Japanese movies streaming in the UK

Top 20: Japanese movies streaming in the UK

Updated 9 October 2026 · Ranked by TMDB popularity, which reflects what people are watching and searching for this week · Subscription titles only

1. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (2025) · ★ 8.8/10 · Animation, Action, Fantasy
   The Demon Slayer Corps are drawn into the Infinity Castle, where Tanjiro, Nezuko, and the Hashira face terrifying Upper Rank demons in a desperate fight as the final…
2. Howl's Moving Castle (2004) · ★ 8.4/10 · Fantasy, Animation, Adventure
   Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his…
3. Spirited Away (2001) · ★ 8.5/10 · Animation, Family, Fantasy
   A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never…
4. Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025) · ★ 8.5/10 · Animation, Action, Romance
   In a brutal war between devils, hunters, and secret enemies, a mysterious girl named Reze has stepped into Denji's world, and he faces his deadliest battle yet, fueled…
5. My Neighbor Totoro (1988) · ★ 8.1/10 · Fantasy, Animation, Family
   Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros,…
6. Princess Mononoke (1997) · ★ 8.3/10 · Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
   Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a…
7. Warriors of the Wind (1984) · ★ 7.9/10 · Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
   After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful…
8. Godzilla Minus One (2023) · ★ 7.6/10 · Science Fiction, Horror, Action
   In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join…
9. Perfect Days (2023) · ★ 7.8/10 · Drama
   Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of…
10. Perfect Blue (1998) · ★ 8.3/10 · Animation, Thriller
    Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin…
11. Look Back (2024) · ★ 8.2/10 · Animation, Drama
    Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a…
12. Seven Samurai (1954) · ★ 8.5/10 · Action, Drama
    A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him…
13. Ghost in the Shell (1995) · ★ 7.9/10 · Action, Animation, Science Fiction
    In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of…
14. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) · ★ 7.8/10 · Animation, Family, Fantasy
    A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
15. Ponyo (2008) · ★ 7.8/10 · Animation, Fantasy, Family
    When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a…
16. Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train (2020) · ★ 8.2/10 · Animation, Action, Fantasy
    Tanjiro Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he…
17. The Boy and the Heron (2023) · ★ 7.4/10 · Animation, Fantasy, Drama
    While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother…
18. Akira (1988) · ★ 7.9/10 · Animation, Science Fiction, Action
    A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can…
19. Castle in the Sky (1986) · ★ 8.0/10 · Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
    A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
20. Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King (2023) · ★ 8.1/10 · Animation, Fantasy, Action
    As a lionhearted boy who can't wield magic strives for the title of Wizard King, four banished Wizard Kings of yore return to crush the Clover Kingdom.

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