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  • Intentions of Murder (1964)

    1. Intentions of Murder

    19642h 30mNot Rated
    7.6 (1.9K)
    A housewife living under her tyrannical husband has her life stressfully turned upside down after getting raped by a burglar.
    DirectorShôhei ImamuraStarsMasumi HarukawaKô NishimuraShigeru Tsuyuguchi
  • The Insect Woman (1963)

    2. The Insect Woman

    19632h 3mNot Rated
    7.4 (2.6K)
    Life story of a woman born in poverty trying to succeed. Through her many schemes, she faces her ups and downs in a cyclical nature, fueled mostly by self-interest.
    DirectorShôhei ImamuraStarsSeizaburô KawazuKazuo KitamuraTanie Kitabayashi
  • Vengeance Is Mine (1979)

    3. Vengeance Is Mine

    19792h 19mNot Rated85Metascore
    7.7 (7.7K)
    Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run.
    DirectorShôhei ImamuraStarsKen OgataRentarô MikuniChôchô Miyako
  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Brigitte Lin, and Faye Wong in Chungking Express (1994)

    4. Chungking Express

    19941h 42mPG-1378Metascore
    7.9 (105K)
    Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.
    DirectorWong Kar-WaiStarsBrigitte LinTakeshi KaneshiroTony Leung Chiu-wai
  • Tokyo Drifter (1966)

    5. Tokyo Drifter

    19661h 22mNot Rated
    7.1 (10K)
    After his gang disbands, a yakuza enforcer looks forward to life outside of organized crime but soon must become a drifter after his old rivals attempt to assassinate him.
    DirectorSeijun SuzukiStarsTetsuya WatariChieko MatsubaraHideaki Nitani
  • Annu Mari, Mariko Ogawa, and Jô Shishido in Branded to Kill (1967)

    6. Branded to Kill

    19671h 31mNot Rated
    7.2 (11K)
    After a botched assignment, a rice-fetishizing hitman finds himself in conflict with his organization, and one mysterious, dangerous fellow-hitman in particular.
    DirectorSeijun SuzukiStarsJô ShishidoMariko OgawaAnnu Mari
  • Moebius (2013)

    7. Moebius

    20131h 29mUnrated66Metascore
    6.3 (6.9K)
    A father driven into desire, a son coveting that of his father's and the sorrowful maternity that hovers them into tragedy.
    DirectorKim Ki-dukStarsCho Jae-hyunSeo Yeong-juLee Na-ra
  • Black Rain (1989)

    8. Black Rain

    19892h 3mNot Rated
    7.8 (4.2K)
    Though it has been five years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima, Yasuko, her uncle and aunt are forced to deal with the ordeals of the disaster, along with many others like them.
    DirectorShôhei ImamuraStarsYoshiko TanakaKazuo KitamuraEtsuko Ichihara
  • Kwak Ji-min in Samaritan Girl (2004)

    9. Samaritan Girl

    20041h 37mR
    7.0 (14K)
    Jae-Young is an amateur prostitute who sleeps with men while her best friend Yeo-Jin "manages" her, fixing dates, taking care of the money and making sure the coast is clear. When Jae-Young falls in love with one of those man she suppresses her feelings towards him in respect of her friend who's jealous.
    DirectorKim Ki-dukStarsLee EolKwak Ji-minHan Yeo-reum
  • Ikiru (1952)

    10. Ikiru

    19522h 23mNot Rated92Metascore
    8.3 (97K)
    A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTakashi ShimuraNobuo KanekoShin'ichi Himori
  • Breath (2007)

    11. Breath

    20071h 24m
    6.9 (5.2K)
    A love story involving a convicted prisoner who "slowly falls for a woman who decorates his prison cell".
    DirectorKim Ki-dukStarsChang ChenKang In-hyungPark Ji-ah
  • The Raid 2 (2014)

    12. The Raid 2

    20142h 30mR71Metascore
    7.9 (136K)
    Only a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force.
    DirectorGareth EvansStarsIko UwaisYayan RuhianArifin Putra
  • Jô Shishido in Youth of the Beast (1963)

    13. Youth of the Beast

    19631h 32mNot Rated
    7.3 (4.1K)
    A violent thug plays opposing yakuza bosses against each other.
    DirectorSeijun SuzukiStarsJô ShishidoMisako WatanabeTamio Kawaji
  • Lee Byung-hun in A Bittersweet Life (2005)

    14. A Bittersweet Life

    20051h 59mNot Rated
    7.5 (45K)
    Things go wrong for a high ranking mobster when he doesn't follow his boss's orders.
    DirectorKim Jee-woonStarsLee Byung-hunShin Min-aKim Yeong-cheol
  • Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)

    15. Welcome to Dongmakgol

    20052h 13mNot Rated
    7.6 (7.8K)
    Soldiers from both sides of the Korean divide live among villagers who know nothing of the war.
    DirectorKwang-Hyun ParkStarsJeong Jae-yeongShin Ha-kyunKang Hye-jeong
  • Gemini (1999)

    16. Gemini

    19991h 24m
    6.8 (3.1K)
    A successful doctor, Yukio's picture perfect life is gradually wrecked, and taken over by his avenging twin brother, who bumps off his family members one by one and reclaims his lover who is now Yukio's wife.
    DirectorShin'ya TsukamotoStarsMasahiro MotokiRyôYasutaka Tsutsui
  • Masumi Miyazaki and Rie Kuwana in Strange Circus (2005)

    17. Strange Circus

    20051h 48mUnrated
    6.9 (6.6K)
    The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear.
    DirectorSion SonoStarsMasumi MiyazakiIssei IshidaRie Kuwana
  • Takeshi Kitano in Outrage (2010)

    18. Outrage

    20101h 49mR67Metascore
    6.8 (15K)
    The boss of a major crime syndicate orders his lieutenant to bring a rogue gang of drug traffickers in line, a job that gets passed on to his long-suffering subordinate.
    DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoKippei ShînaRyô Kase
  • Tony Takitani (2004)

    19. Tony Takitani

    20041h 15m80Metascore
    7.2 (5.2K)
    When technical illustrator Tony Takitani asks his wife to resist her all-consuming obsession for designer clothes, the consequences are tragic.
    DirectorJun IchikawaStarsIssei OgataRie MiyazawaShinohara Takahumi
  • After the Rain (1999)

    20. After the Rain

    19991h 31m
    7.6 (4.7K)
    During a downpour, a generous ronin and his supporting wife are stranded at a country inn. The ronin comes to the attention of a lord who wants to hire him as an instructor for his men, who treat the ronin with disrespect.
    DirectorTakashi KoizumiStarsAkira TeraoYoshiko MiyazakiShirô Mifune
  • Kim Su-an, Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Sohee, and Choi Woo-sik in Train to Busan (2016)

    21. Train to Busan

    20161h 58mNot Rated73Metascore
    7.6 (287K)
    While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
    DirectorYeon Sang-hoStarsGong YooJung Yu-miMa Dong-seok
  • Crosscurrent (2016)

    22. Crosscurrent

    20161h 56mPG49Metascore
    6.6 (673)
    A voyage in between a woman who tries to searching for the meaning of life and a man holding a book of poems on the longest river of Mainland China.
    DirectorChao YangStarsHao QinZhilei XinLipeng Wu
  • Ha Jung-woo and Kim Yoon-seok in The Yellow Sea (2010)

    23. The Yellow Sea

    20102h 16mR70Metascore
    7.3 (24K)
    When the attempt to kill a professor goes wrong, a series of violent events are triggered which force a taxi driver to run for his life.
    DirectorNa Hong-jinStarsHa Jung-wooKim Yoon-seokJo Sung-ha
  • The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)

    24. The Scent of Green Papaya

    19931h 44mNot Rated81Metascore
    7.3 (11K)
    A Vietnamese servant girl, Mui, observes lives within two different Saigon families: the first, a woman textile seller with three boys and a frequently absent husband; the second, a handsome young pianist with his fiancée.
    DirectorAnh Hung TranStarsNu Yên-Khê TranMan San LuThi Loc Truong
  • Tokyo Decadence (1992)

    25. Tokyo Decadence

    19921h 52mNC-1748Metascore
    5.9 (3.8K)
    A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.
    DirectorRyû MurakamiStarsMiho NikaidoYayoi KusamaSayoko Amano

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