Monster

Monster 2023

8.00

When a young boy begins behaving strangely, shocking truths emerge as the story unfolds through the eyes of his single mother, a teacher who is believed to be responsible, and the child himself.

2023

Shoplifters

Shoplifters 2018

7.85

After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them.

2018

Like Father, Like Son

Like Father, Like Son 2013

7.60

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.

2013

Our Little Sister

Our Little Sister 2015

7.60

Three sisters live together in a large house in the city of Kamakura. When their father – absent from the family home for the last 15 years – dies, they travel to the countryside for his funeral, and meet their shy teenage half-sister. Bonding quickly with the orphaned Suzu, they invite her to live with them.

2015

After the Storm

After the Storm 2016

7.20

Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.

2016

The Third Murder

The Third Murder 2017

6.60

A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.

2017

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness 2013

7.54

Follows the behind-the-scenes work of Studio Ghibli, focusing on the notable figures Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki.

2013

The Truth

The Truth 2019

5.98

Fabienne is a star; a star of French cinema. She reigns amongst men who love and admire her. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir returns from New York to Paris with her husband and young child. The reunion between mother and daughter will quickly turn to confrontation: truths will be told, accounts settled, loves and resentments confessed.

2019

The Long Excuse

The Long Excuse 2016

6.60

A recently widowed writer whose wife died in a bus crash comes to terms with his grief—or lack of it—in caring for the children of a working man who also lost his wife in the same accident.

2016

Ten Years Japan

Ten Years Japan 2018

3.50

Five short stories from five different directors set ten years in Japan's future.

2018

Any Crybabies Around?

Any Crybabies Around? 2020

5.60

A man has a baby, runs away, then comes back, but he can't just show up, apologize, and hope that makes himself a grown man.

2020

Asura

Asura 1970

1

Four sisters discover that their elderly father is having an affair. When a letter is published in the newspaper detailing the affair, they try to hide it from their mother, while suspecting each other of having written it.

1970

His Lost Name

His Lost Name 2019

5.60

Middle-aged widower Tetsuro finds an unconscious, homeless young man on the riverbank in his small seaside town. Offering him room in his home, Tetsuro and the man who calls himself Shinichi develop a father-son dynamic, despite the secrets that linger between them.

2019

A Pale View of Hills

A Pale View of Hills 1970

1

Dual timelines explore a Japanese widow's memories spanning post-war Nagasaki in 1950s and England during 1980s Cold War era, unraveling secrets that intertwine her past and present experiences across borders.

1970