The Best Lily Movies, Ranked
25 credits from 1972 to 2020, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020) comes out on top with a score of 90. The biggest box office hit is Love Strikes! (2011) with $27.7M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Lily Box Office Hits
Lily's films have made $52M worldwide in total. Love Strikes! (2011) is the biggest hit at $27.7M, ahead of Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005) ($12M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Love Strikes! 2011 · Comedy $27.7M - 2
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade 2005 · Action $12M - 3
Reminiscence 2017 · Drama $7.07M - 4
Mushi-Shi: The Movie 2006 · Fantasy $4.25M - 5
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish 2020 · Animation $384K - 6
A Drop of the Grapevine 2014 · Drama $331K - 7
Her Love Boils Bathwater 2016 · Drama $161K - 8
Farewell, Kuro 2003 · Drama $60.9K - 9
Close-Knit 2017 · Drama $24.3K
The Best Lily Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Lily has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 14 films, and Reminiscence (2017) is the pick of them.
The Best Lily Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Lily's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Lily Movies
The most recent films Lily is credited on, newest first — starting with Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Josee, the Tiger and the Fish 2020 · Train Station Attendant (voice)
- Reminiscence 2017 · Drama
- Close-Knit 2017 · Sayuri
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Haruneko 2016 · Ba - Her Love Boils Bathwater 2016 · Mukoda Miyako
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Foujita 2015 · Obaa -
Gonin Saga 2015 · Katsuko Ogoshi -
Gassoh 2015 · Action -
Nowhere Girl 2015 · Drama - A Drop of the Grapevine 2014 · Riri
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Going My Home 2012 · Tokiko Tsuji - Love Strikes! 2011 · Comedy
The Best Lily Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Lily films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Lily movie?
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020) is the best-rated Lily film, with a Movie Echo Score of 90. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Lily movie?
Love Strikes! (2011) made the most at the box office, with $27.7M worldwide, followed by Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005) with $12M. Together, Lily's films with box office figures have made $52M.
What is the best Lily drama movie?
Reminiscence (2017) is the best-rated of Lily's drama films. In other genres: Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (action), Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (animation) and Love Strikes! (comedy).
What is the newest Lily movie?
The newest film on Lily's filmography is Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020), with Lily as Train Station Attendant (voice).
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