Russian Ark (2002)

Owaranai hito: Miyazaki Hayao (2016)

Summary: A look at famous Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.

Release Date: November 13, 2016

Genres: Documentary, Biography

Director: Kaku Arakawa

Runtime: 1 h 10 min

MPAA: PG

Production: NHK

Distributor: GKIDS, HBO Max

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 187,320

Burning (2018)

Summary: Jong-su bumps into a girl who used to live in the same neighborhood, who asks him to look after her cat while she's on a trip to Africa. When back, she introduces Ben, a mysterious guy she met there, who confesses his secret hobby.

Release Date: May 17, 2018

Genres: Drama, Mystery

Director: Lee Chang-dong

Writers: Jungmi Oh

, Lee Chang-dong

, Haruki Murakami

Runtime: 2 h 28 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Pine House Film, NHK, Now Films

Distributor: Well Go USA Entertainment

Countries: South Korea, Japan

Language: Korean

Domestic: $ 718,991

International: $ 6,859,072

The Cleaners (2018)

Summary: A look at the shadowy underworld of the Internet where questionable content is removed.

Release Date: May 17, 2018

Genre: Documentary

Directors: Hans Block

, Moritz Riesewieck

Writers: Hans Block

, Moritz Riesewieck

, Georg Tschurtschenthaler

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

Production: Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, Grifa Filmes, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB), VPRO Television, I Wonder Pictures, Motto Pictures, ARTE, NHK, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Play TV, Sveriges Television (SVT), Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), Danmarks Radio (DR), RSI-Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Blue Ice Docs

Countries: Germany, Brazil, Netherlands, Italy, United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Canada

Language: German

The Happiest Girl in the World (2009)

Summary: Delia, a young Romanian girl, drives to Bucharest with her parents to collect a prize she won in a contest.

Release Date: May 08, 2009

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Radu Jude

Writers: Radu Jude

, Augustina Stanciu

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

Production: HI Film Productions, Circe Films, Romania Film, Hubert Bals Fund, NHK, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, HBO Romania, Romanian Film Board (C.N.C.), TVR

Countries: Romania, Netherlands, France, Japan

Language: Romanian

Movie budget: $ 650,000

To Your Eternity (2021)

Summary: A lonely boy wandering the Arctic regions of North America meets a wolf, and the two become fast friends, depending on each other to survive the harsh environment. But the boy has a history, and the wolf is more than meets the eye...

Release Date: May 31, 2021

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Animation, Anime

Runtime: 0 h 25 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: Brains Base, Drive, NHK

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Visions of Light (1992)

Summary: Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography, illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from The Birth of a Nation (1915) to Do the Right Thing (1989).

Release Date: February 24, 1993

Genres: Documentary, History

Directors: Arnold Glassman

, Todd McCarthy

, Stuart Samuels

Writer: Todd McCarthy

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

Production: American Film Institute (AFI), NHK

Distributor: Kino International, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Image Entertainment

Countries: Japan, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 799,856

Osama (2003)

Summary: After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a pre-teen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.

Release Date: June 27, 2003

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Siddiq Barmak

Writer: Siddiq Barmak

Runtime: 1 h 23 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Barmak Film, LeBrocquy Fraser Productions, NHK

Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM), MGM Home Entertainment, United Artists

Countries: Afghanistan, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Iran

Language: Pashto/Pushto

Movie budget: $ 46,000

Domestic: $ 1,270,904

International: $ 2,639,615

A Woman Captured (2017)

Summary: A European woman has been kept by a family as a domestic slave for 10 years. Drawing courage from the filmmaker's presence, she decides to escape the unbearable oppression and become a free person.

Genre: Documentary

Director: Bernadett Tuza-Ritter

Writers: Bernadett Tuza-Ritter

, Zoltan Moll

Runtime: 1 h 29 min

Production: Éclipse Film, Corso Film, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), Danmarks Radio (DR), Evangelische Omroep (EO), NHK, Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK), Radio Televizija Srbije (RTS), Sveriges Television (SVT), The Why Foundation

Distributor: Syndicado Film Sales, Torch Films

Countries: Hungary, Canada, Czechia, Germany, Czech Republic

Language: Hungarian

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990)

Summary: A teen acrobat of mysterious origins and a young inventor find themselves entangled in a sinister plot that involves the fate of the world.

Release Date: April 13, 1990

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Animation, Anime

Runtime: 0 h 25 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: Corad, Gainax, NHK, Group TAC (I)

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (2017)

Summary: A portrait of genius music composer Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Release Date: June 14, 2018

Genres: Music, Documentary

Director: Stephen Nomura Schible

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: AVROTROS, Avex Digital (ADG), Borderland Media, Cineric Creative, DENTSU Music And Entertainment, Documentary Japan, Kadokawa, NHK

Distributor: Mubi, The Criterion Channel

Countries: Japan, United States

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 117,460

International: $ 867,343

Oh Lucy! (2017)

Summary: A lonely woman living in Tokyo decides to take an English class, where she discovers her alter-ego, Lucy.

Release Date: April 28, 2018

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Atsuko Hirayanagi

Writers: Atsuko Hirayanagi

, Boris Frumin

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: Matchgirl Pictures, Gloria Sanchez Productions, Meridian Content, NHK

Distributor: Elle Driver, Film Movement

Countries: Japan, United States

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 375,391

International: $ 224,754

The Indian Runner (1991)

Summary: A Vietnam vet comes home to his small town and finds himself in conflict with rules that his brother has vowed to uphold.

Release Date: September 20, 1991

Genre: Drama

Director: Sean Penn

Writer: Sean Penn

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: R

Production: Columbia Pictures, Mico, Mount Film Group, NHK, Westmount

Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), MGM Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Kino Lorber

Countries: Japan, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 7,000,000

Domestic: $ 191,125

Prospero's Books (1991)

Summary: The magician Prospero attempts to stop his daughter's affair with an enemy.

Release Date: August 30, 1991

Genres: Drama, Fantasy

Director: Peter Greenaway

Writers: William Shakespeare

, Peter Greenaway

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: R

Production: Allarts, Cinéa, Caméra One, Camera One, Penta Distribuzione, Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer, Channel 4 International, Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO), Canal+, NHK, Pierson, Heldring & Pierson N.V., Palace Pictures

Distributor: Cine Electra Ltd., Miramax, The Criterion Channel

Countries: United Kingdom, Netherlands, France, Italy, Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,500,000

Domestic: $ 1,750,301

Planet of Snail (2011)

Summary: Young-Chan comes from planet of snail where deaf blind people live slow and quiet lives. When Young-Chan came to Earth, nobody understood his language and he was desperate. Then an angel walked into his life. Soon-Ho knows how it ...

Release Date: July 25, 2012

Genres: Drama, Documentary

Director: Seung-jun Yi

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: CreativeEAST, Dalpaengee, NHK, Yleisradio (YLE), Finnish Film Foundation, Vaski Filmi

Distributor: The Cinema Guild

Countries: South Korea, Japan, Finland

Language: Korean

Domestic: $ 13,957

International: $ 2,045

Seitti - kilvoittelijan päiväkirja (2009)

Summary: A Diary of an Urban Priest tells the story of a young Buddhist priest, and his fervent search for the meaning of life amid oppressive dreams, back alleys of the city and the darkness of the human mind.

Release Date: November 12, 2010

Genre: Documentary

Director: Pirjo Honkasalo

Writers: Pirjo Honkasalo

, Miika Pölkki

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

Production: AVEK, Baabeli, Cosmo Film, NHK, YLE TV2 Dokumenttiprojekti

Countries: Finland, Denmark

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 411,555

The Mysterious Cities of Gold (1982)

Summary: A trio of kids must search throughout 16th Century South America for personal answers linked to the legendary El Dorado.

Release Date: June 30, 1986

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Animation, Anime

Runtime: 0 h 28 min

MPAA: TV-Y7

Production: Diffusion Information Communication (DIC), MK Company, NHK

Countries: France, Japan, Luxembourg

Language: French