The Films of Hirokazu Kore-eda, in order of personal preference

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.

On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.

A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant.

A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.

Three sisters live together in Kamakura. When their father - absent for 15 years - dies, they travel to the countryside for his funeral and meet their half-sister. Bonding quickly with the orphaned Suzu, they invite her to live with them.

Four sisters face turbulence when their father's affair is exposed. Embodying the tumultuous "asura" demigods, they clash over differing outlooks on love yet find moments of connection amid conflict and growth.

Two inseparable friends move to Kyoto to chase their dreams of becoming maiko, but decide to pursue different passions while living under the same roof.

Ryota is a successful workaholic businessman. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another boy after birth, he faces the difficult decision to choose his true son or the boy he and his wife have raised as their own.

A mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely.

After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.

A life-size blow-up doll develops a soul and falls in love with a video store clerk.

After death, people have a week to choose only one memory to keep for eternity.

Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.

A troubled young samurai seeks revenge for the death of his father.

When a young mother reconsiders abandoning her baby, she discovers a scheme selling foundlings for adoption.

Screenwriter Lumir's stormy reunion with her famous mother and actress, Fabienne, set against the backdrop of Fabienne's autobiographical book and her latest role in a science fiction movie, as the daughter of a woman who never ages.

A courtroom drama centered around the murder of a factory president.