Japan

WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3

WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3

WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3

IMDb: 6.7
2002
107min

Set in the year 2000 (between the events of Patlabor and Patlabor 2), when the level of Labor accidents begin to escalate around Tokyo Bay, police detectives Kusumi and Hata are assigned to investigate. What they discover leads to a series of government cover-ups, conspiracy concerning a new biological weapon entitled WXIII-Wasted Thirteen and a tragic, personal connection to Hata. The only hope to stop this threat is to cooperate with the military and lead WXIII into a showdown with the Labors of Special Vehicle Division 2.

Country:
Watch movie
Rollerball

Rollerball

Rollerball

IMDb: 3.0
2002
98min

From the director of Die Hard comes this high-octane thriller that roars along at a breakneck pace (Los Angeles Times)! Starring Chris Klein (American Pie), Jean Reno (Ronin), LL Cool J (Charlie’s Angels) and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (X-Men), Rollerball goes full-throttle with excitement from its death-defying opening until its explosive end! Jonathan Cross (Klein) is the newest recruit in the most extreme sport of all time where his fast moves and killer looks make him an instant superstar. But Cross life in the fast lane collides with reality when he learns that the league’s owner (Reno) is orchestrating serious on-court accidents to boost ratings. Now Cross plans to take down the owner and his ruthless sport before the game puts an end to him!

Country: , ,
Genre: , ,
Watch movie
Meitantei Conan: 16 yougi

Meitantei Conan: 16 yougi

Meitantei Conan: 16 yougi

IMDb: 7.7
2002
min

Not Available

Country:
Watch movie
Pokémon Heroes: Latios and Latias

Pokémon Heroes: Latios and Latias

Pokémon Heroes: Latios and Latias

IMDb: 6.2
2002
71min

Ash, Pikachu and his friends try and stop a pair of thieves hiding out in the canals and alleyways of Alto Mare, the age-old water capital. Joining the adventure are two new legendary Pokémon, a pair of siblings named Latias and Latios, who serve as peacekeepers and protectors of the Soul Dew – a priceless treasure with a mysterious power.

Country:
Watch movie
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla

Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla

Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla

IMDb: 6.8
2002
88min

After the appearance of a new Gojira (Godzilla), the Japanese government builds a robotic Godzilla from the bones of the original monster that attacked Tokyo in 1954 to stop the beast.

Country:
Watch movie
A Snake of June

A Snake of June

A Snake of June

IMDb: 7.0
2002
77min

Set in an anonymous Japanese metropolis, the film tells the tale of shy career woman, Rinko and Shigehiko, her hygiene-obsessed, workaholic husband. The couple explore their sexuality in a number of ways, causing their lives to be disrupted.

Country:
Watch movie
Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller

Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller

Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller

IMDb: 6.6
2002
min

Not Available

Country:
Genre: ,
Watch movie
Russian Ark

Russian Ark

Russian Ark

IMDb: 7.4
2002
99min

A French marquis (Sergei Dreiden) wanders through a vast labyrinth of corridors, theaters and ballrooms at a reception for a Persian ambassador.

Watch movie
The Ring

The Ring

The Ring

IMDb: 7.1
2002
115min

It sounded like just another urban legend: A videotape filled with nightmarish images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer’s death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller was naturally skeptical of the story, until four teenagers all met with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching just such a tape. Allowing her investigative curiosity to get the better of her, Rachel tracks down the video… and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring.

Country: ,
Genre: ,
Watch movie
Ju-on: The Grudge

Ju-on: The Grudge

Ju-on: The Grudge

IMDb: 6.7
2002
92min

A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.

Country:
Genre:
Watch movie
Princess Blade

Princess Blade

Princess Blade

IMDb: 5.8
2001
95min

Yuki is the last surviving royal of the House of Takemikazuchi or Takemikazuchi no Hime (たけみかずち の ひめ), who live in a futuristic post-apocalyptic isolationist world where they use their skills as former Mikado guards to become hired assassins. The wise old sage Kuka, who was once Yuki’s mother’s bodyguard, gives Yuki information that changes her life—and her destiny. She discovers that Byakurai has a dangerous connection to Yuki. After learning this information she chooses to leave the House of Takemikazuchi. She soon encounters Takashi, leader of the rebel movement, who offers Yuki a chance at revenge—and perhaps love. They soon discover similarities for they are both trying to escape the past to start new lives….

Country:
Genre: ,
Watch movie
Millennium Actress

Millennium Actress

Millennium Actress

IMDb: 7.9
2001
87min

A movie studio is being torn down. TV interviewer Genya Tachibana has tracked down its most famous star, Chiyoko Fujiwara, who has been a recluse since she left acting some 30 years ago. Tachibana delivers a key to her, and it causes her to reflect on her career; as she’s telling the story, Tachibana and his long-suffering cameraman are drawn in.

Country:
Watch movie
Metropolis

Metropolis

Metropolis

IMDb: 7.3
2001
108min

Duke Red has overseen the construction of a massive Ziggurat to extend his power across the whole planet. Tima, a robot-girl built in the image of his deceased daughter, is at the core of these plans. However, after escaping the Duke’s clutches in a laboratory fire, she meets and befriends Kenichi, a boy who’s traveled to Metropolis with his detective uncle in search of a scientist wanted for organ trafficking. Will her relationship with Kenichi, and the realization of the truth of her existence, change her destiny?

Country:
Watch movie
Wasabi

Wasabi

Wasabi

IMDb: 6.6
2001
94min

Hubert is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his boss, who doesn’t share his view on working methods, he goes back to Japan, where he used to work 19 years ago, to settle the probate of his girlfriend who left him shortly after marriage without a trace.

Country: ,
Watch movie
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

IMDb: 7.2
2001
105min

Three ancient guardian beasts awaken to protect Japan against Godzilla.

Country:
Watch movie
Spy Game

Spy Game

Spy Game

IMDb: 7.1
2001
126min

Veteran spy Nathan Muir is on the verge of retiring from the CIA when he learns that his one-time protégé and close friend, Tom Bishop, is a political prisoner sentenced to die in Beijing. Although their friendship has been marred by bad blood and resentment, Muir agrees to take on the most dangerous mission of his career and rescue Bishop.

Country: , , ,
Watch movie
Ichi the Killer

Ichi the Killer

Ichi the Killer

IMDb: 7.1
2001
129min

As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.

Country:
Watch movie
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

IMDb: 5.8
2001
100min

English aristocrat Lara Croft is skilled in hand-to-hand combat and in the middle of a battle with a secret society. The shapely archaeologist moonlights as a tomb raider to recover lost antiquities and meets her match in the evil Powell, who’s in search of a powerful relic.

Country: , , ,
Watch movie
Suicide Club

Suicide Club

Suicide Club

IMDb: 6.6
2001
99min

When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer, which isn’t as simple as he had hoped.

Country:
Watch movie
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

IMDb: 6.4
2001
106min

Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate and unleash the spirits within.

Country: ,
Watch movie
Avalon

Avalon

Avalon

IMDb: 6.5
2001
107min

In a future world, young people are increasingly becoming addicted to an illegal (and potentially deadly) battle simulation game called Avalon. When Ash, a star player, hears of rumors that a more advanced level of the game exists somewhere, she gives up her loner ways and joins a gang of explorers. Even if she finds the gateway to the next level, will she ever be able to come back to reality?

Country: ,
Watch movie
Unchain

Unchain

Unchain

IMDb: 6.6
2000
98min

Documentary on the Japanese boxer Unchain Kaji, who retired from the ring at the age of 30 with an eye injury and a losing record. He then tries to start a new life as a civilian.

Country:
Watch movie
The Tigger Movie

The Tigger Movie

The Tigger Movie

IMDb: 6.3
2000
77min

As it happens, everybody – Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Roo, Rabbit, Owl – is busy preparing a suitable winter home for Eeyore. When everything they do seems to get undone by Tigger’s exuberant bouncing, Rabbit suggest Tigger go outside and find other tiggers to bounce with – a notion Tigger finds ridiculous because, after all, he’s “the onliest one” Or is he?

Country: ,
Watch movie
Escaflowne: The Movie

Escaflowne: The Movie

Escaflowne: The Movie

IMDb: 6.8
2000
98min

Gaea is a mythical realm ruled by sword and sorcery and immersed in blood and violence. Thrust into a conflict she doesn’t quite understand, Hitomi Kanzaki helps aid the young Prince Van as they embark upon a journey to fight the Black Dragon Clan. The battle over a legendary suit of dragon armor, Escaflowne, has begun.

Country:
Watch movie
Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes

Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes

Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes

IMDb: 7.6
2000
100min

Police officers around Tokyo are being murdered by an unknown assailant. When Ran witnesses an attempt on the life of one of her friends in the police, she loses her memory. Now, Conan and Inspector Megure must find the murderer while Ran attempts to regain her lost memories.

Country:
Watch movie
Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns

Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns

Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns

IMDb: 6.5
2000
63min

In this direct-to-video sequel to Pokémon: The First Movie, Ash, Misty, and Brock continue exploring the Johto region, then have to rescue Pikachu after Jessie and James of Team Rocket kidnap him. The search leads them to the hidden plateau where Mewtwo has established a haven for the cloned Pokémon from the previous film. The evil Giovanni is plotting to recapture Mewtwo and renew his efforts to create an army of bio-engineered Pokémon. Aided by the reluctant Meowth, Ash and his friends defeat Giovanni and his henchman.

Country:
Watch movie
Versus

Versus

Versus

IMDb: 6.5
2000
130min

Set in the present where a group of ruthless gangsters, an unknown woman and an escaped convict have met, unwittingly, in The Forest of Resurrection, the 444th portal to the other side. Their troubles start when those once killed and buried in the forest come back from the dead, with the assistance of the evil Sprit that has also come back, come back from ages past, to claim his prize. The final standoff between Light and Dark has never been so cunning, so brutal and so deadly. This is where old Japanese Samurai mysticism meets the new world of the gangster and the gun. Gruesome, bloody and positively bold.

Country:
Watch movie
Blood: The Last Vampire

Blood: The Last Vampire

Blood: The Last Vampire

IMDb: 6.7
2000
48min

In Japan, the vampire-hunter Saya, who is a powerful original, is sent by her liaison with the government, David, posed as a teenage student to the Yokota High School on the eve of Halloween to hunt down vampires. Saya asks David to give a new katana to her. Soon she saves the school nurse Makiho Amano from two vampires disguised of classmates and Makiho witnesses her fight against the powerful demon.

Country: ,
Watch movie
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

IMDb: 7.7
2000
103min

D has been hired to track down Meier Link, a notoriously powerful vampire who has abducted a woman, Charlotte Elbourne. D’s orders are strict – find Charlotte, at any cost. For the first time, D faces serious competition. The Markus Brothers, a family of Vampire Hunters, were hired for the same bounty. D Must intercept Meier and conquer hostile forces on all sides in a deadly race against time.

Country: ,
Watch movie
Ringu 0

Ringu 0

Ringu 0

IMDb: 6.1
2000
99min

Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly, vengeful spirit.

Country:
Genre: ,
Watch movie
Spiral

Spiral

Spiral

IMDb: 6.2
2000
90min

In a small town in Japan, Kirie comes upon her boyfriend’s father silently videotaping a snail. Later, the mans obsession with spirals becomes more and more bizarre, ending in his suicide in a washing machine which turn his body into a spiral. Soon other inhabitants become possessed with different forms of spirals.

Country:
Genre: ,
Watch movie
Battle Royale

Battle Royale

Battle Royale

IMDb: 7.7
2000
114min

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary “Battle Royale” act.

Country:
Watch movie
Wonder Boys

Wonder Boys

Wonder Boys

IMDb: 7.4
2000
111min

Grady (Michael Douglas) is a 50-ish English professor who hasn’t had a thing published in years — not since he wrote his award winning “Great American Novel” 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy author.

Country: , , ,
Genre: ,
Watch movie
Yi Yi

Yi Yi

Yi Yi

IMDb: 8.1
2000
173min

Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life’s meaning as they live through everyday quandaries.

Country: ,
Genre: ,
Watch movie
Brother

Brother

Brother

IMDb: 7.2
2000
114min

A Japanese Yakuza gangster’s deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, California where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother’s gang. This is the first English film by Takeshi Kitano.

Country: , ,
Genre: , ,
Watch movie
Ley Lines

Ley Lines

Ley Lines

IMDb: 7.1
1999
105min

The story follows a trio of Japanese youths of Chinese descent who escape their semi-rural upbringing and relocate to Shinjuku, Tokyo, where they befriend a troubled Shanghai prostitute and fall foul of a local crime syndicate. Like many of Miike’s works, the film examines the underbelly of respectable Japanese society and the problems of assimilation faced by non-ethnically Japanese people in Japan.

Country:
Genre: , ,
Watch movie
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

IMDb: 7.5
1999
116min

An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

Country: , , ,
Watch movie
Virus

Virus

Virus

IMDb: 4.9
1999
99min

When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.

Country: , , , ,
Watch movie
My Neighbors the Yamadas

My Neighbors the Yamadas

My Neighbors the Yamadas

IMDb: 7.3
1999
104min

The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humourous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life’s little conflicts, problems and joys in their own way.

Country:
Watch movie
Audition

Audition

Audition

IMDb: 7.2
1999
115min

Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is caught by Yamazaki Asami, a striking young woman with ballet training.

Country:
Genre: , ,
Watch movie