Best J Horror Movies & Films Subgenre

Top 37 must-see best j horror movies from j horror movies, including ranked and rated by score.


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J Horror Movies List

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1). Battle Royale (2000) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 8.2/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 201,926 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.0/10 | Metascore: 8.1/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
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Plot / Synopsis: 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. Tagline: Their Game, No Rules, No Prisoners...

Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto, Takeshi Kitano, Chiaki Kuriyama


2). One Cut of the Dead (2017) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 8.07/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 33,492 | Rotten Tomatoes: 10.0/10 | Metascore: 8.6/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated | Gross: $52,406
Plot / Synopsis: Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies...

Director: Shin''ichirô Ueda
Stars: Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Harumi Shuhama, Kazuaki Nagaya, Hiroshi Ichihara


3). The Cure (1997) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.98/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 33,432 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.4/10 | Metascore: 7.0/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Plot / Synopsis: A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done. Tagline: Madness. Terror. Murder...

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Stars: Kôji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa, Yoriko Dôguchi


4). Ringu (1998) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.98/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 82,388 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.8/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Plot / Synopsis: Ruthlessly murdered by her father, the ghost of a seer's daughter kills all those seven days after they watch the strange contents of a mysterious video tape, unless the viewer finds the escape clause.Tagline: Will scare the hell out of you!...

Director: Hideo Nakata
Stars: Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Yûko Takeuchi, Hitomi Satô, Yôichi Numata


5). I Am a Hero (2015) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.9/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 8,267 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.1/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: One day, after returning from work late in the evening, Hideo witnesses a traffic accident in which a car crashes into a nearby pedestrian, killing the victim instantly. However, despite severe injuries including a broken neck, the victim's body stands up and walks away. Hideo questions whether this is another one of his hallucinations, but strange events begin happening...

Director: Shinsuke Sato
Stars: Yô Ôizumi, Kasumi Arimura, Masami Nagasawa, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Yoshinori Okada


6). Creepy (2016) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.7/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 6,525 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.1/10 | Metascore: 7.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Takakura is a former detective. He receives a request from his ex-colleague, Nogami, to examine a missing family case that occurred 6 years earlier... Tagline: That man isn't my father, he is total stranger. Check this article for the top creepy actors...

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yûko Takeuchi, Toru Baba, Ryôko Fujino, Masahiro Higashide


7). Perfect Blue (1997) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.67/10 | IMDB Rating: 8.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 109,542 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.4/10 | Metascore: 6.7/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated | Gross: $558,598
Plot / Synopsis: Mima leaves the idol group CHAM, in order to pursue her dream as an actress. Mima climbs up the rocky road to success by performing as r**e victims and posing nude for magazines, but is haunted by her reflections of the past.Tagline: The color of illusion is Perfect Blue. (Japanese)...

Director: Satoshi Kon
Stars: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ôkura, Yôsuke Akimoto


8). Tetsuo (1989) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.55/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 28,013 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.2/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Plot / Synopsis: A businessman accidentally kills The Metal Fetishist, who gets his revenge by slowly turning the man into a grotesque hybrid of flesh and rusty metal...

Directors: Shin`ya Tsukamoto, Shin''ya Tsukamoto
Stars: Tomorô Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoka, Shin`ya Tsukamoto, Shin''ya Tsukamoto


9). Gantz: O (2016) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.42/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 17,465 | MPAA Rating:
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Plot / Synopsis: Gantz: O (2016) is a 3DCG film based on the popular manga series Gantz where this film covers the events in the Osaka Arc. Gantz: O is co-directed by Yasushi Kawamura and Keiichi Saito with visuals that will make your mouth water. Netflix released Gantz: O on their streaming platform this past February 18, 2017, after originally releasing in Japan...

Directors: Yasushi Kawamura, Kei''ichi Sato
Stars: Chris Jai Alex, Tony Azzolino, Austin Nash Chase, Lucien Dodge, Doug Erholtz


10). Tag (2015) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Rotten Tomatoes: 9.2/10 | MPAA Rating: 0
Plot / Synopsis: As the sole survivor of a horrendous and rather mysterious accident, Mitsuko, a typical Japanese teenager, can safely say that her day has got off to a bad start. It seems that an unstoppable force of nature, a doomed field trip, and a strange case of amnesia can easily coexist in a bizarre parallel universe, where a desperate Mitsuko...

Director: Sion Sono
Stars: Reina Triendl, Mariko Shinoda, Erina Mano, Yuki Sakurai, Aki Hiraoka


11). Dark Water (2002) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.36/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 36,430 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.4/10 | MPAA Rating: PG-13
Plot / Synopsis: A mother and her 6 year old daughter move into a creepy apartment whose every surface is permeated by water. Tagline: From The Creators of Japan's Acclaimed RINGU, Inspiration for the hit phenomenon THE RING...

Director: Hideo Nakata
Stars: Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno, Mirei Oguchi, Asami Mizukawa, Fumiyo Kohinata


12). Audition (1999) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.28/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 95,449 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.2/10 | Metascore: 7.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $131,296
Plot / Synopsis: A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all. Tagline: She always gets a part...

Director: Takashi Miike
Stars: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura, Renji Ishibashi


13). Shin Gojira (2016) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.24/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 41,632 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.6/10 | Metascore: 6.7/10 | MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: $1,918,403
Plot / Synopsis: Shin Godzilla (2016) will release in limited US movie theaters starting October 11 - 18, 2016. Press Release: LOS ANGELES, CA - September 9, 2016. The iconic science-fiction monster Godzilla makes land fall in the U.S. and Canada this October with the North American theatrical release of "SHIN GODZILLA" from Toho Company, Ltd--and you can score your tickets now! Fans...

Directors: Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi
Stars: Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, Ren Osugi, Akira Emoto


14). Cold Fish (2010) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.07/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 15,449 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.5/10 | Metascore: 6.6/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Plot / Synopsis: When Syamoto's teenage daughter is caught stealing, a generous middle-aged man helps resolve the situation... Tagline: How far will you be pushed?...

Director: Sion Sono
Stars: Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Denden, Asuka Kurosawa, Megumi Kagurazaka, Hikari Kajiwara


15). Pulse (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.97/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 29,593 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.6/10 | Metascore: 6.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $51,420
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Plot / Synopsis: Two groups of people discover evidence that suggests spirits may be trying to invade the human world through the Internet. Tagline: Yûrei ni aitai desu ka? (Do you want to meet a ghost?)...

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Stars: Haruhiko Katô, Kumiko Asô, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka, Masatoshi Matsuo


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