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1. Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 (2019)
118 min | Drama
Kim Ji-yeong, an ordinary woman in her 30s, suddenly shows signs of being inhabited by others such as her late mother and older sister, and the stories of the people connected to her.
Director: Kim Do-Young | Stars: Jung Yu-mi, Gong Yoo, Kim Mi-kyung, Kim Sung-cheol
Votes: 4,263
2. By Quantum Physics: A Nightlife Venture (2019)
120 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The story is about a bar owner that fights with an organized crime.
Director: Seong-Tae Lee | Stars: Park Hae-soo, Seo Ye-Ji, Kim Sang-ho, Kim Eung-soo
Votes: 460
3. Little Forest: Winter/Spring (2015)
120 min | Drama
Ichiko lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients.
Director: Jun'ichi Mori | Stars: Ai Hashimoto, Mayu Matsuoka, Yôichi Nukumizu, Karen Kirishima
Votes: 2,895
4. Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014)
111 min | Drama
Ichiko lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients.
Director: Jun'ichi Mori | Stars: Ai Hashimoto, Mayu Matsuoka, Yôichi Nukumizu, Karen Kirishima
Votes: 3,475
5. And Breathe Normally (2018)
TV-14 | 95 min | Drama
Two women's lives will intersect while trapped in circumstances unforeseen. Between a struggling Icelandic mother and an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau, a delicate bond will form as both strategize to get their lives back on track.
Director: Isold Uggadottir | Stars: Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir, Babetida Sadjo, Patrik Nökkvi Pétursson, Kolbeinn Arnbjörnsson
Votes: 3,505
6. Le Grand Chef 2: Kimchi Battle (2010)
Not Rated | 119 min | Comedy
(Korean with English subtitles) Korean's President organizes a nationwide "Kimchi Contest." Brother and sister: Jang-eun and Sung-Chan join the competition, both using their mother's recipe... See full summary »
Director: Dong-hoon Baek | Stars: Jin-Ki Baek, Lee Byung-joon, Jin Goo, Heo Hyeon-ho
Votes: 373
7. Love's Water Drop (2018)
117 min | Romance
Shiori Tachibana is a 21-year-old agriculture student and she has never had a boyfriend. She wants to receive training at a winery, but she is set to receive training at a sake brewery in ... See full summary »
Director: Naoki Segi | Stars: Tsunenori Aoki, Chizuru Azuma, Rina Kawaei, Mantarô Koichi
Votes: 43
8. Little Nights, Little Love (2019)
119 min | Drama, Romance
Sato is 27 years old, lives in the northern prefecture of Sendai and is single. He is searching for the spark and explosion that will change his life and give him love and romance.
Director: Rikiya Imaizumi | Stars: Haruma Miura, Mikako Tabe, Yûma Yamoto, Erika Mori
Votes: 456
9. Kanpai! Nihonshu ni koishita onnatachi (2019)
96 min | Documentary
Sake is a traditional alcoholic beverage from Japan and is otherwise known as rice wine. Women were prohibited from entering the many large and small sake breweries dotting Japan for ... See full summary »
Director: Mirai Konishi | Stars: Chris Ashton, Ken Chiba, Marie Chiba, Natsuyo Chiba
Votes: 25
10. Masquerade Hotel (2019)
133 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A serial (3) killer leaves a GPS code of his next target with each victim - this time Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. A detective goes undercover as hotel staff - haircut, manners etc.
Director: Masayuki Suzuki | Stars: Takuya Kimura, Masami Nagasawa, Fumiyo Kohinata, Zen Kajihara
Votes: 2,264
11. Inuyashiki (2018)
Not Rated | 127 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
An middle-aged office worker encounters aliens and is gifted with alien technology and limitless powers.
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Noritake Kinashi, Takeru Satoh, Kanata Hongô, Fumi Nikaidô
Votes: 2,811
12. Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008)
TV-14 | 83 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A hacker known as the Puppet Master is hunted by a female cyborg cop and her partner. This film is a revised version of Ghost in the Shell (1995).
Director: Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera, Tesshô Genda
Votes: 15,256
13. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Not Rated | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
A young man named Kaspar Hauser suddenly appears in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to talk or walk, and bearing a strange note.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Willy Semmelrogge
Votes: 18,922
14. Europa Europa (1990)
R | 112 min | Drama, History, War
A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Solomon Perel, Marco Hofschneider, René Hofschneider, André Wilms
Votes: 17,494 | Gross: $5.58M
15. Ponyo (2008)
G | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson, Tomoko Yamaguchi
Votes: 163,743 | Gross: $15.09M
16. Nach Fünf im Urwald (1995)
99 min | Comedy, Romance
Anna, 17 years old, is happy to throw her first big birthday party without her parents, but some of her guests are so stoned that they leave a big chaos and, even worse, destroy the ... See full summary »
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid | Stars: Franka Potente, Axel Milberg, Dagmar Manzel, Farina Brock
Votes: 1,567
17. Schultze Gets the Blues (2003)
PG | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Schultze is an accordion player and newly without work. When the local music club celebrates its 50th anniversary, his taste of music changes unexpectedly.
Director: Michael Schorr | Stars: Horst Krause, Harald Warmbrunn, Karl-Fred Müller, Ursula Schucht
Votes: 3,770 | Gross: $0.59M
18. Akira (1988)
R | 124 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda
Votes: 205,459 | Gross: $0.55M
19. Run Lola Run (1998)
R | 80 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.
Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri
Votes: 207,125 | Gross: $7.27M
20. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
R | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy, War
In the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú
Votes: 703,378 | Gross: $37.63M
21. Amélie (2001)
R | 122 min | Comedy, Romance
Despite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta
Votes: 794,661 | Gross: $33.23M
22. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
Director: Roberto Benigni | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano
Votes: 743,776 | Gross: $57.60M
23. Spirited Away (2001)
PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
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.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi
Votes: 850,401 | Gross: $10.06M
24. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
PG | 119 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin, Akihiro Miwa
Votes: 450,009 | Gross: $4.71M
25. Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.
Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Florian Lukas
Votes: 152,785 | Gross: $4.06M
26. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
R | 152 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Ewa Fröling, Lena Endre
Votes: 223,400 | Gross: $10.10M
27. The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
R | 129 min | Action, Crime, Drama
As computer hacker Lisbeth and journalist Mikael investigate a sex-trafficking ring, Lisbeth is accused of three murders, causing her to go on the run while Mikael works to clear her name.
Director: Daniel Alfredson | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Peter Andersson
Votes: 98,528 | Gross: $9.08M
28. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009)
R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Lisbeth is recovering in a hospital and awaiting trial for three murders when she is released. Mikael must prove her innocence, but Lisbeth must be willing to share the details of her sordid experiences with the court.
Director: Daniel Alfredson | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Annika Hallin
Votes: 74,579 | Gross: $5.43M
29. Moving On (2019)
105 min | Drama
Two kids are moving to their grandfather's house, but everything is going to change when the aunt moves there too.
Director: Yoon Dan-bi | Stars: Choi Jung-un, Heung-ju Yang, Hyeon-yeong Park, Seung-jun Park
Votes: 825
30. Intimate Strangers (2018)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
Four friends meet for the first time in a long time to play a game that reveals one another's secrets.
Director: J.Q. Lee | Stars: Yoo Hae-jin, Cho Jin-woong, Lee Seo-jin, Yum Jung-ah
Votes: 1,932
31. Sunshine Family (2019)
85 min | Drama
A family puts themselves in a chaotic situation when the father gets involved in a hit-and-run accident. In hopes of fixing the situation and destroying the evidence, they keep the car and ... See full summary »
Director: Kim Tai-sik | Stars: Nonie Buencamino, Shamaine Buencamino, Sue Ramirez, Marco Masa
Votes: 31 | Gross: $0.02M
32. The Pregnant Tree and the Goblin (2019)
113 min | Documentary, Fantasy
Park In-sun has become an orphan during the Korean War, and has been sold as a prostitute for the US soldiers. She has been living in a village next to the US military base for more than 40... See full summary »
Directors: Dong-ryung Kim, Kyoung-tae Park | Star: Insun Park
Votes: 23
33. Chomieui kwansimsa (2019)
92 min | Drama
A mother and daughter's variety run to find the missing child.
Director: Yeon-woo Nam | Stars: Jo Min-soo, Cheetah, Terris Brown, Jisu Choi
Votes: 80
34. Samjin Company English Class (2020)
110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In mid '90s, 3 female high school-grad office workers take up English classes together to get promotions and they team up to uncover corruption within their company.
Director: Lee Jong-pil | Stars: Ko Ah-sung, Esom, Park Hye-soo, Shim Dal-gi
Votes: 667
35. The King's Letters (2019)
110 min | Drama, History
A historical film about King Sejong who risked everything of his to invent the Hunminjungeum (Korean Script) for his people and the people who weren't recorded in history.
Director: Jo Chul-Hyun | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Park Hae-il, Jeon Mi-seon, Choi Deok-moon
Votes: 486
36. The Dude in Me (2019)
122 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
A weak high school student and a mighty gangster exchange their bodies accidentally.
Director: Kang Hyo-jin | Stars: Park Sung-woong, Jung Jinyoung, Ra Mi-ran, Lee Soo-min
Votes: 2,885
37. Millennium Actress (2001)
PG | 87 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A TV interviewer and his cameraman meet a former actress and travel through her memories and career.
Directors: Satoshi Kon, Kô Matsuo | Stars: Miyoko Shôji, Shôzô Îzuka, Mami Koyama, Fumiko Orikasa
Votes: 32,108 | Gross: $0.19M
38. Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern (2017)
Not Rated | 97 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Adapted from Waki Yamato's popular manga, Haikara-San is a heartfelt, and sometimes comical, tale of love surviving through the perils of war and separation.
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi | Stars: Robbie Daymond, Saori Hayami, Rachelle Heger, Unshô Ishizuka
Votes: 219
39. Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2 (2018)
105 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
After marrying the head of the military, Benio hears her husband died in Siberia during a war. However after finding out he's alive and fighting against his home land, Benio starts looking ... See full summary »
Director: Seimei Kidokoro | Stars: Yûki Kaji, Saori Hayami, Mamoru Miyano, Takahiro Sakurai
Votes: 138
40. Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017)
129 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Not only is Kamakura-based Masakazu Isshiki a mystery novelist, but he is also a good detective himself. His wife Akiko and he are acquainted with all manners of creatures and gods who are ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Masato Sakai, Mitsuki Takahata, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Min Tanaka
Votes: 1,409
41. Korean Cold Noodle Rhapsody (2021)
96 min | Documentary
Refreshing and flavorful, naengmyeon is Korea's coolest summertime staple. A journey through its history beings, from how it's cooked to how it's loved.
Star: Paik Jong-won
Votes: 53
42. Wife of a Spy (2020 TV Movie)
115 min | Drama, History, War
A Japanese merchant who leaves his wife behind in order to travel to Manchuria, where he witnesses an act of barbarism. His subsequent actions cause misunderstanding, jealousy and legal problems for his wife.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Yû Aoi, Issei Takahashi, Masahiro Higashide, Ryôta Bandô
Votes: 3,114
43. The Juror (2019)
114 min | Drama
"The Juror" is about the justification of a court of jurors who discuss an unexpected event.
Director: Seung-wan Hong | Stars: Moon So-ri, Park Hyung-sik, Jo Soo-hyang, Jo Han-chul
Votes: 1,095
44. Hold Me Back (2020)
133 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Love on the edge, which can't get any closer than 10cm: Mitsuko, 31, who is getting used to a solo life and has a counselor named "A" in her brain, falls in love with a young man.
Director: Akiko Ôku | Stars: Non, Kento Hayashi, Asami Usuda, Takuya Wakabayashi
Votes: 727
45. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)
121 min | Drama, Romance
An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Votes: 9,833
46. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
PG-13 | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.
Directors: Shôgo Furuya, Satoshi Kon | Stars: Tôru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto, Shôzô Îzuka
Votes: 46,803 | Gross: $0.13M
47. Perfect Blue (1997)
R | 81 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.
Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ôkura
Votes: 95,763 | Gross: $0.78M
48. Paprika (2006)
R | 90 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.
Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tôru Furuya
Votes: 97,060 | Gross: $0.88M
49. Submittan (2020)
18 min | Short, Drama
In the future city of Submittan, people over 80 years old are forced into 'retirement' to a remote mountain area, as the city deals with increased population. The burden falls on the ... See full summary »
Director: Susumu Kimura | Stars: Mia Ando, Momoka Takahashi, Xiaowan Zhang, Molly Flanagan
Votes: 20
50. A Man Called Ove (2015)
PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.
Director: Hannes Holm | Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll
Votes: 68,563 | Gross: $3.48M
51. Na mo Naki Sekai no End Roll (2021)
TV-14 | 101 min | Drama
Kida and Makoto share a powerful bond. The former outcasts spend a decade fighting to both the apex of the underworld and legit society so that Makoto can propose to a certain rich woman, which would be an epic scheme to change the world.
Director: Yûichi Satô | Stars: Takanori Iwata, Mackenyu, Anna Yamada, Anne Nakamura
Votes: 138
52. The Fish Tale (2022)
139 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A young child is obsessed with learning about and drawing fish. The child seems a little odd, but if you are understanding and supportive you will be cheering in the end.
Director: Shûichi Okita | Stars: Non, Yûya Yagira, Kaho, Hayato Isomura
Votes: 375
53. West Bank Story (2005)
21 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
A musical comedy set in the fast-paced, fast-food world of dueling falafel restaurants on the West Bank.
Director: Ari Sandel | Stars: Ben Newmark, Noureen DeWulf, A.J. Tannen, Joey Naber
Votes: 1,691
54. Petite Maman (2021)
PG | 73 min | Drama, Fantasy
Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her age building a tree-house.
Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse, Stéphane Varupenne
Votes: 17,734
55. Ido jirei wa ongakutai! (2022)
119 min | Mystery
Tsukasa Naruse works as a detective. He is enthusiastic with his job. To catch criminals, he sometimes breaks rules that detectives should follow. Tsukasa works on a voice phishing case ... See full summary »
Director: Eiji Uchida | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Mitsuko Baishô, Matthew Chozick, Hayato Isomura
Votes: 138
56. I'm Your Man (2021)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In order to obtain research funds for her studies, a scientist accepts an offer to participate in an extraordinary experiment: for three weeks, she is to live with a humanoid robot, created to make her happy.
Director: Maria Schrader | Stars: Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller, Hans Löw
Votes: 12,654
57. It's a Summer Film! (2020)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A schoolgirl, underwhelmed by the rom-com being made by the Film Club, sets out with her friends to make a samurai film to compete with it. First step: convince a mysterious stranger to play the lead.
Director: Sôshi Masumoto | Stars: Marika Itô, Daichi Kaneko, Yumi Kawai, Kilala Inori
Votes: 1,218
58. We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams (2023)
112 min
A treasure appears in front of antique dealer Norio Koike and potter Sasuke Noda. The treasure is Hideyoshi Toyotomi's porcelain tea bowl called Houou, that has been missing.
Director: Masaharu Take | Stars: Kogan Ashiya, Blake Crawford, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Jakujaku Katsura
Votes: 33
59. The Quiet Girl (2022)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama
In rural Ireland, a quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer where she blossoms and learns what it is to be loved.
Director: Colm Bairéad | Stars: Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett, Catherine Clinch, Michael Patric
Votes: 22,233
60. Argentina, 1985 (2022)
R | 140 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship during the 1980s in a battle against odds and a race against time.
Director: Santiago Mitre | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Gina Mastronicola, Francisco Bertín, Santiago Armas Estevarena
Votes: 31,219
61. Cascadeuses (2022)
85 min | Documentary
Virginie, Petra and Estelle are stuntwomen. They get hit by cars or struck by violent husbands and gangsters, often repeatedly. And every time, they get back up on their feet, ready to ... See full summary »
Director: Elena Avdija | Stars: Virginie Arnaud, Petra Sprecher, Estelle Piget
Votes: 47
62. Spy x Family Code: White (2023)
PG-13 | 110 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
After receiving an order to be replaced in Operation Strix, Loid decides to help Anya win a cooking competition at Eden Academy, by making the director's favorite meal in order to prevent his replacement.
Directors: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Takashi Katagiri | Stars: Takuya Eguchi, Atsumi Tanezaki, Saori Hayami, Ken'ichirô Matsuda
Votes: 2,465
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