When Marnie Was There
2014 1h 43m movie Film Japan

When Marnie Was There

思い出のマーニー

“Promise we'll remain a secret, forever.”

Synopsis

思い出のマーニー

“Promise we'll remain a secret, forever.”

Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there – a girl who may or may not be real.

The 2013–2015 Japan Window

546 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. When Marnie Was There sits at position #64.

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    #1

    Attack on Titan

    ★ 8.7 · 2013

  2. Haikyu!!
    #2

    Haikyu!!

    ★ 8.6 · 2014

  3. Your Lie in April
    #3

    Your Lie in April

    ★ 8.6 · 2014

  4. Golden Time
    #4

    Golden Time

    ★ 8.6 · 2013

  5. SCHOOL-LIVE!
    #5

    SCHOOL-LIVE!

    ★ 8.6 · 2015

  6. Castle Town Dandelion
    #6

    Castle Town Dandelion

    ★ 8.6 · 2015

  7. SCANDAL Documentary film HELLO WORLD
    #7

    SCANDAL Documentary film HELLO WORLD

    ★ 8.6 · 2015

  8. The Seven Deadly Sins
    #8

    The Seven Deadly Sins

    ★ 8.5 · 2014

Titles With Overlapping Themes

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The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when When Marnie Was There premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

8.0
TMDB Rating
1,617
Audience Reviews
Outstanding
Critical Tier

Ranked #521 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (89th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +1.1 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #438 of 2,532 (top 17%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies Studio Ghibli, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, KDDI, Nippon Television Network Corporation, TOHO
Runtime 1h 43m
Release Date July 19, 2014
IMDb tt3398268
Official Site www.uphe.com

Themes & Motifs

  • friendship
  • based on novel or book
  • imaginary friend
  • flashback
  • photograph
  • anime
  • personal diary

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