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Kanopy
90
8.3
/100177/
82
/1668/
83
/1260/
4.5
/169556/
98
/57/
96
/1465/
92
/20/
cc age 11+

Ikiru (1952)
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
poster
Kanopy
90
8.1
/76222/
81
/1411/
82
/1162/
4.4
/133439/
100
/52/
93
/871/
100
/19/

Tokyo Story (1953)
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
poster
Netflix
90
8.5
/371467/
85
/9733/
84
/6220/
4.5
/970516/
100
/50/
95
/5486/
94
/16/
8.5
/443809/
cc age 15+

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
poster
Fandor
89
8.2
/21093/
80
/445/
80
/449/
4.3
/57652/
100
/25/
92
/256/
93
/18/

Late Spring (1949)
Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.
poster
Kanopy
88
7.9
/93485/
79
/3517/
78
/2201/
4.3
/274626/
99
/230/
91
/198/
93
/40/
cc age 16+

Shoplifters (2018)
In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.
poster
Kanopy
88
7.9
/25767/
80
/959/
78
/404/
4.3
/130129/
100
/58/
93
/724/
87
/18/

Tampopo (1985)
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.
poster
87
IMDb 54
7.6
/1221/
76
/6/
4.2
/6581/
97
/99/
89
/29/

Marty Supreme (2025)
In 1950s New York, Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
poster
Criterion Channel
87
8.0
/11733/
78
/264/
78
/309/
4.2
/31049/
95
/21/
90
/81/
91
/17/

An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
poster
Criterion Channel
87
8.1
/32437/
80
/906/
79
/622/
4.5
/147362/
97
/91/
91
/516/
94
/25/

Yi Yi (2000)
Each member of a Taipei family asks hard questions about life's meaning as they experience everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother-in-law is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
87
8.4
/376931/
86
/18502/
84
/12144/
4.2
/1264055/
98
/118/
95
/1176/
81
/26/
8.8
/2041412/
cc age 12+

Your Name. (2016)
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.
poster
Hulu
86
7.9
/95334/
79
/3884/
78
/1683/
4.3
/685551/
96
/186/
93
/34/
80
/38/
cc age 12+

Perfect Days (2023)
Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
86
8.3
/22963/
81
/376/
81
/389/
4.4
/29613/
73
/15/
95
/388/
90
/10/

Red Beard (1965)
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.
poster
Kanopy
86
7.7
/8142/
78
/248/
75
/227/
4.3
/61435/
100
/22/
85
/49/

Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
In 1960s Tokyo, Gonda owns a bar in which the gay, cross-dresser, and trans scenes meet. Gonda is in a relationship with the madam of the bar, Leda. As the younger Eddie starts a passionate affair with Gonda, she ignites the jealousy of Leda, unaware of another kind of history between them.
poster
86
7.9
/156210/
76
/3973/
74
/1536/
3.9
/185739/
98
/175/
92
/7939/
92
/30/
cc age 14+

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
86
8.8
/2758879/
86
/83357/
84
/38333/
4.2
/3440553/
87
/363/
91
/41631/
74
/42/
cc age 14+

Inception (2010)
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
poster
Kanopy
85
8.0
/34601/
80
/839/
79
/599/
4.4
/93537/
92
/92/
93
/906/
88
/31/

Nobody Knows (2004)
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
poster
84
7.5
/74780/
75
/2706/
74
/1411/
4.2
/354327/
97
/216/
78
/272/
91
/42/
cc age 15+

Drive My Car (2021)
Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
7.7
/5092/
76
/115/
73
/110/
4.0
/14904/
92
/12/
92
/45/

Pale Flower (1964)
A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
7.6
/15240/
75
/388/
72
/257/
4.2
/48918/
88
/34/
90
/386/
91
/19/

After Life (1999)
On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased, record their personal details, then, over the course of the week, assist them in choosing a single memory to keep for eternity.
poster
Kanopy
84
7.9
/16172/
78
/479/
78
/330/
4.4
/98678/
79
/72/
90
/267/
84
/15/

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.
poster
84
7.8
/175660/
76
/3457/
74
/2182/
3.9
/64088/
91
/201/
86
/10115/
89
/37/
cc age 16+

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
7.7
/520056/
75
/13466/
73
/7770/
3.8
/1270938/
95
/234/
85
/22275/
91
/44/
cc age 16+

Lost in Translation (2003)
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
poster
Netflix
83
7.7
/180866/
77
/11530/
76
/2901/
4.1
/805918/
99
/212/
98
/1981/
81
/34/
cc age 11+

Godzilla Minus One (2023)
In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
83
7.6
/41290/
74
/1920/
74
/1192/
3.9
/149111/
100
/63/
82
/65/
90
/19/
7.4
/83262/
cc age 11+

Only Yesterday (1991)
In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.
poster
Netflix
82
7.6
/58833/
79
/4245/
79
/1601/
3.8
/353730/
96
/137/
98
/507/
77
/27/
8.2
/262466/
cc age 10+

Suzume (2022)
Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a journey to set things right.
poster
82
IMDb 75
8.2
/1279860/
81
/33818/
79
/18347/
4.2
/2555083/
85
/238/
81
/1050705/
69
/43/
cc age 18+

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
7.8
/39400/
80
/2034/
77
/748/
4.0
/56122/
99
/93/
91
/1008/
77
/27/
cc age 11+

Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)
Revered sushi chef Jiro Ono strives for perfection in his work, while his eldest son, Yoshikazu, has trouble living up to his father's legacy.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
82
8.0
/10470/
78
/204/
78
/199/
4.2
/20005/
100
/11/
92
/97/
94
/5/

Early Summer (1951)
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
poster
82
7.7
/35090/
77
/806/
76
/740/
4.2
/67082/
96
/24/
92
/611/
83
/17/

Fireworks (1997)
Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his wife suffering from leukemia and his business partner paralyzed from a brutal gangster attack, Nishi borrows from a yakuza loan shark and then robs a bank to clear his debt.
poster
82
8.0
/56967/
80
/1147/
78
/881/
4.1
/30286/
80
/108/
92
/1971/
68
/27/

Departures (2008)
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
poster
Crunchyroll
82
8.0
/221937/
81
/10613/
79
/4571/
4.3
/724827/
91
/55/
90
/8615/
68
/22/
8.1
/549630/
cc age 16+

Akira (1988)
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
poster
Hoopla
81
7.5
/11067/
73
/411/
71
/340/
4.1
/54350/
99
/115/
81
/18/
86
/19/

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)
An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.
poster
Hoopla
81
7.8
/52588/
80
/2388/
79
/1420/
4.2
/211788/
92
/77/
91
/913/
75
/25/
8.2
/160371/
cc age 13+

Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.
poster
81
7.8
/14335/
78
/933/
75
/378/
3.9
/22050/
96
/105/
89
/162/
72
/22/

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016)
The Beatles stormed through Europe's music scene in 1963, and, in 1964, they conquered America. Their groundbreaking world tours changed global youth culture forever and, arguably, invented mass entertainment as we know it today. All the while, the group were composing and recording a series of extraordinarily successful singles and albums. However the relentless pressure of such unprecedented fame, that in 1966 became uncontrollable turmoil, led to the decision to stop touring. In the ensuing years The Beatles were then free to focus on a series of albums that changed the face of recorded music.
poster
Disney Plus
81
8.4
/1409004/
84
/57801/
82
/26994/
3.9
/2969459/
94
/552/
90
/20565/
78
/57/
cc age 13+

Avengers: Endgame (2019)
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.7
/4405/
72
/70/
74
/103/
4.0
/9074/
86
/437/

The Only Son (1936)
A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo to visit her son.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
81
7.8
/12104/
78
/347/
77
/301/
4.2
/54895/
94
/16/
87
/177/
87
/9/

Good Morning (1959)
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu weaves a wealth of subtle gags through a family portrait as rich as those of his dramatic films, mocking the foibles of the adult world through the eyes of his child protagonists. Shot in stunning color and set in a suburb of Tokyo where housewives gossip about the neighbors’ new washing machine and unemployed husbands look for work as door-to-door salesmen, this charming comedy refashions Ozu’s own silent classic I Was Born, But . . . to gently satirize consumerism in postwar Japan.
poster
fuboTV
83
81
7.8
/20429/
76
/366/
75
/336/
4.0
/35861/
100
/21/
91
/405/

Stray Dog (1949)
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.6
/44412/
75
/1602/
76
/1060/
4.0
/135464/
94
/78/
89
/1066/
79
/20/

Godzilla (1954)
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
poster
Kanopy
81
7.8
/30526/
77
/929/
77
/769/
4.2
/60514/
86
/102/
89
/162/
73
/33/

Like Father, Like Son (2013)
Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.
poster
The Roku Channel
81
7.7
/108775/
78
/5291/
78
/2700/
4.1
/486423/
87
/93/
88
/4297/
81
/26/
8.0
/298289/
cc age 16+

Paprika (2006)
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.
poster
81
7.9
/542396/
79
/14750/
79
/8823/
4.0
/579574/
92
/264/
91
/4159/
77
/47/
cc age 17+

Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
poster
Hoopla
80
7.5
/67062/
78
/4505/
79
/2508/
3.7
/252540/
91
/98/
96
/36/
72
/30/
8.2
/661977/
cc age 13+

Weathering with You (2019)
The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
80
8.0
/15245/
78
/263/
77
/271/
4.1
/23000/
100
/19/
91
/265/

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.5
/34991/
76
/1596/
75
/703/
4.3
/289177/
94
/66/
85
/255/
70
/13/

Cure (1997)
A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.
poster
80
7.4
/24882/
74
/636/
75
/666/
4.1
/54450/
93
/27/
89
/406/
73
/22/

Sonatine (1993)
Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, his group is attacked in an ambush. The survivors flee and make a decision to lay low at the beach while they await further instructions.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
80
7.7
/163543/
77
/3723/
74
/2114/
3.8
/88397/
79
/204/
87
/7336/
73
/40/
cc age 15+

Ray (2004)
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
80
7.8
/110020/
78
/4635/
77
/3222/
4.1
/440526/
88
/182/
85
/911/
83
/41/
8.1
/215480/
cc age 10+

The Wind Rises (2013)
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.


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