1001 Movies I Must See Before I Die Part 2
by ElNapalmo | created - 09 Dec 2020 | updated - 09 Dec 2020 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
PG-13 | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Two idiots try to pretend that their murdered employer is really alive, leading the hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart, Terry Kiser
Votes: 62,862 | Gross: $30.22M
2. Waterboys (2001)
91 min | Comedy, Sport
In 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".
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hiroshi Tamaki, Akifumi Miura, Kôen Kondô
Votes: 3,060
3. Megane (2007)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Taeko is a stressed career woman who leaves her life in the city for an island vacation. The vacation does not become what she expected as everyone on the island is strange.
Director: Naoko Ogigami | Stars: Satomi Kobayashi, Mikako Ichikawa, Ryô Kase, Ken Mitsuishi
Votes: 1,885
4. Sex and Lucía (2001)
R | 128 min | Drama, Romance
Various lives converge on an isolated island, all connected by an author whose novel has become inextricably entwined with his own life.
Director: Julio Medem | Stars: Paz Vega, Tristán Ulloa, Najwa Nimri, Elena Anaya
Votes: 38,710 | Gross: $1.49M
5. Sunday in August (1950)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
A variety of different people, both adults, children, families, young lovers and youth gangs, spend a Sunday at the beach of Ostia outside Rome.
Director: Luciano Emmer | Stars: Anna Baldini, Vera Carmi, Emilio Cigoli, Andrea Compagnoni
Votes: 626
6. Our Beloved Month of August (2008)
Not Rated | 147 min | Music, Romance
Docu-drama about Portuguese social life in the countryside during the busy month of August
Director: Miguel Gomes | Stars: Sónia Bandeira, Fábio Oliveira, Joaquim Carvalho, Andreia Santos
Votes: 1,824
7. Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
PG-13 | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two 12-year-olds, who live on an island, fall in love with each other and elope into the wilderness. While people set out on a search mission, a violent storm approaching them catches their attention.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Bill Murray
Votes: 366,722 | Gross: $45.51M
8. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
R | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
With a plan to exact revenge on a legendary shark that killed his partner, oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston, Cate Blanchett
Votes: 210,913 | Gross: $24.01M
9. House (1977)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror
A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ôba, Ai Matsubara
Votes: 33,713
10. Entrails of a Beautiful Woman (1986)
68 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A tortured and raped young girl mutates into a penis-headed demon and mutilates her captors.
Director: Kazuo 'Gaira' Komizu | Stars: Megumi Ozawa, Ayako Ishii, Seira Kitagawa, Ken Yoshizawa
Votes: 880
aka Entrails of a Beautiful Woman
11. Guzoo: The Thing Forsaken by God - Part I (1986 Video)
40 min | Short, Horror
A group of girls go to a house to spend a time in which they lived horrible creeping monster with tentacles that tries to eat them one by one.
Director: Kazuo 'Gaira' Komizu | Stars: Yumiko Ishikawa, Naomi Kajitani, Kyôko Komiyama, Hidemi Maruyama
Votes: 213
12. Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
Not Rated | 67 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A businessman accidentally kills The Metal Fetishist, who gets his revenge by slowly turning the man into a grotesque hybrid of flesh and rusty metal.
Director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Stars: Tomorô Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoka, Shin'ya Tsukamoto
Votes: 25,918
13. Gunhed (1989)
TV-14 | 100 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a cyberpunk future, Kyron-5 supercomputer attempts to exterminate the human race, but Gunhed mechs stop it. In 2038, five thieves break into a condemned island facility to steal Kyron's dead CPU. The place turns out to be a deathtrap.
Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Masahiro Takashima, Brenda Bakke, James Brewster Thompson, Aya Enjôji
Votes: 1,063
aka Gunhed
14. Battle Heater (1989)
93 min | Comedy, Horror
A kotatsu comes alive and tries to eat people
Director: Jôji Iida | Stars: Akira Emoto, Hisako Hara, Masao Imafuku, Kenichi Ishii
Votes: 122
aka Battle Heater
15. Big Man Japan (2007)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
An eccentric man living alone in a decrepit house in Tokyo periodically transforms into a 100-foot tall giant in order to defend Japan against similarly sized monsters.
Director: Hitoshi Matsumoto | Stars: Hitoshi Matsumoto, Riki Takeuchi, Ua, Ryunosuke Kamiki
Votes: 3,999 | Gross: $0.04M
16. Gozu (2003)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
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.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Yûta Sone, Kimika Yoshino, Shohei Hino, Keiko Tomita
Votes: 12,732 | Gross: $0.05M
Brilliance by Takashi Miike.
17. Bijitâ Q (2001)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A troubled and perverted family find their lives intruded by a mysterious stranger who seems to help find a balance in their disturbing natures.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Ken'ichi Endô, Shungiku Uchida, Kazushi Watanabe, Jun Mutô
Votes: 17,052
18. Spiral (2000)
90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.
Director: Higuchinsky | Stars: Eriko Hatsune, Fhi Fan, Hinako Saeki, Shin Eun-kyung
Votes: 8,985
19. The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A family moves to the country to run a rustic mountain inn when, to their horror, the customers begin befalling sudden and unlikely fates.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda, Naomi Nishida
Votes: 10,022
20. Ichi the Killer (2001)
R | 129 min | Action, Crime, Drama
As 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.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Nao Ômori, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Paulyn Sun
Votes: 60,037 | Gross: $0.02M
21. Full Metal gokudô (1997 Video)
102 min | Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
An inexperienced gangster is killed alongside his strong, respected boss and awakens to find a mad scientist has given him a new body made partly of his boss and partly of indestructible bionics.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Tomorô Taguchi, Takeshi Caesar, Kazuki Kitamura
Votes: 1,896
aka Full Metal Yakuza
22. The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A family moves to the country to run a rustic mountain inn when, to their horror, the customers begin befalling sudden and unlikely fates.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda, Naomi Nishida
Votes: 10,022
A zombie musical.
23. Ichi the Killer (2001)
R | 129 min | Action, Crime, Drama
As 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.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Nao Ômori, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Paulyn Sun
Votes: 60,037 | Gross: $0.02M
24. Pulse (2001)
R | 119 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two groups of people discover evidence that suggests spirits may be trying to invade the human world through the Internet.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Haruhiko Katô, Kumiko Asô, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka
Votes: 25,582 | Gross: $0.05M
25. Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies (2001)
80 min | Comedy, Horror
Girls surrounding 17 years old are affected by an illness that make her to be 'Stacies': they feel a strange and momentary happiness until they become zombies.
Director: Naoyuki Tomomatsu | Stars: Norman England, Tomoka Hayashi, Yukijirô Hotaru, Ryôichi Inaba
Votes: 1,675
26. Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001)
55 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A violent, guitar-playing, electrically charged boxer faces off against an electronic wizard half-merged with a metallic Buddha.
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Yoshiki Arizono, Tadanobu Asano, Masakatsu Funaki, Masatoshi Nagase
Votes: 2,715
27. Gozu (2003)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
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.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Yûta Sone, Kimika Yoshino, Shohei Hino, Keiko Tomita
Votes: 12,732 | Gross: $0.05M
28. Survive Style 5+ (2004)
120 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one and other eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.
Director: Gen Sekiguchi | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Reika Hashimoto, Kyôko Koizumi, Hiroshi Abe
Votes: 10,142
29. Ika resuraa (2004)
95 min | Comedy
A championship wrestling match pits Koji Taguchi against Crush Volcano, the latter no match to Koji's signature move, the Torture Ring Strangler. Koji beams as he clutches the champion belt... See full summary »
Director: Minoru Kawasaki | Stars: Nômaru Abe, 'Hurricane Ryu' Hariken, Kana Ishida, Nobuo Kameko
Votes: 786
30. Gusha no bindume (2004)
96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
One elevator, one girl who can read minds and one floor where the elevator should have never stopped: the ideal ingredients for a classic piece of weird horror. In the claustrophobic space ... See full summary »
Director: Hiroki Yamaguchi | Stars: Luchino Fujisaki, Yoshiichi Kawada, Ryôsuke Koshiba, Kae Minami
Votes: 1,186
31. Zebraman (2004)
115 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A down-and-out school teacher receives the calling to become the real life personification of an old television superhero, Zebraman.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Shô Aikawa, Kyôka Suzuki, Atsuro Watabe, Yui Ichikawa
Votes: 3,662
32. Kiseichuu: kiraa pusshii (2004 Video)
60 min | Comedy, Horror
Five teenagers enter a deserted jungle and trespass inside an abandoned house only to haunted by a woman with a monster hidden inside her reproductive organs.
Director: Takao Nakano | Stars: Sachika Uchiyama, Natsumi Mitsu, Sakurako Kaoru, Tôgo Okumoto
Votes: 729
33. Meatball Machine (2005)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Full-throttle splatter-ific Japanese cyberpunk science fiction/horror at its most aggressive, this mind-blower about alien parasites that turn their human hosts into slave "Necroborgs" will leave you dizzy and drained - in a good way.
Directors: Yûdai Yamaguchi, Jun'ichi Yamamoto | Stars: Issei Takahashi, Aoba Kawai, Kenichi Kawasaki, Shôichirô Masumoto
Votes: 2,279
34. The Great Yokai War (2005)
PG-13 | 124 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A young boy is chosen as the defender of good and must team up with Japan's ancient spirits and creatures of lore to attempt to destroy the forces of evil.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Chiaki Kuriyama, Bunta Sugawara
Votes: 2,666
35. Koara kachô (2005)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Tamura is an average divorced salary-man in Japan - and also a man-sized, suit-and-tie wearing, bipedal koala bear.
Director: Minoru Kawasaki | Stars: 'Hurricane Ryu' Hariken, Lee Ho, Eiichi Kikuchi, Arthur Kuroda
Votes: 677
36. Chromartie High - The Movie (2005)
85 min | Comedy
A satire comedy of a misfit high school with punks, robots, gorillas and much more.
Director: Yûdai Yamaguchi | Stars: Takamasa Suga, Ryûji Akiyama, Ruben Arvizu, Kai Atô
Votes: 412
37. Strange Circus (2005)
Unrated | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The 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.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Masumi Miyazaki, Issei Ishida, Rie Kuwana, Seiko Iwaidô
Votes: 6,255
38. The Machine Girl (2008)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Maimed while seeking revenge, a girl becomes stronger than ever.
Director: Noboru Iguchi | Stars: Minase Yashiro, Asami, Nobuhiro Nishihara, Kentarô Shimazu
Votes: 10,693
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39. Genkai jinkô keisû (1995)
54 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A man sees a murder in the subways and is soon pursued by the killer, who wants him to join a group called The Engineers, who have taken it upon themselves to reduce Japan's overpopulation.
Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura | Stars: Kisei Ishizuka, Jun Sasaki, Chikako Tone, Tomoko Haseyama
Votes: 182
aka Anatomia Extinction
Remade as Tokyo Gore Police.
40. Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies (2001)
80 min | Comedy, Horror
Girls surrounding 17 years old are affected by an illness that make her to be 'Stacies': they feel a strange and momentary happiness until they become zombies.
Director: Naoyuki Tomomatsu | Stars: Norman England, Tomoka Hayashi, Yukijirô Hotaru, Ryôichi Inaba
Votes: 1,675
* Naoyuki Tomomatsu - director
* Kenji Otsuki - novel / actor
* Norman England - actor
Interestingly, this seems a stylistic precursor to the later New Japanese Gore films, just without the trademark berserk special effects designs of Yoshihiro Nishimura. Tomomatsu has directed two more zombie films (of diminishing quality, but possibly qualifying him as "Japan's Romero") and would co-direct the NJG film Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl with Nishimura.
41. Battlefield Baseball (2003)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Battlefield Baseball is a tough game--it doesn't end until all the members on the opposing team are dead. In this game the Gedo High team is composed of blue-faced zombies, and their ... See full summary »
Director: Yûdai Yamaguchi | Stars: Tak Sakaguchi, Atsushi Itô, Hideo Sakaki, Yoshikazu Ebisu
Votes: 1,522
aka Battlefield Baseball
* Yudai Yamaguchi - director
* Ryuichi Takatsu - writer
* Tak Sakaguchi - actor
* Hideo Sakaki - actor
* Go Ohara - stunts
* Susumu Nakatani - special effects
* Ryuhei Kitamura - producer
* Yoshinori Chiba - producer
A napalm FiLMS/Media Suits production.
42. Meatball Machine (2005)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Full-throttle splatter-ific Japanese cyberpunk science fiction/horror at its most aggressive, this mind-blower about alien parasites that turn their human hosts into slave "Necroborgs" will leave you dizzy and drained - in a good way.
Directors: Yûdai Yamaguchi, Jun'ichi Yamamoto | Stars: Issei Takahashi, Aoba Kawai, Kenichi Kawasaki, Shôichirô Masumoto
Votes: 2,279
aka Fundoshi Corps 1
* Yudai Yamaguchi - director
* Junya Kato - writer
* Ayano Yamamoto - actor
* Tak Sakaguchi - action director
* Yoshihiro Nishimura - special make-up effects supervisor / special effects / mold maker
* Taiga Ishino - special make-up effects artist
* Maki Mizui - special make-up effects assistant
* Yukihiko Yamaguchi - producer
A remake of Meatball Machine (1999), which is included on the UK DVD (the one I've got) but, oddly, edited into a short film.
If we wanted to identify the real start of New Japanese Gore films, then this is it, if nothing else it is where it got the kind of attention that would lead to more funds and interest from outside Japan.
43. The Machine Girl (2008)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Maimed while seeking revenge, a girl becomes stronger than ever.
Director: Noboru Iguchi | Stars: Minase Yashiro, Asami, Nobuhiro Nishihara, Kentarô Shimazu
Votes: 10,693
* Noboru Iguchi - writer / director
* Ayano Yamamoto - actor
* Asami - actor
* Hiroko Yashiki - actor
* Demo Tanaka - actor
* Yoshihiro Nishimura - special make-up effects supervisor
* Taiga Ishino - special make-up effects artist
* Yuta Okuyama - special make-up effects
* Maki Mizui - special make-up effects assistant
* Tsuyoshi Kazuno - visual effects supervisor
* Yoko Hayama - producer
* Yoshinori Chiba - producer
A Fever Dreams/Nikkatsu co-production.
44. Tokyo Gore Police (2008)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
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.
Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura | Stars: Eihi Shiina, Itsuji Itao, Yukihide Benny, Jiji Bû
Votes: 12,734
* Yoshihiro Nishimura - writer / director / actor / editor / special make-up effects supervisor
* Kengo Kaji - writer
* Maki Mizui - writer / actor / special make-up effects assistant
* Tak Sakaguchi - fight choreographer / actor (cameo)
* Ayano Yamamoto - actor
* Eihi Shiina - actor
* Keisuke Horibe - actor
* Demo Tanaka - actor
* Arata Yamanaka - actor
* Yoshio Komatsu - actor
* Norman England - actor
* Jiji Bu - actor
* Shu Momose - cinematographer
* Yudai Yamaguchi/Noboru Iguchi - made the fake commercials
* Yuta Okuyama - special make-up effects and mold making
* Taiga Ishino - special make-up effects artist
* Kou Nakagawa - composer
* Nori Fukuda - production designer
* Yoko Hayama - producer
* Yoshinori Chiba - producer
A remake of Yoshihiro Nishimura's Anatomia Extinction (1995).
A Fever Dreams/Nikkatsu co-production.
45. Hâdo ribenji, Mirî (2008)
44 min | Short, Action, Drama
A fierce warrior (Miki Mizuno) becomes embroiled in a vicious cycle of vengeance.
Director: Takanori Tsujimoto | Stars: Hirotsugu Imamura, Mickey Koga, Miki Mizuno, Tetsuya Nakamura
Votes: 430
* Takanori Tsujimoto - director / writer * Yoshihiro Nishimura - special make-up effects supervisor * Taiga Ishino - special make-up effects artist
46. Onechanbara: The Movie (2008)
Not Rated | 80 min | Action, Horror
In the year 20XX a mysterious scientist discovers a way to bring back the dead . . . only it turns one town into a zombie-infested hellhole. But when the world falls into ruin, only one ... See full summary »
Director: Yôhei Fukuda | Stars: Eri Otoguro, Tomohiro Waki, Tarô Suwa, Manami Hashimoto
Votes: 1,373
* Go Ohara - action director
* Tsuyoshi Kazuno - visual effects supervisor
Asian zombie film
47. Hâdo ribenji, Mirî: Buraddi batoru (2009)
72 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic Japan, Tokyo has become a windswept desert. After witnessing the brutal murder of her husband and child, Milly is butchered and left for dead but she wakes up in a ... See full summary »
Director: Takanori Tsujimoto | Stars: Miki Mizuno, Rei Fujita, Mickey Koga, Masahiro Kômoto
Votes: 487
* Takanori Tsujimoto - director / cinematographer * Yoshihiro Nishimura - special make-up effects supervisor
48. Kyôretsu môretsu! Kodai shôjo Dogu-chan matsuri! Supesharu mûbî edishon (2010)
Not Rated | 115 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
A stay-at-home nerd's dream comes true when he unearths a strange breastplate and awakens a sexy monster hunter named Dogoo, who brings him along her adventure with wacky monsters. (Japanese with English subtitles).
Director: Noboru Iguchi | Stars: Erika Yazawa, Masataka Kubota, Rina Kirishima, Tokio Emoto
Votes: 38
* Noboru Iguchi - writer / director
* Jun Tsugita - writer
* Asami - actor
* Yasutaka Nagano - cinematographer
* Yoshihiro Nishimura - special make-up effects supervisor
* Tsuyoshi Kazuno - visual effects supervisor
Edited down from the TV show which was also partly written by Junya Kato.
49. Zombie TV (2013)
77 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Directors: Maelie Makuno, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Naoya Tashiro | Stars: Maki Mizui, Takashi Nishina, Tomoya Maeno, Miyuki Torii
Votes: 36
50. Big Man Japan (2007)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
An eccentric man living alone in a decrepit house in Tokyo periodically transforms into a 100-foot tall giant in order to defend Japan against similarly sized monsters.
Director: Hitoshi Matsumoto | Stars: Hitoshi Matsumoto, Riki Takeuchi, Ua, Ryunosuke Kamiki
Votes: 3,999 | Gross: $0.04M
aka Big Man Japan
A touching tribute to kaiju films.
51. The Machine Girl (2008)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Maimed while seeking revenge, a girl becomes stronger than ever.
Director: Noboru Iguchi | Stars: Minase Yashiro, Asami, Nobuhiro Nishihara, Kentarô Shimazu
Votes: 10,693
52. Tokyo Gore Police (2008)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
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.
Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura | Stars: Eihi Shiina, Itsuji Itao, Yukihide Benny, Jiji Bû
Votes: 12,734
53. Air Doll (2009)
Unrated | 125 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A life-size blow-up doll develops a soul and falls in love with a video store clerk.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Bae Doona, Arata Iura, Itsuji Itao, Joe Odagiri
Votes: 8,134
54. Yattâman (2009)
111 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A toy shop owner/hero and his assistant/heroine battle a leather-clad vixen and her minions to prevent them from acquiring the pieces of a mystical skull.
Directors: Takashi Miike, Eisuke Naitô, Hatsuki Yokoo | Stars: Shô Sakurai, Saki Fukuda, Kyôko Fukada, Kendô Kobayashi
Votes: 2,035
55. Kani gôrukîpâ (2006 Video)
Comedy, Fantasy
Director: Minoru Kawasaki | Stars: Hiroshi Fujioka, 'Hurricane Ryu' Hariken, Mikisuke Haruyama, Aya Koizumi
Votes: 37
56. Gun Woman (2014)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Thriller
A brilliant doctor on a quest for revenge buys a young woman and trains her to be the ultimate assassin, implanting gun parts in her body that she must later assemble and use to kill her target before she bleeds to death.
Director: Kurando Mitsutake | Stars: Jennifer Mullaney, Matthew Floyd Miller, Dean Simone, Noriaki Kamata
Votes: 3,373
57. Tokyo Tribe (2014)
R | 116 min | Action, Musical
In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. Merra, leader of the Wu-Ronz tribe of Bukuro crosses the line to conquer all of Tokyo. The war begins.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Ryohei Suzuki, Young Dais, Nana Seino, Shunsuke Daitô
Votes: 3,647
58. R100 (2013)
Unrated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
A man in search of joy hires a bondage club to have dominatrices surprise him at random times.
Director: Hitoshi Matsumoto | Stars: Nao Ômori, Mao Daichi, Shinobu Terajima, Hairi Katagiri
Votes: 2,895 | Gross: $0.02M
59. Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)
R | 115 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
In the ruthless underground world of the yakuza, no one is more legendary than boss Kamiura. Rumored to be invincible, the truth is he is a vampire-a bloodsucking yakuza vampire boss! Among... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Hayato Ichihara, Riko Narumi, Shô Aoyagi, Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Votes: 4,512
60. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable - Chapter 1 (2017)
TV-14 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A teen gifted with supernatural power discovers the truth behind his cursed and bizarre bloodline, and the evil that lurks within his town.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nana Komatsu, Masaki Okada
Votes: 1,929
61. Wolf Guy (1975)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Horror
A man with a special power attempts to help a cursed woman.
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Kyôsuke Machida, Yuriko Azuma, Saburô Date
Votes: 1,142
62. Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017)
142 min | Fantasy, Horror
Manami is captured by blood thirsty trigger happy vampires, and taken to their hotel, where they keep prisoners as future meals. They are all instructed to find a partner to survive, when a vampire clan from Transylvania interferes.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Tsuyoshi Abe, Yumi Adachi, Mika Akizuki, Iku Arai
Votes: 541
63. Everyone Is Psychic!: The Movie (2015)
114 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
After receiving a cosmic blast while masturbating, a virginal teenager gains psychic powers and joins a group of ESP virgins in order to defend the world from evil psychics.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Mika Akizuki, Tokio Emoto, Motoki Fukami, Mizuki Hoshina
Votes: 1,090
64. Helter Skelter (2012)
Unrated | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Top star Lilico undergoes multiple cosmetic surgeries to her entire body. As her surgeries show side effect.
Director: Mika Ninagawa | Stars: Erika Sawajiri, Nao Ômori, Shinobu Terajima, Gô Ayano
Votes: 3,324
65. Genkai jinkô keisû (1995)
54 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A man sees a murder in the subways and is soon pursued by the killer, who wants him to join a group called The Engineers, who have taken it upon themselves to reduce Japan's overpopulation.
Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura | Stars: Kisei Ishizuka, Jun Sasaki, Chikako Tone, Tomoko Haseyama
Votes: 182
66. Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017)
390 min | Drama, Horror
Manami is targeted by vampires on her 22nd birthday and K, who possesses tremendous power, tries to save her in a raging battle. On that day, young men and women are invited to the hotel where a huge matchmaking convention is being held.
Stars: Ami Tomite, Kaho, Hirotatsu Terabayashi, Megumi Kagurazaka
Votes: 697
67. Love Exposure (2008)
Unrated | 237 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A bizarre love triangle forms between a young Catholic upskirt photographer, a misandric girl and a manipulative cultist.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima, Sakura Andô, Yutaka Shimizu
Votes: 15,898
68. Guilty of Romance (2011)
144 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Miki Mizuno, Makoto Togashi, Megumi Kagurazaka, Kazuya Kojima
Votes: 5,835
69. Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
Not Rated | 129 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A renegade film crew becomes embroiled with a yakuza clan feud.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Jun Kunimura, Fumi Nikaidô, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroki Hasegawa
Votes: 8,983 | Gross: $0.03M
70. Strange Circus (2005)
Unrated | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The 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.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Masumi Miyazaki, Issei Ishida, Rie Kuwana, Seiko Iwaidô
Votes: 6,255
71. Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017)
390 min | Drama, Horror
Manami is targeted by vampires on her 22nd birthday and K, who possesses tremendous power, tries to save her in a raging battle. On that day, young men and women are invited to the hotel where a huge matchmaking convention is being held.
Stars: Ami Tomite, Kaho, Hirotatsu Terabayashi, Megumi Kagurazaka
Votes: 697
I know it's not a movie but I might as well include it.
72. The Forest of Love (2019)
TV-MA | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A small group of student filmmakers and a shy young girl with strict parents are simultaneously manipulated, seduced and abused by an older man. They follow his bidding, even when murder is involved.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Kippei Shîna, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Kyoko Hinami, Eri Kamataki
Votes: 2,955
73. Tokyo Tribe (2014)
R | 116 min | Action, Musical
In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. Merra, leader of the Wu-Ronz tribe of Bukuro crosses the line to conquer all of Tokyo. The war begins.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Ryohei Suzuki, Young Dais, Nana Seino, Shunsuke Daitô
Votes: 3,647
74. Everyone Is Psychic!: The Movie (2015)
114 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
After receiving a cosmic blast while masturbating, a virginal teenager gains psychic powers and joins a group of ESP virgins in order to defend the world from evil psychics.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Mika Akizuki, Tokio Emoto, Motoki Fukami, Mizuki Hoshina
Votes: 1,090
75. The Forest of Love: Deep Cut (2020)
40 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Nothing is as it seems when a charismatic conman and an aspiring film crew delve into the lives of two emotionally scarred women.
Stars: Kippei Shîna, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Eri Kamataki, Kyoko Hinami
Votes: 603
76. Love Exposure (2008)
Unrated | 237 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A bizarre love triangle forms between a young Catholic upskirt photographer, a misandric girl and a manipulative cultist.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima, Sakura Andô, Yutaka Shimizu
Votes: 15,898
77. Guilty of Romance (2011)
144 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Miki Mizuno, Makoto Togashi, Megumi Kagurazaka, Kazuya Kojima
Votes: 5,835
78. Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
Not Rated | 129 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A renegade film crew becomes embroiled with a yakuza clan feud.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Jun Kunimura, Fumi Nikaidô, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroki Hasegawa
Votes: 8,983 | Gross: $0.03M
79. Strange Circus (2005)
Unrated | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The 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.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Masumi Miyazaki, Issei Ishida, Rie Kuwana, Seiko Iwaidô
Votes: 6,255
80. Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017)
390 min | Drama, Horror
Manami is targeted by vampires on her 22nd birthday and K, who possesses tremendous power, tries to save her in a raging battle. On that day, young men and women are invited to the hotel where a huge matchmaking convention is being held.
Stars: Ami Tomite, Kaho, Hirotatsu Terabayashi, Megumi Kagurazaka
Votes: 697
I know it's not a movie but I might as well include it.
81. The Forest of Love (2019)
TV-MA | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A small group of student filmmakers and a shy young girl with strict parents are simultaneously manipulated, seduced and abused by an older man. They follow his bidding, even when murder is involved.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Kippei Shîna, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Kyoko Hinami, Eri Kamataki
Votes: 2,955
82. Tokyo Tribe (2014)
R | 116 min | Action, Musical
In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. Merra, leader of the Wu-Ronz tribe of Bukuro crosses the line to conquer all of Tokyo. The war begins.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Ryohei Suzuki, Young Dais, Nana Seino, Shunsuke Daitô
Votes: 3,647
83. Everyone Is Psychic!: The Movie (2015)
114 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
After receiving a cosmic blast while masturbating, a virginal teenager gains psychic powers and joins a group of ESP virgins in order to defend the world from evil psychics.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Mika Akizuki, Tokio Emoto, Motoki Fukami, Mizuki Hoshina
Votes: 1,090
84. The Boxer's Omen (1983)
Not Rated | 99 min | Horror
While in Thailand to avenge his brother who was crippled in a fight with a corrupt Thai boxer, a man gets caught up in a web of fate, Buddhism and black magic.
Director: Chih-Hung Kuei | Stars: Phillip Ko, Shao-Yen Lin, Kar-Man Wai, Lung-Wei Wang
Votes: 1,933
85. Holy Flame of the Martial World (1983)
85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A brother and sister seek vengeance for the death of their parents.
Director: Chun-Ku Lu | Stars: Leanne Lau, Siu Chung Mok, Jason Piao Pai, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok
Votes: 476
86. Infra-Man (1975)
PG | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Princess Dragon Mom and her mutant army have risen, and only Infra-Man can stop them.
Director: Shan Hua | Stars: Danny Lee, Terry Liu, Hsieh Wang, Man-Tzu Yuan
Votes: 2,266
87. Encounter of the Spooky Kind (1980)
R | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
A rickshaw driver's wife and his rich client are secret lovers, and they decide to get rid of him without being implicated, so they hire a powerful sorcerer to kill him, but the sorcerer's colleague intervenes to protect him.
Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Fat Chung, Lung Chan, Ha Huang
Votes: 2,772
88. We're Going to Eat You (1980)
Unrated | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A secret agent investigates a village that is populated by crazed, inbred cannibals.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Norman Chu, Eddy Ko, Melvin Wong, Michelle Yim
Votes: 1,022
89. Mr. Vampire (1985)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
The planned reburial of a town elder goes awry as the corpse resurrects into a hopping, bloodthirsty vampire, targeting everyone responsible for digging the grave. A Taoist Priest and his two disciples attempt to stop the terror.
Director: Ricky Lau | Stars: Ching-Ying Lam, Siu-Ho Chin, Ricky Hui, Moon Lee
Votes: 4,633
90. Taxidermia (2006)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Three generations of men, including a pervert that constantly seeks for new kinds of satisfaction, an obese speed eater and a passionate embalmer.
Director: György Pálfi | Stars: Csaba Czene, István Gyuricza, Gina Moreno, Éva Kuli
Votes: 18,630 | Gross: $0.01M
91. The Lobster (2015)
R | 119 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
In a dystopian near future, according to the laws of The City, single people are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in 45 days or they're transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Barden, Olivia Colman
Votes: 296,217 | Gross: $8.70M
92. An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn (2018)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime
Lulu Danger's unsatisfying marriage takes a turn for the worst when a mysterious man from her past comes to town to perform an event called "An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn; For One Magical Night Only."
Director: Jim Hosking | Stars: Matt Berry, Zach Cherry, Aubrey Plaza, Jemaine Clement
Votes: 6,649 | Gross: $0.01M
93. The Boxer's Omen (1983)
Not Rated | 99 min | Horror
While in Thailand to avenge his brother who was crippled in a fight with a corrupt Thai boxer, a man gets caught up in a web of fate, Buddhism and black magic.
Director: Chih-Hung Kuei | Stars: Phillip Ko, Shao-Yen Lin, Kar-Man Wai, Lung-Wei Wang
Votes: 1,933
94. Felidae (1994)
TV-MA | 82 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery
A cat must investigate brutal murders of other cats in a neighborhood he has moved into with his owner.
Director: Michael Schaack | Stars: Ulrich Tukur, Mario Adorf, Helge Schneider, Wolfgang Hess
Votes: 4,946
95. Color Out of Space (2019)
Unrated | 111 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A secluded farm is struck by a strange meteorite which has apocalyptic consequences for the family living there and possibly the world.
Director: Richard Stanley | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur, Elliot Knight
Votes: 56,219
96. The Lighthouse (I) (2019)
R | 109 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Director: Robert Eggers | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman, Logan Hawkes
Votes: 254,718 | Gross: $0.43M
97. Forbidden Zone (1980)
R | 74 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
The bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family's basement.
Director: Richard Elfman | Stars: Gene Cunningham, Marie-Pascale Elfman, Virginia Rose, Phil Gordon
Votes: 5,444
98. Greener Grass (2019)
Unrated | 95 min | Comedy
Suburban soccer moms find themselves constantly competing against each other in their personal lives as their kids settle their differences on the field.
Directors: Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe | Stars: Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe, Beck Bennett, Neil Casey
Votes: 5,618
99. Liquid Sky (1982)
R | 112 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A small, heroin seeking UFO lands on a Manhattan roof, observes a bizarre, drug addicted fashion model and sucks endorphin from her sexual encounters' brains.
Director: Slava Tsukerman | Stars: Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard, Susan Doukas, Otto von Wernherr
Votes: 6,858
100. Wolf Devil Woman (1982)
85 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A woman who was raised by wolves seeks revenge on Red Devil, the villain who ordered the murder of her parents.
Director: Ling Chang | Stars: Ling Chang, Feng Shih, Yu-Hsiang Chang, Hsing-Nan Ho
Votes: 191
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