As I'm absolutely bored, I'll kill some time by posting my top 10...
My Top Ten:
1. Ring (Nakata Hideo)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178868/
Legend. First movie ever after which I could proudly say it's a masterpiece. The ending is so sudden and horrifying it gave me countless sleepless nights.
2. Honogurai Mizu No Soko Kara (Nakata Hideo)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308379/
Might I say that this is the only movie ever to reach a "Ring-like" level of brilliance. The way the story is told: so calm and slow (you'd almost think you're watching a drama) during the first hour, just to explode in that last half hour into the best horror movie ever made by mankind. (would be #1 if I didn't have such great memories and intens emotions of watching "Ring")
3. Koroshiya 1/Ichi the Killer (Miike Takashi)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296042/
Think away the gore and the grotesk showing of the characters, and you'll end up with an intens story about the complex relationship between Good and Evil. Besides, Kakihara owns all Hollywoodian villains...
4. Battle Royale (***asaku Kinji)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266308/
This one actually shocked me the first time I saw it: knowing that kids - at the same age as my little brother - had to play this sadistic game... One of the few horror movies that actually make you think after watching it.
5. Ju-On 2 (Shimizu Takashi)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367913/
Great build up to one of the most freaky scenes in movie history. It also has my fav movie moment ever. Why better than the first (third actually) one: this one has a less complex and better told story.
6. Kairo (Kurosawa Kiyoshi)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286751/
Haven't seen this movie in its entirety yet (had to rent it and just then the DVD player got tired of it) but what I've seen is impressive already. Might buy it one of the next weeks and give it a better rating...
7. Ju-On (Shimizu Takashi)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364385/
Also a legend. If it wasn't for the crappy story-telling it would make the top 5. Every single character in this movie gives you the creeps. Also has the best death-scene ever.
8. Ring 0: Bâsudei (Tsuruta Norio)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235712/
A mix of Shakespeare and Ring-horror which works magnificently. A peacefull movie that - just like Honogurai - explodes at the end and unleashes horror in splendid amounts. *confession: I'm scared of going to the woods after having seen this movie*
9. A Tale Of Two Sisters (Ji-woon Kim/only non-Japanese movie)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365376/
rented this one and really need to get my hands on it. It's the complexity of the story and the beauty of it that caught my attention. Again a great combination of horror and drama.
10. Kyua/Cure (Kurosawa Kiyoshi)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123948/
Bought this one yesterday: see it as somesort of Japanese version of Se7en, only better. Just like Battle Royale, it's a movie that requires a second seeing to fully understand the story/message