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Targets (1968)
13K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Vietnam veteran quietly plans to go on a mass shooting spree. At the same time, an elderly horror film star prepares to make a public appearance at a drive-in theater.
Style:
independent film, psychological, suspense, grindhouse, retro, scary, tense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
sniper, serial killer, violence, killing spree, psychopath, old man, actor, massacre, mass murder, manhunt, husband wife relationship, target practice, confrontation, monster, murder, filmmaking, swing, projectionist, aging, drinking, social commentary, car chase, hotel, fear, secretary ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, texas, vietnam, usa, asia, california
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Most similar movies to Targets
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about murder, serial killer, violence, psychopath, deadly, police investigation and killer mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Targets: The Boys Next Door (1985), Elephant (2003), Summer of Sam (1999), Dahmer (2002), Desperate Hours (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Roy and Bo leave their small town the weekend after graduation for a short road trip to LA. Soon, they find themselves lashing out and leaving a trial of bodies behind them. The violence escalates throughout.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, road movie, controversial, cult classic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, violence, rage, gay bar, homoeroticism, gay subtext, college, violence spree, passionate kiss, making love, evil child ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent. The film chronicles the events surrounding a school shooting.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, bleak, independent film, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
school shooting, violence, teacher, bullying, teenage girl, mass murder, violent, high school, teenager, youth, school, rage ...
Time:
year 2003, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, oregon, ireland, portland oregon, california
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, sexual, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, dark humor, psycho killer, punk, vigilante, infidelity, killer, true crime, profanity, lust, sex ...
Time:
70s, 90s, year 1977, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, harlem, usa ...
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100%
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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 ...
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:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A criminal holds a wealthy family hostage.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
hostage, home invasion, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, mind game, justice, psychopath, fugitive, sniper, father daughter relationship, extramarital affair, family in danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
utah, latin america, mexico
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A cop (Matthew McConaughey) who moonlights as a hit man agrees to kill the hated mother of a desperate drug dealer (Emile Hirsch) in exchange for a tumble with the young man's virginal sister (Juno Temple).
Style:
neo noir, dark comedy, black comedy, sexy, creepy ...
Plot:
sex, violent, hitman, murder, dysfunctional family, cheating wife, contract killer, killer, greed, police detective, deal, nudity ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa, dallas texas, oklahoma, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
792K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, tense, bleak, clever ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
robbery, heist, gunfight, bank robbery, police, cop, police detective, master criminal, thief, bank, chase, obsession ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, southern california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.
Style:
bleak, sexy, neo noir, road movie, cult classic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, road trip, lovers on the run, psychopath, strong sexual content, gas station, motel, journalism, on the road, hostage, murderous pair, killing ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, texas, pittsburgh
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The real-life story of Charles Whitman's deadly shooting spree at the University of Texas is retold. In August 1966, after killing his wife and mother, Whitman climbed to the top of the school's tower and opened fire on passers-by, ...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
tower, sniper, murder, serial killer, true crime, danger, mental illness, obsession, investigation, mass murder, shooting, university ...
Time:
60s
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
99K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders to destroy supposed "demons."
Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, tense, surprise ending ...
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, murder, insanity, plot twist, religious fanatic, psychopath, childhood, parents and children, punishment, father son relationship, child abuse ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, year 1979, year 2000, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
21%
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:
20%
113K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Style:
neo noir, cult classic, psychological, tense, independent film ...
Audience:
date night, manly
Plot:
private detective, murder mystery, twists and turns, murder, crime gone awry, extramarital affair, adultery, hired killer, investigation, betrayal, visceral, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
texas, austin texas, midwest, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, the college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to the hitchhiker John Ryder. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the ...
Style:
slasher, scary, road movie, teen, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, gory, desert, murder, hitchhiker, road trip, killer, sociopath, brutality, murder of family, rain ...
Time:
year 2007, 70s
Place:
texas, new mexico, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A charismatic psycho suspected of killing two innocent campers in a cold-blooded double homicide grows increasingly unstable as his suburban empire starts to crack at the foundations.
Style:
disturbing, sexy, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, female nudity, murder, unsolved crime, female pubic hair, lesbian, drug use, police investigation, youth, rivalry, motel, violence ...
Similarity:
20%
240K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, suspenseful, neo noir, creepy ...
Plot:
rape, fear, family in danger, revenge, violence, lawyer, serial killer, sexualized violence, dangerous attraction, psychology, justice, prison ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991
Place:
north carolina, georgia, florida, southern usa, usa
Similarity:
19%
Movie in collections
661K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, disturbing, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
character study, sociopath, journalism, obsession, cynicism, psychopath, manipulation, morality, journalist, violence, deception, ethics ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, venice beach california, america ...
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
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:
19%
86K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news. He sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance but proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
vengeance, violence, revenge, vigilante, vigilantism, murder, violent, brutality, car, storytelling, character study, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2013, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
virginia, ethiopia, usa, delaware
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
In the 1960s after World War II in Southern Ohio, bizarre, compelling and mentally disturbed people suffer from the war's psychological damages.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological thriller, gothic, perverse ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, post war, murder, small town, violence, sheriff, suicide, evil, pervert, funeral, vengeance, psycho ...
Time:
year 1957, 2020s, 1940s, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
west virginia, ohio
Similarity:
18%
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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:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. When thugs invade his home to steal the silver coins he received for his service, they mangle his hand and leave him and his family for dead. Rane ...
Style:
grindhouse, neo noir, stylized, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, home invasion, vengeance, vigilantism, murder, vietnam war, exploitation, insomnia, macabre, complex characters, character study ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, year 1973, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, vietnam, asia, san antonio texas ...
Similarity:
18%
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:
18%
22K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, loose in NYC, kills young women and takes their scalps as trophies. Will he find the perfect woman in photographer Anna, and end his killing spree?
Style:
slasher, frightening, grindhouse, cult horror, splatter ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, maniac, gory, violent, extreme violence, murder, exploitation, schizophrenic, schizophrenia, disturbed individual, male victim, macabre ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
18%
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, tense, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer, violence, brutality, psycho killer, murder, police partner, race against time, death of son, religion, holiday horror, easter ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, new orleans, usa, louisiana
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A horror film based on a real-life mass murder that took place in 1966. Richard Franklin Speck was a mass murderer who systematically tortured, raped and murdered eight student nurses from South Chicago Community Hospital in 1966.
Style:
slasher, tense, rough, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, sexual abuse, murder, psychopath, violence spree, confined, hostage, journalism, maniac, brutality, misogynist, psychiatrist ...
Time:
60s, 90s, 80s, 70s
Place:
chicago, usa, dallas texas, texas
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from the LAPD, who are already on the ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, tense, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
small town, police investigation, heist, gangster, gunfight, justice, corruption, criminal heroes, law enforcement, criminal, femme fatale, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
los angeles, texas, arkansas, california, louisiana ...
Similarity:
18%
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