Best Japanese Crime Movies
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Best Japanese Crime Movies
TOP Movies: Suspect X (2008), Re: Born (2016), Last of the Wolves (2021), Cure (1997), Perfect Blue (1997), Despicable Me 3 (2017), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), The Bad Guys (2022), American Made (2017), Cold Fish (2010), Death Note (2006), Fast & Furious 6 (2013), Shoplifters (2018), Violent Night (2022), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), In the Wake (2021), Ichi the Killer (2001), The Danish Girl (2015), Diner (2019), Point Break (1991).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she discovers the mysterious ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, psychological thriller, bleak, crime thriller ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, mathematics, justice, mind game, police detective, rivals, fighting crime, suspicion, secret identity, moral dilemma, manipulation ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A legend covert soldier with a mysterious past decides to unleash once again his beast within to stand up for what he cares about.
Style:
perverse, intense, captivating, exciting, anime
Plot:
ex special forces, one man army, legend, one against many, special agent, secret service, fight, assassin, secret service agent, battles, manhunt, murderer ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
After Shogo Ogami’s death in Hiroshima, Detective Shuichi Hioka successfully implemented Shogo Ogami’s plan, which was to control the yakuza to prevent further gang wars and save innocent people from getting harmed. Shuichi Hioka manages the ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
yakuza, fighting crime, gangster, gang, organized crime, police detective, gang leader, bandit, criminal, mafia, mob hit, fight ...
Place:
japan, hiroshima japan
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36K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist ...
Style:
psychological, enigmatic, cerebral, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, amnesia, investigation, macabre, hallucination, hypnosis, police detective, interrogation, murder mystery, husband wife relationship, police ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
japan, okinawa japan, tokyo, asia
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119K
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A retired pop singer turned actress' sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past.
Style:
adult animation, suspense, suspenseful, surreal, anime ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, murder, obsession, twists and turns, stalking, actor's life, actress, violence, stalker, rising to stardom, danger, mentally unstable ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Gru and his wife Lucy must stop former '80s child star Balthazar Bratt from achieving world domination.
Style:
3d animation, entertaining, sweet, funny, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot:
minion, fantasy world, happy ending, villain, prison escape, twin brother, prison, brother brother relationship, fired from the job, kidnapping, siblings, twins ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, new york
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An assassin is shot at the altar by her ruthless employer, Bill and other members of their assassination circle – but 'The Bride' lives to plot her vengeance. Setting out for some payback, she makes a death list and hunts down those who ...
Style:
visually appealing, spectacular, tense, visually stunning, action packed ...
Audience:
girls' night, manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, martial arts, mentor, female protagonist, one man army, heroine, yakuza, fight, sword, dark hero, female warrior ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 90s, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, austin texas, texas, persia ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When the infamous Bad Guys are finally caught after years of countless heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal to save them all from prison.
Style:
3d animation, entertaining, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
organized crime, gang, chase, pickpocket, animal that acts human, friendship, hacking, wolf, change of heart, piranha, snake, heist ...
Time:
future, 2020s
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231K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
Style:
black comedy, exciting, factual, humorous, emotional ...
Plot:
pilot, drug cartel, money laundering, aviation, cia, money, smuggler, cocaine, fbi, trial, arms smuggling, cia agent ...
Time:
80s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1978, year 1985 ...
Place:
colombia, panama, nicaragua, latin america, usa ...
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16K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Shamoto runs a small tropical fish shop. When his daughter Mitsuko is caught shoplifting at a grocery store a man named Murata steps in to settle things between the girl and the store manager. Murata also runs a tropical fish shop and he and Shamoto ...
Style:
disturbing, sexy, erotic, rough, serious ...
Plot:
psychopath, sexual pleasure, female nudity, rape turns to consensual sex, making love, rape, male rape, cheating wife, slutty wife, sex scene, violent, woman on top ...
Time:
year 2010, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia, asia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
anime, sexy, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
investigation, serial killer, vigilantism, supernatural, vigilante, supernatural ability, rivalry, investigator, mind game, notebook, brutality, youth ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Hobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries: Dominic unexpectedly gets convoluted also facing his presumed deceased girlfriend, Letty.
Style:
suspense, tense, saga, action thriller, action adventure ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
car chase, car, chases and races, car race, street racing, speed, racing, chase, hotshot, presumed dead, heist, auto racing ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, canary islands, seattle, spain, england ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the ...
Style:
independent film, sexy, sexual, art house, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
poverty, shoplifting, father son relationship, social realism, poor family, beach, supermarket, child abduction, shoplifter, family drama, husband wife relationship, orphan ...
Time:
near future, 2010s
Place:
tokyo, east asia, japan, sarajevo, nebraska ...
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121K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint.
Style:
christmas horror, entertaining, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
santa claus, christmas, bloody violence, mercenary, killer santa claus, graphic violence, christmas eve, holiday, hostage situation, holiday horror, extreme violence, girl ...
Time:
medieval times, 2020s, 10th century
Place:
connecticut, washington d.c.
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime ...
Style:
neo noir, feel good, detective, surreal, parody ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
private detective, rabbit, false accusation, falsely accused, satire, femme fatale, sexy woman, childhood, chase, looney tunes, singer, frame up ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 80s, year 1947, year 1988 ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, america, seattle
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Genre: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Baffling serial killings unfold in which the victims are tied up and left to starve. Tone was just released from prison after finishing his sentence for another crime, and he surfaces as a suspect but detective Tomashiro can't nail down ...
Style:
psychological, detective, captivating, tense, grim ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, crime solving, murder mystery, police investigation, uncover truth, crime investigation, criminal, serial murder, murder investigation, murderer, who done it ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
Style:
disturbing, splatter, sexy, black comedy, frightening ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gory, violence, gang, gangster, sadism, organized crime, massacre, rage, danger, yakuza, psychopath, insanity ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, period piece, costume drama, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
transsexual, lgbt, art, transgender, couple relations, painting, love, gay, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, artist, gender ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, year 2015, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
denmark, paris france, idaho, copenhagen, europe ...
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Genre: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Kanako Oba contacts a mysterious site for part-time work. Because of this, her life is soon in jeopardy. She is then forced to work at the restaurant Diner as a waitress or she will be killed. Bombero (Tatsuya Fujiwara) is the owner and chef at ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
chef, criminal, waitress, serial killer, restaurant, diner, self discovery, workplace, meaning of life, restaurant owner, life is a bitch, co worker co worker relationship ...
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222K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the coastal town of Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers and send ...
Style:
exciting, action thriller, cult classic, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
manly, kids, boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, extreme sports, extreme sport, working undercover, surfing, surfer, bank robber, gang, undercover, robbery, gangster, buddy ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, southern california, australia ...
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548K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The special bond that develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, exciting, touching, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot:
superhero, robot, friendship, heroes, revenge, good versus evil, young heroes, androids and robots, friends, boy genius, villain, inventor ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, 2030s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, tokyo, north america, california
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, ...
Style:
suspense, period piece, crime thriller, factual, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
bank robber, bank robbery, mafia, gunfight, criminal, robbery, group of criminals, heist, criminal heroes, great depression, gang, manhunt ...
Time:
1930s, year 1933, year 2009, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
indiana, chicago, tucson arizona, illinois, arizona ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan, Mexico
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
When a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of crime and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test them as never before.
Style:
saga, entertaining, stylized, action adventure, exciting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
car, car race, racing, spy, chase, revenge, car chase, female villain, fast car, fight scenes, kidnapping, street racing ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
new york, havana cuba, manhattan new york city, berlin germany, russia ...
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53K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Zatôichi is a 19th century blind nomad who makes his living as a gambler and masseur. However, behind this humble facade, he is a master swordsman gifted with a lightning-fast draw and breathtaking precision. While wandering, Zatôichi discovers a ...
Style:
humorous, harsh, exciting, perverse, stylized ...
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, sword fight, master warrior, vengeance, medieval, violence, fencing, revenge, zatoichi, violent, swordsman ...
Time:
19th century, year 2003, 2000s, 1800s
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Irish Republican Army member Fergus (Stephen Rea) forms an unexpected bond with Jody (Forest Whitaker), a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude (Miranda Richardson) and Maguire (Adrian Dunbar). ...
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, psychological, controversial, enigmatic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
transgender, tragic love, terrorism, gender, kidnapping, lgbtq, hostage, sexuality, transsexual, haunted by the past, transvestite, interracial romance ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
northern ireland, ireland, london, england, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exists that Detective Shogo Ogami has ties with the yakuza. He is partnered with Detective Shuichi Hioka and they investigate a missing person case ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense
Plot:
yakuza, police, gang warfare, japanese police, investigation, partners against crime, fighting crime, gang war, partner, fight for supremacy, police detective, outlaw gang ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hiroshima japan, japan
Is relevant?
70K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, slasher, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
revenge, underage drinking, basement, mental health, group of friends, twists and turns, teenage girl, psychopath, teenager, social network, female psychopath, teen drinking ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
157K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire gets away with the perfect crime, the unlikely crew of amateur thieves enlists the help of petty ...
Style:
sexy, entertaining, feel good, parody, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids
Plot:
heist, safecracker, robbery, fbi, skyscraper, perfect crime, thanksgiving, working class, thief, bank robbery, revenge, corrupt businessman ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Shaun gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing
Style:
exciting, action packed, serious, suspense, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, manly, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
car, car chase, street racing, car race, high school, foreigner in japan, race, racing, auto racing, yakuza, vigilante, car racing ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Shaun Russell takes her son and daughter on a weekend getaway to her late father's secluded, high-tech vacation home in the countryside. The family soon gets an unwelcome surprise when four men break into the house to find hidden money. After ...
Style:
suspense, serious, tense, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
home invasion, protective parent, strong female lead, mother, security system, black people, hostage, women, black, kidnapping, danger, woman ...
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