Movies like God Told Me To
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God Told Me To (1976)
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."
Style:
suspenseful, creepy, enigmatic, rough, grindhouse, suspense, slasher, surreal, disturbing, detective ...
Plot:
occult, police investigation, macabre, alien, murder, life & death, introspection, mysterious character, st. patrick's day, supernatural, psychopath, law enforcement, serial killer, ufo, mental disorder, mass murder, supernatural power, religion, exploitation, violence, hospital, holiday horror, apocalypse, monster, ghost ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
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Most similar movies to God Told Me To
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspenseful, serious and slasher films with plots about murder, danger, deadly, violence, serial killer, police investigation and death mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like God Told Me To: Maniac Cop (1988), Hellraiser: Inferno (2000), Q (1982), The Believers (1987), Blue Sunshine (1977). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In New York, people are slain and strangled to death brutally on the open street. All witnesses agree that the murderer was in a cop's uniform. Soon the police searches and finds a suspect in its own ranks: Jack Forrest, turned in by his own ...
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, violence, murder, police investigation, stalking, st. patrick's day, false accusation, police corruption, vengeance, danger, unlikely criminals, couple relations ...
Time:
80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A shady police detective becomes embroiled in a strange world of murder, sadism and madness after being assigned a murder investigation against a madman known only as "The Engineer".
Style:
detective, scary, psychological, slasher, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, torture, police detective, nightmare, supernatural, serial killer, police investigation, hellraiser, chase, psychopath, mind game, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Dr. Daniel Challis and Ellie Grimbridge stumble onto a gruesome murder scheme when Ellie's novelty-salesman father, Harry, is killed while in possession of a strange mask made by the Silver Shamrock mask company. The company's owner, Conal ...
Style:
slasher, psychotronic, creepy, scary, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, curfew, stonehenge, factory, holiday horror, supernatural, robot, hospital, serial killer, female nudity, bad guys win, witch ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Place:
northern california, california, los angeles, seattle, new york
Similarity:
100%
11K
Genre: Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
New York police are bemused by reports of a giant flying lizard that has been spotted around the rooftops of New York, until the lizard starts to eat people. An out-of-work ex-con is the only person who knows the location of the monster's nest ...
Style:
cult horror, independent film, scary, detective, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
kaiju, monster, anti hero, giant bird, giant monster, insanity, blood, masked man, eaten alive, thief, police investigation, skyscraper ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the immolation of two ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, psychological, satanic, bloody ...
Plot:
voodoo, ritual, supernatural, satanic cult, child in peril, brutality, violent, religion, murder, female nudity, animal sacrifice, folk horror ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa, minneapolis minnesota, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
At a party, someone goes insane and murders three women. Falsely accused of the brutal killings, Jerry is on the run. More bizarre killings continue with alarming frequency all over town. Trying to clear his name, Jerry discovers the shocking ...
Style:
atmospheric, disturbing, surreal, psychedelic, psychotronic ...
Plot:
disco, hair loss, politician, on the run, murder, lsd, headache, bald woman, babysitter, murder suspect, full moon, massacre ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A research scientist (William Hurt) explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native American shamans, he explores these altered states of consciousness and finds that memory, ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychedelic, psychological, surreal, scary ...
Plot:
drug, science, surrealism, obsession, experiment gone awry, male nudity, hallucination, body horror, transformation, psychology, mad scientist, insanity ...
Time:
20th century, future, 70s, year 1967, 60s ...
Place:
harvard university, bronx new york city, san francisco, california, boston ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Heavily pregnant Lenore Davis tells her husband, Frank, that she is in labor. They leave their eleven year-old son Chris with their friend Charley and they head to the Community Hospital. Lenore feels that something is wrong and delivers a monster ...
Style:
scary, medical horror, suspenseful, slasher, atmospheric ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
macabre, supernatural, creepy child, murder, serial killer, body horror, gory, isolation, investigation, deadly creature, family in danger, rescue ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, santa monica california, seattle
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When police are puzzled by several horrific murders, they assume they have a serial killer on their hands. But soon they realise that the unimaginable has happened. A killing machine from another world has arrived on Earth determined to brutally ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, enigmatic, slasher ...
Plot:
serial killer, space and aliens, evil alien, investigation, terminator, danger, law enforcement, alien encounter, murder, alien, brutality, alien invasion ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
48%
99K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
supernatural, evil child, demon, supernatural horror, social worker, creepy child, child abuse, macabre, twists and turns, uncover truth, mysterious character, mental institution ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The monster child returns - but now there are three!
Style:
medical horror, gothic horror, suspense, cult horror, classic horror ...
Plot:
monster, body horror, baby, babies and infants, evil child, creepy child, killer child, creature feature, maternity ward, mutant, bad kids, baby born ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young man born out of an incestuous relationship, after enduring an emotionally scarring childhood, gives in to the dark side of Satanic forces and becomes a weapon of evil. He kills with such ferocity that he becomes the main target of the ...
Style:
slasher, disturbing, scary, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, deal with the devil, black magic, satanist, police detective, occult, mind control, masked man, human sacrifice, police investigation, murder, danger ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A supernatural, maniac killer cop teams up with a Times Square serial killer.
Style:
christmas horror, slasher, classic horror, psychological thriller, dark ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, cop, monster, exploitation, killer, supernatural horror, car chase, police, strip club, female nudity, living dead, christmas ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever ...
Style:
disturbing, mockumentary, sadistic, slasher, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, serial killer, murder, psychopath, torture, macabre, violence, psycho killer, maniac, psycho, sadism, captive ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
usa, new york state, pennsylvania, new york
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When a frightening wave of violence sweeps through New York City, troubled cop Sarchie fails to find a rational explanation for the bizarre crimes. However, his eyes are opened to a frightening alternate reality when renegade Jesuit priest, Mendoza ...
Style:
scary, suspense, demonic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
demonic possession, exorcism, supernatural, occult, curses spells and rituals, partner, catholic, supernatural horror, priest, possessed, bible, religions or cults ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2014, year 2010, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
iraq, new york, usa, bronx new york city
Similarity:
46%
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:
46%
5K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A detective tries to track down a masked killer who reappears every Halloween to wreak bloody havoc.
Style:
slasher, bloody, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween party, serial killer, halloween, haunted house, masked killer, police, teenager, police investigation, danger, death, violence, police officer ...
Time:
year 2019, year 2017, year 2015, 2010s, year 2016 ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
46%
36K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist ...
Style:
psychological, enigmatic, cerebral, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, amnesia, investigation, macabre, hallucination, hypnosis, police detective, interrogation, murder mystery, husband wife relationship, police ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
japan, okinawa japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Three people in Tokyo take a surreal voyage of self-discovery through memory and nightmares. "O" intends suicide while talking on a cell-phone with a stranger he meets on line who plans a simultaneous suicide. Events take a horrifying ...
Style:
psychological, rough, atmospheric, suspenseful, perverse ...
Plot:
nightmare, serial killer, surrealism, suicide, supernatural, police investigation, supernatural ability, rivalry, danger, murder, psychopath, gory ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Mark Fisher disappeared from his home in a brilliant flash of blue light almost two years ago. His friend Seth Hampton was the last to see him alive. Now a string of grisly, violent murders leads Seth to believe that Mark is back, and something evil ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, psychotronic, disturbing ...
Plot:
alien abduction, murder, serial killer, supernatural, danger, death of protagonist, violence, brutality, invasion, monster, space, pandemic ...
Time:
year 1987, year 1989, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, maine
Similarity:
45%
194K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
John Form has found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia - a beautiful, rare vintage doll in a pure white wedding dress. But Mia's delight with Annabelle doesn't last long. On one horrific night, their home is invaded by members of ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, frightening, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, haunted house, supernatural horror, doll, evil doll, demonic possession, death, curses spells and rituals, murder, self sacrifice, suicide ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 2010s, year 2000, year 2014 ...
Place:
california, usa, santa monica california, pasadena california
Similarity:
45%
115K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
Style:
surreal, psychological, scary, psychedelic, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, surrealism, psychopath, coma, mind game, investigation, race against time, sadomasochism, virtual reality, fbi, psychiatrist, traumatic childhood ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 90s
Place:
california
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a killer.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, scary, enigmatic, slasher ...
Plot:
serial killer, photographer, supernatural, photography, psychic power, photograph, police investigation, fashion, murder, murder mystery, premonition, fashion model ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place:
new york, california
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Scotty moves into Mrs. Engels' seaside mansion where three other college students are boarding. Mrs. Engels prefers to stay in her room in the attic, but her son Mason helps the students get settled. Soon one of the students is killed. The ...
Style:
slasher, rough, suspenseful, serious, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, college student, murder, danger, serial murder, campus, serial killer, brutality, investigation, female villain, psycho, exploitation ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Similarity:
45%
35K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After years of treatment at a mental institution for the criminally insane, serial killer Norman Bates is finally released. Deciding to move back into his long-dead mother's infamous old house, he soon finds himself tormented by "her" ...
Style:
slasher, psychological, scary, suspense, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, insanity, psychopath, psychiatrist, murder, psycho killer, psycho, revenge, homicidal maniac, male victim, swamp, waitress ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three students filming a horror movie stumble upon something much worse, and their only hope for survival is two detectives who find the camera that was left behind.
Style:
slasher, suspense, disturbing, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
supernatural, investigation, violence, partners against crime, deadly creature, danger, peril, youth, police investigation, rescue, uncover truth, characters in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
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:
45%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Siblings, Eric & his surreal artist sister Kay, her doctor husband David, her sister-in-law Brooke along with pilot Marsh become stranded on a rugged isle face off against a supernatural beast drawn to Kay who dreams of its killings.
Style:
slasher, bloody, grindhouse, mind bending, terrifying ...
Plot:
island, serial killer, nightmare, unknown killer, monster, fear, murder, beach, gory, exploitation, american horror, creature ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Similarity:
45%
157K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
American nurse, Karen Davis moves to Tokyo and encounters a vengeful supernatural spirit known as The Grudge that often possesses its victims. When a series of horrifying and mysterious deaths occur – with the spirit passing its curse onto each ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, psychological, atmospheric, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, ghost, murder, gory, curse, imaginary, macabre, scared, vengeance, death, medical ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, east asia
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Henry has wandered into a small town looking for work and a place to stay. He gets a job delivering and cleaning porto-potties and moves in with a co-worker until he gets his feet off of the ground. Henry and his new friend soon start to kill.
Style:
slasher, disturbing, scary, psychological, terrifying ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, serial killer as protagonist, exploitation, killer, killing spree, brutality, violence, freak, misfit, psychopath ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
california, new jersey
Similarity:
45%
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