Midnight Diner (Seasons 1–3)

Midnight Diner (2009) is a Japanese anthology drama you can watch online on iFILM. A tiny Tokyo diner opens at midnight and closes at dawn. The menu is technically one item — but the cook will make anything a guest requests.

The customers are what the show is really about. A yakuza, an out-of-work actor, office workers on their way home, a stripper who stops in after her shift — each one carries something they can't talk about in daylight. Kaoru Kobayashi's near-silent Master listens better than he speaks. Low-key, melancholy, and oddly comforting. Stream Midnight Diner online on iFILM.