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An Ordinary Killer (2003)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The tragic real life story of a serial killer who stalked his victims in the early 1970's in small town America. A weaving trail of twists and turns that left people unsettled for two generations until investigative persistence aided by modern technology brings justice for a young mother and her family some 28 years later.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, murder, life is a bitch, injustice, rivalry, danger, law enforcement, legal investigation, mind game, riddles and clues, small town, who done it, amateur detective, small town life, criminal heroes, murderous pair, special agent, deadly, crime, crimes, special agents
Time:
70s
Place:
michigan
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Most similar movies to An Ordinary Killer
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and psychological films with plots about deadly, murder, serial killer, law enforcement, danger, who done it and mind game mostly in Thriller, Crime and Horror genres. Some movies like An Ordinary Killer: Profile of a Killer (2012), The Collector (2002), Absence of the Good (1999), Son of Sam (2008), Bad Faith (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A retired FBI profiler is called in on a last case - only to find himself at the mercy of a teenage killer's deadly game. He must use all his skills and experience to save lives, including his own.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal psychologist, mind game, murder, serial killer, special agent, rivalry, youth, police investigation, investigation, violent content, confined, one last case ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, minnesota
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Une policière, Maud Graham, suit un tueur en série qui agresse des femmes. En même temps, elle héberge un jeune prostitué et un fugueur de 12 ans. L'action se déroule dans la ville et capitale de la province du même nom, Québec.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, neo noir
Plot:
police investigation, murder, kidnapping, serial killer, mind game, police detective, who done it, riddles and clues, life is a bitch, law enforcement, sex crime, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Salt Lake City homicide detective Caleb Barnes is under increasing pressure from all sides to crack a string of serial killings that have been terrorizing the city. At the same time, Barnes' home life is beginning to crumble in the wake of his ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, suspense
Plot:
serial killer, crime investigation, killing, protagonist as suspect, police investigation, dealing with death, rivalry, mind game, investigation, law enforcement, life is a bitch, redemption ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
This chilling tale recounts the late 70's in New York City, when a serial killer on the loose dubbed "Son of Sam" creates havoc. When arrested, "Son of Sam" tells police he was influenced by a satanic cult. New York would ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, law enforcement, police investigation, danger, investigation, psychopath, rivalry, mind game, curses spells and rituals, murderer, tough guy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
74%
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513
Genre: Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A disturbed woman and a violent lunatic walk the same path in this thriller from Swedish director Kristian Petri. Monia is a businesswoman who has been hired to work for a large corporation based in Gothenburg. One evening, while having drinks with ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, mysterious character, dangerous attraction, mind game, obsession, danger, rivalry, macabre, dark humor, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Marek, the main character of "Palimpsest," is a police inspector, a man on the verge of psychological disintegration trying to solve an intricate case. The story is told on two planes. The first one is a crime story, which constitutes the ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, suspenseful, serious, mind bending ...
Plot:
police inspector, murder, police investigation, riddles and clues, police detective, mental illness, law enforcement, mentally unstable, who done it, life is a bitch, dishonesty, disintegration ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young smalltown reporter, Jessie St. Claire, begins investigating a killer stalking his victims making video tapes. This might just be the career opportunity, which she has hoped for. When she herself becomes a target and suddenly disappears, the ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, murder, psychopath, stalking, mind game, investigation, uncover truth, who done it, boss and employee, protagonist as suspect, police investigation ...
Similarity:
65%
669
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A deeply-disturbed priest goes on a murderous night-time rampage across America's highways.
Style:
neo noir, independent film, tense, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, lapd, radio, automobile, woman with a gun, exploitation, police investigation, amateur detective, chase, danger, chases and races ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, los angeles
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Slight off-balance police inspector Palmer (Alison Eastwood) works with Father Brian (Judd Nelson) to solve for a religion-based killer, while she deals with her teen-aged goth sister.
Style:
suspense, scary, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, crucifix, law enforcement, danger, investigation, dealing with death, murder, curses spells and rituals, religions or cults, who done it, female nudity, church ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A father suspects his son to be a murderer...or is he just paranoid and trying to cover up his own past which involves his wife being killed in a fire?
Style:
psychological, serious, bleak, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, murder, mind game, mysterious character, uncover truth, investigation, haunted by the past, law enforcement, life is a bitch, psychopath, who done it, protagonist as suspect ...
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A beautiful attorney's hunt for a serial killer is frustrated by his accomplice's twisted scheme to keep the killer free at all costs
Style:
erotic, independent film, slasher, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
making love, sex scene, lawyer, serial killer, legal investigation, criminal heroes, law enforcement, stalking, dishonesty, rivalry, legal, legal action ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An attractive married woman and a member of the 'Country Club Tennis Set', is being neglected by her workaholic doctor husband, Jerry (Corbin Bernsen). Lonely and insecure, Amy foolishly falls for the seductive charms of a much younger ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, stalker, dangerous attraction, love affair, woman in danger, law enforcement, danger, mind game, rivalry, who done it ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The LA police are baffled: someone is killing people who have been found innocent of violent crimes. At the crime scenes, DNA evidence and clues linked to chess point to a suspect who's dead, recently executed for murders with a similar M.O. ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, chess, amateur detective, murder, police investigation, investigation, law enforcement, psychopath, who done it, life is a bitch, danger, dishonesty ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, amateur detective, danger, investigation, rivalry, murder, psychopath, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, who done it ...
Time:
year 1995, year 2005
Place:
usa, oregon, new york
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Families are dying and reporter Trish (Kelly McGillis) finds herself reporting on a serial killing spree. After her daughter Lisa's (Kate Elliott) best friends are killed, she fears that her family may be on the killers list. Sheriff Webster ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, slasher, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, mind game, law enforcement, danger, teenage life, family life, murder, journalism, home invasion, police investigation, rivalry ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two detectives hunt a serial killer who is sending cryptic messages about his crimes to a local reporter.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, rough, scary, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, who done it, gory, danger, psychopath, stalking, journalism, murderer, killer, maniac, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Pro Beach Volleyball star, Kelly Reyes, faces challenges everyday, fierce competitors, the press, but nothing could prepare her for him.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, psychological, scary
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, stalking, dangerous attraction, voyeur, police investigation, danger, rivalry, murder, psychopath, obsession, mind game, woman in danger ...
Place:
usa, beverly hills
Similarity:
53%
494
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Henry, an uptight businessman who sometimes acts with questionable ethics, nevertheless rejects Ron, a scam artist who wants a partner. Ron won't let up and finds a lever to blackmail Henry, whose daughter Gina has killed a pedestrian in a ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, hitman, unlikely criminals, parents and children, dishonesty, danger, manipulation, cons and scams, blackmail, serial killer, masturbation, hit and run ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
51%
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643
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A film based on the true story of Ed Kemper, a serial killer who murdered ten in Santa Cruz, CA during the late sixties and early seventies.
Style:
realistic, serious, slasher, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, violence spree, murder, investigation, police detective, danger, law enforcement, woman in danger, stalking, true crime, killing spree, blood ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Genre guru Ulli Lommel (THE BOOGEYMAN, BTK KILLER) directs this horror film about the infamous Zodiac killer. Though decades have passed since the multiple murderer held the state of California hostage with fear, the mystery of his identity has ...
Style:
psychological, scary, serious, suspenseful, mockbuster ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, woman in danger, police investigation, law enforcement, psychopath, gory, curses spells and rituals, danger, journalism, investigation, mind game ...
Time:
70s
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
49%
268
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In 1965, Rudy, a Midwestern high-school kid, moves to Albuquerque; lonely and friendless, he's attracted to Kit, slightly older, with a car, his own apartment, and spending money. Kit loves Elvis and loves the ladies; plus, he's a complete ...
Style:
period piece, independent film, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, lovers on the run, murderous pair, killing spree, killer, desert, who done it, murder, teenage life, elevator, couples, coming of age ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new mexico, usa
Similarity:
48%
143
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
They are the perfect, and politically correct, couple. He is a judge, she is a high profile attorney. When she takes on a sensational murder case, the trail leads right to her own front door.
Style:
sexual, suspenseful, tense, serious, sexy ...
Plot:
law, murder, prostitute, rivalry, courtroom, false accusation, legal, army investigation, courtroom drama, hotshot lawyer, riddles and clues, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
48%
887
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Death by noose. A nasty way to die if you're not dropped from a length, but instead just had the support kicked from beneath you. A series of murders like this is taking place, linked to a net-based game of 'Hangman', the words of ...
Style:
psychological, rough, suspenseful, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, psychopath, dangerous attraction, police investigation, mind game, mysterious character, danger, false accusation, frame up, murder, woman on top ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Hollywood animator Tom (Alex McArthur) gets lost in the Michigan woods after a snowmobile ride goes wrong. He finds refuge at an isolated cabin inhabited by two sisters (Laura Esterman and Sage Allen). Initially grateful to them, Tom soon realizes ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, rough, slasher, serious ...
Plot:
obsession, danger, murder, survival, mind game, rescue, psychopath, woman in danger, isolation, serial killer, older woman younger man relationship, older woman younger man ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
los angeles, michigan, california, usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sam Dietz is back and must find and stop another serial killer before he kills again. Detective work for Dietz is tough having to juggle two gorgeous women - one his partner, and the other his shrink, who holds the key to the case.
Style:
slasher, independent film, serious, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
serial killer, evil man, near death experience, deaf woman, die hard, violent content, partner, police detective, psychopath, partners against crime, hotshot hero, chases and races ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A policeman (James Russo) guards a barroom singer (Deborah Harry) whose phone-sex sideline has put a killer (Tim Thomerson) on her trail.
Style:
neo noir, erotic, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
phone sex, making love, sex scene, murder, psychopath, couples, who done it, woman in danger, sexual relations, rivalry, danger, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Once upon a time, death preyed upon a New England college campus. Rumors swirl that "if you see a flash of red, you're dead!" Local golden boy, Peter Bloom (David Morwick) investigates the grisly killings until the stakes grow higher ...
Style:
suspense, slasher, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, college, mind game, amateur detective, investigation, rivalry, survival, journalism, stalking, youth, danger, psychopath ...
Place:
new england, usa, massachusetts
Similarity:
44%
503
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A serial killer turns the life of a family on vacation into a nightmare.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
hostage, kidnapping, psychopath, danger, gang, rivalry, daring rescue, parents and children, chases and races, serial killer, criminal heroes, murderous pair ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Journalist Christine Pelisek helps law enforcement investigate the alleged serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, murder, journalism, danger, riddles and clues, stalking, law enforcement, biopic, murderous pair, twins, genocide ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The FBI sought the help of Lucinda Pond (Jeanne Tripplehorn), a former agent of the body, to try to locate the author of a series of murders that allegedly may have committed his brother. Lucinda, who left the police years ago, decides to help ...
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, moral dilemma, police investigation, rivalry, introspection, mind game, danger, law enforcement, riddles and clues, siblings relations, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
42%
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