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1. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2006)
Not Rated | 247 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
The Bride must kill her ex-boss and lover Bill who betrayed her at her wedding rehearsal, shot her in the head and took away her unborn daughter. But first, she must make the other four members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad suffer.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Michael Madsen
Votes: 16,598
2. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen
Votes: 1,195,775 | Gross: $70.10M
3. Hotoke (2001)
113 min | Fantasy, Romance
Rai pedals his bike and trailer about town, collecting old iron and sowing flower seeds. Because his face never seems to show emotion, everybody calls him Hotoke - meaning Buddha. His elder... See full summary »
Director: Jinsei Tsuji | Stars: Shinji Takeda, Ryûichi Ôura, Yuma, Fujiko
Votes: 18
4. Shall We Dance? (1996)
PG | 136 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.
Director: Masayuki Suô | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka, Eri Watanabe
Votes: 11,745 | Gross: $9.68M
5. Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale II (2011)
132 min | Action, Drama, History
After the uprising at Wushe, Mona Rudao faces a guerrilla war against the militarily superior Japanese and Seediq clans. He and his followers must fight for their dignity and honor so that they can truly be "Seediq Bale" or "real men."
Director: Te-Sheng Wei | Stars: Nolay Piho, Umin Boya, Masanobu Andô, Sabu Kawahara
Votes: 1,851
6. Babel (I) (2006)
R | 143 min | Drama
Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, which jump starts an interlocking story involving four different families.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Mohamed Akhzam
Votes: 317,313 | Gross: $34.30M
7. The Flowers of War (2011)
R | 146 min | Drama, History, Romance
An American finds refuge during the 1937 Japanese invasion of Nanking in a church with a group of women. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Xinyi Zhang, Tianyuan Huang
Votes: 55,765 | Gross: $0.01M
8. Maborosi (1995)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Makiko Esumi, Takashi Naitô, Tadanobu Asano, Gohki Kashiyama
Votes: 7,341
9. Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale I (2011)
Not Rated | 144 min | Action, Drama, History
An indigenous clan-based people living in harmony with nature find their way of life threatened when violent interlopers from another culture arrive, intent on seizing their natural resources and enslaving them.
Director: Te-Sheng Wei | Stars: Masanobu Andô, Jun'ichi Haruta, Sabu Kawahara, Shiang-Chu Tang
Votes: 7,332 | Gross: $0.14M
10. Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)
148 min | Crime, Drama
The struggles of a group of immigrant outcasts living in an alternative-future, xenophobic Japanese metropolis.
Director: Shunji Iwai | Stars: Hiroshi Mikami, Chara, Ayumi Ito, Yôsuke Eguchi
Votes: 4,425
11. Natsu no niwa: The Friends (1994)
113 min | Comedy, Drama
A delightful and moving coming-of-age story. One summer, three young boys take an increasing interest in an eccentric old man who lives alone in a house surrounded by an overgrown garden. ... See full summary »
Director: Shinji Sômai | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Naoki Sakata, Yasutaka Oh, Ken'ichi Makino
Votes: 181
12. Sleepless Town (1998)
122 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Kabukicho is a forgotten world. A place where people of different tongues and races meet, where they fight against each other to gain money, power and territory. The struggle which never ... See full summary »
Director: Chi-Ngai Lee | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Mirai Yamamoto, Kippei Shîna, Sihung Lung
Votes: 721
13. Goemon (2009)
128 min | Action, Drama, History
Based on a Japanese folk legend that echoes the tale of Robin Hood, this ninja thriller follows the exploits of Goemon Ishikawa (Yôsuke Eguchi), who leaves his fighting clan after its chief... See full summary »
Director: Kazuaki Kiriya | Stars: Yôsuke Eguchi, Takao Osawa, Ryôko Hirosue, Jun Kaname
Votes: 5,552
14. Between Calmness and Passion (2001)
125 min | Romance
A man is studying abroad in Italy, and while he does well, he yearns for his true love. After promising to meet her in Florence, they reconnect after not seeing one another for 10 years.
Director: Isamu Nakae | Stars: Yutaka Takenouchi, Kelly Chen, Michael Wong, Ryôko Shinohara
Votes: 497
15. Hoshi ni natta shônen (2005)
113 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A Japanese boy is smitten and finally persuades his mother to give him permission to travel to northern Thailand in order to become an elephant trainer. He would be the first Japanese to ... See full summary »
Director: Shunsaku Kawake | Stars: Yûya Yagira, Takako Tokiwa, Katsumi Takahashi, Yû Aoi
Votes: 250
16. From the End of the World (2023)
135 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Hana is an ordinary high-school girl. One day, she dreams of a little girl who lived during the Sengoku era. When she wakes up, Hana is taken by a mysterious government agency run by people who are convinced her dreams can save the world.
Director: Kazuaki Kiriya | Stars: Yasushi Ami, Aya Asahina, Yui Ichikawa, Aoi Itô
Votes: 59
17. The Yinyang Master (2021)
113 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Adaption of the phenomenon-level mobile game "Onmyoji" - film version with the same name that will bring the magnificent oriental fantasy world to life.
Director: Weiran Li | Stars: Kun Chen, Xun Zhou, William Chan, Chuxiao Qu
Votes: 3,212
18. Silk (2006)
Not Rated | 108 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In Taipei, the crippled scientist Hashimoto uses his invention of "Menger Sponge" to capture the energy of the spirit of a child in an old building. He invites the specialist in reading ... See full summary »
Director: Chao-Bin Su | Stars: Chang Chen, Yôsuke Eguchi, Karena Kar-Yan Lam, Barbie Hsu
Votes: 3,498
19. Satorare (2001)
128 min | Drama
"Satorare" - The patient of disease indicating the symptom that every thought becomes the pneumatron wave, and spreads in the neighborhood. They don't know their own disease for the suicide... See full summary »
Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro | Stars: Masanobu Andô, Kyôka Suzuki, Rina Uchiyama, Yutaka Matsushige
Votes: 279
20. Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018)
TV-MA | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Detective Dee is forced to defend himself against the accusations of Empress Wu while investigating a crime spree.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Ethan Juan, Mark You-Ting Chao, Carina Lau, Kenny Lin
Votes: 3,041 | Gross: $0.26M
21. Kaidan (2007)
Unrated | 115 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
Japan, 250 years ago. Soetsu is a moneylender who is killed by the cruel samurai Shinzaemon. His body is dumped in the Kasenega-Fuchi river. According to legend, all who drown in the river ... See full summary »
Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Kikunosuke Onoe, Hitomi Kuroki, Mao Inoue, Kumiko Asô
Votes: 1,213
22. Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess (2009)
125 min | Drama
A young Japanese woman goes missing in Rome during the Christmas season.
Director: Hiroshi Nishitani | Stars: Yûji Oda, Yûki Amami, Erika Toda, Kôichi Satô
Votes: 379
23. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A teenager becomes a major competitor in the world of drift racing after moving in with his father in Tokyo to avoid a jail sentence in America.
Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Lucas Black, Zachery Ty Bryan, Shad Moss, Damien Marzette
Votes: 300,421 | Gross: $62.51M
24. Casshern (2004)
Not Rated | 142 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Live-action sci-fi movie based on a 1973 Japanese animé of the same name (Shinzo Ningen Casshân). Theme song by Utada Hikaru.
Director: Kazuaki Kiriya | Stars: Yûsuke Iseya, Kumiko Asô, Akira Terao, Kanako Higuchi
Votes: 13,793
25. Tokyo Raiders (2000)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Is anyone who he says he is in this caper that moves from Hong Kong and Las Vegas to Tokyo? Ken doesn't show up in Vegas for his wedding; his disconsolate bride, Macy, heads home for Hong ... See full summary »
Director: Jingle Ma | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ekin Cheng, Kelly Chen, Cecilia Cheung
Votes: 2,650
26. Black & White: The Dawn of Justice (2014)
126 min | Action
A celebrated Police Officer teams up with another man with extremely opposite characteristics to protect the city from threats.
Director: Yueh-Hsun Tsai | Stars: Mark You-Ting Chao, Kenny Lin, Huang Bo, Janine Chun-Ning Chang
Votes: 694
27. The Rooftop (2013)
Not Rated | 120 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Gao and his friends are the happiest kids in the city of Galilee. Living on the rooftops of this bustling metropolis, sometimes life can be tough, but they still churn out songs all day, ... See full summary »
Director: Jay Chou | Stars: Jay Chou, Alan Ko, Eric Tsang, Xueqi Wang
Votes: 1,114 | Gross: $0.09M
28. The Assassins (2012)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, History
Set in the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history, the story focuses on Cao Cao in his old age, exploring the areas of military tactics, love, and the relationship between father and son.
Director: Linshan Zhao | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Liu Yifei, Hiroshi Tamaki, Alec Su
Votes: 2,123
30. The Left Ear (2015)
120 min | Drama, Romance
Li, a shy girl with hearing loss in her left ear, musters the courage to express her love to Xe Ge, but Xe Ge starts dating Bala, until a tragic incident brings him and Li together.
Director: Alec Su | Stars: Duling Chen, Sichun Ma, Hao Ou, Yang Yang
Votes: 551
31. Into the Sun (2005)
R | 97 min | Action, Thriller
When a government official is killed, an American operative with experience in the Yakuza culture is brought in to investigate.
Director: mink | Stars: Steven Seagal, Takao Osawa, Juliette Marquis, Matthew Davis
Votes: 8,034
32. Molly's Adventure (2023)
Drama
Director: Jung-chi Chang | Stars: Sinuo Chen, Donghai Fang, Qingzhuo Fang, Tao Guo
33. Myth (IV) (2017)
23 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
A little girl cuts her hair that is over waist length, therefore broke the taboo of haircut, and she started to see ghosts in her life.
Director: Fang-Wei Hao | Star: Chia-Yen Ko