Movies like The Gray Man 2007
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The Gray Man (2007)
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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:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, rough, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, cannibalism, police detective, child murder, investigation, psychopath, kidnapping, danger, killer, true crime, missing child, child killer, pedophile, child abuse, crime investigation, mental illness, strong violent content, killing spree, violent, killing, violent content, murder, flagellation, life is a bitch, electric chair ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, 30s, 20s
Place:
usa, new york
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Most similar movies to The Gray Man
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and rough films with plots about serial killer, deadly, psychopath, murder, killer, true crime and killing spree mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like The Gray Man: The Deathmaker (1995), Nightmare in Columbia County (1991), Freeway Killer (2010), The Factory (2012), Gacy (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The disturbing true-story of Lisa McVey, who was abducted in 1984 but later released by her abuser, only to have people question her story.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, rough, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
kidnapping, serial killer, abduction, kidnapped, true crime, rape, child abduction, psychopath, kidnapped girl, autobiography, homicide detective, homicidal maniac ...
Place:
canada
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, scary, slasher, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, murder, psychopath, law enforcement, violence spree, police investigation, stalking, mind game, danger, criminal, cannibal ...
Time:
50s
Place:
usa, wisconsin, texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Fritz Haarmann, who has killed at least 27 boys, is questioned by a psychology professor in order to find out whether he is sane and can be held responsible for his crimes. During this interrogation Haarmann reveals his motives and his killing ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, psychopath, investigation, society, courtroom drama, confined, killer, cannibalism, gay, transsexual, dismemberment, serial killer ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The recounting of a terrible crime that wracked a family and galvanized police in South Carolina in the 1980's. Southern beauty pageant winner Dawn Smith is targeted by a sadistic stalker whose obsession with her leads him to kidnap her younger ...
Style:
serious, realistic, mind bending, tense, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, killing spree, child abuse, love, murder, beauty pageant, law enforcement, small town life, woman in danger, small town, riddles and clues ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south carolina
Similarity:
100%
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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:
rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murder, strong violent content, rape and murder, who done it, life is a bitch, physical appearance, mentally unstable, stalking, law enforcement, police detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, N.Y. but when his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any professional restraint to get the killer.
Style:
realistic, exciting, rough, serious, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, police detective, homicide detective, investigation, missing woman, held captive, missing girl, kidnapped, vigilantism, chases and races, obsession ...
Time:
year 2000, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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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, serious, psychological, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
true crime, killer, murder, psychopath, manhunt, ted bundy, sadistic rape, mental illness, maniac, violent, killing spree, murderer ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
seattle, utah, usa, colorado
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
After 31 years at-large, detectives in Wichita, Kansas hone in on the serial killer known as BTK.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, manhunt, stalking, master criminal, police investigation, psychopath, mind game, danger, law enforcement, special agent, true crime, church ...
Place:
usa, kansas
Similarity:
35%
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:
35%
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, suspenseful, rough, scary, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murderer, police investigation, life is a bitch, chase, investigation, police detective, danger, law enforcement, violence, serial murder, killer ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, kansas
Similarity:
35%
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:
35%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The true story of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, law enforcement, life is a bitch, violence spree, biopic, true crime, criminal psychology, investigation, drifter, killer ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
texas, kansas city
Similarity:
35%
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:
33%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of double killings occurring in Rochester, NY during the 80’s and the troubled police officer determined to solve them, with or without the help of her department
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer, mental illness, police investigation, obsession, uncover truth, psychopath, mind game, haunted by the past, woman in danger, true crime, murder ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
32%
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, disturbing, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
wannabe, murder, police detective, police investigation, mind game, psychopath, obsession, danger, master criminal, rivalry, woman in danger, gory ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
bay area, los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, 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:
disturbing, scary, suspenseful, frightening, cult classic ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, necrophilia, electric chair, kidnapping, misogyny, violence against women, masturbation, rape, strangulation, execution, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, utah, colorado, seattle, florida
Similarity:
31%
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:
serious, psychological, scary, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, danger, confined, psychopath, prison life, prison, law enforcement, killer, biopic, killing spree, manipulation, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, the events within the family behind, and leading up to, his capture
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, family relations, psychopath, human nature, family problems, parents and children, haunted by the past, biopic, father son relationship, gay, cannibal ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, 60s, 70s ...
Place:
usa, kansas city
Similarity:
30%
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:
30%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The true story of Edward Gein, the farmer whose horrific crimes inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs. This is the first film to Gein's tormented upbringing, his adored but domineering mother, and the 1957 ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, murder, arrest, biopic, life is a bitch, psycho killer, neighbor, killer, schizophrenia, cannibalism, decapitation ...
Time:
y2k, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
texas, usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
From 1979 to 1981, 29 African-American males, mostly children, were either missing or found murdered in metro Atlanta. The cases plagued the city until 1982, when Wayne Wiiliams was convicted of the murders of two adult men. Authorities then ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, journalism, investigation, murder, uncover truth, psychopath, who done it, manhunt, legal, law enforcement, child murder investigation, true crime ...
Time:
80s
Place:
georgia, atlanta georgia, usa
Similarity:
29%
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, ...
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, factual, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, corpse, communism, investigation, forensics, murder, police investigation, sexual sadism, train, bureaucracy, true crime, politics ...
Time:
year 1990, 90s, 20th century, year 1983, year 1984 ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr, california
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Bundy, starring Corin Nemec in the title role and co-starring Kane Hodder, details the dark psyche and previously unexplored motivations of the man who became known as one of the most notorious serial killers to leave behind a legacy of evil.
Style:
serious, slasher, disturbing, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, obsession, psychopath, woman in danger, violence spree, gory, biopic, killer, true crime, serial killer, ted bundy, killing spree ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
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:
29%
Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A stylish horror film based on the life of Richard Ramirez, aka the Nightstalker, who terrorized people in Los Angeles during the 1980s.
Style:
suspense, slasher, serious, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, true crime, police investigation, murder, mind game, danger, murderous pair, law enforcement, killing spree, violence, biopic ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
29%
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, rough, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, riddles and clues, law enforcement, police investigation, rivalry, danger, gang, psychopath, murder, martial arts, assassin ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Haunted with nightmares of his wife's recent suicide and struggling to mend the relationship with his only daughter, Richard is caught as a witness to the violence of Abner Solvie. He finds himself at the mercy of a charismatic killer and ...
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, danger, parents and children, family relations, blackmail, father daughter relationship, widower, salvation, murder, mental illness, house ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 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, road movie ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, lovers on the run, psychopath, police investigation, mind game, teenage life, gory, law enforcement, violence spree, chase, true crime ...
Place:
nebraska, usa, wyoming
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Based on true events, tells how a serial murderer, kidnaps and tortures then bandaging girls like mummies.
Style:
psychological, scary, slasher, rough, psychotronic ...
Plot:
serial killer, mummy, deadly creature, psychopath, law enforcement, supernatural, police detective, parents and children, murder, psychiatrist, gory, obsession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
28%
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