Every Studio Ghibli Movie Ranked Worst To Best

From Up on Poppy Hill is perhaps the best example of how Studio Ghibli can create mature, light-hearted movies that speak to both young and old alike.

On the surface, the film's story of two like-minded teenagers in '60s Japan who desperately attempt to save their school clubhouse from demolition is perfect family entertainment, but it's beneath this touching drama where the film really shines.

Brought to life with assessments of war and its lasting effects on the generations left in its wake, From Up on Poppy Hill is as devastating as it is empowering, rich in an historical subtext that makes it more affecting with every re-watch.

Gorō Miyazaki's best Ghibli project, the haunting coming-of-age drama doesn't quite reach the highs of other films before it, but it achieves what it sets out to do, and in this case that's more than enough.