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Best Movies in Japanese

These are the best movies in Japanese, ranked by critics' reviews.

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Best Movies in Japanese

Perfect Days Poster
1. Perfect Days
2023
  • ⏱️  2h 3m ⭐️  7.9  7.9  8
Arrietty Poster
2. Arrietty
2010
  • ⏱️  1h 34m ⭐️  7.1  7.6  8
Rudger in the Attic Poster
  • ⏱️  1h 45m ⭐️  7.6  6.7  6.6
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind Poster
  • ⏱️  1h 57m ⭐️  7.2  8
The Boy and the Heron Poster
  • ⏱️  2h 4m ⭐️  7  7.6
Radiance Poster
6. Radiance
2017
  • ⏱️  1h 41m ⭐️  6.8  6.4  5.2
Spirited Away Poster
7. Spirited Away
2001
  • ⏱️  2h 5m ⭐️  7.8  8.6
Godzilla Minus One Poster
  • ⏱️  2h 4m ⭐️  8.1  8.3
Howls Moving Castle Poster
  • ⏱️  1h 59m ⭐️  7.2  8.2
Kiki’s Delivery Service Poster
  • ⏱️  1h 43m ⭐️  7.8  7.8
My Neighbor Totoro Poster
  • ⏱️  1h 26m ⭐️  8.7  8.1
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Poster
  • ⏱️  1h 41m ⭐️  6.8  7.6
Terminator Zero Poster
13. Terminator Zero
2024
  • ⭐️  7  7
Hotaru no Haka Poster
14. Hotaru no Haka
1988
  • ⏱️  1h 29m ⭐️  7.5  8.5
Movie Year Rating Reviews IMDb Metacritic
Perfect Days 2023 7.9 13 79 80
Arrietty 2010 7.1 11 76 80
Rudger in the Attic 2023 7.6 8 67 66
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 1984 7.2 8 80 -
The Boy and the Heron 2023 7 8 76 -
Radiance 2017 6.8 8 64 52
Spirited Away 2001 7.8 5 86 -
Godzilla Minus One 2023 8.1 4 83 -
Howls Moving Castle 2004 7.2 5 82 -
Kiki’s Delivery Service 1989 7.8 4 78 -
My Neighbor Totoro 1988 8.7 3 81 -
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea 2008 6.8 4 76 -
Terminator Zero 2024 7 2 70 -
Hotaru no Haka 1988 7.5 1 85 -

All grades on CultureVerdict are sorted based on a confidence interval, where the number of grades is taken into account in the sorting and not just the grade itself.