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Movies like Howl's Moving Castle

12 films like Howl's Moving Castle (2004), Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, Porco Rosso among them. They're picked by what the story is about and what each shares with Howl's Moving Castle: its director, cast, franchise or setting.

2004 · 119 min · Animation, Adventure, Family. When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.

  1. Spirited Away

    2003 · 125 min · Animation, Adventure, Family Also directed by Hayao Miyazaki

    During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.

  2. Castle in the Sky

    1986 · 125 min · Animation, Adventure, Family Also directed by Hayao Miyazaki

    Pazu's life changes when he meets Sheeta, a girl whom pirates are chasing for her crystal amulet, which has the potential to locate Laputa, a legendary castle floating in the sky.

  3. Porco Rosso

    1992 · 93 min · Animation, Adventure, Comedy Also directed by Hayao Miyazaki

    In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.

  4. Princess Mononoke

    1997 · 134 min · Animation, Adventure, Fantasy Also directed by Hayao Miyazaki

    While seeking to cure himself of a curse, young warrior Ashitaka stumbles into a conflict between the people of Iron Town and Princess Mononoke, a girl raised by wolves, who will stop at nothing to prevent the destruction of her h...

  5. My Neighbor Totoro

    1988 · 86 min · Animation, Adventure, Comedy Also directed by Hayao Miyazaki

    When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.

  6. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

    1984 · 95 min · Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi Also directed by Hayao Miyazaki

    Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.

  7. Ponyo

    2008 · 100 min · Animation, Adventure, Comedy Also directed by Hayao Miyazaki

    A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.

  8. The Secret World of Arrietty

    2010 · 94 min · Animation, Adventure, Drama Also animation and adventure

    The Clock family consists of three four-inch-tall people who live incognito among humans, borrowing only what they need to survive. Their quiet life changes when their teenage daughter, Arrietty, is discovered.

  9. Tales from Earthsea

    2006 · 115 min · Animation, Adventure, Fantasy Also animation and adventure

    In a mythical land, a man and a young boy investigate a series of unusual occurrences.

  10. The Cat Returns

    2002 · 75 min · Animation, Adventure, Comedy Also animation and adventure

    After helping a cat, a seventeen-year-old girl finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat Prince in a magical world where her only hope of freedom lies with a dapper cat statuette come to life.

  11. Whisper of the Heart

    1995 · 111 min · Animation, Drama, Family Also animation and family

    A love story between a girl who loves reading books and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses.

  12. The Wind Rises

    2013 · 126 min · Animation, Biography, Drama Also directed by Hayao Miyazaki

    Jiro Horikoshi studies assiduously to fulfill his aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer. As WWII begins, fighter aircraft designed by him end up getting used by the Japanese Empire against its foes.

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