Movies like Death Note
If Death Note's mix of suicide, police and heart attack stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Death Note's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Death Note: The Last Name
2006 · Directed by Shusuke Kaneko · 140 min7.1
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Shusuke Kaneko · With Tatsuya Fujiwara and Kenichi Matsuyama · Shares: supernatural power, psychotronic film, battle of wits · Also a Japanese fantasy film · From the same decade (2000s)
In the second installment of the Death Note film franchise, Light Yagami meets a second Kira and faithful follower Misa Amane and her Shinigami named Rem.
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Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God
2007 · Directed by Tetsuro Araki · 131 min7.9
Why you'll like itWith Shido Nakamura · Shares: serial killer, shinigami · Also a Japanese fantasy film · From the same decade (2000s)
When rogue shinigami Ryuk leaves his Death Note in the human world, he has no idea how far the one who finds it will take his new-found power.
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Cure
1997 · Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa · 111 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: serial killer, tokyo, japan · Also a Japanese mystery
A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.
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Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors
2009 · Directed by Tetsuro Araki · 100 min7.4
Why you'll like itWith Shido Nakamura · Shares: serial killer · Also a Japanese thriller · From the same decade (2000s)
L's successor must ponder L's defeat if he hopes to succeed where his famed predecessor failed. At the headquarters of the SPK, he calls upon the Japanese task force to declare war on Light.
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Fallen
1998 · Directed by Gregory Hoblit · 124 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: police, serial killer · Also thriller and fantasy
Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
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Kiss the Girls
1997 · Directed by Gary Fleder · 115 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: fbi, serial killer · Also thriller and mystery
Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to…
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Solace
2015 · Directed by Afonso Poyart · 101 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: fbi, serial killer · Also thriller and mystery
A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.
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Se7en
1995 · Directed by David Fincher · 127 min8.4
Why you'll like itShares: police, serial killer · Also mystery and thriller
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the…
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Demon City
2025 · Directed by Seiji Tanaka · 106 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: criminal · Also a Japanese fantasy film
Framed for his family's murder and left for dead, an ex-hitman will stop at nothing to exact revenge on the masked "demons" who have taken over his city.
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The Batman
2022 · Directed by Matt Reeves · 177 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: police, serial killer · Also mystery and thriller
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
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The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · Directed by Jonathan Demme · 119 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: fbi, serial killer
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for…
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I See You
2019 · Directed by Adam Randall · 98 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: serial killer · Also thriller and mystery
When a 12-year-old boy goes missing at a local park, a detective investigates the case to help the boy's family find answers.