Movies like The House That Jack Built
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The House That Jack Built (2018)
105K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Denmark, France, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Tunisia
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A depiction of a serial killer's 12 years' worth of murders and how it shaped his prime intelligence.
Style:
scary, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, bleak, controversial, philosophical, slasher, brutal, surreal ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, sadism, cruelty, psychopath as protagonist, sadistic psychopath, maniac, disturbed individual, murder, extreme violence, photograph, hunting, brutality, kidnapping, hell, building a house, violence, psycho killer, death, mutilation, taxidermy, criminal, corpse, animal cruelty, deception ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, 80s
Place:
berlin germany, washington d.c.
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Most similar movies to The House That Jack Built
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, disturbing and scary films with plots about murder, psychopath, death, blood, serial killer, violence and brutality mostly in Drama, Crime and Horror genres. Some movies like The House That Jack Built: American Psycho (2000), Mr. Brooks (2007), Antibodies (2005), The Golden Glove (2019), Red Dragon (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, psychological thriller, bloody, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, insanity, sociopath, satire, violence, dark humor, psycho killer, materialism, yuppie, nihilism, millionaire ...
Time:
year 2000, 80s, 2000s, year 1987, y2k ...
Place:
new york, yale university, manhattan new york city, america, seattle ...
Similarity:
88%
163K
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, psychological thriller, suspense, melancholic, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, split personality, police investigation, imaginary friend, macabre, murder mystery, psycho killer, maniac, schizophrenia, twists and turns, secret ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa, palo alto california, portland oregon
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, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
When a notorious German serial killer is captured after committing some of the most heinous acts against humanity ever imaginable, a farmer and police officer from a sleepy rural community on the outskirts of Berlin is drawn into the case as he ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, horrifying, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, psychopath, gay, murder, danger, family life, police officer, sadist, mind game, lust, small town ...
Time:
year 2005, year 1996
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
Style:
disturbing, erotic, controversial, bleak, perverse ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder of a prostitute, loner, mentally unstable, macabre, brutality, sadism, loser, sex crime, serial murder, misfit ...
Time:
70s, year 2019, year 1974, 20th century, year 1970
Place:
hamburg germany, northern germany, germany, west germany, europe ...
Similarity:
80%
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:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, psychological thriller, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, bad guy wins, home invasion, torture, sadism, torment, family in danger, husband wife relationship, evil wins, violence, holiday horror ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, near future, year 1997
Place:
austria, germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
119K
Genre: Horror
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
Style:
disturbing, creepy, brutal, bloody, extreme horror ...
Plot:
torture, violence, revenge, child abuse, kidnapping, gory, brutality, death, abuse, torment, violent, hardcore ...
Time:
year 2008, year 2000, turn of the century, 2000s, year 1971 ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The activities of rampaging, indiscriminate serial killer Ben are recorded by a willingly complicit documentary team, who eventually become his accomplices and active participants. Ben provides casual commentary on the nature of his work and ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, mockumentary, humorous, brutal ...
Plot:
serial killer, brutality, macabre, rape, violent, found footage, gory, satire, sadistic psychopath, visceral, art, dark humor ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1992
Place:
europe, brussels, belgium, brussels belgium
Similarity:
100%
98K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is caught by Yamazaki Asami, a striking young woman with ballet training.
Style:
psychological thriller, scary, tense, twist ending, disturbing ...
Plot:
torture, femme fatale, sadism, extreme, violent, psychopath, murder, psychotic woman, sex, widower, twists and turns, revenge ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
144K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Style:
disturbing, sexy, dark, psychological, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
insanity, depression, cruelty, guilt, controversy, fear, violence, woods, female nudity, nudity, black magic, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
86%
110K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France, UK, Austria, Germany, Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When Ann, husband George and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, scary, brutal, bad ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, hostage, torture, psychopath, home invasion, danger, bad guy wins, maniac, murder, brutality, violence, torment ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Similarity:
58%
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:
75%
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:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Western
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The sequel to House of 1000 Corpses – the Firefly family are ambushed at their isolated home by Sheriff Wydell and a squad of armed men guns blazing – yet only Otis and his sister, Baby, manage to escape the barrage of bullets unharmed. Hiding ...
Style:
scary, bloody, suspense, cult classic, dark ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, revenge, torture, brutality, psychopath, sheriff, kidnapping, maniac, violence, female villain, hostage, killer clown ...
Time:
70s, year 2005, 2000s, y2k, year 2000 ...
Place:
texas, bolivia, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
168K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, UK, France, Finland, Norway, Italy
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth ...
Style:
art house, psychological, bleak, philosophical, cerebral ...
Plot:
rape, society, morality, twists and turns, victim, female protagonist, vengeance, gangster, rocky mountains, sex scene, making love, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1930s, year 2003, future, near future, year 2004 ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
Style:
disturbing, splatter, sexy, black comedy, frightening ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gory, violence, gang, gangster, sadism, organized crime, massacre, rage, danger, yakuza, psychopath, insanity ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, 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, independent film, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, father son relationship, dark past, church, serial murder, small town, teenager, murder, double life, fear, mysterious villain, investigation ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
kentucky, midwest
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The story of a mentally unstable loner lost in a life forced upon him. By night Oliver aimlessly wanders the streets and bars on what can only be described as a truly shocking and humiliating killing spree. His only savior and possible way out of a ...
Style:
bleak, psychotronic, suspenseful, scary, psychological ...
Plot:
rape, violence, serial killer, murder, killing spree, emotional abuse, sadistic psychopath, sex maniac, mental illness, male rape victim, dead body, rape victim ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
100%
161K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands by hiring ...
Style:
art house, sexy, bleak, disturbing, harsh ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rape, sexual abuse, revenge, violence, violent, sadism, rape and revenge, sexualized violence, brutality, anal rape, sexual perversion, rape victim ...
Time:
year 2002, turn of the century, year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
16K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter.
Style:
psychological, controversial, slasher, psychological thriller, sexual ...
Plot:
home invasion, maniac, psycho killer, psychopath, brutality, serial killer, necrophilia, mental illness, angst, voice over narration, killer as protagonist, prison ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
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312K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, clever, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, cannibalism, psychopath, cannibal, fbi, mind game, master criminal, psychiatrist, villain played by lead actor, homicidal maniac, torment, torture ...
Time:
year 2001, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
florence, italy, europe, washington d.c., venice ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A family's road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, tense, scary, psychological horror ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
home invasion, serial killer, violence, blood, sadistic psychopath, psychopath, psycho killer, stranger, murder, masked killer, disturbed individual, unknown killer ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, suspense, clever, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, psychopath, perfume, macabre, insanity, genius, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, master apprentice relationship, psycho killer, secret formula ...
Time:
18th century, year 2006, 19th century, georgian era
Place:
france, paris france, europe, barcelona, germany ...
Similarity:
74%
22K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, gang, psychopath, violence, male rape victim, homosexual, rape victim, tortured to death, transgression, mother's boyfriend, murder ...
Time:
year 1998, 2010s, 20th century, 90s, year 1999
Place:
australia, south australia, adelaide south australia, oceania
Similarity:
100%
65K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Following a series of unexplained crimes, a former firefighter is reunited with his son who has been missing for 10 years.
Style:
cerebral, tense, surreal, scary, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female serial killer, body horror, serial killer, violence, psycho killer, party, car accident, cutting one's own hair, pretending to be someone else, childbirth, father son relationship, delusional man ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
At a summer camp for youths, cocky pre-teen calls out the name of mass serial killer "Madman Marz". Suddenly, counselors are being maimed and slaughtered in various ways by the backwoodsman who has returned when his name was called.
Style:
scary, slasher, suspenseful, bloody, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, summer camp, killing spree, camp counselor, stalking, murder, danger, teenage life, male victim, male nudity, forest, exploitation ...
Time:
year 1980, 80s, year 1981
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
43K
Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.
Style:
disturbing, slasher, scary, sadistic, bloody ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, maniac, obsession, murder, mental illness, violence, insanity, sadism, brutality, childhood trauma, torture, violence spree ...
Time:
80s, year 2012, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
67%
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