1. Early Summer (麦秋)
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
It has an average vote of 7.811 on TMDB.
2. Late Autumn (秋日和)
A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.
It has an average vote of 7.799 on TMDB.
3. Ghosts, Italian Style (Questi fantasmi)
Pasquale and Maria, husband and wife, live in a palace supposedly haunted by ghosts and pay no rent. When Pasquale finds some food in the cupboard he thinks the ghosts are at work.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
4. Silhouette of Your Voice (ひだまりが聴こえる)
Kohei has suffered from hearing loss since middle school and had trouble fitting in with those around him. Now a university student, Kohei meets the outgoing Taichi in the university courtyard. Their friendship becomes one in which they can say whatever is on their minds, but Kohei, who has grown used to keeping people from getting too close, now faces escalating expectations and anxiety the stronger his bonds with Taichi becomes.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
5. Beyond the Forest
Rosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city man insists she get a divorce and marry him instead. Soon she demonstrates she is capable of rather deplorable acts -- including murder.
It has an average vote of 6.823 on TMDB.
6. Brother and Sister (あにいもうと)
The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family. The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi decides to take on the role of disciplinarian, with harrowing results.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
7. The Munekata Sisters (宗方姉妹)
Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both of them failed to propose when Hiroshi left for France a few years ago. Now he is back and Mariko tries to reunite them. She too is secretly in love with Hiroshi.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
8. Japan: A Story of Love and Hate
Naoki once had it all - the fast car, the executive home. Boss of his own business he lived the good-life when Japan's economy was at it's height. Then the bubble burst - and he met Yoshie.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
9. Netranopia (Netranopia)
A colorblind high school student aspires to be a pilot.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
10. Appalachian Spring (Appalachian Spring)
A filmed version of Aaron Copland's most famous ballet, with its original star, who also choreographed.
It has an average vote of 4.9 on TMDB.
11. Cruel Story of Youth (青春残酷物語)
A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
12. Limite (Limite)
Adrift in the vast expanse of the ocean, a solitary boat carries three castaways—a man and two women. Stranded and devoid of any glimmer of rescue, they find solace in recounting the tales of their lives to one another. As they delve into their personal narratives, reminiscing about the circumstances that led them to this desolate predicament, they navigate through the depths of three distinct destinies. Bound by the confines of their shared space, every aspect of their existence becomes a boundary, underscoring their plight.
It has an average vote of 7.048 on TMDB.
13. An Autumn Afternoon (秋刀魚の味)
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
It has an average vote of 7.805 on TMDB.
14. The Only Son (一人息子)
A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo to visit her son.
It has an average vote of 7.417 on TMDB.
15. Tokyo Story (東京物語)
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
It has an average vote of 8.2 on TMDB.
16. Good Morning (お早よう)
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu weaves a wealth of subtle gags through a family portrait as rich as those of his dramatic films, mocking the foibles of the adult world through the eyes of his child protagonists. Shot in stunning color and set in a suburb of Tokyo where housewives gossip about the neighbors’ new washing machine and unemployed husbands look for work as door-to-door salesmen, this charming comedy refashions Ozu’s own silent classic I Was Born, But . . . to gently satirize consumerism in postwar Japan.
It has an average vote of 7.719 on TMDB.
17. I Was Born, But... (大人の見る繪本 生れてはみたけれど)
Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Ozu's charming film is a social satire that draws from the antics of childhood as well as the tragedy of maturity.
It has an average vote of 7.475 on TMDB.
18. Boy Meets Girl (Boy Meets Girl)
Paris by night. Alex, 22, wants to become a filmmaker. He is fascinated by first times and his girlfriend, Florence, has just left him for his best friend, Thomas. First break-up, first attempted murder: Alex tries to strangle Thomas, but gives up and wanders the streets. That evening, Mireille, a girl from provincial France who has come up to Paris to make commercials, is left by her boyfriend. Alex witnesses this separation. These two tormented souls run into each other at a party.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
19. Trash Humpers
Follow a small group of elderly “Peeping Toms” through the shadows and margins of an unfamiliar world. Crudely documented by the participants themselves, we follow the debased and shocking actions of a group of true sociopaths the likes of which have never been seen before. Inhabiting a world of broken dreams and beyond the limits of morality, they crash against a torn and frayed America.
It has an average vote of 5.202 on TMDB.
20. The Man Who Sleeps (Un homme qui dort)
A young student decides to have no more interaction with the world than is needed to minimally sustain life. His increasingly automaton-like behavior is coupled with a strange clarity of insight about the world around him.
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
