I prefer the newer films. His older films were too simplistic and dragging to me. Like, the villians and good guys in Laputa are too "black and white" for my taste. I like how he has the villians be neither good nor evil in his newer films, but gives them all personal reasons behind their actions. It makes the characters more interesting and the plot more complex. I also feel his newer films have better pacing than the older movies. Kiki's Delivery Service was a really cute movie but I thought it was too long of a film for a slice-of-life anime without any plot. I love all of his movies a lot, but I still had to vote for the newer films.