# The best Japanese films of the 2000s (Kinema Junpo)

Kinema Junpo's top ten Japanese films of the 2000s, chosen in 2020 for the magazine's centenary: from number one, Face, to Eureka, Break Through!, Nobody Knows and Spirited Away (with ties).

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- Sep 12, 2020 · 吉田 美咲
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## Top 10

1. **Face (2000)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Junji Sakamoto. A woman on the run after killing her sister, with Naomi Fujiyama. Number one.
2. **Break Through! (2004)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Kazuyuki Izutsu. Kyoto, 1968: love and fights with students from a Korean school. Number three.
3. **Love Exposure (2008)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Sion Sono. Upskirt photography, a cult and nearly four hours of true love. Joint fourth.
4. **Sway (2006)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Miwa Nishikawa. An accident on a suspension bridge and two brothers' suspicions. Joint fourth.
5. **Spirited Away (2001)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Hayao Miyazaki. Chihiro works at a bathhouse for the gods. Joint eighth.
6. **Battle Royale (2000)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Kinji Fukasaku. A class of schoolchildren forced to kill each other on an island. Number ten.
7. **Eureka (2000)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Shinji Aoyama. A bus driver and two siblings who survived a hijacking. Number two.
8. **Nobody Knows (2004)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Hirokazu Kore-eda. Four siblings abandoned by their mother. Best actor at Cannes for Yūya Yagira. Number six.
9. **All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Shunji Iwai. Bullied teenagers who find refuge in a singer, Lily Chou-Chou. Joint eighth.
10. **Hush! (2001)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Ryōsuke Hashiguchi. A gay couple and a woman who wants a child. Number seven.

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