Movies like Boston Strangler
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Boston Strangler (2023)
41K
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, period piece, psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, historical drama, dramatic, factual ...
Plot:
strangler, serial killer, investigative journalism, true crime, female detective, crime investigation, amateur sleuth, journalism, murder investigation, investigative reporter, murderer, investigation, murder, criminal, reporter, sexism, secret, female journalist, female reporter, serial murder, killing spree, homicidal maniac, sleuth, murder mystery, forensics ...
Time:
60s, year 1962, year 1964, year 1965, 1960s
Place:
boston, new york, michigan, massachusetts
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Most similar movies to Boston Strangler
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, captivating, psychological and tense films with plots about investigation, murder investigation, murder, crime investigation, murderer, murder mystery and serial killer mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Boston Strangler: Zodiac (2007), Happy Face Killer (2014), The Abandoned (2022), Just a Cop (2015), Boneyard (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, tense, suspense, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, journalism, maniac, murder mystery, mind game, journalist, true crime, paranoia, killer, uncover truth ...
Time:
70s, year 2007, year 1971, year 1969, year 1979 ...
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa, oakland california ...
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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, crime drama, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, murder, true crime, murderer, homicidal maniac, serial murder, taunting, killing, crime solving, investigation, uncover truth ...
Place:
north america, oregon
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
When a mysterious corpse is found in a river, a distressed police officer delves into a string of grisly murders as danger quickly approaches.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, detective, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, serial killer, mental issues, investigation, killing, murder mystery, murderer, police investigation, killing spree, who done it, homicide detective ...
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33%
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:
captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, detective
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, female detective, killing spree, serial murder, killing, forensics, who done it, detective inspector, murder investigation, crime investigation, secret ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After Police Chief Carter discovers the remains of eleven women, FBI Special Agent Petrovick is recruited to profile the serial killer responsible for the infamous "boneyard" killings. As the police force, narcotics agency, and FBI lock ...
Style:
captivating, tense, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
murder investigation, murder mystery, whodunit, serial murder, serial killer, killing spree, crime investigation, homicide detective, police investigation, murderer, murder, uncover truth ...
Similarity:
33%
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:
captivating, suspenseful, suspense, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, mysterious villain, true crime, murder, murder investigation, investigation, killing, crime solving, crime investigation, murder mystery, fbi investigation, uncover truth ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A private investigator is forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor, who is implicated in the crimes.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, detective, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
female detective, serial killer, private investigator, investigation, killer, killing, homicide detective, serial murder, murder investigation, murder mystery, female police detective, murder ...
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33%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story, rookie detective Linda Murphy (Sarah Drew) is fresh out of the police academy when she hears her boss, detective David Goodman (Eric Keenleyside) talking about a serial killer in the area who seems to be targeting sex ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police detective, female detective, female police detective, killing, who done it, uncover truth, investigation, murder mystery, sex crime, murder investigation ...
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Chicago detective travels to Scotland after an emerging serial killer’s crimes match those that he investigated five years earlier, one of which was the crime scene of his murdered girlfriend.
Style:
detective, neo noir, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
murder mystery, police detective, whodunit, serial killer, murder, killer, murder investigation, police investigation, black cop, investigation, police, murderer ...
Place:
scotland, edinburgh scotland, united kingdom, ireland, chicago ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, rough, suspense, retro ...
Plot:
serial killer, strangulation, true crime, split personality, murder, double life, police detective, serial rapist, police investigation, psychopath, strangler, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, year 1968, 60s, year 1963
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, new england
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A woman wakes up next to a dead body and proceeds to try to figure out what happened the previous night.
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological
Plot:
remorse, murder, murderer, crime solving, who done it, investigation, problem, crime investigation, uncover truth, secret, corpse, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 190 min.
Story:
Based on the case of the serial killer Donato Bilancia, who murdered 17 people between 1998 and 2000 in Genova.
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, psychological, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, psycho killer, serial murder, homicidal maniac, killing spree, murder investigation, homicide detective, game of death, crime investigation, killing, police detective, criminal ...
Similarity:
32%
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:
suspenseful, thrilling, tense, captivating, expressionism ...
Plot:
serial killer, interwar period, homicide detective, investigation, murder investigation, crime solving, police detective, vengeance, murder mystery, murder, secret, forensics ...
Place:
austria, germany
Similarity:
31%
108K
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:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
murder, police investigation, criminal, homicide detective, police psychologist, real estate agent, murder investigation, secret, sleuth, forensics, crime investigation, uncover truth ...
Place:
new england, maine
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31%
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:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, period piece, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, serial murder, cold case, police, police detective, investigation, murder, missing person, police station, murder investigation, crime investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, persia, california
Similarity:
31%
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, enigmatic, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
cold case, crime solving, crime investigation, uncover truth, investigation, investigative reporter, investigative journalism, problem, gangster, murder investigation, journalist, secret ...
Place:
japan, kyoto japan
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30%
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, tense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, serial killer, private investigator, sleuth, crime solving, who done it, police investigation, murder investigation, murderer, murder mystery, crime investigation ...
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117
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
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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:
psychological, detective, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
serial killer, killing, murderer, killing spree, serial murder, problem, detective inspector, crime investigation, homicide detective, crime solving, secret, murder ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Horror, 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, thrilling, suspenseful, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
female police detective, serial killer, murder investigation, computer hacker, killing, murderer, psycho killer, serial murder, killing spree, homicidal maniac, murder mystery, sleuth ...
Time:
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Similarity:
30%
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:
captivating, tense, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
homicide detective, serial killer, killing spree, police partner, murder, crime investigation, killing, homicidal maniac, serial murder, murder investigation, fighting crime, manhunt ...
Similarity:
30%
239
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The shocking story of Joel Rifkin, a troubled young man whose hidden fantasies of power and control combined with his obsessive dedication to prostitutes led him to embark on one of the New York area’s most notorious murder sprees, claiming ...
Style:
tense, scary, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, murderer, homicidal maniac, maniac, psycho killer, female victim, true crime, murder, prostitute, prostitution, killing, cold blooded killer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
30%
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:
psychological, suspenseful, detective, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, homicide detective, secret, serial murder, killing spree, murder investigation, killing, murder mystery, detective inspector, forensics ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
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, private investigation, female detective, amateur sleuth, investigation, murder investigation, murder mystery, serial murder, killing, secret, private detective, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
30%
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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, clever, atmospheric, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
maniac, fbi, murderer, true crime, unsolved crime, homicide detective, mysterious villain, mind game, investigation, murder investigation, homicidal maniac, murder mystery ...
Similarity:
30%
26K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people. His victims were mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a communists state, the police investigations were hampered by bureaucracy, ...
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, factual, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, corpse, communism, investigation, forensics, murder, police investigation, sexual sadism, train, bureaucracy, true crime, politics ...
Time:
year 1990, 90s, 20th century, year 1983, year 1984 ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr, california
Similarity:
30%
190
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:
tense, detective, crime thriller, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, homicide detective, murder investigation, crime investigation, who done it, uncover truth, crime solving, murderer, sleuth, killing ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A journalist and her son's pregnant girlfriend attempt to track down those responsible for the murder of her estranged son. Together, they confront a world of drugs and corruption in the underbelly of their small city in upstate New York, where ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
pregnant woman, murder mystery, grief, whodunit, women, female journalist, uncover truth, murderer, crime solving, murder investigation, investigative journalism, loss of family member ...
Similarity:
30%
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:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot:
homicidal maniac, killing spree, murder, murderer, fbi agent, murder mystery, crime solving, murder investigation, killing, catholic priest, maniac, detective inspector ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When a ruthless serial killer terrorizes a small Southern town, everyone becomes a suspect -- including local authorities. As the body count rises and the dark mystery deepens, the chief detective becomes haunted by the horrors of his past.
Style:
psychological, detective, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
murder investigation, serial killer, town, murder mystery, whodunit, killing, serial murder, killing spree, uncover truth, small town life, secret, police investigation ...
Similarity:
29%
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:
suspenseful, suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
serial murder, sleuth, serial killer, murder mystery, detective inspector, cold case, forensics, crime solving, murder investigation, investigation, killing, killing spree ...
Place:
nova scotia, boston
Similarity:
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