25 Best Movies of the Decade: 14

"Once you've met someone, you won't really forget them. It just takes a while for your memory to return."

14. Spirited Away(2001)

Ten-year-old Chihiro is moving with her parents to a new home only for the family to get sidetracked in the countryside. Soon Chihiro finds herself lost in a world of spirits, dragons, witches and other monsters.

If there was anyone we could owe animation to, it's Walt Disney. If there's anyone we could owe a return to the fantastic in animation to, it's Hayao Miyazaki. The reason Pixar exists, the reason it's able to make such beautiful, fantastical films is more or less because of Miyazaki. Much of his work is greatly influenced by great Japanese art which lends it an incredibly natural look to whole film.

It's fascinating to watch Chihiro's metaphoric, "Alice In Wonderland"-like maturation on her adventure in this traditionalist Japanese fantasy world.

Also No-Face is an awesome character.

Also also Hayao Miyazaki looks like a Japanese Colonel Sanders.