Best Japanese Movies
Browse 57,506 movies originally made in Japanese (日本語). Rankings combine audience ratings, vote volume and popularity, so obscure titles with a handful of votes never displace widely acclaimed films.
Top Japanese movies
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Spirited Away
2001(18.8K votes)
- 8.8
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
2025(2.0K votes)
- 8.5
Your Name.
2016(12.9K votes)
- 8.5
Seven Samurai
1954(4.3K votes)
- 8.5
Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc
2025(1.1K votes)
- 8.4
Howl's Moving Castle
2004(11.3K votes)
- 8.3
Princess Mononoke
1997(9.2K votes)
- 8.4
A Silent Voice: The Movie
2016(4.6K votes)
- 8.7
Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK
2024(239 votes)
- 8.5
Harakiri
1962(1.3K votes)
- 8.3
Perfect Blue
1998(3.3K votes)
- 8.3
Ikiru
1952(1.4K votes)
- 8.3
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
1997(1.9K votes)
- 8.2
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
2020(4.6K votes)
- 8.1
My Neighbor Totoro
1988(9.0K votes)
- 8.4
High and Low
1963(1.2K votes)
- 7.9
Ghost in the Shell
1995(4.0K votes)
- 7.9
Akira
1988(4.9K votes)
- 7.9
Warriors of the Wind
1984(4.2K votes)
- 8.0
Castle in the Sky
1986(4.8K votes)
- 8.3
Violet Evergarden: The Movie
2020(536 votes)
- 8.1
Jujutsu Kaisen 0
2021(1.8K votes)
- 8.0
Ran
1985(1.9K votes)
- 8.2
Wolf Children
2012(2.5K votes)
- 8.2
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
2021(985 votes)
- 7.8
Perfect Days
2023(2.0K votes)
- 7.8
Kiki's Delivery Service
1989(4.7K votes)
- 8.1
Yojimbo
1961(1.7K votes)
- 7.6
Godzilla Minus One
2023(3.4K votes)
- 8.2
Look Back
2024(642 votes)
- 7.9
Whisper of the Heart
1995(2.3K votes)
- 8.2
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
2018(1.8K votes)
- 7.9
Monster
2023(939 votes)
- 8.0
Rashomon
1950(2.5K votes)
- 8.1
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2013(2.0K votes)
- 7.9
Suzume
2022(1.8K votes)
- 7.8
Ponyo
2008(4.9K votes)
- 7.8
Shoplifters
2018(2.4K votes)
- 7.2
Solo Leveling -ReAwakening-
2024(276 votes)
- 8.1
Tokyo Story
1953(1.3K votes)
- 7.8
The Wind Rises
2013(3.5K votes)
- 8.3
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
2020(616 votes)
- 8.2
Red Beard
1965(414 votes)
- 8.2
Woman in the Dunes
1964(536 votes)
- 8.0
Weathering with You
2019(2.7K votes)
- 7.8
Paprika
2006(3.0K votes)
- 7.8
Porco Rosso
1992(3.8K votes)
- 7.7
The Secret World of Arrietty
2010(3.2K votes)
- 7.9
Throne of Blood
1957(1.0K votes)
- 8.1
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising
2019(1.3K votes)
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