Best Japanese Academy Award-winning Movies on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Japanese Academy Award-winning Movies on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 15 titles in category code 1293326. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. One Piece Film Z (2012)
Rated 7.9/10 on IMDb, from 2012, 1h 47m. Luffy and his gang save a disillusioned Navy admiral named Z who has one goal -- to slaughter every pirate in the world, including the Straw Hats.
2. Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Rated 7.8/10 on IMDb, from 1979, 2h 20m. Legendary Japanese director Shohei Imamura (The Eel) helms this chilling tale of horror and revenge based on actual events about a seemingly harmless young man who blossomed into a cold-blooded, remorseless murderer.
3. Confessions (2010)
Rated 7.8/10 on IMDb, from 2010, 1h 46m. A young schoolteacher seeks revenge against the adolescent students she believes to be responsible for her daughter's death.
4. Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 2006, 2h 02m. Diagnosed at age 49 with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, successful advertising executive Masayuki Saeki sees his near-perfect world turn upside down as he and his wife reel from the unexpected blow.
5. The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2017)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 2017, 1h 32m. One strange night in Kyoto seems to last a year.
6. One Piece Film: Strong World (2009)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 2009, 1h 55m. Legendary pirate Shiki reappears in East Blue planning to destroy the World Government.
7. Suspect X (2008)
Rated 7.5/10 on IMDb, from 2008, 2h 08m. When a man is found strangled and mutilated, two detectives and a brilliant physicist work together to decipher clues that lead to the killer.
8. Go (2001)
Rated 7.5/10 on IMDb, from 2001, 2h 02m. As he comes of age, a Japanese-born Korean boy struggles with the future, love, cultural identity and Japan's ubiquitous racism.
9. The Great Passage (2013)
Rated 7.2/10 on IMDb, from 2013, 2h 13m. Shy Mitsuya works on a project with a woman who's his polar opposite -- a collaboration that gives him the courage to pursue the object of his desire.
10. Villain (2010)
Rated 7.2/10 on IMDb, from 2010, 2h 19m. When a woman is murdered after humiliating an online date, the case shines a light on the morality of everyone involved, including the victim.