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Directing · Writing · age 85

Hayao Miyazaki

Best rated: Spirited Away (8.6)

Films
14
Avg rating
7.92
Peak run
1989’04
7+ run
12 films
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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Hayao Miyazaki, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1989 to 2004, 8.126789198019851990199520002005201020152020Spirited Away 8.6The Boy and the Heron 7.3Career avg 7.92

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Hayao Miyazaki's career barcodecoolhot
197914 films2023
Current formLast 5: 7.90 vs career 7.92 (−0.02)
  1. WSpirited Away2001 · 8.6+0.7
  2. WHowl's Moving Castle2004 · 8.2+0.3
  3. LPonyo2008 · 7.6−0.3
  4. LThe Wind Rises2013 · 7.8−0.1
  5. LThe Boy and the Heron2023 · 7.3−0.6
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Hayao by the numbers

Average
7.92
12 rated films
Vote weighted
7.94
bigger films count more
Median
7.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.36
rating spread
Career
45y
1979 to 2023
Total votes
3.65M
across every film
Best
8.6
Spirited Away
Worst
7.3
The Boy and the Heron
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
2023The Boy and the Heron posterThe Boy and the Heron7.3152K
2013The Wind Rises posterThe Wind Rises7.8116K
2008Ponyo posterPonyo7.6190K
2004Howl's Moving Castle posterHowl's Moving Castle8.2523K
2001Spirited Away posterSpirited Away8.6988K
1997Princess Mononoke posterPrincess Mononoke8.3492K
1992Porco Rosso posterPorco Rosso7.7119K
1989Kiki's Delivery Service posterKiki's Delivery Service7.8193K
1988My Neighbor Totoro posterMy Neighbor Totoro8.1441K
1986Castle in the Sky posterCastle in the Sky8.0201K
1984Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind posterNausicaä of the Valley of the Wind8.0200K
1984Conan the Future Boy: The Big Giant Robot's Resurrection·880
1979Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro posterLupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro7.636,349
1979Conan, the Boy in Future·335
Better together?

Hayao Miyazaki's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Hayao Miyazaki

5 nominations, 3 wins

Awards record

  • Best Animated Feature · Academy Awards 2024
    Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
    Won
  • Honorary Award · Academy Awards 2015
    Hayao Miyazaki
    Won
  • Best Animated Feature · Academy Awards 2014
    Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
    Nominated
  • Best Animated Feature · Academy Awards 2006
    Hayao Miyazaki
    Nominated
  • Best Animated Feature · Academy Awards 2003
    Hayao Miyazaki
    Won

Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.

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