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*Does not know if Soylent Green would be worthy of this list*

12. Princess Mononoke (1997)
I've only known about movies made by Hayao Miyazaki for a short time, but I'd say that he would be to Anime what Disney was to cartoons. Princess Mononoke would be my favorite of the ones I've seen so far (Howl's Moving Castle is a runner-up). In it, the gods of the natural woods are infected by man, and become demons. One young lad from a near-extinct became mortally infected in the process of fending off one of the infected gods. He is thus sent on a quest to find the source of this corruption/infection.

This, I find, is a good example of Hayao Miyazaki's work. It has top-notch animation, believable (likable?) characters, left me asking questions, and has a strong storyline. It is reminiscent of the first cartoon movies Walt Disney made in that the world is narrowed down greatly to focus on the local area and develop the characters (not through a montage!).