Movies like Hangman

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Hangman (2017)
 5.2
 19K
Hangman (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A homicide detective teams up with a criminal profiler to catch a serial killer whose crimes are inspired by the children's game, Hangman.
Style: suspense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, crime drama, surprise ending, twist ending
Plot: serial killer, game of death, homicide detective, psycho killer, police partner, clue, revenge, violence, forensics, police investigation, murder, police detective, police captain, retirement, police protagonist, game, car chase, arrest, haunted by the past, race against time, police interrogation, killer, christmas, whodunit, porn ...
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Most similar movies to Hangman

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, psychological and neo noir films with plots about murder, serial killer, police investigation, investigation, killer, psychopath and murder investigation mostly in Thriller, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Hangman: The Postcard Killings (2020), Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023), Sea of Love (1989), Righteous Kill (2008), The Bone Collector (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Postcard Killings (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A New York detective teams investigates the death of his daughter who was murdered while on her honeymoon in London, and recruits the help of Scandinavian journalist when other couples throughout Europe suffer a similar fate.
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak, emotional ...
Plot: serial killer, psycho killer, ex husband ex wife relationship, murder, homicide detective, murder investigation, investigation, police investigation, incest, honeymoon, homicidal maniac, murderer ...
Time: 2020s
Place: stockholm sweden, london, amsterdam, munich germany, madrid ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job ...
Style: psychological thriller, psychological, exciting, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, violent, kidnapping, homicidal maniac, killings, homicide detective, murderer, serial murder, killing spree, blackmail, police procedural, missing person ...
Time: 2020s
Place: dover england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 45K
Sea of Love (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to ...
Style: sexy, tense, erotic, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: serial killer, femme fatale, strong sexual content, erotica, police investigation, newspaper, sexual relations, police, partners against crime, law enforcement, danger, twists and turns ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.0
 92K
Righteous Kill (2008)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, twist ending, intense ...
Plot: serial killer, killer, revenge, justice, vigilante, police investigation, murder, avenger, twists and turns, police, gangster, corruption ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, harlem, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Bone Collector (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The ...
Style: suspense, psychological thriller, tense, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, investigation, police investigation, policewoman, mind game, murder, twists and turns, master criminal, crime scene, forensics, race against time ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, persia, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 68K
Solace (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.
Style: suspense, twist ending, surprise ending, intense, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, psychic, investigation, police investigation, psychology, murder investigation, whodunit, premonition, seeing the future, twists and turns, supernatural, brutality ...
Time: year 2015
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 81K
Kiss the Girls (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail ...
Style: detective, twist ending, suspense, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, kidnapping, twists and turns, woman in danger, police investigation, forensics, violence against women, investigation, killer, murder, profiler ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, north carolina, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
 18K
Jennifer 8 (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A big city cop from LA moves to a small town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, the cop, John Berlin, meets a young blind woman named Helena, who he is attracted to. ...
Style: suspenseful, surprise ending, tense, detective, neo noir ...
Plot: serial killer, blindness, killer, murder, obsession, police investigation, small town, whodunit, hitman, blind character, surveillance, police officer ...
Time: year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, germany, europe, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 7.0
 92K
Fallen (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
Style: detective, twist ending, surprise ending, neo noir, suspense ...
Plot: supernatural, serial killer, murder, devil, psychopath, good versus evil, possession, twists and turns, police detective, psychic, demon, demonic possession ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, new york, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.3
 28K
The Watcher (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Vietnam
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
Plot: serial killer, murder, fbi, psychopath, psychiatrist, obsession, serial murder, chase, mind game, race against time, police investigation, killer ...
Time: y2k, year 2000, 90s
Place: chicago, los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 5.9
 78K
88 Minutes (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A college professor who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI, receives a death threat claiming he has only 88 minutes to live.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot: serial killer, fbi, murder, death, twists and turns, death threat, paranoia, frame up, danger, disorder, law enforcement, manipulation ...
Time: year 2007, year 1997, 90s, 21st century
Place: seattle, washington state, usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.1
 11K
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 ⇓
30%
 4.5
 6K
Mindcage (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Detectives Jake Doyle and Mary Kelly seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist when a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in The Artist's brilliant but twisted psyche, she and Jake are lured into a ...
Style: tense, captivating, thrilling, supernatural thriller
Plot: serial killer, murder investigation, police detective, police investigation, investigation, sleuth, homicide detective, murder mystery, teamwork, crime investigation, murderer, forensics ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.1
 9K
Knight Moves (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A psychologist falls for a world-class chess player suspected of odd murders linked to his game.
Style: tense, suspenseful, psychological, scary, suspense ...
Plot: chess, serial killer, investigation, murder, police investigation, sex scene, revenge, serial murder, police, protagonist as suspect, psychopath, haunted by the past ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 4.3
 769
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 8.1
 800K
Prisoners (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story: When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Style: psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: kidnapping, investigation, serial killer, twists and turns, revenge, vigilantism, police investigation, brutality, torture, police, vigilante, cop ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: pennsylvania, bolivia, georgia, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Little Things (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's ...
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, action thriller, neo noir ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, serial murder, cold case, police, investigation, police station, police detective, murder mystery, mysterious man, missing person, murder investigation ...
Time: 2020s, year 1990, year 1985, 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Movie in collections
 5.3
 7K
The Zodiac (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story: An elusive serial killer known as the Zodiac terrorizes the San Francisco Bay in the late 1960s, while detectives aim to stop him before he claims more victims. Based on a true story.
Style: rough, psychological, bleak, serious, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, psychopath, murder, police detective, obsession, killing spree, mind game, gory, family conflict, law enforcement, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 2005
Place: san francisco, california, bay area, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.2
 53K
Untraceable (2008)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Special Agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) works in an elite division of the FBI dedicated to fighting cybercrime. She thinks she has seen it all, until a particularly sadistic criminal arises on the Internet. This tech-savvy killer posts live feeds ...
Style: clever, intense, twisted, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, investigation, internet, fbi, kidnapping, hacker, website, sadism, suicide, torture ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: oregon, usa, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.2
 317K
Insomnia (2002)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Style: neo noir, psychological, atmospheric, detective, psychological thriller ...
Plot: small town, police investigation, murder, investigator, investigation, character study, police, police corruption, insomnia, guilt, psychopath, snow ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: alaska, persia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, torture, murder, characters killed one by one, trap, master criminal, police officer, investigation, danger, blood, violence, evil wins ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.2
 95K
Taking Lives (2004)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is ...
Style: psychological thriller, suspense, twist ending, surprise ending, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, twists and turns, murder investigation, psychopath, dangerous attraction, fatal attraction, murder mystery, female agent, tough girl, strong female character, strong female lead, police investigation ...
Time: 2000s, year 2004, 80s, year 1983, 21st century
Place: usa, canada, montreal, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Movie in collections
 6.8
 84K
Reptile (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, and by doing so dismantles the illusions in his own life.
Style: detective, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot: murder, police investigation, criminal, police psychologist, murder investigation, real estate agent, crime investigation, investigation, fighting crime, sleuth, secret, crime solving ...
Place: new england, maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 3.7
 228
Criticsized (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A serial killer taunts police while increasing the body count on live streaming TV.
Style: exciting, suspense, scary, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: internet, police detective, serial killer, murder, manipulation, psychopath, serial murder, revenge, chase, killer, danger, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.4
 48K
Blood Work (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.
Style: suspense, tense, rough, serious, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, murder mystery, murder, conspiracy, psychopath, investigation, police investigation, revenge, brutality, redemption, fbi, dishonesty ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s
Place: california, los angeles, long beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Too Scared to Scream (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A killer of young women is loose in an exclusive apartment complex and a detective is out to stop him. The chief suspect is a Shakespeare-spouting doorman who lives with his invalid mother. Meanwhile, an undercover cop moves into the apartment ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, scary, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, police detective, murder, danger, brutality, psychopath, manipulation, law enforcement, female nudity, disability, dishonesty, criminal ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 4.1
 1K
B.T.K. (2008)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A story based on real-life serial killer Dennis L. Rader, who systematically tortured and killed his victims for over two decades and evaded the police for over 30 years, all while leading a seemingly normal life as a husband, father, security ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, danger, law enforcement, who done it, violence, sadism, stereotypes, torture, kidnapping, society, killer ...
Place: kansas city
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Murder by Numbers (2002)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Tenacious homicide detective Cassie Mayweather and her still-green partner are working a murder case, attempting to profile two malevolently brilliant young men: cold, calculating killers whose dark secrets might explain their crimes.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, detective, intense, suspense thriller ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: murder, psychopath, mind game, haunted by the past, investigation, sociopath, murder investigation, serial killer, murderous pair, perfect crime, police investigation, police detective ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: persia, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 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 ⇓
27%
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