Best movies on Disney+ (Japon) : our Top 20
At Stream Tracker, we’ve put together a concise selection of notable films originating from Japan that are currently available on Disney+. Our picks aim to represent the range of Japanese cinema — from animation to live‑action — and to highlight titles that are easy for subscribers to find and watch. For each film you’ll find a short summary, availability notes, and viewing tips to help you choose what to watch next.
Updated on 02/09/2026
2016 · Makoto Shinkai
Two high-school students who've never met, Mitsuha and Taki, live separate lives until one night they begin inexplicably swapping bodies. Mitsuha wakes up inhabiting Taki’s everyday existence while he finds himself living hers, and the strange exchange keeps occurring at unpredictable times, forcing them to coordinate, leave messages, and rearrange their routines to accommodate each other's world.
With Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryo Narita, Aoi Yuki, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Kaito Ishikawa and Kanon Tani
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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
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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
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2018 · Tatsuya Nagamine
Years after their destruction at Goku's hands, the Red Ribbon Army is reborn by a clandestine faction that has built far more powerful androids—Gamma 1 and Gamma 2—sent on a deadly mission to exact vengeance on Goku and those closest to him.
With Masako Nozawa, Aya Hisakawa, Ryou Horikawa, Toshio Furukawa, Takeshi Kusao, Ryusei Nakao and Koichi Yamadera
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2022 · Tetsuro Kodama
A resurrected Red Ribbon Army, rebuilt by a new cabal, unleashes two cutting-edge androids—Gamma 1 and Gamma 2—engineered to surpass their predecessors and exact brutal revenge on Goku and his family.
With Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Yuko Minaguchi, Hiroshi Kamiya, Mamoru Miyano, Miyu Irino and Ryota Takeuchi
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2024 · Dougal Wilson
Paddington returns to Peru to see his dear Aunt Lucy, who is now settled in a sanctuary for retired bears. Accompanied by the Brown family, he becomes swept up in a baffling mystery that propels them on a daring expedition through the Amazon rainforest and up into the mist-shrouded peaks of the Andes.
With Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Antonio Banderas, Olivia Colman, Julie Walters and Samuel Joslin
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2008 · Fernando Meirelles
a man whose life has been dictated by circumstance fights to seize his own destiny; a police officer is unsettled when his wife—long presumed lost at sea—returns bearing the quiet, uncanny traces of someone transformed; and a determined woman searches relentlessly for a particular individual reputed to possess a rare gift, a figure prophesied to become a powerful spiritual leader. Their separate quests—for control, for recognition of what is real, and for a future shaped by faith—unfold in parallel, colliding at unexpected moments. Together they probe the limits of choice, the price of survival, and the strange alchemy that turns loss into authority.
With Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Yûsuke Iseya, Yoshino Kimura, Don McKellar and Maury Chaykin
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2012 · Chris Renaud
A twelve-year-old boy sets off to find the one thing he believes will win the heart of his crush; to obtain it, he must uncover the tale of the Lorax, a grumpy yet endearing guardian who fights to protect his world.
With Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Zac Efron, Rob Riggle, Taylor Swift, Jenny Slate and Betty White
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2020 · Stephen Gaghan
Widowed seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle—renowned physician and animal whisperer in Queen Victoria’s court—has shut himself away at Dolittle Manor, keeping only his extraordinary collection of animals for company. When the young queen is struck by a mysterious, life-threatening illness, Dolittle is forced from seclusion to undertake a perilous sea voyage to a fabled island rumored to hold the only remedy. Reluctantly assembling a crew, he faces old adversaries, rediscovers lost courage and wit, and encounters wondrous, uncanny creatures that forever change his view of the world.
With Robert Downey Jr., Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Jessie Buckley, Harry Collett and Emma Thompson
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2002 · John Kafka
Fresh into her role as princess, Cinderella quickly discovers that palace life and its duties are far more demanding than she imagined. Across three tender episodes, she calls on her faithful animal friends and the steady support of her Fairy Godmother, bringing warmth, poise, and her own gentle spirit to the responsibilities of royalty. Along the way she learns that remaining true to herself is the surest way to turn her hopes into reality.
With Jennifer Hale, Rob Paulsen, Corey Burton, Andre Stojka, Russi Taylor, Susanne Blakeslee and Tress MacNeille