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1. High and Low
Crime, Drama | Filming
Adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's 1963 crime thriller.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Denzel Washington, Ilfenesh Hadera, Jeffrey Wright, Ice Spice
2. Living (2022)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama
In 1950s London, a humorless bureaucrat decides to take time off work to experience life after receiving a grim diagnosis.
Director: Oliver Hermanus | Stars: Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp, Adrian Rawlins
Votes: 32,752
3. Nioh 2 (2020 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Nioh 2's story is about the historical warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi. You will play as a yokai character, and together with another main character Toukichiro, become known as Japan's "second great unifier."
Director: Fumihiko Yasuda | Stars: Naoto Takenaka, Haru, Kazuhiko Inoue, Rie Tanaka
Votes: 468
4. Moriya, mi Ciudad (2019)
120 min | Documentary
Moriya is a small city of Japan surrounded by the immense Tokyo and other important cities, but its humility hides its great beautyness. Chris Jiménez visit the downtown apart from its rivers, sanctuaries, parks and beautiful landscapes.
Director: Chris Jiménez | Star: Sanae Nagashima
Votes: 7
5. Her Spirit (2018)
Not Rated | 10 min | Short, Action, Adventure
Enraged by the murder of his wife, a young samurai ventures into the deep Japanese wilderness in pursuit of the bandits that killed her.
Director: Yubin Namgung | Stars: Andrew Leung, Mia Park, Hyon Namgung, Yubin Namgung
Votes: 8
6. Nioh (2017 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
It's the 16th century. A western seafarer finds himself in Japan and is met by war and demons on his quest of search and find. Will his path do the unfinished Kurosawa script justice?
Directors: Yosuke Hayashi, Fumihiko Yasuda, Shinji Higuchi, Makoto Kamiya | Stars: Ben Peel, Masachika Ichimura, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Takahiro Sakurai
Votes: 1,269
7. The Magnificent Seven (2016)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Seven gunmen from a variety of backgrounds are brought together by a vengeful young widow to protect her town from the private army of a destructive industrialist.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio
Votes: 228,316 | Gross: $93.43M
8. Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014)
134 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A man goes to visit Count Orlock, a deviant, adulterous, shape-shifting Transylvanian vampire.
Directors: Tony Watt, John Migliore, Vivita | Stars: Max Schreck, Vivita, Tony Watt, John Migliore
Votes: 160
9. Stray Dog (2013 TV Movie)
Thriller
Remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1949 film about a Tokyo Detective who's gun is pick-pocketed on a bus, and he spends the rest of the movie trying to get it back
Director: Yasuo Tsuruhashi | Stars: Yôsuke Eguchi, Ryôko Hirosue, Shidô Nakamura, Tasuku Emoto
Votes: 45
10. A Little Bit Zombie (2012)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Infected by a virus, a mild mannered HR manager attempts to fulfill his overwhelming desire for brains, all while trying to keep it together so as not to incur the wrath of his bridezilla-to-be.
Director: Casey Walker | Stars: Kristopher Turner, Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe, Shawn Roberts, Kristen Hager
Votes: 2,987
11. The Outrage (2011)
R | 108 min | Drama, Mystery
In this remake of Rashomon (1950), a young monk is left to determine the truth behind three competing perspectives after a bandit's disturbing murder trial.
Director: M.L. Pundhevanop Dhewakul | Stars: Mario Maurer, Phetthai Vongkumlao, Pongpat Wachirabunjong, Ananda Everingham
Votes: 411
12. Elefantes sobre una telaraña (2011)
13 min | Short
Lucia has written a letter for her father on his birthday. Standing before the whole family, she reads the letter thanking him for being such a great dad. But what she innocently describes ... See full summary »
Director: Jorge Lareau | Stars: Nadine Benavente, Olga Fuster, Ramón Garrido, José Valcárcel
Votes: 36
13. Ett liv med film (2011 TV Movie)
114 min | Documentary, Biography
About Sweden's legendary film critic Nils Petter Sundgren who has followed the world cinema throughout his entire life. He has interviewed several legendary names such as Luis Bunuel, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, and Clint Eastwood.
Director: Eva Beling | Stars: Nils-Petter Sundgren, Pål Bang-Hansen, Ingmar Bergman, Mel Brooks
14.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2020)
Episode:
Bounty Hunters
(2010)
TV-PG | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Obi-Wan, Anakin and Ahsoka crash land on Felucia and reluctantly join four bounty hunters in defending a village from Hondo Ohnaka's pirate gang.
Director: Steward Lee | Stars: James Arnold Taylor, Matt Lanter, Anna Graves, Ashley Eckstein
Votes: 3,405
15. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2020)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Jedi Knights lead the Grand Army of the Republic against the droid army of the Separatists.
Stars: Tom Kane, Dee Bradley Baker, Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor
Votes: 120,490
16. Kakushi toride no san akunin (2008)
118 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A princess, along with a general and two commoners evade pursuit of an enemy and his samurai cohorts. The princess and general are caught but are rescued and then destroy the enemy's fort.
Director: Shinji Higuchi | Stars: Jun Matsumoto, Daisuke Miyagawa, Kippei Shîna, Masami Nagasawa
Votes: 461
17. Tsubaki Sanjûrô (2007)
119 min | Action, Drama, History
A scruffy, masterless samurai decides to help a group of young warriors whose leader was taken captive by a gang of ambitious officers.
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Yûji Oda, Makoto Fujita, Shin'yû Fujiwara, Tsuyoshi Hayashi
Votes: 227
18. Black Santa's Revenge (2007)
20 min | Short, Action
A down-and-out Santa is robbed of all the toys for all the poor kids in town. He searches for the thugs responsible and serves up his own brand of holiday cheer.
Director: David F. Walker | Stars: Ken Foree, Todd A. Robinson, Danny Bruno, Valory Lawrence
Votes: 122
19. Tengoku to jigoku (2007 TV Movie)
Drama, Thriller
Director: Yasuo Tsuruhashi | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Kôichi Satô, Kyôka Suzuki, Satoshi Tsumabuki
Votes: 20
20. 777 (2007)
10 min | Short, Thriller
A film about a woman(Chloe) who visits a mysterious hotel, and through a series of metaphysical 'time slots' is visited by her former self 7 years younger and her future self 7 years older.
Director: Han Rhyu | Stars: Balbinka Korzeniowska, Hunter Fite, Blake Sherman, Simca Harris
Votes: 14
22. Samurai 7 (2004)
TV-PG | 702 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A small village gets raided by bandits every harvest season. The villagers can't take it anymore, and decide to recruit samurais to defend them in exchange for rice. Will the villagers find who would defend them from the bandits?
Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Colleen Clinkenbeard
Votes: 4,434
23. Throw Down (2004)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A former Judo champion is given the chance to redeem himself after he befriends a competitor and an aspiring singer.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Cherrie Ying, Tony Ka Fai Leung
Votes: 2,495
24. Seven Samurai 20XX (2004 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Director: Joe Romersa | Stars: Steve Apostolina, Brian Beacock, Brianne Brozey, Christopher Carroll
Votes: 29
25.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Gojoudan o!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Since the Great War ended, samurai struggle to find new ways to survive. For one battle-scarred man, that means entertainment, exploiting his skills for daily bread. He may be exactly what the farmers need.
Directors: Tôru Yoshida, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 52
26.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Mairu!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The group has gotten the Magistrate's attention and he orders them executed, farmers and samurai alike. As they battle a string of assassins, Kambei encounters a silent, skilled samurai he is determined to recruit.
Directors: Futoshi Higashide, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 56
27.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Kiru!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Facing starvation at the hands of the Nobuseri, the farmers of Kanna Village send Kirara, Komachi, and Rikichi on a journey to find samurai who will protect their people.
Directors: Yasuhiro Kuroda, Toshifumi Takizawa, Tôru Yoshida | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Duncan Brannan
Votes: 63
28.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Kuu!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The young, untried samurai Katsushiro volunteers his services to Kirara - and gets a chance to prove his worth when Kirara is kidnapped by the Magistrate's son.
Directors: Makoto Sokuza, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Colleen Clinkenbeard
Votes: 54
29.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Osomatsu!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Kambei's frustrated group hears of a wandering, moneyless man who chops wood with his sword to pay for meals. As they soon learn, that is only the start of this nomad's peculiar, rice-loving, philosophizing ways.
Directors: Futoshi Higashide, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 48
30.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Ueru!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The fight against the Capital continues, with both sides suffering major losses. Saving the village now will take more costly sacrifices. What will happen to the survivors who must bury their fallen friends?
Directors: Yasuhiro Kuroda, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 36
31.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Ochiru!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In addition to the Capital's terrifying Mujou Gun, Ukyo has created a fleet of Nobuseri drones. Undaunted by the impossible odds, Kambei drives the samurai directly into the heart of the massive fleet.
Directors: Tôru Yoshida, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 35
32.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Makasero!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After the Imperial Envoy is murdered, a citywide hunt for all samurai begins. The team plans a fast escape, but blundering Kikuchiyo seizes the moment to prove himself to the team.
Directors: Mitsuo Kusakabe, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 43
33.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Iyasu!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Kambei leads the samurai into a city of relaxation and pays a visit to an old friend from the Great War, Shichiroji. He now lives a peaceful life with a woman he adores. Will he take up his sword again?
Directors: Hiroyuki Okuno, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 43
34.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Okoru!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The samurai find themselves in a cavern city under the watchful gaze of the mysterious Shikimoribito. Are they man or machine? Ally or enemy? A new friend tries to explain, but she is hiding something, too.
Directors: Hirofumi Ogura, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 42
35.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Mapputatsu!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The samurai must leave the caves to rescue Kikuchiyo, but as soon as they reach daylight, the towering machines ambush them. Clearly a traitor is in their midst.
Directors: Tôru Yoshida, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 42
36.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Tsudou!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Knowing that the Nobuseri will be searching for them soon, Kambei decides the group must go to Kanna. To avoid detection, they divide into small groups and take three separate paths to the village.
Directors: Yukio Okazaki, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 40
37.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Wameku!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Kirara feels she's pushed Katsushiro into making his first kill before he was ready. Meanwhile, the village debates what to do with the traitor, and only Kikuchiyo's surprising revelation can reunite the group.
Directors: Inuo Inukawa, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 38
38.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Yattekita!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Threats from the Bandits have shaken the farmers' resolve, and as preparations for war begin, the samurai must confront a new danger: betrayal from the farmers who have hired them.
Directors: Shunsuke Tada, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 38
39.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Karu!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The samurai must come to terms with the aftermath of battle. They can't look to Kambei for leadership; he departs on a solitary trek to the Guardian's cave, having an even more perilous mission in mind.
Directors: Hiroyuki Okuno, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 37
40.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Shisu!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Kanna is bombarded by rainfall as the Bandits make their final assault on the village. They attack from every direction, and in the battle's furious climax, it becomes clear that not all of the samurai will survive.
Directors: Tôru Yoshida, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 37
41.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Moguru!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Little is known about the Capital and the divine ruler responsible for the rise of the Merchants, the energy trade, and the Bandits torment of the peasants. With sword in hand, Kambei is about to find out more.
Directors: Hiroyuki Okuno, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 36
42.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Abareru!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The first attack has sent the Bandits into a retreat, but it won't take them long to strike back. Now Kambei initiates an even bolder plan - handing Kyuzo, Gorobei, Katsushiro, and ... See full summary »
Directors: Futoshi Higashide, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 37
43.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Utsu!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The first battle has finally arrived. Are the villagers ready? Or has all of their hard work been in vain? They will find out only when their defenses are tested at last.
Directors: Yoshikata Nitta, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 42
44.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Zubunure!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
While Katsushiro and Kirara battle with their feelings for each other, Kyuzo embarks on a solo mission into the heart of the enemy camp.
Directors: Makoto Sokuza, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 36
45.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Hippataku!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Kambei's rescue has created deep rifts between Katsushiro and his sensei. At a time when every move is critical, with Ukyo's plot rapidly unfolding, can the samurai survive their team being split in two?
Directors: Satoshi Saga, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 34
46.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Kigaeru!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Kambei is to be executed in a public display. Kikuchiyo and Katsushiro's rescue party arrives just in time to hear the news of their leader's scheduled beheading. Can they battle quickly enough to save him?
Directors: Jirô Fujimoto, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 34
47.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Usotsuki!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ukyo is calling on ronin to defend other villages from the Bandits, while secretly ordering the Bandits to increase their attacks on the villages. All the while, he's planning to burn Kanna to the ground.
Directors: Hiroyuki Okuno, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 35
48.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Somuku!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Kambei is in a prison cell, awaiting his fate as the purported assassin of the Imperial Envoy. But the turmoil at the Capital is far from over; a political whirlwind has engulfed the empire with Ukyo at its center.
Directors: Jirô Fujimoto, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 34
49.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Chigiru!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Katsushiro has returned to Kanna to defend it from the approaching Capital. Meanwhile, Kambei and the rest of the samurai are racing toward the Capital as well, poised for the final showdown.
Directors: Futoshi Higashide, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 34
50.
Samurai 7 (2004)
Episode:
Tawake!
(2004)
TV-PG | 27 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
With Kambei pardoned, Sanae and Muzuki freed, and peace promised to Kanna, it seems the samurai's work is done. But Maro has a warning: the true struggle has only just begun.
Directors: Kahoru Igusa, Toshifumi Takizawa | Stars: R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague, Bob Carter
Votes: 36