# My Neighbor Totoro

9 Hacker News commenters recommended My Neighbor Totoro and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a warm, family-friendly animated film, especially for children, and called one of the greatest children's movies of all time.

## Why people recommend it

- Strong children's film recommendation (4 comments): "Other valid options especially for children: Totoro, Ponyo, Howl's Moving Castle." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46253649)) "I can heartily recommend Ponyo, M.N. Totoro, and Spirited Away" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46255690)) "Totoro I think is the greatest children's movie of all time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46256670))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Ghost in the Shell](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ghost-in-the-shell.md): 22 recommend
- [Spirited Away](https://hackerapproved.com/p/spirited-away.md): 14 recommend
- [Who Framed Roger Rabbit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/who-framed-roger-rabbit.md): 11 recommend
- [Princess Mononoke](https://hackerapproved.com/p/princess-mononoke.md): 9 recommend
- [Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nausica-of-the-valley-of-the-wind.md): 9 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "My Neighbor Totoro", https://hackerapproved.com/p/my-neighbor-totoro/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).