The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 19, ‘Spirited Away’

Sean and Amanda return to continue their yearlong project of listing the 25 best movies of the 21st century so far. Today, they discuss Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece Spirited Away—the wonderful 2002 animated fantasy film that features an unbound representation of what it feels like to be a child. They talk about what they make of Chihiro as an unusual main character figure, celebrate the huge technical achievement in its stunning animation, and explore how its “perfect movie status” is defined by its singularity.

Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins
Producer: Jack Sanders