| 1 |  | The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer(1961) | ⭐ 8.8 |
| 2 |  | The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity(1959) | ⭐ 8.5 |
| 3 |  | The Human Condition I: No Greater Love(1959) | ⭐ 8.5 |
| 4 |  | The Burmese Harp(1956) | ⭐ 8.0 |
| 5 |  | Late Spring(1949) | ⭐ 8.2 |
| 6 |  | Still Walking(2008) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 7 |  | Nobody Knows(2004) | ⭐ 8.0 |
| 8 |  | Rashomon(1950) | ⭐ 8.1 |
| 9 |  | Seven Samurai(1954) | ⭐ 8.6 |
| 10 |  | Twenty-Four Eyes(1954) | ⭐ 8.0 |
| 11 |  | Tokyo Story(1953) | ⭐ 8.1 |
| 12 |  | Tokyo Olympiad(1965) | ⭐ 7.8 |
| 13 |  | The Idiot(1951) | ⭐ 7.1 |
| 14 |  | Ikiru(1952) | ⭐ 8.3 |
| 15 |  | Distance(2001) | ⭐ 6.8 |
| 16 |  | After Life(1998) | ⭐ 7.6 |
| 17 |  | Cure(1997) | ⭐ 7.5 |
| 18 |  | An Autumn Afternoon(1962) | ⭐ 8.0 |
| 19 |  | The Hidden Fortress(1958) | ⭐ 8.0 |
| 20 |  | Throne of Blood(1957) | ⭐ 8.0 |
| 21 |  | Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior(1980) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 22 |  | Ran(1985) | ⭐ 8.2 |
| 23 |  | Yojimbo(1961) | ⭐ 8.2 |
| 24 |  | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters(1985) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 25 |  | Tampopo(1985) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 26 |  | House(1977) | ⭐ 7.2 |
| 27 |  | Fireworks(1997) | ⭐ 7.7 |
| 28 |  | All About Lily Chou-Chou(2001) | ⭐ 7.5 |
| 29 |  | Linda Linda Linda(2005) | ⭐ 7.5 |
| 30 |  | Tokyo Sonata(2008) | ⭐ 7.6 |
| 31 |  | Shall We Dance?(1996) | ⭐ 7.7 |
| 32 |  | Tokyo Twilight(1957) | ⭐ 8.0 |
| 33 |  | Shoplifters(2018) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 34 |  | I Wish(2011) | ⭐ 7.4 |
| 35 |  | After the Storm(2016) | ⭐ 7.4 |
| 36 |  | Our Little Sister(2015) | ⭐ 7.6 |
| 37 |  | Maborosi(1995) | ⭐ 7.5 |
| 38 |  | A Bride for Rip Van Winkle(2016) | ⭐ 7.2 |
| 39 |  | I Was Born, But...(1932) | ⭐ 7.8 |
| 40 |  | Godzilla(1954) | ⭐ 7.6 |
| 41 |  | The Sword of Doom(1966) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 42 |  | High and Low(1963) | ⭐ 8.4 |
| 43 |  | Harakiri(1962) | ⭐ 8.6 |
| 44 |  | Sansho the Bailiff(1954) | ⭐ 8.3 |
| 45 |  | Ugetsu(1953) | ⭐ 8.1 |
| 46 |  | Sound of the Mountain(1954) | ⭐ 7.7 |
| 47 |  | In the Realm of the Senses(1976) | ⭐ 6.6 |
| 48 |  | The Makioka Sisters(1983) | ⭐ 7.2 |
| 49 |  | Black Cat(1968) | ⭐ 7.7 |
| 50 |  | Kwaidan(1964) | ⭐ 7.9 |