Drama: (Genre) Titles that show a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict of forces. See also: "Action Drama".
Mystery: (Genre) The old "who-done-it" type titles should go here.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| B | ||
 Black Jack (movie) |
Buy |
Based on the manga of Osamu "God of Comics" Tezuka, this movie follows the exploits of Black Jack, the infamous renegade surgeon who sells his remarkable medical skills to the highest bidder. He gets called upon to do research connected to a disease contracted by Super Humans, a new breed of humanity who have potential both physically and intellectually beyond the normal capabilities of ordinary humans. |
| D | ||
 Death Note (live-action movie #1) |
Watch |
Yagami Light is a brilliant college student who, one day, finds a notebook simply titled "Death Note." Inside of this book is a list of rules and details as for the use of the "Death Note." When he realizes the power he holds, he decides he's going to make over the world. He wants to make it into a better place by killing those who do others harm. He has been nicknamed by the police "Kira." L, a brilliant detective who lives in secrecy, rises from the shadows and puts his life on the line trying to capture Light. Both L and Light believe themselves on the side of Justice, and the two match wits trying to show exactly which of them is "good" and which of them is "evil." |
| G | ||
 Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence |
Buy |
A sequel to the famous Puppet Master movie of 1995, Batou and Togusa now investigate the strange rebellious murders of sex robots against their masters. During their investigation, they encounter dangerous hackers, crazy Yakuza, and even bits of the Major materialized from the net. Batou is a living doll. His whole body, even his arms and legs are entirely man-made. What only remains are traces of his brain and memories of a woman named, Motoko. When the boundary between humans and machines has infinitely blurred, Humans have forgotten that they are humans. This is a promiscuous story of a lonesome "ghost" of a man, who nevertheless seeks to retain humanity. |
| I | ||
| Innocence | Buy | See Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence |
| J | ||
| Jin Roh | Buy | See Jin-Roh |
 Jin-Roh |
Buy |
In an alternate world, around 1960, Japan suffers serious civil disorder. The Capital Police with their deadly Panzer Cops are the solution but few like them, even among the police. Conspiracies are brewing and at their center is Fuse, the lone wolf. |
| Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade | Buy | See Jin-Roh |
| T | ||
 Tokyo Godfathers |
Buy | During Christmas Eve in Tokyo, three homeless people- drunkard Gin, okama Hana, and runaway Miyuki- come across an abandoned baby. Naming the baby Kiyoko, the three try to locate the baby's parents. |
| W | ||
| Wolf Brigade, The | Buy | See Jin-Roh |
| X | ||
| xxxHOLiC - A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Rent | See xxxHOLiC - Manatsu no Yoru no Yume |
 xxxHOLiC - Manatsu no Yoru no Yume |
Rent |
Yuuko-san receives an invitation for the opening of an auction from a mysterious unknown sender. Likewise, fanatical collectors are summoned to an old mansion whose owner doesn't make an appearance. One after another, each collector disappears and a number of other strange occurrences happen during the night. The questions of what exactly it is that's being auctioned and who the owner of the mansion is must be solved in order for Yuuko-san and Watanuki-kun to get to the bottom of this. |
| xxxHOLiC: The Movie | Rent | See xxxHOLiC - Manatsu no Yoru no Yume |
| イノセンス GHOST IN THE SHELL（仮題） (Japanese) | Buy | See Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence |
| デスノート (Japanese) | Watch | See Death Note (live-action movie #1) |
| ブラック・ジャック (1996) | Buy | See Black Jack (movie) |
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