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Letterboxd 100: Japan in the 21st Century

As the all-time Japanese Letterboxd list is heavily pre-2000, here's a list of the 100 highest-rated narrative feature films from the 21st century for those interested in contemporary fare. Anime and drama series sequels have been removed for standalone viewability.

Updated on June 26, 2025.

For other lists, here's a centralized database.

  • Spirited Away

    1

  • Nobody Knows

    2

  • Love Exposure

    3

  • Howl's Moving Castle

    4

  • Still Walking

    5

  • Monster

    6

  • Swing Girls

    7

  • Shoplifters

    8

  • Perfect Days

    9

  • Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

    10

  • Look Back

    11

  • Eureka

    12

  • The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

    13

  • Ritual

    14

  • The First Slam Dunk

    15

  • Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem

    16

  • Happy Hour

    17

  • Tokyo Godfathers

    18

  • Millennium Actress

    19

  • Your Name.

    20

  • Drive My Car

    21

  • Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

    22

  • Mind Game

    23

  • A Silent Voice: The Movie

    24

  • All About Lily Chou-Chou

    25

  • Like Father, Like Son

    26

  • Kamikaze Girls

    27

  • The Taste of Tea

    28

  • Memories of Matsuko

    29

  • Linda Linda Linda

    30

  • The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral

    31

  • Tokyo Sonata

    32

  • Blue Giant

    33

  • Crayon Shin-chan: The Adult Empire Strikes Back

    34

  • Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

    35

  • Wolf Children

    36

  • The Twilight Samurai

    37

  • Our Little Sister

    38

  • Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

    39

  • Redline

    40

  • The Wind Rises

    41

  • Ponyo

    42

  • A Story of Yonosuke

    43

  • In This Corner of the World

    44

  • Paprika

    45

  • Dou kyu sei – Classmates

    46

  • Tekkonkinkreet

    47

  • Godzilla Minus One

    48

  • A Bride for Rip Van Winkle

    49

  • Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

    50

  • Departures

    51

  • One Cut of the Dead

    52

  • Casting Blossoms to the Sky

    53

  • One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island

    54

  • Persona3 the Movie #4 Winter of Rebirth

    55

  • One Million Yen Girl

    56

  • 0.5 mm

    57

  • Liz and the Blue Bird

    58

  • Red Post on Escher Street

    59

  • On-Gaku: Our Sound

    60

  • Drawing Closer

    61

  • 9 Souls

    62

  • Little Forest: Winter/Spring

    63

  • Hanagatami

    64

  • Little Forest: Summer/Autumn

    65

  • Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III – The Advent

    66

  • Why Don't You Play in Hell?

    67

  • Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance

    68

  • Junk Head

    69

  • Blue Spring

    70

  • Confessions

    71

  • Himizu

    72

  • Fish Story

    73

  • After the Storm

    74

  • Survive Style 5+

    75

  • I Wish

    76

  • We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

    77

  • The Boy and the Heron

    78

  • Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street

    79

  • Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes

    80

  • The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder (Part 2)

    81

  • Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu

    82

  • The Last 10 Years

    83

  • Labyrinth of Cinema

    84

  • Baby Assassins 3

    85

  • Her Love Boils Bathwater

    86

  • Hotarubi no Mori e

    87

  • Flic

    88

  • Sweet Bean

    89

  • Sword of the Stranger

    90

  • 13 Assassins

    91

  • Inu-Oh

    92

  • I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

    93

  • Midnight Diner

    94

  • Shin Godzilla

    95

  • The Hidden Blade

    96

  • Mirrored Mind

    97

  • The Asadas!

    98

  • The Red Turtle

    99

  • When Marnie Was There

    100