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Murder by Numbers (2002)
66K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Tenacious homicide detective Cassie Mayweather and her still-green partner are working a murder case, attempting to profile two malevolently brilliant young men: cold, calculating killers whose dark secrets might explain their crimes.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, intense, erotic, talky, neo noir, dark, slasher, teen horror, crime drama ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
murder, mind game, sociopath, perfect crime, serial killer, murder mystery, murder investigation, murderous pair, psychopath, violence against women, police investigation, strangulation, strong female lead, fbi, haunted by the past, videotaped sex, police partner, profiler, partner, female detective, investigation, friendship, teenage girl, teenage boy, homoeroticism ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
persia, usa, california
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Most similar movies to Murder by Numbers
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, psychological and realistic films with plots about serial killer, murder, investigation, police investigation, brutality, deadly and storytelling mostly in Thriller, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Murder by Numbers: Twisted (2004), Untraceable (2008), Kiss the Girls (1997), Suspect Zero (2004), Seven (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Recently promoted and transferred to the homicide division, Inspector Jessica Shepard feels pressure to prove herself -- and what better way than by solving San Francisco's latest murder? However, as Shepard and her partner, Mike Delmarco, soon ...
Style:
suspense, twist ending, suspenseful, intense, surprise ending ...
Plot:
murder mystery, who done it, insomnia, murder, police investigation, dangerous attraction, rough sex, policewoman, investigation, serial killer, law enforcement, who to trust ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Special Agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) works in an elite division of the FBI dedicated to fighting cybercrime. She thinks she has seen it all, until a particularly sadistic criminal arises on the Internet. This tech-savvy killer posts live feeds ...
Style:
intense, twisted, rough, scary, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, internet, investigation, psychopath, fbi, kidnapping, sadism, website, hacker, suicide, technology ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa, portland oregon
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
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%
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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%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Vietnam, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
FBI agent Joel Campbell, burnt-out and shell-shocked after years spent chasing serial killers, flees L.A. to begin a new life for himself in Chicago. But five months later, Joel's best laid plans are abruptly cut short when his new hometown ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, scary, rough, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
serial killer, serial murder, fbi, murder, killer, psychopath, obsession, chase, mind game, race against time, police investigation, terror ...
Time:
y2k, year 2000, 90s
Place:
chicago, los angeles, usa, california, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
10K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night ...
Style:
exciting, psychological, erotic, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, blindness, psychopath, police detective, murder, stalking, investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, woman in danger, strong female character, female protagonist ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
101K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is ...
Style:
psychological thriller, twist ending, surprise ending, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, psychopath, murder investigation, murder mystery, dangerous attraction, fatal attraction, tough girl, female agent, strong female character, police investigation, strong female lead ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, 80s, year 1983, 21st century
Place:
usa, canada, montreal, pennsylvania
Similarity:
80%
Movie in collections
339K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, atmospheric, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
small town, murder, police investigation, psychopath, investigation, investigator, character study, police corruption, murder mystery, insomnia, death, guilt ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, persia, usa, north america, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, police investigation, mind game, policewoman, police, murder investigation, death, twists and turns, murder mystery, race against time ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, persia, grand central station manhattan new york city
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted to water-way duty Tom, along with new partner Jo ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, intense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder mystery, plot twist, twists and turns, river, police investigation, frame up, police corruption, chase, investigation, grudge ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, year 1993
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa, philadelphia, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
273K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kale is a 17-year-old placed under house arrest after punching his teacher. He is confined to his house, and decides to use his free time spying on his neighbors. Things start to get weird when guests enter the Turner's house and don't ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, teen, intense, scary ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, murder, neighbor, paranoia, house arrest, voyeurism, homicidal maniac, loneliness, death, investigation, kidnapping, voyeur ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
17K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Detectives Jonas and Erik are called to the midnight sun country of northern Norway to investigate a recent homicide, but their plan to arrest the killer goes awry, and Jonas mistakenly shoots Erik. The suspect escapes, and a frightened Jonas pins ...
Style:
suspense, tense, neo noir, cerebral, bleak ...
Plot:
police investigation, police detective, murder mystery, insomnia, murder, serial killer, male nudity, manipulation, small town, sleeping, police officer killed, loss of partner ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A college professor who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI, receives a death threat claiming he has only 88 minutes to live.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, suspense, stylized ...
Plot:
serial killer, fbi, twists and turns, manipulation, murder, death, paranoia, death threat, frame up, danger, trapped, disorder ...
Time:
year 2007, 90s, year 1997, 21st century
Place:
seattle, washington state, washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
100%
90K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecktor, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecktor to capture a new killer.
Style:
neo noir, creepy, psychological thriller, tense, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, killer, psycho killer, violence, cannibalism, profiler, eye, fbi agent, obsession, mind game, macabre ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1986
Place:
florida, southern california, alabama, maryland, miami ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mary Giordano is a bright, intelligent student who goes to a catholic school. She also has a addiction to mystery novels and detective magazines (hence the title of the movie), which inspire her to do her own detective work. When she starts snooping ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, brutal, bleak, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
female detective, amateur detective, serial killer, murder, sexualized violence, police investigation, woman in danger, danger, fatal attraction, schoolgirl, uncover truth, teenage life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When the body of Army Capt. Elizabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details ...
Style:
detective, tense, neo noir, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
army investigation, conspiracy, rape, murder, gang rape, strangulation, military, reluctant partners, corruption, rape victim, military training, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
georgia, west point
Similarity:
100%
90K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
Style:
gothic, psychological, period piece, gothic horror, costume drama ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, investigation, police investigation, who done it, edgar allan poe, police detective, riddles and clues, writer's life, writers, murder investigation, murder ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2012, 1840s, edwardian era ...
Place:
maryland, baltimore, former yugoslavia, usa, paris france ...
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
84K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
Style:
suspense, detective, psychological thriller, sexy, surprise ending ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychology, agoraphobia, psychopath, police investigation, murder mystery, twists and turns, maniac, paranoia, police detective, mind game, profiler ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
san francisco, persia, usa, california, boston
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they ...
Style:
suspense, sexy, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, police investigation, murder mystery, police officer, demon, whodunit, ritual, police detective, secret society, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, alps, france, paris france
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Teenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence.
Style:
suspense, slasher, bleak, psychological, dark ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
nightmare, high school, friendship, murder, insomnia, marijuana, bicycle, sword, violence, panic, cycling, party ...
Time:
year 2017, year 1996, 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
new york, new york state
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
FBI agent Dennis Quaid tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.
Style:
suspense, exciting, intense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, murder, murder mystery, twists and turns, law enforcement, vengeance, psychopath, police investigation, investigation, missing person, hitchhiker ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
texas, colorado, usa, amarillo texas
Similarity:
100%
73K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.
Style:
suspense, twist ending, surprise ending, intense, mysterious ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychic, investigation, psychology, police investigation, twists and turns, premonition, murder investigation, swat team, supernatural, whodunit, plot twist ...
Time:
year 2015
Similarity:
67%
Movie in collections
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, touching ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder mystery, conspiracy, redemption, brutality, investigation, police investigation, revenge, fbi, profiler, dishonesty ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002
Place:
california, los angeles, long beach california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.
Style:
clever, captivating, serious, sexy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom, lawyer, court, courtroom drama, legal, murder, twists and turns, trial, legal investigation, mind game, hotshot lawyer, arrest ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, peru, san francisco, las vegas ...
Similarity:
100%
518K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style:
psychological, suspense, depressing, twist ending, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, vengeance, police, police investigation, investigation, death in the family, police detective, sexual abuse, loss of child, child abuse, loss of daughter ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, persia, usa
Similarity:
100%
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: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A loathsome man ends up dead, but it's not clear who's to blame. If ever a person got what he deserved, it's James Urbanksi, an abusive drunk who steals from his wife, Joyce, and promises her close friend Cynthia Kellogg that ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, talky, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
murder, crime gone awry, twists and turns, police investigation, character study, obsession, redemption, domestic violence, crumbling marriage, unlikely criminals, law enforcement, murder mystery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.
Style:
psychological, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
investigation, serial killer, gay, boys' school, psychopath, murder, danger, mysterious character, who done it, youth, teenage life, framed for murder ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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