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145 Best Movies In Japanese - A Good Movie To Watch

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Since the 1990s, Japanese filmmaking has been at the forefront of global cinema, and it seems we are entering another golden age. Here are the best movies to stream now featuring the Japanese language.

Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)

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8.3

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

Look Back (2024)

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8.5

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

Black Box Diaries (2024)

7.7

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

The Shadow Strays (2024)

7.1

Timo Tjahjanto’s second Netflix collab takes a darker path in this bloody and brutal crime thriller

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

Exhuma (2024)

7.6

A team of exorcists uncover long hidden terrors in this ambitious folk horror film

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

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

When Marnie Was There (2014)

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

True Mothers (2020)

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

Lady Vengeance (2005)

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Truth-seeking and revenge fuel this Korean classic

Booksmart (2019)

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9.0

Two academic overachievers from high school set out to prove that they're a smart and fun for one last time.

Happy Old Year (2019)

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An elaborate Thai drama about the cost of going full Marie Kondo

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