Movies like Happy Face Killer

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Happy Face Killer (2014)
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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: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: serial killer, murder, murderer, homicidal maniac, serial murder, taunting, investigation, killings, criminal, murder investigation, psycho killer, killing spree, police investigation, homicide detective, crime solving, uncover truth, truck, trucking, lifetime
Place: oregon

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, suspense, tense and disturbing films with plots about murder, murderer, serial killer, murder investigation, investigation, killings and serial murder mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Happy Face Killer: Midnight (2021), Silent Hours (2021), Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021), Control (2017), Muse (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Midnight (2021)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A tense night for Kyung-mi and her mother (both hearing-impaired) when they fall prey to a charismatic murderer in the dark alleys of Seoul.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, deaf, mother daughter relationship, deafness, mute or deaf, witnessing a crime, murder witness, attempted murder, killings, murderer, witness, serial murder ...
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Silent Hours (2021)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 156 min.
Story: Private detective John Duval, an ex-lieutenant commander in the Royal Navy and Naval Intelligence, finds himself the prime suspect in a police hunt for a sexual killer when three women are brutally murdered.
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, surprise ending
Plot: homicidal maniac, serial killer, murderer, private detective, murder investigation, protagonist as suspect, killing spree, killings, murder suspect, crime solving, investigation, murder ...
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100%
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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40%
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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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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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39%
 6.1
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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 ⇓
39%
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 ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, criminal, reward, murder, homicidal maniac, psycho killer, uncover truth, police, danger, killing spree, murder mystery, police investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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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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38%
 6.5
 180
Sirens (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story: This psychological thriller concerns Ali, a London-based female law officer simultaneously involved in a heated and clandestine relationship with her sister's beau and a city-wide police hunt for a serial rapist. When the squads close in on the ...
Style: detective, psychological, captivating
Plot: murder, murder investigation, forensics, investigation, serial killer, uncover truth, who done it, police detective, sleuth, murder mystery, murderer, crime solving ...
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37%
 5.5
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23 Morde (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Self proclaimed serial killer Max Rapp is in prison for the murder of 23 people. Detectives Tara Scholl and Henry Kloss suspect he is innocent of these crimes. However, if Rapp isn't a serial killer how is he able to slip into the minds of ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, detective, psychological
Plot: serial killer, killing spree, serial murder, murderer, killings, police investigation, uncover truth, forensics, investigation, crime investigation, battle of wits, detective inspector ...
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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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Mind Games (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A former nun turned criminal profiler is called in to investigate the horrific ritualistic murders of two middle aged women. Her unorthodox approach means that she has to deal not only with solving a murder but also winning the trust of her ...
Style: detective, thrilling, tense, captivating, psychological
Plot: homicide detective, murderer, ritual murder, secret, serial killer, police investigation, crime investigation, investigation, ritual, killings, serial murder, crime solving ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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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35%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher (2016)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A serial killer walks the streets of Whitechapel, London, attacking and killing women, which later came to be known as the 'Whitechapel murders' stretching from 3 April 1888 to 13 February 1891 included in the London Metropolitan Police ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, homicidal maniac, jack the ripper, serial murder, woman in danger, investigation, murder, sleuth, police investigation, criminal, murder of a woman, murderer ...
Time: victorian era
Place: london
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35%
The Angel Maker (2023)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 94 min.
Story: 'The Angel Maker' is a psychological crime thriller following Laura, a cyber crimes detective pursuing a brutal serial killer.
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, murder investigation, female police detective, computer hacker, murderer, murder mystery, serial murder, homicidal maniac, psycho killer, killings, killing spree, undercover ...
Time: 2020s
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Grey Lady (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A Boston police officer goes to Nantucket to investigate the murder of his partner, but he finds more than he bargained for.
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspense, captivating
Plot: investigation, homicide detective, murder investigation, murder mystery, male female relationship, murder, police detective, island, police investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, serial killer ...
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34%
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Fate (2003)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Serial killers have plagued the American landscape for decades, committing gruesome atrocities, and providing some tough cases for criminal investigators to crack. This thriller follows the travails of two detectives who are on the trail of a ...
Style: captivating, detective, psychological, thrilling, tense
Plot: serial killer, murder, sleuth, crime investigation, homicide detective, uncover truth, murderer, killings, murder investigation, investigation, who done it, crime solving ...
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33%
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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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Petropolis (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sergey is a Russian athletics champion whose career is destroyed in a moment by a car accident. Then he discovers that while his injuries have diminished his athletic abilities, they have also given him paranormal abilities to see the past, when ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating
Plot: runner, killings, uncover truth, murder investigation, investigation, crime solving, flash forward, homicidal maniac, supernatural ability, a vision, cold case, crime investigation ...
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30%
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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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30%
Copycat Killer (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When a spate of grisly murders throws a city into chaos, a tenacious prosecutor must brace for a cat-and-mouse game against a dangerous manipulator.
Style: suspenseful, tense, psychological, detective, captivating
Plot: serial killer, murder, secret, investigation, killing spree, murder investigation, serial murder, uncover truth, crime solving, sleuth, police investigation, homicide detective ...
Time: 90s
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29%
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Missing You (2016)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A girl who lost her father to a serial killer, a detective and a killer are intertwined in a chaotic relationship and are met with an unprecedented series of events.
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense, tense, bloody ...
Plot: serial killer, revenge, killings, vengeance, murderer, sleuth, serial murder, killing spree, murder, criminal, homicide detective, police detective ...
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29%
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The Deal (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A cop catches a serial killer who murdered his sister but never finds her body. The lack of closure torments him and drives his brother-in-law insane, who makes a deal with the mafia for revenge.
Style: tense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: serial killer, revenge, murderer, criminal's revenge, jail, police detective, criminal, partners in crime, murder, serial murder, killing spree, forensics ...
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28%
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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
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28%
Sweet Sting of the Black Widow (2022)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story: A serial killer is loose on the streets of LA, leaving behind a steaming trail of bodies marked with lipstick: the calling card of a Black Widow who loves them and leaves them dead. As homicide detectives unravel the case, they discover the victims ...
Style: suspenseful, bleak, captivating, serious, disturbing
Plot: serial killer, homicide detective, ex-cop, investigation, murderer, police detective, mystery killer, homicidal maniac, serial murder, killings, revenge killing, murder investigation ...
Place: los angeles
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27%
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Yara (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The murder of 13-year-old Yara Gambirasio shocks the little town of Brembate di Sopra, Italy. To bring the culprit to justice, prosecutor Letizia Ruggeri only has one tenuous lead: a bit of DNA that's not much help without a database to compare ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: murder, prosecutor, murder investigation, investigation, true crime, cold case, forensics, uncover truth, crime investigation, murder mystery, murderer, homicide detective ...
Place: italy
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27%
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Crystal City (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Investigator Sergei Smirnov, must return to the city of his childhood to investigate some high-profile murders. In Crystal city, there is a maniacal pedophile on the loose. Not only does he torture and kill children, he does it in a devious, brutal ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot: homicide detective, serial murder, unsolved crime, serial killer, murder investigation, investigation, killing spree, forensics, crime solving, murder mystery, murder, tragic past ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
CBI 5: The Brain (2022)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Series of bucket-killing murders happening in the city. Failure to resolve by police, a team of CBI Officers under CBI officer Sethurama Iyer take up the investigation to resolve the never experienced mystery.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: whodunit, murder, killings, murder investigation, investigation, killing spree, sleuth, forensics, crime solving, serial murder, who done it, secret ...
Place: india
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26%
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