Best award winning movies with a futurism from Japan

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a futurism from Japan! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a futurism from Japan, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Belle (2021)

Suzu is a 17-year-old high-school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world "U" and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U's eyes are fixed on Belle, when, suddenly, a mysterious, dragon-like figure appears before her.

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2021-07-16 | Animation / Science Fiction

Cast

Kaho Nakamura, Ryo Narita

Rating

rating icon 7.721
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    platonic love
  2. Ranked #2 for
    eye-catching
  3. Ranked #2 for
    totally immersing

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Belle trailer
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2 Weathering with You (2019)

The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.

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2019-06-19 | Animation / Drama

Cast

Kotaro Daigo, Nana Mori

Rating

rating icon 8.004
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    bright sunlight
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sunny
  3. Ranked #3 for
    sight for sore eyes

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Weathering with You trailer
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3 Drive My Car (2021)

Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.

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2021-08-18 | Drama

Cast

Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura

Rating

rating icon 7.42
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    patient
  2. Ranked #2 for
    stoic
  3. Ranked #3 for
    deft directing

Trailer

Drive My Car trailer
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4 Broker (2022)

Sang-hyun is always struggling from debt, and Dong-soo works at a baby box facility. On a rainy night, they steal the baby Woo-sung, who was left in the baby box, to sell him at a good price. Meanwhile, detectives were watching, and they quietly track them down to capture the crucial evidence.

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2022-06-08 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won

Rating

rating icon 7.18
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    with poignant moments
  2. Ranked #2 for
    existential theme
  3. Ranked #3 for
    unplanned

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5 The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

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 enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate.

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2013-11-23 | Animation / Drama

Cast

Aki Asakura, Takeo Chii

Rating

rating icon 8.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #103 for
    elegiac
  2. Ranked #111 for
    mythology extending
  3. Ranked #129 for
    imaginary fairy tale

Trailer

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6 Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)

An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.

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2021-04-11 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima

Rating

rating icon 7.134
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    vignette narrative
  2. Ranked #1 for
    as a topic of discussion
  3. Ranked #2 for
    boyish

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7 Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021)

In the aftermath of the Fourth Impact, stranded without their Evangelions, Shinji, Asuka and Rei find refuge in one of the rare pockets of humanity that still exist on the ruined planet Earth. There, each lives a life far different from their days as an Evangelion pilot. However, the danger to the world is far from over. A new impact is looming on the horizon—one that will prove to be the true end of Evangelion.

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2021-03-08 | Animation / Action

Cast

Megumi Ogata, Yuko Miyamura

Rating

rating icon 8.249
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    Mecha
  2. Ranked #2 for
    satisfying ending
  3. Ranked #2 for
    extremely satisfying

Trailer

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time trailer
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8 Junk Head (2022)

Mankind attains longevity through gene manipulation, but finds itself on the road to extinction when the species loses the ability to reproduce. Their clones who rebelled 1,600 years ago are now known as Marigans and rule the bottomless underworld. Some of them seem to have become fertile and the government takes this as a ray of hope and decides to send civilians in to carry out an ecological study. Selected for the mission, Parton sets off on an adventure through a subterranean labyrinth crawling with monsters in order to secure humanity’s future.

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2022-02-18 | Animation / Action

Cast

Takahide Hori, Atsuko Miyake

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    seemingly endless
  2. Ranked #1 for
    endless
  3. Ranked #2 for
    never-ending

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Junk Head trailer
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9 Control (2007)

The story of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, from his schoolboy days in 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.

Info

2007-09-12 | Drama

Cast

Samantha Morton, Sam Riley

Rating

rating icon 7.517
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #26 for
    tour de force
  2. Ranked #56 for
    hagiography
  3. Ranked #82 for
    with marital problems

Trailer

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10 Mountains May Depart (2015)

The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.

Info

2015-10-30 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Zhao Tao, Zhang Yi

Rating

rating icon 6.907
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #183 for
    reverse shot
  2. Ranked #215 for
    blue-collar
  3. Ranked #295 for
    tortured genius

Trailer

Mountains May Depart trailer
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