Metropolis (2001)

Summary: Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.

Release Date: January 25, 2002

Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Anime

Director: Rintaro

Writers: Osamu Tezuka

, Katsuhiro Ôtomo

, Marc Handler

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Bandai Visual Company, DENTSU Music And Entertainment, Imagica Corp., Madhouse Productions, Madhouse, Metropolis Project, Sony Pictures Television (Japan), Tezuka Productions, Toho Company

Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), Action Channel, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Destination Films, Mill Creek Entertainment, TriStar Pictures

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 722,932

International: $ 3,312,260

26k - Douban

The Old Man and the Sea (1999)

Summary: An old fisherman goes out on his fishing trip and makes a huge catch, the biggest of his life.

Release Date: July 03, 1999

Genres: Adventure, Animation, Short, Anime

Director: Aleksandr Petrov

Writers: Ernest Hemingway

, Aleksandr Petrov

Runtime: 0 h 20 min

Production: Dentsu Tec, IMAX, Imagica Corp., NHK, Ogden Entertainment, Panorama

Countries: Russia, Canada, Japan

Language: Russian

6k - Douban

Distance (2001)

Summary: Members of a cult, modeled on Aum Shinrikyo, sabotage a city's water supply, then commit mass suicide near the shores of a lake. Family members of those affected by it meet at the lake to observe the anniversary of their loved one...

Release Date: May 26, 2001

Genre: Drama

Director: Hirokazu Koreeda

Writer: Hirokazu Koreeda

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: CineRocket, Distance Project Team, Engine Film, Imagica Corp., Japan Rental Supply Shop

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

3k - Douban

Eureka (2000)

Summary: The traumatized survivors of a murderous bus hijacking come together and take a road trip to attempt to overcome their damaged selves. Meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose.

Release Date: November 29, 2000

Genre: Drama

Director: Shinji Aoyama