"In retrospect, it doesn't seem like it took very long for Battle Royale to become one of the most influential and entertaining movies of the 2000s.
Based on a 1999 novel by Koushun Takami, the movie adaptation was immediately met with rave reviews and controversy. It received an R+15 age rating, one of Japan's sternest movie ratings up to that time. It would be a full decade before the film was even given a proper release in the west, although the movie had a large, devoted fanbase across the world by 2010. A poorly received sequel was out by 2003, but even the failure of that film couldn't diminish the overwhelming visceral response Battle Royale continues to pull from its audience.
Do you nonetheless wish you had some movies like Battle Royale to check out? We've got twelve compelling films for you to consider, covering both the thematically similar and also other movies from Battle Royale's native country of Japan."
