DeBlois: ...definitely a lot of those touchstone films from the 80s like E.T., The Black Stallion, The Neverending Story, and then some of the Hayao Miyazaki films, like Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away, for their emotional intelligence and the fact that they don’t dumb down the material for a younger audience, and that the stakes feel real and compelling.
Films That Influenced How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
