I've only seen Spirited Away and Kiki's Delivery Service but I'm trying to get hold of more. Thanks for the list (is that all of them?). I've ordered Laputa and Nausicaä.
You cannot ask such a question! I've seen Porco Rosso, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, gosh almost all of them, and to pick a favourite is hard, the films are just..wow. All of them!
How do they get big names to dub over these films?
I recently saw howls castle, it had christian Bale, Minnie Driver and Billy Crystal. Are these guys big fans?? Surely it couldnt be a big wage as thes movies would not make big money outside of Asia.
"The Little Norse Prince", "The Castle of Cagliostro" and "The Last Unicorn" are all Ghibli-related films, if not technically Ghibli themselves (though neither was Nausicaä). And although they're probably the best, there's more to animation than Ghibli (such as Satoshi Kon and Michael Ocealot).