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1. Ocean Heaven (2010)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama

Explores the subject of parental love and autism in kids.

Director: Xiaolu Xue | Stars: Jet Li, Zhang Wen, Gwei Lun-Mei, Yuanyuan Zhu

Votes: 2,762

2. Freedom Writers (2007)

PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

64 Metascore

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and pursue education beyond high school.

Director: Richard LaGravenese | Stars: Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn

Votes: 85,428 | Gross: $36.61M

3. Happy (2012)

Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Drama, Family

Happy takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy.

Director: Roko Belic | Stars: Marci Shimoff, Ed Diener, Richard Davidson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Votes: 3,382

4. In a Better World (2010)

R | 118 min | Drama, Romance

65 Metascore

The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.

Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Markus Rygaard, Wil Johnson

Votes: 41,704 | Gross: $1.01M

5. Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

41 Metascore

While on vacation in Mexico, Chloe, a ritzy Beverly Hills chihuahua, finds herself lost and in need of assistance in order to get back home.

Director: Raja Gosnell | Stars: Drew Barrymore, George Lopez, Piper Perabo, Manolo Cardona

Votes: 25,905 | Gross: $94.51M

6. Hotel Rwanda (2004)

PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Drama, History

79 Metascore

Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa.

Director: Terry George | Stars: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Xolani Mali

Votes: 372,419 | Gross: $23.53M

7. David & Kamal (2011)

Not Rated | 78 min | Drama

In Jerusalem, friendship develops between a Jewish 9-year-old American coin collector and the abused 9-year-old Arab street urchin trying to extort money from him.

Director: Kikuo Kawasaki | Stars: Abdallah El Akal, Yoni Rosenzweig, Zach Cohen, Noga Vogel

Votes: 78

8. The Intouchables (2011)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama

57 Metascore

After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver.

Directors: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano | Stars: François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny, Audrey Fleurot

Votes: 930,380 | Gross: $13.18M

9. Yi Yi (2000)

Not Rated | 173 min | Drama, Romance

94 Metascore

Each member of a middle-class Taipei family seeks to reconcile past and present relationships within their daily lives.

Director: Edward Yang | Stars: Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata, Kelly Lee

Votes: 28,456 | Gross: $1.14M

10. All the Invisible Children (2005)

124 min | Drama

Through the plights of seven different children, seven cruel destinies unfold, as the unknown innocents who share the same sensitivities and desires struggle for survival, understanding--and above all--love, in an apathetic grown-up world.

Directors: Mehdi Charef, Emir Kusturica, Spike Lee, Kátia Lund, Jordan Scott, Ridley Scott, Stefano Veneruso, John Woo | Stars: Adama Bila, Elysée Rouamba, Rodrigue Ouattara, Uros Milovanovic

Votes: 4,283

11. Blue Sky Bones (2013)

101 min | Drama

An unhappy love story under the Cultural Revolution in China seen from the son who was born from that romance - who is now a Chinese rock star.

Director: Jian Cui | Stars: Fang Yin, Hongjie Ni, You-liang Zhao, Xuan Huang

Votes: 100

12. Dearest (2012)

110 min | Drama

A prison officer hands in his resignation after his wife's death, to drive to the port where she wants her ashes scattered at sea.

Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Ken Takakura, Yûko Tanaka, Kôichi Satô, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Votes: 521

13. Blood Diamond (2006)

R | 143 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

64 Metascore

A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.

Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers

Votes: 586,527 | Gross: $57.37M

14. Red Family (2013)

Not Rated | 99 min | Drama

A group of North Korean spies, disguised as an ordinary South Korean family, work as spies in South Korea.

Director: Ju-hyoung Lee | Stars: Kim Yu-mi, Son Byung-ho, Jung Woo, So-young Park

Votes: 380

15. Pay It Forward (2000)

PG-13 | 123 min | Drama

40 Metascore

A young boy attempts to make the world a better place after his teacher gives him that chance.

Director: Mimi Leder | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Haley Joel Osment, Helen Hunt, Jay Mohr

Votes: 123,918 | Gross: $33.52M

16. Pecoross' Mother and Her Days (2013)

113 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Yuuichi Okano is a baby boomer born and raised in Nagasaki, Japan. His bald-head looks like a pecoross, a small onion. His Mother, Mitsue has dementia that began soon after her husband, ... See full summary »

Director: Azuma Morisaki | Stars: Naoto Takenaka, Ryô Kase, Wakana Matsumoto, Sahel Rosa

Votes: 205

17. Fall Guy (1982)

109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A lowly obsequious member of a movie star's entourage agrees to marry his boss's pregnant mistress so he can continue his feckless lifestyle. He then takes up dangerous work as a stunt man ... See full summary »

Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Keiko Matsuzaka, Morio Kazama, Mitsuru Hirata, Chika Takami

Votes: 791

18. Cinema Paradiso (1988)

R | 174 min | Drama, Romance

80 Metascore

A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili, Isa Danieli

Votes: 283,147 | Gross: $11.99M

19. Happy Together (1997)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance

70 Metascore

A couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting apart in opposite directions.

Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Chang Chen, Gregory Dayton

Votes: 34,080 | Gross: $0.19M

20. Comandante (2003)

Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary

Documentary on the director's meeting with Castro.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Fidel Castro, Oliver Stone, Juanita Vera, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara

Votes: 3,899

21. Crossing (2008)

106 min | Drama

About a young boy in North Korea who wants to find his father who is forced to become a refugee in South Korea.

Director: Tae-gyun Kim | Stars: Cha In-pyo, Myeong-cheol Shin, Seo Young-hwa, Jeong In-gi

Votes: 1,297

22. Mahjong Horoki (1984)

109 min | Drama

A mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all challenges and plan for an ultimate revenge match.

Director: Makoto Wada | Stars: Hiroyuki Sanada, Shinobu Ôtake, Takeshi Kaga, Mariko Kaga

Votes: 82

23. Black Diamond (2010)

101 min | Documentary, Drama, News

Black Diamond uncovers the mechanisms of the lucrative international trade of hundreds of young African players with their heads full of dreams who are ready for tremendous sacrifices to ... See full summary »

Director: Pascale Lamche

Votes: 97

24. Roots (1977)

TV-14 | 74 min | Biography, Drama, History

A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.

Stars: LeVar Burton, Robert Reed, John Amos, Louis Gossett Jr.

Votes: 18,890

25. Life of Pi (2012)

PG | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

79 Metascore

A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain, Tabu

Votes: 667,252 | Gross: $124.99M

26. Railroad Man (1999)

112 min | Drama

The touching reminiscing of an elderly railroad-station manager is interrupted by the sudden appearance of some good-natured girls.

Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Ken Takakura, Shinobu Ôtake, Ryôko Hirosue, Hidetaka Yoshioka

Votes: 1,326

27. Admiral Yamamoto (1968)

131 min | Drama, War

A biography of one of the only beloved postwar figures of Japan's disastrous Pacific War. A common-sense soldier knows the war is doomed, but gamely goes ahead and does the best with what he's given.

Director: Seiji Maruyama | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Yôko Tsukasa, Toshio Kurosawa

Votes: 212

28. Taxi Driver (1976)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama

94 Metascore

A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks

Votes: 921,550 | Gross: $28.26M

29. Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)

Not Rated | 156 min | Drama

Schoolteacher Hisako Oishi forms an emotional bond with her pupils and teaches them various virtues, while at the same time worrying about their future.

Director: Keisuke Kinoshita | Stars: Hideko Takamine, Itsuo Watanabe, Makoto Miyagawa, Takeo Terashita

Votes: 2,833

30. Che: Part One (2008)

Not Rated | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History

In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Julia Ormond, Benicio Del Toro, Oscar Isaac, Pablo Guevara

Votes: 47,968 | Gross: $1.80M

31. Burn Notice (2007–2013)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A spy recently disavowed by the U.S. government uses his special ops training to help others in trouble.

Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless

Votes: 79,212

32. Bridge of Spies (2015)

PG-13 | 142 min | Drama, History, Thriller

81 Metascore

During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan

Votes: 327,912 | Gross: $72.31M

33. 13 Assassins (2010)

R | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

84 Metascore

A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.

Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yûsuke Iseya, Ikki Sawamura

Votes: 68,643 | Gross: $0.80M

34. Omar (2013)

Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

75 Metascore

A young Palestinian freedom fighter agrees to work as an informant after he's tricked into an admission of guilt by association in the wake of an Israeli soldier's killing.

Director: Hany Abu-Assad | Stars: Adam Bakri, Leem Lubany, Eyad Hourani, Samer Bisharat

Votes: 15,502 | Gross: $0.36M

35. Emperor (2012)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, History, War

48 Metascore

As the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, General Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.

Director: Peter Webber | Stars: Matthew Fox, Colin Moy, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune

Votes: 14,857 | Gross: $3.35M

36. The Projects (2016)

103 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

An elderly couple is offered to meet with their dead son by strange people in exchange for herbal medicine.

Director: Junji Sakamoto | Stars: Naomi Fujiyama, Ittoku Kishibe, Mari Hamada, Mayu Harada

Votes: 135

37. Life Is Beautiful (1997)

PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

58 Metascore

When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.

Director: Roberto Benigni | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano

Votes: 743,762 | Gross: $57.60M

38. Light Up Nippon (2012)

99 min | Documentary

August 11, 2011, five months following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, memorials, prayers, and fireworks for recovery were held simultaneously along the Tohoku region coastline at ten locations to honor those lost in the disaster.

Director: Kensaku Kakimoto | Star: Hitomi Kuroki

39. Ode to My Father (2014)

Not Rated | 126 min | Drama, War

Amid the time of Korean War, a young boy's vow to take care of his family marked the beginning of a lifelong promise spanning 60 years.

Director: JK Youn | Stars: Hwang Jung-min, Yunjin Kim, Oh Dal-su, Jung Jin-young

Votes: 6,122 | Gross: $2.30M

40. The Vulture (2009)

134 min | Drama

A Japanese company is being targeted by a Chinese financial group that takes advantage of weak and struggling firms - in other words, a vulture. A Japanese financier/former vulture Masahiko Washizu is recruited to fight the threat.

Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Nao Ômori, Tetsuji Tamayama, Chiaki Kuriyama, Kengo Kôra

Votes: 92

41. The Vulture (2007– )

Drama

A Japanese company is being targeted by an American financial group Horizon that takes advantage of weak and struggling firms. Horizon sends a Japanese financier/former vulture Masahiko Washizu to do the job.

Stars: Ian Moore, Laurence Midori Ohta, Kenta Satoi, Chiaki Kuriyama

Votes: 31

42. Friend (2001)

Not Rated | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Four childhood friends go their separate ways, two go off to college while the others become rival gangsters.

Director: Kyung-taek Kwak | Stars: Yu Oh-seong, Jang Dong-Gun, Seo Tae-hwa, Un-taek Jeong

Votes: 5,328

43. Chingu 2 (2013)

Not Rated | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama

17 years after the events of first movie, Choi Sung-hoon, Lee Han Dong's son, who grew up in abusive family, and has fallen to life of petty crime, ends up in jail, same one where Lee ... See full summary »

Director: Kyung-taek Kwak | Stars: Yu Oh-seong, Ju Jin-mo, Kim Woo-bin, Park Ah-In

Votes: 639

44. Virgin Mountain (2015)

94 min | Drama

Fusi, a 43 year old man, still lives with his mother. His daily life is characterized by monotonous routine. The appearance of vibrant Sjöfn and young neighbour Hera will upset his old bachelor habits.

Director: Dagur Kári | Stars: Gunnar Jónsson, Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir, Sigurjón Kjartansson, Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir

Votes: 9,741

45. Song of the Sea (2014)

PG | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

85 Metascore

Ben, a young Irish boy, and his little sister Saoirse, a girl who can turn into a seal, go on an adventure to free the fairies and save the spirit world.

Director: Tomm Moore | Stars: David Rawle, Brendan Gleeson, Lisa Hannigan, Fionnula Flanagan

Votes: 63,160 | Gross: $0.86M

46. Once in a Lifetime (2014)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama

A teacher manages to get her toughest class involved in a collective project that could give a whole new meaning to the lives of her students.

Director: Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Ahmed Dramé, Noémie Merlant, Geneviève Mnich

Votes: 2,155

47. The Ghosts of Jeju (2013)

80 min | Documentary, History, War

A shocking documentary about the struggle of the people of Jeju Island, S. Korea. Set in the context of the American presence in Korea after World War II, the film reveals horrible ... See full summary »

Director: Regis Tremblay

Votes: 9

48. Station (1981)

132 min | Drama

Constantly put to the test and faced with tragedy wherever he turns, can a man finally find solace and a modicum of love or rest with what is left of his hometown, his family, love or himself?

Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Ken Takakura, Chieko Baishô, Ayumi Ishida, Setsuko Karasuma

Votes: 282

49. Midnight Diner 2 (2016)

108 min | Drama

Follow the stories of ordinary individuals with a lot on their plates. As they pore over their worries, Master serves up homely delights and timely life advice. And as other customers begin to console one another, a family is born.

Director: Joji Matsuoka | Stars: Tamae Andô, Toshiki Ayata, Mansaku Fuwa, Kaoru Hirata

Votes: 1,113

50. Midnight Diner (2014)

119 min | Comedy, Drama

A cook opens a restaurant that only serves from midnight till dawn. One day, he discovers an obituary urn. Follow the stories of his regulars tangled around this urn.

Director: Joji Matsuoka | Stars: Kaoru Kobayashi, Saki Takaoka, Tokio Emoto, Mikako Tabe

Votes: 2,518

51. In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World (2016)

PG-13 | 129 min | Animation, Drama, Family

73 Metascore

A spirited 18-year-old woman is married off to a man she barely knows as she combats the daily struggles of living in Hiroshima during World War II.

Director: Sunao Katabuchi | Stars: Non, Ava Pickard, Kenna Pickard, Karen Strassman

Votes: 12,462 | Gross: $0.17M

52. Hakodate Coffee (2016)

90 min | Drama

Eiji, a struggling writer who wants to open a second hand bookstore in Hakodate (Hokkaido), moves into a house which he shares with several artists. As it turns out, all of the residents, ... See full summary »

Director: Hiroshi Nishio | Stars: Morio Agata, Azumi, Reiko Kataoka, Masaya Kikawada

Votes: 15

53. A Man Called Ove (2015)

PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

70 Metascore

Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.

Director: Hannes Holm | Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll

Votes: 68,561 | Gross: $3.48M

54. Seven Samurai (1954)

Not Rated | 207 min | Action, Drama

98 Metascore

Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki

Votes: 367,064 | Gross: $0.27M

55. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)

102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

72 Metascore

A 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.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue

Votes: 33,606

56. Children of the Dark (2008)

138 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A Middle-aged Japanese ex-pat journalist investigates child organ trafficking in Thailand and he uncovers a sinister network.

Director: Junji Sakamoto | Stars: Yôsuke Eguchi, Aoi Miyazaki, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kôichi Satô

Votes: 264

57. Inn of Evil (1971)

121 min | Crime, Drama

The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an isolated inn (the one that the title refers ... See full summary »

Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Komaki Kurihara, Wakako Sakai, Kan'emon Nakamura

Votes: 2,062

58. Snowden (2016)

R | 134 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

58 Metascore

The NSA's illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency's employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto

Votes: 163,047 | Gross: $21.59M

59. Remember the Titans (2000)

PG | 113 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

48 Metascore

In 1971 Virginia high school football was everything to the people of Alexandria. But when the school board was forced to integrate an all-black school with an all-white one, the very foundation of football's tradition was put to the test.

Director: Boaz Yakin | Stars: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst

Votes: 232,071 | Gross: $115.65M

60. He ni zai yi qi (2002)

PG | 116 min | Drama, Music

60 Metascore

A violin prodigy and his father travel to Beijing, where the father seeks the means to his son's success while the son struggles to accept the path laid before him.

Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Yun Tang, Peiqi Liu, Hong Chen, Zhiwen Wang

Votes: 4,479 | Gross: $0.60M

61. The Other Son (2012)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama

63 Metascore

Two young men, one Israeli and one Palestinian, discover they were accidentally switched at birth.

Director: Lorraine Lévy | Stars: Emmanuelle Devos, Pascal Elbé, Jules Sitruk, Mehdi Dehbi

Votes: 3,778 | Gross: $1.16M

62. Sideways (2004)

R | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

94 Metascore

Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.

Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh

Votes: 204,420 | Gross: $71.50M

63. Sideways (2009)

Not Rated | 124 min | Comedy, Drama

A middle-aged Japanese man travels to California to attend the wedding of his American-based friend. Prior to the big event, they take one last trip to Napa Valley, where they taste wine, dally with romance.

Director: Cellin Gluck | Stars: Fumiyo Kohinata, Katsuhisa Namase, Rinko Kikuchi, Kyôka Suzuki

Votes: 271

64. Maiko haaaan!!! (2007)

120 min | Comedy

Kimihiko Onizuka is a salaryman infatuated with maiko (apprentice geisha) and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party game called "yakyuken" with one.

Director: Nobuo Mizuta | Stars: Sadao Abe, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Kô Shibasaki, Saori

Votes: 600

65. Under the Sun (2015)

Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary

81 Metascore

A propaganda documentary about North Korea that reveals a few hidden facts because the director continues filming between the scripted scenes.

Director: Vitaliy Manskiy | Stars: Lee Zin-Mi, Yu-Yong, Hye-Yong, Oh-Gyong

Votes: 5,055 | Gross: $0.07M

66. Okinawa: Urizun no ame (2015)

148 min | Documentary, History, War

'Okinawa: The Afterburn' is the first documentary film to provide a comprehensive picture of the 1945 Battle of Okinawa and the ensuing 70-year occupation of the island by the U.S. military.

Director: John Junkerman

Votes: 237

67. Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016)

125 min | Drama

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.

Director: Ryôta Nakano | Stars: Rie Miyazawa, Hana Sugisaki, Aoi Itô, Yukiko Shinohara

Votes: 2,471

68. Taxi (III) (2015)

Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama

91 Metascore

Banned from making movies by the Iranian government, Jafar Panahi poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran.

Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Jafar Panahi, Nasrin Sotoudeh

Votes: 16,550 | Gross: $0.32M

70. Like Father, Like Son (2013)

Not Rated | 121 min | Drama

73 Metascore

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 own.

Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yôko Maki, Lily Franky

Votes: 28,170 | Gross: $0.28M

71. First They Killed My Father (2017)

TV-MA | 136 min | Biography, Drama, History

72 Metascore

Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered as a child under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.

Director: Angelina Jolie | Stars: Sareum Srey Moch, Phoeung Kompheak, Sveng Socheata, Mun Kimhak

Votes: 20,457

72. The Other Side of Hope (2017)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

84 Metascore

A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland.

Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Kaija Pakarinen, Tuomari Nurmio

Votes: 13,658 | Gross: $0.18M

73. This Is Us (2016–2022)

TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A heartwarming and emotional story about a unique set of triplets, their struggles, and their wonderful parents.

Stars: Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz

Votes: 159,383

74. They Call Me Jeeg Robot (2015)

112 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Lonely, misanthropic small-time crook Enzo uses the superpowers he gained after falling into the Tiber River to chase down a crazy gangster called "The Gypsy."

Director: Gabriele Mainetti | Stars: Claudio Santamaria, Luca Marinelli, Ilenia Pastorelli, Stefano Ambrogi

Votes: 16,303

75. Land of Mine (2015)

R | 100 min | Drama, History, War

75 Metascore

In post-World War II Denmark, a group of young German POWs are forced to clear a beach of thousands of land mines under the watch of a Danish Sergeant who slowly learns to appreciate their plight.

Director: Martin Zandvliet | Stars: Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard

Votes: 45,813 | Gross: $0.44M

76. The Age of Shadows (2016)

TV-MA | 140 min | Action, History, Thriller

78 Metascore

Korean resistance fighters smuggle explosives to destroy facilities controlled by Japanese forces in this period action thriller.

Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Gong Yoo, Song Kang-ho, Jeon Yeo-been

Votes: 11,048 | Gross: $0.54M

77. The Giant (2016)

Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Sport

A severely deformed young man dreams of being reunited with his mother and finds freedom by exploring his imaginative inner life, where he is a 200-foot giant.

Director: Johannes Nyholm | Stars: Christian Andrén, Johan Kylén, Anna Bjelkerud, Linda Faith

Votes: 1,169

78. Hanagatami (2017)

169 min | Drama, War

Fulfilling his filmmaking dream of 40 years, Nobuhiko Obayashi's luminous new feature "Hanagatami" delivers a timeless story of the pureness of youth beset by the chaos of war.

Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Shunsuke Kubozuka, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Keishi Nagatsuka, Tokio Emoto

Votes: 777

79. Passage of Life (2017)

104 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A Burmese family of four is living in Japan. One day they get a letter that will change their lives forever - Based on a true story, this is a tale of love that crosses borders.

Director: Akio Fujimoto | Stars: Issace, Yuki Kitagawa, Htet Myat Naing, Kuromiya Niina

Votes: 73

80. The Sower (2016)

117 min | Crime, Drama, Family

After the Great Earthquake in Northeastern Japan, Mitsuo is sent to a mental hospital from the strain of grief from working to clear out the debris of the disaster. When he is released 3 ... See full summary »

Director: Yosuke Takeuchi | Stars: Kentaro Kishi, Suzuno Takenaka

Votes: 24

81. Shanhai bansukingu (1984)

121 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Set in the 1930s in Shanghai, the film follows the extravagant life and times of a group of jazz musicians, living from one advance paycheck to the next, as the country teeters over the brink into the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Keiko Matsuzaka, Morio Kazama, Etsuko Shihomi, Ryûdô Uzaki

Votes: 29

82. Kokoro (2016)

95 min | Drama

After her brother's death, Alice leave France for Japan and takes refuge in a small village just above the cliffs. Her brother Nathan said to her before he died that he finally founded ... See full summary »

Director: Vanja d'Alcantara | Stars: Isabelle Carré, Jun Kunimura, Niels Schneider, Fabrizio Rongione

Votes: 151

83. The Miracles of the Namiya General Store (2017)

129 min | Drama, Fantasy

A general store that gives advice turns magical one night. Accidentally, the time line switched which somehow makes the current present and the best present for the people who want to be advised.

Director: Ryûichi Hiroki | Stars: Masato Hagiwara, Kento Hayashi, Mugi Kadowaki, Nijirô Murakami

Votes: 1,615

84. Namiya (2017)

PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

When three runaways shack up in an abandoned general store, a supernatural correspondence connects them to many lives that were all touched by the owner of the store years before they were born.

Director: Jie Han | Stars: Jackie Chan, Duling Chen, Dilraba Dilmurat, Zijian Dong

Votes: 640 | Gross: $0.07M

85. Till The End Of The World (2018)

PG-13 | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

The unlikely pairing of a spoiled millionaire venture capitalist scouting for extreme wedding tour locations and a grounded science photographer en route to chronicle the Aurora Australis ... See full summary »

Director: Youyin Wu | Stars: Mark You-Ting Chao, Zishan Yang, Anastasia Berestova, Jao Felipe

Votes: 425 | Gross: $0.12M

86. Midnight Diner (2009–2014)

TV-MA | 24 min | Drama

Shinya Shokudo is a tv series from Japan since 2009. It tells many stories about ordinary people eat in shinya shokudo, which means a restaurant at midnight. This small restaurant opens from 12 in the evening to 7 in the morning.

Stars: Kaoru Kobayashi, Mansaku Fuwa, Toshiki Ayata, Shôhei Uno

Votes: 3,166

87. Shoplifters (2018)

R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

93 Metascore

On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.

Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka

Votes: 86,538 | Gross: $3.31M

88. Oh Lucy! (2017)

95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

69 Metascore

A lonely woman living in Tokyo decides to take an English class, where she discovers her alter-ego, Lucy.

Director: Atsuko Hirayanagi | Stars: Shinobu Terajima, Soseki Yamatoya, Miyu Yagyu, Kayano Masuyama

Votes: 3,360 | Gross: $0.38M

89. Ô Rûshî! (2014)

21 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Setsuko, a 55-year-old single 'office lady' in Tokyo, is given a blonde wig and a new identity, 'Lucy,' by her unconventional young English instructor. 'Lucy' awakens desires that Setsuko ... See full summary »

Director: Atsuko Hirayanagi | Stars: Kaori Momoi, Miyoko Yamaguchi, Billy Scott, Rian Nagashima

Votes: 107

90. Mifune: The Last Samurai (2015)

Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Biography

64 Metascore

A feature-length documentary about the life and films of legendary actor Toshiro Mifune, weaving together film clips, archival stills, and interviews with such luminaries as Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. Narrated by Keanu Reeves.

Director: Steven Okazaki | Stars: Wataru Akashi, Kyôko Kagawa, Takeshi Katô, Hisao Kurosawa

Votes: 1,382 | Gross: $0.06M

91. To Sleep So as to Dream (1986)

Not Rated | 81 min | Fantasy

An aging silent film actress hires a private eye and his wacky but helpful assistant to track down her missing daughter, Bellflower. The two follow a succession of bizarre, obscure clues, ... See full summary »

Director: Kaizô Hayashi | Stars: Moe Kamura, Shirô Sano, Koji Otake, Akira Ôizumi

Votes: 384

92. Farewell My Concubine (1993)

R | 171 min | Drama, Music, Romance

84 Metascore

Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.

Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Gong Li, You Ge

Votes: 33,191 | Gross: $5.22M

94. Fires on the Plain (2014)

87 min | Drama, War

A Japanese soldier endures illness, starvation and brutality in the Philippines at the tail end of WW2.

Director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Stars: Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Lily Franky, Tatsuya Nakamura, Yûsaku Mori

Votes: 854

95. Midnight Diner (2009–2014)
Episode: Ramen (2009)

TV-MA | Drama

Gen-chan stabs a rival yakuza boss in retaliation to an attack on his own boss Ryu. Hiding from the police he comes to realize he has to own up to his actions including ones from his long buried past.

Director: Joji Matsuoka | Stars: Kaoru Kobayashi, Takashi Yamanaka, Ken Mitsuishi, Sakuya Nakamura

Votes: 81

96. What's for Dinner, Mom? (2016)

117 min | Drama, Family

Tae finds a box with letters and recipes written by her mother.

Director: Mitsuhito Shiraha | Stars: Izumi Fujimoto, Sô Hirosawa, Michiko Kawai, Haruka Kinami

Votes: 187

97. The Sands of Kurobe (1968)

196 min | Drama

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 ... See full summary »

Director: Kei Kumai | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yûjirô Ishihara, Osamu Takizawa, Takashi Shimura

Votes: 121

98. Hannah Arendt (2012)

Not Rated | 113 min | Biography, Drama

69 Metascore

A look at the life of philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt, who reported for 'The New Yorker' on the trial of the Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem.

Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch

Votes: 12,026 | Gross: $0.71M

99. Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)

Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama

During 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.

Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Kunie Tanaka, Eiko Nakamura

Votes: 4,308

100. You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011)

109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A group of close friends who attend a private school all have a debilitating crush on the sunny star pupil, Shen Jiayi. The only member of the group who claims not to is Ke Jingteng, but he ends up loving her as well.

Director: Giddens Ko | Stars: Kai Ko, Michelle Chen, Shao-Wen Hao, Owodog

Votes: 11,590



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