Best Japanese Thrillers on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Japanese Thrillers on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 51 titles in category code 799. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. Erased (2016)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, from 2016, 2h 00m. Aspiring manga artist Satoru inadvertently travels back through time, enabling him to prevent fatalities from occurring to people near him.
3. Confessions (2010)
Rated 7.8/10 on IMDb, from 2010, 1h 46m. A young schoolteacher seeks revenge against the adolescent students she believes to be responsible for her daughter's death.
4. Another (2012)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 2012, 1h 49m. A teenager encounters a mysterious girl while he is hospitalized.
5. Suspect X (2008)
Rated 7.5/10 on IMDb, from 2008, 2h 08m. When a man is found strangled and mutilated, two detectives and a brilliant physicist work together to decipher clues that lead to the killer.
6. Yokame no semi (2011)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 2011, 2h 28m. A young woman who was abducted as a baby, then raised for years by her kidnapper, is determined to find out what really happened all those years ago.
7. Cure (1997)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 1997, 1h 51m. Detective Takabe struggles to solve a group of unexplained murders, and so far, the only link that seems to exist among the crimes involves a wound in the shape of an X on the throats of all victims.
8. Castle of Sand (1974)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 1974, 2h 22m. A nameless man is found murdered in a rail yard, stumping a pair of detectives as they try to unravel the identity of both the killer and the victim.
9. Liar Game: The Final Stage (2010)
Rated 7.3/10 on IMDb, from 2010, 2h 13m. Nao Kanzaki and Shinichi Akiyama return to the Liar Game's final round, which everyone can win if they trust each other.
10. Writhing Tongue (1980)
Rated 7.1/10 on IMDb, from 1980, 1h 53m. Five-year-old Masako falls mysteriously ill after scratching her finger in a muddy swamp, and her ailment causes heartache for her devoted parents.