Japanese movies on Netflix in the UK

Top 20: Japanese movies on Netflix 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. 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,…
5. 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…
6. 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…
7. 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…
8. 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…
9. 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.
10. 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…
11. 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…
12. 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…
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. Whisper of the Heart (1995) · ★ 7.9/10 · Animation, Drama, Family
    Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by…
16. Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (2026) · ★ 8.1/10 · Animation, Fantasy, Music
    Iroha's life gets knocked off its orbit when Kaguya, a carefree runaway from the Moon, moves in and convinces her to perform in a virtual world together.
17. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997) · ★ 8.3/10 · Animation, Science Fiction, Drama
    SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the…
18. THE RIBBON HERO (2026) · ★ 6.3/10 · Animation, Fantasy, Drama
    When the monstrous Nergal devastates her kingdom, Princess Sapphire reawakens as the Ribbon Hero and fights to save her new home from the same dark fate.
19. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021) · ★ 8.1/10 · Animation, Action, Fantasy
    Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a curse and won't leave him alone. Since…
20. Suzume (2022) · ★ 7.9/10 · Animation, Drama, Adventure
    Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire…

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