Movies like Boston Strangler

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Boston Strangler (2023)
 6.5
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Boston Strangler (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the line in their quest to uncover the truth.
Style: detective, psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, period piece, historical drama, interesting
Plot: serial killer, true crime, investigative journalism, journalism, murder investigation, murderer, investigation, murder, criminal, reporter, secret, strangler, female journalist, female reporter, serial murder, killing spree, investigative reporter, killings, homicidal maniac, sleuth, female detective, crime investigation, murder mystery, forensics, psycho killer ...
Time: 60s, year 1964, 1960s
Place: boston
Keyword: attack

Most similar movies to Boston Strangler

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, suspenseful and tense films with plots about investigation, murder investigation, murder, murderer, uncover truth, killings and crime investigation mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Boston Strangler: Zodiac (2007), Just a Cop (2015), Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021), The Angel Maker (2023), Lawless: Dead Evidence (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Zodiac (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story: The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are ...
Style: atmospheric, suspense, tense, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder, murder mystery, maniac, journalism, mind game, journalist, paranoia, killings, killer, true crime ...
Time: 70s, year 2007, 60s, 20th century, year 1970 ...
Place: san francisco, california, bay area, usa, oakland california ...
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 6.3
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Just a Cop (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Serial killer Guy Georges' hunt by a female captain who created a DNA database that revolutionized the police methods.
Style: psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, detective, captivating
Plot: serial killer, investigation, serial murder, killing spree, female detective, forensics, murder investigation, detective inspector, who done it, police detective, sleuth, murderer ...
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Lawless: Dead Evidence (2001)
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A killer thought behind bars is killing again. It's up to John Lawless (Kevin Smith) and Jodie Keane (Angelina Dotchin) to stop the murders.
Style: detective, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot: sleuth, murder mystery, crime investigation, killings, police investigation, serial killer, who done it, murder investigation, murder, uncover truth, investigation, private investigator ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 4.1
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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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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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36%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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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 ⇓
34%
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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Loves Music, Loves To Dance (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In order to solve the mystery of her best friend's murder, Darcy decides to date each one of her friend's on-line pals to see which one of them might have something to do with it.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling
Plot: murder, murder mystery, crime solving, crime investigation, female protagonist, murderer, murder investigation, investigation, problem, who done it, uncover truth, serial killer ...
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34%
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Hinterland (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Austria, Luxembourg
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Vienna, 1920. The Austro-Hungarian Empire has collapsed. Peter Perg returns home from the Great War, after years of captivity. But the Vienna he comes home to is nothing like the place he once knew. The new Austrian Republic thrives on social and ...
Style: thrilling, suspenseful, tense, captivating, expressionism ...
Plot: serial killer, interwar period, investigation, murder investigation, homicide detective, criminal's revenge, uncover truth, forensics, secret, murder mystery, crime solving, police detective ...
Place: austria, germany
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33%
 5.2
 574
Ferocious Wolf (2023)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Uruguay, Argentina
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A detective on trail of a suspected child killer, was arrested for the crime, but was allowed to walk free after a clerical error. The detective enlists the mother of the murdered child to exact a justice the legal system can't provide.
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot: crime investigation, who done it, murder mystery, murder, murder investigation, police detective, murderer, teamwork, killings, threat, serial killer, investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.5
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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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33%
A Private Affair (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 45 min.
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Story: Marina Quiroga, a daring upper-class girl with a detective's soul, sets off to catch the serial killer that has been terrorizing her town with her faithful butler Hector's help.
Style: tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, serial murder, investigation, private investigation, murder mystery, murder investigation, teamwork, female detective, uncover truth, private detective, secret, amateur sleuth ...
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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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33%
Francesca Quinn, PI (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When private investigator Francesca “Frankie” Quinn’s fiancé is murdered, his sister hires her to find the killer. Frankie must work with Wyn, the local detective assigned to the case…who also happens to be her ex. As the one-time couple ...
Style: suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, tense, captivating
Plot: murder investigation, crime investigation, police investigation, murderer, private investigator, crime solving, homicide detective, secret, uncover truth, murder mystery, murder, who done it ...
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33%
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The Voice of Sin (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Eiji Akutsu is a newspaper reporter. He is working on unsolved case that took place 30 years ago.The case involved a group of people extorting several companies for money. The group sent cassette tapes to the companies. Eiji Akutsu comes across a ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot: cold case, investigative journalism, investigation, crime solving, crime investigation, investigative reporter, uncover truth, gangster, secret, murder investigation, reporter, news reporter ...
Place: japan, kyoto japan
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33%
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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 ...
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Ripper's Revenge (2023)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: One year on from the notorious Ripper murders, London is terrorised once again by a series of brutal killings. When gruesome letters from the Ripper begin landing on his desk, an innocent reporter finds himself drawn into a deadly mystery, ...
Style: psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot: murder, investigation, murder investigation, serial murder, murderer, private investigation, killing spree, murder mystery, undercover, puzzle, killings, homicidal maniac ...
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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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James Patterson's Murder is Forever (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A crime series featuring real stories packed with shocking twists and turns.
Style: detective, psychological, anthology, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot: true crime, killings, murder investigation, who done it, murderer, murder, crime solving, crime investigation, investigation, murder mystery, uncover truth, discovery ...
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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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%
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 ...
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31%
Who Killed JonBenét? (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The disturbing true story of JonBenet Ramsey, the six-year-old beauty queen whose murder in her Colorado home remains unsolved.
Style: thrilling, tense, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: murderer, undercover, crime investigation, investigation, murder mystery, murder, child murder, killings, secret, who done it, murder investigation, unsolved crime
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30%
Grave Mysteries (2017)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
TV show
Story: In a gripping six-part mini-series, police pursue baffling murder cases. To catch the killer, detectives must reconstruct the victim's life.
Style: tense, psychological, thrilling, detective, captivating
Plot: murder, murderer, murder mystery, police detective, investigation, murder investigation, partners against crime, police investigation, killing spree, homicide detective, fighting crime, true crime ...
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30%
The Rideshare Killer (2022)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The young female CEO of a new ridesharing app must stop a serial killer who's using the app to lure victims into his car.
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: crime investigation, secret, murder investigation, serial killer, private investigator, uncover truth, murderer, murder, murder mystery, investigation, workplace, amateur sleuth ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Net – Promised Land (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Style: captivating, tense, thrilling, suspenseful
Plot: murder investigation, murder witness, private investigation, investigation, teamwork, corporation, witness, murderer, witnessing a crime, murder, female protagonist, criminal ...
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30%
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