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Gran Turismo
2023 film directed by Neill Blomkamp
This Is Spinal Tap
This Is Spinal Tap is a 1984 American mockumentary comedy film directed by Rob Reiner in his feature directorial debut. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer play members of the parody heavy metal band Spinal Tap. Reiner plays Martin "Marty" Di Bergi, a documentary filmmaker following the band's American tour.
Shin Godzilla
2016 film by Hideaki Anno
Rollerball
1975 film by Norman Jewison
Jackass: The Movie
2002 film directed by Jeff Tremaine
One Wonderful Sunday
1947 film by Akira Kurosawa
Nobody Knows
2004 film by Hirokazu Koreeda
Tetris
2023 film directed by Jon S. Baird
Case Closed: The Time Bombed Skyscraper
1997 anime film directed by Kenji Kodama
Shutter
2008 film by Masayuki Ochiai
An Autumn Afternoon
1962 Japanese film by Yasujiri Ozu
Yi Yi
2000 film by Edward Yang
Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven
2001 anime film directed by Kenji Kodama
The Return of Godzilla
1984 Japanese action/adventure film by Kōji Yakusho, Koji Hashimoto
The Runaways
2010 film directed by Floria Sigismondi
The Grudge
2020 film directed by Nicolas Pesce
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
1974 film by Jun Fukuda
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964 Japanese science fiction dramatic horror film by Ishirō Honda
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991 Japanese Sci-Fi/Adventure film by Kazuki Ōmori
The Grudge 3
2009 film by Toby Wilkins
King Kong Escapes
1967 monster (kaiju) film
Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989 Japanese science fiction action film by Kazuki Ómori
Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster
1966 film by Jun Fukuda
Case Closed: Captured in Her Eyes
2000 anime film directed by Kenji Kodama
The Yakuza
1974 film by Sydney Pollack
Norwegian Wood
2010 film by Tran Anh Hung
Godzilla vs. Gigan
1972 film by Jun Fukuda
Inchon
1981 film directed by Terence Young
Godzilla vs. Mothra
1992 film by Takao Okawara
Destroy All Monsters
1968 Japanese Horror/Sci-Fi film directed by Ishirō Honda
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
2003 film by Masaaki Tezuka
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target
1998 anime film directed by Kenji Kodama
Godzilla 2000
1999 Japanese sci-fi/action film by Takao Okawara
Emperor
2012 film by Peter Webber
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
2002 film by Masaaki Tezuka
Kate
2021 film directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
1995 film by Takao Okawara
My Lucky Stars
1985 film by Sammo Hung
Virus
1980 film by Kinji Fukasaku
Into the Sun
2005 American-Japanese film by Christopher Morrison
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018 film directed by Ben Lewin
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
2009 animated film directed by Sam Liu
Suicide Club
2001 film by Sion Sono
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
1994 Japanese science fiction kaiju film directed by Kenshō Yamashita
Godzilla vs. Megalon
1973 Japanese Fantasy/Sci-Fi film by Jun Fukuda
Blood: The Last Vampire
2009 film directed by Chris Nahon
Rurouni Kenshin
2012 film by Keishi Ōtomo
Mothra
1961 Japanese adventure/sci-fi film directed by Ishirō Honda
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
2000 film by Masaaki Tezuka
Ju-On: The Grudge
2002 film by Takashi Shimizu
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956 film directed by Terry O. Morse and Ishirō Honda
Colorful
2010 film by Keiichi Hara
Rental Family
Rental Family is a 2025 comedy-drama film directed by Hikari, who co-wrote it with Stephen Blahut. It stars Brendan Fraser as an American actor based in Japan who begins working for a rental family agency, where he plays roles in the lives of strangers. The supporting cast includes Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Mahina Gorman, and Akira Emoto.
Tampopo
is a 1985 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Juzo Itami, and starring Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kōji Yakusho, and Ken Watanabe. The publicity for the film calls it the first "ramen Western", a play on the term spaghetti Western.
Shinjuku Incident
2009 film by Derek Yee
Bleeding Steel
2017 film by Leo Zhang
Shin Ultraman
2022 film directed by Shinji Higuchi
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
1989 film by J. Lee Thompson
The Only Son
1936 film by Yasujirō Ozu
The War of the Gargantuas
1966 film by Ishirō Honda