Don't want to commit to a series? A movie is the perfect test: two hours and you'll know if this is for you. These four are self-contained, need zero context, and each shows a different face of the medium.
- Spirited Away — Studio Ghibli's masterpiece and the most celebrated Japanese animated film ever made. Pure fantasy.
- Your Name. — Makoto Shinkai's phenomenon: two strangers swapping bodies and a twist nobody sees coming. Visually stunning.
- A Silent Voice — the human drama: guilt, redemption and a story about bullying told with a tenderness that hurts.
- Howl's Moving Castle — Ghibli again, deservedly: war, magic and animation's most iconic castle.
