| 1. |  | Unknown (2011) A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is. Dir: Jaume Collet-Serra With: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones Drama | Mystery | Thriller  113 mins. |
| 2. |  | Spirited Away (2001) In the middle of her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and monsters; where humans are changed into animals; and a bathhouse for these creatures. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki With: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy  125 mins. |
| 3. |  | Tekken: Blood Vengeance (2011) Dir: Yoichi Mori With: Isshin Chiba, Erik Scott Kimerer, Yuki Matsuoka Animation | Action 100 mins. |
| 4. |  | Howl's Moving Castle (2004) When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki With: Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Romance  119 mins. |
| 5. |  | 13 Assassins (2010) A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord. Dir: Takashi Miike With: Kôji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yûsuke Iseya Action | Adventure | Drama  141 mins. |
| 6. |  | Seven Samurai (1954) A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. Dir: Akira Kurosawa With: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima Adventure | Drama  207 mins. |
| 7. |  | Lost in Translation (2003) A movie star with a sense of emptiness, and a neglected newlywed meet up as strangers in Tokyo, Japan and form an unlikely bond. Dir: Sofia Coppola With: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi Drama 104 mins. |
| 8. |  | Planet Earth (2006 TV Series) With: David Attenborough, Sigourney Weaver Documentary  44 mins. |
| 9. |  | The Ring (2002) A young journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone in a week of viewing it. Dir: Gore Verbinski With: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox Horror | Mystery | Thriller 115 mins. |
| 10. |  | Princess Mononoke (1997) On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki With: Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka Animation | Adventure | Fantasy  134 mins. |
| 11. |  | Dawn of the Dead (2004) A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman, and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall. Dir: Zack Snyder With: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Mekhi Phifer Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller 101 mins. |
| 12. |  | Tekken (2010) Jin Kazama witnesses the death of his mother Jun by Tekken in the slums known as Anvil. After finding a Tekken ID he decides to seek out vengeance for his mother's death. Dir: Dwight Little With: Jon Foo, Kelly Overton, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller 92 mins. |
| 13. |  | Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970 TV Movie) A mailman reveals the origin of Santa Claus. Dir: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. With: Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical 48 mins. |
| 14. |  | Silent Hill (2006) A woman goes in search for her daughter, within the confines of a strange, desolate town called Silent Hill. Based on the video game. Dir: Christophe Gans With: Radha Mitchell, Laurie Holden, Sean Bean Adventure | Horror 125 mins. |
| 15. |  | The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their daughter, Arrietty, is discovered. Dir: Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Gary Rydstrom With: Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy  94 mins. |
| 16. |  | Battle Royale (2000) In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act. Dir: Kinji Fukasaku With: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller 114 mins. |
| 17. |  | Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996) Two girlhood friends become sexual rivals at maturity. Dir: Mira Nair With: Naveen Andrews, Sarita Choudhury, Indira Varma Crime | Drama | History | Romance 117 mins. |
| 18. |  | Grave of the Fireflies (1988) A tragic film covering a young boy and his little sister's struggle to survive in Japan during World War II. Dir: Isao Takahata With: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi Animation | Drama | War 89 mins. |
| 19. |  | Confessions (2010) A psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death. Dir: Tetsuya Nakashima With: Takako Matsu, Yoshino Kimura, Masaki Okada Drama | Mystery | Thriller 106 mins. |
| 20. |  | Marie Antoinette (2006) The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen and ultimately the fall of Versailles. Dir: Sofia Coppola With: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn Biography | Drama | History 123 mins. |
| 21. |  | Point Break (1991) An FBI agent goes undercover to catch a gang of bank robbers who may be surfers. Dir: Kathryn Bigelow With: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey Action | Crime | Thriller 120 mins. |
| 22. |  | Thundercats (2011 TV Series) After his home kingdom is destroyed by the ancient devil priest Mumm-Ra, the young Thundercat Lord Lion-O leads a team of survivors as they fight evil on Third Earth. With: Will Friedle, Satomi Koorogi, Matthew Mercer Animation | Action | Adventure |
| 23. |  | My Neighbor Totoro (1988) When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wonderous forest spirits who live nearby. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki With: Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy 86 mins. |
| 24. |  | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) Video game adventurer Lara Croft comes to life in a movie where she races against time and villains to recover powerful ancient artifacts. Dir: Simon West With: Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Iain Glen Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Thriller 100 mins. |
| 25. |  | Malcolm X (1992) The biopic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader. Dir: Spike Lee With: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo Biography | Drama | History 202 mins. |
| 26. |  | Spy Game (2001) Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir recalls his training of Tom Bishop while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors. Dir: Tony Scott With: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack Action | Crime | Thriller 126 mins. |
| 27. |  | Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy. Dir: George Clooney With: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson Drama | History 93 mins. |
| 28. |  | Ponyo (2008) An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki With: Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy 101 mins. |
| 29. |  | Blindness (2008) A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant "white blindness". Those first afflicted are quarantined... Dir: Fernando Meirelles With: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael García Bernal Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller 121 mins. |
| 30. |  | The Grudge (2004) An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim. Dir: Takashi Shimizu With: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, Clea DuVall Horror | Mystery 92 mins. |
| 31. |  | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) Warrior/pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki With: Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyôda Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi 117 mins. |
| 32. |  | Ran (1985) An elderly lord abdicates to his three sons, and the two corrupt ones turn against him. Dir: Akira Kurosawa With: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu Action | Drama | War 162 mins. |
| 33. |  | Man on the Moon (1999) A film about the life and career of the eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman. Dir: Milos Forman With: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Gerry Becker Biography | Comedy | Drama 118 mins. |
| 34. |  | Godzilla (1998) A enormous, radioactively mutated lizard runs rampant on the island of Manhattan. Dir: Roland Emmerich With: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller 139 mins. |
| 35. |  | Castle in the Sky (1986) A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki With: Mayumi Tanaka, James Van Der Beek, Keiko Yokozawa Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Romance 124 mins. |
| 36. |  | Departures (2008) A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals. Dir: Yôjirô Takita With: Masahiro Motoki, Ryôko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki Drama | Music 130 mins. |
| 37. |  | Dead Man (1995) On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Indian named "Nobody" who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world. Dir: Jim Jarmusch With: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Crispin Glover Drama | Fantasy | Western 121 mins. |
| 38. |  | The Jackal (1997) An imprisoned IRA sniper is freed to help stop a brutal, seemingly "faceless" assassin from completing his next job. Dir: Michael Caton-Jones With: Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller 124 mins. |
| 39. |  | Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (1993 TV Series) A team of teenagers with attitude are recruited and try save Angel Grove from the evil witch Rita Repulsa and later Lord Zedd Emperor of all he sees and their horde of monsters. With: David Yost, Richard Steven Horvitz, Paul Schrier Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi | Thriller  |
| 40. |  | Dragon Ball Z (1989 TV Series) Earth's defender Goku learns that he is from another planet. Now Goku and his allies must defend the planet from an onslaught of new extraterrestrial enemies. With: Jôji Yanami, Masako Nozawa, Christopher Sabat Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Thriller |
| 41. |  | Guilty of Romance (2011) Dir: Shion Sono With: Miki Mizuno, Makoto Togashi, Megumi Kagurazaka Drama 144 mins. |
| 42. |  | Rashomon (1950) A heinous crime and its aftermath are recalled from differing points of view. Dir: Akira Kurosawa With: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori Crime | Drama | Mystery 88 mins. |
| 43. |  | Astro Boy (2009) Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant... Dir: David Bowers With: Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell Animation | Action | Family | Sci-Fi 94 mins. |
| 44. |  | Akira (1988) A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psionic psychopath that only two kids and a group of psionics can stop. Dir: Katsuhiro Ohtomo With: Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Mitsuo Iwata Animation | Sci-Fi 124 mins. |
| 45. |  | The Limits of Control (2009) The story of a mysterious loner, a stranger in the process of completing a criminal job. Dir: Jim Jarmusch With: Isaach De Bankolé, Alex Descas, Jean-François Stévenin Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller 116 mins. |
| 46. |  | Street Fighter (1994) Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts. Dir: Steven E. de Souza With: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Ming-Na Action | Comedy | Family | Thriller 102 mins. |
| 47. |  | The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) A teenage girl finds that she has the ability to leap through time. With her newfound power, she tries to use it to her advantage, but soon finds that tampering with time can lead to some rather discomforting results. Dir: Mamoru Hosoda With: Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutaka Itakura Animation | Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi 98 mins. |
| 48. |  | Control (2007) A profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to commit suicide at the age of 23. Dir: Anton Corbijn With: Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Craig Parkinson Biography | Drama | Music 122 mins. |
| 49. |  | Chaplin (1992) A film about the troubled and controversial life of the master comedy filmmaker. Dir: Richard Attenborough With: Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Paul Rhys Biography | Drama 143 mins. |
| 50. |  | Yojimbo (1961) A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town. Dir: Akira Kurosawa With: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller |
Thursday 22 December 2011
Most Popular Titles With Country of Origin Japan
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