TimeOut magazine named the 50 best Japanese films of all time

The editors of TimeOut magazine prepared compilation of the 50 best Japanese films of all time. The list includes the best works of Akira Kurosawa, Yasuhiro Ozu and other classics, cult full-length anime and more niche films that you might have missed. The compilers call it the ultimate list of recommendations for those who want to get acquainted with Japanese cinema, but do not know where to start.

1. Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai, 1954)
2. "Tales of the Foggy Moon After the Rain" (Ugetsu Monogatari, 1953)
3. "Tokyo Tale" (Tōkyō Monogatari, 1953)
4. Rashōmon (1950)
5. "Late Spring" (Banshun, 1949)
6. "Woman in the Sands" (Suna no Onna, 1964)
7. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, 2001)
8. "Akira" (Akira, 1988)
9. Harakiri (Seppuku, 1962)
10. "Healing" (Cure, 1997)
11. "Ran" (Ran, 1985)
12. "True Sadness" (Perfect Blue, 1998)
13. "Ring" (Ringu, 1997)
14. Tokyo Olympics (Tōkyō Olympic, 1965)
15. "To Live" (Ikuru, 1952)
16. Manager Sansho (Sanshō Dayū, 1954)
17. "Floating Seaweed" (Ukigusa, 1959)
18. "My Neighbor Totoro" (Tonari no Totoro, 1988)
19. "Bodyguard" (Yōjinbō, 1961)
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20. "Fireworks" (Hana-bi, 1998)
21. Film Test (Ōdishon, 1999)
22. Heaven and Hell (Tengoku to Jigoku, 1963)
23. "Godzilla" (Gojira, 1954)
24. "Kaidan: A Narrative of the Mysterious and Horrible" (Kaidan, 1964)
25. "Ghost Light" (Maboroshi no Hikari, 1995)
26. Burmese Harp (Biruma no Tategoto, 1956)
27. "Demon Woman" (Onibaba, 1964)
28. Battle Royale (2000)
29. "Lady Bloody Snow" (Shurayuki-hime, 1973)
30. Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka, 1988)
31. "House" (House, 1977)
32. "Corrida of Love" (Ai no Korīda, 1976)
33. "Nobody Knows" (Dare no Shiranai, 2004)
34. "Funeral Procession of Roses" (Bara no Sōretsu, 1964)
35. "Revelation of Love" (Ai no Mukidashi, 2008)
36. "A Night for Women Only" (Onna Bakari no Yoru, 1961)
37. "Dandelion" (Tampopo, 1985)
38. "Fugitive from the Past" (Kiga Kaikyō, 1965)
39. "When a Woman Climbs the Stairs" (Onna ga Kaidan o Agaru Toki), 1960)
40. "Sonatina" (Sonatine, 1993)
41. «Get behind the wheel of my car» (Drive my car, 2021)
42. "Field Lights" (Nobi, 1959)
43. "The Legend of Narayama" (Narayama Bushikō, 1983)
44. "Tokyo Drifter" (Tōkyō nagaremono, 1966)
45. "Gates of Hell" (Jigokumon, 1953)
46. "Tetsuo - Iron Man" (Tetsuo, 1989)
47. "Crazy Thunder Road" (Kuruizaki Sandā Rōdo, 1980)
48. "Departed" (Okuribito, 2008)
49. Suzaku (Moe no Suzaku, 1997)
50. "Shooting without brakes" (Kamera o Tomeru na!, 2017)