Japanese Academy Award-winning Movies on Netflix

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.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 7.9
Runtime: 01:47:50
Netflix ID: 80198443 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

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.

Year: 1979
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 02:20:22
Netflix ID: 70067850 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A young schoolteacher seeks revenge against the adolescent students she believes to be responsible for her daughter's death.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Runtime: 01:46:35
Netflix ID: 70153638 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

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.

Year: 2006
IMDb: 7.6
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Runtime: 02:02:30
Netflix ID: 70070351 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

One strange night in Kyoto seems to last a year. One hapless college student wants to confess his love to his classmate, but she's on her own journey.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 7.6
Runtime: 01:32:36
Netflix ID: 80990742 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Legendary pirate Shiki reappears in East Blue planning to destroy the World Government. When he kidnaps Nami, the Straw Hats confront a strange land.

Year: 2009
IMDb: 7.6
Runtime: 01:55:38
Netflix ID: 80998781 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a man is found strangled and mutilated, two detectives and a brilliant physicist work together to decipher clues that lead to the killer.

Year: 2008
IMDb: 7.5
Netflix rating: 3.7/5
Runtime: 02:08:18
Netflix ID: 70119194 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

As he comes of age, a Japanese-born Korean boy struggles with the future, love, cultural identity and Japan's ubiquitous racism.

Year: 2001
IMDb: 7.5
Netflix rating: 2.8/5
Runtime: 02:02:57
Netflix ID: 80117150 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

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.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 7.2
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 02:13:03
Netflix ID: 70298943 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a woman is murdered after humiliating an online date, the case shines a light on the morality of everyone involved, including the victim.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 7.2
Netflix rating: 3/5
Runtime: 02:19:54
Netflix ID: 80061841 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A fading star convinces a loyal underling to marry his pregnant girlfriend to avoid a scandal, then insists he act as his double in a dangerous stunt.

Year: 1982
IMDb: 7.1
Netflix rating: 2.9/5
Runtime: 01:47:44
Netflix ID: 70020769 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a Japanese mining company announces the closure of a coal mine in Iwaki, a group of brave young women defies their community by signing up to become hula dancers at the company's new Hawaiian tourist center in this heartwarming dramedy.

Year: 2006
IMDb: 7.1
Netflix rating: 3.6/5
Runtime: 02:00:57
Netflix ID: 70075009 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Months after an unsolved brutal double murder, three drifters resembling the suspect surface in different locations across Japan.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.1
Runtime: 02:21:23
Netflix ID: 80156305 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Residents of an impoverished and overtaxed town decide to fight back by outwitting their oppressors through a risky financial scheme.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 6.5
Runtime: 02:09:08
Netflix ID: 80097352 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A lonely girl in Tokyo finds a young, handsome man with an affinity for weeds and herbs collapsed on her doorstep and agrees to take him in.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 6.5
Runtime: 01:52:15
Netflix ID: 80127649 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb