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Death Note

Death Note (2017)

Justice is coming.

Release:2017
Runtime:1h 41m
Country:United States
Director:Adam Wingard
Language:English

Genre

CrimeFantasyHorror
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Keywords

supernaturalSerial KillerBased On MangadeathLive Action Remake
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Death Note rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb4.5/10· 95K votes
Rotten Tomatoes36%
Metacritic43%
TMDb4.273/10· 4K votes

With 36% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 4.5/10 on IMDb and 43/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About Death Note

Light Turner finds a supernatural notebook and uses it to mete out death, attracting the attention of a detective, a demon and a girl in his class.

Cast of Death Note

  • Nat Wolff

    Nat Wolff

    as Light Turner

  • LaKeith Stanfield

    LaKeith Stanfield

    as L

  • Margaret Qualley

    Margaret Qualley

    as Mia Sutton

  • Shea Whigham

    Shea Whigham

    as James Turner

  • Willem Dafoe

    Willem Dafoe

    as Ryuk (voice)

  • Jason Liles

    Jason Liles

    as Ryuk

  • Paul Nakauchi

    Paul Nakauchi

    as Watari

  • Jack Ettlinger

    Jack Ettlinger

    as Kenny Doyle

  • Matthew Kevin Anderson

    Matthew Kevin Anderson

    as Agent Young

  • Chris Britton

    Chris Britton

    as Peltz

  • Timothy Lambert

    Timothy Lambert

    as Dr. Norman Ludlam

  • Kwesi Ameyaw

    Kwesi Ameyaw

    as Undercover Agent #1

Death Note facts

Budget
$40M

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources

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