A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu weaves a wealth of subtle gags through a family portrait as rich as those of his dramatic films, mocking the foibles of the adult world through the eyes of his child protagonists. Shot in stunning color and set in a suburb of Tokyo where housewives gossip about the neighbors’ new washing machine and unemployed husbands look for work as door-to-door salesmen, this charming comedy refashions Ozu’s own silent classic I Was Born, But . . . to gently satirize consumerism in postwar Japan.
An Autumn Afternoon
Drama
7.8
Asako in Ruby Shoes
Drama, Romance
6.6
The Morning After
Comedy, Drama
3.8
Hare-Less Wolf
Animation, Comedy
6.4
White Paws
Drama
5.1
Late Autumn
Drama
7.8
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
Romance, Drama, History
6.8
Floating Weeds
Drama
7.5
Saraband
Drama, TV Movie
7.3
Mike Birbiglia: Thank God for Jokes
Comedy
7.4
The Only Son
Drama
7.4
The End of Summer
Drama
7.5
The Story of Qiu Ju
Comedy, Drama
7.3
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
7.2
Empire of Passion
Drama, Romance, Horror
7.0
Early Spring
Drama, Romance
7.5
A Snake of June
Romance, Drama, Thriller
6.8
Equinox Flower
Drama
7.4
Early Summer
Drama
7.8
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Drama
7.6
Antonia's Line
Drama, Comedy
7.1
The Jazz Singer
Drama, Music
6.1
Spartacus
History, War, Drama, Adventure
7.5
Unbroken
Drama, War
7.4
Lady Snowblood
Action, Crime, Drama
7.5
Nobody Knows
Drama
8.0
Spanglish
Comedy
6.0
1984
Science Fiction, Drama
6.6
Live and Become
Drama
7.5
Benny's Video
Crime, Drama
7.0
Golden Door
History, Drama, Romance
6.5
We Own the Night
Drama, Crime, Thriller
6.7
Kebab Connection
Comedy, Action, Romance
6.7
Lorenzo's Oil
Drama
7.1
Persepolis
Animation, Drama
7.9
Tanguy
Comedy
6.0
Evan Almighty
Fantasy, Comedy, Family
5.6
Earth and Ashes
Drama
6.1
Indochine
Drama, Romance
7.0
Trench of Hope
TV Movie, History, Drama
6.0