Japanese Movies
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1. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Not Rated | 89 min | Animation, Drama, War
A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi, Yoshiko Shinohara
Votes: 309,846
2. Princess Mononoke (1997)
PG-13 | 134 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
On 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.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka, Billy Crudup
Votes: 433,106 | Gross: $2.38M
3. Spirited Away (2001)
PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
During 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.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi
Votes: 847,920 | Gross: $10.06M
4. The Wind Rises (2013)
PG-13 | 126 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
Jiro Horikoshi studies assiduously to fulfill his aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer. As WWII begins, fighter aircraft designed by him end up getting used by the Japanese Empire against its foes.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hideaki Anno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto, Masahiko Nishimura
Votes: 98,546 | Gross: $5.21M
5. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
G | 86 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi
Votes: 379,563 | Gross: $1.11M
6. Akira (1988)
R | 124 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A 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.
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda
Votes: 204,950 | Gross: $0.55M
7. Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper (1997)
94 min | Animation, Adventure, Crime
The detective genius Conan must solve a series of bombings or his true love will die!
Director: Kenji Kodama | Stars: Minami Takayama, Kappei Yamaguchi, Wakana Yamazaki, Akira Kamiya
Votes: 3,642
8. Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target (1998)
99 min | Animation, Adventure, Crime
People who were linked with Mori Kogoro are being attacked or killed according to their names' number sequences.
Director: Kenji Kodama | Stars: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Akira Kamiya, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 3,009
9. Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century (1999)
99 min | Animation, Adventure, Crime
Kaito Kid plotted to steal a rare Jeweled Easter Egg. Conan(together with his friends) is eager to stop the thief and uncover the mysteries surrounding the Jeweled Egg and the family who owns it.
Directors: Kenji Kodama, Yasuichirô Yamamoto | Stars: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Akira Kamiya, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 2,988
10. Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes (2000)
100 min | Animation, Adventure, Crime
Three Police officers get murdered. Then, Ran saw the murderer murder her best friend and she lost her memory. Now Conan and Inspector Megure are trying to find the murderer.
Director: Kenji Kodama | Stars: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Kappei Yamaguchi, Gara Takashima
Votes: 3,036
11. Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002)
98 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Conan 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.
Director: Kenji Kodama | Stars: Minami Takayama, Hideyuki Tanaka, Wakana Yamazaki, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 3,939
12. Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (2003)
108 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Five people get murdered by a sword and and also a important Buddha statue gets stolen, so Conan tries to find the murderer and the statue.
Director: Kenji Kodama | Stars: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Kappei Yamaguchi, Akira Kamiya
Votes: 2,364
13. Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky (2004)
108 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
An actress reached out to Kogoro Mori as she received a letter from the thief Kaito Kid about stealing an important Gem. Conan is faced with a difficult task of Stopping Kaito Kid who is disguised as Shinichi Kudo.
Director: Yasuichirô Yamamoto | Stars: Minami Takayama, Akira Kamiya, Wakana Yamazaki, Megumi Hayashibara
Votes: 2,293
14. Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths (2005)
108 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A murder was committed on a ship. To solve the case, Conan will need to open a case from 15 years ago.
Director: Yasuichirô Yamamoto | Stars: Minami Takayama, Akira Kamiya, Wakana Yamazaki, Megumi Hayashibara
Votes: 2,021
15. Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006)
111 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Conan 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.
Director: Yasuichirô Yamamoto | Stars: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Akira Kamiya, Chafûrin
Votes: 2,088
16. Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (2007)
106 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
1700 times, Anne Bonny and Mary Read are 2 female pirates which protected their country from being attacked from england. People who sail to sea all fear JOLLY ROGER which was formed by red... See full summary »
Director: Yasuichirô Yamamoto | Stars: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Kappei Yamaguchi, Akira Kamiya
Votes: 1,777
17. Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear (2008)
116 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
6yr 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... See full summary »
Director: Yasuichirô Yamamoto | Stars: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Akira Kamiya, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 1,940
18. Meitantei Conan: Shikkoku no chaser (2009)
111 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Yasuichirô Yamamoto | Stars: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Akira Kamiya, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 2,197
19. Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky (2010)
103 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Kid 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.
Director: Yasuichirô Yamamoto | Stars: Minami Takayama, Kappei Yamaguchi, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama
Votes: 1,994
20. Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence (2011)
109 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The 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 ... See full summary »
Directors: Kôbun Shizuno, Yasuichirô Yamamoto | Stars: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama, Shohei Yamaguchi
Votes: 1,943
21. Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker (2012)
110 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Due to past tragedies, someone looking for revenge hides bombs in soccer arenas multiple times and it's Conan's job to save everyone once again.
Director: Kôbun Shizuno | Stars: Minami Takayama, Rikiya Koyama, Wakana Yamazaki, Chafûrin
Votes: 1,856
22. Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (2013)
110 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Conan and his friends search for a foreign spy who might have also committed a murder.
Director: Kôbun Shizuno | Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi, Minami Takayama, Rikiya Koyama, Wakana Yamazaki
Votes: 1,576
23. Detective Conan: The Sniper from Another Dimension (2014)
110 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After participating in the opening ceremony, Conan, Professor Agasa, Ran, Haibara, and the Detective Boys are enjoying the view from the observation deck of the 635-metre tall Bell Tree ... See full synopsis »
Director: Kôbun Shizuno | Stars: Minami Takayama, Kappei Yamaguchi, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama
Votes: 1,635
24. Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (2015)
112 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Conan and his friends must prevent Kid from stealing a famous painting.
Director: Kôbun Shizuno | Stars: Cristina Valenzuela, Kira Buckland, Erika Harlacher, Jennie Kwan
Votes: 1,814
25. Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (2016)
112 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A spy infiltrated the Japanese National Police Agency, retrieving secret files of Britain's MI6, Germany's BND and America's CIA and FBI. Rei Furuya and a group of Tokyo Police PSB ... See full summary »
Director: Kôbun Shizuno | Stars: Minami Takayama, Kappei Yamaguchi, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama
Votes: 2,255
26. Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (2017)
112 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A bombing case at Nichiuri TV in autumn. The Satsuki Cup, which crowns the winner of Japan's Hyakunin Isshu, is currently being filmed inside the facility. The incident results in a big ... See full summary »
Director: Kôbun Shizuno | Stars: Cristina Valenzuela, Erika Harlacher, Kayli Mills, Erica Mendez
Votes: 1,599
27. Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (2018)
115 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Detective Conan investigates an explosion that occurs on the opening day of a large Tokyo resort and convention center.
Director: Yuzuru Tachikawa | Stars: Minami Takayama, Kappei Yamaguchi, Wakana Yamazaki, Yukiko Iwai
Votes: 1,958
28. Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019)
109 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After being recovered from a pirate ship sunk in the nineteenth century off the coast of Singapore.
Director: Tomoka Nagaoka | Stars: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Megumi Hayashibara, Rikiya Koyama
Votes: 1,968
29. Eiga Doraemon: Shin Nobita no daimakyô (2014)
109 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Nobita finds a stray dog and brings him home, little does he knows that the dog is actually a prince in his homeland, a world apart deep in the African 'Smokers Forest' were the dogs ... See full summary »
Director: Shinnosuke Yakuwa | Stars: Shihoko Hagino, Masashi Hirose, Katsuhisa Hôki, Yumi Kakazu
Votes: 1,157
30. Seven Samurai (1954)
Not Rated | 207 min | Action, Drama
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: 366,442 | Gross: $0.27M
31. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
PG | 119 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
When 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.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin, Akihiro Miwa
Votes: 448,241 | Gross: $4.71M
32. Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
PG-13 | 145 min | Drama, Romance
The heartwarming tale of Nitta Sayuri, a young Japanese woman who transcended from her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.
Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Suzuka Ohgo
Votes: 160,582 | Gross: $57.49M
33. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
PG | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyôda, Gorô Naya
Votes: 182,305 | Gross: $0.50M
34. Castle in the Sky (1986)
PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Mayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa, Kotoe Hatsui, Minori Terada
Votes: 182,079
35. Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (2013)
107 min | Animation, Action, Crime
It is a cross over between the series Lupin III and Case Closed and takes place after the television special Lupin the 3rd vs Detective Conan, additionally incorporating various elements ... See full summary »
Director: Hajime Kamegaki | Stars: Kan'ichi Kurita, Minami Takayama, AmaLee, Dawn M. Bennett
Votes: 1,189
36. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
TV-MA | 87 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Concurrent theatrical ending of the TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995).
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura, Kotono Mitsuishi
Votes: 64,096
37. Rashomon (1950)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The 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.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 180,231 | Gross: $0.10M
38. A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
Not Rated | 130 min | Animation, Drama
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.
Directors: Taichi Ishidate, Naoko Yamada | Stars: Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yûki, Kenshô Ono
Votes: 100,852
39. Your Name. (2016)
PG | 106 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Two teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryo Narita, Aoi Yûki
Votes: 319,220 | Gross: $5.02M
40. Paprika (2006)
R | 90 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
When 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.
Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tôru Furuya
Votes: 96,652 | Gross: $0.88M
41. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
PG | 137 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Kaguya is a beautiful young woman coveted by five nobles. To try to avoid marrying a stranger she doesn't love, she sends her suitors on seemingly impossible tasks. But she will have to face her fate and punishment for her choices.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, James Marsden
Votes: 53,899 | Gross: $1.51M
42. Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (2021)
110 min | Animation, Action, Crime
Japan is celebrating the upcoming World Sports Games in Tokyo. The world's first vacuum-tube super-conducting linear train is built with the latest Japanese technology and timed to coincide with the WSG opening ceremonies.
Director: Tomoka Nagaoka | Stars: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama, Shûichi Ikeda
Votes: 1,701
43. The Garden of Words (2013)
TV-14 | 46 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
On a rainy morning in Tokyo, 15-year-old Takao, an aspiring shoemaker, decides to skip class to sketch designs in a beautiful garden. This is where he meets Yukari, a beautiful yet mysterious woman. They strike an unlikely friendship.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Gou Maeda
Votes: 52,439
44. Harakiri (1962)
Not Rated | 133 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
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.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita, Tetsurô Tanba
Votes: 68,470
45. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
G | 103 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A 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.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 165,161
46. Ponyo (2008)
G | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A 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.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson, Tomoko Yamaguchi
Votes: 163,161 | Gross: $15.09M
47. Tokyo Story (1953)
Not Rated | 136 min | Drama
An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Chishû Ryû, Chieko Higashiyama, Sô Yamamura, Setsuko Hara
Votes: 68,461
48. The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
G | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
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.
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Stars: Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Mirai Shida
Votes: 104,157 | Gross: $19.20M
49. Ran (1985)
R | 160 min | Action, Drama, War
In 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.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû
Votes: 136,018 | Gross: $4.14M
50. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Mugen Train (2020)
R | 117 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
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.
Director: Haruo Sotozaki | Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Akari Kitô, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Hiro Shimono
Votes: 72,632 | Gross: $47.70M
51. High and Low (1963)
Not Rated | 143 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
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.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yutaka Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyôko Kagawa
Votes: 53,058
52. Whisper of the Heart (1995)
G | 111 min | Animation, Drama, Family
A love story between a girl who loves reading books, and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses.
Director: Yoshifumi Kondô | Stars: Yoko Honna, Issei Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, Shigeru Muroi
Votes: 72,477
53. Yojimbo (1961)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa
Votes: 131,213
54. Ikiru (1952)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama
A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Shin'ichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka
Votes: 87,427 | Gross: $0.06M
55. Perfect Blue (1997)
R | 81 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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.
Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ôkura
Votes: 94,939 | Gross: $0.78M
56. Children of Men (2006)
R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have somehow become infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Caine
Votes: 528,944 | Gross: $35.55M
57. 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
TV-PG | 63 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Told in three interconnected segments, Takaki tells the story of his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Kenji Mizuhashi, Yoshimi Kondou, Satomi Hanamura, Ayaka Onoue
Votes: 63,664
58. Throne of Blood (1957)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 55,875
59. When Marnie Was There (2014)
PG | 103 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Anna, a shy 12-year-old girl, is sent to spend time with her aunt and uncle who live in the countryside, where she meets Marnie. The two become best friends. But Anna gradually discovers that Marnie is not quite who she appears to be.
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Stars: Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima
Votes: 47,767 | Gross: $0.77M
60. Battle Royale (2000)
Not Rated | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama
Votes: 194,272
61. Lady Snowblood (1973)
Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
Director: Toshiya Fujita | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza
Votes: 16,276
62. Dersu Uzala (1975)
G | 142 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Maksim Munzuk, Yuriy Solomin, Mikhail Bychkov, Vladimir Khrulyov
Votes: 33,464
63. Shoplifters (2018)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
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: 86,295 | Gross: $3.31M
64. Annette (2021)
R | 141 min | Drama, Music, Musical
A stand-up comedian and his opera singer wife have a two-year-old daughter with a surprising gift.
Director: Leos Carax | Stars: Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg, Devyn McDowell
Votes: 22,643
65. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)
121 min | Drama, Romance
An 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.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Votes: 9,773
66. Drive My Car (2021)
Unrated | 179 min | Drama
A renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada
Votes: 65,575
67. Departures (2008)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama
Soon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo learns that his orchestra is disbanding. He moves back to his hometown with his wife, where he answers an ad for what Daigo thinks is a travel agency but is, in actuality, a mortuary.
Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Ryôko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Votes: 54,930 | Gross: $1.50M
68. Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
Unrated | 86 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
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.
Director: Eiichi Yamamoto | Stars: Aiko Nagayama, Chinatsu Nakayama, Masaya Takahashi, Masakane Yonekura
Votes: 7,728 | Gross: $0.11M
69. Yi Yi (2000)
Not Rated | 173 min | Drama, Romance
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: 28,335 | Gross: $1.14M
70. Belle (2021)
PG | 121 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
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.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Kaho Nakamura, Ryo Narita, Shôta Sometani, Tina Tamashiro
Votes: 17,056
71. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
TV-MA | 83 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.
Directors: Mizuho Nishikubo, Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera
Votes: 156,682 | Gross: $0.52M
72. From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A group of Yokohama teens look to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball in preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Director: Gorô Miyazaki | Stars: Sarah Bolger, Chris Noth, Anton Yelchin, Christina Hendricks
Votes: 51,888 | Gross: $1.00M
73. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)
PG-13 | 112 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
The prequel to Jujutsu Kaisen (2020), where a high schooler gains control of an extremely powerful cursed spirit and gets enrolled in the Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School by Jujutsu Sorcerers.
Director: Sunghoo Park | Stars: Chinatsu Akasaki, Aya Endô, Kana Hanazawa, Show Hayami
Votes: 37,370 | Gross: $34.54M
74. Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween (2022)
111 min | Animation, Action, Crime
During the wedding of Takagi and Sato, an assailant breaks and tries to attack Sato. But Takagi protects her while getting injured. The attacker escapes, but the situation is settled, although Sato is rightfully rattled by it all.
Directors: Gôshô Aoyama, Susumu Mitsunaka | Stars: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama, Tôru Furuya
Votes: 1,679
75. Inu-oh (2021)
PG-13 | 98 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A cursed dancer and a musician stun society with electrifying concerts in this animated rock opera.
Director: Masaaki Yuasa | Stars: Avu-chan, Mirai Moriyama, Tasuku Emoto, Kenjirô Tsuda
Votes: 2,349
76. Suzume (2022)
PG | 122 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A modern action adventure road story where a 17-year-old girl named Suzume helps a mysterious young man close doors from the other side that are releasing disasters all over in Japan.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Nanoka Hara, Hokuto Matsumura, Eri Fukatsu, Shôta Sometani
Votes: 38,099
77. The Cat Returns (2002)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After 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.
Director: Hiroyuki Morita | Stars: Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Aki Maeda, Takayuki Yamada
Votes: 64,369
78. Only Yesterday (1991)
PG | 119 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
A twenty-seven-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Miki Imai, Toshirô Yanagiba, Yoko Honna, Mayumi Izuka
Votes: 37,162 | Gross: $0.45M
79. Porco Rosso (1992)
PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Shûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô, Bunshi Katsura VI, Tsunehiko Kamijô
Votes: 101,878
80. Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (2023)
109 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Many engineers from around the world gather at the Interpol marine facility "Pacific Buoy" on Hachijo-jima, in the off sea south of central Tokyo Prefecture coast, to witness the launch of ... See full summary »
Director: Yuzuru Tachikawa | Stars: Minami Takayama, Megumi Hayashibara, Rikiya Koyama, Wakana Yamazaki
Votes: 1,869
81. My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018)
PG-13 | 96 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
All Might and Deku accept an invitation to visit I Island where they battle against a villain who takes the island hostage.
Director: Kenji Nagasaki | Stars: Daiki Yamashita, Kenta Miyake, Mirai Shida, Nobuhiko Okamoto
Votes: 12,456 | Gross: $5.75M
82. My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019)
PG-13 | 104 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A group of youths aspiring to become professional superheroes, fight in a world full of people with abilities, also known as quirks. Deku and his fellow classmates from Hero Academy face Nine, the strongest villain yet.
Director: Kenji Nagasaki | Stars: Daiki Yamashita, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yuka Terasaki, Tomoyo Kurosawa
Votes: 9,752
83. Ride or Die (2021)
TV-MA | 142 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Rei helps the woman she's been in love with for years escape her abusive husband. While on the run, their feelings for each other catch fire.
Director: Ryûichi Hiroki | Stars: Kiko Mizuhara, Honami Satô, Shinya Niiro, Shunsuke Tanaka
Votes: 2,527
84. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (I) (1959)
Not Rated | 208 min | Drama, History, War
A 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.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Chikage Awashima, Ineko Arima
Votes: 9,338
85. The Boy and the Heron (2023)
PG-13 | 124 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
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.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki, Aimyon
Votes: 50,371
86. Ocean Waves (1993 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 76 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
As a young man returns home after his first year away at college he recalls his senior year of high school and the iron-willed, big city girl that turned his world upside down.
Director: Tomomi Mochizuki | Stars: Nobuo Tobita, Toshihiko Seki, Yoko Sakamoto, Yuri Amano
Votes: 20,376
87. Tales from Earthsea (2006)
PG-13 | 115 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
In a mythical land, a man and a young boy investigate a series of unusual occurrences.
Director: Gorô Miyazaki | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Willem Dafoe, Mariska Hargitay, Jun'ichi Okada
Votes: 44,119 | Gross: $0.05M
88. Monster (2023)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama, Thriller
A mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Sakura Andô, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi
Votes: 20,429
89. Pom Poko (1994)
PG | 119 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Shinchô Kokontei, Makoto Nonomura, Yuriko Ishida, Norihei Miki
Votes: 34,502
90. Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)
TV-PG | 95 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
What will happen to Nobita's life after Doraemon leaves?
Directors: Tony Oliver, Ryuichi Yagi, Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ôhara, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yumi Kakazu
Votes: 9,325
91. Perfect Days (2023)
PG | 124 min | Drama
Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Miyako Tanaka
Votes: 33,222
92. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (II) (1959)
Not Rated | 181 min | Drama, History, War
As a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist struggles to maintain his determination to keep his ideals.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Kokinji Katsura, Jun Tatara
Votes: 7,484
93. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
Not Rated | 190 min | Drama, History, War
His ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Tamao Nakamura, Yûsuke Kawazu
Votes: 7,307
94. Ju Dou (1990)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Romance
In rural China, the young bride of a tyrannical owner of a silk-dyeing business finds temporary solace in the arms of her husband's nephew, but problems arise when she becomes pregnant.
Directors: Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang | Stars: Gong Li, Wei Li, Baotian Li, Zhang Yi
Votes: 9,007 | Gross: $1.99M
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