The best Japanese films of the 2000s (Kinema Junpo)
The top 3 according to 17 votes from people: Face (2000) · Break Through! (2004) · Love Exposure (2008). (Updated Sep 12, 2020.)
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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Top 10
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1
Face (2000)
Junji Sakamoto. A woman on the run after killing her sister, with Naomi Fujiyama. Number one.
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2
Break Through! (2004)
Kazuyuki Izutsu. Kyoto, 1968: love and fights with students from a Korean school. Number three.
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3
Love Exposure (2008)
Sion Sono. Upskirt photography, a cult and nearly four hours of true love. Joint fourth.
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4
Sway (2006)
Miwa Nishikawa. An accident on a suspension bridge and two brothers' suspicions. Joint fourth.
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5
Spirited Away (2001)
Hayao Miyazaki. Chihiro works at a bathhouse for the gods. Joint eighth.
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6
Battle Royale (2000)
Kinji Fukasaku. A class of schoolchildren forced to kill each other on an island. Number ten.
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7
Eureka (2000)
Shinji Aoyama. A bus driver and two siblings who survived a hijacking. Number two.
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8
Nobody Knows (2004)
Hirokazu Kore-eda. Four siblings abandoned by their mother. Best actor at Cannes for Yūya Yagira. Number six.
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9
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
Shunji Iwai. Bullied teenagers who find refuge in a singer, Lily Chou-Chou. Joint eighth.
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10
Hush! (2001)
Ryōsuke Hashiguchi. A gay couple and a woman who wants a child. Number seven.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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