My Favorite Japanese Movies

In this list are some of the movies that I keep in great value. Some of these movies aren't classics in critical sense, but all of the films in the list have impressed me in one way or another. Movies are not in numbers order, but Hana-bi is a one the movies which made me originally love Japanese cinema, so it might be my all time favorite Japanese film. This list will change as time goes on.

Ronin jul 23, 2018

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1. Hana-bi

Japanese Movie - 1997

10
2. Sweet Bean

Japanese Movie - 2015

10
3. Twenty-Four Eyes

Japanese Movie - 1954

10
4. Nobody Knows

Japanese Movie - 2004

10
5. Rebirth

Japanese Movie - 2011

10
6. Seven Samurai

Japanese Movie - 1954

10
7. Departures

Japanese Movie - 2008

10
8. The Twilight Samurai

Japanese Movie - 2002

10
9. Kaibutsu

Japanese Movie - 2023

10
10. Shoplifters

Japanese Movie - 2018

10
11. Sonatine

Japanese Movie - 1993

10
12. Tokyo Sonata

Japanese Movie - 2008

10
13. Harmonium

Japanese Movie - 2016

10
14. The Mourning Forest

Japanese Movie - 2007

10
15. Humanity and Paper Balloons

Japanese Movie - 1937

10
16. Love Exposure

Japanese Movie - 2009

10
17. Still Walking

Japanese Movie - 2008

10
18. Drive My Car

Japanese Movie - 2021

10
19. Her Love Boils Bathwater

Japanese Movie - 2016

10
20. Adrift in Tokyo

Japanese Movie - 2007

10
21. Our Little Sister

Japanese Movie - 2015

10
22. Harakiri

Japanese Movie - 1962

10
23. Himizu

Japanese Movie - 2012

9.5
24. The Light Shines Only There

Japanese Movie - 2014

9.5
25. Violent Cop

Japanese Movie - 1989

9.0
26. I Wish

Japanese Movie - 2011

10
27. Birds Without Names

Japanese Movie - 2017

10
28. Kids Return

Japanese Movie - 1996

9.5
29. Memories of Matsuko

Japanese Movie - 2006
30. Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo

Japanese Movie - 1935
31. Onibaba

Japanese Movie - 1964

10
32. The Blood of Wolves

Japanese Movie - 2018

10
33. Love Letter

Japanese Movie - 1995
34. The Burmese Harp

Japanese Movie - 1956

10
35. Kamikaze Taxi

Japanese Movie - 1995

9.5
36. The Hidden Blade

Japanese Movie - 2004

9.0
37. Go

Japanese Movie - 2001

9.5
38. A Story of Yonosuke

Japanese Movie - 2013

10
39. The Woodsman and the Rain

Japanese Movie - 2011

9.5
40. Rashomon

Japanese Movie - 1950

10
41. Gonin

Japanese Movie - 1995

9.0
42. Fish Story

Japanese Movie - 2009

9.5
43. Hana & Alice

Japanese Movie - 2004

10
44. Confessions

Japanese Movie - 2010

9.5
45. 13 Assassins

Japanese Movie - 2010
46. Turtles Swim Faster Than Expected

Japanese Movie - 2005

9.5
47. Yojimbo

Japanese Movie - 1961

10
48. Tokyo Story

Japanese Movie - 1953
49. Sway

Japanese Movie - 2006

9.5
50. Susaki Paradise - Red Light District

Japanese Movie - 1956

9.5
51. Blank

Japanese Movie - 2021

10
52. Comes Morning

Japanese Movie - 2020

10
53. Ah, Wilderness

Japanese Movie - 2017

10
54. The Blood of Wolves 2

Japanese Movie - 2021

10
55. Ah, Wilderness: Part 2

Japanese Movie - 2017

10
56. Late Spring

Japanese Movie - 1949

10
57. A Bloody Spear on Mount Fuji

Japanese Movie - 1955
58. Cold Fish

Japanese Movie - 2011

9.0
59. Rainbow Song

Japanese Movie - 2006

10
60. Villain

Japanese Movie - 2010

10
61. Assassination

Japanese Movie - 1964
62. Pulse

Japanese Movie - 2001

9.0
63. Blade of the Immortal

Japanese Movie - 2017
64. See You Tomorrow, Everyone

Japanese Movie - 2013

9.0
65. Dolls

Japanese Movie - 2002

10
66. A Scene at the Sea

Japanese Movie - 1991

10
67. A Wonderful World

Japanese Movie - 2020

9.5
68. Stray Dog

Japanese Movie - 1949

10
69. Aku wa Sonzai Shinai

Japanese Movie - 2023

10
70. Bounce Ko Gals

Japanese Movie - 1997

9.5
71. Dearest

Japanese Movie - 2012

9.5
72. All About Lily Chou Chou

Japanese Movie - 2001

9.0
73. Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Japanese Movie - 1972

9.0
74. One Cut of the Dead

Japanese Movie - 2018

10
75. Summer Film ni Notte

Japanese Movie - 2021

9.5
76. The Asadas

Japanese Movie - 2020

9.5
77. The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker

Japanese Movie - 2007
78. Osaka Elegy

Japanese Movie - 1936
79. Harmful Insect

Japanese Movie - 2001

9.0
80. Ugetsu Monogatari

Japanese Movie - 1953

10
81. Miracle Apples

Japanese Movie - 2013

9.0
82. Instant Numa

Japanese Movie - 2009
83. Miss Oyu

Japanese Movie - 1951

10
84. Soon to Reach the Sea

Japanese Movie - 2022

10
85. Shinjuku Swan

Japanese Movie - 2015

9.0
86. Louder!: Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp

Japanese Movie - 2018

9.0
87. Throne of Blood

Japanese Movie - 1957

10
88. Eureka

Japanese Movie - 2000

10
89. Bad Lands

Japanese Movie - 2023
90. First Love

Japanese Movie - 2006

9.0
91. Summer Time Machine Blues

Japanese Movie - 2005

9.0
92. Over Night

Japanese Movie - 2019

9.5
93. Nagi Machi

Japanese Movie - 2019

9.5
94. I Am a Hero

Japanese Movie - 2016

9.0
95. Yomei Ichi Nen no Boku ga, Yomei Hantoshi no Kimi to Deatta Hanashi.

Japanese Movie - 2024

9.0
96. Hoshi no Ko

Japanese Movie - 2020

9.0
97. Sanjuro

Japanese Movie - 1962

10
98. The Legend of the Stardust Brothers

Japanese Movie - 1985

9.5

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