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  • Setsuko Hara and Chishû Ryû in Tokyo Story (1953)

    1. Tokyo Story

    19532h 17mNot Rated100Metascore
    8.1 (75K)
    An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.
    DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûChieko HigashiyamaSô Yamamura
  • Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, and Kinuyo Tanaka in Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

    2. Sansho the Bailiff

    19542h 4mNot Rated96Metascore
    8.3 (19K)
    In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.
    DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsKinuyo TanakaYoshiaki HanayagiKyôko Kagawa
  • Takashi Shimura in Ikiru (1952)

    3. Ikiru

    19522h 23mNot Rated92Metascore
    8.3 (98K)
    A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTakashi ShimuraNobuo KanekoShin'ichi Himori
  • Ran (1985)

    4. Ran

    19852h 40mR97Metascore
    8.2 (146K)
    In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira TeraoJinpachi Nezu
  • Toshirô Mifune and Machiko Kyô in Rashomon (1950)

    5. Rashomon

    19501h 28mNot Rated98Metascore
    8.2 (191K)
    The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMachiko KyôMasayuki Mori
  • Machiko Kyô and Masayuki Mori in Ugetsu (1953)

    6. Ugetsu

    19531h 36mNot Rated
    8.1 (27K)
    A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.
    DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsMasayuki MoriMachiko KyôKinuyo Tanaka
  • Woman in the Dunes (1964)

    7. Woman in the Dunes

    19642h 27mNot Rated
    8.4 (24K)
    An entomologist on vacation is trapped by local villagers into living with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.
    DirectorHiroshi TeshigaharaStarsEiji OkadaKyôko KishidaKôji Mitsui
  • Setsuko Hara and Chishû Ryû in Late Spring (1949)

    8. Late Spring

    19491h 50mNot Rated93Metascore
    8.2 (21K)
    Several people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.
    DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûSetsuko HaraYumeji Tsukioka
  • Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Yoshio Inaba, Daisuke Katô, Isao Kimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Takashi Shimura, and Keiko Tsushima in Seven Samurai (1954)

    9. Seven Samurai

    19543h 27mNot Rated98Metascore
    8.6 (388K)
    Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko Tsushima
  • House (1977)

    10. House

    19771h 28mNot Rated75Metascore
    7.2 (37K)
    A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.
    DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsKimiko IkegamiMiki JinboKumiko Ôba
  • An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

    11. An Autumn Afternoon

    19621h 53mNot Rated91Metascore
    8.0 (11K)
    An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.
    DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûShima IwashitaKeiji Sada
  • After Life (1998)

    12. After Life

    19981h 59mNot Rated91Metascore
    7.6 (15K)
    After death, people have a week to choose only one memory to keep for eternity.
    DirectorHirokazu KoreedaStarsArata IuraErika OdaSusumu Terajima
  • Angel's Egg (1985)

    13. Angel's Egg

    19851h 11mNot RatedVideo
    7.5 (14K)
    A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.
    DirectorMamoru OshiiStarsMako HyôdôJinpachi NezuKeiichi Noda
  • The Life of Oharu (1952)

    14. The Life of Oharu

    19522h 13mNot Rated
    8.1 (8.1K)
    Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.
    DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsKinuyo TanakaTsukie MatsuuraIchirô Sugai
  • Yûko Genkaku, Hikari Mitsushima, Takahiro Nishijima, Sakura Andô, and Sô Hirosawa in Love Exposure (2008)

    15. Love Exposure

    20083h 57mUnrated78Metascore
    8.0 (17K)
    A bizarre love triangle forms between a young Catholic upskirt photographer, a misandric girl and a manipulative cultist.
    DirectorSion SonoStarsTakahiro NishijimaHikari MitsushimaSakura Andô
  • Still Walking (2008)

    16. Still Walking

    20081h 55mNot Rated89Metascore
    7.9 (20K)
    A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.
    DirectorHirokazu KoreedaStarsHiroshi AbeYui NatsukawaYou
  • Tatsuya Fuji and Eiko Matsuda in In the Realm of the Senses (1976)

    17. In the Realm of the Senses

    19761h 49mNC-17
    6.6 (24K)
    A fictionalized retelling of the story of Sada Abe, whose affair with her master quickly turned obsessive and sadomasochistic.
    DirectorNagisa ÔshimaStarsTatsuya FujiEiko MatsudaAoi Nakajima
  • The Face of Another (1966)

    18. The Face of Another

    19662h 4mNot Rated
    7.8 (11K)
    A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.
    DirectorHiroshi TeshigaharaStarsTatsuya NakadaiMikijirô HiraKyôko Kishida
  • Eihi Shiina in Audition (1999)

    19. Audition

    19991h 55mR70Metascore
    7.1 (96K)
    A widower has his film producer friend organize a fake audition as a means of helping him find a new girlfriend, but the woman he selects is not who she appears to be.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsRyô IshibashiEihi ShiinaTetsu Sawaki
  • Spirited Away (2001)

    20. Spirited Away

    20012h 4mPG96Metascore
    8.6 (921K)
    During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsDaveigh ChaseSuzanne PleshetteMiyu Irino
  • Ghost in the Shell (1995)

    21. Ghost in the Shell

    19951h 23mTV-MA76Metascore
    7.9 (167K)
    A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.
    DirectorMamoru OshiiStarsAtsuko TanakaIemasa KayumiAkio Ôtsuka
  • Corinne Orr, Ayano Shiraishi, Tsutomu Tatsumi, J. Robert Spencer, Emily Neves, and Adam Gibbs in Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

    22. Grave of the Fireflies

    19881h 28mNot Rated94Metascore
    8.5 (356K)
    A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
    DirectorIsao TakahataStarsTsutomu TatsumiAyano ShiraishiAkemi Yamaguchi
  • Kwaidan (1964)

    23. Kwaidan

    19643h 3mNot Rated
    7.9 (22K)
    A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.
    DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsRentarô MikuniMichiyo AratamaMisako Watanabe
  • Malgorzata Foremniak in Avalon (2001)

    24. Avalon

    20011h 47mR
    6.4 (14K)
    In a dystopian world, a woman spends her time playing an illegal and dangerous game, hoping to find meaning in her world.
    DirectorMamoru OshiiStarsMalgorzata ForemniakWladyslaw KowalskiJerzy Gudejko
  • Rin Takanashi in Like Someone in Love (2012)

    25. Like Someone in Love

    20121h 49mNot Rated76Metascore
    7.0 (14K)
    In Tokyo, a young sex worker develops an unexpected connection with a widower over a period of two days.
    DirectorAbbas KiarostamiStarsRin TakanashiTadashi OkunoRyô Kase

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