IMDB: 7.7/10

A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies.

IMDB: 7.0/10

A man boards a limousine to be driven to his day's work: nine mysterious "appointments."

IMDB: 7.6/10

One day in the life of Anders, a young recovering drug addict, who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up with old friends in Oslo.

IMDB: 8.2/10

Several people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.

IMDB: 8.1/10

Each member of a middle-class Taipei family seeks to reconcile past and present relationships within their daily lives.

IMDB: 8.0/10

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.

IMDB: 8.3/10

A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.

IMDB: 7.4/10

Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.