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~~Nausicaa isn't technically a Ghibli because the studio didn't exist yet, but it was made by the same people and it's my favorite of their work.~~

Weird, I swear that "not" wasn't there when the post first went up. For other movies try Ghost in the Shell 1996, Redline, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, and Blood: The Last Vampire (no relation to D).

Perfect Blue is great.

Go watch everything made by Satoshi Kon

Colorful

A Silent Voice, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, Perfect Blue, Ghost in the Shell, Wolf Children, In This Corner of the World

Satoshi Kon's and Tokyo Grandfathers' Christmas Eve songs

Liz and the blue bird

"I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" "Fireworks" "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time"

Watch the Kizumonogatari movies

Watch Liz to Aoi Tori. Its a literal masterpiece

Summer wars

“Memories” and
“The Animatrix”

Akira

Maquia when promised flowers bloom best anime I’ve ever seen

I want to eat your pancreas

Brave Story, Goodbye, Don Glees!, Eiga Daisuki Pompo-san

The Wings of Honneamise. Often forgotten classic.

Redline. The night is short, walk on girl.

Tokyo godfathers

Arete hime

Origin: spirits of the past

Sword of the stranger

The piano forest

Summer wars

A letter to momo

Wolf children

Psychic school wars

In this corner of the world

Hal

The anthem of the heart

I’ve always liked you

Fireworks

Haikara San: here comes miss modern

Child of kamiari month

Maboroshi

Her blue sky

Drifting home

My oni girl

Lonely castle in the mirror

If you want something more varied you can go for an anthology. Some interesting ones can be:
-Memories
-Robot Carnival
-Meikyu Monogatari (also known as Neo Tokyo)


-Mamoru Oshi is mostly known for their Ghost in the Shell films (which are great), as well as Patlabor (more approachable) and Tenshi no Tamago (more open to interpretation). But you can also try The Sky Crawlers which is an overlooked yet brilliant movie.


-Tekkon Kinkreet is an interesting one, unconventional artstyle & straightforward storytelling with gorgeous backgrounds, it's visually stunning.


Another sci-fi themed trifecta from the same director can be the following (different moods and themes between them):
-Eve no Jikan
-Pale Cocoon
-Sakasama no Patema


-Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust has the gothic aesthetic of Tenshi no Tamago but goes for a vampiric setting (the old Vampire Hunter D movie has some nice qualities to it, but it's not as interesting).


-Hotori: Tada Saiwai no Koinegau is a nice film rarely talked about, so worth mentioning in case it catches your eye.

Get into Lupin III. Castle of Cagliostro is a fantastic film from Miyazaki well ahead of Ghibli and The First is a recent film in the western 3D style that's a lot of fun. Lupin is a series but it's very much the kind of where you can pick up whatever you want and have fun.

Then there's the Koike films which include four movies with an OVA leading up to the fourth one which will drop in US theaters soon. The Goemon film is a particular standout. Koike is also famous for Red Line which is fantastic.

Dead Leaves is a short film in the vein of Red Line if it was fused with TTGL' style

Crusher Joe is a great older sci-fi film

Rakuen Tsuihou is a fun film written by Gen Urobuchi with a sequel on the way after over a decade.

Yoru wa Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome is a great film set in the same universe as the author's other works, but it's standalone. Also directed by Yuasa is the amazing Edo era rock music movie Inu-Oh

Sand Land is technically a film but it's mostly available in the west as a TV series. Its first half is the film which is an adaption of the one volume series by Toriyama which is excellent, the second half is a new arc created for the recent video game using the same tech from the film

Spriggan is a cool intense action film that's kind of Indiana Jones-y but with some over the top fighting

Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust is a gorgeous gothic adventure

Juubee Ninpuuchou is a pretty intense famous action series with ninja

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This post recommends some great movies.

Mind Game by Masaaki Yuasa is also good

Big fan of Belle, it was different from what I usually watch but it was really enjoyable and the art/animation was fantastic

"Look back" is really good its stand alone and the Manga was by the chain saw man creator

Metropolis (2001)

Redline

Galaxy Express 999

Josie the tiger and the fish

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

Perfect Blue

Maquia

Wolf Children

1988 riding bean

Steamboy

Miss Hokusai

Macross Plus movie edition

Blue Sub No. 6.

Sing A Bit Of Harmony.

I love films that a series of vignettes. How about

Robot Carnival

Memories

Short Peace

Genius Party

Genius Party Beyond

And not a movie but a series of 8 shorts from the early works of Tatsuki Fujimoto (the author or Fire Fist and Chainsaw Man). Tatsuki Funimoto 17-26 (that’s the name). It’s on Amazon’s Prime Video right now.

Redline

Dead Leaves. If you haven’t seen Dead Leaves it’s a trip.

A selection of my favourites:

- A Silent Voice
- Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
- Millennium Actress
- Miss Hokusai
- Night is Short, Walk on Girl
- Pompo the Cinephile
- PROMARE
- Wolf Children

Pop Pop City

Watch paprika,Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop

Promare is fun as hell

Momo e no Tegami


Sakasama no Patema

HAL

All 28 of Detective Conan movies... But if you want the top ones, then I suggest:

Movie 6
Movie 20
Movie 26

Paprika, perfect blue, or Josie, the tiger and the fish,

-**Promare**



-Josee, the Tiger and the Fish




-A Silent Voice


-Sword of the Stranger 


-Summer Wars

Promare, visuals are badass and soundtrack is amazing (Hiroyuki Sawano the GOAT)

The attack on titan movie, and the jujutsu kaisen movie

Look Back

Chainsaw Man Reze Arc (not standalone but I HUGELY suggest to watch s1 and then the movie, for real)

I want to Eat your Pancreas

Kyoka no Kanata

Violet Evergarden Movie (the anime are independent stories so the movie can be watched by itself)

Wolf Children

Koe no Katachi

Code Geass has a movie format in Crunchy Roll which I think is a nice idea, but it's a bit of a stretch

The Boy and the Beast

Kizumonogatari movies

Promare

Expelled from Paradise

If you've watched One Piece, I highly suggest Baron Omatsuri

Fate Strange/Fake lacks a lot of background and story but it's quite interesting

Yuru Camp the Movie (will make you wanna watch the whole anime)

Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (again, not standalone, but it is quite an amazing movie)

Josee tiger and the fish

Promare rocks! Will definitely get your blood pumping. If not in the mood for that, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time will always be a classic! If you’re in the mood for something a little more thought provoking (albeit uncomfortable), Perfect Blue is a masterpiece.

Paprika

Strait Jacket

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

Ninja Scroll


Patlabor 1 and 2


Macross Plus 



Gundam Endless Waltz


Perfect Blue 


Ghost in the Shell 

Mononoke 1 and 2

The escaflowne movie is a good one

Perfect Blue (1997)

Ninja Scroll?

If you don't mind a musical I enjoyed [this one.](https://myanimelist.net/anime/42847)

[The Boy and The Beast](https://myanimelist.net/anime/28805)

Idk who made it but. The boy and the beast

Aachi & Ssipak

Pompo the Cinophile.

Girl who leapt through time.

Girl who leapt through time.

no one has mentioned Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade. sadness.

My GOAT Naoko Yamada. 

The Colors Within

Some older great anime fils are the original Ghost in the Shell and Paprika.

How in the hell has Ninja Scroll been recommended and yet no one has thought to mention *Akira*

Night is Short, Walk On Girl by Masaaki Yuasa

Umamusume: Beginning of a New Era

Redline. If you can be non-sober, do that.

Akira

Grave of the fireflies

Hathaway's Flash on Netflix right now. It's the latest Gundam movie. I didn't know a damn thing about UC Gundam before watching it, and it didn't hurt my enjoyment. Really cool movie with some insane production values.

Macross Plus movie version.

"Summer ghost" and "maboroshi"

Maquia: when the promised flower blooms!!!!

Maquia

Tekkon Kinkreet and Mind Games.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Paprika, I want to eat your pancreas, Perfect Blue, Kizumonogatari movies( technically part of Monogatari series but self-contained and spectacular).

You might like Bubble, it is absolutely beautiful

Redline (2009).

Boy and The Beast


Promare


Paprika

I love You Are Umasou. It's about dinosaurs, about a carnivore raised by herbivores and his struggles around being true to himself.

The girl who lept through time

Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below. 10/10 movie that makes me cry like a baby every time I watch it. It's a bit slow in the 2nd actually but its visuals and backgrounds are absolutely breathtaking.

Bubble

This one will take a bit of homework, but The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya.

You'll have to watch the series for it to make more sense, but it is a GREAT movie, and a great thing to put on for Christmas.

Pompo the Cinephile.
Maquia.
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas.
Sing a Bit of Harmony.
Time of Eve.

Garden of Sinners

Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo

Macquia

Pompo the Cinephile

Garden of words

The girl who leapt through time

Redline

Akira

Perfect Blue

Sword of the Stranger

I Want To Eat Your Pancreas

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Summer Ghost

Look Back

Paprika? OH FRANKELDA! IDK IF HAVE DUB IN ENGLISH BUT TRY IT (musical, horror, stop motion)

Mind Game (2004) and The Night is Short, Walk on Girl (2017) will have you looking at life a little differently, both directed by Masaaki Yuasa

Summer Ghost

some of my favorites:

• Popmo The Cinephile

• The Princess and The Pilot

• The Cat Returns

• Children of The Sea

• A Whisker Away

• Umamusume: Beginning of A New Era

(The last one is not standalone, but I include it anyway just in case anybody would be interested)

Its a short film but Summer Ghost

Watch "I want to eat your pancreas" A 10/10 in my opinion

Try Summer Ghost. It's not feature length but it is awesome.