Perfect Days Review (2023) — 88% Celluloid Score
Directed by Wim Wenders · 2023 ·
Perfect Days (2023) earns a 88% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.
Calculated from 4 available inputs: Celluloid editorial rating, Metascore, Letterboxd and IMDb. Audience sentiment is shown separately and never changes the composite. See how we calculate scores.
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🏆 1 award win · 4 nominations — Won Best Actor (Koji Yakusho), Asian Film Awards 2024
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Streaming availability varies by region — currently on MUBI in the United Kingdom. Check local listings for your region.
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Where to watch Perfect Days by country
| Country | Streaming on |
|---|---|
| India | MUBI |
| Indonesia | KlikFilm |
| Japan | Prime Video |
| Malaysia | MUBI |
| Nigeria | MUBI |
| Pakistan | MUBI |
| Philippines | MUBI |
| South Africa | MUBI |
| South Korea | Netflix |
| Thailand | Netflix |
| Turkey | MUBI, TV+, HBO Max |
| United Kingdom | MUBI |
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Why this score?
- Celluloid's editorial rating is exceptional (96/100).
- Audiences widely enjoyed it (92%).
- Metascore signals universal acclaim (91/100).
- Letterboxd diarists rate it highly (4.2/5).
- Celluloid Score 88% combines 4 verified rating inputs; audience sentiment is shown separately.
Best for
- Viewers who want a well-regarded drama pick
Not ideal for
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Is Perfect Days worth watching?
Yes — Perfect Days earns a 88% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.
Celluloid Verdict
A serene, deeply humane miniature from Wim Wenders — anchored by Kōji Yakusho's Cannes-winning performance, it finds transcendence in the smallest rituals of a single life.
Celluloid editorial verdict
Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.
What is Perfect Days about?
A Tokyo toilet cleaner lives a life of monastic routine — tending plants, listening to cassettes, photographing the play of light through trees — until small disruptions reveal the quiet depths beneath his contentment, in Wim Wenders's luminous ode to finding grace in the ordinary.
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Critic Reviews
Perfect Days Review: Wim Wenders Finds the Sublime in a Toilet Cleaner's Routine
★★★★★
Wim Wenders's Perfect Days follows a Tokyo toilet cleaner through the small rituals of an ordered life, and locates in them a quiet transcendence — a serene, deeply humane film crowned by Kōji Yakusho's Cannes-winning performance.
A luminous, meditative ode to the beauty of the ordinary — one of Wenders's finest films and a masterclass in performance from Kōji Yakusho. Quietly perfect.
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