Princess Mononoke
This breathtaking Studio Ghibli epic is one of Miyazaki's darkest films, featuring graphic battle violence, body horror, and heavy themes about humanity's destruction of nature. It is a genuine masterpiece, but its content sits firmly in teen-and-up territory.
Confident teens aged 13 and up who enjoy complex, morally layered storytelling and can handle intense animated violence.
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A massive demon boar covered in thousands of black writhing worm-like tentacles attacks a village; Ashitaka shoots it repeatedly including through its eyes, and it bleeds heavily before dying and cursing him.
Within the first quarter-hour, arms are severed by a bowshot, a character is decapitated, and the boar demon is killed with arrows; significant blood is shown throughout.
Ashitaka receives a spreading demonic curse on his arm that visibly grows across his body and causes grotesque swelling; this threat persists for the entire film.