Best horror Japanese movies in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
17 movies in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.2. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 5m · U/A 13+ · Science Fiction, Horror · IMDb 7.6 (2.3L votes)
Visually stunningDark & grittyEdge-of-seatMature
In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.
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2. Godzilla (1954)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 36m · Thriller, Horror · IMDb 7.6 (46.7K votes)
Visually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
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 o
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3. Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 45m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 7.0 (8.4K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatCold & detachedDark & gritty
Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits within Godzilla that seek to destroy both the nation and it
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4. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 43m · Action, Science Fiction · IMDb 6.9 (8.9K votes)
Visually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla.
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5. The Return of Godzilla (1984)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 43m · Science Fiction, Action · IMDb 6.8 (3.9K votes)
Visually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japa
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6. Noblesse: Awakening (2016)
Movie · Japanese · 32m · Action, Animation · IMDb 7.3 (830 votes)
MatureVisually stunningDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Rai wakes up from 820-years long sleep and starts his new life as a student in a high school founded by his loyal servant, Frankenstein. But his peaceful days with other human students are soon interrupted by mysterious attackers known as the "Unions".
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7. Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 45m · Action, Horror · IMDb 6.5 (8.7K votes)
Visually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
After the previous Godzilla attack, a miniature arms race ensues to collect his cells. Concerned over Godzilla's possible return, the Japanese government uses the cells to create a new bio-weapon, ANEB (Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria). They seeks the aid of geneticist Genshiro Shiragami, who's experiments result in a new
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8. Stigmatized Properties: Possession (2025)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 53m · Horror · IMDb 5.5 (311 votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
Aspiring celebrity Yahiro Kuwata moves to Tokyo and becomes a "Cursed Property Resident Talent," living in haunted locations for TV and social media. As he hops between eerie apartments, an old inn, and a séance-filled share house, he uncovers the dark mysteries hidden within. But his extreme sensitivity to spirits mak
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9. Premonition (2004)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 35m · Horror · IMDb 6.2 (4.9K votes)
Dark & grittyTwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
While stopped at a roadside phone booth for transmitting his work through the Internet to the university, Professor Hideki Satomi finds a scrap of newspaper with the picture of his five-year-old daughter Nana in the obituary section.
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10. Lumberjack the Monster (2023)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 59m · U/A 16+ · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 5.9 (1.7K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyCold & detachedMature
A self-proclaimed psychopath, coldblooded lawyer Ninomiya becomes obsessed with stopping an ax-wielding serial killer who's made him their next target.
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11. Stigmatized Properties (2020)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 51m · Horror, Drama · IMDb 4.6 (373 votes)
Cold & detachedDark & gritty
Yamano Yamame, an entertainer who can't sell, is unreasonably told by his seniors that he should live in the accident property because he will put it on TV, and he moves to the property where the murder occurred due to his appearance on TV and the low rent. At first glance, the room was a normal room, but a mysterious
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12. Re/Member: The Last Night (2025)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 34m · Horror · IMDb 4.8 (531 votes)
TwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seatMature
Three years after completing a deadly game, high schoolers trapped in a looping nightmare must survive brutal encounters and unravel a terrifying curse.
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13. Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 37m · Action, Animation · IMDb 6.2 (18.1K votes)
Fast-pacedVisually stunningEdge-of-seatMature
When a fearless enemy out for revenge unleashes a brutal and deadly new virus, BSAA captain Chris Redfield enlists the help of Agent Leon S. Kennedy and Professor Rebecca Chambers to bring down the death merchant and save New York City.
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14. Reincarnation (2005)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 36m · Horror, Mystery · IMDb 6.1 (7.3K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyCold & detachedMature
A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago.
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15. Homunculus (2021)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 59m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 5.5 (4.4K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyMatureCold & detached
A homeless man meets a medical school student who pays him to volunteer for a surgical procedure known as trepanation, drilling a hole in his skull, which ends up giving him the ability to communicate with the dark side of people’s subconscious minds.
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16. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (2023)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 9m · A · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 5.5 (8.6K votes)
FunnyMatureVisually stunningFast-paced
Bullied by his boss, worked around the clock, he's nothing more than a corporate drone. All it takes is a zombie outbreak for him to finally feel alive!
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