Movies by Lists - Best Japanese Films (556 [741]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| 1 Litre of Tears [Ichi ritoru no namida]'1 Litre of Tears' is a Japanese movie mainly based on a published version of Diary. | 2005 | Riki Okamura | Drama | 7.8 (1.3K votes) | 98 | 20240210 |
| 2LDKTwo actresses who have auditioned for one part, sharing the same apartment with opposite personalities equals a night which either neither of them will forget - if they survive! | 2003 | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 6.8 (3.8K votes) | 70 | 20230830 |
| 5 Centimeters Per Second [Byôsoku 5 senchimêtor]Told in three interconnected segments, we follow a young man named Takaki through his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love. | 2007 | Makoto Shinkai | Animation, Drama, Family, Romance | 7.6 (55.6K votes) | 63 | 20211228 |
| 9 Souls [Nain Souruzu]Nine convicts escape from prison; most are convicted murderers. They commandeer a van from a strip club. Their plan is to find a stash of counterfeit money that a deranged cell mate told them about, divide it, then part ways. They ma | 2003 | Toshiaki Toyoda | Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama | 7.2 (1.8K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| 13 AssassinsA group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord. | 2010 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.6 (64.5K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| 13 Assassins [Jûsan-nin no shikaku]A group of samurai plan to assassinate a sadistic feudal lord. | 1963 | Eiichi Kudô | Adventure, Action | 7.5 (918 votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| 37 Seconds [37 sekanzu]Yuma is a young Japanese woman who suffers from cerebral palsy. Torn between her obligations towards her family and her dream to become a manga artist, she struggles to lead a self-determined life. | 2019 | Hikari | Drama | 7.4 (2.8K votes) | 115 | 20221228 |
| 47 Ronin [Chûshingura]After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor. | 1962 | Hiroshi Inagaki | Action, Drama, History | 7.6 (2.2K votes) | 207 | 20240212 |
| 47 Ronin, The [Genroku chûshingura]The legendary Forty-seven ronin plot to avenge the death of their lord, Asano Naganori, by killing Kira Yoshinaka, a shogunate official responsible for Asano being forced to commit seppuku. | 1941 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama, History | 7.2 (2.7K votes) | 241 | 20240412 |
| 100 Yen Love [Hyakuen no koi]32-year-old Ichiko (Sakura Ando) lives at home with her parents, passing the days in self-indulgent grunginess. Ichiko's recently divorced younger sister Fumiko has moved back home with her young son. One day, after a particularly he | 2014 | Masaharu Take | Comedy, Drama | 7.1 (2K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Achilles and the Tortoise [Akiresu to kame]Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks. | 2008 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.3 (3.4K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Actor's Revenge, An [Yukinojô henge]Yukinojo, a Kabuki actor, seeks revenge by destroying the three men who caused the deaths of his parents. Also involved are the daughter of one of Yukinojo's targets, two master thieves, and a swordsman who himself is out to kill Yuk | 1963 | Kon Ichikawa (*) | Drama | 7.4 (2.4K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Adrift In TokyoTakemura has no friends and no family. He's a student but he doesn't have any particular ambitions. In other words, he isn't going anywhere fast. Were all this not enough, the sorry sad sack has a debt of 800,000 yen. Fukuhara, a sur | 2007 | Satoshi Miki | Comedy | 7.3 (2.6K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Adventures of Milo and Otis, TheThe adventures of a young cat and a dog as they find themselves accidentally separated and each swept into a hazardous trek. | 1986 | Masanori Hata | Adventure, Drama, Family | 7.0 (11.6K votes) | 76 | 20211228 |
| Affairs Within Walls [Kabe no naka no himegoto]Japan, 1960. In a housing complex, a young introverted student observes his neighbors through a telescope. The voyeurism of a young man isolated and gloomy, will cause an explosion of madness. | 1965 | Kôji Wakamatsu | Drama | 7.4 (532 votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
| Afro SamuraiWhen his father's body is stolen from its grave, Afro takes up his sword again to tear through an army of deadly foes led by a sadistic leader. | 2009 | Fuminori Kizaki | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (8.8K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Afro Samurai RessurrectionWhen his father's body is stolen from its grave, Afro takes up his sword again to tear through an army of deadly foes led by a sadistic leader. | 2009 | Fuminori Kizaki | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (8.8K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| After Life [Wandafuru Raifu]After death, people have a week to choose only one memory to keep for eternity. | 1998 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Drama, Fantasy | 7.6 (11.5K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| After the Rain [Ame agaru]During a downpour, a generous ronin and his supporting wife are stranded at a country inn. The ronin comes to the attention of a lord who wants to hire him as an instructor for his men, who treat the ronin with disrespect. | 1999 | Takashi Koizumi | Drama | 7.7 (4.1K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| After the Storm [Umi yori mo mada fukaku]After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife. | 2016 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Comedy, Drama | 7.3 (11.1K votes) | 118 | 20220415 |
| Agitator [Araburu tamashii-tachi]A fearless Yakuza captain's loyalty is tested as two ambitious underbosses attempt a takeover of both his clan and a rival Yakuza gang. | 2001 | Takashi Miike (*) | Crime, Drama | 6.8 (1.1K votes) | 150 | 20211228 |
| Air BoundDreaming of adventure, city mouse Gavin and his buddy Matthew join a crew of Ship Mice ready to set sail - just as young Chester bursts in, pleading for help. Stowing away on a boat, the gang heads for Dream Island to defend Chester' | 2015 | Tomohiro Kawamura, Yoshihiro Komori | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 5.2 (311 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Air Doll [Hirokazu Koreeda]A life-size blow-up doll develops a soul and falls in love with a video store clerk. | 2009 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 6.8 (6.8K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| AkiraA secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics. | 1988 | Katsuhiro Ôtomo (*) | Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.0 (178.1K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Akira Kurosawa's Dreams [Yume]A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams. | 1990 | Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda | Drama, Fantasy | 7.8 (25.7K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| All About Lily Chou-ChouThe problematic lives of teenager students for whom the singer Lily Chou-Chou's dreamy music is the only way to escape an alienating, violent and insensitive society. | 2001 | Shunji Iwai | Crime, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller | 7.5 (8.8K votes) | 146 | 20211228 |
| Always - Sunset on Third Street [Always san-chôme no yûhi]Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive company but finds that she is employed by a small auto repair shop owned by Norifumi Suzuki. Suzuki's hair-trigger temper i... | 2005 | Takashi Yamazaki | Drama, Family | 7.7 (2.3K votes) | 133 | 20220723 |
| Always - Sunset on Third Street 2 [Always zoku san-chôme no yûhi]Chagawa finds it increasing difficult to support his young ward Junnosuke in his store across the street from the Suzuki garage on Third Street. Unless he can provide a better life, Junnosuke's rich father, Kawabata will take him ... | 2007 | Takashi Yamazaki | Drama | 7.4 (1K votes) | 146 | 20220723 |
| Always - Sunset on Third Street '64 [Always san-chôme no yûhi '64]The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is pregnant and he has built a second level on his shop to provide his adopted son Junnosu... | 2012 | Takashi Yamazaki | Drama | 7.1 (648 votes) | 142 | 20220723 |
| Angel's Egg [Tenshi no tamago]A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg. | 1985 | Mamoru Oshii | Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 7.7 (8.6K votes) | 71 | 20211228 |
| Animal Treasure Island [Dobutsu takarajima]A group of kids compete with a team of bumbling pirates to find buried treasure. | 1971 | Hiroshi Ikeda | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 7.0 (452 votes) | 78 | 20220912 |
| Animatrix, TheA collection of nine short films featuring stories related to The Matrix (1999). | 2003 | Peter Chung, Andrew R. Jones, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takeshi Koike, Mahiro Maeda | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi | 7.4 (76.8K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Antarctica [Nankyoku Monogatari]Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica. Ushioda and Ochi eventually leave Antarctica, only to return to search for the dogs inadvertently marooned there. | 1983 | Koreyoshi Kurahara | Adventure, Drama | 7.7 (1.6K votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| Anthem of the Heart, The [Kokoro ga sakebitagatterunda]A young girl had her voice magically taken away so that she would never hurt people with it, but her outlook changes when she encounters music and friendship. | 2015 | Tatsuyuki Nagai | Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy | 7.4 (5.3K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| AppleseedIn a utopian society created at the end of the third world war, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. And what does this community have planned for the rest of humankind? | 2004 | Shinji Aramaki | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War | 7.0 (18K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Appleseed Ex MachinaWith Brialeos convalescing after a mission, Deunan is assigned a new and remarkably familiar partner as a strange wave of terrorist attacks plague Olympus. | 2007 | Shinji Aramaki | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War | 7.1 (9.6K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| April Story [Shigatsu monogatari]In spring, a young girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. | 1998 | Shunji Iwai | Drama, Romance | 7.1 (3.3K votes) | 67 | 20211228 |
| Attack on Titan - Chronicle [Shingeki no Kyojin - Chronicle]A recap of the popular anime series Shingeki no Kyojin from seasons 1-3. | 2020 | Masashi Koizuka, Tetsurô Araki | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 8.4 (11.8K votes) | 122 | 20240210 |
| Attack on Titan - The Wings of Freedom [Gekijôban Shingeki no Kyojin Kôhen - Jiyû no tsubasa]As the Trost District is reclaimed from the Titans, Eren is taken under the wing of Captain Levi and his squad, who decide to try and teach him to master his mysterious abilities. | 2015 | Tetsurô Araki | Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror | 7.9 (3.7K votes) | 120 | 20240210 |
| Attack On Titan [Live Action]In a world where giant humanoid Titans prey on humans, Eren joins the scouting legion to get revenge on the monsters who killed everyone in his town. | 2015 | Shinji Higuchi | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.0 (13.6K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Attack on Titan Part 2 - End of the WorldA young boy name Eren Jaeger has to use his gift to know about the mystery of the Titans. | 2015 | Shinji Higuchi | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 4.7 (5.2K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| AuditionA widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all. | 1999 | Takashi Miike (*) | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 7.2 (78.6K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Autumn Afternoon, An [Sanma No Aji]An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter. | 1962 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Drama | 8.1 (8.9K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| AzumiRaised to deal in cold blooded death, the teenage assassin girl Azumi must defeat three evil warlords while also battling her own heart. | 2003 | Ryûhei Kitamura | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller | 6.8 (14.7K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Azumi 2Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, a person who shows a remarking resemblance w | 2005 | Shûsuke Kaneko | Action | 6.3 (5.5K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Baby Cart at the River StyxTrailed by a clan of female ninja, Ogami is paid to assassinate a clan traitor accompanied by three killers known as the Gods of Death. | 1972 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Adventure, Drama | 8.0 (6.1K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Baby Cart in PerilOgami is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin. Gunbei Yagyu, an enemy samurai, happens upon Ogami's son, and sees his chance for revenge. | 1972 | Buichi Saitô | Action, Thriller | 7.6 (4.4K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Baby Cart in the Land of DemonsFive warriors challenge Ogami to duels. Each holds a part of information needed to complete the assassination of a mad clan leader. | 1973 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (4.1K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Baby Cart to HadesOgami Itto volunteers to be tortured by the yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain. | 1972 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Drama | 7.6 (4.9K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Bad Sleep Well, TheA vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide. | 1960 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.0 (12.3K votes) | 151 | 20211228 |
| Ballad of Narayama, TheIn a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An old woman is getting close to the cut-off age, and we follow her last days with her family. | 1983 | Shohei Imamura (*) | Drama | 7.9 (8K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Ballad of Narayama, The [Narayama bushikô]A kabuki theatre-inflected story about a poor village whose people have to be carried to a nearby mountain to die once they get old. | 1958 | Keisuke Kinoshita | Drama | 7.9 (3.3K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Barefoot Gen [Hadashi no Gen]A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people. | 1983 | Mori Masaki | Animation, Biography, Drama, History, War | 8.0 (7.9K votes) | 83 | 20220731 |
| Barefoot Gen 2 [Hadashi no Gen 2]Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life. | 1986 | Toshio Hirata | Animation, Biography, Drama, War | 7.2 (1.2K votes) | 85 | 20220731 |
| Battle Royale [Batoru rowaiaru]In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act. | 2000 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (178.9K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Be With You [Ima, ai ni yukimasu]A young woman returns from the dead to her guilt-ridden husband and son, but she cannot remember them. | 2004 | Nobuhiro Doi | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 7.8 (5K votes) | 119 | 20240210 |
| Begging for Love [Ai o kou hito]A woman with an abusive childhood travels back to taiwan from japan with her daughter in order to find her father's missing ashes, confronting her past along the way, discovering many secrets that were hidden from her throughout h... | 1998 | Hideyuki Hirayama | Drama | 7.5 (152 votes) | 135 | 20240210 |
| Being Two Isn't Easy [Watashi wa nisai]Husband and wife Gorô and Chiyo, and their only offspring, an infant son named Tarô, go through the ups and downs of family life living in a cramped modern apartment building in suburban Tokyo. Their story is told in Tarô's second ye | 1962 | Kon Ichikawa (*) | Comedy, Drama | 6.9 (387 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Belladonna of Sadness [Kanashimi no Beradonn]After being raped by an evil feudal lord and subsequently getting banished from her village, a peasant girl makes a pact with the Devil to gain magical powers and take her revenge. | 1973 | Eiichi Yamamoto | Animation, Drama, Fantasy | 7.4 (5.5K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Belle [Ryû to sobakasu no hime]Suzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer. | 2021 | Mamoru Hosoda | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Musical, Sci-Fi | 7.3 (6.8K votes) | 121 | 20220414 |
| Berserk The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for DoldreyFor three years, Guts believed his mission was to pursue Griffith's dream together with him. But in order to become Griffith's equal and truly be called his friend, Guts realizes he will have to leave the Band of the Hawk. At the sam | 2012 | Toshiyuki Kubooka | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 7.7 (10.2K votes) | 95 | 20220423 |
| Berserk The Golden Age Arc III AdventA year has passed since Guts parted ways with Griffith. The Band of the Hawk is plotting a rescue mission to save Griffith who is confined to prison. | 2013 | Toshiyuki Kubooka | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 7.8 (9.9K votes) | 110 | 20220423 |
| Beyond Outrage [Autoreiji Biyondo]As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. | 2012 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Action, Crime, Drama | 6.8 (6.5K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Beyond the Boundary - I'll Be Here - Future [Kyôkai no Kanata - mirai-hen] Set one year later after the events of the anime series with an all new original story. | 2015 | Taichi Ishidate | Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller | 7.3 (1.1K votes) | 87 | 20240826 |
| Bird People In China, The [Chûgoku no chôjin]A salaryman and yakuza are each sent by their bosses to a remote Chinese village but discover more then they expected. | 1998 | Takashi Miike (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | 7.5 (4.7K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Bitter Spirit [Eien no hito]A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through three decades of bitter conflict which engulfs their children and those around them. | 1961 | Keisuke Kinoshita | Drama | 7.3 (509 votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Black Belt [Kuro-obi]A Karate masters three students compete for to be the new master against events of historical events. | 2007 | Shunichi Nagasaki | Action, Drama, Sport | 7.0 (1.5K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Black Butler - Book of MurderA party held at Phantomhive Manor is; in secret, a set up by Ciel to gather information about one of his guests. But when the attended target is murdered in the middle of night; Ciel, Sebastian, a part time doctor and story writer... | 2014 | Noriyuki Abe | Animation, Adventure, Crime, Mystery | 7.9 (1.2K votes) | 116 | 20240210 |
| Black Cat [Yabu no naka no kuroneko]Two women are raped and killed by samurai soldiers. Soon they reappear as vengeful ghosts who seduce and brutally murder the passing samurai. | 1968 | Kaneto Shindô (*) | Drama, Horror | 7.7 (7.3K votes) | 99 | 20220531 |
| Black Rain [Kuroi ame]The story of the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, based on Masuji Ibuse's novel. | 1989 | Shohei Imamura (*) | Drama | 7.9 (3.4K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Blind Beast [Moju]A blind sculpter and his mother kidnap a young model. | 1969 | Yasuzô Masumura | Drama, Horror | 7.2 (3.3K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Blood - The Last VampireSaya is a Japanese vampire slayer whose next mission is in a high school on a US military base in 1960s Japan, where she poses as a student. She uses a katana/samurai sword to kill vampires. | 2000 | Hiroyuki Kitakubo | Animation, Action, Horror | 6.6 (13.1K votes) | 48 | 20220912 |
| Blood and Bones [Chi to hone]In 1923, the Korean teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, processed seafood products, in his p | 2004 | Yôichi Sai | Drama | 7.0 (2K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| Blue Spring [Aoi haru]A group of a run-down Tokyo high school students face the struggles of growing up, growing apart from their friends and worrying about their future, while living in a highly violent environment. | 2001 | Toshiaki Toyoda | Drama | 7.2 (3.6K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Blues HarpAmbitious yakuza Kenji befriends harmonica-playing bartender Chuji, who moonlights as a part-time drug-dealer for the opposing gang. Their friendship is threatened by Kenji's plans for advancement, as well as by his bodyguard's growi | 1998 | Takashi Miike (*) | Crime, Drama, Music, Romance | 7.0 (1.1K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Boiling Point [3-4 x jûgatsu]Two disquieted junior baseball players seek revenge on the local yakuza for attacking their coach. | 1990 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (6.7K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Border 1 Ghost PainIn this prequel set one year after the fourth World War, cyborg and hacker extraordinaire Motoko Kusanagi from the military's 501st Secret Unit finds herself wrapped up in the investigation of a devastating bombing. | 2013 | Masahiko Murata, Kazuchika Kise | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (4K votes) | 58 | 20211228 |
| Border 2 Ghost WhisperWitness the formation of the legendary Public Security Section 9. When a clandestine organization hacks every car in the city, Kusanagi recruits a lethal team of cyber operatives to clamp down on the chaos and make the city safe agai | 2013 | Atsushi Takeuchi, Kazuchika Kise | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.2 (2.9K votes) | 57 | 20211228 |
| Border 3 Ghost TearsMotoko and Batou work to try to stop a terrorist organization whose symbol is the Scylla. Meanwhile, Togusa investigates a murder of a man who possessed a prosthetic leg manufactured by the Mermaid's Leg corporation. | 2014 | Kazuchika Kise | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (2.7K votes) | 55 | 20211228 |
| Border 4 Ghost Stands AloneWhen the riot squad starts shooting citizens during the holiday season, the Major and her team must track down a terrorist hacker who operates under the name Fire-Starter. | 2014 | Susumu Kudo, Kazuchika Kise | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (2.1K votes) | 59 | 20211228 |
| Boruto - Naruto the MovieIt's been some years since the end of the Shinobi War. Naruto Uzumaki is the 7th Hokage of Konohagakure, in this new era. His son, Boruto Uzumaki, will soon enter the Chûnin exams, alongside Sarada Uchiha and the mysterious Mitsuki. | 2015 | Hiroyuki Yamashita, Toshiyuki Tsuru | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy | 7.9 (10.1K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Boy [Shônen]A young boy reluctantly aids his swindling father in a threatening scam. | 1969 | Nagisa Ôshima | Drama | 7.5 (1.6K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Boy and the Beast, The [Bakemono no Ko]When a young orphaned boy living on the streets of Shibuya stumbles upon a fantastic world of beasts, he's taken in by a gruff warrior beast looking for an apprentice. | 2015 | Mamoru Hosoda | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 7.6 (22.8K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Boy and the Heron, The [Kimitachi wa dô ikiru ka]In the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living and the dead. | 2023 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy | 7.5 (55K votes) | 124 | 20240630 |
| Branded To KillAfter a badly done assignment, a hitman finds himself in conflict with his organisation, and one mysterious and dangerous fellow-hitman in particular. | 1967 | Seijun Suzuki (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (8.8K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Bright Future [Akarui mirai]Two young guys work in a plant that manufactures oshibori (those moist hand-towels found in some Japanese restaurants). Their weird bond is based on uncontrollable rage--something neither can articulate or control--and the strange je | 2002 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Drama | 6.8 (2.7K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Bullet BalletA man sees his life changed forever when his fiancee shoots herself. Baffled, he wants by all means to obtain such a weapon of destruction and he finds himself caught in the middle of a violent group of young vicious punks. They firs | 1998 | Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.0 (2.6K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Burmese Harp, TheIn the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk. | 1956 | Kon Ichikawa (*) | Drama, Music, War | 8.1 (5.8K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Burmese Harp, The [Biruma no tategoto]After becoming separated from his platoon, a Japanese soldier dons a Buddhist monk's robe and tends to the bodies of the many war casualties strewn across the countryside. | 1985 | Kon Ichikawa (*) | Drama, War | 7.1 (187 votes) | 133 | 20230830 |
| Café Lumière [Kôhî jikô]The story revolves around Yoko Inoue, a pregnant woman in search of a cafe that was frequented by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching. | 2003 | Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Drama | 6.9 (3.1K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| CasshernLive-action sci-fi movie based on a 1973 Japanese animé of the same name (Shinzo Ningen Casshân). Theme song by Utada Hikaru. | 2004 | Kazuaki Kiriya | Action, Sci-Fi | 6.1 (13.4K votes) | 142 | 20211228 |
| Castle in the SkyA young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle. | 1986 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 8.0 (160.6K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Castle Of Cagliostro, TheA dashing thief, his gang of desperadoes and an intrepid cop struggle to free a princess from an evil count, and learn the secret of a treasure that she holds part of the key to. | 1979 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy | 7.6 (29.7K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Cat Returns, theAfter helping a cat, a seventeen-year-old girl finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat Prince in a magical world where her only hope of freedom lies with a dapper cat statuette come to life. | 2002 | Hiroyuki Morita | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance | 7.2 (54.1K votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
| Charisma [Karisuma]A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without explanation, he makes his way to a mountain for | 1999 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Drama, Mystery | 6.9 (1.8K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Chikamatsu MonogatariIshun is a wealthy, but unsympathetic, master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers. To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out. | 1954 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama, History, Romance, Thriller | 8.1 (4.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Children Who Chase Lost Voices [Hoshi o ou kodomo]A coming of age story involving young love and a mysterious music, coming from a crystal radio left as a memento by an absent father, that leads a young heroine deep into a hidden world. | 2011 | Makoto Shinkai | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 7.1 (15.3K votes) | 116 | 20220731 |
| Chushingura - 47 Samurai [Chushingura] After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor. | 1962 | Hiroshi Inagaki | Action, Drama, History | 7.6 (2K votes) | 207 | 20211228 |
| Class to Remember 2, A [Gakko II]Two teachers at a special high school must deal with the fact that two of their learning impaired students have just disappeared. After searching for both students everywhere, the teachers are amazed to see them flying over in the ba | 1996 | Yôji Yamada | Drama | 6.8 (106 votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Cleopatra [Kureopatora]In order to foil the enemy aliens' "Cleopatra Plan", three people from the future are spiritually sent back to Cleopatra's time to understand the enemy intentions. | 1970 | Osamu Tezuka, Eiichi Yamamoto | Animation, History, Romance, Sci-Fi | 6.2 (611 votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Cold Fish [Tsumetai nettaigyo]The lives of a bored suburban couple are changed forever when a seemingly nice old man gives their daughter a job at his fish store, and soon his gruesome hobbies are brought to light. | 2010 | Sion Sono | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 7.1 (12.6K votes) | 146 | 20211228 |
| Colorful [Karafuru]A sinful spirit is granted the opportunity to prove worthy for rebirth, inhabiting the body of a student who killed himself. | 2010 | Keiichi Hara | Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery | 7.4 (6.8K votes) | 126 | 20231001 |
| Colt Is My Passport, AA hit man is hired to kill a mob boss. After the deed is done, he and his driver are wanted dead by rival gangs who joined forces. | 1967 | Takashi Nomura | Action, Crime | 7.4 (2K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| ConfessionsA psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death. | 2010 | Tetsuya Nakashima | Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (38.1K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Coup d'Etat [Kaigenrei]A freestyle biopic of Ikki Kita, the ultranationalist intellectual whose ideas inspired the failed military coup in 1936. | 1973 | Yoshishige Yoshida | Biography, Drama, History | 6.8 (458 votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Cowboy Bebop - The MovieA terrorist explosion releases a deadly virus on the masses, and it's up the bounty-hunting Bebop crew to catch the cold-blooded culprit. | 2001 | Shin'ichirô Watanabe, Tensai Okamura, Hiroyuki Okiura, Yoshiyuki Takei | Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.9 (47K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Crazed Fruit [Kurutta.kajitsu]Spending their summer on an exotic beach, two brothers fall for the same beautiful girl, whose charm and looks may hide more than they they bargained for. | 1956 | Kô Nakahira | Drama, Romance | 7.3 (2K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Crows Zero [Kurôzu zero]A transfer student attempts to take over the most violent high school in the country, whose students form factions and battle each other for power. | 2007 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime | 7.1 (8.1K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Crows Zero IITension escalates and violence ensues when a young student unwittingly breaks a non-aggression pact between two rival high schools. | 2009 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Crime | 7.2 (4.9K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| Crucified Lovers, The [Chikamatsu monogatari]Ishun is a wealthy, but unsympathetic, master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers. To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out. | 1954 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama, History, Romance, Thriller | 8.1 (4.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Crying Out Love in the Center of the World [Sekai no chûshin de, ai o sakebu]While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days. | 2004 | Isao Yukisada | Drama, Romance | 7.2 (3.9K votes) | 138 | 20240210 |
| CureA frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done. | 1997 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (14K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Cure, The [Cure]A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done. | 1997 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (14K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Cyborg She (aka Cyborg Girl)A lonely university student develops a romance with a beautiful interesting woman, who turns out to be a cyborg from the future. | 2008 | Jae-young Kwak | Action, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi | 6.9 (3.9K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Dark Water [Honogurai mizu no soko kara]A mother and her 6 year old daughter move into a creepy apartment whose every surface is permeated by water. | 2002 | Hideo Nakata | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.7 (31.8K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Dead Leaves [Deddo ribusu]Two aliens awaken on Earth with no recollection of their past and embark on a devastating crime spree but are sent to an infamous lunar penitentiary named Dead Leaves. | 2004 | Hiroyuki Imaishi | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (4.3K votes) | 55 | 20231013 |
| Dead or Alive 2 - Birds [Dead or Alive 2 - Tôbôsha]Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. | 2000 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (3.8K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Death by Hanging [Koshikei]A Korean man is sentenced to death by hanging, but he survives the execution. For the following two hours, his executioners try to work out how to handle the situation in this black farce. | 1968 | Nagisa Ôshima | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 7.6 (2.7K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Death NoteA battle between the world's two greatest minds begins when Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to rid the world of criminals. | 2006 | Shûsuke Kaneko | Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (30K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Death Note L Change the WorldA spin-out sequel to the popular Japanese thriller. This time it focuses on the character "L." | 2008 | Hideo Nakata | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.1 (8.3K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Death Note The Last NamePicking up where the first one leaves off, Light joins the task force searching for Kira in an effort to avert suspicion from himself---and get rid of L. | 2006 | Shûsuke Kaneko | Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (16.4K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| Deep River [Fukai kawa]Three Japanese pilgrims arrive in India. Miss Naruse is looking for Otsu, a Catholic priest, her lover ten years before; after time in France and Israel, he has come to Benares where he carries the bodies of the poor to the crematori | 1995 | Kei Kumai | Drama | 7.1 (93 votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Demon City Shinjuku [Makaitoshi Shinjuku]A young swordsman ventures into a disaster stricken Shinjuku, Tokyo, to try and stop a powerful man, who has made a deal with the demon realm, from opening a portal that will allow demons to cross over to the human world. | 1988 | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror | 6.4 (2.9K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Demon Slayer - Mugen Train [Kimetsu no Yaiba - Mugen Ressha-Hen]After his family was brutally murdered and his sister turned into a demon, Tanjiro Kamado's journey as a demon slayer began. Tanjiro and his comrades embark on a new mission aboard the Mugen Train, on track to despair. | 2020 | Haruo Sotozaki | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller | 8.2 (69K votes) | 117 | 20231116 |
| Demon Slayer the Movie - Mugen Train [Kimetsu no Yaiba - Mugen Ressha-Hen]After his family was brutally murdered and his sister turned into a demon, Tanjiro Kamado's journey as a demon slayer began. Tanjiro and his comrades embark on a new mission aboard the Mugen Train, on track to despair. | 2020 | Haruo Sotozaki | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror | 8.2 (41.8K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Demons [Shura]After being robbed by a geisha, a ronin warrior carves a bloody path to seek revenge. | 1971 | Toshio Matsumoto | Drama, Horror | 8.0 (2.1K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| Departures [Okuribito]A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals. | 2008 | Yôjirô Takita | Drama, Music | 8.1 (51.1K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Detective Conan - Full Score of Fear6yr ago there was a talented youth being killed. his fiancée Reiko Akiba is now a very popular Soprano. the people who killed Reiko's fiancé are all killed by the point of "Definite Perfect Pitch" (Jor-Dai-Yin-Gan) from this youth's | 2008 | Yasuichirô Yamamoto | Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller | 6.8 (1.5K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Detective Conan - Quarter of SilenceThe explosion of a new Tokyo Subway line leads Conan and his friends in a snow-clad village. Here, after 8 years, the little detective sheds light on the dynamics behind the shocking event that caused the death of a woman and the com | 2011 | Kôbun Shizuno | Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller | 6.7 (1.5K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Detective Conan - The Lost Ship in the SkyKid has his eyes set on the "Lady of the Sky" jewel aboard Bell 3, the largest airship in the world. However, a mysterious terrorist group called Red Shamu-neko has hijacked the airship, along with Conan and his allies Kogoro and Ran | 2010 | Yasuichirô Yamamoto | Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (1.6K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Detective Conan - The Phantom of Baker StreetConan and his friends were invited to the premier of an new virtual computer game. But someone programmed the game, that if they can't answer the riddle in the game, they all have to die. | 2002 | Kenji Kodama | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Mystery | 7.8 (2.9K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Detective Conan - The Private Eyes' RequiemConan and Kogoro Mori was tasked to solve a crime on a given time. The lives of their loved ones(as well as their own) are on the line. Solving the mystery means saving everyone. | 2006 | Yasuichirô Yamamoto | Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (1.6K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Detective Conan - The Raven ChaserThe police superintendent, disguised by black suits (IRish), checked that Conan and Shinichi are 98% identical! Conan is getting into danger...! Would that police superintendent tell Gin about this news? Rachel broke Conan's bowl!nex | 2009 | Yasuichirô Yamamoto | Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (1.7K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Diary of Anne Frank, The [Anne no nikki]During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. | 1995 | Akinori Nagaoka | Animation, Biography, Drama | 6.6 (240 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Dimensional SniperA sniper targets Shuichi Akai and shoots Masumi Sera. The citizens of Tokyo panic. Nothing is known about the mysterious sniper. Why was Masumi targeted? Will Shuichi survive? Will Conan be able to uncover the culprit? | 2014 | Kôbun Shizuno | Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller | 6.7 (1.3K votes) | 110 | 20220423 |
| Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, The [Suzumiya Haruhi no shôshitsu]A week before Christmas, Kyon wakes up in a world where the SOS Brigade doesn't exist. Mikuru and Yuki don't recognize him, and Haruhi and Itsuki seem to have vanished. | 2010 | Tatsuya Ishihara, Yasuhiro Takemoto | Animation, Drama, Family, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (7.7K votes) | 162 | 20230806 |
| DodesukadenVarious tales in the lives of Tokyo slum dwellers, including a mentally deficient young man obsessed with driving his own commuter trolley. | 1970 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama | 7.4 (6.7K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| DollsThree stories of never-ending love. | 2002 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.6 (16.4K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Double Suicide [Shinjû - Ten no Amijima]A doomed love between a paper merchant and a courtesan. | 1969 | Masahiro Shinoda | Drama | 7.7 (2.3K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Dr. Akagi [Kanzô sensei]At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the prisoner-of-war camp. | 1998 | Shohei Imamura (*) | Comedy, Drama, History, War | 7.3 (1.5K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Drunken AngelA drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond. | 1948 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.7 (11.6K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Early Spring [Sôshun]A young man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital romance. | 1956 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Drama | 7.8 (3.1K votes) | 145 | 20211228 |
| Early SummerA family chooses a match for their daughter Noriko, but she, surprisingly, has her own plans. | 1951 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Drama | 8.2 (8.3K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Eden of the East the Movie I - The King of Eden [Higashi no Eden Gekijoban I - The King of Eden] Picking up from where the TV series left off, Saki Morimi is back in the United States, trying to find Akira Takizawa. Meanwhile, other Selecao begin to truly play the game, some taking dangerous measures to bring their plans for ... | 2009 | Kenji Kamiyama | Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Mystery | 6.8 (1.7K votes) | 80 | 20240910 |
| Eden of the East the Movie II - Paradise Lost [Higashi no Eden Gekijôban II_ Paradise Lost] The game is finally coming to a conclusion. The authorities are closing in on Saki and her friends, while the Selecaos' maneuvering start to bring us closer to the truth about Mr. Outside. Also, we finally learn the truth about ho... | 2010 | Kenji Kamiyama | Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 6.8 (1.3K votes) | 90 | 20240910 |
| Eel, The [Unagi]A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After the release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking almost to no one except an eel he befriended while in prison. | 1997 | Shohei Imamura (*) | Drama | 7.4 (5.9K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Electric Dragon 80.000 VA violent, guitar-playing, electrically charged boxer faces off against an electronic wizard half-merged with a metallic Buddha. | 2001 | Gakuryû Ishii | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.9 (2.4K votes) | 55 | 20211228 |
| Empire of PassionA married woman and her lover murder her husband and dump his body into a well. After a while, his ghost comes to haunt them while the local gossip grows stronger. | 1978 | Nagisa Ôshima | Drama, Horror, Romance | 7.0 (4.3K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| End of Summer, The [Kohayagawa-ke no aki]The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth. | 1961 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Drama | 7.8 (3.9K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Equinox Flower [Higanbana]A businessman clashes with his elder daughter over her choice of a husband. | 1958 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.9 (4.1K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Eros Plus Massacre [Erosu Purasu Gyakusatsu]Two interwoven stories. The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relationship with three women in the 1920s. The second centers around two 1960s' students researching Osugi's theories. | 1969 | Yoshishige Yoshida | Biography, Drama | 7.6 (2.1K votes) | 216 | 20211228 |
| Escaflowne - The MovieA grim retelling of the television series "The Vision of Escaflowne". | 2000 | Kazuki Akane, Yoshiyuki Takei | Adventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.7 (3.6K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Eureka [Yurîka]The traumatized survivors of a murderous bus hijacking come together and take a road trip to attempt to overcome their damaged selves. Meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose. | 2000 | Shinji Aoyama | Drama | 7.7 (3.8K votes) | 217 | 20211228 |
| Evangelion 1.0 - You Are Not AloneThe fate of the world is threatened by seemingly monstrous entities known as Angels. NERV is an organisation set up to counter this threat and it is up to young pilots to protect Earth but exactly what are the real motives behind NER | 2007 | Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.7 (22.4K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Evangelion 2.22 - You Can [Not] AdvanceUnder constant attack by Angels, NERV introduces two new pilots: the mysterious Makinami Mari Illustrous and the intense Asuka Langley Shikinami. Parallel to the incursion, Gendo Ikari and SEELE proceed the secret project that involv | 2009 | Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (20.1K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Evangelion 3.0 - You Can [Not] Redo14 years have passed since the near third impact. Most of the world has changed except Shinji Ikari who awakens, unaged in a new and strange environment. Misato has formed a group that is separate from Nerv. The fight is far from ove | 2012 | Mahiro Maeda, Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.0 (14K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Evangelion 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a TimeThe fourth and final installment of the Rebuild of Evangelion. Misato and her anti-Nerv group Wille arrive in Paris, a city now red from core-ization. Crew from the flagship Wunder land on a containment tower. | 2021 | Mahiro Maeda, Katsuichi Nakayama, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi | 8.1 (7.3K votes) | 154 | 20211228 |
| Face of Another, TheA businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality. | 1966 | Hiroshi Teshigahara | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (8.6K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Fantastic Adventures of Unico, The [Unico]When Unico, a young unicorn, is taken from his family by evil gods, his powers of joy and happiness are put to the test. Can Unico's power triumph the darkness? | 1981 | Toshio Hirata, Osamu Tezuka | Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 7.5 (808 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Fate_stay night - Heaven's Feel I. presage flower [Gekijouban Fate_Stay Night - Heaven's Feel - I. Presage Flower]Movie adaptation of the third route of Fate/Stay Night. | 2017 | Tomonori Sudô | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 7.4 (3.5K votes) | 120 | 20240210 |
| Fate_stay night - Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly [Gekijouban Fate_Stay Night - Heaven's Feel - II. Lost Butterfly]The story focuses on the Holy Grail War and explores the relationship between Shirou Emiya and Sakura Matou, two teenagers participating in this conflict. The story continues immediately from Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. pres... | 2019 | Tomonori Sudô | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 8.0 (3K votes) | 117 | 20240210 |
| Fate_stay night - Heaven's Feel III. spring song [Gekijouban Fate_Stay Night_ Heaven's Feel - III. Spring Song]The final chapter in the Heaven's Feel trilogy. Angra Mainyu has successfully possessed his vessel Sakura Matou. It's up to Rin, Shirou, and Rider to cleanse the grail or it will be the end of the world and magecraft as we all kno... | 2020 | Tomonori Sudô | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 7.9 (2.6K votes) | 120 | 20240210 |
| Female Prisoner 701 Scorpion [Joshuu 701-gô Sasori]After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners. | 1972 | Shun'ya Itô | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (4K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Female Prisoner No. 701 Sasori [Joshû 701-gô - Sasori gaiden]Based on the movie series of the same name from 1972 and on, the updated film is the story of a betrayed Nami Matsushima, prisoner #701, who is sent to a women's prison for attempted murder. Nami is placed in cell Number 2 notorio... | 2011 | Ken'ichi Fujiwara | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.6 (53 votes) | 97 | 20230830 |
| Female Prisoner Scorpion - #701's Grudge Song [Joshû sasori - 701-gô urami-bushi]Once again on the lam, Matsu is helped by a strip club worker who holds a grudge against the detective who's trying to find her. | 1973 | Yasuharu Hasebe | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.3 (1.3K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Female Prisoner Scorpion - Jailhouse 41 [Joshû sasori: Dai-41 zakkyo-bô]After spending a year in solitary confinement, Matsu escapes from prison with six more convicts, followed by the guards led by the vengeful warden who wants her dead at all costs. | 1972 | Shun'ya Itô | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (2.9K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Fighter in the Wind [Baramui paiteo]It is a Korean boy who went to Japan and started to learn Karate from his brother. | 2004 | Yun-ho Yang | Action, Biography, Drama, History, War | 6.9 (4.2K votes) | 120 | 20240403 |
| Fighter Pilot, The [Eien no 0]A young woman and her brother explore the history of their grandfather, who died in the WW2. They start contacting the men who flew with him, asking them about who he was. | 2013 | Takashi Yamazaki | Action, Drama, Mystery, Romance, War | 7.3 (2.5K votes) | 144 | 20220414 |
| Final Take - The Golden Age of Movies [Kinema no tenchi]This is Japanese melo-dramatist director Yoji Yamada's ode to 1930s film production during the transition from silent film to talkies. With many loose associations we can see the rise of a young star Koharu Tanaka for the big New Yea | 1986 | Yôji Yamada | Drama | 6.9 (160 votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Final Yamato [Uchû senkan Yamato - Kanketsuhen]A watery world called Aquarius that is destined to destroy all of the planet Earth. Can the great Yamato stop this devastation? | 1983 | Tomoharu Katsumata, Yoshinobu Nishizaki, Takeshi Shirato, Toshio Masuda, Leiji Matsumoto | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.0 (220 votes) | 152 | 20221116 |
| Fires on the Plain [Nobi]In the closing days of WWII remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain starvation. | 1959 | Kon Ichikawa (*) | Drama, War | 8.0 (4.7K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Fireworks [Hana-bi]Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions. | 1997 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.7 (29.8K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| First Love [Hatsukoi]Satoka Aida, a 17-year high school student, comes to know that her mothers hospitalization for cancer is disturbing the harmony of her home life. Satoka rarely communicates with her father like in many Japanese families, and witho... | 2000 | Tetsuo Shinohara | Romance | 7.0 (238 votes) | 113 | 20220723 |
| Fish Story [Fisshu sutôrî]Several seemingly unrelated but surprisingly intertwined tales reveal how a Japanese band that independently invented punk rock in 1975 is, 37 years later, connected to a comet that is about to destroy the world. | 2009 | Yoshihiro Nakamura | Action, Comedy, Music, Sci-Fi | 7.5 (3K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Fist of the North Star - New Saviour Legend [Shin kyûseishu densetsu Hokuto no Ken - Raô den - Jun'ai no shô]A practitioner of the deadly martial art "Hokuto Shinken" allies with two children and an expert in "Nanto Suicho-Ken" to fight against the rivals who kidnapped his lover and threaten the prosperity of mankind. | 1986 | Toyoo Ashida | Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy | 7.3 (6.6K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice [Ochazuke no aji]A childless middle-aged couple faces a marital crisis. | 1952 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Drama | 7.7 (2.9K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Floating Clouds [Ukigumo]A tragic social drama set in post war Japan and concerns a lonely woman trying to find purpose and stability in a devastated Tokyo. | 1955 | Mikio Naruse (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.7 (2.7K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Floating Weeds [Ukikusa]The head of a Japanese theatre troupe returns to a small coastal town where he left a son who thinks he is his uncle, and tries to make up for the lost time, but his current mistress grows jealous. | 1959 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Drama | 8.0 (7.8K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Flying Phantom Ship [Sora tobu yûreisen]Hayato's peaceful life with his parents and his dog is brought to a dramatic, terrible end when a giant robot, said to be sent from a flying ghost ship, devastates the city, killing hundreds including Hayato's parents. Shortly bef... | 1969 | Hiroshi Ikeda | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi | 6.8 (699 votes) | 61 | 20230715 |
| Fossil, The [Kaseki]A detailed look at a Tokyo business tycoon (played by Shin Saburi) given a diagnosis of terminal cancer who must now re-assess his life and values. | 1974 | Masaki Kobayashi | Drama | 7.0 (195 votes) | 200 | 20211228 |
| From Up On Poppy HillA group of Yokohama teens look to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball in preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. | 2011 | Gorô Miyazaki | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance | 7.4 (41.2K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Fudoh - The New Generation [Gokudô sengokushi - Fudô]In order to settle a business dispute, a mob leader murders one of his own teenage sons. The surviving son vows to avenge his brother's death, and organizes his own gang of teenage killers to destroy his father's organization. | 1996 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama | 7.0 (3.7K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Fugitive from the Past, A [Kiga kaikyô]Three thieves escape from a heist, one of them killing the other two. He is sheltered by a prostitute and sought after by the police, but only after ten years his true motivation unravels. | 1965 | Tomu Uchida | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.9 (902 votes) | 183 | 20211228 |
| Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie_ Conqueror of Shamballa [Gekijô-ban hagane no renkinjutsushi_ Shanbara wo yuku mono]Edward Elric, an alchemist from an alternate world, races to prevent the Thule Society from harnessing alchemy to wage war on his home. | 2005 | Seiji Mizushima | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 7.3 (12K votes) | 105 | 20240214 |
| Fullmetal Alchemist_ The Sacred Star of Milos [Hagane no renkinjutsushi_ Mirosu no seinaru hoshi]In the lost holy land of Milos, the Elrics search for the truth behind an unknown form of alchemy. What secrets are hidden in Milos? Riddles must be solved and dangers faced before the truth can be found. | 2011 | Kazuya Murata, Shingo Natsume | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 6.9 (5.4K votes) | 110 | 20240214 |
| Funeral Parade of Roses [Bara no sôretsu]The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Japan. | 1969 | Toshio Matsumoto | Drama | 7.9 (5.8K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Funky Forest - The First Contact [Naisu no mori - The First Contact]An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother. | 2005 | Katsuhito Ishii, Hajime Ishimine, Shunichiro Miki | Comedy | 6.7 (2.4K votes) | 150 | 20211228 |
| Gamera - Attack of the LegionA meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary but the battle may result in him losing his bond with human | 1996 | Shûsuke Kaneko | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (2.5K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Gamera - Awakening of IrysGamera's ties to humanity have been severed as the Gyaos re-emerge. Nagamine and Asagi investigate as an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature. Named Iris, Ayana seeks revenge on Gamera for the death of her family. | 1999 | Shûsuke Kaneko | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.3 (2.8K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Gamera - Guardian of the UniverseAn ornithologist investigates reports of a monstrous new species of bird just as a teenage girl is gifted an amulet found on mysterious atoll. As the creatures begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to the girl emerges. | 1995 | Shûsuke Kaneko | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | 6.9 (3.4K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Garden of Sinners, The - Paradox Spiral [Gekijô ban Kara no kyôkai_ Dai go shô - Mujun rasen]A teenage demon hunter uses her mystical powers to investigate supernatural events. | 2008 | Takayuki Hirao | Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (2.1K votes) | 114 | 20240210 |
| Gate of Flesh [Nikutai no mon]An injured thief on the run finds sanctuary within a brothel of united, ruthless women. | 1964 | Seijun Suzuki (*) | Drama | 7.4 (3K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Gate Of Hell [Jigokumon]A samurai pursues a married lady-in-waiting. | 1953 | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Drama, History | 7.2 (3.6K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Geisha, A [Gion bayashi]A seasoned geisha and her apprentice maiko are forced to give in to their clients' sexual advances to survive. | 1953 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama | 7.6 (2.1K votes) | 85 | 20220414 |
| Gemini [Sôseiji]A successful doctor, Yukio's picture perfect life is gradually wrecked, and taken over by his avenging twin brother, who bumps off his family members one by one and reclaims his lover who is now Yukio's wife. | 1999 | Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.8 (2.5K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Ghost in the Shell - The New MovieNewport-City 2029: Major, an advanced female cyborg, is in charge of the anti-terrorism etc. unit reporting directly to the government. Taking out terrorists and freeing hostages at an embassy doesn't go smoothly. Major investigates | 2015 | Kazuchika Kise, Kazuya Nomura | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi | 6.7 (3.8K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Ghost in the Shell 2 - Innocence [Innocence]In the year 2032, Batô, a cyborg detective for the anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9, investigates the case of a female robot--one created solely for sexual pleasure--who slaughtered her owner. | 2004 | Mamoru Oshii | Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.4 (39.7K votes) | 100 | 20231001 |
| Ghost In The Shell.A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master. | 1995 | Mamoru Oshii | Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.0 (138.3K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Gintama - The FinalThe concluding movie to the Gintama anime series. | 2021 | Chizuru Miyawaki | Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 8.5 (2.7K votes) | 104 | 20230830 |
| Gintama the Movie - The Final Chapter - Be Forever Yorozuya [Gekijouban Gintama Kanketsu-hen_ Yorozuyayo eien nare]Gintoki travels into the future and discovers it to be a wasteland with his friends fallen apart. He reunites them to find out what went wrong and how to fix things. | 2013 | Yôichi Fujita | Animation, Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi | 8.3 (2.9K votes) | 110 | 20230830 |
| Giovanni's Island [Jobanni no shima]A dramatic yet heart-warming story of cross-cultural friendship among children in the aftermath of WWII, presented by Tokyo-based award-winning animation studio Production I.G. Based on true events. | 2014 | Mizuho Nishikubo | Animation, Drama, History, War | 7.4 (2K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Girl Who Leapt Through Time, The [Toki o kakeru shôjo]A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own. | 2006 | Mamoru Hosoda | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.7 (64.3K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| GoSugihara, born in Japan but with North Korean parents, falls in love with a Japanese girl after changing from a North Korean school to a Japanese school. His boxer dad teaches him boxing - skills used a lot. | 2001 | Isao Yukisada | Drama, Romance | 7.4 (3K votes) | 122 | 20240210 |
| Go Go Second Time Virgin [Yuke yuke nidome no shojo]After being raped in an unknown rooftop, nineteen year-old girl Poppo meets a mysterious boy, and both share their sexual traumas and fears, with fatal consequences. | 1969 | Kôji Wakamatsu | Drama | 7.4 (2.5K votes) | 65 | 20211228 |
| Godzilla [Gojira]American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast. | 1954 | Ishirô Honda | Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.6 (32.7K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Godzilla 2000 MillenniumAn independent group of researchers actively track Godzilla as a giant meteor is discovered. The mysterious rock begins to levitate as its true intentions for the world and Godzilla are revealed. | 1999 | Takao Okawara | Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.1 (8.2K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Godzilla All Out AttackA reporter, notorious for working on pseudo-documentaries, must uncover the legend of the three guardian monsters who must rise to defend Japan from the vengeful spirits within Godzilla. | 2001 | Shûsuke Kaneko | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.1 (5.9K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Godzilla Minus One [Gojira -1.0]Post-war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb. | 2023 | Takashi Yamazaki | Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.7 (140.8K votes) | 124 | 20240504 |
| Godzilla ResurgenceJapan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster. | 2016 | Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi | Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.8 (26.6K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Godzilla, Mothra & King Ghidorah Giant Monsters All Out AttackA reporter, notorious for working on pseudo-documentaries, must uncover the legend of the three guardian monsters who must rise to defend Japan from the vengeful spirits within Godzilla. | 2001 | Shûsuke Kaneko | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.0 (6.6K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Golgo 13 - The ProfessionalAfter killing the son of a powerful oil tycoon, an infamous hit-man becomes the target of American soldiers and superhuman killers. | 1983 | Osamu Dezaki | Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (3K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Good Morning [Ohayo]Two boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set. | 1959 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Comedy, Drama, Family | 7.9 (9.1K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Gozu [Gokudô kyôfu dai-gekijô - Gozu]A yakuza enforcer is ordered to secretly drive his beloved colleague to be assassinated. But when the colleague unceremoniously disappears en route, the trip that follows is a twisted, surreal and horrifying experience. | 2003 | Takashi Miike (*) | Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (11.8K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Grave of the FirefliesA young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II. | 1988 | Isao Takahata | Animation, Drama, War | 8.5 (260.2K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Grave of the Fireflies [Hotaru no haka]An aunt's struggle to survive in Japan during World War II while caring for her niece and nephew. | 2005 | Tôya Satô | Drama, War | 7.5 (518 votes) | 148 | 20230830 |
| Graveyard Of Honor [Shin Jingi no Hakaba]A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However his fear of nothing soon causes problems. | 2002 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.9 (2.3K votes) | 131 | 20231116 |
| Graveyard Of Honor [Shin Jingi no Hakaba]A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his self control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa. | 1975 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Crime | 7.2 (1.7K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Gray Sunset [Hana ichimonme]Grandfather Fuyukichi Takano, a former university professor, gets fired from his museum job when he is affected by Alzheimer's disease, but his affliction serves to deepen family ties. | 1985 | Shun'ya Itô | Drama | 6.4 (32 votes) | 122 | 20231128 |
| Great Passage, The [Fune wo amu]Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, 'The Great Passage.' In the eclectic team, he becomes immersed in the world of dictionaries. But t... | 2013 | Yûya Ishii | Drama | 7.3 (2.6K votes) | 134 | 20220731 |
| Guilty of Romance [Koi no tsumi]A grisly murder occurs in Maruyama-cho, Shibuya, Tokyo - a love hotel district - a woman was found dead in a derelict apartment. Kazuko (Miki Mizuno) is a police officer called to investigate on this case, she will discover the story | 2011 | Sion Sono | Drama, Horror, Romance | 6.8 (5.1K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| Gurren Lagann the Movie - The Lights in the Sky are Stars [Gekijô ban Tengen toppa guren ragan_ Ragan hen]Seven years after the defeat of the Spiral King, Simon and the Dai-Gurren brigade must set out to the vastness of space to defeat a new threat and save the universe. The last high-stakes battle for Simon and his team is about to b... | 2009 | Hiroyuki Imaishi, Yasuhiro Geshi, Hiroshi Ikehata, Ryûichi Kimura, Ayumu Kotake | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (1.3K votes) | 126 | 20240210 |
| Hachi-ko [Hachikô monogatari]The true story about a dog's loyalty to its master, even after his death. | 1987 | Seijirô Kôyama | Drama, Family | 8.1 (5.1K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Hakuchi [The Idiot]A Japanese veteran, driven partially mad from the war, travels to the snowy island of Hokkaido where he soon enters a love triangle with his best friend and a disgraced woman. | 1951 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.2 (5.1K votes) | 166 | 20220823 |
| Hana and Alice [Hana to Arisu]When two best friends develop a crush on the same boy, they develop a plan to trick him into dating them. | 2004 | Shunji Iwai | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.2 (4.2K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Happiness of The Katakuris, TheA family moves to the country to run a rustic mountain inn when, to their horror, the customers begin befalling sudden and unlikely fates. | 2001 | Takashi Miike (*) | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Musical | 7.0 (9.1K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Hara-Kiri - Death of a Samurai [Ichimei]A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord. | 2011 | Takashi Miike (*) | Drama | 7.3 (8.3K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Harakiri [Seppuku]When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity. | 1962 | Masaki Kobayashi | Action, Drama, Mystery | 8.6 (51.1K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| HaruTwo young individuals meet online and become interested in each other after e-mailing everyday. Secrets are confessed and the two finally decide to meet in person. | 1996 | Yoshimitsu Morita | Drama, Romance | 7.3 (179 votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Heavenly Forest [Tada, kimi o aishiteru]A photographer named Makoto travels to New York during Christmas to look for his best friend, Shizuru. The two first met when Makoto attended his university entrance ceremony. Due to his inferiority complex, Makoto tends to shy aw... | 2006 | Takehiko Shinjô | Drama, Romance | 7.4 (3.6K votes) | 116 | 20240210 |
| Hell [Jigoku]A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell. | 1960 | Nobuo Nakagawa | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 6.8 (4.2K votes) | 101 | 20221116 |
| Her Blue Sky [Sora no aosa o shiru hito yo]Second-year high school student Aoi Aioi is an aspiring musician. Her older sister Akane's ex-boyfriend Shinnosuke Kanomura is a struggling guitarist. Aoi and Akane's parents passed away in an accident 13 years ago, and Akane gave up | 2019 | Tatsuyuki Nagai | Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Romance | 6.8 (881 votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Her Love Boils Bathwater [Yu wo wakasuhodo no atsui ai]A strict, but caring mother has an awakening when she is told she has cancer and it is terminal. She has a few months. She needs to complete her tasks in that short time frame. | 2016 | Ryôta Nakano | Drama | 7.4 (2.4K votes) | 125 | 20231101 |
| Hidden Blade, The [Kakushi ken oni no tsume]A 19th Century samurai, held in low esteem due to an action by his late father, must resolve his history with a maid and with his close friend. | 2004 | Yôji Yamada | Drama, History, Romance | 7.7 (6.6K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| Hidden Fortress, TheLured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines. | 1958 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama | 8.1 (37.9K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| High and Low [Tengoku to jigoku]An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom. | 1963 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (41.4K votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| Hiroshima Death MatchA young criminal joins a yakuza family to kill the gangsters who beat him up, but falls in love with his boss' widow niece, piling up enemies and corpses along his wayward way. | 1973 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Crime, Drama, History | 7.5 (1.6K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| HisShun and Nagisa first meet and fall in love during high school. However, despite strong feelings, they go their separate ways. Years later, Shun is now living alone in a rural area when Nagisa arrives with his six-year-old daughte... | 2020 | Rikiya Imaizumi | Drama, Family, Romance | 7.4 (721 votes) | 127 | 20240210 |
| Horus - Prince of the Sun [Taiyô no ôji Horusu no daibôken]A boy with a mythical sword wants to protect a Norse village from an evil ice wizard and his minions, who destroyed his family's village. However, the villagers don't fully trust him and a mysterious girl with a dark secret befriends | 1968 | Isao Takahata | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy | 6.6 (2.2K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| House [Hausu]A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted. | 1977 | Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Comedy, Horror | 7.4 (25.4K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Howl's Moving CastleWhen an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle. | 2004 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 8.2 (369.3K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Human Condition I - No Greater Love, TheA Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war-time Japan. | 1959 | Masaki Kobayashi | Drama, History, War | 8.6 (7.6K votes) | 208 | 20211228 |
| Human Condition II - The Road to Eternity, TheAs a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist struggles to maintain his determination to keep his ideals. | 1959 | Masaki Kobayashi | Drama, History, War | 8.5 (6.1K votes) | 181 | 20211228 |
| Human Condition III - A Soldier's Prayer, TheHis ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival. | 1961 | Masaki Kobayashi | Drama, History, War | 8.8 (5.9K votes) | 190 | 20211228 |
| Humanity and Paper Balloons [Ninjo Kami Fusen]The lives of two slum neighbors, one of a happy-go-lucky gambler and the other of a poor ronin, converge when the two get involved with the affairs of a powerful samurai official and his gangsters. | 1937 | Sadao Yamanaka | Drama | 7.7 (2K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| I Just Didn't Do It [Soredemo boku wa yattenai]A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent. | 2006 | Masayuki Suô | Drama | 7.5 (1.7K votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| I Live In FearAn aging Japanese industrialist becomes so fearful of nuclear war that it begins to take a toll on his life and family. | 1955 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama | 7.3 (4.7K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| I Want to Eat Your Pancreas [Kimi no suizô o tabetai]A high school student discovers one of his classmates, Sakura Yamauchi, is suffering from a terminal illness. This secret brings the two together, as she lives out her final moments. | 2018 | Jun'ichi Fujise, Tomoyuki Itamura, Masaharu Tomoda, Shin'ichirô Ushijima, Daisuke Yoshida | Animation, Drama, Family, Romance | 8.0 (23.2K votes) | 109 | 20240210 |
| I Was Born, But... [Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo]Two young brothers throw a tantrum when they discover that their father isn't the most important man in his workplace. | 1932 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Comedy, Drama | 8.0 (5.4K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| I Wish [Kiseki]Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed. | 2011 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Drama | 7.3 (7K votes) | 128 | 20220414 |
| Ichi The KillerAs sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of achieving. | 2001 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Horror | 7.0 (55K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| IkiruA bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer. | 1952 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama | 8.3 (75.5K votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| In the Realm of the Senses [Nagisa Oshima]A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship. | 1976 | Nagisa Ôshima | Drama, Romance | 6.6 (20.1K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| In This Corner of the World [Kono sekai no katasumi ni]Set in Hiroshima during World War II, an eighteen-year-old girl gets married and now has to prepare food for her family despite the rationing and lack of supplies. As she struggles with the daily loss of life's amenities she still ha | 2016 | Sunao Katabuchi | Animation, Drama, Family, History, War | 7.8 (10.2K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Insect Woman, The [Nippon konchûki]Life story of a woman born in poverty trying to succeed. Through her many schemes, she faces her ups and downs in a cyclical nature, fueled mostly by self-interest. | 1963 | Shohei Imamura (*) | Drama | 7.4 (2.2K votes) | 123 | 20220414 |
| Intentions of Murder [Akai satsui]A housewife living under her tyrannical husband has her life stressfully turned upside down after getting raped by a burglar. | 1964 | Shohei Imamura (*) | Drama | 7.7 (1.6K votes) | 150 | 20211228 |
| It's a Summer Film! [Summer film ni notte]A schoolgirl, underwhelmed by the rom-com being made by the Film Club, sets out with her friends to make a samurai film to compete with it. First step: convince a mysterious stranger to play the lead. | 2020 | Sôshi Masumoto | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 6.8 (1.2K votes) | 97 | 20231016 |
| Jin Roh The Wolf BrigadeA traumatized member of an elite para-military police force falls for the sister of a female terrorist courier who died in front of him on duty. | 1999 | Hiroyuki Okiura | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.4 (16.4K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Jongara [Tsugaru jongarabushi]Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly de | 1989 | Shintarô Katsu | Action, Drama | 7.2 (1.7K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Josee, the Tiger and the FishTsuneo is a university student and Josee is a young girl who has rarely gone out of the house by herself due to her being unable to walk. The two meet when Tsuneo finds Josee's grandmother taking her out for a evening walk. | 2020 | Kôtarô Tamura | Animation, Drama, Romance | 7.8 (2.8K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Jungle Emperor LeoThe story of Leo, the lion emperor and his family, and their struggles to protect the jungle from intruders bent on recklessly mining the a precious stone. | 1997 | Yoshio Takeuchi | Animation, Adventure | 6.7 (477 votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Ju-on The GrudgeA mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides. | 2002 | Takashi Shimizu | Horror | 6.7 (43.6K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Ju-on The Grudge 2As their curse spreads on, the ghosts find their chance to live once again through the pregnancy of a cursed woman. | 2003 | Takashi Shimizu | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.4 (9.7K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Kabamaru the Ninja [Iga-no Kabamaru]Kabamaru is a young boy raised and trained by his grandfather as a ninja. After the sudden death of his grandfather, he starts living with Mai, his grandfather's mistress, who is a school director. He is asked to help out on strug... | 1983 | Norifumi Suzuki | Comedy | 8.5 (290 votes) | 96 | 20221212 |
| KagemushaA petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place. | 1980 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama, History, War | 8.0 (34.9K votes) | 162 | 20211228 |
| Kamikaze Girls [Shimotsuma monogatari]Momoko, a strange and seemingly emotionless girl obsessed with 18th century France, befriends a Yanki biker and the two experience the ups and downs of their unusual lives in a rural Japanese town. | 2004 | Tetsuya Nakashima | Comedy | 7.2 (7.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Kamome Diner [Kamome shokudô]Where are we welcome? On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, meets Midori, a gangly Japanese tourist, and inv | 2006 | Naoko Ogigami | Comedy, Drama | 7.1 (2.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Kids Return [Kizzu ritân]Dropping out of high school, two friends at first find success, one as a up-and-coming boxer and one as a low level gangster. Yet, their life decisions still find a way of catching up with them. | 1996 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Crime, Drama, Sport | 7.5 (6K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Kiki's Delivery ServiceA young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service. | 1989 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Family, Fantasy | 7.9 (136.9K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| KikujiroA young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way. | 1999 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Drama, Comedy | 7.7 (20.1K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Kikujuro [Kikujiro no natsu]A young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way. | 1999 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Drama, Comedy | 7.7 (20.1K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Kill! [Kiru]Two ronin - an ex-samurai and an ex-farmer - get caught up in a local official's complex game of murder and betrayal. | 1968 | Kihachi Okamoto | Action, Comedy, Drama | 7.5 (2.8K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Kingsglaive Final Fantasy XVKing Regis, who oversees the land of Lucis, commands his army of soldiers to protect the kingdom from the Niflheim empire's plans to steal the sacred crystal which gives Lucis its magic and power. | 2016 | Takeshi Nozue | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 6.7 (21.5K votes) | 110 | 20220415 |
| Kizumonogatari Part 1 - Tekketsu [Kizumonogatari I_ Tekketsu-hen]Follows Araragi's encounter with the vampire Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade and his journey back into humanity from being a vampire. | 2016 | Tatsuya Oishi, Akiyuki Shinbô | Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance | 7.3 (3.5K votes) | 64 | 20231213 |
| Kizumonogatari Part 2 - Nekketsu [Kizumonogatari II_ Nekketsu-hen]In the spring of his second year of high school, Koyomi Araragi met the beautiful vampire Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade. Koyomi saved Kiss-shot, who was on the verge of death with all four of her limbs cut off, but onl... | 2016 | Tatsuya Oishi, Akiyuki Shinbô | Animation, Action, Drama, Horror | 7.6 (3.1K votes) | 68 | 20231213 |
| Kizumonogatari Part 3 - Reiketsu [Kizumonogatari III - Reiketsu-hen]Part 3 of Kizumonogatari (Wound Tale) trilogy, based on a light novel by Nisio Isin. | 2017 | Tatsuya Oishi, Akiyuki Shinbô | Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 7.9 (3.1K votes) | 83 | 20231213 |
| Kuroneko [Yabu no naka no kuroneko]Two women are raped and killed by samurai soldiers. Soon they reappear as vengeful ghosts who seduce and brutally murder the passing samurai. | 1968 | Kaneto Shindô (*) | Drama, Horror | 7.7 (7.1K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Kwaidan [Kaidan]A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes. | 1964 | Masaki Kobayashi | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 8.0 (17K votes) | 183 | 20211228 |
| KyotoTwo twin girls are separated at birth. One grows up in a loving family. The other one doesn't. They finally meet by complete accident on a town fair. No one ever told them about the other one so they begin familiarizing with each oth | 1963 | Noboru Nakamura | Drama | 7.1 (129 votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Lady SnowbloodA strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family. | 1973 | Toshiya Fujita | Action, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (13.8K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Lady Snowblood 2 - Love Song of VengeanceTo avoid a death sentence for her prior acts of bloodshed, the vengeful swordswoman Lady Snowblood is conscripted by the Japanese Secret Police to assassinate political dissidents. | 1974 | Toshiya Fujita | Drama, Thriller | 6.4 (3.6K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Lake of Tears [Umi no koto]Explore popular movies available to rent or buy on Prime Video. | 1966 | Tomotaka Tasaka | Drama, Romance | 7.2 (25 votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Late Autumn [Akibiyori]A widow tries to marry off her daughter with the help of her late husband's three friends. | 1960 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Comedy, Drama | 8.0 (5.2K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Late Spring [Banshun]Several people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father. | 1949 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Drama | 8.3 (16.5K votes) | 108 | 20220315 |
| Letters From Iwo JimaThe story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it. | 2006 | Clint Eastwood (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War | 7.9 (159.9K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| Life of Oharu, The [Saikaku Ichidai Onna]Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society. | 1952 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama | 8.1 (6.8K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| Like Father, Like Son [Soshite chichi ni naru]Ryota is a successful workaholic businessman. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another boy after birth, he faces the difficult decision to choose his true son or the boy he and his wife have raised as their ow | 2013 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Drama | 7.8 (23.9K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Like Grains of Sand [Nagisa no Shindobaddo]The movie is built around the very complex relationships between Yoshida, leaving Shimizu for Aihara (or at least he tries to), and his friend Ito, whose love for Yoshida seems to have little chance for success. In the end we have a | 1995 | Ryosuke Hashiguchi | Drama, Romance | 7.5 (1.4K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Like Someone in LoveIn Tokyo, a young sex worker develops an unexpected connection with a widower over a period of two days. | 2012 | Abbas Kiarostami, Banafsheh Modaressi | Drama | 7.0 (12.7K votes) | 109 | 20230830 |
| Linda Linda LindaA music group of girls need to learn to play a song before the school festival. | 2005 | Nobuhiro Yamashita | Comedy, Drama, Music | 7.5 (3.9K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Little Forest - Winter-Spring [Ritoru foresuto_ Natsu-Aki]Ichiko lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients. | 2015 | Jun'ichi Mori | Drama | 7.6 (2.7K votes) | 120 | 20230830 |
| Little Nemo - Adventures in Slumberland [Little Nemo]Each night, young Nemo goes to Slumberland and has adventures and befriends the king of Slumberland, Morpheus. But one night Nemo discovers Nightmare Land, and the evil nightmare king, throwing Slumberland and Nemo himself into da... | 1989 | Masami Hata, Masanori Hata, William T. Hurtz | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical | 7.1 (8.3K votes) | 85 | 20240416 |
| Lonelyheart [Sabishinbô]Lonely and love-struck, high-school student Hiroki pursues one girl but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Is she a figment of his lonely psyche, or real? An intricate triangle develops, and the viewer can't quite be sure | 1985 | Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | 6.6 (239 votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Love and Honour [Bushi no ichibun]A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai (Kimura) and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor. | 2006 | Yôji Yamada | Drama, History, Romance | 7.7 (3.8K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Love Exposure [Ai no mukidashi]A bizarre love triangle forms between a young Catholic upskirt photographer, a misandric girl and a manipulative cultist. | 2008 | Sion Sono | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance | 8.1 (13.4K votes) | 237 | 20211228 |
| Love LetterWhen exchanging letters two women discover new things about a man they knew. | 1995 | Shunji Iwai | Drama, Romance | 7.9 (8.4K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Lower Depths, TheIn a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family. | 1957 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama | 7.3 (5.3K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Maborosi [Maboroshi no hikari]A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant. | 1995 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Drama | 7.5 (6.2K votes) | 110 | 20220731 |
| MacArthur's ChildrenIn this drama at the end of World War II, the inhabitants of a small Japanese fishing village must come to terms with their nation's defeat and the sudden occupation of General MacArthur and his troops. | 1984 | Masahiro Shinoda | Comedy, Drama, War | 6.8 (185 votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Machine Girl, The [Kataude mashin gâru]Maimed while seeking revenge, a girl becomes stronger than ever. | 2008 | Noboru Iguchi | Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller | 5.9 (10.1K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| MadadayoFollowing World War II, a retired professor approaching his autumn years finds his quality of life drastically reduced in war-torn Tokyo. Denying despair, he pursues writing and celebrates his birthday with his adoring students. | 1993 | Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda | Drama | 7.3 (5.4K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| Made in Abyss - Dawn of the Deep Soul [Made in Abyss - Fukaki Tamashî no Reimei]Riko, Reg, and their new friend, Nanachi, continue their journey down the Abyss and arrive at the 5th layer. But in order for them to continue to the 6th layer, they must encounter the haunting figure of Nanachi's past: Bondrewd the | 2020 | Masayuki Kojima | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 8.1 (2.6K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Makioka Sisters [Kon Ichikawa - Sasame-yuki]The orphaned Makioka sisters look for a husband for their third sister, Yukiko, as the rebellious youngest sister, Taeko, is kept waiting her turn. | 1983 | Kon Ichikawa (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.2 (1.5K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| Mary and the Witch's Flower [Meari to majo no hana]Based on "The Little Broomstick" by Mary Stewart, a strange flower grants a girl magic powers. | 2017 | Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 6.8 (14K votes) | 103 | 20220415 |
| MemoriesAn animated science fiction anthology from the visionary anime director, Katsuhiro Otomo. | 1995 | Amber Lee Connors, Kôji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura, Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Animation, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.6 (17.4K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Memories of Matsuko [Kiraware Matsuko no isshô]When Matsuko dies of murder, her nephew Sho gets to progressively unveil many details of her mysterious past, discovering she wasn't only a forgotten outcast but led a very interesting yet bizarre life. | 2006 | Tetsuya Nakashima | Comedy, Drama, Musical, Mystery | 7.8 (7.3K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| MetropolisKenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima. | 2001 | Rintaro | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (21.1K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Millennium Actress [Sennen joyû]A TV interviewer and his cameraman meet a former actress and travel through her memories and career. | 2001 | Satoshi Kon | Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 7.9 (26.4K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Mind GameAfter a deadly encounter with two yakuza, a loser with a crush on his childhood girlfriend goes to heaven and back, embarking on a psychedelic self-discovery experience with her and his friends. | 2004 | Masaaki Yuasa, Kôji Morimoto | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance | 7.7 (9.5K votes) | 103 | 20220723 |
| Mirai [Mirai no Mirai]A young boy encounters a magical garden which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras, with guidance by his younger sister from the future. | 2018 | Mamoru Hosoda | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy | 7.0 (14.7K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Mishima - A Life In Four ChaptersA fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. | 1985 | Paul Schrader (*) | Biography, Drama | 8.0 (10.9K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Miss HokusaiThe life and works of Japanese artist and ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Hokusai, as seen from the eyes of his daughter, Katsushika O-Ei. | 2015 | Keiichi Hara, Stephanie Sheh, Michael Sinterniklaas | Animation, Biography, Drama, History | 6.7 (3.1K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Mobile Suit Gundam - The Origin III - Dawn of Rebellion [Kidou senshi Gandamu - The Origin III - Akatsuki no houki]Having faked his death at the cost of his friend, Édouard assumes the role of Char and undergoes training as a Zeon soldier. | 2016 | Kiyoshi Egami, Nana Harada, Takashi Imanishi, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War | 8.0 (585 votes) | 68 | 20240210 |
| MondayA simple funeral turns a man's world topsy turvy. | 2000 | SABU | Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 7.3 (2.2K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Moonlight Whispers [Gekkô no sasayaki]Two seemingly innocent school kids are obsessed in fetishistic s&m games. | 1999 | Akihiko Shiota | Drama, Romance | 6.9 (886 votes) | 100 | 20220414 |
| Mourning Forest, The [Mogari no mori]A care-giver at a small retirement home takes one of her patients for a drive to the country, but the two wind up stranded in a forest where they embark on an exhausting and enlightening two-day journey. | 2007 | Naomi Kawase | Drama | 6.8 (2.6K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Muddy River [Doro no kawa]In post-War Japan, a boy from a noodle store-owning family befriends a neighboring boy living in poverty. | 1981 | Kôhei Oguri | Drama | 7.8 (864 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| My Hero Academia - Two Heroes [Boku no Hero Academia the Movie]All Might and Deku accept an invitation to visit I Island where they battle against a villain who takes the island hostage. | 2018 | Kenji Nagasaki | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.5 (9.3K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| My Neighbor TotoroWhen two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby. | 1988 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 8.2 (320.1K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| My Neighbors the YamadasThe life and misadventures of a family in contemporary Japan. | 1999 | Isao Takahata | Animation, Comedy, Family | 7.2 (13.6K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday [Boku wa asu, kinou no kimi to dêto suru]On the way to his university in Kyoto, a 20 y.o. man falls in love with a woman on the train. He tells her. They start dating. She has a supernatural secret. | 2016 | Takahiro Miki | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 7.4 (4.2K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Naked Island, The [Hadaka no shima]A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops. | 1960 | Kaneto Shindô (*) | Drama | 8.1 (5.4K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Naked Youth [Seishun zankoku monogatari]A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class men. | 1960 | Nagisa Ôshima | Crime, Drama | 7.0 (2.3K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| NanaA chance encounter between two girls of the same name, ""Nana,"" triggers a series of events and relationships. | 2005 | Kentarô Ohtani | Drama, Music, Romance | 7.0 (3.9K votes) | 113 | 20231013 |
| Nausicaa of the Valley of the WindWarrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet. | 1984 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 8.1 (163.7K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Neo Tokyo [Meikyû monogatari]A trilogy of separate stories. In "Labyrinth labyrinthos", a girl and her cat enter a strange world. In "Running Man", a racer takes on the ultimate opponent. In "Construction Cancellation Order", a man must shut down worker robots. | 1987 | Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Rintaro, Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (3.5K votes) | 50 | 20211228 |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion - The End of Evangelion [Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban_ Air_Magokoro]Concurrent theatrical ending of the TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995). | 1997 | Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi | 8.1 (60.7K votes) | 87 | 20231001 |
| New Female Prisoner Scorpion - #701 [Shin joshû Sasori - 701-gô]Nami Matsushima's sister goes missing and after getting too caught up in doing something about it, Nami is given a fifteen year sentence for a murder she didn't commit. She's sent to an all women prison where she's not exactly welcom | 1976 | Yutaka Kohira | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.1 (144 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Night Is Short, Walk on Girl [Yoru wa mijikashi aruke yo otome]In this comedy about one epic night in Kyoto, a college sophomore goes on a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife, all the while unaware of the romantic longings of her classmate Senpai. | 2017 | Masaaki Yuasa | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance | 7.6 (4.7K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Night on the Galactic RailroadTwo kittens go on a metaphysical journey on a magical railroad train. | 1985 | Gisaburô Sugii, Arlen Tarlofsky | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery | 7.1 (1.9K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Ninja Scroll - The MovieA vagabond swordsman is aided by a beautiful ninja girl and a crafty spy in confronting a demonic clan of killers - with a ghost from his past as their leader - who are bent on overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate. | 1993 | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller | 7.9 (36.5K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Ninja Scroll [Jûbê Ninpûchô]A vagabond swordsman is aided by a beautiful ninja girl and a crafty spy in confronting a demonic clan of killers - with a ghost from his past as their leader - who are bent on overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate. | 1993 | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller | 7.9 (36.5K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Nippon tanjôIn the closing days of WWII remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain starvation. | 1959 | Kon Ichikawa (*) | Drama, War | 8.0 (4.7K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| No Game, No Life - The Movie - Zero [Nôgêmu nôraifu - Zero]Adaption of the sixth Light Novel of series, it follows the story of two new characters - Riku and Schwi - during the events of the Great War, prior to the Ten Covenants. | 2017 | Atsuko Ishizuka | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 7.5 (3.6K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| No Regrets For Our YouthThe daughter of a politically disgraced university professor struggles to find a place for herself in love and life, in the uncertain world of Japan leading into WWII. | 1946 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama | 7.1 (3.4K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Nobody Knows [Dare mo shiranai]In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning. | 2004 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Drama | 8.1 (27K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| Noriko's Dinner Table [Noriko no shokutaku]A teenager called Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Tokoyama, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's "family circle", which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 | 2005 | Sion Sono | Drama, Horror | 7.1 (4.5K votes) | 159 | 20211228 |
| Noroi - The CurseA documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon called the "kagutaba." | 2005 | Kôji Shiraishi | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (11.8K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Norwegian Wood [Noruwei no mori]Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori. | 2010 | Anh Hung Tran | Drama, Romance | 6.3 (11.6K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| Nutcracker FantasyClara finds herself in a magical world where her toys have come to life but must fight the evil mice who threaten the kingdom before she can return home. | 1979 | Takeo Nakamura | Animation, Family, Fantasy | 6.9 (254 votes) | 82 | 20231013 |
| Oil-Hell Murder, The [Onna goroshi abura no jigoku]A young man's frequent patronage of a prostitute leads to debt. | 1992 | Hideo Gosha | Drama | 6.5 (159 votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Okko's Inn [Waka okami wa shôgakusei!]After losing her parents in a car accident, Okko starts living in the countryside with her grandmother who runs a traditional Japanese inn. While she prepares to be the next owner of the inn, Okko can somehow see friendly ghosts. | 2018 | Kitarô Kôsaka | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy | 7.1 (1.8K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| One Cut of the Dead [Kamera o tomeru na!]Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies. | 2017 | Shin'ichirô Ueda | Comedy, Drama, Horror | 7.7 (22K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| One Missed Call [Chakushin ari]People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, foretelling their deaths. | 2003 | Takashi Miike (*) | Horror, Mystery | 6.2 (17.7K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| One Piece - StampedePirates from around the world gather at the Pirates Expo to join the hunt for Gol D. Roger's lost treasure. | 2019 | Takashi Ôtsuka | Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 7.5 (6.4K votes) | 101 | 20221228 |
| One Thousand and One Nights [Sen'ya ichiya monogatari]The incredible and often tragic adventures of Aladdin as he travels through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power. | 1969 | Eiichi Yamamoto | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance | 6.6 (641 votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| One Week FriendsYuki Hase befriended a lonely girl classmate when he notices that she's always alone. Upon knowing the girl, he found out a serious matter about her that can either make him put a space between them, or make them closer to each other | 2017 | Shôsuke Murakami | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.9 (1.2K votes) | 120 | 20220415 |
| One Wonderful SundayDuring a Sunday trip into war-ravaged Tokyo, despairing Yuzo and optimistic Masako look for work and lodging, as well as affordable entertainments to pass the time. | 1947 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.2 (3.1K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| OnibabaTwo women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask. | 1964 | Kaneto Shindô (*) | Drama, Horror | 8.0 (18.3K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Onimasa [Kiryûin Hanako no shôgai]A yakuza melodrama, covering decades in the lives of Boss Onimasa, his adopted daughter Matsue, and his biological daughter Hanako. | 1982 | Hideo Gosha | Drama | 6.9 (488 votes) | 146 | 20211228 |
| Only Son, The [Hitori musuko]A widow sends her only son away to receive a better education. Years later, she visits him, finding him a poor school teacher with a wife and son. | 1936 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Drama | 7.7 (3.6K votes) | 87 | 20220723 |
| Only YesterdayA twenty-seven-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo. | 1991 | Isao Takahata | Animation, Drama, Romance | 7.6 (30.6K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Osaka Elegy [Naniwa erejî]A young woman becomes a mistress of her boss in order to support her family. | 1936 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.2 (2.3K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Our Homeland [Kazoku no kuni]Based on the director's own experience, Our Homeland follows a Korean family living in Japan, of which the father (Masane Tsukayama) decided to take North Korean nationality because of his strong belief decades ago. In 1997, Sonho... | 2012 | Yong-hi Yang | Drama | 7.2 (290 votes) | 100 | 20240210 |
| Our Little Sister [Umimachi Diary]A story that revolves around three sisters who live in their grandmother's home and the arrival of their thirteen-year-old half sister. | 2015 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Drama, Family | 7.5 (14.1K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Outrage [Autoreiji]The boss of a major crime syndicate orders his lieutenant to bring a rogue gang of drug traffickers in line, a job that gets passed on to his long-suffering subordinate. | 2010 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (13.2K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Pale Flower [Kawaita hana]A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling. | 1964 | Masahiro Shinoda | Action, Crime | 7.7 (3.6K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| PaprikaWhen a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it. | 2006 | Satoshi Kon | Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.7 (78.9K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Parasyte Part 1The humanity is suffering from murders all over the globe, called "Mincemeat murders". High school student, Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth. | 2014 | Takashi Yamazaki | Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.8 (4.6K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Parasyte Part 2Humanity is under attack by human-mimicking flesh-eating alien parasites. One parasite bonds with his young high school student host, and he convinces the parasite to help him stop the others. | 2015 | Takashi Yamazaki | Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.5 (2.7K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Patema InvertedA young girl, from a civilization that resides in deep underground tunnels, finds herself trapped in an inverted world and teams up with a resident to escape and return home. | 2013 | Yasuhiro Yoshiura | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.4 (8.8K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Patlabor - The MovieThe screwball cops of Special Vehicles Section 2 Division 2 must investigate and stop a spree of rampaging construction robots. | 1989 | Mamoru Oshii | Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.1 (4.9K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Patlabor 2 The MovieWhen a terrorist attack is blamed on the Air Force, Special Vehicle Unit 2 gets caught in the middle of a growing political conflict. | 1993 | Mamoru Oshii | Animation, Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.6 (4K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Penguin HighwayA fourth-grader, Aoyama-kun, investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden appearance of penguins in his village, which is somehow related to a power from a young woman working at a dental clinic. | 2018 | Hiroyasu Ishida | Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery | 7.1 (2.8K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Perfect Blue [Pafekuto buru]A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past. | 1997 | Satoshi Kon | Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.0 (69K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Picnic [Pikunikku]Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot with the best vantage point to v | 1996 | Shunji Iwai | Drama, Fantasy | 7.0 (1.9K votes) | 68 | 20211228 |
| Pigs and Battleships [Buta to gunkan]A young hoodlum decides to work for a criminal organization that is tearing itself apart. | 1961 | Shohei Imamura (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance | 7.5 (2.3K votes) | 108 | 20220414 |
| Ping-Pong [Pinpon]The film traces the growth and friendship of two very different high-school ping-pong players. "Peco" Hoshino is a brash, arrogant player, determined to turn pro. He taught his quiet, nerdy childhood friend "Smile" Tsukimoto. Smile f | 2002 | Fumihiko Sori | Comedy, Drama, Sport | 7.0 (3.3K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Pitfall [Otoshiana]A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town's population of lost souls. | 1962 | Hiroshi Teshigahara | Crime, Drama, Fantasy | 7.6 (3.9K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Place Promised in Our Early Days, The [Kumo no mukô, yakusoku no basho]In an alternate postwar timeline, Japan is divided into the Union-controlled North and the US-controlled South. | 2004 | Makoto Shinkai, Yoshio Suzuki | Animation, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi | 6.9 (15.3K votes) | 90 | 20240614 |
| Pom PokoA community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development. | 1994 | Isao Takahata | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy | 7.3 (28.5K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| PonyoA five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him. | 2008 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 7.7 (136.6K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Porco RossoIn 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig. | 1992 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | 7.7 (85.4K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Pornographers, The [Erogotoshi-tachi yori Jinruigaku nyûmon]While avoiding the mob and local authorities, a world-weary pornographer finds being a family man the most difficult as he wrestles with his own desires and afflictions. | 1966 | Shohei Imamura (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.3 (2.3K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Portrait of Chieko [Chieko-sho]Takamura, poet and sculptor, is married to Chieko, who also has artistic desires. However, she is becoming increasingly aware that she can not match her husband's work. | 1967 | Noboru Nakamura | Drama | 7.5 (40 votes) | 125 | 20221212 |
| Postcard [Ichimai no hagaki]Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrade who is sure he will die in battle. After the war ends, Keita visits his comrade's wife Yuko and bears witness to the tragic life sh | 2010 | Kaneto Shindô (*) | Drama, Romance, War | 7.0 (248 votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Postman Blues [Posutoman burusu]A postman is mistaken for a dangerous criminal by the police. | 1997 | SABU | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama | 7.4 (1.7K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Poupelle Of Chimney Town [Eiga Entotsumachi no Puperu]A factory town is covered by chimney smoke, and as the townspeople haven't see the sky in centuries, they no longer believe that stars exist. A chimney sweep and a friendly monster named Poupelle decide to prove that stars are real. | 2020 | Yûsuke Hirota | Animation, Family, Fantasy | 6.4 (590 votes) | 100 | 20231016 |
| Princess MononokeOn a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime. | 1997 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy | 8.4 (374.2K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| Princess Yang Kwei-fei [Yôkihi]In 8th-century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a close relati | 1955 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama, History, Romance | 7.2 (1.8K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Profound Desires of the Gods [Kamigami no fukaki yokubô]An engineer from Tokyo arrives on a drought-ridden tropical island to drill a well to power a nearby sugar mill. He meets the inbred Futori family, hated by the locals for breaking religious customs. | 1968 | Shohei Imamura (*) | Drama | 7.7 (1.6K votes) | 173 | 20211228 |
| Pulse [Kairo]Two groups of people discover evidence that suggests spirits may be trying to invade the human world through the Internet. | 2001 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.6 (19.3K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Puss in Boots [Nagagutsu o haita neko]While being on the run for saving a mouse, the famous Puss in Boots, Pero, helps a young peasant boy win the heart of a lovely princess, while trying to rescue her from an evil wizard. | 1969 | Kimio Yabuki | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance | 7.3 (864 votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Quiet Duel, TheA surgeon gets syphilis from a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. The doctor's life is destroyed, but unlike the patient, he doesn't destroy others along with him. | 1949 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama | 7.4 (3.3K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Quill - The Life of a Guide Dog [Quill]As a Labrador puppy, Quill is sent to live with a couple, Isamu and Mitsuko Nii, who work as volunteers, training guide dogs (seeing eye dogs). When he grows to an adult dog, he is taken to a guide dog school, by a friendly, yet f... | 2004 | Yôichi Sai | Drama | 7.1 (1.7K votes) | 100 | 20230830 |
| Rage [Ikari]A grisly unsolved murder links three seemingly unrelated stories in three different Japanese cities. | 2016 | Sang-il Lee | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (2.8K votes) | 142 | 20211228 |
| Rainy Dog [Gokudô kuroshakai]A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him. | 1997 | Takashi Miike (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.0 (2.6K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Ramen Girl, TheAn American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master. | 2008 | Robert Allan Ackerman | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.3 (10.1K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| RanIn Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him. | 1985 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Action, Drama, War | 8.2 (121.7K votes) | 162 | 20211228 |
| Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl [Seishun buta yaro wa yumemiru shoujo no yume wo minai]A high school student's blissful days with his girlfriend are interrupted when his first crush returns in two forms. | 2019 | Sôichi Masui | Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 8.2 (6.2K votes) | 89 | 20240210 |
| RashomonThe rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter. | 1950 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 8.2 (163.2K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Record of a Tenement GentlemanA young boy follows Tashiro home to his tenement housing complex on the outskirts of Tokyo, the boy who was separated from his carpenter father somehow and somewhere in Kudan. All Tashiro knows is that the boy and his father came to | 1947 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Drama | 7.7 (1.9K votes) | 72 | 20211228 |
| Red BeardIn 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern. | 1965 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama | 8.4 (18.5K votes) | 185 | 20211228 |
| RedlineA story about the most popular racing event in the galaxy, the Redline, and the various racers who compete in it. | 2009 | Takeshi Koike | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi, Sport | 7.5 (13.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Reincarnation [Rinne]A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago. | 2005 | Takashi Shimizu | Horror, Mystery | 6.2 (6.4K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Restart After Come Back HomeMitsuomi Kozuka quits his job in Tokyo to return to his rural hometown for the first time in a decade. There, he meets Yamato Kumai, who convinces him to help out on his farm, where their relationship grows and changes them both. | 2020 | Ryûta Inoue | Drama, Romance | 7.2 (604 votes) | 99 | 20240210 |
| Returner [Ritânâ]A young woman from the future forces a local gunman to help her stop an impending alien invasion which will wipe out the human race. | 2002 | Takashi Yamazaki | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 6.5 (11.3K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Rhapsody in AugustThree generations' responses to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. | 1991 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama | 7.2 (6.8K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| RikyuLegendary tea master Sen no Rikyu is faced with his warmongering lord's unrealistic pretensions. | 1989 | Hiroshi Teshigahara | Drama, History | 7.1 (715 votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| RinguA reporter and her ex-husband investigate a cursed video tape that is rumored to kill the viewer seven days after watching it. | 1998 | Hideo Nakata | Horror, Mystery | 7.2 (68K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Ringu 0 BasudenIn this prequel to Ring, a young Sadako becomes an actress in hopes of escaping her troubled past. But strange visions and terrifying powers begin to manifest... | 2000 | Norio Tsuruta | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.0 (9K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Ringu 2Reiko takes Yôichi into hiding when her son begins to display frightening powers. Meanwhile, Mai Takano and the authorities begin a desperate search for them, as the mysterious Ring curse spreads. | 1999 | Hideo Nakata | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 5.9 (13.3K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Ritual [Shiki-Jitsu]A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young girl who has a ritual of repeating "Tomorrow is my birthday" everyday. He tries to communicate with her through his video camera. | 2000 | Hideaki Anno | Drama | 7.4 (2K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Robot Carnival [Robotto kânibaru]A collection of short stories, made by different animators with "robot" as the working title. | 1987 | Atsuko Fukushima, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, Hiroyuki Kitazume, Kôji Morimoto, Takashi Nakamura | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 6.8 (2.4K votes) | 90 | 20220414 |
| Roujin Z [Rôjin Z]A compassionate young nurse is determined to help an elderly invalid strapped to a revolutionary health care bed but there are unexpected consequences. | 1991 | Hiroyuki Kitakubo | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.9 (2.6K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Running in Madness, Dying in Love [Kyôsô jôshi-kô]During clashes between demonstrators and police that rage on the streets of Tokyo, a young man hides in the house of his brother - a police officer. The latter is accidentally shot by his wife, which forces the young man to flee w... | 1969 | Kôji Wakamatsu | Drama | 7.1 (496 votes) | 77 | 20230424 |
| Rurouni KenshinA former assassin who has resolved to never kill again has his vow sorely tested. | 2012 | Keishi Ohtomo | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War | 7.4 (25.8K votes) | 134 | 20220423 |
| Rurouni Kenshin Kyoto InfernoKenshin Himura goes up against pure evil Makoto Shishio who is attempting to overthrow the Meiji government. The fate of the country hangs in the balance as Kenshin Himura takes up the sword that he vowed to never draw again. | 2014 | Keishi Ohtomo | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 7.5 (16.3K votes) | 138 | 20220423 |
| Rurouni Kenshin The Legend EndsShishio has set sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the Meiji government and return Japan to chaos, carrying Kaoru with him. In order to stop him in time, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique. | 2014 | Keishi Ohtomo | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 7.5 (12.7K votes) | 134 | 20220423 |
| Saga of Tanya the Evil MovieTanya Degurechaff continues her misadventures, avoiding death and being sent to hell, while battling the forces of the Republic Army. | 2019 | Yutaka Uemura | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, War | 7.6 (1.1K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| SakuranA young girl is sold into a red-light district brothel and tries to adapt to life as an oiran (courtesan). | 2006 | Mika Ninagawa | Drama, History | 6.8 (2K votes) | 111 | 20220723 |
| Samurai AssassinFebruary 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in the Tokugawa government, which has ruled Japan for 300 years. They suspect a traitor i | 1965 | Kihachi Okamoto | Action, Adventure, Drama, History | 7.4 (2.3K votes) | 122 | 20220414 |
| Samurai Fiction [SF - Episode One]A noble young samurai searches for a thief who has stolen a precious treasure and killed one of his clansmen and meets an older samurai who tries to deter him from the violence of revenge. | 1998 | Hiroyuki Nakano | Action, Adventure, Comedy | 7.2 (2.7K votes) | 111 | 20220723 |
| Samurai I - Musashi MiyamotoDepicts the early life of the legendary warrior Musashi Miyamoto; his years as an aspiring warrior, an outlaw and finally a true samurai. | 1954 | Hiroshi Inagaki | Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 7.5 (8.4K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Samurai II - Duel at Ichijoji Temple [Zoku Miyamoto MusasMusashi Miyamoto returns to Kyoto after years of absence. After a series of fights against the Yoshioka School, he challenges its master to a duel. | 1955 | Hiroshi Inagaki | Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History | 7.4 (6.1K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Samurai III - Duel at Ganryu Island [Miyamoto Musashi kanMusashi Miyamoto is challenged to a duel by a confident swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. He agrees to fight him in a year's time. | 1956 | Hiroshi Inagaki | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance | 7.6 (6K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Samurai Rebellion [Jôi-uchi Hairyô tsuma shimatsu]The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back. | 1967 | Masaki Kobayashi | Drama | 8.4 (12.3K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Samurai Spy [Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke]The legendary samurai Sasuke Sarutobi gets caught in a web of political intrigue, deception and espionage during the early 17th century. | 1965 | Masahiro Shinoda | Action, Drama | 7.0 (1.7K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Sandakan 8 [Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo]A journalist interviews an old woman who was forced into prostitution, just like many other Japanese women working in Asia outside of Japan during the first half of the 20th century. She worked in a Malaysian brothel called Sandakan | 1974 | Kei Kumai | Drama, History, War | 7.5 (580 votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Sands of Kurobe, The [Kurobe no taiyo]Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. The tunnel crosses an earthquake fault and Kitagawa is belea | 1968 | Kei Kumai | Drama | 6.8 (99 votes) | 196 | 20220414 |
| SanjuroA crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent. | 1962 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Action, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (37.2K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Sansho the BailiffIn medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression. | 1954 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama | 8.4 (16K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo [Tange Sazen yowa - Hyakuman ryô no tsubo]A man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spreads, many join in hunting it. | 1935 | Sadao Yamanaka | Comedy, Drama | 7.8 (1K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| ScandalA celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer. | 1950 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama | 7.2 (3.9K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan, The [Buraikan]An outlaw pushes the residents of Edo's red light district to rebel against a growing number of stifling, moralistic laws. | 1970 | Masahiro Shinoda | Comedy, Drama | 6.8 (244 votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Scene at the Sea, A [Ano natsu, ichiban shizukana umi]The lives of a young, hearing-impaired and gloomy couple are fulfilled after the boy holds interest in surfboarding. | 1991 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport | 7.5 (5.7K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Scorpion - Double Venom [Sasori - Joshuu 701-gô]With the law helpless and the authorities unable and unwilling to step in a woman proceeds and takes direct action when as coincidence would have it one of the murdering kidnappers of a her sister becomes a patient in the hospital... | 1998 | Ryôji Niimura | Drama, Thriller, Crime | 5.8 (60 votes) | 91 | 20240306 |
| Sea Is Watching, The [Umi wa miteita]O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers, particularly Kikuno and the brothel's owner, O-Shin falls in love with the samurai. | 2002 | Kei Kumai | Romance, Drama | 7.0 (1.6K votes) | 119 | 20240803 |
| Secret World of Arietty, The [Kari-gurashi no Arietti]The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their teenage daughter, Arrietty, is discovered. | 2010 | Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy | 7.6 (88.5K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Seven SamuraiA poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. | 1954 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Action, Drama | 8.6 (334.9K votes) | 207 | 20211228 |
| Shall We DanceA successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons. | 1996 | Masayuki Suô | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance | 7.7 (11K votes) | 136 | 20211228 |
| Shara [Sharasôju]The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly disappears. Five years later seventeen-year old Shun, the remaining twin, is an art student. He now has to move forward with his life, tog | 2003 | Naomi Kawase | Drama | 7.2 (1.7K votes) | 100 | 20220315 |
| Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl [Samehada otoko to momojiri onna]In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from some slayers. What follows is a wild chase that | 1998 | Katsuhito Ishii | Mystery, Action, Thriller, Comedy | 6.7 (2.2K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Shinjuku Mad [Shinjuku maddo]A man comes to Tokyo searching for his son's killer. He ventures into the deep underground of the city where he finds out that the untraceable killer is a mysterious revolutionary gang leader called Shinjuku Mad. | 1970 | Kôji Wakamatsu | Drama | 7.4 (432 votes) | 65 | 20211228 |
| SHINOBI- Heart Under BladeStar-crossed lovers must fight on opposing sides in a battle that will determine the next Shogun. | 2005 | Ten Shimoyama | Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 6.9 (12.5K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Shogun Assassin 2Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by the yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain. | 1972 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Drama | 7.6 (4.9K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Shogun Assassin 3Ogami is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin. Gunbei Yagyu, an enemy samurai, happens upon Ogami's son, and sees his chance for revenge. | 1972 | Buichi Saitô | Action, Thriller | 7.6 (4.4K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Shoplifters [Manbiki kazoku]A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold. | 2018 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.9 (75.5K votes) | 121 | 20220822 |
| Silent Voice, A [Koe no Katachi]A young man is ostracized by his classmates after he bullies a deaf girl to the point where she moves away. Years later, he sets off on a path for redemption. | 2016 | Naoko Yamada | Animation, Drama | 8.2 (69.6K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Sinners of Hell, The [Jigoku]A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell. | 1960 | Nobuo Nakagawa | Drama, Horror | 6.8 (3.9K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Sisters Of The Gion [Gion no shima]Two geisha sisters lead a hard life in the Gion district of Kyoto. After one of them feels obliged to support a bankrupt businessman, the other sister sets up various schemes to get rid of him. | 1936 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama | 7.5 (2.6K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Sky Crawlers, The [Sukai kurora]The Kildren, a group of eternally young fighter pilots, experience the sudden loss of innocence as they battle the enemy in astonishing dogfights above the clouds. | 2008 | Mamoru Oshii | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi, War | 6.7 (5.9K votes) | 122 | 20240614 |
| Snake of June, A [Rokugatsu no hebi]A woman is being stalked by a stranger. His stalking turns to blackmail when he sends her copies of photos of her in an embarrassing position. Now he controls her and she has to do anything he says. Anything. | 2002 | Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (4.6K votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
| SonatineSeveral yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war then escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach. | 1993 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.5 (20.8K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Sound Of The Mountain [Yama no oto]An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman. | 1954 | Mikio Naruse (*) | Drama | 7.8 (1.8K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Space Adventure CobraCobra, a famous space pirate with a psycho-gun hidden in his left arm, supposed dead for two years, is back in action. He falls for bounty huntress Jane Flower, whom crime lord Necron wants dead, and tries to help her save her world. | 1982 | Osamu Dezaki | Animation, Action, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.3 (2K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Space Pirate Captain HarlockMankind is dying. Only one man can do anything about it, Space Captain Harlock, but the Gaia Coalition will stop at nothing to end him. | 2013 | Shinji Aramaki | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 6.4 (12.1K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Space Warriors Baldios [Uchû senshi Baldios]From a polluted and destroyed planet called S-1 arrives an invasion on earth, Marin one of the people of S-1 helps the earthlings fighting the invaders with his super ship Baldios. After polluting their own planet beyond repair, a ra | 1981 | Shûichi Hirokawa, Hisayuki Toriumi | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi | 7.0 (75 votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Spiral [Uzumaki]The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals. | 2000 | Higuchinsky | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 6.2 (8K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Spirited AwayDuring her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts. | 2001 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery | 8.6 (715.3K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Stand By Me - DoraemonWhat will happen to Nobita's life after Doraemon leaves? | 2014 | Tony Oliver, Ryuichi Yagi, Takashi Yamazaki | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi | 7.4 (7.5K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Steamboy [Suchîmubôi]In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power. | 2004 | Shinji Takagi, Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.8 (18.5K votes) | 126 | 20240116 |
| Still WalkingA family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear. | 2008 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Drama | 8.0 (15.6K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Sting of Death, The [Shi no toge]Period drama set in the 1950's about a couple isolating themselves from the outside world as they attempt to salvage their faltering marriage, no matter what the costs, after the husband has an affair. | 1990 | Kôhei Oguri | Drama | 6.9 (286 votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Story of Floating Weeds, A [Ukikusa monogatari]A kabuki actor's mistress hatches a jealous plot to bring down her lover's son. | 1934 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Drama | 7.8 (3.1K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, The [Zangiku monogatari] The adopted son of a legendary actor, and an aspiring star himself, turns to his infant brother's wet nurse for support and affection - only for her to give up everything for her beloved's glory. | 1939 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.9 (3.6K votes) | 148 | 20211228 |
| Strange CircusThe erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear. | 2005 | Sion Sono | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (5.6K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Stray DogDuring a sweltering summer, a rookie homicide detective tries to track down his stolen Colt pistol. | 1949 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (16.7K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Street Fighter, The [Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken]After failing to reach a deal with her enemies, a mercenary karate master decides to protect the daughter of a recently deceased oil tycoon from the evil conglomerate that's after her inheritance. | 1974 | Shigehiro Ozawa | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.9 (5.1K votes) | 91 | 20220723 |
| Street Mobster [Gendai yakuza hito-kiri yota]A yakuza, who has an untamed rage and lack of respect for authority, finds himself leading the remnants of the gang he once belonged to in order to secure an area of their own. | 1972 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Crime | 7.1 (1K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Street of Shame [Akasen chitai]The personal tales of various prostitutes who occupy a brothel. | 1956 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama | 7.8 (4.3K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Suicide Club [Jisatsu sâkuru]A detective is trying to find the cause of a string of suicides. | 2001 | Sion Sono | Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (20.2K votes) | 99 | 20220315 |
| Su-ki-daA high school student named Yu has a crush on one of her classmates, Yosuke. The boy spends most of his time sitting outside and playing his guitar, and Yu sits nearby and listens. One day, however, a terrible tragedy occurs, and the | 2005 | Hiroshi Ishikawa | Drama, Romance | 6.9 (1.1K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Summer Days with Coo [Kappa no Kû to natsuyasumi]A boy befriends an orphaned water spirit, or Kappa, he found dried up and buried in a riverbank. He and his family help the creature adjust to life in the modern world. | 2007 | Keiichi Hara | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | 7.4 (2.1K votes) | 138 | 20231001 |
| Sun Scarred [Taiyô no kizu]Katayama (Aikawa Sho) is on the way home to his wife and little daughter when he stumbles on a gang of punks beating up an innocent man. Katamaya decides to help the stranger and surprisingly wins the fight. This turns out to be a ba | 2006 | Takashi Miike (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.0 (556 votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Sun, The [Solntse]Third part in Aleksandr Sokurov's quadrilogy of Power, following Molokh (1999) and Telets (2001), focuses on Japanese Emperor Hirohito and Japan's defeat in World War II when he is finally confronted by General Douglas MacArthur who | 2005 | Aleksandr Sokurov (*) | Drama, History | 7.3 (2.8K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Survive Style 5+Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one and other eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances. | 2004 | Gen Sekiguchi | Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 7.5 (9.7K votes) | 120 | 20220414 |
| Suspect X [Yôgisha X no kenshin]It's another battle of the wits for the brilliant but eccentric physicist, Yukawa, and detective, Kaoru. | 2008 | Hiroshi Nishitani | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.3 (3.4K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Suzaku [Moe no suzaku]Depicts the dissolution of a small family in a remote Japanese timber village. | 1997 | Naomi Kawase | Drama | 7.4 (1.3K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Swallowtail Butterfly [Suwarôteiru]The struggles of a group of immigrant outcasts living in an alternative-future, xenophobic Japanese metropolis. | 1996 | Shunji Iwai | Crime, Drama | 7.5 (3.8K votes) | 148 | 20211228 |
| Swing GirlsA tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up vitiating and replacing the schools brass band. | 2004 | Shinobu Yaguchi | Drama, Comedy, Music | 7.5 (4K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Sword of Doom, The [Dai-bosatsu tôge]Through his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopath samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely. | 1966 | Kihachi Okamoto | Action, Drama | 8.0 (10.7K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Sword of the Beast [Kedamono no ken]After killing a counselor of his clan, a fugitive samurai befriends a couple poaching the shogun's gold in the mountains. | 1965 | Hideo Gosha | Action, Drama | 7.5 (2.8K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Sword of the StrangerA swordsman from a strange land is caught in a struggle between morality, righteousness, and devotion as he reluctantly agrees to take a raggedy boy and his dog to a remote, Buddhist temple. | 2007 | Masahiro Andô | Animation, Action, Adventure | 7.8 (16.2K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Sword of VengenceThe story of a Ronin (i.e. a masterless samurai) who wanders the countryside of Japan with his small child, having various adventures. | 1972 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Adventure | 7.8 (7.8K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Symbol [Shinboru]A man wakes up in a white room empty other than buttons on the walls, he must find out which button to push to get what he wants. | 2009 | Hitoshi Matsumoto | Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery | 7.1 (3.7K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Sympathy For The Underdog [Bakuto gaijin butai]A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over. | 1971 | Kinji Fukasaku | Crime, Drama | 7.4 (868 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Taboo [Gohatto]The new member of a samurai militia unit causes disruption as several of his colleagues fall in love with him, threatening to disturb the rigid code of their squad. | 1999 | Nagisa Ôshima | Drama, History, Thriller | 6.9 (7.5K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Tale of the Princess Kaguya, TheFound inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her, but ultimately she must confront her | 2013 | Isao Takahata | Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy | 8.0 (43.7K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Tale of Zatoichi Continues, TheThe blind masseur and swordsman, Zatoichi, learns of a powerful political figure's secret and is quickly tailed by a group of killers. | 1962 | Kazuo Mori | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.2 (2.4K votes) | 72 | 20211228 |
| Tale of Zatoichi, TheThe adventures of a blind, gambling masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman. | 1962 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.6 (5.1K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| TampopoA truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food. | 1985 | Jûzô Itami | Comedy | 8.0 (18K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Taste of Tea, The [Cha no aji]A spell of time of a rural family's slightly surreal life. | 2004 | Katsuhito Ishii | Comedy, Fantasy | 7.7 (6.3K votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| Taxing Woman, A [Marusa no onna]If tax evasion is an art, wheeler-dealer Hideki Gondo is Rembrandt. And so, a determined taxing woman gets the tough assignment of trying to catch him. | 1987 | Jûzô Itami | Comedy, Crime | 7.3 (1.9K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Tekkonkinkreet [Tekkon kinkurîto]2 boys defend Treasure Town. Yakuza try to take over and clear it for new development. | 2006 | Michael Arias | Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy | 7.6 (13.3K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Tetsuo - The IronmanA businessman accidentally kills The Metal Fetishist, who gets his revenge by slowly turning the man into a grotesque hybrid of flesh and rusty metal. | 1989 | Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.0 (21.8K votes) | 67 | 20211228 |
| Tetsuo 3 The Bullet ManLosing his son Tom in a hit and run triggers violent emotions in Anthony, whose body begins to transform. When the driver who killed Tom reappears, Anthony mutates into a mass of metal - a human weapon fuelled by an uncontrollable ra | 2009 | Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.5 (1.9K votes) | 71 | 20211228 |
| Tetsuo II - Body HammerWhen metal-worshipping fanatics abduct his son, a father unleashes his dormant destructive power, as his naked rage transforms the once-feeble flesh into a grisly symbiosis of metal and tissue. Who dares to defy the ultimate body-ham | 1992 | Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.4 (4.4K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Themis [Himizu]After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty. | 2011 | Sion Sono | Crime, Drama | 7.0 (4K votes) | 129 | 20220315 |
| There Was a Father [Chichi ariki]A school-teacher struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite having neither money nor prospects. | 1942 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Drama | 7.6 (2.7K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| This Transient Life [Mujo]Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an assistant to a master sculptor, only to proceed to complicate matters with his affair | 1970 | Akio Jissôji | Drama | 7.7 (1K votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| Three Outlaw SamuraiWhen poor peasants kidnap a magistrate's daughter to coerce him into reducing their unfair taxes, a wandering ronin decides to give them some help. | 1964 | Hideo Gosha | Action, Drama | 7.7 (3.4K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Throne of BloodA war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle. | 1957 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Drama, History | 8.1 (50.7K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets [Sho o suteyo machi e deyou]An angst-ridden teen dealing with his dysfunctional family hits the streets. The story is inter-cut with various psychedelic, energetic vignettes. | 1971 | Shûji Terayama | Drama, Music | 7.8 (1.8K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Time of EveIn a not too distant future, a young man's outlook on his home android begins to change after tracking the android's behavioral log to a mysterious cafe. | 2010 | Yasuhiro Yoshiura | Animation, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.3 (3.6K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| To the Forest of Firefly Lights [Hotarubi no mori e]Hotaru is rescued by a spirit when she gets lost in a forest as a child. The two become friends, despite the spirit revealing that he will disappear if he is ever touched by a human. | 2011 | Takahiro Ômori | Animation, Drama, Fantasy | 7.8 (21.7K votes) | 45 | 20240501 |
| Tokyo DrifterAfter his gang disbands, a yakuza enforcer looks forward to life outside of organized crime but soon must become a drifter after his old rivals attempt to assassinate him. | 1966 | Seijun Suzuki (*) | Action, Crime | 7.2 (8.5K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Tokyo FistSuspecting that his childhood friend, a professional boxer, is having a love affair with his fiancée, a businessman starts training rigorously in order to take him down. | 1995 | Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Action, Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (3.4K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Tokyo GodfathersOn Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents. | 2003 | Satoshi Kon | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 7.8 (37.5K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Tokyo Gore Police [Tôkyô zankoku keisatsu]In future Tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down her father's killer while battling against mutant rebels known as engineers. | 2008 | Yoshihiro Nishimura | Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.9 (11.5K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Tokyo SonataAn ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company. | 2008 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Drama | 7.5 (10.1K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Tokyo Story [Tôkyô monogatari]An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention. | 1953 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Drama | 8.2 (59.2K votes) | 136 | 20211228 |
| Tokyo Twilight [Tôkyô boshoku]Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child. | 1957 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Drama | 8.1 (4K votes) | 140 | 20220414 |
| Tokyo!A cinematic triptych of three Tokyo-set stories. | 2008 | Leos Carax, Michel Gondry, Bong Joon Ho | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | 7.1 (10.7K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Tony Takitani [Tonî Takitani]When technical illustrator Tony Takitani asks his wife to resist her all-consuming obsession for designer clothes, the consequences are tragic. | 2004 | Jun Ichikawa | Drama | 7.3 (4.6K votes) | 105 | 20220731 |
| Tremble All You Want [Katte ni furuetero]Virgin twenty-something girl is neat, talented and professional, although almost too much of all these. She is an office lady who still romanticizes a school-mate, but has the opportunity to move on and forward with a man at an after | 2017 | Akiko Ôku | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.6 (955 votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Twenty-four Eyes [Nijushi no Hitomi]Schoolteacher Hisako Oishi forms an emotional bond with her pupils and teaches them various virtues, while at the same time worrying about their future. | 1954 | Keisuke Kinoshita | Drama | 8.1 (2.5K votes) | 156 | 20211228 |
| Twilight Samurai, The [Tasogare Seibei]As the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing clan loyalties, 2 young daughters, an aged mother, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart. | 2002 | Yôji Yamada | Drama, History, Romance | 8.1 (23.5K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Ugetsu [Ugetsu monogatari]A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century. | 1953 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama, Fantasy, War | 8.2 (22.8K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Under the Flag of the Rising Sun [Gunki hatameku motoni]One woman's search to find the truth about her husband's death in World War II. | 1972 | Kinji Fukasaku | Drama, Mystery, War | 7.9 (974 votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Unico in the Island of Magic [Uniko - Mahô no shima e]A young unicorn named Unico must fight an evil magician and save everyone who's trapped under his spell. | 1983 | Moribi Murano | Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 7.5 (515 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Untamed Woman [Arakure]A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive for success, takes up with a tailor who cannot console himself with her strong persona | 1957 | Mikio Naruse (*) | Drama | 7.1 (211 votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Urusei Yatsura 2 - Beautiful Dreamer [Urusei Yatsura 2 - Byûtifuru dorîmâ]The night before the school festival, things seem to be repeating themselves. Gradually, all the world functions come to a stop, the only ones that are not affected are a select group of student friends. | 1984 | Mamoru Oshii | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.4 (2.2K votes) | 90 | 20231101 |
| Vampire Hunter DWhen Doris Lang is chosen as the next bride for the vampire Count Magnus Lee, she will hire a mysterious vampire hunter known only as D in an attempt to escape her ill-gotten fate. | 1985 | Toyoo Ashida | Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (15.4K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Vampire Hunter D - BloodlustWhen a girl is abducted by a vampire, a legendary bounty hunter is hired to bring her back. | 2000 | Jack Fletcher, Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.7 (31.1K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Vengeance is Mine [Fukushû suruwa wareniari]Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run. | 1979 | Shohei Imamura (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.8 (6.4K votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| Venus Wars [Venus Senki]Two thriving colonies, Ishtar and Aphrodia, exist on the planet Venus in the year 2089. War breaks out, and Ishtar invades Aphrodia, sweeping its residents, including motorcycle rider Hiro and his teammates, into the chaos of the con | 1989 | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.6 (1.7K votes) | 103 | 20220423 |
| VexilleJapan, 2077: A female agent named Vexille is dispatched to Tokyo to investigate whether Japanese are developing robotic technology, which has been banned by the U.N. due to its potential threat to humankind. | 2007 | Fumihiko Sori | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi | 6.8 (7.7K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Violated Angels [Okasareta Hakui]A young man breaks into a nurse's rooming house and one-by-one kills off nurses. | 1967 | Kôji Wakamatsu | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 7.2 (1.5K votes) | 56 | 20211228 |
| Violent Cop [Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki]A violence prone police officer discovers that his colleague is trafficking drugs. | 1989 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.2 (11.6K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Violet Evergarden - The MovieAfter the aftermath of a war, a young girl who was used as a 'tool' for war learned to live. With the scars of burns, she goes back to her past to feel the true feelings of the Major's, "I love you." | 2020 | Taichi Ishidate | Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 8.5 (4.3K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| Vuelo de la cigüeña, ElA dashing thief, his gang of desperadoes and an intrepid cop struggle to free a princess from an evil count, and learn the secret of a treasure that she holds part of the key to. | 1979 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | 7.6 (31.3K votes) | 102 | 20230126 |
| Waiting in the Dark [Kurai tokoro de machiawase]A precarious loner sneaks into a blind woman's home and begins living there without her noticing. Meanwhile, the woman mourns her recently deceased father and struggles to remain connected to the world. | 2006 | Daisuke Tengan | Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.0 (344 votes) | 130 | 20240210 |
| WaterboysIn a Japanese high school, a class of adolescent geeks joins the new synchronized swimming teacher and takes up the challenge to take part in the competition, in spite of the mockeries of the "real sportsmen". | 2001 | Shinobu Yaguchi | Comedy, Sport | 7.1 (2.8K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| We Made a Beautiful Bouquet [Hanatabamitai na koi o shita]A love story spanning 5 years between a man and a woman. A 22-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman both miss the last train at Meidaimae Station in Tokyo and meet there. Their relationship develops romantically. | 2021 | Nobuhiro Doi | Drama, Romance | 7.4 (3.4K votes) | 124 | 20240210 |
| Weathering with You [Tenki no ko]A high-school boy who has run away to Tokyo befriends a girl who appears to be able to manipulate the weather. | 2019 | Makoto Shinkai | Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 7.5 (34.1K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Welcome Back Mr. McDonald [Rajio no jikan]Just before the live airing of a radio play, an actress decides to change the name of her character. This cascades into a battle of egos by all involved that causes continual script changes while the play is on-air live. | 1997 | Kôki Mitani | Comedy | 7.7 (1.8K votes) | 103 | 20220414 |
| Wheel of Fortune and FantasyAn unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets. | 2021 | Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Drama, Romance | 7.5 (9K votes) | 121 | 20231116 |
| When a Woman Ascends the Stairs [Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki]A middle-aged bar hostess, constantly in debt, is faced with numerous social constraints and challenges posed to her by her family, customers and friends. | 1960 | Mikio Naruse (*) | Drama | 8.1 (4.2K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| When Marnie Was ThereDue to 12 y.o. Anna's asthma, she's sent to stay with relatives of her guardian in the Japanese countryside. She likes to be alone, sketching. She befriends Marnie. Who is the mysterious, blonde Marnie. | 2014 | Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Animation, Drama, Family, Mystery | 7.7 (37.9K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| When the Last Sword is DrawnA samurai goes to extraordinary lengths to provide for his family. | 2002 | Yôjirô Takita | Drama | 7.5 (5K votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| Whisper of the HeartA love story between a girl who loves reading books, and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses. | 1995 | Yoshifumi Kondô | Animation, Drama, Family, Romance | 7.9 (58.9K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| White Heaven in HellIn the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out. | 1974 | Yoshiyuki Kuroda | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History | 7.4 (3.8K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Why Don't You Play In HellA renegade film crew becomes embroiled with a yakuza clan feud. | 2013 | Sion Sono | Action, Comedy | 7.2 (8K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Wicked City [Yôjû toshi]Two agents, a male human and a female demon, attempt to protect a signatory to a peace treaty ceremony between the human world and the demon world from radicalized demons. | 1987 | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.8 (7.4K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Wind Rises, TheA look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II. | 2013 | Hayao Miyazaki (*) | Animation, Biography, Drama, Romance, War | 7.8 (81.2K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Wings of Honneamise [Ôritsu uchûgun Oneamisu no tsubasa]In an alternative Earth, a young astronaut participates in a controversial fledgling space program. | 1987 | Hiroyuki Yamaga | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.3 (5.2K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Wolf Children [Ôkami kodomo no Ame to Yuki]After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident while hunting for food for their children, a young woman must find ways to raise the werewolf son and daughter that she had with him while keeping their trait hidden from s... | 2012 | Mamoru Hosoda | Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy | 8.1 (47.8K votes) | 117 | 20231001 |
| Woman in the Dunes [Suna no onna]An entomologist on vacation is trapped by local villagers into living with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them. | 1964 | Hiroshi Teshigahara | Drama, Thriller | 8.5 (19.3K votes) | 147 | 20211228 |
| World of Kanako, The [Kawaki]As former detective Akikazu searches for his missing daughter, Kanako, he soon learns she has a mysterious secret life. | 2014 | Tetsuya Nakashima | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (5K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Yagyu Clan Conspiracy [The Shogun's Samurai; Yagyû ichizoku no inbô]Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu an... | 1978 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.1 (1.6K votes) | 130 | 20221116 |
| Yakuza Papers Vol 1 Battles Without Honor & HumanityDuring the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses. | 1973 | Kinji Fukasaku | Crime, Drama | 7.5 (3.7K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Yakuza Papers Vol 2 Deadly Fight In HiroshimaA young criminal joins a yakuza family to kill the gangsters who beat him up, but falls in love with his boss' widow niece, piling up enemies and corpses along his wayward way. | 1973 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Crime, Drama, History | 7.5 (1.6K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Yakuza Papers Vol 3 Proxy WarYakuza boss Shozo Hirono must choose his alliances carefully as the local gangster family affiliations prove themselves to be wildly unstable, causing gang conflicts to slowly escalate. | 1973 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Drama | 7.4 (1.3K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Yakuza Papers Vol 4 Police TacticsDuring the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses. | 1973 | Kinji Fukasaku | Crime, Drama | 7.5 (3.7K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Yakuza Papers Vol 5 Final EpisodeWhile Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power. | 1974 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Crime, Drama | 7.4 (1K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Yearning [Midareru]After a bombing raid destroys the family store and her husband, Reiko rebuilds and runs the shop out of love stopped short by destruction. | 1964 | Mikio Naruse (*) | Drama | 8.0 (1.6K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| YojimboA crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town. | 1961 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Action, Drama, Thriller | 8.2 (119.3K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Young Thugs - Innocent Blood [Kishiwada shônen gurentai - Chikemuri junjô-hen]A group of high school graduates transition into adulthood in a dangerous and violent town in Japan. | 1997 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Comedy, Drama | 6.5 (404 votes) | 108 | 20220414 |
| Young Thugs - Nostalgia [Kishiwada shônen gurentai - Bôkyô]A young boy grows up in a violent and dysfunctional family. | 1998 | Takashi Miike (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.0 (514 votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Your Eyes Tell [Kimi no me ga toikaketeiru]A tragic accident lead to Akari's blindness, but she clings to life and the smaller pleasures it can still afford her. Akari has also lost her family. She meets Rui a former kick boxer, misplaces him and the two begin speaking. He... | 2020 | Takahiro Miki | Drama, Romance | 7.3 (1.7K votes) | 123 | 20240210 |
| Your Name [Kimi no na wa]Two strangers find themselves linked in a bizarre way. When a connection forms, will distance be the only thing to keep them apart? | 2016 | Makoto Shinkai | Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 8.4 (237.6K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Youth of the Beast [Yajû no seishun]A violent thug plays opposing yakuza bosses against each other. | 1963 | Seijun Suzuki (*) | Action, Crime, Mystery | 7.4 (3.5K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| ZatoichiThe blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda. | 2003 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (49K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| ZatoichiThe adventures of a blind, gambling masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman. | 1962 | Kenji Misumi | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.6 (5.1K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Zatoichi Darkness Is His AllyOlder, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly de | 1989 | Shintarô Katsu | Action, Drama | 7.2 (1.7K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| ZegenA Japanese immigrant in 1901 Hong Kong wishes to become a simple shopkeeper. Fate soon intervenes, allowing him to mix adventure and fervent patriotism with greed. | 1987 | Shohei Imamura (*) | Comedy | 6.9 (368 votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Ginga tetsudô Three-Nine | 1979 | Rintarô | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Mushishi Zoku Shou: Mushi-Shi Zoku Shou: Suzu no Shizuku | 2015 | Hiroshi Nagahama | Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | 8.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gekijou-ban Mahou Shoujo Madoka*Magica: [Kouhen] Eien no monogatari | 2012 | Yukihiro Miyamoto, Masahiro Mukai, Yûki Yase, Tomoyuki Itamura, Kotono Watanabe, Akiyuki Shinbô | Animation, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gekijôban Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2: Kakusei no hôkô | 2018 | Masashi Koizuka | Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror | 8.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Doragon Bôru Sûpâ Burorî | 2018 | Tatsuya Nagamine | Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| One Piece Film Z | 2012 | Tatsuya Nagamine | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Boku no hîrô akademia THE MOVIE - Hîrôzu: Raijingu | 2019 | Kenji Nagasaki | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gekijouban Kuroko no basuke: Last Game | 2017 | Shunsuke Tada | Animation, Drama, Sport | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Eiga Kono subarashii sekai ni shukufuku o!: Kurenai densetsu | 2019 | Takaomi Kanasaki | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Digimon Adventure tri. 3: Kokuhaku | 2016 | Keitarô Motonaga | Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ajin: Shôtotsu | 2016 | Hiroaki Andô | Animation, Adventure, Horror | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gekijouban Steins;Gate: Fuka ryouiki no dejavu | 2013 | Kanji Wakabayashi, Hiroshi Hamasaki, Takuya Satô | Animation, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gekijouban Mahou shojo Madoka magika Shinpen: Hangyaku no monogatari | 2013 | Takashi Kawabata, Yukihiro Miyamoto, Akiyuki Shinbô | Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Chôjikû Yôsai Macross: Ai Oboeteimasuka | 1984 | Shôji Kawamori, Katsuhito Akiyama, Noboru Ishiguro, Tatsuya Kasahara | Animation, Action, Adventure, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi, War | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Zoku Owarimonogatari | 2018 | Hajime Ãtani, Akiyuki Shinbô | Animation, Fantasy | 7.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Shito shinsei | 1997 | Naoyasu Habu, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Akira Takamura, Seiji Mizushima, Hiroyuki Ishidô, Masahiko Ãtsuka, Ken Andô, Minoru Ãhara, Tetsuya Watanabe, Shôichi Masuo, Tensai Okamura, Tsuyoshi Kaga, Hideaki Anno, Masayuki, Keiichi Sugiyama | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Sekai meisaku dôwa: Hakuchô no mizûmi | 1981 | Kimio Yabuki | Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Berserk: Ougon Jidai-hen I - Haou no Tamago | 2012 | Toshiyuki Kubooka | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 7.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Samâ uôzu | 2009 | Mamoru Hosoda | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Koto no ha no niwa | 2013 | Makoto Shinkai | Animation, Drama, Romance | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Momo e no tegami | 2011 | Hiroyuki Okiura | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Jingi naki tatakai: Chôjô sakusen | 1974 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Crime, Drama | 7.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Fainaru fantajî sebun adobento chirudoren | 2005 | Tetsuya Nomura, Takeshi Nozue | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Doragon Bôru Zetto Kami to Kami | 2013 | Masahiro Hosoda | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gekijôban Poketto Monsutâ: Myûtsû no Gyakushû | 1998 | Kunihiko Yuyama | Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gekijôban Poketto Monsutâ Maboroshi no Pokemon Rugia Bakutan | 1999 | Kunihiko Yuyama | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gekijôban Poketto Monsutâ Kesshôtô no Teiô Entei | 2000 | Kunihiko Yuyama | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 5.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gekijôban Poketto Monsutâ Adobansu Jenerêshon: Myû to hadô no yûsha Rukario | 2005 | Kunihiko Yuyama | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Last: Naruto the Movie | 2014 | Tsuneo Kobayashi | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Dragon Ball Z: Moetsukiro!! Nessen Ressen Chô-Gekisen | 1993 | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Dragon Ball Z: Fukkatsu no Fusion!! Gokuu to Vegeta | 1995 | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Doragon Bôru Zetto Ryû-Ken Bakuhatsu!! Gokû ga Yaraneba Dare ga Yaru | 1995 | Mitsuo Hashimoto | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Doragon Bôru Zetto Fukkatsu no 'Efu' | 2015 | Tadayoshi Yamamuro | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Doragon bôru Zetto: Tobikkiri no Saikyô tai Saikyô | 1991 | Mitsuo Hashimoto | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Dragon Ball Z: Gekitotsu!! 100-oku Power no Senshi-tachi | 1992 | Daisuke Nishio | Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Doragon bôru Z: Kyokugen batoru!! San dai sûpâ saiyajin | 1992 | Daisuke Nishio | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Dragon Ball Z: Ginga Giri-Giri!! Butchigiri no Sugoi Yatsu | 1993 | Yoshihiro Ueda | Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Wan pisu firumu: sutorongu warudo | 2009 | Munehisa Sakai | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy | 7.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gekijou-ban Mahou Shoujo Madoka*Magica: [Zenpen] Hajimari no monogatari | 2012 | Yukihiro Miyamoto, Takahiro Majima, Fujiaki Asari, Seimei Kidokoro, Akiyuki Shinbô, Masahiro Mukai, Yûki Yase, Tomoyuki Itamura, Takashi Kawabata, Mamoru Hatakeyama | Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie | 2012 | Hayato Date | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Phantom | 2013 | Jonathan Soler | Drama | 7.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Eiga Inuyasha Toki o Koeru Omoi | 2001 | Toshiya Shinohara | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Eiga Inuyasha Kagami no Naka no Mugenjô | 2002 | Toshiya Shinohara | Animation, Action, Comedy, Romance | 7.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Eiga Inuyasha Tenka Hadô no Ken | 2003 | Toshiya Shinohara | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Eiga Inuyasha Guren no Hôraijima | 2004 | Toshiya Shinohara | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gekijô-ban - Bishôjo senshi Sêrâ Mûn R | 1993 | Kunihiko Ikuhara | Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gekijô-ban - Bishôjo senshi Sêrâ Mûn S | 1994 | Hiroki Shibata | Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Bishôjo senshi Sêrâ Mûn super S: Sêrâ 9 senshi shûketsu! Burakku dorîmu hôru no kiseki | 1995 | Hiroki Shibata | Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Urusei Yatsura 1: Onri yû | 1983 | Mamoru Oshii | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Urusei Yatsura 5: Kanketsuhen | 1988 | Satoshi Dezaki | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Comet in Moominland | 1992 | Masayuki Kojima, Hiroshi Saitô | Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Thriller | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Trigun: Badlands Rumble | 2010 | Satoshi Nishimura | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gekijouban Naruto: Buraddo purizun | 2011 | Masahiko Murata | Animation, Action, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Boku no hatsukoi wo kimi ni sasagu | 2009 | Takehiko Shinjô | Drama, Romance | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Taiyô no uta | 2006 | Norihiro Koizumi | Drama, Music, Romance | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rurôni Kenshin: Ishin shishi e no Requiem | 1997 | Tsuji Hajiki | Animation, Action, Drama, History, War | 7.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Bleach: Memories of Nobody | 2006 | Noriyuki Abe | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Fist of the North Star | 1995 | Tony Randel | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 3.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Tenchi Muyô! In Love | 1996 | Hiroshi Negishi | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gekijô ban Bleach: Za Daiyamondo Dasuto Reberion - Mô hitotsu no hyôrinmaru | 2007 | Noriyuki Abe | Animation, Action, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Dragon Ball Z: Chikyû Marugoto Chôkessen | 1990 | Daisuke Nishio | Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Hura gâru | 2006 | Sang-il Lee | Comedy, Drama | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Dragon Ball: Shenron no Densetsu | 1986 | Daisuke Nishio | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Doragon boru Z: konoyo de ichiban tsuyoi yatsu | 1990 | Daisuke Nishio | Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Koizora | 2007 | Natsuki Imai | Drama, Romance | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gekijô-ban Naruto shippûden | 2007 | Hajime Kamegaki | Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gekijô ban Naruto: Shippûden - Kizuna | 2008 | Hajime Kamegaki | Animation, Action, Fantasy | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Densha otoko | 2005 | Shôsuke Murakami | Comedy, Romance | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Soko nomi nite hikari kagayaku | 2014 | Mipo Oh | Drama | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Dare mo mamotte kurenai | 2008 | Ryôichi Kimizuka | Drama | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Out | 2002 | Hideyuki Hirayama | Comedy, Thriller | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Dauntaun hirozu | 1988 | Yôji Yamada | Drama | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gassan | 1979 | Tetsutaro Murano | Drama | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Hakkodasan | 1977 | Shirô Moritani | Drama | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rakugo eiga | 2012 | Issey Matsui, Mikihiro Endô, Yûichirô Sakashita | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror | 5.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Digimon Adventure tri. 1: Saikai | 2015 | Keitarô Motonaga | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna | 2020 | Tomohisa Taguchi | Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Doukyuusei | 2016 | Shôko Nakamura | Animation, Drama, Music, Romance | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| High & Low: The Movie 3 - Final Mission | 2017 | Shigeaki Kubo, Tsuyoshi Nakakuki | Action, Drama | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kuroshitsuji: Book of the Atlantic | 2017 | Noriyuki Abe, Stephen Hoff | Animation, Fantasy, Horror | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ajin Part 1: Shôdô | 2015 | Hiroaki Andô | Animation, Adventure, Horror, Mystery | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Digimon Adventure tri. 6: Bokura no mirai | 2018 | nan | Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Digimon Adventure tri. 2: Ketsui | 2016 | Keitarô Motonaga | Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kidô senshi Gandamu: The Origin I - Aoi hitomi no kyasubaru | 2015 | Ichirô Itano, Nana Harada, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Takashi Imanishi, Kiyoshi Egami | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War | 7.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Wan Pîsu Firumu: Gôrudo | 2016 | Hiroaki Miyamoto | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Maku ga agaru | 2015 | Katsuyuki Motohiro | Comedy | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Stand by Me Doraemon 2 | 2020 | Takashi Yamazaki, Ryuichi Yagi | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Lupin III: The First | 2019 | Takashi Yamazaki | Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rudorufu to Ippaiattena | 2016 | Motonori Sakakibara, Kunihiko Yuyama | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Love Live! The School Idol Movie | 2015 | Takahiko Kyôgoku | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Eiga Keion! | 2011 | Naoko Yamada | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Hottarake no shima - Haruka to maho no kagami | 2009 | Shinsuke Sato | Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| One Piece: Episôdo obu Choppâ + Fuyu ni saku, kiseki no sakura | 2008 | Junji Shimizu | Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Piano no mori | 2007 | Masayuki Kojima | Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Arashi no yoru ni | 2005 | Gisaburô Sugii | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Sutorîto faitâ II gekijô-ban | 1994 | Gisaburô Sugii | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Waga seishun no Arcadia | 1982 | Tomoharu Katsumata | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Garou Densetsu | 1994 | Masami Ãbari | Animation, Action, Fantasy | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kimagure orenji rôdo: Ano hi ni kaeritai | 1988 | Tomomi Mochizuki | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Shin Kimagure Orenji Rôdo: Soshite, ano natsu no hajimari | 1996 | Kunihiko Yuyama, Tatsuya Ishihara | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Sayônara, ginga tetsudô Surî-Nain: Andromeda shûchakueki | 1981 | Rintarô | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kurasshâ Jô | 1983 | Jim Terry, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | Action, Animation, Sci-Fi | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ashita no Jô | 1980 | Tetsuya Chiba, Osamu Dezaki, Yoichiro Fukuda, Yasuharu Hasebe | Animation, Action, Drama, Sport | 7.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ashita no Jô 2 | 1981 | Tetsuya Chiba, Osamu Dezaki | Animation, Action, Drama, Sport | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Arion | 1986 | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, War | 6.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Burakku jakku | 1996 | Osamu Dezaki | Animation, Drama, Thriller | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Uchû senkan Yamato | 1977 | Toshio Masuda | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem | 2003 | Kazuhisa Takenouchi, Leiji Matsumoto, Hirotoshi Rissen, Daisuke Nishio | Animation, Adventure, Music, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Za kokupitto | 1993 | nan | Animation, Drama, War | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| 1000nen Jo'ou | 1982 | Masayuki Akehi | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Saraba Uchû Senkan Yamato: Ai no Senshitachi | 1978 | Toshio Masuda, Leiji Matsumoto | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Uchû senkan Yamato: Aratanaru tabidachi | 1979 | Yoshinobu Nishizaki, Toshio Masuda, Takeshi Shirato | Animation, Sci-Fi | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Yamato yo towa ni | 1980 | Toshio Masuda, Leiji Matsumoto, Tomoharu Katsumata | Animation, Sci-Fi | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Uchû senkan Yamato: Fukkatsuhen | 2009 | Yoshinobu Nishizaki, Takeshi Shirato | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Hajime no ippo - Champion road | 2003 | Satoshi Nishimura | Animation, Action, Comedy, Sport | 8.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Hajime no Ippo: Mashiba vs. Kimura | 2003 | nan | Animation, Action, Sport | 8.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rupan Sansei: Episode 0 - Faasuto kontakuto | 2002 | Minoru Ãhara | Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rupan sansei: Walther P38 | 1997 | Hiroyuki Yano, Seiji Mizushima | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rupan sansei: Otakara henkyaku dai-sakusen!! | 2003 | Jun Kawagoe | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rupan sansei: Fûma ichizoku no inbô | 1987 | Masayuki Ãzeki | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rupan sansei: Honô no kioku Tokyo Crisis | 1998 | Toshiya Shinohara | Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rupan Sansei: 1$ Manê Uôzu | 2000 | Hideki Tonokatsu | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rupan sansei | 1978 | Sôji Yoshikawa, Yasuo Ãtsuka | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Lupin III: The Italian Game | 2016 | Kazuhide Tomonaga, Yûichirô Yano | Animation, Adventure | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rupan sansei: Harimao no zaiho wo oe!! | 1995 | Osamu Dezaki | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rupan sansei: Hemingway paper no nazo | 1990 | Osamu Dezaki | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rupan sansei: Kutabare! Nostradamus | 1995 | Shun'ya Itô, Takeshi Shirato, Nobuo Tomizawa | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rupan sansei: Dead or Alive | 1996 | Jun Kawagoe, Monkey Punch | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rupan sansei: Rupan ansatsu shirei | 1993 | Masaaki Ãsumi | Animation, Action, Comedy, Mystery | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rupan sansei: Arukatorazu konnekushion | 2001 | Hideki Tonokatsu | Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rupan sansei: Nusumareta rupan | 2004 | Hidehito Ueda | Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rupan sansei: Towairaito Jemini no himitsu | 1996 | Gisaburô Sugii | Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rupan Sansei vs Meitantei Conan | 2009 | Hajime Kamegaki | Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rupan sansei: Moeyo zantetsuken | 1994 | Masaharu Okuwaki | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Lupin the III: Chi no kokuin - eien no mermaid | 2011 | Teiichi Takiguchi | Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rupan Sansei: Ai no da capo - Fujiko's Unlucky Days | 1999 | Shin'ichi Watanabe, Setsuo Takase | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Lupin the III: Another Page | 2012 | Hajime Kamegaki | Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Rupan sansei: Tenshi no sakuryaku takutikusu yume no kakera wa koroshi no kaori | 2005 | Shigeyuki Miya | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Tokubetsuban Free!: Take Your Marks | 2017 | Eisaku Kawanami | Animation, Drama, Sport | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Hai supîdo!: Free! Starting Days | 2015 | Yasuhiro Takemoto, Taichi Ishidate | Animation, Drama, Sport | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Tenchi Muyô! In Love 2: Haruka naru omoi | 1999 | Hiroshi Negishi | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Tenchi Muyô! Manatsu no Eve | 1997 | Satoshi Kimura | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Pyrophoric Cult | 2015 | Kazuchika Kise | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Shingekijouban Inisharu D: Legend 1 - Kakusei | 2014 | Masamitsu Hidaka | Animation, Action, Sport | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Shingekijouban Inisharu D: Legend 2: Tousou | 2015 | Masamitsu Hidaka, Tomohito Naka | Animation, Sport | 7.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Shingekijouban Inisharu D: Legend 3 - Mugen | 2016 | Masamitsu Hidaka, Tomohito Naka | Animation, Action, Sport | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| SF Shinseiki Lensman | 1984 | Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Shûichi Hirokawa | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kâdokaputâ Sakura: Fûin sareta kâdo | 2000 | Morio Asaka | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Shiriusu no densetsu | 1981 | Masami Hata | Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kamui no ken | 1985 | Rintarô | Animation, Action, Adventure | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Tibet inu monogatari | 2011 | Masayuki Kojima | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Mystery | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kuroko no Basket Movie 3: Winter Cup | 2016 | Shunsuke Tada | Animation | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kuroko no Basket Movie 1: Winter Cup Soushuuhen - Kage to Hikari | 2016 | Shunsuke Tada | Animation, Sport | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kuroko No Basket Movie 2: Winter Cup Soushuuhen - Namida No Saki E | 2016 | Shunsuke Tada | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sport | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Slam Dunk: Zenkoku Seiha da! Sakuragi Hanamichi | 1994 | Toshihiko Arisako | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sport | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Mirai shônen Konan Tokubetsu-hen: Kyodaiki Giganto no Fukkatsu | 1984 | Hayao Miyazaki | Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi | 8.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kidô senshi Gandamu: The Origin II - Kanashimi no Aruteishia | 2015 | Takashi Imanishi, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War | 7.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin IV | 2016 | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kidou senshi Gandamu: The Origin V - Gekitotsu Ruumu kaisen | 2017 | Kiyoshi Egami, Hajime Katoki, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI - Rise of the Red Comet | 2018 | Hajime Katoki, Nana Harada, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Takashi Imanishi | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Eiga Given | 2020 | Hikaru Yamaguchi | Animation, Drama, Music, Romance | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood | 2007 | Jun'ichi Yamamoto | Animation, Action, Adventure | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Made in Abyss: Hôrô Suru Tasogare | 2019 | Masayuki Kojima | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gekijôban Furandaasu no inu | 1997 | Yoshio Kuroda | Animation, Drama, Family, Romance | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Clannad | 2007 | Osamu Dezaki | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Air | 2005 | Osamu Dezaki | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ace wo Nerae! | 1979 | Osamu Dezaki | Animation, Action, Adventure, Sport | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kidô senshi Gandamu: Gyakushû no Shâ | 1988 | Yoshiyuki Tomino | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War | 7.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kidô senshi Gandamu | 1981 | Shin'ya Sadamitsu, Eikichi Kojika, Ryôji Fujiwara, Yoshiyuki Tomino | Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Sci-Fi, War | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kidô senshi Gandamu II: Ai senshihen | 1981 | Shin'ya Sadamitsu, Osamu Sekita, Hiromichi Matano, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Ryôji Fujiwara, Yoshiyuki Tomino | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kidô Senshi Gandamu Sandaboruto Dissenba Sukai | 2016 | Kô Matsuo | Animation, Sci-Fi, War | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kidô Senshi Gandamu Sandâboruto Banditto Furawâ | 2017 | Kô Matsuo | Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kidô senshi Gundam F91 | 1991 | Yoshiyuki Tomino | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War | 6.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Gekijouban Kidou senshi Gandamu 00: A wakening of the trailblazer | 2010 | Seiji Mizushima | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kidô senshi Z Gandamu III: Hoshi no kodô wa ai | 2006 | Kô Matsuo, Yoshiyuki Tomino | Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Akage no An: Gurîn Gêburuzu e no michi | 1992 | Isao Takahata | Animation, Drama, Family | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ginga tetsudô Three-Nine: Eternal Fantasy | 1998 | Amber Lee Connors, Kônosuke Uda | Animation, Sci-Fi | 6.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Inishiêshon rabu | 2015 | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Romance | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kimi ni todoke | 2010 | Naoto Kumazawa | Drama, Romance | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Last Letter | 2020 | Shunji Iwai | Romance | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Chotto omoidashita dake | 2021 | Daigo Matsui | Romance | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Sayonara kabukichô | 2014 | Ryûichi Hiroki | Drama, Romance | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Bokura ga ita: Kouhen | 2012 | Takahiro Miki | Drama, Romance | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Bokura ga ita: Zenpen | 2012 | Takahiro Miki | Drama, Romance | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Tenshi no koi | 2009 | Yuri Kanchiku | Drama, Romance | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |