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Citizen X (1995)
26K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people. His victims were mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a communists state, the police investigations were hampered by bureaucracy, incompetence and those in power. The story is told from the viewpoint of the detective in charge of the case.
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, psychological, factual, serious, realistic, suspense, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, corpse, communism, investigation, forensics, murder, police investigation, sexual sadism, train, bureaucracy, true crime, politics, execution, sexual assault, killer, murderer, killing spree, murder investigation, obsession, undercover cop, maniac, passion, sexual deviant, husband wife relationship, child murder ...
Time:
year 1990, 90s, year 1986, 20th century, year 1987, year 1983, year 1984 ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr, california, russian
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Most similar movies to Citizen X
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and psychological films with plots about murder, serial killer, deadly, killer, police investigation, murderer and psychopath mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Citizen X: Memories of Murder (2003), Seven (1995), Zodiac (2007), 10 Rillington Place (1971), Red Dragon (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
1986 Gyunggi Province. The body of a young woman is found brutally raped and murdered. Two months later, a series of rapes and murders commences under similar circumstances. And in a country that had never known such crimes, the dark whispers about ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, realistic, enigmatic, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, police, murder mystery, rape, police investigation, twists and turns, unsolved crime, police detective, murder investigation, murderer, suspicion, investigation ...
Time:
year 2003, 80s, year 1986, y2k, 20th century ...
Place:
south korea, east asia, korea, asia
Similarity:
100%
2.0M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. ...
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, detective, bad ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, psychopath, psychology, mind game, police investigation, police, police detective, sin, maniac, murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, usa, persia, iran, america ...
Similarity:
100%
665K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, suspense, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, journalism, maniac, murder mystery, mind game, journalist, true crime, paranoia, killer, uncover truth ...
Time:
70s, year 2007, year 1971, year 1969, year 1979 ...
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa, oakland california ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak, dark ...
Plot:
serial killer, biopic, murder, killer, true crime, violent, death sentence, courtroom drama, psychopath, killing, death, british ...
Time:
1940s, year 1971, year 1949, 50s, 20th century ...
Place:
london, england, europe, boston, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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310K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, psychological thriller, scary, gothic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, cannibalism, mind game, investigation, fbi agent, murder, psycho killer, profiler, split personality, killer, cruelty ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
baltimore, birmingham alabama, florida, washington d.c., chicago ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An elusive serial killer known as the Zodiac terrorizes the San Francisco Bay in the late 1960s, while detectives aim to stop him before he claims more victims. Based on a true story.
Style:
rough, psychological, bleak, scary, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, killing spree, investigation, police detective, mind game, gory, family conflict, law enforcement, danger, journalism ...
Time:
20th century, year 2005, 60s
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, rough, suspense, retro ...
Plot:
serial killer, strangulation, true crime, split personality, murder, double life, police detective, serial rapist, police investigation, psychopath, strangler, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, year 1968, 60s, year 1963
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, new england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A series of interviews are conducted with convicted serial killer Ted Bundy in hopes of gaining insight into the Green River Killer who is terrorizing Seattle.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, profiler, true crime, mind game, police detective, woman in danger, killer, murder, violence, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, florida, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. But her Faustian relationship ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, scary, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, psychology, cannibalism, kidnapping, maniac, murder investigation, mind game, fbi, cannibal ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, 90s
Place:
pittsburgh, baltimore, persia, usa, memphis ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When a teacher kidnaps a girl from a prestigious school, homicide detective, Alex Cross takes the case and teams up with young security agent, Jezzie Flannigan in hope of finding the girl and stopping the brutal psychopath. Every second counts as ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, clever, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, police investigation, serial murder, investigation, psychopath, profiler, twists and turns, secret service, telephone call, u.s. senator, teacher ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, psychopath, winter, investigation, homicide detective, murder investigation, manhunt, kidnapping, drug overdose, rape and murder, rape ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s
Place:
alaska, usa, boston
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1984, in Kiev, the communist teacher Andrej Romanovic Evilenko is dismissed from his position after a pedophilic act against a student. On 15 May 1984, the pedophile Evilenko begins to rape children, and then slashing the victims in pieces and ...
Style:
slasher, heartbreaking, suspense, atmospheric, art house ...
Plot:
serial killer, pedophile, child murder investigation, true crime, child rape, cannibalism, woman in danger, killer, murder, biopic, serial child killer, crime investigation ...
Time:
year 1984, year 1992, 90s, 80s
Place:
kiev ukraine, ukraine, russia, soviet union, crimea ...
Similarity:
67%
24K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
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Story:
The story of one of the most infamous cases in UK criminal history, that of serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Told through the prism of three men, the series explores the personal and professional consequences of coming into contact with a man like ...
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
true crime, serial killer, gay interest, detective inspector, police, murder, murderer, dishonesty, danger, murder investigation, death, serial murder ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
united kingdom, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
hitman, psychopath, shooting, serial killer, peril, desert, human nature, brutality, death, sheriff, cruelty, bounty hunter ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, mexico, america, austin texas ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer. Based on a story by Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, depressing ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, child murder investigation, investigation, murder mystery, child murder, plot twist, justice, private investigation, violent, small town, obsession ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
nevada, turkey, reno nevada
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the FBI rookie who coined the phrase ‘serial killer’.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, suspense, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, mysterious villain, true crime, murder, murder investigation, investigation, killing, crime solving, crime investigation, murder mystery, fbi investigation, uncover truth ...
Similarity:
100%
5K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Based on a true story of serial killer a model citizen, loving father and husband and serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a man with over 30 dead men and boys entombed in the crawl space underneath his house which he shared with his family.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, rough, slasher, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, clown, true crime, biopic, sexual abuse, police investigation, obsession, police detective, life is a bitch, double life, killer clown, killer ...
Time:
70s, 50s
Place:
illinois, chicago, usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
Style:
psychological, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, violence, maniac, serial murder, death penalty, serial killer as protagonist, killer as protagonist, ted bundy, police investigation, murder, prison, sociopathy ...
Time:
70s, year 1989, year 2019, 80s, year 1976 ...
Place:
usa, seattle, cincinnati ohio
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, death row, prison rape, killer, murder, true crime, prison, drinking, prisoner, chase, rape, violence ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
rhode island, minnesota, new jersey, israel, africa ...
Similarity:
100%
32K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York's S/M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns is sent undercover onto the streets as decoy for the murderer. Working almost completely isolated from ...
Style:
disturbing, sexy, controversial, homoerotic, sexual ...
Plot:
serial killer, gay, undercover cop, murder, police investigation, gay sex, violence, brutality, pretending to be gay, gay club, working undercover, undercover ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, new york state, san francisco, canada
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Early 20th century. Albert Fish, a seemingly benevolent father and grandfather who reared his family by himself after his wife deserted them, turns out to be a serial child molester and murderer. Based on a true story.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, disturbing, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, cannibalism, police detective, child murder, investigation, danger, psychopath, kidnapping, killer, true crime, child killer, missing child ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In the late 1940's, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez were America's notorious "Lonely Hearts Killers". Their lethal scam was simple; they would swindle and then viciously murder lovelorn war widows who would answer their ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, suspenseful, suspense, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, murder, gangster, older woman younger man, obsession, murderous pair, femme fatale, hitman, attempted murder, cons and scams, chase ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1950s, year 1949, year 1951 ...
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A new take on the Manson Family murders, with a keen focus on Charles Manson himself.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, serial murder, robbery, investigation, true crime, religions or cults, journalism, law enforcement, leadership, obsession, legends and myths ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A killer is on the loose, and an FBI agent sifts through clues and learns that the bloodthirsty felon's victims of choice are other serial killers.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tricky, detective, stylized ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder mystery, vigilantism, psychic, police investigation, psychic power, mental illness, fbi, profiler, vigilante, obsession ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s
Place:
new mexico, usa, arizona, dallas texas, oklahoma ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An FBI man with Sioux background is sent to a reservation to help with a murder investigation, where he has to come to terms with his heritage.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
native american, native american reservation, native, murder, fbi, buddy cop, police investigation, ethnic conflict, conspiracy theory, special agent, injustice, haunted by the past ...
Time:
70s
Place:
south dakota, washington d.c., usa, middle east, india
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The true chilling story of the "two of a kind", killing cousins Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, better known as the Hillside Stranglers, is told in this TV drama.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, two killers, serial killer, true crime, psychopath, cousin, strangler, homicide, killing spree, killer, criminal, violent ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Henry likes to kill people, in different ways each time. Henry shares an apartment with Otis. When Otis' sister comes to stay, we see both sides of Henry: "the guy next door" and the serial killer.
Style:
disturbing, scary, creepy, cult classic, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, maniac, gory, killing spree, sexualized violence, rape, violent, insanity, incest, serial killer as protagonist ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, midwest, california
Similarity:
19%
12K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
On February 15, 1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, one of the world's most infamous serial killers, was convicted of 15 counts of murder and sentenced to 937 years in federal prison. This movie is based on events from his ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, scary, slasher, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, rape, gay club, murder, biopic, serial murder, gay, blood, necrophilia, dismemberment, killer, gay rape ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 2002, 90s
Place:
ohio, usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail ...
Style:
suspense, detective, twist ending, tense, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, twists and turns, kidnapping, woman in danger, police investigation, violence against women, forensics, murder mystery, plot twist, investigation, profiler ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, washington d.c., north carolina, california
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
teenage girl, missing person, murder, serial killer, woman in jeopardy, dysfunctional family, police partner, partner, life is a bitch, uncover truth, killer, street kid ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, north america
Similarity:
19%
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