Best Japanese holiday movies

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch holiday films from Japan, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Tokyo Godfathers

    Tokyo Godfathers 2003

    On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.

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  • Poster for The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

    The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya 2010

    A week before Christmas, Kyon wakes up in a world where the SOS Brigade doesn't exist. Mikuru and Yuki don't recognize him, and Haruhi and Itsuki seem to have vanished.

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  • Poster for Love Hina Christmas Special: Silent Eve

    Love Hina Christmas Special: Silent Eve 2000

    As another round of preliminary tests approach for Keitarō, so does Christmas. And as the first Christmas of the millennium, there is a rumor that if one confesses his love on this special eve it will come true. Keitarō has decided what he needs to do on this Christmas eve. But being a retaker, can he afford taking attention away from the tests on the same day?

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  • Poster for Crazed Fruit

    Crazed Fruit 1956

    Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking.

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  • Poster for Suite Dreams

    Suite Dreams 2006

    New Year's Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional party, an official ceremony, entertainment and a special dinner planned and yet there is trouble everywhere. An Animal is on the loose, a politician to protect, a prostitute to handle, a bellhop to focus and a few things more.

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  • Poster for Black Night Parade

    Black Night Parade 2022

    Hino Miharu, a dull man who has been working part-time at the convenience store Pawson Nerima Kitaguchi for three years, suddenly kidnapped by a man wearing a black Santa suit, saying, "It's a job offer! I'll be counting on you from today". When he wake up, there is a mysterious company in the North Pole, Santa Claus House. Miharu starts working as a black Santa who distributes presents to children around the world with his colleague with a strong personality, but this company has a secret.

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