01 A fish-market worker moonlighting as a contract killer in a moody Tokyo thriller.
Rinko Kikuchi – 10 Best Movies
By Vlad Zakh · August 24, 2026
United States Drama thought provoking
Babel earned an Oscar nomination for a performance built almost entirely without dialogue, still the most striking thing here. Pacific Rim introduced her to a much wider blockbuster audience years later.
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02 A lead, quietly devastating role as an inflatable doll who mysteriously gains a soul.
03 A supporting role in Scorsese's drama about Jesuit missionaries in 17th-century Japan.
04 A supporting role in a noir mystery set just before WWII.
05 A mostly silent, explosives-obsessed member of a con-artist crew.
06 A shapeshifting witch serving a treacherous shogun in feudal Japan.
07 A fragile, haunting performance in the adaptation of Murakami's acclaimed novel.
08 A lonely woman convinced a movie's buried treasure is real, and worth the journey.
09 A skilled Jaeger pilot fighting to protect the world from giant sea monsters.
10 An Oscar-nominated performance as a deaf-mute Tokyo teenager navigating isolation and grief.