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119 Best Movies From Japan - A Good Movie To Watch

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119 Best Movies From Japan

Godzilla Minus One (2023)

best

8.0

A more story-driven Godzilla movie with a lot heart

Beijing Watermelon (1989)

7.6

Nobuhiko Obayashi carves out a slice of real life kindness in this sweet, layered family drama

In the Soup (1992)

7.1

A droll, playful comedy about the chaotic nature of indie filmmaking

Memories (1995)

7.5

Three stellar sci-fi shorts form a disturbing and deadly vision of the future

Black Rain (1989)

best

8.3

Hiroshima survivors try to return to their lives in this poignant black-and-white historical drama

The Host (2006)

7.7

Family saves each other in this emotionally satisfying, epic monster movie

Perfect Days (2023)

best

8.3

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

River (2023)

best

8.8

A delightful and ultimately life-affirming Japanese time loop comedy clearly made with love

Monster (2023)

best

9.4

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

The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)

7.0

The stunning and slightly more accurate account of China’s unification, complete with battles and palace intrigue

The Boy and the Heron (2023)

7.9

This semi-autobiographical film from Ghibli master Hayao Miyazaki is an abstract but beautifully poignant farewell

Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)

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8.2

A moving, haunting tribute to the ordinary lives lost to war and disaster, and the love that remains in spite of it

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