30 Japanese Horror Movies to Watch
A curated MovieDB guide to 30 titles selected for clear search intent, audience interest, and data quality. Browse story summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch in your country.
Rank 1Movie
Ring
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.
Runner-up picks
2Movie
Ring 2
While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako, which kills anyone who watches it exactly one week later. When her boyfriend’s son, Yoichi, starts to develop the same psychic abilities as Sadako, Takano must find a way to keep the boy and herself from becoming the next victims.
3Movie
Ring 0
Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly, vengeful spirit.
More rankings
4MovieJu-on: The Curse
2000★ 6.8
5MovieJu-on: The Curse 2
2000★ 6.2
6MovieJu-on: The Grudge
2002★ 6.8
7MovieJu-on: The Grudge 2
2003★ 6.5
8MovieDark Water
2002★ 6.8
9MoviePulse
2001★ 6.7
10MovieOne Missed Call
2003★ 6.2
11MovieNoroi: The Curse
2005★ 6.9
12MovieCure
1997★ 7.5
13MovieAudition
2000★ 7.1
14MovieKwaidan
1965★ 7.7
15MovieOnibaba
1964★ 7.7
16MovieHouse
1977★ 7.3
17MovieReincarnation
2005★ 6.1
18MovieMarebito
2004★ 6.0
19MovieSuicide Club
2001★ 6.5
20MovieInfection
2004★ 6.4
21MoviePremonition
2004★ 6.3
22MovieCarved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
2007★ 6.0
23MovieSadako vs. Kayako
2016★ 5.6
24MovieSadako
2019★ 5.8
25MovieThe Complex
2013★ 4.9
26MovieOccult
2009★ 6.6
27MovieCreepy
2016★ 6.7
28MovieAs the Gods Will
2014★ 7.1
29MovieTag
2015★ 6.4
30MovieTetsuo: The Iron Man
1989★ 7.0
About this list
A curated MovieDB guide to 30 titles selected for clear search intent, audience interest, and data quality. Browse story summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch in your country.
- Type
- Curated
- Category
- Movie
- Count
- 30 titles
