139 Best Movies From Japan - A Good Movie To Watch

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139 Best Movies From Japan

Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)

best

8.3

Memory tears love across past and present in this landmark French New Wave drama

Black Box Diaries (2024)

7.7

A journalist investigates her own sexual assault case in this personal, vulnerable documentary

Look Back (2024)

best

8.5

Art connects people through time and space in this short and sweet drama

The Namesake (2006)

best

8.0

A moving, multi-generational journey of an Indian immigrant family finding their way in America

True Mothers (2020)

7.0

A delicately assembled, if a bit lengthy, portrait of adoption today

Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain (2024)

7.8

A spirit lingers within the palace chambers in this psychedelic horror mystery

Time (2006)

7.2

An unpredictable, cautionary tale of romantic obsession and plastic surgery

Perfect Days (2023)

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8.3

This Japanese film is a quaint reminder that joy can be found in the smallest and simplest of things

When Marnie Was There (2014)

7.8

An orphan finds a friend in this emotionally cathartic coming-of-age drama

Violent Cop (1989)

7.1

Violence becomes mundane in this brutally bleak police drama

A Silent Voice (2016)

best

8.2

A coming-of-age movie that circles around friendship and the atonement of a boy

Monster (2023)

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9.4

Remarkably sensitive and well-told, this twisty Japanese drama unveils layers upon layers of different truths

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