One Missed Call
2008 1h 27m movie Film Japan

One Missed Call

“What will it sound like when you die?”

Synopsis

“What will it sound like when you die?”

Several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves — messages which include the date, time, and some of the details of their deaths.

The 2007–2009 Japan Window

362 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. One Missed Call sits at position #331.

  1. 25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert
    #1

    25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert

    ★ 9.3 · 2008

  2. Operation Love
    #2

    Operation Love

    ★ 8.8 · 2007

  3. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
    #3

    Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

    ★ 8.7 · 2009

  4. Naruto Shippūden
    #4

    Naruto Shippūden

    ★ 8.6 · 2007

  5. To Love-Ru
    #5

    To Love-Ru

    ★ 8.5 · 2008

  6. Jin
    #6

    Jin

    ★ 8.5 · 2009

  7. Clannad
    #7

    Clannad

    ★ 8.4 · 2007

  8. Vampire Knight
    #8

    Vampire Knight

    ★ 8.4 · 2008

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with One Missed Call. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

The 2000s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when One Missed Call premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$20.0M
Budget
$45.8M
Revenue
$25.8M
Net Profit
2.3×
Return Ratio

At a 1h 27m runtime, production spent $230K per minute on screen and earned $527K per minute back.

Reception Benchmarks

5.4
TMDB Rating
702
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #4,273 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (7th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -1.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #279 of 391 (top 71%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
All Production Countries Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America
Original Language En
Production Companies Intermedia Films, Alcon Entertainment, KADOKAWA, Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG IV, Warner Bros. Pictures
Runtime 1h 27m
Release Date January 4, 2008
IMDb tt0479968
Official Site onemissedcallmovie.warnerbros.com

Themes & Motifs

  • dying and death
  • friendship
  • police
  • candy
  • loss of loved one
  • answering machine
  • delusion
  • victim
  • sms
  • asthma
  • remake
  • cowardliness
  • train

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