FR #17 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | Japan, USA | Japanese, English
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Writer
Hayao Miyazaki
Cast
Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino
Plot
During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
FR #66 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | Japan, USA | Japanese
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Writer
Hayao Miyazaki, Diana Wynne Jones
Cast
Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashuin
Plot
When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.
FR #84 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | Japan, USA | Japanese, English
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Writer
Hayao Miyazaki
Cast
Yoji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yuko Tanaka
Plot
While seeking to cure himself of a curse, young warrior Ashitaka stumbles into a conflict between the people of Iron Town and Princess Mononoke, a girl raised by wolves, who will stop at nothing to prevent the destruction of her h...
FR #93 | Movie | SuperHeroes, Action | USA, India | Japanese, Xhosa
Director
Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Writer
Christopher Markus, Stephen Mcfeely, Stan Lee
Cast
Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo
Plot
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos' actions and restore balance to the universe.
FR #111 | Movie | Action, Drama | Japan, France | Japanese, German
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writer
Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu
Plot
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
FR #117 | TV | Animation, Crime | Japan | Japanese, English
Cast
Mamoru Miyano, Brad Swaile, Vincent Tong
Plot
An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.
FR #136 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese, English
Writer
Tite Kubo
Cast
Johnny Yong Bosch, Masakazu Morita, Takayuki Sugo
Plot
The peace is suddenly broken when warning sirens blare through the Soul Society. Residents are disappearing without a trace and nobody knows who's behind it. Meanwhile, a darkness is approaching Ichigo and his friends in Karakura ...
FR #143 | TV | History, Drama | USA, France | Japanese, English
Writer
James Clavell (Based On The Novel By)
Cast
Cosmo Jarvis, Anna Sawai, Tadanobu Asano
Plot
When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby Japanese fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.
FR #146 | Movie | Animation, Drama | Japan, Sweden | Japanese, English
Director
Makoto Shinkai
Writer
Makoto Shinkai
Cast
Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryo Narita
Plot
Two teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.
FR #182 | Movie | Romance, Drama | South Korea | Japanese, Korean
Director
Park Chan-Wook
Writer
Sarah Waters, Chung Seo-Kyung, Park Chan-Wook
Cast
Kim Min-Hee, Ha Jung-Woo, Cho Jin-Woong
Plot
In 1930s Korea, a girl is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a countryside estate. But the maid has a secret: She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler to help seduce the Lady and steal her ...
FR #286 | Movie | History, Drama | Japan | Japanese
Director
Masaki Kobayashi
Writer
Yasuhiko Takiguchi, Shinobu Hashimoto
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita
Plot
When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.
FR #320 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan, USA | Japanese, English
Cast
Adam Mcarthur, Jun'Ya Enoki, Yuma Uchida
Plot
A boy swallows a cursed talisman - the finger of a demon - and becomes cursed himself. He enters a shaman's school to be able to locate the demon's other body parts and thus exorcise himself.
FR #327 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese
Cast
Joji Yanami, Kyle Hebert, Masako Nozawa
Plot
The adventures of Earth's martial arts defender, Son Goku, continue with a new family and the revelation of his alien origins. Now Goku and his allies must defend the planet from an onslaught of new extraterrestrial enemies.
FR #334 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese
Writer
Yoshihiro Togashi
Cast
Issei Futamata, Megumi Han, Cristina Valenzuela
Plot
Gon Freecss aspires to become a Hunter, an exceptional being capable of greatness. With his friends and his potential, he seeks out his father, who left him when he was younger.
FR #354 | Movie | Sci-Fi, Adventure | Japan | Japanese, English
Director
Takashi Yamazaki
Writer
Takashi Yamazaki, Ishiro Honda, Takeo Murata
Cast
Minami Hamabe, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Sakura Ando
Plot
A kamikaze pilot plagued by survivor's guilt seeks redemption when a giant monster he failed to kill is transformed by radiation from atomic bomb tests and lays siege to post-war Japan.
FR #357 | Movie | Animation, Drama | Japan | Japanese
Director
Isao Takahata
Writer
Isao Takahata, Riko Sakaguchi
Cast
Chloe Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen
Plot
Kaguya is a beautiful young woman coveted by five nobles. To try to avoid marrying a stranger she doesn't love, she sends her suitors on seemingly impossible tasks. But she will have to face her fate and punishment for her choices.
Rubber-bodied dreamer Monkey D. Luffy gathers an eclectic pirate crew and braves the perilous Grand Line, battling tyrants and monsters to claim the legendary "One Piece" and become King of the Pirates.
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
FR #549 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan, South Korea | Japanese, Malayalam
Writer
Chugong
Cast
Taito Ban, Aleks Le, Makoto Furukawa
Plot
Follows the adventures of Sung Jinwoo in a world that is constantly threatened by monsters and evil forces. In his battles Sung transforms himself from the weakest hunter of all mankind to one of the strongest hunters in existence.
FR #551 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese, English
Cast
Yuto Uemura, Shin'Ya Takahashi, Mike Haimoto
Plot
Following a tragedy, Thorfinn embarks on a journey with the man responsible for it to take his life in a duel as a true and honorable warrior to pay homage.
FR #583 | Movie | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese
Director
Katsuhiro "Tomo
Writer
Katsuhiro "Tomo, Izo Hashimoto
Cast
Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama
Plot
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a teenage biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by his best friend.
FR #591 | Movie | Animation, Drama | Japan | Japanese
Director
Mamoru Hosoda
Writer
Mamoru Hosoda, Satoko Okudera
Cast
Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa, Haru Kuroki
Plot
After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident while hunting for food for their children, a young woman must find ways to raise the werewolf son and daughter that she had with him while keeping their trait hidden from s...
FR #598 | Movie | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese
Director
Haruo Sotozaki
Writer
Koyoharu Gotouge
Cast
Natsuki Hanae, Akari Kito, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Plot
After his family was brutally murdered and his sister turned into a demon, Tanjiro Kamado's journey as a demon slayer began. Tanjiro and his comrades embark on a new mission aboard the Mugen Train, on track to despair.
FR #605 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan, France | Japanese, French
Cast
Masako Nozawa, Joji Yanami, Brice Armstrong
Plot
A naive but strong boy named Goku sets off to find seven mystical Dragon Balls, sparking a wild adventure filled with martial arts, quirky allies, strange foes, and a journey of growth across a fantastical world.
FR #622 | Movie | Animation, Family | Japan | Japanese, English
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Writer
Eiko Kadono, Hayao Miyazaki
Cast
Kirsten Dunst, Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma
Plot
Along with her black cat Jiji, Kiki settles in a seaside town and starts a high-flying delivery service. Here begins her magical encounter with independence and responsibility, making lifelong friends and finding her place in the ...
FR #696 | Movie | Documentary | USA, France | Japanese, English
Director
Robert J. Flaherty
Writer
Frances H. Flaherty, Robert J. Flaherty
Cast
Allakariallak, Alice Nevalinga, Cunayou
Plot
In this silent predecessor to the modern documentary, film-maker Robert J. Flaherty spends one year following the lives of Nanook and his family, Inuits living in the Arctic Circle.
FR #737 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese
Writer
Masashi Kishimoto
Cast
Alexandre Crepet, Junko Takeuchi, Maile Flanagan
Plot
Naruto Uzumaki, is a loud, hyperactive, adolescent ninja who constantly searches for approval and recognition, as well as to become Hokage, who is acknowledged as the leader and strongest of all ninja in the village.
FR #800 | TV | Animation, Comedy | Japan | Japanese, English
Cast
Mamoru Miyano, Asami Imai, Kana Hanazawa
Plot
After discovering time travel, a university student and his colleagues must use their knowledge of it to stop an evil organization and their diabolical plans.
FR #813 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan, South Korea | Japanese, Korean
Cast
Jessie James Grelle, Bryce Papenbrook, Trina Nishimura
Plot
After his hometown is destroyed, young Eren Jaeger vows to cleanse the earth of the giant humanoid Titans that have brought humanity to the brink of extinction.
FR #816 | Movie | Animation, Drama | Japan | Japanese, English
Director
Naoko Yamada
Writer
Yoshitoki "Ima, Reiko Yoshida
Cast
Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yuki
Plot
A deaf girl, Shoko, is bullied by the popular Shoya. As Shoya continues to bully Shoko, the class turns its back on him. Shoko transfers and Shoya grows up as an outcast. Alone and depressed, the regretful Shoya finds Shoko to mak...
FR #821 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Japan, France | Japanese, English
Director
Hirokazu Koreeda
Writer
Hirokazu Koreeda
Cast
Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Kirin Kiki
Plot
On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar exist...
A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.
FR #887 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | Japan, USA | Japanese, English
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Writer
Monkey Punch, Maurice Leblanc, Hayao Miyazaki
Cast
Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Plot
A dashing thief, his gang of desperadoes and an intrepid cop struggle to free a princess from an evil count, and learn the secret of a treasure that she holds part of the key to.
FR #924 | TV | Animation, Comedy | Japan, UK | Japanese, English
Cast
Steve Blum, Kirk Thornton, Jun'Ichi Suwabe
Plot
About Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old ex-gangster member and a virgin. He has one ambition that no one ever expected from him. His sole life purpose is to become the greatest high school teacher ever.
FR #1044 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese, English
Cast
Natsuki Hanae, Zach Aguilar, Abby Trott
Plot
A family is attacked by demons and only two members survive - Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko, who is turning into a demon slowly. Tanjiro sets out to become a demon slayer to avenge his family and cure his sister.
In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.
FR #1069 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | Japan, France | Japanese
Director
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Writer
Mary Norton, Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa
Cast
Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett
Plot
The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their teenage daughter Arrietty is discovered.
FR #1073 | Movie | Adventure, Action | USA | Japanese, English
Director
Clint Eastwood
Writer
Iris Yamashita, Paul Haggis, Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Cast
Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara
Plot
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
FR #1077 | Movie | Animation, Action | Japan, India | Japanese, Bengali
Director
Sunghoo Park
Writer
Gege Akutami, Hiroshi Seko
Cast
Megumi Ogata, Kana Hanazawa, Yuichi Nakamura
Plot
The prequel to Jujutsu Kaisen (2020), where a high schooler gains control of an extremely powerful cursed spirit and gets enrolled in the Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School by Jujutsu Sorcerers.
FR #1124 | Movie | Animation, Adventure | Japan, India | Japanese, Tamil
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Writer
Hayao Miyazaki, Jonathan Swift
Cast
Mayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa, Kotoe Hatsui
Plot
Pazu's life changes when he meets Sheeta, a girl whom pirates are chasing for her crystal amulet, which has the potential to locate Laputa, a legendary castle floating in the sky.
FR #1241 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan, Poland | Japanese, English
Writer
Kentaro Miura
Cast
Marc Diraison, Nobutoshi Canna, Carrie Keranen
Plot
Guts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.
FR #1242 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese
Writer
Masashi Kishimoto
Cast
Junko Takeuchi, Maile Flanagan, Kate Higgins
Plot
Naruto Uzumaki, a mischievous adolescent ninja, struggles as he searches for recognition and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the village's leader and strongest ninja.
FR #1251 | Movie | Action, Drama | USA, Japan | Japanese, English
Director
Edward Zwick
Writer
John Logan, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
Cast
Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly
Plot
In 19th century Japan, Nathan Algren, a US army captain, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques. Captain Algren finds himself trapped in a struggle between two eras and two worlds.
FR #1284 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan, Netherlands | Japanese, English
Writer
Tatsuki Fujimoto
Cast
Kikunosuke Toya, Ryan Colt Levy, Tomori Kusunoki
Plot
Following a betrayal, a young man left for dead is reborn as a powerful devil-human hybrid after merging with his pet devil and is soon enlisted into an organization dedicated to hunting devils.
FR #1288 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan, Poland | Japanese, English
Writer
Rafal Jaki
Cast
Zach Aguilar, Kenn, Emi Lo
Plot
A Street Kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an Edgerunner, a Mercenary outlaw also known as a Cyberpunk.
Soon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo learns that his orchestra is disbanding. He moves back to his hometown with his wife, where he answers an ad for what Daigo thinks is a travel agency but is, in actuality, a mortuary.
FR #1311 | Movie | Animation, Action | Japan, France | Japanese, English
Director
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Writer
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Cast
Koichi Yamadera, Emi Shinohara, Takeshi Aono
Plot
A vagabond swordsman is aided by a kunoichi and a spy in battling a demonic clan of killers - led by a ghost from his past - who are bent on overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate.
A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.
Saint Seiyaaka Saint Seiya: Knights Of The Zodiac(1986)
FR #1376 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese, English
Cast
Hideyuki Tanaka, Patrick Poole, Toru Furuya
Plot
A group a young warriors known as 'Saints', each in possession of a 'cloth' guarded by a different constellation, must protect the reincarnation of the goddess Athena as she attempts to keep the Earth from being destroyed by evil ...
FR #1496 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan, Poland | Japanese, English
Cast
VIC Mignogna, Aaron Dismuke, Romi Park
Plot
When a failed alchemical ritual leaves brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric with severely damaged bodies, they begin searching for the one thing that can save them: the fabled philosopher's stone.
FR #1506 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan, Poland | Japanese, English
Writer
Shin'Ichiro Watanabe
Cast
Kazuya Nakai, Ginpei Sato, Ayako Kawasumi
Plot
Fuu, a waitress who works in a teahouse, rescues two master swordsmen, Mugen and Jin, from their execution to help her find the "samurai who smells of sunflowers."
FR #1509 | TV | Animation, Crime | Japan, Poland | Japanese, English
Writer
Naoki Urasawa
Cast
Hidenobu Kiuchi, Liam O'Brien, Eiji Hanawa
Plot
Tenma, a brilliant neurosurgeon with a promising future, risks his career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy. The boy, now a charismatic young man, reappears 9 years later in the midst of a string of unusual serial...
FR #1560 | Movie | Animation, Action | Japan, India | Japanese, Telugu
Director
Yuichiro Hayashi
Writer
Hajime Isayama
Cast
Natsuki Hanae, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Marina Inoue
Plot
The fate of the world hangs in the balance as Eren unleashes the ultimate power of the Titans. With a burning determination to eliminate all who threaten Eldia, he leads an unstoppable army of Colossal Titans towards Marley.
A high school student discovers one of his classmates, Sakura Yamauchi, is suffering from a terminal illness. This secret brings the two together, as she lives out her final moments.
FR #1568 | Movie | Drama | Japan, Italy | Japanese, English
Director
Masaki Kobayashi
Writer
Shinobu Hashimoto, Yasuhiko Takiguchi
Cast
Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Tsukasa, Go Kato
Plot
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.
FR #1572 | Movie | Horror, Drama | Japan, USA | Japanese, English
Director
Kaneto Shindo
Writer
Kaneto Shindo
Cast
Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato
Plot
Two women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.
FR #1744 | TV | Animation, Comedy | Japan | Japanese, German
Cast
Natsuki Hanae, Risa Taneda, Ayane Sakura
Plot
A piano prodigy who lost his ability to play after suffering a traumatic event in his childhood is forced back into the spotlight by an eccentric girl with a secret of her own.
High school student Ichigo Kurosaki, who has the ability to see ghosts, gains soul reaper powers from Rukia Kuchiki and sets out to save the world from "Hollows".
FR #1782 | TV | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese, English
Cast
Rikiya Koyama, Kohei Kiyasu, Steve Staley
Plot
Ippo, a teenage boy with a pure heart and unrelenting determination, discovers a passion for boxing after veteran fighter Takamura saves him from bullies.
FR #1806 | Movie | Animation, Action | Japan | Japanese
Director
Haruo Sotozaki
Writer
Koyoharu Gotouge
Plot
Tanjiro ventures to the south-southeast where he encounters a cowardly young man named Zenitsu Agatsuma. He is a fellow survivor from Final Selection and his sparrow asks Tanjiro to help keep him in line.
FR #1808 | Movie | Animation, Drama | Japan, China | Japanese
Director
Makoto Shinkai
Writer
Makoto Shinkai
Cast
Kotaro Daigo, Nana Mori, Tsubasa Honda
Plot
Set during a period of exceptionally rainy weather, high-school boy Hodaka Morishima runs away from his troubled rural home to Tokyo and befriends an orphan girl who can manipulate the weather.
