1. Himizu (ヒミズ)
After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
2. Far North
In the arctic, as Saiva is being born, a shaman declares that she is evil and will bring harm to all who become involved with her. Saiva is cast out of her tribe of herders and grows up to live a nomadic existence with Anja, a young woman she adopts as an infant. Then Loki, an injured and starving soldier, stumbles into their isolated lives. The women nurse him back to health, but treachery, violence and doom await them all.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
3. Ousama Game (王様ゲーム)
One night, Chiemi Honda and childhood friend Nobuaki Kanazawa receive an email. The sender is the King and the subject of the email is "King Game." The email states that if the recipient does not complete the king's order within 24 hours then they will be punished. Since that first email all of Chiemi's classmates receive an email from the King. At first, students think it's a joke, but perform the orders anyways. Gradually, the orders become worse. Finally, 2 classmates who do not follow the orders are punished. Then classmates start to disappear in sequence. Maria Iwamura stares at one classmate coldly. With Maria Iwamura, Chiema Honda gets closer to uncovering the identity of the King, but tragedy is about to come to Chiemi..
It has an average vote of 6.333 on TMDB.
4. Machete Maidens Unleashed!
In the final decades of the 20th century, the Philippines was a country where low-budget exploitation-film producers were free to make nearly any kind of movie they wanted, any way they pleased. It was a country with extremely lax labor regulations and a very permissive attitude towards cultural expression. As a result, it became a hotbed for the production of cheapie movies. Their history and the genre itself are detailed in this breezy, nostalgic documentary.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
5. Darkened Room
Two young women find themselves in a dark room where there is a distinctly strange feeling.
It has an average vote of 5.378 on TMDB.
6. Love Exposure (愛のむきだし)
The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an "up-skirt" photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.
It has an average vote of 7.963 on TMDB.
7. Happy Flight (ハッピーフライト)
A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
8. Abraham Ozler (എബ്രഹാം ഓസ്ലർ)
The story revolves around the personal and professional lives of veteran cop Abraham Ozler, ACP Trichur, who at one time has to take up a serial killing case and the mysterious hunt begins
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
9. The Last Wave
Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of Aboriginal people charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the victim was targeted for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association. Burton, plagued by apocalyptic visions of water, slowly realizes danger may come from his own involvement with the Aboriginal people and their prophecies.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
10. Why Don't You Play in Hell? (地獄でなぜ悪い)
In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
11. Red Post on Escher Street (エッシャー通りの赤いポスト)
A genius film director, Tadashi Kobayashi holds an audition for his new film project. Several actors and actresses answer the open call, but most will only be cast as extras. Can the film come to a completion without accident?
It has an average vote of 7.404 on TMDB.
12. Phobia 2 (5 แพร่ง)
An anthology of five macabre short stories about hungry ghosts, comatose brain dead, a group of bright-eyed actors, an unscrupulous car salesman, and careless backpack tourists.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
13. Slaughter High
Eight different people are invited to their 10-year high school reunion at their now-closed down high school where a former student, disfigured from a prank gone wrong, is there to seek revenge.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
14. Ju-on: The Beginning of the End (呪怨－終わりの始まり－)
A school teacher visits the home of a boy who's been absent from school for a long period of time, unaware of the horrific tragedy which occurred in the boy's household many years ago.
It has an average vote of 5.962 on TMDB.
15. Noriko's Dinner Table (紀子の食卓)
A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's family circle, which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.
It has an average vote of 6.874 on TMDB.
16. Tokyo Tribe (トウキョウ トライブ)
In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. The simmering tension between them is about to boil over into all-out war.
It has an average vote of 6.547 on TMDB.
17. PTU (PTU)
Follows a police tactical unit during one dangerous night on the streets of Hong Kong as they try to recover a cop's stolen gun. Things turn deadly when they run into a web of gangland crimes.
It has an average vote of 6.928 on TMDB.
18. Kite (カイト)
Sawa may seem innocent and naive, but don’t be fooled. She is a cold-blooded killer, and if you’re on the wrong side of the law, you may be her next target. Not content to just watch as the imperfect justice system lets more and more criminals go loose every day, a detective decides to train the young Sawa to be his instrument of justice.
It has an average vote of 6.596 on TMDB.
19. Dead & Buried
After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living normally as locals in the small town.
It has an average vote of 6.35 on TMDB.
20. Guilty of Romance (恋の罪)
In a Tokyo love hotel district, a woman is found dead in a derelict apartment. As police investigate, a romance novelist's wife lives a life that seems simply a daily repetition without romance. To break away from the loveless monotony, she follows her desires and becomes a nude model enacting sex in front of a camera. Soon, she meets a mentor and begins selling her body to strangers, while at home, she hides behind the façade that she's still the doting wife she's supposed to be.
It has an average vote of 6.92 on TMDB.
