Movies like Awakening the Zodiac

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Awakening the Zodiac (2017)
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Awakening the Zodiac (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story follows a down-on-their-luck couple who discovers a serial killer's film reels. They decide to take the law into their own hands, risking everything for the chance at a $100,000 reward. It isn't long until they find themselves in the killer's lethal cross-hairs.
Style: psychological, captivating, exciting, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller, suspense, horrifying
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, criminal, reward, murder, homicidal maniac, psycho killer, police, murder mystery, danger, killing spree, uncover truth, murderer, murder investigation, police investigation, investigation, obsession, death, killings, life is a bitch, unsolved crime, money problems, masked killer, psychopath, couples, vigilante ...

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, disturbing, suspense and tense films with plots about murder, murderer, serial killer, murder investigation, investigation, killings and murder mystery mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Awakening the Zodiac: Ragdoll (2021), To Catch a Killer (2023), Happy Face Killer (2014), The Sovereign (2008), Grudge (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ragdoll (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 280 min.
TV show
Story: Detectives look to untangle the case of the Ragdoll Killer, who has killed six people and sewn their bodies into the shape of one grotesque body nicknamed the Ragdoll.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: homicidal maniac, serial killer, killing spree, psycho killer, murder investigation, police detective, uncover truth, investigation, murder, forensics, killings, police investigation ...
Place: london
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To Catch a Killer (2023)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Baltimore. New Year's Eve. A talented but troubled police officer is recruited by the FBI's chief investigator to help profile and track down a mass murderer.
Style: captivating, exciting, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: mass murder, fbi investigation, police officer, fbi agent, investigation, new year's eve, police, murder, sniper, massacre, death of mother, serial killer ...
Time: 2020s
Place: baltimore
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Happy Face Killer (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Serial killer Keith Jesperson murders at least eight women over a five-year span and taunts authorities with disturbing letters and scribbled confessions signed with a happy face.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense
Plot: serial killer, murder, homicidal maniac, murderer, serial murder, taunting, killings, murder investigation, police investigation, uncover truth, killing spree, criminal ...
Place: oregon
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48%
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The Sovereign (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: For two months a serial killer has been terrorizing the city of St. Petersburg. Every Wednesday a girl between 9 and 12 years old is the victim. The brutality of the maniac plunges city residents into horror. Parents are afraid of leaving their ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, surprise ending ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, obsession, whodunit, murder, death, homicide detective, murder investigation, serial murder, murderer, killing spree, crime investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Grudge (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ahead of a promotion, a police chief becomes entangled in a deadly incident and uncovers an intrigue fueled by grudge that threatens his colleagues.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: female police detective, criminal, murderer, murder, secret, killings, homicide detective, investigation, murder mystery, murder investigation, uncover truth, cold case ...
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Control (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The once unconditional friendship between police officers Vincke and Verstuyft hits a very rough patch when they come up against a series of gruesome murders. Complicating matters even further, a survivor of the killer drives a wedge between them ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, homicide detective, police partner, crime investigation, murder, homicidal maniac, murder investigation, serial murder, killings, murder mystery, criminal, investigation ...
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Muse (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After a series of murders throughout the state, single-mother, Amanda, discovers that she is the muse of the infamous serial killer known as, the "Infinity Killer." Every woman killed looks like her and with every death she is sent a photo ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense
Plot: serial killer, serial murder, social problems, criminal, homicidal maniac, murder mystery, murder, murderer, psycho killer, murder investigation, muse, killing spree
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37%
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the FBI rookie who coined the phrase ‘serial killer’.
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, true crime, murder, investigation, murder investigation, murderer, uncover truth, crime investigation, crime solving, murder mystery, fbi agent, serial murder ...
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36%
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Labyrinth (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Psychologist Dr. Brennac is asked by a colleague to help with the case of Claude, a patient on trial for multiple murders. Is Claude really guilty of the crimes, or is he a victim of his own mind?
Style: psychological, captivating, tense, suspense, mystic ...
Plot: serial murder, serial killer, murder, homicidal maniac, murder investigation, investigation, psychology, psycho killer, mental illness, unsolved crime, murderer, murder mystery ...
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36%
Orphan: First Kill (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After escaping from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Leena Klammer travels to America by impersonating Esther, the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But when her mask starts to slip, she is put against a mother who will protect her family from ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, slasher, bloody ...
Plot: killer child, psycho killer, female protagonist, brutality, stolen identity, personality change, pretending to be someone else, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, family problems, dysfunctional family, new identity ...
Time: 2020s, 2000s, year 2007
Place: estonia, moscow russia, russia
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100%
The Whole Truth (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.
Style: captivating, exciting, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Plot: lawyer, defense attorney, mother son relationship, murder, legal action, legal, courtroom, courtroom drama, death of father, trial, widow, lie ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
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100%
The Night Stalker (2016)
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
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33%
Mord in Eberswalde (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Heinz Gödicke (Ronals Zehrfeld) is the chief commissioner of the People's Police in the small town of Eberswalde in Brandenburg. Gödicke is called when two bestial murdered children are found in the forest. The investigator tries to get ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: murder, police, serial killer, investigation, murder mystery, uncover truth, killings, police investigation, small town, crime solving, sleuth, murder investigation ...
Time: year 1969
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32%
Bundy and the Green River Killer (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A police detective consults with incarcerated serial killer Ted Bundy to help him catch The Green River Killer. Based on terrifying true life elements which inspired Silence of the Lambs. In 1984, police in Washington State are investigating a spate ...
Style: psychological thriller, psychological, suspense, atmospheric, clever ...
Plot: serial killer, maniac, fbi, true crime, murderer, investigation, mind game, murder investigation, murder mystery, homicidal maniac, human monster, violence ...
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32%
The Execution (2021)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 130 min.
Story: For more than 10 years, Russian police forces have tried to stop the country’s smartest and most wanted serial killer. But even when he gets caught, nobody can prove his guilt. As the manhunt intensifies, the investigation grows increasingly ...
Style: serious, bleak, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: serial killer, homicidal maniac, police investigation, killings, serial murder, murder, criminal justice, murderer, victim, crime investigation, investigation, murder investigation ...
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32%
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Time of Fear (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Time of Fear is a taut psychological thriller thrusting an FBI agent and a grieving father into the dark world of a demented killer. FBI Agent Cheryl Hammer, arrives in a small California town to catch an elusive killer. Seeing no help forthcoming ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense, suspenseful
Plot: homicidal maniac, murder, fbi agent, crime solving, murder investigation, murder mystery, killings, catholic priest, killing spree, investigation, unsolved crime, police detective ...
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31%
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Murderer (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A Hong Kong-set mystery centered on a detective who has been framed for a series of gruesome murders.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, police interrogation, murder investigation, murder, investigation, murderer, crime investigation, sleuth, uncover truth, framed for murder, crime solving, police investigation ...
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Bordertown: The Mural Murders (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Finland
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A mural painted with blood is found on the wall of Pasila train station, which depicts Finland's best-known serial killer Lasse Maasalo. The text in the mural, “Making the world a better place”, is linked to a voting circulating in social ...
Style: psychological, suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, killer, murderer, lynching, murder investigation, investigation, sleuth, crime solving, mental illness, killings, mysterious villain, murder mystery ...
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31%
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Marnow Murders (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The city of Schwerin is melting – it is the hottest summer in years. Detectives Lona Mendt and Frank Elling are on the trail of a serial murderer, who seems to choose his victims randomly. But nothing is as it seems. The detectives have apparently ...
Style: enigmatic, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, forensics, murder investigation, partners against crime, investigation, killing spree, murder mystery, uncover truth, killings, fighting crime, police partner, crime solving ...
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Second Chances (2010)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two years ago reporter Kate Fisher's interview with the man who turned out to be a serial killer sparked public outrage. Not believing that this man was in fact the September Slayer - led to another senseless murder. Had Kate turned over the ...
Style: suspense, psychological, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, murder mystery, murderer, forensics, relationship problems, secret, uncover truth, dark past, attempted murder, tragic past, killings ...
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30%
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Coroner (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Jenny Cooper investigates unexplained or sudden deaths in the city of Toronto. Fierce and quick-witted, Jenny is a newly-widowed single mother with secrets of her own to unearth.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: coroner, murder investigation, medical examiner, investigation, death, crime investigation, murder, police detective, female protagonist, partner, serial killer, killing spree ...
Time: 21st century
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada
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29%
Only the River Flows (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 101 min.
Story: 1990s, Banpo Town, rural China. A woman’s body is found by the river. Ma Zhe, Chief of the Criminal Police, heads up the murder investigation that leads to an obvious arrest. His superiors hurry to congratulate him, but several clues push Ma Zhe ...
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling, suspense, neo noir
Plot: criminal, sleuth, police investigation, crime investigation, murderer, crime solving, forensics, secret, uncover truth, rural area, serial killer, who done it ...
Time: 90s
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28%
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Women (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A small town detective while investigating the disappearance of a local woman comes across an unassuming Sociology professor who is hiding a secret life.
Style: suspenseful, tense, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, police investigation, abduction, police procedural, psychopath, murder investigation, murder, violence, chase, murderer, police detective, suspicion ...
Place: usa
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27%
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Evaru (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story: When a high-ranking police officer is killed by his alleged rape victim, Sub-inspector Vikram Vasudev is entrusted with investigating what seems like an open-and-shut case. However, as he delves deeper, Vikram finds the case spiralling into a dark ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, rough, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: murder, murder mystery, rape victim, murder investigation, murderer, police detective, police investigation, law enforcement, dishonesty, death, evidence, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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27%
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Death Notice (2023)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In Hong Kong, a vigilante serial killer leaves death notices, stating when and how he will murder a victim. Even if the victim reports it to the police and receives protection, the killer can easily break through and execute them. In response, the ...
Style: bleak, exciting, captivating, serious, suspenseful
Plot: police, crime spree, serial killer, murder mystery, killing spree, murder investigation, serial murder, homicidal maniac, police officer, conspiracy, murder, killings ...
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Forensic (2020)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A forensic analyst and an investigation officer are on a chase to hunt down a gruesome serial killer and crack one of the most famous cold cases in the history of their departments.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: cold case, crime investigation, medical examiner, serial killer, murder, murder mystery, evidence, children, medical examination, forensics, murder investigation, fighting crime ...
Time: 2020s
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Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Once a Los Angeles homicide detective, Police Chief Jesse Stone now presides over the quiet, seaside village of Paradise, Massachusetts. When the facts don't add up in a brutal Boston-area murder case, Jesse opens an investigation filled with ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, murder mystery, serial murder, investigation, crime solving, killings, forensics, murder investigation, killing spree, police, murder, police detective ...
Place: nova scotia, boston
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26%
Legacy, a Kate McDougal Investigation (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A dead body is discovered in the Eastern Townships Lake (in province of Quebec, Canada). Then a second one is discovered. A hunt is launched to catch a serial killer in the region.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: serial killer, police detective, police investigation, murder investigation, homicide detective, investigation, uncover truth, murder, forensics, crime solving, crime investigation, police ...
Place: quebec
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26%
The Red Spider (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Karol, an ordinary young man, runs into a much older man, whom he believes to be a Red Spider, the terrifying serial killer, prowling the streets of Cracow in 1960s. Karol becomes obsessed with the man and spies on him.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: serial killer, murderer, legend, obsessed fan, serial murder, death, murder, killing spree, moral dilemma, love interest, relationship problems, criminal ...
Place: poland
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26%
Population Zero (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In 2009 three young men were killed in a remote part of Yellowstone National Park. Authorities never found the murderer. He found them! Hours after the trio were gunned down, Dwayne Nelson confessed to the crime. Despite this Nelson was allowed to ...
Style: mockumentary, tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: found footage, murder, murderer, confession, national park, murder investigation, criminal, law and order, motive, legal, crime investigation, investigation ...
Time: 2000s
Place: montana
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