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    Japanese Thriller Movies

    The 40 most popular japanese thriller movies, ranked. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

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    Zero Woman 2
    TMDB2.5

    Zero Woman 2

    1995 · 1h 39m

    country: Japan

    When a valuable suitcase is stolen, the mob, petty criminals, and a beautiful agent from the Elite Zero division are pulled into a battle to settle the score.

    Door
    TMDB3.0

    Door

    1988 · 1h 34m

    country: Japan

    Yasuko, a housewife, lives in an urban high-rise apartment with her husband Satoru and her son Takuto. Annoyed by spam calls and door-to-door salesmen, Yasuko slams the door on a salesman’s hand when he tries to squeeze a flyer through the apartment's chained front door. He leaves, but the next day, her nightmare starts.

    Perfect Blue
    TMDB4.2
    FF4.8

    Perfect Blue

    1998 · 1h 21m

    country: Japan

    Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

    Sex Rider: Wet Highway
    TMDB2.5

    Sex Rider: Wet Highway

    1971 · 1h 8m

    country: Japan

    On the eve of her wedding and while cheating with another man, a woman gets involved into a dangerous new world of experiences.

    Ice Cream Man
    TMDB2.3
    FF0.5

    Ice Cream Man

    2026 · 1h 26m

    country: United States

    An idyllic summer town descends into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results.

    Exit 8
    TMDB3.5
    FF4.0

    Exit 8

    2025 · 1h 35m

    country: Japan

    A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?

    Monster
    TMDB4.0

    Monster

    2023 · 2h 5m

    country: Japan

    After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.

    Door II: Tokyo Diary
    TMDB3.1

    Door II: Tokyo Diary

    1991 · 1h 22m

    country: Japan

    Ai is a call girl that makes good money for what she does but there’s always at risk no matter how good the money is.

    Cloud
    TMDB3.4
    FF3.5

    Cloud

    2024 · 2h 4m

    country: Japan

    Ryōsuke Yoshii, an ordinary reseller, carelessly earns grudges by people and becomes entangled in a life-threatening struggle.

    Shoplifters
    TMDB3.9

    Shoplifters

    2018 · 2h

    country: Japan

    In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.

    High and Low
    TMDB4.2
    FF5.0

    High and Low

    1963 · 2h 22m

    country: Japan

    A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.

    Monster Island
    TMDB3.1

    Monster Island

    2025 · 1h 23m

    country: Japan

    In the Pacific, 1944, a Japanese soldier and a British prisoner of war are stranded on a deserted island, hunted by a deadly creature. Two mortal enemies must come together to survive the unknown.

    Paprika
    TMDB3.9
    FF4.5

    Paprika

    2006 · 1h 30m

    country: Japan

    Dr. Atsuko Chiba is a research psychologist who uses a device called the DC Mini to enter her patients' dreams, wherein she adopts the alter-ego "Paprika". When the device is stolen, she must stop rogue elements from merging the dream and waking worlds.

    Confinement Escape: Beautiful Prey
    TMDB3.5

    Confinement Escape: Beautiful Prey

    1993 · 1h 5m

    country: Japan

    Ryoko, a cosmetics saleswoman, accidentally runs over a man, who turns out to be a serial rapist who escaped from a prison transport vehicle. Held captive inside her car by the bloodied man, she seizes an opportunity to escape. Wandering through the forest, she arrives at a mountain cabin where she is rescued by another man. However, he harbors twisted sexual desires of his own. Once discovered, he imprisons Ryoko too...

    Battle Royale
    TMDB3.6
    FF4.0

    Battle Royale

    2000 · 1h 53m

    country: Japan

    In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

    Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan: The Movie
    TMDB3.4

    Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan: The Movie

    2013 · 1h 46m

    country: Japan

    Conan Edogawa sets out to apprehend Lupin the Third, the suspect of stealing a jewel called Cherry Sapphire.

    Demon City
    TMDB3.4

    Demon City

    2025 · 1h 46m

    country: Japan

    Framed for his family's murder and left for dead, an ex-hitman will stop at nothing to exact revenge on the masked "demons" who have taken over his city.

    Girl’s Pleasure: Man Hunting
    TMDB2.1

    Girl’s Pleasure: Man Hunting

    1977 · 1h 17m

    country: Japan

    Two high school friends. One witnesses the breakup of her family after a brutal home invasion. The other loses her virginity to an African-American soldier. Together they make a vital discovery and exact violent revenge.

    Ring
    TMDB3.6
    FF4.0

    Ring

    1998 · 1h 36m

    country: Japan

    A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

    Godzilla
    TMDB3.8

    Godzilla

    1954 · 1h 36m

    country: Japan

    Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.

    Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison
    TMDB3.6

    Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison

    2011 · 1h 48m

    country: Japan

    After his capture for attempted assassination of the Raikage, leader of Kumogakure, as well as killing Jōnin from Kirigakure and Iwagakure, Naruto is imprisoned in Hōzukijou: A criminal containment facility known as the Blood Prison. Mui, the castle master, uses the ultimate imprisonment technique to steal power from the prisoners, which is when Naruto notices his life has been targeted. Thus begins the battle to uncover the truth behind the mysterious murders and prove Naruto's innocence.

    Blindness
    TMDB3.3

    Blindness

    2008 · 2h 1m

    country: Brazil

    When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.

    Brother
    TMDB3.5

    Brother

    2000 · 1h 53m

    country: Japan

    A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.

    Bleach the Movie: The DiamondDust Rebellion
    TMDB3.4

    Bleach the Movie: The DiamondDust Rebellion

    2007 · 1h 35m

    country: Japan

    When an artifact known as the "King's Seal" is stolen during transport from Soul Society, Hitsugaya Toushirou is assigned to retrieve it. Toushirou goes missing after a battle with the thieves, leading Seireitei to suspect him of treachery. They order his immediate capture and execution. Unwilling to believe him capable of such a crime, Ichigo, Rangiku, Rukia, and Renji set out to find Toushirou.

    Yojimbo
    TMDB4.0

    Yojimbo

    1961 · 1h 50m

    country: Japan

    A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.

    Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
    TMDB3.7

    Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

    1999 · 1h 42m

    country: Japan

    A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the suicide bombing of a young girl and is forced to undergo retraining. However, unbeknownst to him, he becomes a key player in a dispute between rival police divisions, as he finds himself increasingly involved with the sister of the girl he saw die.

    Woman in the Dunes
    TMDB4.1

    Woman in the Dunes

    1964 · 2h 27m

    country: Japan

    A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village and made to live with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.

    Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser
    TMDB3.6

    Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser

    2009 · 1h 51m

    country: Japan

    A new member from the Black Organization that shrunk Shinichi's body manages to find out about Shinichi's transformation into Conan. This discovery starts to put those around him in danger as Gin and the other Black Organization members start to take action.

    Crows Zero II
    TMDB3.6

    Crows Zero II

    2009 · 2h 13m

    country: Japan

    Genji and his victorious G.P.S. alliance find themselves facing down a new challenge by the students of Hosen Academy, feared by everyone as 'The Army of Killers.' The two schools, in fact, have a history of bad blood between them. And the simmering embers of hatred are about to flare up again, burning away any last remnants of the truce they had so rigorously observed until now.

    Death Note
    TMDB3.5

    Death Note

    2006 · 2h 6m

    country: Japan

    Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L," is hired to find the mysterious murderer. An all out battle between the two greatest minds on earth begins and the winner will control the world.

    Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God
    TMDB4.0

    Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God

    2007 · 2h 11m

    country: Japan

    When rogue shinigami Ryuk leaves his Death Note in the human world, he has no idea how far the one who finds it will take his new-found power. With the Death Note in hand, brilliant high school student Light Yagami vows to rid the world of evil. A recap of Death Note episodes 1–26, with alternate footage.

    Death Note: The Last Name
    TMDB3.5

    Death Note: The Last Name

    2006 · 2h 20m

    country: Japan

    In the second installment of the Death Note film franchise, Light Yagami meets a second Kira and faithful follower Misa Amane and her Shinigami named Rem. Light attempts to defeat L along with Teru Mikami (a Kira follower) and Kiyomi Takada (another Kira follower) but in the end will Light win? or will a Shinigami named Ryuk make all the difference in Light's victory or his ultimate death?

    Bullet Train Explosion
    TMDB3.4

    Bullet Train Explosion

    2025 · 2h 17m

    country: Japan

    When panic erupts on a Tokyo-bound bullet train that will explode if it slows below 100 kph, authorities race against time to save everyone on board.

    Pulse
    TMDB3.4

    Pulse

    2001 · 1h 59m

    country: Japan

    In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.

    Dangerous Drugs of Sex
    TMDB3.2

    Dangerous Drugs of Sex

    2020 · 1h 29m

    country: Japan

    An elite salaryman drunkenly tries to die by suicide, but is saved by a mysterious stranger who holds him captive and sexually torments him.

    Butterfly on a Wheel
    TMDB3.2

    Butterfly on a Wheel

    2007 · 1h 35m

    country: Canada

    A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.

    The Bouncer
    TMDB3.1

    The Bouncer

    2018 · 1h 24m

    country: Belgium

    A tough nightclub bouncer struggling to raise his 8-year-old daughter is forced to go undercover after an unfortunate event.

    Zero Woman: Assassin Lovers
    TMDB2.3

    Zero Woman: Assassin Lovers

    1996 · 1h 26m

    country: Japan

    A special agent of the Tokyo Police has been given the assignment of assassinating a group of crime bosses. Soon afterwards, she encounters the hitman the crime bosses have sent to kill her. After talking together, they discover that they are equally reluctant to carry out their assignments. They are pushed onward by their respective bosses, however, until they must both decide where their loyalties truly lie.

    Into the Sun
    TMDB2.3

    Into the Sun

    2005 · 1h 37m

    country: Japan

    After the assassination of Tokyo's Governor by Yakuza members, the CIA bureau chief for Tokyo puts out a call to an agent that had been raised in Japan and trained by ex-Yakuza. Using his former ties, he quickly determines that a war is brewing between old-guard Yakuza members and a young, crazed leader with ties to the Chinese Tong.

    MFKZ
    TMDB3.6

    MFKZ

    2018 · 1h 35m

    country: France

    Angelino is just one of thousands of deadbeats living in Dark Meat City. But an otherwise unremarkable scooter accident caused by a beautiful, mysterious stranger is about to transform his life... into a waking nightmare! He starts seeing monstrous forms prowling around all over the city... Is Angelino losing his mind, or could an alien invasion really be happening this quietly...?

    About Japanese Thriller Movies

    Japanese cinema

    Japanese cinema gave the world Kurosawa's samurai epics, Ozu's domestic dramas, Godzilla and the kaiju film, and the J-horror wave that Hollywood spent the 2000s remaking. It also sustains the most developed animation industry on earth.

    Thriller

    Thrillers are engineered for tension: the pace, the withholding, the sense that something is closing in. The genre blends freely with crime, horror, and science fiction, and it's where a lot of the sharpest genre craft happens.

    In this list

    Years covered
    1954–2026
    Best reviewed
    High and Low (8.4)
    Often also
    Drama, Action, Crime

    Common questions

    What are the best Japanese thriller movies?
    By popularity across Flickfolio and TMDB, the top picks right now are Zero Woman 2, Door, and Perfect Blue. The full ranked list of 40 sits above — open any movie for ratings, reviews, and streaming availability.
    How is this list ranked?
    Japanese thriller movies are ordered by overall popularity, which blends how often a title is viewed, searched, and logged. It updates as viewing habits shift, so the list reflects what people are actually watching rather than a fixed critical canon.
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