Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal 1999

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan: Tsuioku Hen

Action, Adventure, Animation

IMDb: 8.6 (10855 votes)

Trailer

In Meiji era Japan, Kenshin Himura has been trained in the deadliest of sword arts. When the House he was hired by is defeated and forced into hid..

Cast	Mayo Suzukaze, Junko Iwao, Nozomu Sasaki
Director	Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Language	Japanese

Oldeuboi 2003

Oldeuboi

Action, Mystery, Drama, Thriller

IMDb: 8.4 (435295 votes)

Trailer

After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days.

Cast	Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang
Director	Chan-wook Park
Language	Korean

Your Name. 2016

Kimi no na wa.

Fantasy, Drama, Animation

IMDb: 8.4 (101911 votes)

Trailer

Mitsuha is the daughter of the mayor of a small mountain town. She's a straightforward high school girl who lives with her sister and her grandmot..

Cast	Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryô Narita
Director	Makoto Shinkai
Language	Japanese, Chinese

Hellsing Ultimate 2006

Action, Fantasy, Animation

IMDb: 8.3 (15832 votes)

Trailer

In flashback, Integra is seen assuming leadership of the Hellsing organization as she resolves a conflict with her uncle with the help of the vamp..

Cast	Katie Gray, Crispin Freeman, Victoria Harwood
Director	Taliesin Jaffe, Tomokazu Tokoro
Language	Japanese

Howl's Moving Castle 2004

Hauru no ugoku shiro

Adventure, Animation, Family

IMDb: 8.2 (264916 votes)

Trailer

A love story between an 18-year-old girl named Sophie, cursed by a witch into an old woman's body, and a magician named Howl. Under the curse, Sop..

Cast	Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa
Director	Hayao Miyazaki
Language	Japanese

FLCL 2000

Drama, Comedy, Animation

IMDb: 8.3 (12917 votes)

Trailer

A 12-year old boy named Naota one day meets a strange woman, riding a Vespa and wielding a big guitar. As soon as she appears, mysterious things s..

Cast	Jun Mizuki, Mayumi Shintani, Izumi Kasagi
Director	Kazuya Tsurumaki, Masahiko Ôtsuka
Language	Japanese

Ookami kodomo no Ame to Yuki 2012

Ookami kodomo no Ame to Yuki

Drama, Animation, Family

IMDb: 8.2 (28969 votes)

Trailer

After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident while hunting for food for their children, a young woman must find ways to raise the wer..

Cast	Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Ohsawa, Haru Kuroki
Director	Mamoru Hosoda
Language	Japanese

The House of Small Cubes 2008

Tsumiki no ie

Drama, Animation, Short

IMDb: 8.3 (8674 votes)

Trailer

As his town is flooded by water, an old man is forced to add additional levels onto his home with bricks (cubes) in order to stay dry. But when he..

Cast	Masami Nagasawa
Director	Kunio Kato
Language	Japanese

A Moment to Remember 2004

Nae meorisokui jiwoogae

Drama, Romance

IMDb: 8.2 (18605 votes)

Trailer

A Korean love story about a young couple's enduring love, which is tested when 27 year old Sun-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's di..

Cast	Woo-sung Jung, Ye-jin Son, Jong-hak Baek
Director	John H. Lee
Language	Korean

Koe no katachi 2016

Koe no katachi

Drama, Romance, Animation

IMDb: 8.2 (18580 votes)

Trailer

A young man is ostracized by his classmates after he bullies a deaf girl to the point where she moves away. Years later, he sets off on a path for..

Cast	Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yûki
Director	Naoko Yamada
Language	Japanese, Japanese Sign Language

In the Mood for Love 2000

Faa yeung nin wa

Drama, Romance

IMDb: 8.1 (98074 votes)

Trailer

Set in Hong Kong, 1962, Chow Mo-Wan is a newspaper editor who moves into a new building with his wife. At the same time, Su Li-zhen, a beautiful s..

Cast	Maggie Cheung, Tony Chiu-wai Leung, Ping Lam Siu
Director	Kar-wai Wong
Language	Cantonese, Shanghainese, French, Spanish

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring 2003

Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom

Drama, Romance

IMDb: 8.1 (69568 votes)

Trailer

A boy is raised by a Buddhist monk on an isolated floating temple where the years pass like the seasons.

Cast	Yeong-su Oh, Ki-duk Kim, Young-min Kim
Director	Ki-duk Kim
Language	Korean

Ah-ga-ssi 2016

Ah-ga-ssi

Crime, Mystery, Drama, Romance

IMDb: 8.1 (64217 votes)

Trailer

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl (Sookee) is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress (Hideko) who lives a seclude..

Cast	Min-hee Kim, Tae-ri Kim, Jung-woo Ha
Director	Chan-wook Park
Language	Korean, Japanese

3-Iron 2004

Bin-jip

Crime, Drama, Romance

IMDb: 8.1 (43569 votes)

Trailer

A transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents' lives for a few days.

Cast	Seung-yun Lee, Hyun-kyoon Lee, Hyuk-ho Kwon
Director	Ki-duk Kim
Language	Korean

Departures 2008

Okuribito

Drama, Music

IMDb: 8.1 (43555 votes)

Trailer

A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.

Cast	Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ryôko Hirosue
Director	Yôjirô Takita
Language	Japanese

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War 2004

Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo

Action, Drama, War

IMDb: 8.1 (34961 votes)

Trailer

When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from b..

Cast	Dong-gun Jang, Bin Won, Eun-ju Lee
Director	Je-kyu Kang
Language	Korean

7-beon-bang-ui seon-mul 2013

7-beon-bang-ui seon-mul

Drama, Comedy

IMDb: 8.2 (9764 votes)

Trailer

Ryu Seung-Ryong comes back as a fool for his daughter. Outsiders not allowed, in room number 7 of the prison where all kinds of criminals are gath..

Cast	Seung-ryong Ryu, So Won Kal, Dal-su Oh
Director	Hwan-kyung Lee
Language	Korean

Nobody Knows 2004

Dare mo shiranai

Drama

IMDb: 8.1 (20141 votes)

Trailer

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning..

Cast	Yûya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura
Director	Hirokazu Koreeda
Language	Japanese

Tasogare Seibei 2002

Tasogare Seibei

Drama, History

IMDb: 8.1 (20101 votes)

Trailer

As the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing 2 young daughters, an aged mother, clan loyalties, an..

Cast	Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi
Director	Yôji Yamada
Language	Japanese

Yip Man 2008

Yip Man

Action, Drama, Biography

IMDb: 8.0 (191715 votes)

Trailer

During the Japanese invasion of 1937, when a wealthy martial artist is forced to leave his home and work to support his family, he reluctantly agr..

Cast	Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Lynn Hung
Director	Wilson Yip
Language	Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese

Ichi rittoru no namida 2005

Ichi rittoru no namida

Drama, Romance

IMDb: 8.9 (1540 votes)

Trailer

This TV drama version of "Ichi rittoru no namida" tells the story of 15-year-old Ikeuchi Aya, an ordinary girl and a new highschool student. But s..

Cast	Erika Sawajiri, Ryô Nishikido, Hiroko Yakushimaru
Director	Shôsuke Murakami
Language	Japanese

Ai no mukidashi 2008

Ai no mukidashi

Action, Drama, Comedy

IMDb: 8.1 (9377 votes)

Trailer

A bizarre love triangle forms between a young Catholic upskirt photographer, a misandric girl and a manipulative cultist.

Cast	Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima, Sakura Andô
Director	Sion Sono
Language	Japanese

So-won 2013

So-won

Crime, Drama

IMDb: 8.3 (3536 votes)

Trailer

Tragedy of a 8 year old girl coping with a gruesome rape damaging her internally and affecting emotionally tries to overcome all obstacles that ar..

Cast	Lee Re, Kyung-gu Sol, Ji-won Uhm
Director	Joon-ik Lee
Language	Korean

Môsô dairinin 2004

Môsô dairinin

Drama, Horror, Animation

IMDb: 8.1 (7526 votes)

Trailer

Seemingly unconnected citizens of Tokyo are targeted for bludgeoning by a boy with a golden baseball bat. As detectives try to link the victims, t..

Cast	Shôzô Îzuka, Toshihiko Seki, Michael Mcconnohie
Director	Satoshi Kon, Takuji Endo
Language	Japanese