1. Miyazaki's movies from 1984 to 2001
Yep, I am including ALL Miyazaki's movies from 1984 to 2001 essentially tied in first place (hence why Stalker was 7th place).
Miyazaki's first movie was Gagliostro in 1979 and in 1984 with his second movie, Nausicaa, he achieved perfection: nothing I have watched in my life matches the quality of his movies from 1984 to 2001. I guess one of the reasons is that I like animation more than live action film so it's very hard for a live action movie to reach the same level as these movies for me. While Miyazaki is without a doubt the greatest artist in animation who ever lived, his output's quality is just beyond what other animation artists have achieved: his perfectionism is just impossible to match. Because his movies are not often really "powerful" like for instance Tarkovsky's Stalker or Kurosawa's Ikiru, but instead they are like visual music that I can watch over and over, they are truly art film in the same way music is sonic art: I appreciate them for their visual qualities as some of the animation in these movies give me chills and combined with Hisaishi's soundtrack (a big part of the reason why these movies are so special) make them truly astounding audio-visual experiences.
Yep, I am including ALL Miyazaki's movies from 1984 to 2001 essentially tied in first place (hence why Stalker was 7th place).
Miyazaki's first movie was Gagliostro in 1979 and in 1984 with his second movie, Nausicaa, he achieved perfection: nothing I have watched in my life matches the quality of his movies from 1984 to 2001. I guess one of the reasons is that I like animation more than live action film so it's very hard for a live action movie to reach the same level as these movies for me. While Miyazaki is without a doubt the greatest artist in animation who ever lived, his output's quality is just beyond what other animation artists have achieved: his perfectionism is just impossible to match. Because his movies are not often really "powerful" like for instance Tarkovsky's Stalker or Kurosawa's Ikiru, but instead they are like visual music that I can watch over and over, they are truly art film in the same way music is sonic art: I appreciate them for their visual qualities as some of the animation in these movies give me chills and combined with Hisaishi's soundtrack (a big part of the reason why these movies are so special) make them truly astounding audio-visual experiences.