Japanese culture has long pervaded American mainstream cinema. It's not all Harijuku girls and anime, however. Some of the best Japanese language movies are on Netflix, and each category is even more exciting than the last. This list includes many good, thrilling, horrific, and action packed Japanese movies, some of which have even been remade as American hits.
For those of you with more high-brow tastes, some won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Though it hardly seems possible, there isn’t a single Godzilla movie on this list, but hopefully Netflix will add one someday! Feel free to add any movies that might be missing from this list, and be sure to vote up the best Japanese language films streaming on Netflix.
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2,48018Bleach
Sota Fukushi, Hana SugisakiReleased: 2018
Directed by: Shinsuke Sato
299130Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse
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4611A Silent Voice
Miyu Irino, Saori HayamiReleased: 2016
Directed by: Naoko Yamada
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172Blame!
Takahiro Sakurai, Kana HanazawaDirected by: Hiroyuki Seshita
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174Expelled from Paradise
Rie Kugimiya, Shin-ichiro MikiDirected by: Seiji Mizushima
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147Flavors of Youth
Taito Ban, Mariya IseReleased: 2018
Directed by: Li Haoling, Jiaoshou Yi Xiaoxing, Yoshitaka Takeuchi
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102Mary and the Witch's Flower
Ruby Barnhill, Kate WinsletReleased: 2017
Directed by: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
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115GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle
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115In This Corner of the World
Rena Nōnen, Yoshimasa HosoyaReleased: 2016
Directed by: Sunao Katabuchi
Suzu marries into a family living outside of Hiroshima and quickly settles into her new life, until World War II challenges her ability to survive.
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122The Garden of Words
Miyu Irino, Kana HanazawaReleased: 2013
Directed by: Makoto Shinkai
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85Tuna Girl
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20Mirai
Moka Kamishiraishi, Haru KurokiReleased: 2018
Directed by: Mamoru Hosoda
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10Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro
Ichirō Nagai, Sumi ShimamotoReleased: 1979
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
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10The End of Evangelion
Megumi Hayashibara, Junko IwaoReleased: 1997
Directed by: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki
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10Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey
Sean Schemmel, Rikiya KoyamaReleased: 2012
Directed by: Toshiyuki Kubooka, Michael Sinterniklaas
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22The Forest of Love
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131242Fullmetal Alchemist
Ryosuke Yamada, Atomu MizuishiReleased: 2017
Directed by: Fumihiko Sori
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14114River's Edge
Fumi Nikaido, Ryo YoshizawaHigh schooler Haruna befriends loner Yamada, then is drawn into the tangled relationship between him, a model and the girl who loves him unreasonably.
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