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Freeway Killer (2010)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
For years he terrorized California motorists as he rode the endless highways searching for his next victim. The discarded bodies turned up beaten, sexually assaulted and horribly mutilated. Deceptively charming and intelligent, the scheming murderer easily avoided police at first. But as police closed in and the killer’s pattern grew more erratic, the only question was how many more will die?
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, realistic, mind bending
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murder, strong violent content, rape and murder, who done it, stalking, life is a bitch, danger, law enforcement, police detective, physical appearance, mentally unstable, killer, redneck, van, murderer, killing spree, true crime, meal, rape, kidnapping, terrorism, profanity, pretense ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
california, usa, united states of america
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Most similar movies to Freeway Killer
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, rough and realistic films with plots about serial killer, deadly, murder, psychopath, law enforcement, killer and police investigation mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Freeway Killer: Gone but Not Forgotten (2005), The Zodiac (2005), Nightmare in Columbia County (1991), The Killer Inside Me (1976), Born Killers (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, amateur detective, danger, investigation, rivalry, murder, psychopath, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, who done it ...
Time:
year 1995, year 2005
Place:
usa, oregon, new york
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 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, scary, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, killing spree, investigation, police detective, mind game, gory, family conflict, law enforcement, danger, journalism ...
Time:
20th century, year 2005, 60s
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The recounting of a terrible crime that wracked a family and galvanized police in South Carolina in the 1980's. Southern beauty pageant winner Dawn Smith is targeted by a sadistic stalker whose obsession with her leads him to kidnap her younger ...
Style:
serious, realistic, mind bending, tense, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, killing spree, child abuse, love, murder, beauty pageant, law enforcement, small town life, woman in danger, small town, riddles and clues ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south carolina
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Kenneth Bianchi, one of the two serial rapists and killers who terrorized the Los Angeles area in the late 1970s, is giving police station interviews to psychiatrist Samantha Stone, who has disquieting lifestyle issues of her own. It falls to her to ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, rough, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, making love, murder, police investigation, mind game, who done it, mental illness, life is a bitch, sex scene, killer, misogynist ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A sheriff struggles to hide his violent murderous acts.
Style:
neo noir, tense, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer, psychopath, small town, violent content, danger, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, law enforcement, social relations, small town life, profanity ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
montana, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
iggy Banks tells the story of two charming and brilliant brothers who finance their lifestyle by robbing and murdering pretty much anyone foolish enough to get in the car with them. They learn the business from their sociopath father (Tom Sizemore) ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murder, criminal heroes, introspection, danger, parents and children, gory, chess, father son relationship, violence, brother brother relationship ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The FBI sought the help of Lucinda Pond (Jeanne Tripplehorn), a former agent of the body, to try to locate the author of a series of murders that allegedly may have committed his brother. Lucinda, who left the police years ago, decides to help ...
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, moral dilemma, police investigation, rivalry, introspection, mind game, danger, law enforcement, riddles and clues, siblings relations, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Early 20th century. Albert Fish, a seemingly benevolent father and grandfather who reared his family by himself after his wife deserted them, turns out to be a serial child molester and murderer. Based on a true story.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, disturbing, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, cannibalism, police detective, child murder, investigation, danger, psychopath, kidnapping, killer, true crime, child killer, missing child ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A series of interviews are conducted with convicted serial killer Ted Bundy in hopes of gaining insight into the Green River Killer who is terrorizing Seattle.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, profiler, true crime, mind game, police detective, woman in danger, killer, murder, violence, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, florida, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The true story of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, law enforcement, life is a bitch, violence spree, biopic, true crime, criminal psychology, investigation, drifter, killer ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
texas, kansas city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A stylish horror film based on the life of Richard Ramirez, aka the Nightstalker, who terrorized people in Los Angeles during the 1980s.
Style:
suspense, slasher, serious, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, true crime, police investigation, murder, mind game, danger, murderous pair, law enforcement, killing spree, violence, biopic ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Bundy, starring Corin Nemec in the title role and co-starring Kane Hodder, details the dark psyche and previously unexplored motivations of the man who became known as one of the most notorious serial killers to leave behind a legacy of evil.
Style:
serious, slasher, disturbing, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, obsession, psychopath, woman in danger, violence spree, gory, biopic, killer, true crime, serial killer, ted bundy, killing spree ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, vengeance, investigation, police detective, haunted by the past, serial killer, danger, law enforcement, psychopath, murder, who done it ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Docu-drama based on the life of Ted Bundy, a serial killer who killed at least 19 young women during the 1970's (though some sources say as many as 30 to 35 were murdered). Set from his college student years, to his first victims, his capture, ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, suspenseful, frightening, cult classic ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, necrophilia, electric chair, kidnapping, misogyny, violence against women, masturbation, rape, strangulation, execution, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, utah, colorado, seattle, florida
Similarity:
100%
12K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
On February 15, 1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, one of the world's most infamous serial killers, was convicted of 15 counts of murder and sentenced to 937 years in federal prison. This movie is based on events from his ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, scary, slasher, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, rape, gay club, murder, biopic, serial murder, gay, blood, necrophilia, dismemberment, killer, gay rape ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 2002, 90s
Place:
ohio, usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When an apparently exemplary cop abducts and secretly imprisons a beautiful dancer, a deadly battle of wills between captor and captive ensues.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, woman in danger, psychopath, missing person, deputy sheriff, isolation, law enforcement, stalking, riddles and clues, captivity, who done it, danger ...
Place:
asia, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Europol Agent Tom Brindle is called to Barcelona, Spain, to track down the notorious serial killer known as Pygmalion. A set of fingerprints lead to a young, volatile soldier, Marco Soler. Agent Brindle arrests Marco and intensely interrogates him, ...
Style:
psychological, serious, scary, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, siblings relations, police investigation, manhunt, dishonesty, danger, police detective, law enforcement, twins, estate, cloning ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, barcelona
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A young man who works at a nursing home uses the legendary Zodiac killer's M.O. to kill people who neglect their elderly relatives.
Style:
slasher, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
wannabe, murder, police detective, police investigation, mind game, psychopath, obsession, danger, master criminal, rivalry, woman in danger, gory ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
bay area, los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
29%
643
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A film based on the true story of Ed Kemper, a serial killer who murdered ten in Santa Cruz, CA during the late sixties and early seventies.
Style:
realistic, serious, slasher, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, violence spree, murder, investigation, police detective, danger, law enforcement, woman in danger, stalking, true crime, killing spree, blood ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The true chilling story of the "two of a kind", killing cousins Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, better known as the Hillside Stranglers, is told in this TV drama.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, two killers, serial killer, true crime, psychopath, cousin, strangler, homicide, killing spree, killer, criminal, violent ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Boston Strangler: The Untold Story is an intense true-crime thriller about Albert De Salvo, a wise cracking, small time criminal with an unrelenting sex drive, who ultimately falsely confesses to being the strangler that wreaked havoc in Boston ...
Style:
serious, psychological, scary, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, danger, confined, psychopath, prison life, prison, law enforcement, killer, biopic, killing spree, manipulation, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Veteran Boogey Man and Zodiac Killer director Ulli Lommel continues his long tradition of delivering tense thrills with this relentless look at the life of the elusive, Kansas-based serial killer known to authorities only as "B.T.K." ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, scary, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murderer, police investigation, life is a bitch, chase, investigation, police detective, danger, law enforcement, violence, serial murder, killer ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, kansas
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. "Son of Sam" — the infamous serial killer who stalked New York in the 70s.
Style:
psychological, detective, serious, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
true crime, murder, killer, killing spree, parent child relationship, fighting crime, chases and races, tough law enforcer, danger, obsessive quest, terrorism, stalking ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
teenage girl, missing person, murder, serial killer, woman in jeopardy, dysfunctional family, police partner, partner, life is a bitch, uncover truth, killer, street kid ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Fritz Haarmann, who has killed at least 27 boys, is questioned by a psychology professor in order to find out whether he is sane and can be held responsible for his crimes. During this interrogation Haarmann reveals his motives and his killing ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, psychopath, investigation, society, courtroom drama, confined, killer, cannibalism, gay, transsexual, dismemberment, serial killer ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Millionaire Richard Trainor is celebrating the fact that his new calendar featuring twelve nude woman is a huge success. However the party is ruined when Miss January is pushed off a building and later on that night Miss February is knifed to death. ...
Style:
detective, slasher, tense, scary, mind bending ...
Plot:
murderous pair, serial killer, murder, dream girl, bare legs, arson, photographer, serial murder, sex, psychopath, fashion, police detective ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The real story behind the hunt for Theodore J. Kaczynski, later known as the Unabomber, a terrorist who sent several bombs through the mail, alarming authorities and society. The movie follows a postal inspector who tracks down the suspect; a ...
Style:
serious, tension, psychological, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
true crime, terrorism, serial killer, biopic, investigation, domestic terrorism, manhunt, obsession, character study, family drama, cat and mouse, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 70s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
'Kurt' claims to be a sales rep. He also claims to be English in spite of his heavy Italian accent. Kurt is an habitual liar and a dangerous driver, at the very least. In the south of France he meets Léa, age 16. Between his increasingly ...
Style:
rough, melancholic, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
true crime, serial killer, murder, prison, rape, psychopath, mature, unsettling, robbery, police investigation, mental illness, biopic ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
france, italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A police detective investigates the apparent serial killing of several children which is linked to an institutionalized, autistic child.
Style:
scary, psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, witnessing a crime, murder, missing person, investigation, mentally unstable, female police officer, police investigation, woman in danger, police detective, mind game ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
23%
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