Castle
5. Princess Mononoke
I put Howl above Mononoke because of its offbeat creativity, although Diana Wynne Jones actually wrote the story/book. I thought Mononoke felt like an unpolished Spirited Away, both in creativity and animation, also the Mononoke world idea reminds me a bit of InuYasha. Howl and Mononoke both felt less epic than Nausicaä and Laputa, they were more around the Spirited Away scale, but Spirited Away gets the creative edge for me.
Castle in the Sky was just great all around, sometimes the pacing felt a bit off, but the scenes that followed created a new rush. I loved the scenes on Laputa, i wish he made a whole movie about just the ancient city and sentient guardians.
Nausicaä is my favorite, it was one of the last movies of his that i saw and i didnt actually expect a lot from it, thinking i had peaked with Laputa. But the world he created was amazing, I wish i had seen this movie as a kid, it combined interests that i had, insects, ancient or alien monsters, prehistoric creatures specifically the ones from the Devonian era etc.
While Laputa felt like it had time enough to pace its action, Nausicaä felt like it needed much more time, which is why i rated it so high, i wanted more, but i dont fault the movie, i just thank him for the creativity that he gives and how it leaves me hungering for more, more so than Laputa, since they both sorta shared the ancient nature aspect within the movies.
But hearing that the Nausicaä manga was his lifework, i can understand that i was left with a feeling of wanting more (i should read it sometime!).

As for his more personal movies;
1. Ponyo
2. Kiki's Delivery Service
3. My Neighbor Totoro
Ponyo wins because of its oceanic imagery, once again the Devonian creatures plus some cool jellyfish action, i love these surreal prehistoric worlds.
And this is where Kiki loses her points, the movie itself was very touching, it was really cute, nothing wrong with that, but it felt a bit like watching a known fairy tale of the Little Match Girl (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Match_Girl). While not the same, but the emotions were lingering and it played a lot with the general sense of sad loneliness and hopelessness, being thankful for the smallest of things etc.
This brings me to Totoro, i have a similar dissonance of emotions while watching it. The animals/monsters and discovery was great, but the dwelling on the afterlife didnt really struck my chord, i liked the mysterious atmosphere throughout, but i couldnt love it like Ponyo for example.

Put together, my list would look like this;
1. Nausicaä________(10)
2. Laputa___________(9)
3. Spirited Away_____(9)
4. Ponyo___________(9)
5. Kiki_____________(8)
6. Totoro___________(8)
7. Howl____________(8)
8. Mononoke________(8)
But neither movie is bad of course, since my ratings range from 8 to 10.
The reason i havent watched Porco Rosso and Cagliostro is because im pretty sure they just wont contain any of the wonderful worlds he created in Nausicaä and Laputa.
I keep forgetting about The Wind Rises, but i will have watched all of his works eventually.

Surprised to see the lack of love for Totoro here. I find it to be a magical film.

They are all great, but here is my list of the ones I've seen:

1. My Neighbour Totoro
2. Nausicaa
3. Howl's Moving Castle
4. Spirited Away
5. Princess Mononoke
6. Laputa: Castle in the Sky
7. Kiki's Delivery Service
8. The Wind Rises

1. Princess Mononoke
2. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
3. Laputa: Castle in the Sky
4. Spirited Away

5. Kiki's Delivery Service
6. My Neighbour Totoro
7. The Castle of Cagliostro

8. The Wind Rises
9. Howl's Moving Castle
10. Porco Rosso
11. Ponyo

Mononoke is just a really special film and the epitome of Miyazaki and Ghibli, IMO. Interesting that the common theme of flying in almost all of Miyazaki's films is not found in Mononoke. I guess the riding on the wolves scene is pretty close.

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1. Howls Moving Castle
2. Spirited Away
3. Princess Mononoke
4. Kikis Delivery Service
5. Porco Rosso
6. Ponyo
7. Castle in the Sky
8. Wind Rises
9. My Neighbor Totoro
10. Nausicaa

Hate on it!

1. Laputa: Castle in the Sky
2. Princess Mononoke
3. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
4. Spirited Away
5. My Neighbor Totoro
6. The Castle of Cagliostro
7. Howl's Moving Castle
8. Ponyo

Just startrd Kiki's Delivery Service.

Come at the king, you best not miss.

1. My Neighbor Totoro 10/10

2. Princess Mononoke 10/10

3. Laputa: Castle in the Sky 9/10

4. Spirited Away 9/10

5. Nausicaa 9/10

6. Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro 8/10

7. Kiki's Delivery Service 8/10

8. Howl's Moving Castle 8/10

9. Wind Rises 8/10

10. porco Rosso 7/10

11. Ponyo 7/10

They're all good though and I could easily rate the first 5 10s instead.