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27 Best Japanese Movies To Watch - A Good Movie To Watch

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27 Best Japanese Movies To Watch

A Family (2021)

7.0

A somber send-off to the organized crime genre and outcasts that once found family there

Good Morning (1959)

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8.3

Two boys go on strike for a new television in this lighthearted domestic comedy

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

Whisper of the Heart (1995)

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8.3

Finds magic in the ordinary every day—and reminds us the most special art is that which comes from the heart

Monster (2023)

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9.4

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

Only Yesterday (1991)

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8.0

A quiet drama about nostalgia

All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)

7.5

Shoplifters (2018)

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9.1

The Cannes-winning saga from one of Japan's most exciting directors: Hirokazu Koreeda.

To Sleep So as to Dream (1986)

7.4

Two detectives investigate a missing daughter in this surreal, experimental black-and-white drama

When Marnie Was There (2014)

7.8

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

Perfect Blue (1997)

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8.2

A nightmarish psychological thriller from an anime master

Porco Rosso (1992)

7.9

A tale of resisting fascism and reckoning with the lingering burdens of war

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