1. Late Spring (晩春)
Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.
It has an average vote of 7.999 on TMDB.
2. Tokyo Twilight (東京暮色)
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
3. Robot on the Road (旅のロボから)
A perverted robot hitchhikes cross-country with an attractive woman in hopes of photographing her naked.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
4. Equinox Flower (彼岸花)
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is adamant to live life her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat.
It has an average vote of 7.436 on TMDB.
5. Good Morning (お早よう)
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu weaves a wealth of subtle gags through a family portrait as rich as those of his dramatic films, mocking the foibles of the adult world through the eyes of his child protagonists. Shot in stunning color and set in a suburb of Tokyo where housewives gossip about the neighbors’ new washing machine and unemployed husbands look for work as door-to-door salesmen, this charming comedy refashions Ozu’s own silent classic I Was Born, But . . . to gently satirize consumerism in postwar Japan.
It has an average vote of 7.724 on TMDB.
6. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc)
A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
7. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du jeu)
A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.
It has an average vote of 7.543 on TMDB.
8. The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (お茶漬の味)
The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.
It has an average vote of 7.546 on TMDB.
9. The Devil and Daniel Johnston
This 2005 documentary film chronicles the life of Daniel Johnston, a manic-depressive genius singer/songwriter/artist, from childhood up to the present, with an emphasis on his mental illness and how it manifested itself in demonic self-obsession.
It has an average vote of 7.675 on TMDB.
10. The Only Son (一人息子)
A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo to visit her son.
It has an average vote of 7.417 on TMDB.
11. Desk Set
A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's research staff.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
12. The Lovely Month of May (Le Joli Mai)
Candid interviews of ordinary people on the meaning of happiness, an often amorphous and inarticulable notion that evokes more basic and fundamentally egalitarian ideals of self-betterment, prosperity, tolerance, economic opportunity, and freedom.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
13. Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (宮本武蔵)
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
It has an average vote of 7.146 on TMDB.
14. Bloodsport II
After thief Alex Cardo gets caught while stealing an ancient katana in East Asia, he soon finds himself imprisoned and beaten up by the crowd there. One of the guards, Demon, feels upset by Alex appearance and tortures him as often as he gets the opportunity. Alex finds a friend and mentor in the jailhouse, Master Sun, who teaches him a superior fighting style called Iron Hand. When a 'best of the best kumite' is to take place, Demon gets an invitation. Now Master Sun and Alex need to find a way to let Alex take part in the kumite too.
It has an average vote of 5.352 on TMDB.
15. There's No Business Like Show Business
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
It has an average vote of 5.978 on TMDB.
16. The Idiot (白痴)
Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women, Taeko and Ayako. Taeko comes to love Kameda, but is loved in turn by Akama. When Akama realizes that he will never have Taeko, his thoughts turn to murder, and great tragedy ensues.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
17. Mother and Son (Мать и сын)
A man goes for a walk through the countryside with his dying mother.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
18. Kung-Fu Master! (Kung-Fu Master!)
A lonely 40-year old woman finds herself shattering taboos by falling in love with the 14-year old Julien – but is it romance, or a desperate attempt to turn back time in the face of middle age?
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
19. Prince of Peoria: A Christmas Moose Miracle
Teddy gets snowed in at a bowling alley, which may cause him to miss the Festival of Lights for the very first time. Fear not, though, because Emil "insists the Christmas moose will save the day.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
