Movies Like Death Note: The Last Name (2006)

Death Note: The Last Name is a 2006 fantasy, mystery, thriller film from Shusuke Kaneko with a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Death Note and Death Note: L Change the WorLd.

Fantasy Mystery Thriller

Death Note

2006

Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L," is hired to find the mysterious murderer. An all out battle between the two greatest minds on earth begins and the winner will control the world.

7.1

MagicScore

Death Note: L Change the WorLd

2008

"The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die." After making the hardest decision ever, another serious case confronts L. There are only 23 days left and without his best partner Watari, L has to solve the case all by himself for the very first time.

6.0

MagicScore

Death Note: Light Up the NEW World

2016

10 years has passed since the confrontation between Kira and L. Again, Shinigami sends death notes to the ground and due to this, the world soon falls into chaos. Tsukuru is a member of the Death Note special task force team with 6 other investigators including Matsuda who experienced the Kira case of 10 years ago. Mass murders caused by the death note takes place on Wall Street in the U.S., Shibuya in Japan and other places. World famous private investigator Ryuzaki, who is the rightful successor of L, also investigates the mass murders. They discover that 6 death notes exists in the world. A computer virus called Kira spreads in the world. A message in the Kira virus says to turn in 6 death notes. A person who has 6 death notes overwhelm the world. The confrontation begins between the person who wants Kira’s revival and the people who want to stop it.

6.4

MagicScore

Silent Hill

2006

Rose, a desperate mother, takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears, and Rose embarks on a horrific journey to get her back and begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years earlier.

6.6

MagicScore

Return to Horror Hotel

2019

Return to Horror Hotel is an anthology feature with 4 segments. One is about giant a bedbugs, one is about a magical charm that turns girls beautiful, one is about a WWII sailor who hasn't aged and one is about a terrorizing severed hand.

6.5

MagicScore

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

1947

A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it. When Gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out, the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue, where he later revives and escapes. This puzzling incident attracts the interest of Dick Tracy, and when the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank, Tracy realizes that he must devote his entire attention to stopping them.

5.3

MagicScore

The Crow: Salvation

2000

Alex Corvis, a man wrongly executed for the murder of his girlfriend, returns from the dead and sets out to find the real killer.

5.5

MagicScore

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

1946

A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.

5.3

MagicScore

Dick Tracy

1945

Detective Tracy rescues Tess Trueheart and Junior from a killer called Splitface.

5.0

MagicScore

#10

The Crow

1994

Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a hypnotic crow, returns from the grave to exact revenge.

7.5

MagicScore

#11

The Crow: City of Angels

1996

A murder victim is brought back to life by a mysterious crow. With the help of a beautiful woman, he exacts revenge on his killers – only to realize his enemy has discovered the one weakness that can destroy him forever.

5.5

MagicScore

#12

Dick Tracy's Dilemma

1947

Dick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and several murders, all linked to a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand.

5.4

MagicScore

#13

Constantine

2005

John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.

7.1

MagicScore

#14

The Mask

1994

Stanley, a meek bank employee, turns into an eccentric and maniacal green-skinned superhero who can bend reality, after wearing a wooden mask that was created by Loki, the Norse god of mischief.

7.0

MagicScore

#15

Bulletproof Monk

2003

A mysterious and immortal Tibetan kung fu master, who has spent the last 60 years traveling around the world protecting the ancient Scroll of the Ultimate, mentors a selfish street kid in the ancient intricacies of kung fu.

5.5

MagicScore

#16

Elektra

2005

Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.

5.0

MagicScore

#17

Son of the Mask

2005

Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. Then after conceiving an infant son "born of the mask", he discovers just how looney child raising can be.

4.2

MagicScore

#18

The Crow: Wicked Prayer

2005

After ex-con Jimmy and his girlfriend are brutally murdered by a biker gang, he is resurrected by the power of The Crow to avenge their deaths and reunite with her in the afterlife.

3.7

MagicScore

#19

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

2020

Harley Quinn joins forces with a singer, an assassin and a police detective to help a young girl who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare diamond from a crime lord.

6.9

MagicScore

#20

Memories

1995

A freighter crew responds to a distress call from a station run by an AI opera diva. The AI manipulates life support, VR, and nanosystems, posing dangers the crew must overcome to survive.

7.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Death Note: The Last Name?

The top films similar to Death Note: The Last Name by MovieMagicScore are Death Note (7.1), Death Note: L Change the WorLd (6.0), Death Note: Light Up the NEW World (6.4). Each shares fantasy/mystery/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Death Note: The Last Name worth watching?

Death Note: The Last Name holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10 from 520 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Death Note: The Last Name?

Death Note: The Last Name (2006) is a fantasy, mystery, thriller film directed by Shusuke Kaneko, starring Tatsuya Fujiwara, Takeshi Kaga, Shido Nakamura.

Where can I find more recommendations like Death Note: The Last Name?

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About movies like Death Note: The Last Name

This ranked list pairs Death Note: The Last Name (2006), a fantasy and mystery and thriller film from Shusuke Kaneko, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Tatsuya Fujiwara take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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