Highest Rated Japanese Movies
Every movie below is scored by averaging its rating on every platform that carries it — IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Letterboxd, Google and more — into one number out of 100. Only titles rated by at least three platforms are ranked.
1
Ikiru
A
89
2
Harakiri
A
88
3
High and Low
A
88
4
Seven Samurai
A
88
5
Tokyo Story
A
87
6
Ran
A
87
7
Yojimbo
A
86
8
Red Beard
A
86
9
Yi Yi
A
85
10
Rashomon
A
85
11
Dersu Uzala
A
85
12
Shoplifters
A
84
13
Ugetsu
A
84
14
Throne of Blood
A
84
15
The Twilight Samurai
A
84
16
Kokuho
A
84
17
Nobody Knows
A
84
18
Sanjuro
A
83
19
Perfect Days
A
83
20
Love Letter
A
83
21
The Hidden Fortress
A
83
22
Monster
A
83
23
Departures
A
82
24
Hiroshima Mon Amour
A
81
25
Kagemusha
A
81
26
Winter Sleep
A
81
27
One Cut of the Dead
A
81
28
August in the Water
A
81
29
Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning
A
81
30
3-Iron
A
81
31
Godzilla Minus One
A
80
32
Godzilla
A
80
33
Survive Style 5+
A
80
34
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
A
80
35
Drive My Car
A
80
36
Happy Together
A
80
37
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
A
80
38
After Life
A
80
39
Our Little Sister
B
79
40
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
B
79
41
Osama
B
79
42
13 Assassins
B
79
43
Ash Is Purest White
B
78
44
Living
B
78
45
Confessions
B
78
46
Cure
B
78
47
The Only Son
B
78
48
Last Life in the Universe
B
78
49
Dreams
B
78
50
After the Storm
B
78
51
Sonatine
B
78
52
All About Lily Chou-Chou
B
78
53
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
B
78
54
The World's Fastest Indian
B
77
55
Burning
B
77
56
9 Souls
B
77
57
A Simple Plan
B
77
58
Battle Royale
B
77
59
Night on Earth
B
77
60
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
B
77
61
Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final
B
77
62
Reversal of Fortune
B
77
63
Howards End
B
77
64
Under the Sand
B
77
65
Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends
B
77
66
The Namesake
B
77
67
Control
B
77
68
Himizu
B
76
69
Peppermint Candy
B
76
70
Sweet Bean
B
76
71
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
B
76
72
Ring
B
76
73
Good Night, and Good Luck.
B
76
74
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
B
76
75
Red Cliff
B
76
76
Dead Man
B
76
77
Zatoichi
B
75
78
Dolls
B
75
79
Evil Does Not Exist
B
75
80
The Crying Game
B
75
81
Platform
B
75
82
Mountains May Depart
B
74
83
Smoke
B
74
84
Rhapsody in August
B
73
85
Kikujiro
B
73
86
Wonder Boys
B
73
87
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
B
73
88
A Page of Madness
B
72
89
Man on the Moon
B
72
90
Chûgoku no chôjin
B
72
91
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
B
72
92
Shin Godzilla
B
72
93
Cold Fish
B
72
94
Tora! Tora! Tora!
B
72
95
Blade of the Immortal
B
72
96
The Bow
B
72
97
Time
B
71
98
The Indian Runner
B
71
99
Chaplin
B
71
100
Fear and Trembling
B
71
Ikiru
A
89
2
Harakiri
A
88
3
High and Low
A
88
4
Seven Samurai
A
88
5
Tokyo Story
A
87
6
Ran
A
87
7
Yojimbo
A
86
8
Red Beard
A
86
9
Yi Yi
A
85
10
Rashomon
A
85
11
Dersu Uzala
A
85
12
Shoplifters
A
84
13
Ugetsu
A
84
14
Throne of Blood
A
84
15
The Twilight Samurai
A
84
16
Kokuho
A
84
17
Nobody Knows
A
84
18
Sanjuro
A
83
19
Perfect Days
A
83
20
Love Letter
A
83
21
The Hidden Fortress
A
83
22
Monster
A
83
23
Departures
A
82
24
Hiroshima Mon Amour
A
81
25
Kagemusha
A
81
26
Winter Sleep
A
81
27
One Cut of the Dead
A
81
28
August in the Water
A
81
29
Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning
A
81
30
3-Iron
A
81
31
Godzilla Minus One
A
80
32
Godzilla
A
80
33
Survive Style 5+
A
80
34
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
A
80
35
Drive My Car
A
80
36
Happy Together
A
80
37
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
A
80
38
After Life
A
80
39
Our Little Sister
B
79
40
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
B
79
41
Osama
B
79
42
13 Assassins
B
79
43
Ash Is Purest White
B
78
44
Living
B
78
45
Confessions
B
78
46
Cure
B
78
47
The Only Son
B
78
48
Last Life in the Universe
B
78
49
Dreams
B
78
50
After the Storm
B
78
51
Sonatine
B
78
52
All About Lily Chou-Chou
B
78
53
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
B
78
54
The World's Fastest Indian
B
77
55
Burning
B
77
56
9 Souls
B
77
57
A Simple Plan
B
77
58
Battle Royale
B
77
59
Night on Earth
B
77
60
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
B
77
61
Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final
B
77
62
Reversal of Fortune
B
77
63
Howards End
B
77
64
Under the Sand
B
77
65
Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends
B
77
66
The Namesake
B
77
67
Control
B
77
68
Himizu
B
76
69
Peppermint Candy
B
76
70
Sweet Bean
B
76
71
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
B
76
72
Ring
B
76
73
Good Night, and Good Luck.
B
76
74
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
B
76
75
Red Cliff
B
76
76
Dead Man
B
76
77
Zatoichi
B
75
78
Dolls
B
75
79
Evil Does Not Exist
B
75
80
The Crying Game
B
75
81
Platform
B
75
82
Mountains May Depart
B
74
83
Smoke
B
74
84
Rhapsody in August
B
73
85
Kikujiro
B
73
86
Wonder Boys
B
73
87
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
B
73
88
A Page of Madness
B
72
89
Man on the Moon
B
72
90
Chûgoku no chôjin
B
72
91
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
B
72
92
Shin Godzilla
B
72
93
Cold Fish
B
72
94
Tora! Tora! Tora!
B
72
95
Blade of the Immortal
B
72
96
The Bow
B
72
97
Time
B
71
98
The Indian Runner
B
71
99
Chaplin
B
71
100
Fear and Trembling
B
71