Best Japanese Films

A list of what I think are the best Japanese films ever made, and which everyone ought to watch, if they can. A work in progress. The order of the list is simply alphabetical.

Honglou Meng Sep 10, 2024

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1. Audition

Japanese Movie - 1999

9.0

Just two syllables: kirkirikirikirikiri...
2. Cure

Japanese Movie - 1997

9.0
3. Funeral Parade of Roses

Japanese Movie - 1969
4. Happy Hour

Japanese Movie - 2015

9.5
5. House

Japanese Movie - 1977
6. In the Realm of the Senses

Japanese Movie - 1976
7. Late Spring

Japanese Movie - 1949

Perhaps Ozu's greatest masterpiece -- and he made a few.
8. Onibaba

Japanese Movie - 1964

9.5
9. Pulse

Japanese Movie - 2001

9.5

Contains one of the scariest scenes in the history of horror.
10. Ran

Japanese Movie - 1985

10

The finest adaptation of a Shakespeare play, ever. A great work of art.
11. Rashomon

Japanese Movie - 1950

10

Akutagawa's story meets Kurosawa's direction. The result cannot be but a masterpiece of world cinema.
12. Ring

Japanese Movie - 1998

9.5
13. The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On

Japanese Movie - 1987

10

One of the most remarkable documentaries, it is also one of the few films that openly talk about Japanese war crimes during the Second World War.
14. Tokyo Story

Japanese Movie - 1953
15. Ugetsu Monogatari

Japanese Movie - 1953

9.0