Best movies on Apple TV+ (Japon) : our Top 20

2024 · Kenji Kamiyama

Wulf, a cunning and treacherous lord of Rohan consumed by vengeance for his father's death, unleashes a surprise assault that drives King Helm Hammerhand and his people back into the ancient Hornburg, where they must mount a desperate, last-ditch defense.

With Brian Cox, Gaia Wise, Luke Pasqualino, Miranda Otto, Christopher Lee, Lorraine Ashbourne and Yazdan Qafouri

1968 · Kihachi Okamoto

Released from prison after a wrongful conviction, a determined man assembles a loyal crew and sets out to track down and confront the person who framed him.

With Tatsuya Nakadai, Etsushi Takahashi, Yuriko Hoshi, Tadao Nakamaru, Akira Kubo, Shigeru Kôyama and Eijirō Tōno

2003 · Edward Zwick

Nathan Algren, an American veteran brought to Japan to teach modern military tactics, gradually becomes moved by the samurai’s discipline and code of honor. Faced with a drive to erase their traditions for the sake of progress and open trade, he abandons his original role, embraces the samurai way, and takes up arms to defend their right to endure.

With Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Koyuki and Shin Koyamada

1999 · Jim Jarmusch

A Black contract killer who has adopted the discipline, rituals and code of the ancient samurai becomes the mob's marked man, thrust into a lethal game where his sense of honor clashes with outlaw vengeance.

With Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Isaach De Bankolé, Cliff Gorman, Henry Silva, Tricia Vessey and Victor Argo

2005 · Roger Donaldson

A portrait of New Zealander Burt Munro, a relentless tinkerer and racer who spent decades rebuilding and modifying a 1920 Indian motorcycle until, in 1967, his ingenuity and perseverance earned him the land-speed world record on Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats.

With Anthony Hopkins, Walton Goggins, Diane Ladd, Bruce Greenwood, Iain Rea, Tessa Mitchell and Aaron Murphy

1998 · John Turturro

A young Jewish American, accompanied by a troupe of eccentric, long-estranged relatives, travels to Ukraine to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II, tracing her to the ruins of a village later destroyed by Nazi forces.

With John Turturro, Christopher Walken, Susan Sarandon, Rufus Sewell, Beverly D'Angelo, Ben Gazzara and Katherine Borowitz

2004 · Katsuhiro Otomo

Drawn into the shadowy machinations of the enigmatic Ten Rings, Shang-Chi is compelled to confront a past he believed he had left behind.

With Keiko Aizawa, Aiko Hibi, Manami Konishi, Anne Suzuki, Sanae Kobayashi, Katsuo Nakamura and Masane Tsukayama

2008 · Yojiro Takita

After losing his position in the orchestra, Daigo, a cellist, and his wife return to his small hometown to make ends meet. Expecting an interview at a travel agency, he instead finds himself being considered for a very different line of work — assisting at the local funeral home and facing departures of a far more final nature.

With Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Kimiko Yo, Takashi Sasano and Tetta Sugimoto

2011 · Ron Fricke

Captured on 70mm over nearly five years and filmed across twenty-five countries on five continents, Samsara presents a visual odyssey through consecrated sites, regions marked by catastrophe, vast industrial landscapes, and the planet’s most awe-inspiring natural scenes.

With Ni Made Megahadi Pratiwi, Puti Sri Candra Dewi, Putu Dinda Pratika, Marcos Luna, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Olivier De Sagazan and Ladyboys of Cascade Bar

2008 ·

In 208 A.D., as the Han Dynasty teeters on the brink, the calculating Prime Minister Cao convinces the capricious emperor that only a sweeping campaign against the western state of Xu and the southern principality of Eastern Wu can reunify the realm. Armies mobilize on an unprecedented scale, and, with survival at stake, bitter rivals Xu and Eastern Wu set aside their enmity to form a tenuous and unlikely alliance against Cao’s drive for domination.

With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Feng Yi, Chang Chen, Zhao Wei, Hu Jun and Shidô Nakamura

1992 · Neil Jordan

Guarding a captured British soldier, IRA man Fergus unexpectedly develops a close, complicated rapport with his prisoner, Jody, even as comrades Jude and Maguire urge him to stay detached. Before they part, Jody makes Fergus promise to seek out his girlfriend, Dil, in London. On the run from his former unit, Fergus goes to the city, finds Dil, and becomes increasingly entangled—and unsettled—by her mysterious, magnetic presence.

With Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker, Adrian Dunbar, Breffni McKenna and Joe Savino

2004 · Zack Snyder

A ragtag band of survivors fortifies an empty shopping mall after a sudden outbreak transforms the world outside into a landscape of ravenous, flesh-eating undead; within its fluorescent aisles they must navigate dwindling resources, fraying loyalties and the constant, creeping danger at the doors as they fight to stay alive.

With Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Ty Burrell, Inna Korobkina, Jake Weber, Michael Kelly and Kim Poirier

2013 · Carl Rinsch

A sealed briefcase containing an unknown prize falls into the hands of small-time criminals, sparking a brutal race as Irish extremists and the Russian mob close in. An Irish fixer assembles a handpicked squad of mercenaries—self-styled "ronin"—and sends them on a perilous mission to recover it.

With Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ko Shibasaki, Tadanobu Asano, Min Tanaka, Rinko Kikuchi and Jin Akanishi

2025 · Pierre Perifel

Having traded their outlaw past for a shot at redemption, the Bad Guys are determined to live on the straight and narrow—until an audacious, globe-spanning heist pulls them back into action, masterminded by an unexpected, all-new crew of criminals who call themselves the Bad Girls.

With Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, Awkwafina, Danielle Brooks and Maria Bakalova

2016 · Hideaki Anno

A towering sea creature with slitted gills bursts from the depths and rips through the heart of the city, forcing an overwhelmed government into crisis mode. A disparate band of volunteers—scientists, former soldiers and ordinary citizens—push past a labyrinth of bureaucracy to pinpoint the creature’s vulnerabilities and follow clues that tie it to a shadowy foreign program. As the beast rapidly adapts and the clock runs out, their race to stop it becomes a fight to prevent a catastrophe that could spread beyond the coastline and change the world forever.

With Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, Kengo Kora, Satoru Matsuo, Mikako Ichikawa and Issey Takahashi

2000 · Takeshi Kitano

After a reckless young man named Kenai is mysteriously turned into a bear, he’s forced to experience life from a whole new perspective and discover what truly matters. His bold, often hilarious trek across the wilderness brings him unlikely allies—a talkative bear cub named Koda, the bumbling moose duo Rutt and Tuke, shaggy woolly mammoths and a herd of rambunctious rams—and through their friendship he learns compassion, responsibility and the meaning of family.

With Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps, Claude Maki, Susumu Terajima, Masaya Kato, Royale Watkins and Lombardo Boyar

2022 · Jordan Peele

In a remote ravine in California's interior, a small community uncovers an eerie, deeply unsettling discovery that shatters the quiet of their secluded lives.

With Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Steven Yeun, Michael Wincott, Wrenn Schmidt and Barbie Ferreira

2022 · Jeff Fowler

Settled in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to show he can be a real hero. His moment arrives when Dr. Robotnik returns, now teamed with Knuckles, and the duo seek an emerald with the power to obliterate civilizations. Sonic and his loyal companion Tails set off on a globe-spanning race to recover the gem before it falls into the wrong hands.

With Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Idris Elba, Jim Carrey and Natasha Rothwell

2023 · Toshihisa Yokoshima

Centuries after catastrophic wars reduced the planet to a lifeless plain, humanity survives in scattered pockets across a parched Earth where the last sources of water are jealously hoarded by a rapacious monarch. Stripped of resources and hope, the remnants of civilization must choose between submission to his rule or rising up to reclaim what remains of their world.

With Mutsumi Tamura, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Cho, Satoshi Tsuruoka, Nobuo Tobita, Akio Otsuka and Chafurin

2022 · Jeff Fowler

Settled in peaceful Green Hills, Sonic is desperate to prove he’s cut out to be a true hero. His chance comes when Dr. Robotnik returns, now teamed with the formidable Knuckles, in pursuit of a mythical emerald with the power to obliterate whole civilizations. With his loyal companion Tails by his side, Sonic embarks on a globe-spanning race to recover the gem before it can be seized and used for devastation.

With Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Idris Elba, Jim Carrey and Natasha Rothwell