Movies like I Am Not a Serial Killer

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I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)
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I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Fifteen-year old John Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. Terrible impulses constantly tempt him, so for his own sake, and the safety of those around, he lives by rigid rules to keep himself “good” and “normal”. However, when a real monster shows up in his town he has to let his dark side out in order to stop it – but without his rules to keep him in check, he might be more dangerous than the monster he’s trying to kill.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, tense, bleak, disturbing, atmospheric, scary, thought provoking, christmas horror, suspense ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: serial killer, murder, teenager, small town, murderer, investigation, violence, stalking, mental disorder, fear, serial murder, supernatural power, adolescence, hunt down, man boy relationship, research, profiler, supernatural, sociopath, killer, masked killer, psycho killer, teen superhero, xmas, death ...
Place: minnesota, midwest
Keyword: ipod

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Most similar movies to I Am Not a Serial Killer

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspenseful, suspense and slasher films with plots about murder, serial killer, psychopath, violence, blood, killer and gore mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Horror genres. Some movies like I Am Not a Serial Killer: Summer of 84 (2018), Super Dark Times (2017), The Clovehitch Killer (2018), Disturbia (2007), Resurrection (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Summer of 84 (2018)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Summer is usually a time for fun and games, but some teens get much more danger than they bargained for after beginning to suspect their neighbor is a serial murderer.
Style: suspense, disturbing, slasher, psychological, retro ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, group of friends, friendship, psychopath, murder, neighbor, murder suspect, private investigation, basement, murder mystery, child killer, cop ...
Time: year 1984, 80s, 2010s
Place: oregon
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57%
Super Dark Times (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, 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, dark, disturbing, post-horror ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, murder, friendship, nightmare, marijuana, katana, teenager, sword, bicycle, coming of age, love triangle, neighbor ...
Time: year 2017, 90s, year 1996, year 1995
Place: new york, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Clovehitch Killer (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A teenage boy begins to suspect that his wholesome, all-American dad is actually the serial killer terrorizing their small town.
Style: psychological thriller, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, father son relationship, church, psycho killer, serial murder, dark past, man kills a woman, double life, teenage boy, small town, investigation, bad guys win ...
Time: 90s, 70s
Place: midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.8
 247K
Disturbia (2007)
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, suspenseful, psychological, intense, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: serial killer, neighbor, murder, voyeurism, house arrest, paranoia, homicidal maniac, investigation, psychopath, death, arrest, teenager ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Resurrection (1999)
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 ⇓
24%
Alice Sweet Alice (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Alice is a withdrawn 12-year-old who lives with her mother and her younger sister, Karen, who gets most of the attention from her mother, leaving Alice out of the spotlight. But when Karen is found brutally murdered in a church, suspicions start to ...
Style: slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, creepy, scary ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: masked killer, serial killer, murder, female villain, evil child, holy communion, blood, psychopath, child molester, child, female serial killer, mystery killer ...
Time: year 2016, 60s, year 1961, 20th century
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 7.7
 305K
Halloween (1978)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In John Carpenter's horror classic, a psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, suspense, grindhouse ...
Audience: teens
Plot: halloween, serial killer, psychopath, murder, masked killer, holiday horror, small town, psychiatrist, babysitter, violence, violent, babysitting ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place: illinois, chicago, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In 1978, two rival groups at Camp Nightwing must band together to solve a terrifying mystery when horrors from their towns' history come alive.
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, supernatural, murder, monster, woman in danger, homicidal maniac, witch, lesbian, snake, brutality, psychopath, violence ...
Time: 2020s, 70s, year 1994, year 1978, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 6.1
 142K
The Strangers (2008)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: home invasion, survival, serial killer, murder, hostage, masked killer, blood, fear, violence, masked villain, brutality, night ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.8
 66K
I See You (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a 12-year-old boy goes missing, lead investigator Greg Harper struggles to balance the pressure of the investigation and troubles with his wife, Jackie. Facing a recent affair, great strain is put on the family that slowly gnaws away at ...
Style: suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, tense, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: home invasion, kidnapping, infidelity, serial killer, murder, dysfunctional family, search party, disappearance, investigation, extramarital affair, husband wife relationship, small town ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 7.2
 80K
Manhunter (1986)
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, psychological thriller, suspenseful, detective, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, investigation, killer, psycho killer, murder mystery, profiler, obsession, brutality, fbi, mind game, violence ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1986
Place: florida, maryland, alabama, miami, baltimore ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Black Christmas (1974)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A sorority house is terrorized by a stranger who makes frightening phone calls and then murders the sorority sisters during Christmas break.
Style: christmas horror, slasher, scary, bloody, grindhouse ...
Plot: christmas, serial killer, holiday horror, murder, telephone call, sorority, psychopath, holiday, serial murder, violence, maniac, psycho killer ...
Time: 70s, year 1974, near future, 20th century
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.5
 168K
Halloween (2018)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. This film, ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, halloween, masked killer, maniac, homicidal maniac, violence, terror, psycho killer, psychopath, sadistic psychopath, serial murder, evil ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: illinois, chicago, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.6
 31K
Psycho II (1983)
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, scary, psychological, suspense, splatter ...
Plot: psychopath, serial killer, insanity, murder, mother daughter relationship, characters murdered one by one, psychiatrist, psycho, mental illness, employer employee relationship, female nudity, police station ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 8.6
 1.8M
Se7en (1995)
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: detective, surprise ending, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, psychopath, police, psychology, mind game, murder, insanity, police investigation, macabre, maniac ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: los angeles, america, iran, persia, usa ...
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20%
 7.3
 156K
Mr. Brooks (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.
Style: psychological, suspense, psychological thriller, serious, intense ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, split personality, police investigation, murder, imaginary friend, macabre, killer, schizophrenia, maniac, murder mystery, double life ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: usa, oregon, palo alto california, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A Texas Ranger hunts for a hooded serial killer terrorizing the residents of a small town, set in 1946 Arkansas. Loosely based on a true story.
Style: slasher, scary, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, masked killer, stalking, killer, mystery killer, unknown killer, murder, maniac, human monster, police investigation, true crime ...
Time: 1940s, year 1976, post world war two, year 1946
Place: texas, arkansas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.4
 32K
Creep 2 (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: After finding an ad online for “video work,” Sara, a video artist whose primary focus is creating intimacy with lonely men, thinks she may have found the subject of her dreams. She drives to a remote house in the forest and meets a man claiming ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, disturbing, mumblecore ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, found footage, female nudity, murder, fear, male nudity, psychopath, obsession, escapades, brutality, gory, danger ...
Time: year 2017
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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There's Someone Inside Your House (2021)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: As the countdown to graduation begins, students at Osborne High are being stalked by a maniac intent on exposing their darkest secrets to the entire town, terrorizing victims while wearing a life-like mask of their own face. With a mysterious past ...
Style: slasher, suspense, spooky, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, high school, female protagonist, murder, twists and turns, blood, girl, home invasion, small town, killing spree, psychopath, maniac ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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The Resident (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Juliet, a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her husband. It's got spacious rooms, a spectacular view, and a handy, handsome landlord. But there are secrets behind every wall and ...
Style: suspense, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: obsession, woman in danger, psychopath, landlord, stalker, danger, voyeurism, female protagonist, disturbed individual, rape and revenge, hidden camera, revenge ...
Time: year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In 1994, a group of teenagers discovers that the terrifying events which have haunted their town for generations ​are all connected — and that they may be the next targets.
Style: slasher, suspense, queer horror, tense, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder, supernatural, witch, lesbian, serial killer, lgbt, lgbtq, serial murder, terror, brutality, supernatural horror, maniac ...
Time: year 1994, 90s, 2020s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 5.8
 14K
Terror Train (1980)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A masked killer targets six college kids responsible for a prank gone wrong three years earlier and who are currently throwing a large New Year's Eve costume party aboard a moving train.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, bloody, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder, prank, masked killer, serial killer, train, magician, blood, psychopath, survival, stalking, holiday horror, danger ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 2016, year 1980
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Exorcist III (1990)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set fifteen years after the original film, The Exorcist III centers around the philosophical Lieutenant William F. Kinderman who is investigating a baffling series of murders around Georgetown that all contain the hallmarks of The Gemini, a deceased ...
Style: demonic, scary, suspenseful, religious horror, splatter ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, demon, possession, supernatural, demonic possession, macabre, exorcist, priest, investigation, murder, violence, hospital ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1998
Place: washington d.c., virginia, usa, india, copenhagen
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Init!ation (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Whiton University unravels the night a star-athlete is murdered, kicking off a spree of social media slayings that force students to uncover the truth behind the school's hidden secrets and the horrifying meaning of an exclamation point.
Style: slasher, suspense, scary, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: murder, fraternity, serial killer, psychopath, athlete, danger, killing spree, university, violence, chase, social media, blood ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 8.5
 274K
Hannibal (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 1680 min.
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Story: Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him ...
Style: psychological, scary, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, cannibal, psychopath, mind game, cannibalism, death, murder, psychiatrist, mental patient, graphic violence, fbi, mental health ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, it seems Jason Voorhees and his demented mother are in the past. Paul opens up a new camp close to the infamous site, ignoring warnings to stay away, and a sexually-charged group of ...
Style: slasher, suspense, bloody, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, masked killer, gory, crazy, psycho killer, lake, maniac, serial murder, blood, friday the 13th ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1984
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small ...
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, dark, demonic ...
Plot: macabre, supernatural, possession, occult, ghost, demon, supernatural horror, ouija board, spiritualism, teenager, witchcraft, survival ...
Time: year 2016, 60s, year 1967
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The film that brings back horror icon Freddy Krueger as a darker and more sinister character than ever before. While Freddy is on the prowl a group of teenagers being stalked soon learn they all have a common factor making them targets for this ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, intense, suspense ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: monster, dream, murder, nightmare comes true, gory, serial killer, terror, torture, danger, serial murder, youth, surrealism ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, year 2000, 21st century
Place: ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The photographer Leon lives with his girlfriend and waitress Maya waiting for a chance to get in the photo business. When Maya contacts their friend Jurgis, he schedules a meeting for Leon with the successful owner of arts gallery Susan Hoff; she ...
Style: bloody, suspense, scary, slasher, suspenseful ...
Plot: gory, serial killer, photographer, psychopath, violent, butcher, subway, violence, twists and turns, obsession, torture, train ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: new york, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 5.8
 21K
Suspect Zero (2004)
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, tense, suspenseful, detective, tricky ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, police investigation, profiler, justice, mental illness, obsession, brutality, fbi, plot twist, murder mystery ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s
Place: new mexico, usa, albuquerque new mexico, arizona, dallas texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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