Studio Ghibli treasures

A young girl must navigate a strange spirit world when her parents are transformed into pigs. It always surprised me how the surreal, dreamlike world feels both terrifying and wondrous.

Two sisters encounter gentle forest spirits while their mother recovers from illness in rural Japan. I love the perfect balance of whimsy and emotional depth that captures the essence of childhood wonder.

What I love most about this film is its complexity—there are no true villains, only clashing worlds, where every character has understandable motivations, creating a nuanced fable; a battle between industrialization and the natural world plays out through gods, beasts, and warriors.

When a goldfish princess falls in love with a human boy and wishes to become human herself, she creates a dangerous imbalance between sea and land. Loved the childlike joy in every scene.

A young woman transformed into an elderly lady finds refuge in a wizard's walking castle. Loved the way magic is displayed as both beautiful and dangerous, especially the castle itself—part machine, part organism.