Best thriller Japanese movies on MUBI in India

By the KyaDekhu team · Updated 23 October 2026 · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb

11 movies on MUBI in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.8. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.

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   1. Monster (2023)

   Movie · Japanese · 2h 5m · Mystery, Thriller · IMDb 7.8 (44.0K votes)

   TwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seat

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

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   2. Battle Royale (2000)

   Movie · Japanese · 1h 53m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 7.5 (2.1L votes)

   MatureFast-pacedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat

   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.

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   3. 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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   4. 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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   5. 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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   6. 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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   7. Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)

   Movie · Japanese · 1h 29m · Drama, Action · IMDb 6.5 (12.2K votes)

   Visually stunningEdge-of-seatCold & detached

   Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide i

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   8. 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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   9. Destroy All Monsters (1968)

   Movie · Japanese · 1h 29m · Science Fiction, Action · IMDb 6.3 (9.1K votes)

   Visually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seatFast-paced

   At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the monsters across the world.

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    10. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)

    Movie · Japanese · 1h 24m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 6.2 (9.3K votes)

    Visually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seatTwisty

    An Okinawan prophecy that foretells the destruction of the Earth is seeming fulfilled when Godzilla emerges to return to his destructive roots. But not all is what it seems after Godzilla breaks his ally Anguirus's jaw. Matters are further complicated when a second Godzilla emerges, revealing the doppelgänger as a mech

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    11. Godzilla 1985 (1985)

    Movie · Japanese · 1h 27m · Action, Science Fiction · IMDb 6.1 (7.4K votes)

    Visually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & gritty

    Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scen

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