iRankMovies
Battle Royale

Battle Royale (2000)

バトル・ロワイアル

Could you kill your best friend?

Release:2000
Runtime:1h 53m
Country:Japan
Director:Kinji Fukasaku
Language:Japanese

Genre

ActionDramaThriller
See the best action movies →

Keywords

High SchoolfriendshipSuicideIslandJapanBased On Novel Or BookAsiadystopia
iRank80

Battle Royale rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.5/10· 206K votes
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic81%
TMDb7.3/10· 4K votes

With 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.5/10 on IMDb and 81/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Battle Royale

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

Cast of Battle Royale

  • Tatsuya Fujiwara

    Tatsuya Fujiwara

    as Shuya Nanahara (Boy #15)

  • Aki Maeda

    Aki Maeda

    as Noriko Nakagawa (Girl #15)

  • Takeshi Kitano

    Takeshi Kitano

    as Kitano

  • Taro Yamamoto

    Taro Yamamoto

    as Shogo Kawada (Boy #5)

  • Masanobu Ando

    Masanobu Ando

    as Kazuo Kiriyama (Boy #6)

  • Ko Shibasaki

    Ko Shibasaki

    as Mitsuko Souma (Girl #11)

  • Chiaki Kuriyama

    Chiaki Kuriyama

    as Takako Chigusa (Girl #13)

  • Takashi Tsukamoto

    Takashi Tsukamoto

    as Shinji Mimura (Boy #19)

  • Sousuke Takaoka

    Sousuke Takaoka

    as Hiroki Sugimura (Boy #11)

  • Yukihiro Kotani

    Yukihiro Kotani

    as Yôshitoki Kuninobu (Boy #7)

  • E

    Eri Ishikawa

    as Yukie Utsumi (Girl #2)

  • Sayaka Kamiya

    Sayaka Kamiya

    as Satomi Noda (Girl #17)

Battle Royale facts

Original title
バトル・ロワイアル
Budget
$4.5M
Box office
$30.6M
Collection
Battle Royale Collection

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources

Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • •Shocking death game premise creates visceral tension throughout
  • •Social commentary on youth exploitation cuts deeper than spectacle
  • •Ensemble cast gives meaningful performances despite mortal stakes

What the audience disliked

  • •Graphic violence intensity pushes beyond entertainment comfort levels
  • •Tonal shifts between horror and comedy undermine emotional investment
Saga: Battle Royale Collection

Trailer

Where to watch Battle Royale(US)

View on JustWatch →

Subscription

Amazon Prime VideoYouTube TVAmazon Prime Video with AdsBFI Player Amazon ChannelMovieSphere+ Amazon Channel

Rent / Buy

Amazon VideoApple TV StoreGoogle Play MoviesYouTubeFandango At Home

Availability may change. Data by JustWatch.

Looking for movies similar to Battle Royale?

We've ranked 50 similar movies using 8 weighted content dimensions.

See all similar →