20+ Best Japanese movies to watch online (June 2025)
2019-09-23 | FlixCatalog Staff
Looking for some of the best Japanese movie you can watch online in US? Fret not, we are here to help you. Here is a list of all the Japanese movie you can watch on some of your favourite OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hotstar. Amazon Prime Video has the most content in this language amongst all streaming platforms.
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her, but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment for her crime.
8/10
137 min
The ostensible subject of this remarkably beautiful film is the growing, drying, peeling and packaging of persimmons in the tiny Japanese village of Kaminoyama. The inhabitants explain that...
7.9/10
90 min
Available in 2 platform(s).
A good-natured but unlucky Italian is constantly going on a difficult situations, but never lose his mood.
7.9/10
108 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
In London at the end of the 19th century and after the events of Princess Principal (2017). The Empire is increasing counter-spy actions in the wake of the incident, and finds Control, the ...
7.8/10
54 min
Available in 2 platform(s).
Otose Nishizono ages out of the orphanage system on her 18th birthday to begin a new life in her own apartment and starts her very first job at a hotel cleaning rooms. But her troubling ...
7.8/10
90 min
Available in 2 platform(s).
After departing from Ozen's camp, Riko and Reg continue their journey, encountering more dangers as they descend further into the Abyss.
7.8/10
110 min
Available in 2 platform(s).
Can we really be fully human without Free Speech? Is Free Speech the oxygen of our society? Without it we crumble.
7.8/10
80 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
A former Marine stands in the way of the Straw Hat Pirates.
7.8/10
108 min
Available in 2 platform(s).
Real heroes faced the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami tragedy. The battle to rebuild Japan continues - and the world must not forget their story.
7.8/10
97 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
ANPO: Art X War tells the story of Japan's historic resistance to U.S. military bases in Japan through an electrifying array of artwork created by Japan's foremost artists. The film ...
7.8/10
89 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
A swordsman from a strange land is caught in a struggle between morality, righteousness, and devotion as he reluctantly agrees to take a raggedy boy and his dog to a remote, Buddhist temple.
7.8/10
103 min
Available in 2 platform(s).
By following the lives of five Japanese individuals this documentary explores the problem of depression in Japan and how the marketing of anti-depressant drugs has changed the way the ...
7.8/10
82 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
A continuation of the story told in the Daft Punk music videos "One More Time," "Aerodynamic," "Digital Love," and "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger."
7.8/10
68 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
The traumatized survivors of a murderous bus hijacking come together and take a road trip to attempt to overcome their damaged selves. Meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose.
7.8/10
217 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
In a dark future where the Androids have taken over Earth, Gohan and his student Trunks are the last defense against these deadly killing machines.
7.8/10
47 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
How the Japanese process American pop culture and make it their own -- a mind-bending odyssey through cultural mixing.
7.8/10
56 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
The tale of Bardock, the father of Goku, and his rebellion against his master the mighty Frieza.
7.8/10
48 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
Summer vacation is drawing to an end. When Suguru wins a free trip to Okinawa, all of the five students of Asahigaoka branch school are excited to end their vacation with a bang. Along with...
7.7/10
71 min
Available in 2 platform(s).
A year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
7.7/10
135 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
A look inside the underground punk rock scene in Osaka, Japan. With live concert footage from Flat Sucks, PiPi, By-Pass, Low Card de la morte, C.W. and more.
7.7/10
47 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
A relationship between two high school second years, Licht Sajo, who is an honor student, and Hikaru Kusakabe, who plays in a rock band.
7.7/10
60 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
In the spring of his second year of high school, Koyomi Araragi met the beautiful vampire Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade. Koyomi saved Kiss-shot, who was on the verge of death ...
7.7/10
68 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
The filmmaker's grandfather worked at the Red Cross after the Hiroshima bombing. Her quest to learn why he never talked about his experiences takes a new turn after Fukushima's catastrophe.
7.7/10
79 min
Available in 2 platform(s).
This is the story of Mr P.K.Nair, a man who talks,eats,dreams and sleeps cinema. Lovingly known as Henri Langlois of India, Nair Sahab (P.K.Nair) is the man behind archiving of many films in India.
7.7/10
164 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
Yuka, a troubled young woman who suddenly begins working part-time as a high-class call girl, finds unexpected romance while on the job.
7.7/10
109 min
Available in 2 platform(s).
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all Hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.
7.7/10
90 min
Available in 2 platform(s).
A 19th Century samurai, held in low esteem due to an action by his late father, must resolve his history with a maid and with his close friend.
7.7/10
132 min
Available in 2 platform(s).
During a downpour, a generous ronin and his supporting wife are stranded at a country inn. The ronin comes to the attention of a lord who wants to hire him as an instructor for his men, who treat the ronin with disrespect.
7.7/10
91 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
A successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.
7.7/10
136 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
A follow up to the television series "Kimagure Orange Road" that wraps up loose ends. Kyosuke must deal with the fact that his, Hikaru and Madoka's friendship is falling apart.
7.7/10
69 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
An intimate documentary about a group of people with cerebral palsy in Japan that confronts our preconceptions and prejudices about who they are, what they feel, and how they view their lives.
7.7/10
82 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
A remake of the last 9 episodes in Code Geass R2, which is a prequel to Lelouch of the Resurrection.
7.6/10
120 min
Available in 2 platform(s).
For years, the mountain is moved between two countries (Brazil and China), Romulo, an ex-mineworker and now a sailor, heads into his first journey taking part of the mountain towards ...
7.6/10
70 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
A Japanese executive in Tokyo. A sub-Saharan community. A family in Madrid. Three stories of contradictions that unfold in different places on the planet, in different socio-cultural spheres.
7.6/10
83 min
Available in 2 platform(s).
7.6/10
121 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
A slow-burning epic chronicling the emotional journey of four thirty something women in the misty seaside city of Kobe.
7.6/10
317 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
Follow three professional video game players as they overcome personal adversity, family pressures, and the realities of life to compete in a $1,000,000 tournament that could change their lives forever.
7.6/10
75 min
Available in 2 platform(s).
The special takes place during the two year before the Straw Hats reunite on Sabaody. Luffy is currently in Rusukaina training to get stronger to take on the New World. However the training is interrupted when Hancock's sisters, Marigold and Sandersonia, are kidnapped by the Byrnndi World, a pirate who was locked away on Level 6 of Impel Down but escaped during Luffy's invasion to save Ace, in ...
7.6/10
108 min
A documentary shot by film-makers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the twenty-fourth of July, 2010.
7.6/10
95 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
Based on childhood days of Teruyo Nogami.
7.6/10
133 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
The fate of the world is threatened by seemingly monstrous entities known as Angels. NERV is an organisation set up to counter this threat and it is up to young pilots to protect Earth but exactly what are the real motives behind NERV?
7.6/10
98 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
A battle between the world's two greatest minds begins when Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to rid the world of criminals.
7.6/10
126 min
Available in 2 platform(s).
KOCHUU is a visually stunning film about modern Japanese architecture, its roots in the Japanese tradition, and its impact on the Nordic building tradition. Winding its way through visions ...
7.6/10
52 min
Available in 2 platform(s).
After death, people have just one week to choose only a memory to keep for eternity.
7.6/10
119 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
The universe is thrown into dimensional chaos as the dead come back to life. Now Goku and Vegeta must track down the cause of this uproar.
7.6/10
51 min
Available in 1 platform(s).
This Hong Kong-set crime drama follows the lives of a hitman, hoping to get out of the business, and his elusive female partner.
7.6/10
99 min
Available in 2 platform(s).
A journalist interviews an old woman who was forced into prostitution, just like many other Japanese women working in Asia outside of Japan during the first half of the 20th century. She worked in a Malaysian brothel called Sandakan 8.
7.6/10
120 min
Available in 1 platform(s).