MesmeroWatch list, 0 saved

Movie
Poster for Death Note: The Last Name

Death Note: The Last Name

2006 · 140 min

A tense, twisty battle of wits that keeps you leaning forward, cold and clever but finally bleak.

Directed by
Shusuke Kaneko
Genres
Fantasy, Thriller, Mystery
Tagline
The last name to be written in the DEATH NOTE... Whose name will it be?
Overview
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. Light attempts to defeat L along with Teru Mikami (a Kira follower) and Kiyomi Takada (another Kira follower) but in the end will Light win? or will a Shinigami named Ryuk make all the difference in Light's victory or his ultimate death?

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Search YouTube for a trailer

Add to a list: Death Note: The Last Name

You have no lists yet. Name one, and this title goes into it.

All your lists

In the USNot loaded yet.
Directed by
Shusuke Kaneko
Genres
Fantasy, Thriller, Mystery
In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • justice
  • deception
  • morality
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour2
Realism4
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

In this series

Death Note Collection

  1. Death NoteMovie · 2006
  2. Death Note: The Last NameMovie · 2006 This title
  3. Death Note: L Change the WorLdMovie · 2008
  4. Death Note: Light Up the NEW WorldMovie · 2016

More like this

Titles like Death Note: The Last Name

Movie

Death Note

2006

A tense, cerebral cat-and-mouse game that keeps you glued to the screen, feeling the weight of every moral choice.

Same director: Shusuke Kaneko · Tense, dark · about obsession and deception · twist ending

Also
Same director: Shusuke Kaneko
Via
  • tense
  • dark
  • obsession
  • deception
  • twist ending
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
126 min
Details
Death NoteHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God

2007

A cold, cerebral cat-and-mouse duel of wits that keeps you leaning in, uneasy and fascinated by how far certainty can curdle.

Tense, dark · about obsession and justice

Via
  • tense
  • dark
  • obsession
  • justice
Pacing
measured
Attention
demanding
Runtime
131 min
Details
Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a GodHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Verity

2026

A sleek, chilly thriller that keeps you uneasy, constantly second-guessing what's real and who's lying.

Tense, dark · about obsession and deception · twist ending

Via
  • tense
  • dark
  • obsession
  • deception
  • twist ending
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
117 min
Details
VerityHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Minority Report

2002

A sleek, propulsive chase through a glossy future that keeps tightening around you, clever and cold but with a raw ache underneath.

Tense, dark, brisk · about justice · twist ending

Via
  • tense
  • dark
  • justice
  • twist ending
Pacing
brisk
Attention
engaged
Runtime
145 min
Details
Minority ReportHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Body

2012

A sleek, twisty thriller that keeps you guessing, with a cold, tense atmosphere and a satisfyingly dark reveal.

Tense, dark · about justice and deception · twist ending

Via
  • tense
  • dark
  • justice
  • deception
  • twist ending
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
107 min
Details
The BodyHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Insomnia

2002

A slow, suffocating descent into guilt and sleeplessness, where endless daylight and moral compromise blur together.

Tense, dark · about obsession and justice · twist ending

Via
  • tense
  • dark
  • obsession
  • justice
  • twist ending
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
118 min
Details
InsomniaHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Prestige

2006

A cold, intricate puzzle-box that keeps you leaning in, rewarding close attention with a mounting sense of dread and wonder.

Tense, dark · about obsession · twist ending

Via
  • tense
  • dark
  • obsession
  • twist ending
Pacing
measured
Attention
demanding
Runtime
131 min
Details
The PrestigeHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Perfect Blue

1998

A disorienting plunge into paranoia where mirrors, screens and memories keep shifting under you, leaving you as unmoored as its heroine.

Tense, dark, brisk · about obsession · twist ending

Via
  • tense
  • dark
  • obsession
  • twist ending
Pacing
brisk
Attention
demanding
Runtime
81 min
Details
Perfect BlueHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Knives Out

2019

A playful, intricately plotted whodunit that keeps you guessing while savouring its sharp wit and lively ensemble.

Tense, brisk · about justice and deception · twist ending

Via
  • tense
  • justice
  • deception
  • twist ending
Pacing
brisk
Attention
engaged
Runtime
131 min
Details
Knives OutHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Invisible Guest

2017

A tense, twisty puzzle that keeps you guessing, with shifting stories and a slow reveal of dark truths.

Tense, dark · about justice and deception · twist ending

Via
  • tense
  • dark
  • justice
  • deception
  • twist ending
Pacing
measured
Attention
demanding
Runtime
107 min
Details
The Invisible GuestHidden from your suggestions.
TV series

Alice in Borderland

2020–2025

A relentless, nerve-shredding survival gauntlet that traps you in a dead city and dares you to look away.

Tense, dark · about death

Via
  • tense
  • dark
  • death
Pacing
relentless
Attention
demanding
Seasons
3
Details
Alice in BorderlandHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

High and Low

1963

A slow-burning moral thriller that moves from a tense domestic standoff to a meticulous police procedural, ending on a haunting note of class resentment.

Tense, dark · about obsession and justice

Via
  • tense
  • dark
  • obsession
  • justice
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
142 min
Details
High and LowHidden from your suggestions.

Cast

Where to watch in the US

Change country

We have not loaded where to watch in the US for this title yet. Check again in a day or two.

Streaming data from JustWatch.TMDB

Details

Genres
fantasy, thriller, mystery
Directed by
Shusuke Kaneko
Written by
Tetsuya Oishi
Starring
Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kenichi Matsuyama, Erika Toda, Nana Katase, Magi, Sakura Uehara, Takeshi Kaga, Shunji Fujimura
Music
Kenji Kawai
Cinematography
Kenji Takama
Runtime
140 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

TMDBIMDbLetterboxdWikipediaWikidata

Something wrong on this page? Tell us.