Howl's Moving Castle
2004 | 119 min | Fantasy, Animation, Adventure
Why it’s a Friday Night Flick
Audiences adore it (8.4/10), people are still talking about it, it earned strong reviews (88%) and it made about 10 times its budget. Make plans for this one.
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Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsStrong
88% on Rotten Tomatoes, 82 on Metacritic
- AudiencesVery strong
8.4/10 from 12K viewers
- AwardsSolid
1 win, 4 other nominations — nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature; nominated for Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature
- Box office & staying powerStrong
$236 million worldwide on a $24 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactVery strong
895K Wikipedia readers in the past year
Where to watch in US
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Trailer
Cast & crew
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
- Chieko BaishoSophie (voice)
- Takuya KimuraHowl (voice)
- Akihiro MiwaWitch of the Waste (voice)
- Tatsuya GashuinCalcifer (voice)
- Ryunosuke KamikiMarkl (voice)
- Mitsunori IsakiKosho (voice)
- Yo OizumiPrince Justin / Turnip Head (voice)
- Akio OtsukaKing of Ingary (voice)
- Daijirō HaradaHeen (voice)
- Haruko KatōMadame Suliman (voice)