Movies like The Riverman
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The Riverman (2004)
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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, rough, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, mystical, detective, realistic, suspense
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, profiler, mind game, life is a bitch, true crime, police detective, woman in danger, killer, murder, violence, brutality, serial murder, police investigation, murderer, violent, ted bundy, violent content, psycho killer, conversation, biopic, who done it, law enforcement, confined ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
seattle, florida, washington d.c., seattle washington
Most similar movies to The Riverman
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and rough films with plots about serial killer, murder, deadly, killer, psychopath, law enforcement and true crime mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Riverman: Citizen X (1995), The Deliberate Stranger (1986), The Prodigy (2005), Born Killers (2005), Freeway Killer (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
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, ...
Style:
detective, suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, communism, murder, police investigation, bureaucracy, corpse, sexual sadism, politics, true crime, killer, forensics ...
Time:
90s, year 1990, year 1983, year 1984, year 1986 ...
Place:
russia, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 185 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Theodore Robert Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the ...
Style:
psychotronic, tense, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, killer, psychopath, murder, manhunt, ted bundy, murderer, politics, criminal, woman in danger, mental illness ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
seattle, utah, colorado, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
"The Prodigy" tells the story of small-time enforcer Truman Fisher's vicious conflict with a sadistic assassin who has chosen the unwilling Truman to be his successor. The assassin, who goes by the alias Rains and whose exploits have ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, riddles and clues, law enforcement, gang, danger, police investigation, rivalry, psychopath, murder, assassin, martial arts ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
iggy Banks tells the story of two charming and brilliant brothers who finance their lifestyle by robbing and murdering pretty much anyone foolish enough to get in the car with them. They learn the business from their sociopath father (Tom Sizemore) ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murder, introspection, danger, criminal heroes, parents and children, gory, father son relationship, violence, brother brother relationship, chess ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
For years he terrorized California motorists as he rode the endless highways searching for his next victim. The discarded bodies turned up beaten, sexually assaulted and horribly mutilated. Deceptively charming and intelligent, the scheming murderer ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, scary, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, rape and murder, who done it, strong violent content, police detective, law enforcement, life is a bitch, stalking, danger, physical appearance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Se7en
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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 ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, rape, gay club, biopic, gay, torture, violence, necrophilia, blood, killer, serial murder ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 2002, 90s
Place:
ohio, usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
292K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, cannibalism, psychopath, cannibal, mind game, fbi, master criminal, psychiatrist, villain played by lead actor, torment, police, homicidal maniac ...
Time:
year 2001, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
florence, italy, venice, europe, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A seasoned police detective and his partner have just uncovered a string of unusual murders that lead them to a serial killer, who believes that he is the descendant of Judas.
Style:
scary, detective, serious, tense, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, violence, race against time, brutality, religion, death of son, killer, police partner, easter, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
The film is the first known dramatisation of one of the most notorious killing sprees in British history and was made to mark the fortieth anniversary of Hindley and Brady's trial. It was made with the full backing of the victims' ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, murder, investigation, death of child, rivalry, life is a bitch, true crime, husband wife relationship, sister sister relationship, killer ...
Time:
60s, year 1964, year 1966, year 1963, year 1965
Place:
england, yorkshire, northern england, europe, manchester
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: 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:
missing person, teenage girl, murder, serial killer, partners against crime, dysfunctional family, partner, police partner, life is a bitch, uncover truth, woman in jeopardy, torture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Zodiac similar movies
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Veteran Boogey Man and Zodiac Killer director Ulli Lommel continues his long tradition of delivering tense thrills with this relentless look at the life of the elusive, Kansas-based serial killer known to authorities only as "B.T.K." ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, scary, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murderer, psychopath, investigation, life is a bitch, chase, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, danger, serial murder, violence ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A young man who works at a nursing home uses the legendary Zodiac killer's M.O. to kill people who neglect their elderly relatives.
Style:
slasher, serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, wannabe, murder, mind game, police investigation, police detective, obsession, danger, rivalry, master criminal, psychopath, gory ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
bay area, usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 182 min.
TV show
Story:
"To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful businessman, and a violent serial killer who raped and murdered over 30 young boys.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, killing, killer clown, true crime, psychopath, killer, police investigation, biopic, gay, politics, criminal, misfit ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Poland, France, Slovakia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Olga is a complex young woman desperate to break free from her unfeeling family and social conventions. With her Louise Brooks-like tomboyish looks she drags herself, chain-smoking, from one job to another until she appears to find her niche as a ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, disturbing, serious, art house ...
Plot:
socially awkward, true crime, lesbian, mental illness, murder, dysfunctional family, lgbt, mother daughter relationship, paranoia, trial, teenage girl, sociopath ...
Time:
90s, year 1975, 70s
Place:
central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 534 min.
TV show
Story:
Across more than a decade, 17 teen boys and young men were murdered by convicted killer Jeffrey Dahmer. How did he evade arrest for so long?
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, historical drama ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, homosexual, killer, true crime, maniac, violence, brutality, lgbt, homosexuality, homicidal maniac ...
Time:
2020s, year 1996, year 1992, year 1989, year 1993 ...
Place:
milwaukee wisconsin, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Kiss the Girls related movies
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The story of Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping and captivity, as told from her perspective.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, factual, dark, realistic ...
Plot:
abduction, kidnapped, kidnapping, teenager, captivity, brutality, rape, violence, running for your life, captive, abused child, investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true story of one of the most gruesome killers in American history. Now, years after inspiring "Psycho's" Norman Bates, "The Silence Of The Lambs'" Buffalo Bill and "The Texas Chainsaw ...
Style:
disturbing, slasher, serious, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, law enforcement, police investigation, violence spree, psychopath, stalking, mind game, danger, killer, true crime, criminal ...
Time:
50s
Place:
usa, wisconsin, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
606
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:
slasher, serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, violence spree, murder, investigation, police detective, law enforcement, danger, woman in danger, stalking, true crime, blood, killer ...
Time:
70s
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, robbery, investigation, true crime, religions or cults, journalism, law enforcement, obsession, leadership, legends and myths, district attorney ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 158 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, serious, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, psychopath, murder, police detective, obsession, killing spree, mind game, gory, family conflict, law enforcement, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 2005
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Boston Strangler: The Untold Story is an intense true-crime thriller about Albert De Salvo, a wise cracking, small time criminal with an unrelenting sex drive, who ultimately falsely confesses to being the strangler that wreaked havoc in Boston ...
Style:
scary, psychological, serious, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, prison life, confined, law enforcement, prison, danger, killer, biopic, manipulation, rivalry, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An account of serial killer Richard Ramírez and his rampage in California during the mid-1980s.
Style:
psychological, slasher, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, police, murder, psychopath, rape, death, true crime, murderer, rapist, serial murder, violence, killing spree ...
Time:
year 1980
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A police detective investigates the apparent serial killing of several children which is linked to an institutionalized, autistic child.
Style:
scary, rough, serious, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, missing person, murder, investigation, mentally unstable, witnessing a crime, female police officer, police investigation, woman in danger, police detective, mind game ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In 1958 Nebraska 19 year old garbageman Charles Starkweather goes on a murder spree with his 14 year old girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate killing 11 people in three months, introducing America to spree killing.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, detective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, lovers on the run, psychopath, mind game, police investigation, gory, teenage life, law enforcement, violence spree, chase, true crime ...
Place:
nebraska, usa, wyoming
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. "Son of Sam" — the infamous serial killer who stalked New York in the 70s.
Style:
detective, psychological, realistic, serious, mind bending ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, murder, killer, parent child relationship, couple relations, chases and races, tough law enforcer, danger, obsessive quest, law enforcement, fighting crime ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Along Came a Spider similar movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A reporter soon tries to uncover the murder and obtained prestige for himself, while Victor sinks deeper into ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, bleak, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, brutality, psychopath, journalism, investigation, master criminal, uncover truth, ira, trouble, violence, anglo irish relations ...
Time:
70s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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, serious, psychological, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, investigation, danger, law enforcement, police investigation, mind game, rivalry, curses spells and rituals, murderer, tough guy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A killer of Detroit clergy confesses to a priest (Donald Sutherland), who turns sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
Style:
disturbing, serious, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, clergy, society, uncover truth, legal, investigation, who done it ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
289K
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, suspenseful, neo noir, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, cannibalism, investigation, mind game, murder, killer, torture, profiler, split personality, reporter, blindness ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia, washington d.c., florida, baltimore, birmingham alabama ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Docu-drama based on the life of Ted Bundy, a serial killer who killed at least 19 young women during the 1970's (though some sources say as many as 30 to 35 were murdered). Set from his college student years, to his first victims, his capture, ...
Style:
scary, disturbing, suspenseful, rough, controversial ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, sexual predator, necrophilia, electric chair, kidnapping, misogyny, violence against women, masturbation, murder, execution, rapist ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, utah, colorado, seattle, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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