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Japan Movies

Ranking of movies seen that are in Japanese or set in or about Japan.

So far mainly animations and recent dramas given major blindspot are the samurai epics and Godzillas.

Watchlists for inspiration: Kinema Junpo Top 100 and this random TimeOut list of top 50, and top samurai movie lists by Kl1k and Devon van Leeuwen.

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  • Spirited Away

    1

  • The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

    2

  • My Neighbor Totoro

    3

  • Drive My Car

    4

  • Shoplifters

    5

  • Millennium Actress

    6

  • Grave of the Fireflies

    7

  • Paprika

    8

  • Princess Mononoke

    9

  • Tokyo Godfathers

    10

  • Nobody Knows

    11

  • Himizu

    12

  • Godzilla Minus One

    13

  • Porco Rosso

    14

  • One Cut of the Dead

    15

  • Mind Game

    16

  • 13 Assassins

    17

  • Ghost in the Shell

    18

  • From Up on Poppy Hill

    19

  • Redline

    20

  • Love Exposure

    21

  • Why Don't You Play in Hell?

    22

  • Still Walking

    23

  • Battle Royale

    24

  • Tokyo Olympiad

    25

  • The Wind Rises

    26

  • Akira

    27

  • Ponyo

    28

  • Like Someone in Love

    29

  • Like Father, Like Son

    30

  • Baby Assassins

    31

  • The Castle of Cagliostro

    32

  • Jiro Dreams of Sushi

    33

  • Monster

    34

  • The Cat Returns

    35

  • High and Low

    36

  • Happyend

    37

  • The Boy and the Heron

    38

  • Black Belt

    39

  • Your Name.

    40

  • In the Realm of the Senses

    41

  • Exit 8

    42

  • Shin Godzilla

    43

  • Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

    44

  • Ichi the Killer

    45

  • Eureka

    46

  • Audition

    47

  • 2012

    48

  • When Marnie Was There

    49