Japan Top 10
by realsatan2000 | created - 09 Sep 2013 | updated - 03 Sep 2018 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A new Godzilla causes the JSDF to construct a cyborg countermeasure from the original monster's remains. The beast's restless soul is discovered to inhabit the machine as the pilot must learn to find value in her own life.
Directors: Masaaki Tezuka, Kazuki Ômori | Stars: Yumiko Shaku, Shin Takuma, Kana Onodera, Kô Takasugi
Votes: 5,449
2. Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (2001)
Not Rated | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
During their journey, Inuyasha, Kagome and their party are attacked by Menoumaru, a monster who is looking for Tessaiga, Inuyasha's sword, to an unknown end.
Director: Toshiya Shinohara | Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi, Satsuki Yukino, Kôji Tsujitani, Houko Kuwashima
Votes: 2,823
3. Spy Game (2001)
R | 126 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir recalls his training of Tom Bishop while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane
Votes: 167,111 | Gross: $0.03M
4. Sennen no koi - Hikaru Genji monogatari (2001)
143 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on the ancient Japanese Tale of Genji. This film is set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her ... See full summary »
Director: Tonkô Horikawa | Stars: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yûki Amami, Tôru Kazama, Morio Kazama
Votes: 185
5. Dark Water (2002)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A mother and her 6-year-old daughter move into a creepy apartment whose every surface is permeated by water.
Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno, Mirei Oguchi, Asami Mizukawa
Votes: 34,936
6. Seoul (2002)
110 min | Action, Thriller
Detective Hayase is caught in the midst of a truck robbery. Being forced to extend his stay and help identify the robbers, Hayase gets thrown into another situation as Japan's Foreign Minister is kidnapped before the upcoming Asian Summit.
Director: Masahiko Nagasawa | Stars: Tomoya Nagase, Choi Min-soo, Hoon Jang, Seong Choi
Votes: 162
7. Kewaishi (2001)
113 min | Drama, History
Director: Mitsutoshi Tanaka | Stars: Kippei Shîna, Miho Kanno, Chizuru Ikewaki, Shirô Sano
Votes: 36
8. Rat Race (2001)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A Las Vegas casino magnate determined to find a new avenue for wagering sets up a race for money.
Director: Jerry Zucker | Stars: Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart, Whoopi Goldberg, Vince Vieluf
Votes: 123,117 | Gross: $56.62M
9. Doraemon: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom (2002)
80 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Doraemon and friends travels into another world via the time machine; where humans and robots are living together. However they soon find out that the Empress of Robot Kingdom was trying to... See full summary »
Directors: Tsutomu Shibayama, Tatsuya Ishihara | Stars: Nobuyo Ôyama, Noriko Ohara, Michiko Nomura, Kazuya Tatekabe
Votes: 498
10. Killing Me Softly (2002)
R | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A young American woman living in London begins a passionate and kinky affair with a handsome stranger who may have a dark and dangerous past.
Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Heather Graham, Joseph Fiennes, Natascha McElhone, Ulrich Thomsen
Votes: 19,326
11. Mr. Rookie (2002)
118 min
Director: Satoshi Isaka | Stars: Kazushige Nagashima, Mayu Tsuruta, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Isao Hashizume
Votes: 29
12. Friend (2001)
Not Rated | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Four childhood friends go their separate ways, two go off to college while the others become rival gangsters.
Director: Kyung-taek Kwak | Stars: Yu Oh-seong, Jang Dong-Gun, Seo Tae-hwa, Un-taek Jeong
Votes: 5,324
13. To Dance with the White Dog (2002)
99 min
A white dog suddenly comes into the life of an aged man who recently lost his wife. Life with the dog gradually helps to heal the heart of the old man. It appears the dog may actually be a reincarnation of his wife.
Director: Takashi Tsukinoki | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Mayumi Wakamura, Kôsuke Toyohara, Kaho Minami
Votes: 16
14. Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002)
98 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Conan and his friends were invited to the premier of an new virtual computer game. But someone programmed the game, that if they can't answer the riddle in the game, they all have to die.
Director: Kenji Kodama | Stars: Minami Takayama, Hideyuki Tanaka, Wakana Yamazaki, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 3,954
15. Leave It to the Nurses (2002)
114 min | Comedy
A disgruntled former patient interrupts the kooky routines of a hospital's employees.
Director: Kazuyuki Morosawa | Stars: Alisa Mizuki, Yuki Matsushita, Uno Kanda, Naohito Fujiki
Votes: 59
16. Totsunyûseyo! 'Asama Sansô' jiken (2002)
130 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task ... See full summary »
Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Ryûdô Uzaki, Yûki Amami, Masatô Ibu
Votes: 196
17. Mohou-han (2002)
124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Leopold and Loeb-styled thriller about serial murders.
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Masahiro Nakai, Kanji Tsuda, Takashi Fujii, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Votes: 204
18. The Sea Is Watching (2002)
R | 119 min | Romance, Drama
O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers, particularly Kikuno and the brothel's owner, O-Shin falls in love with the samurai.
Director: Kei Kumai | Stars: Misa Shimizu, Nagiko Tôno, Masatoshi Nagase, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Votes: 1,606
19. Pinpon (2002)
114 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
The film traces the growth and friendship of two very different high-school ping-pong players. "Peco" Hoshino is a brash, arrogant player, determined to turn pro. He taught his quiet, nerdy... See full summary »
Director: Fumihiko Sori | Stars: Yôsuke Kubozuka, Arata Iura, Sam Lee, Shidô Nakamura
Votes: 3,487
20. Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final (2002)
78 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Picking of episode 46 left off, Ryuki and four other Riders remain standing, but one of them, somewhat-related to Ryuki, threatens to speeden the deaths of the remaining Riders.
Director: Ryuta Tasaki | Stars: Takamasa Suga, Satoshi Matsuda, Ayano Sugiyama, Kenzaburou Kikuchi
Votes: 192
21. Tsuribaka nisshi 13: Hama-chan kiki ippatsu! (2002)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Katsuhide Motoki | Stars: Toshiyuki Nishida, Rentarô Mikuni, Kyôka Suzuki, Tetsurô Tanba
Votes: 19
22. Returner (2002)
R | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A young woman from the future forces a local gunman to help her stop an impending alien invasion which will wipe out the human race.
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Anne Suzuki, Gorô Kishitani, Kirin Kiki
Votes: 11,596 | Gross: $0.07M
23. Inochi (2002)
111 min | Drama
Yu Miri is a writer who's just become pregnant by her married lover. When she decides to keep the baby without his help, her ex-boyfriend Yutaka, decides to help raise him.
Director: Tetsuo Shinohara | Stars: Makiko Esumi, Etsushi Toyokawa, Toshio Kakei, Kumiko Asô
Votes: 89
24. Ashita ga aru sa: The Movie (2002)
118 min | Comedy
Director: Hitoshi Iwamoto | Stars: Masatoshi Hamada, Kôji Higashino, Takashi Fujii, Shôzô Endô
Votes: 31
25. Amida-do dayori (2002)
127 min | Drama
An urban Japanese couple decide to move to the country.
Director: Takashi Koizumi | Stars: Akira Terao, Kanako Higuchi, Shoji Arano, Hisashi Igawa
Votes: 296
26. Sensen fukoku (2002)
106 min | Thriller, War
Japan is surrounded by enemies and adversaries, but perhaps no country is more of a challenge and cause for worry than the right-wing North Korean regime. It is a national nightmare, ... See full summary »
Director: Rodoh Seji | Stars: Kazuo Andô, Ikkô Furuya, Mansaku Ikeuchi, Tarô Ishida
Votes: 16
27. Dolls (2002)
114 min | Drama, Romance
Three stories of never-ending love.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi, Kyôko Fukada
Votes: 17,363 | Gross: $0.00M
28. Bad Company (2002)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
When an Ivy League-educated C.I.A. Agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother (Chris Rock).
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock, Matthew Marsh, Gabriel Macht
Votes: 50,090 | Gross: $30.16M
29. Kyoki no sakura (2002)
121 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Yamaguchi, Ichikawa and Kosuge dress in white military-style uniforms to clean the streets of Shibuya from bad elements.
Director: Kenji Sonoda | Stars: Yôsuke Kubozuka, Yoshio Harada, Yôsuke Eguchi, Rie Hagiwara
Votes: 187
30. The Twilight Samurai (2002)
129 min | Drama, Romance
As the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing clan loyalties, 2 young daughters, an aged mother, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi, Ren Ôsugi
Votes: 25,516
31. Trick: The Movie (2002)
119 min | Comedy, Mystery
Disaster befalls a village's inhabitants every 300 years. A popular self-styled magician named Naoko (Yukie Nakama) is summoned as a deity to rid the people of their anxiety. But there are ... See full summary »
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Kazuyuki Aijima, Bengal, Eri Fuse
Votes: 400
32. Koinu Dan no monogatari (2002)
70 min | Family
A showcase for several Hello. Project pop music idols, the story of Dan the puppy begins when a couple of preteen schoolgirls find and end up keeping the cute and affable young dog. With ... See full summary »
Director: Shin'ichirô Sawai | Stars: Natsumi Abe, Dan, Akira Emoto, Takaaki Enoki
Votes: 42
33. Volcano High (2001)
PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
This year is the 108th anniversary of the Korean high School "WaSanGo" (Volcano High). Principal hides himself with "Secret Manuscript" which every WaSanGo student wants to take from ... See full summary »
Director: Tae-gyun Kim | Stars: Jang Hyuk, Shin Min-a, Kim Soo-ro, Kwon Sang-woo
Votes: 3,589
34. InuYasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002)
Not Rated | 99 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
After seemingly defeating their common enemy, Naraku, what appears to be the near-end of their journey instead leads Inuyasha and Kagome facing against a new threat.
Director: Toshiya Shinohara | Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi, Satsuki Yukino, Kôji Tsujitani, Houko Kuwashima
Votes: 2,340
35. T.R.Y. (2003)
104 min | Action, Comedy
At the turn of the 20th Century amongst tension between China and Japan, a Japanese swindler in Shanghai plans to profit by selling weapons. He steals arms from the Japanese military and sells them to the rich Chinese.
Director: Kazuki Ômori | Stars: Yûji Oda, Hitomi Kuroki, Ken Watanabe, Bing Shao
Votes: 81
36. Yomigaeri (2002)
126 min | Fantasy, Romance
When the dead come back to life, an inspector is sent to the town of Aso.
Director: Akihiko Shiota | Stars: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Yûko Takeuchi, Yuriko Ishida, Shô Aikawa
Votes: 517
37. When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2002)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama, History
A samurai goes to extraordinary lengths to provide for his family.
Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Kôichi Satô, Yui Natsukawa, Takehiro Murata
Votes: 5,360
38. Thirteen Steps (2003)
122 min | Crime, Thriller
A released inmate is hired to solve a murder case.
Director: Masahiko Nagasawa | Stars: Takashi Sorimachi, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kankurô Kudô, Tsurube Shôfukutei
Votes: 187
39. One Piece: Dead End Adventure (2003)
TV-14 | 95 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Luffy and his gang finds out about and joins the death race DeadEnd and the ex-marine Gasparde and the bounty hunter Shuraiya clash as the conspiracy of the race unfolds.
Director: Kônosuke Uda | Stars: Sarah Chaney, Hiroaki Hirata, Shûichi Ikeda, Tarô Ishida
Votes: 2,746
40. Doraemon: Nobita and the Wind Wizard (2003)
84 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A boy befriends a wind-child and goes on an adventure to a land of wind wizards.
Director: Tsutomu Shibayama | Stars: Nobuyo Ôyama, Noriko Ohara, Michiko Nomura, Kaneta Kimotsuki
Votes: 841
41. No Good Deed (2002)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
While doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery.
Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Milla Jovovich, Stellan Skarsgård, Doug Hutchison
Votes: 7,837 | Gross: $0.18M
42. Ao no hono-o (2003)
116 min | Drama, Crime, Romance
A 17 y.o. Japanese secondary school student is living happily with his mom and sister but one day his stepdad returns, drunk much of the time and cruel to his mom and sister. Is there such a thing as the perfect murder?
Director: Yukio Ninagawa | Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Aya Matsuura, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Kansai Yamamoto
Votes: 1,037
43. Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The Enterprise is diverted to the Romulan homeworld Romulus, supposedly because they want to negotiate a peace treaty. Captain Picard and his crew discover a serious threat to the Federation once Praetor Shinzon plans to attack Earth.
Director: Stuart Baird | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton
Votes: 83,940 | Gross: $43.25M
44. Hoshi ni negai o. (2003)
106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Working long hours in the emergency room, nurse Kana Aoshima befriends musician and frequent hospital patient Shogo Amami. Shogo's therapy visits for his muteness and blindness happen to ... See full summary »
Director: Shin Togashi | Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Tetsurô Hasegawa, Kazuko Hatsugai
Votes: 64
45. Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (2003)
108 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Five people get murdered by a sword and and also a important Buddha statue gets stolen, so Conan tries to find the murderer and the statue.
Director: Kenji Kodama | Stars: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Kappei Yamaguchi, Akira Kamiya
Votes: 2,376
46. Moon Child (2003)
120 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
The story of love and friendship on the harsh streets of 2014 Mallepa, a small corner in Asia.
Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Hyde, Gackt, Leehom Wang, Tarô Yamamoto
Votes: 2,102
47. Phone (2002)
R | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Investigative reporter Ji-won begins to receive a series of menacing calls. To escape the terrifying and relentless clanging of the telephone, she changes her number and moves out. But the threatening campaign of terror continues unabated.
Director: Byeong-ki Ahn | Stars: Ha Ji-Won, Kim Yu-mi, Woo-jae Choi, Ji-yeon Choi
Votes: 5,294
48. Samurai Resurrection (2003)
106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
37,000 Peasants perished in the Shimbara Revolt: among them, the leader of that uprising, Shiro Amakusa. Amakusa is resurrected from hell bent on revenging the death of his fellow comrades ... See full summary »
Director: Hideyuki Hirayama | Stars: Yôsuke Kubozuka, Kumiko Asô, Tetta Sugimoto, Tomoka Kurotani
Votes: 444
49. Azumi (2003)
Not Rated | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Raised to deal in cold blooded death, the teenage assassin girl Azumi must defeat three evil warlords while also battling her own heart.
Director: Ryûhei Kitamura | Stars: Aya Ueto, Kenji Kohashi, Hiroki Narimiya, Takatoshi Kaneko
Votes: 15,160
50. Double Agent (2003)
123 min | Action, Thriller
A North Korean diplomat defects to the South during the Cold War, but the South Koreans have their suspicions as to whether he is an actual defector or a double agent.
Director: Hyeon-jeong Kim | Stars: Han Suk-kyu, Ko So-young, Chun Ho-jin, Song Jae-ho
Votes: 386
51. Mana ni dakarete (2003)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Satoshi Isaka | Stars: Tiana Alcoran, Keizô Kanie, Ayako Kawahara, Minami
52. Supai Zoruge (2003)
182 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the outbreak of World War II and in the midst of the Japanese imperial ambitions in Eastern Asia.... See full summary »
Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: Iain Glen, Masahiro Motoki, Kippei Shîna, Takaya Kamikawa
Votes: 272
53. Solaris (2002)
PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Ulrich Tukur, Viola Davis
Votes: 86,284 | Gross: $14.97M
54. Love Collage (2003)
Not Rated | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
(Japanese with English subtitles) Down-on-his-luck photographer Makoto (Ryuhei Matsuda) receives a letter from his old girlfriend, who, according to a friend, died a year ago in NYC. Eager ... See full summary »
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Ryôko Hirosue, Ryûhei Matsuda, Eiko Koike, Adeyto
Votes: 518
55. Moonlight Mile (2002)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, Romance
As he copes with the death of his fiancée, a young man befriends her parents and must figure out what he wants out of life.
Director: Brad Silberling | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon, Alexia Landeau
Votes: 14,689 | Gross: $6.84M
56. Battle Royale II (2003)
Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Three years after the failure of the last BR program, a second act is forged and a class of students is sent to an island with one objective: kill international terrorist Shuya Nanahara.
Directors: Kenta Fukasaku, Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ai Maeda, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayana Sakai
Votes: 21,444
57. Odoru daisosasen the movie 2: Rainbow Bridge wo fuusa seyo! (2003)
138 min | Crime, Action, Comedy
A special investigative team takes on a strange murder case. As they trace the killer, another murder happens and a witness shows up, making things even more confusing.
Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro | Stars: Yûji Oda, Toshirô Yanagiba, Eri Fukatsu, Miki Mizuno
Votes: 624
58. Nasu: Summer in Andalusia (2003)
47 min | Animation, Action, Sport
Follows the struggle of a Spanish professional cyclist to win a bike race the same day of his brother's wedding.
Director: Kitarô Kôsaka | Stars: Yô Ôizumi, Shin'ichi Hatori, Minoru Hirano, Hiroaki Hirata
Votes: 434
59. Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle (2003)
77 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Once again, Musashi has encounter Ultraman Cosmos. Now Ultraman Cosmos has gained some new modes to defeat Scropis. Musashi has joined Team Sea to save the Blue Area. But there is ... See full summary »
Director: Tsugumi Kitaura | Stars: Taiyô Sugiura, Daisuke Shima, Kaori Sakagami, Hidekazu Ichinose
Votes: 91
60. Dragon Head (2003)
R | 122 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A teenage boy wakes up and finds himself on a train. He vaguely remembers being on a class trip when something terrible happened, and he is one of the few survivors.
Director: Jôji Iida | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Sayaka Kanda, Takayuki Yamada, Naohito Fujiki
Votes: 834
61. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Yui Natsukawa, Michiyo Yasuda
Votes: 51,542 | Gross: $0.85M
62. Robokon (2003)
118 min | Comedy, Drama
Satomi is not putting much effort into her school work. She is told by her instructor that she is short of the minimum number of credits to advance. One option is for her to participate in ... See full summary »
Director: Tomoyuki Furumaya | Stars: Masami Nagasawa, Shun Oguri, Atsushi Itô, Takashi Tsukamoto
Votes: 554
63. Tsuribaka nisshi 14: Ohenji dai panikku! (2003)
116 min | Comedy, Drama
Hama-chan's supervisor is promoted after many frustrating years with his wayward, fishing-obsessed underling, and Hama-chan's new boss naively tries to retrain him. Later, Su-san and ... See full summary »
Director: Yûzô Asahara | Stars: Toshiyuki Nishida, Rentarô Mikuni, Reiko Takashima, Yûji Miyake
Votes: 13
64. Onmyoji 2 (2003)
R | 112 min | Action, Fantasy
A group of demons in the ancient Japanese capital of Heian is dismembering members of a family of Japanese nobles.
Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Mansai Nomura, Hideaki Itô, Kiichi Nakai, Kyôko Fukada
Votes: 594
65. G@me (2003)
112 min | Crime, Thriller
Kidnapping and deceit abound in this thriller. From romance to mild-action, this movie has it all.
Director: Satoshi Isaka | Stars: Naohito Fujiki, Yukie Nakama, Ryûdô Uzaki, Izam
Votes: 479
66. Ashura no gotoku (2003)
135 min | Comedy, Drama
The ups and downs of the Takezawa family after one of the four daughters found out that their father had been in an unknown love affair.
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Shinobu Ôtake, Hitomi Kuroki, Eri Fukatsu, Kyôko Fukada
Votes: 286
67. Sky High (II) (2002)
R | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A detective hunts a killer who is removing girls hearts. When his own fiancée falls victim to the killer, the detective discovers the otherworldly intentions of the killer and is helped from beyond the grave by his fiancée.
Director: Ryûhei Kitamura | Stars: Yumiko Shaku, Takao Osawa, Shôsuke Tanihara, Dorothy Elias-Fahn
Votes: 1,498
68. Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series (2003)
123 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A TV special aired after a very successful series "Kisarazu Cat's Eye". Bussan learns that he has just a year to live and decides to spend that time with his band "Kisarazu Cat's Eye" enjoying various funny adventures with his friends.
Director: Fuminori Kaneko | Stars: Jun'ichi Okada, Shô Sakurai, Wakana Sakai, Yoshinori Okada
Votes: 186
69. My Life Without Me (2003)
R | 106 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman conceals the fact of her terminal cancer to live her life with a passion she never had before.
Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Sarah Polley, Scott Speedman, Mark Ruffalo, Leonor Watling
Votes: 25,846 | Gross: $0.40M
70. Eiga Atashin'chi (2003)
95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
During a thunderstorm, a lightning strike causes Mikan and Mrs. Tachibana to switch bodies. As the two explore what it's like to live each others lives, Yuzuhiko and Mr. Tachibana attempt to switch them back.
Director: Tetsuo Yasumi | Stars: Isshin Chiba, Katsuhisa Hôki, Tomie Kataoka, Ken'ichi Ogata
Votes: 55
71. Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
PG | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Mothra and her fairies return to Japan to warn mankind that they must return Kiryu to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. However Godzilla has survived to menace Japan leaving Kiryu as the nation's only defense.
Directors: Masaaki Tezuka, Koji Hashimoto, Takao Okawara, Kazuki Ômori | Stars: Noboru Kaneko, Miho Yoshioka, Mickey Koga, Hiroshi Koizumi
Votes: 5,112
72. InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (2003)
Not Rated | 99 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After 700 years the sword Sounga, who belonged to the Great Dog Demon, is unleashed, tearing a rift in the barrier between the underworld and the earth and stirring the restless souls.
Director: Toshiya Shinohara | Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi, Satsuki Yukino, Kôji Tsujitani, Houko Kuwashima
Votes: 2,397
73. Trapped (I) (2002)
R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The Jennings' fight for their daughters life after she is kidnapped by an experienced gang of thieves.
Director: Luis Mandoki | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Charlize Theron, Courtney Love, Stuart Townsend
Votes: 25,872 | Gross: $0.06M
74. Han-ochi (2004)
121 min | Drama, Mystery
Soichiro Kaji killed his wife who suffers from Parkinson's disease, he surrenders to police two days later. Tops of the police wish an early settlement of the affair by fair means or foul ... See full summary »
Director: Kiyoshi Sasabe | Stars: Akira Terao, Mieko Harada, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Mayu Tsuruta
Votes: 148
75. Mystic River (2003)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The tragic murder of a 19-year-old girl reunites three childhood friends still living in Boston--the victim's gangster father, a detective, and the disturbed man they both suspect of killing her.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Emmy Rossum
Votes: 485,947 | Gross: $90.14M
76. Beyond Borders (2003)
R | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
The world's cruelty is confronted with the love of two different people who try to save humanity from poverty and war.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Clive Owen, Angelina Jolie, Linus Roache, Teri Polo
Votes: 29,058 | Gross: $4.43M
77. One Missed Call (2003)
R | 112 min | Horror, Mystery
People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, foretelling their deaths.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kô Shibasaki, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Kazue Fukiishi, Anna Nagata
Votes: 19,319
78. Gege (2004)
113 min | Drama
Takayuki (Takao Osawa) is an elementary school teacher in Tokyo. He is seized with Behçet's syndrome, and will gradually lose his sight. He resigns from his job and leaves his girlfriend, ... See full summary »
Director: Itsumichi Isomura | Stars: Takao Osawa, Yuriko Ishida, Sumiko Fuji, Arata Furuta
Votes: 75
79. Hollywood Homicide (2003)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two LAPD detectives who moonlight in other fields investigate the murder of an up-and-coming rap group.
Director: Ron Shelton | Stars: Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Isaiah Washington, Lena Olin
Votes: 39,350 | Gross: $30.94M
80. Akai tsuki (2004)
111 min | Drama, Romance, War
Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Takako Tokiwa, Yûsuke Iseya, Teruyuki Kagawa, Tarô Yamamoto
Votes: 49
81. Zebraman (2004)
115 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A down-and-out school teacher receives the calling to become the real life personification of an old television superhero, Zebraman.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Shô Aikawa, Kyôka Suzuki, Atsuro Watabe, Yui Ichikawa
Votes: 3,662
82. Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey (2004)
TV-Y7 | 89 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Nobita find a place for abandoned cats and dogs to live in 3 million years ago. He and his friends go to the kingdom of cats and dogs again after a thousand years.
Director: Tsutomu Shibayama | Stars: Nobuyo Ôyama, Noriko Ohara, Michiko Nomura, Kaneta Kimotsuki
Votes: 605
83. One Piece: The Cursed Holy Sword (2004)
TV-14 | 95 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Straw Hat Pirates learn about the Shichiseiken on Asuka Island. Zoro disappears and the marines attack the island. Luffy and his gang fight off the marines when they find happen to find Zoro in enemy lines.
Director: Kazuhisa Takenouchi | Stars: Takeshi Aono, Hiroaki Hirata, Masami Hisamoto, Kazuya Nakai
Votes: 2,428
84. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (I) (2004)
PG-13 | 100 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery
In the year 2032, Batô, a cyborg detective for the anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9, investigates the case of a female robot--one created solely for sexual pleasure--who slaughtered her owner.
Directors: Naoko Kusumi, Mizuho Nishikubo, Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Akio Ôtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka, Tamio Ôki, Kôichi Yamadera
Votes: 40,314 | Gross: $1.04M
85. Hoteru bînasu (2004)
125 min | Drama
In a strange alienated world there is a secret hotel in a shabby diner called the Venus Café, harboring some unusual people where compelling secrets lie in each resident's heart. Torturing ... See full summary »
Director: Hideta Takahata | Stars: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Miki Nakatani, Jung-Woo Park, Do-Hee Go
Votes: 197
86. Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (2004)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
As a Labrador puppy, Quill is sent to live with a couple, Isamu and Mitsuko Nii, who work as volunteers, training guide dogs (seeing eye dogs). When he grows to an adult dog, he is taken to... See full summary »
Director: Yôichi Sai | Stars: Kaoru Kobayashi, Kippei Shîna, Teruyuki Kagawa, Keiko Toda
Votes: 1,766 | Gross: $0.01M
87. In the Cut (2003)
R | 119 min | Mystery, Thriller
New York City writing professor, Frannie Avery, has an affair with a police detective who is investigating the murder of a beautiful young woman in her neighborhood.
Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Nuccio
Votes: 26,472 | Gross: $4.75M
88. Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Miles, a high-profile divorce lawyer, wins a case for his rich but adulterous client Rex Rexroth. But Rex's ex-wife, Marylin, who is no saint and is a gold-digger, plots to take revenge on Miles.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Billy Bob Thornton, Geoffrey Rush
Votes: 101,863 | Gross: $35.33M
89. Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky (2004)
108 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
An actress reached out to Kogoro Mori as she received a letter from the thief Kaito Kid about stealing an important Gem. Conan is faced with a difficult task of Stopping Kaito Kid who is disguised as Shinichi Kudo.
Director: Yasuichirô Yamamoto | Stars: Minami Takayama, Akira Kamiya, Wakana Yamazaki, Megumi Hayashibara
Votes: 2,300
90. Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! Yakiniku Road of Glory (2003)
88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
It's yakiniku night for the Noharas. But before they can dig in, they get wrapped up in a sizzling conspiracy and are forced to go on the run.
Director: Yûji Mutô | Stars: Akiko Yajima, Keiji Fujiwara, Miki Narahashi, Satomi Kôrogi
Votes: 383
91. Appleseed (2004)
R | 101 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In a utopian society created at the end of the third world war, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. And what does this community have planned for the rest of humankind?
Director: Shinji Aramaki | Stars: Ai Kobayashi, Jûrôta Kosugi, Yuki Matsuoka, Mami Koyama
Votes: 18,542 | Gross: $0.13M
92. Casshern (2004)
Not Rated | 142 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Live-action sci-fi movie based on a 1973 Japanese animé of the same name (Shinzo Ningen Casshân). Theme song by Utada Hikaru.
Director: Kazuaki Kiriya | Stars: Yûsuke Iseya, Kumiko Asô, Akira Terao, Kanako Higuchi
Votes: 13,791
93. Koibito wa sunaipâ: Gekijô-ban (2004)
112 min | Action
Director: Toshiharu Muguruma | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Miyoko Akaza, Kôsei Amano, Chôsuke Ikariya
Votes: 45
94. Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004)
138 min | Drama, Romance
While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Takao Osawa, Kô Shibasaki, Masami Nagasawa, Mirai Moriyama
Votes: 3,896
95. Untold Scandal (2003)
124 min | Drama
In late 1700s Korea, Lady Cho challenges the playboy Lord Jo-won into seducing and sleeping with her husband's coming young, virgin concubine. Lady Cho agrees to sleep with him if he succeeds.
Director: Je-yong Lee | Stars: Jeon Do-yeon, Lee Mi-sook, Bae Yong-jun, Jo Hyeon-jae
Votes: 2,691 | Gross: $0.06M
96. Silmido (2003)
Not Rated | 135 min | Action, Drama
Based on a true story of 1968 Korean Republic Army plan to assassinate North Korean president Kim Il-Sung. 31 criminals and death row inmates are recruited into secret training on the ... See full summary »
Director: Kang Woo-suk | Stars: Ahn Sung-ki, Sol Kyung-gu, Huh Joon-ho, Jeong Jae-yeong
Votes: 4,730
97. Kamikaze Girls (2004)
102 min | Comedy
Momoko, a strange and seemingly emotionless girl obsessed with 18th century France, befriends a Yanki biker and the two experience the ups and downs of their unusual lives in a rural Japanese town.
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima | Stars: Kyôko Fukada, Anna Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Sadao Abe
Votes: 8,091
98. Tengoku no honya - koibi (2004)
111 min | Drama, Romance
KENTA (Tetsuji Tamayama), a young pianist who has just lost his job, is drowning his woes at a bar, when he meets a man in a Hawaiian shirt named YAMAKI (Yoshio Harada). He invites Kenta to... See full summary »
Director: Tetsuo Shinohara | Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Tetsuji Tamayama, Karina, Hirofumi Arai
Votes: 372
99. Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Pierre Niemans faces the threat of the apocalypse while investigating a series of ritual murders.
Director: Olivier Dahan | Stars: Jean Reno, Benoît Magimel, Christopher Lee, Camille Natta
Votes: 21,706
100. The Human Stain (2003)
R | 106 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
When a disgraced former college dean has a romance with a mysterious younger woman haunted by her dark, twisted past, he is forced to confront a shocking fact about his own life that he has kept secret for fifty years.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Gary Sinise
Votes: 32,262 | Gross: $5.38M
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