Spirited Away
2001 | 125 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Why it’s a Friday Night Flick
Critics loved it (96%), audiences adore it (8.5/10), it made about 14 times its budget and people are still talking about it. Make plans for this one.
Our take: Studio Ghibli's masterpiece and an Oscar winner: a hand-drawn fantasy as strange and wondrous for adults as for kids.
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A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsVery strong
96% on Rotten Tomatoes, 96 on Metacritic
- AudiencesVery strong
8.5/10 from 19K viewers
- AwardsStrong
5 wins, 1 other nomination — won Academy Award for Best Animated Feature; won Golden Bear
- Box office & staying powerVery strong
$275 million worldwide on a $19 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactVery strong
1.1 million Wikipedia readers in the past year
Where to watch in US
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Cast & crew
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
- Rumi HiiragiChihiro (voice)
- Miyu IrinoHaku (voice)
- Mari NatsukiYubaba / Zeniba (voice)
- Takashi NaitoFather (voice)
- Yasuko SawaguchiMother (voice)
- Tatsuya GashuinAogaeru (voice)
- Ryunosuke KamikiBoh (voice)
- Yumi TamaiRin (voice)
- Yo OizumiBandai Frog (voice)
- Koba HayashiRiver Spirit (voice)