Movies like The Alphabet Killer
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The Alphabet Killer (2008)
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of double killings occurring in Rochester, NY during the 80’s and the troubled police officer determined to solve them, with or without the help of her department
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, slasher, psychological thriller
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, mental illness, police investigation, obsession, uncover truth, psychopath, mind game, haunted by the past, woman in danger, killer, murder, monster, murderer, paranormal, suspense, conspiracy, child, schizophrenia, female detective, policewoman, life is a bitch, law enforcement, obsessive quest, sniper ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
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Most similar movies to The Alphabet Killer
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and rough films with plots about serial killer, deadly, murder, law enforcement, police investigation, psychopath and investigation mostly in Crime, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Alphabet Killer: The Zodiac (2005), Son of Sam (2008), American Crime (2004), Curse of the Zodiac (2007), Skeletons in the Closet (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, investigation, psychopath, murder, police detective, obsession, killing spree, mind game, family conflict, law enforcement, journalism, true crime ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
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100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
This chilling tale recounts the late 70's in New York City, when a serial killer on the loose dubbed "Son of Sam" creates havoc. When arrested, "Son of Sam" tells police he was influenced by a satanic cult. New York would ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, police investigation, law enforcement, investigation, rivalry, mind game, curses spells and rituals, murderer, satanist, tough guy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young smalltown reporter, Jessie St. Claire, begins investigating a killer stalking his victims making video tapes. This might just be the career opportunity, which she has hoped for. When she herself becomes a target and suddenly disappears, the ...
Style:
serious, scary, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, stalking, uncover truth, mind game, investigation, who done it, law enforcement, media, journalism, protagonist as suspect ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Genre guru Ulli Lommel (THE BOOGEYMAN, BTK KILLER) directs this horror film about the infamous Zodiac killer. Though decades have passed since the multiple murderer held the state of California hostage with fear, the mystery of his identity has ...
Style:
scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller
Plot:
serial killer, murder, woman in danger, police investigation, law enforcement, curses spells and rituals, psychopath, journalism, investigation, mind game, amateur detective, killer ...
Time:
70s
Place:
san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A father suspects his son to be a murderer...or is he just paranoid and trying to cover up his own past which involves his wife being killed in a fire?
Style:
psychological, serious, bleak, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, mysterious character, uncover truth, mind game, haunted by the past, law enforcement, life is a bitch, psychopath, who done it, protagonist as suspect ...
Place:
new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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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:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing
Plot:
serial killer, child murder, investigation, police detective, psychopath, obsession, kidnapping, killer, cannibal, cannibalism, missing child, true crime ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 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, suspenseful, serious, psychological
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, investigation, amateur detective, murder, psychopath, mind game, rivalry, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, who done it, police investigation ...
Place:
usa, new york, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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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:
slasher, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, violence spree, murder, investigation, police detective, law enforcement, woman in danger, stalking, true crime, killer, suspense, rivalry ...
Time:
70s
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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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, rough, serious, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murder, missing person, investigation, mentally unstable, witnessing a crime, police investigation, woman in danger, police detective, reluctant partners, mind game ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
From 1979 to 1981, 29 African-American males, mostly children, were either missing or found murdered in metro Atlanta. The cases plagued the city until 1982, when Wayne Wiiliams was convicted of the murders of two adult men. Authorities then ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, journalism, investigation, murder, uncover truth, psychopath, who done it, legal, manhunt, law enforcement, child murder investigation, child murder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
atlanta georgia, usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Movies similar to The Bone Collector
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The sins of the past are not forgotten in this chilling suspense thriller. When the first body was discovered, it seemed a coincidence. But now homicide detective Jack Verdon has cause to worry: the victims of a series of brutal sex murders are all ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, cop as target, murder, uncover truth, woman in danger, police investigation, law enforcement, dishonesty, life is a bitch, false accusation, killer, murderer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, N.Y. but when his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any professional restraint to get the killer.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, realistic, rough, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, police detective, investigation, graphic violence, homicide detective, obsession, confined, vigilantism, manhunt, track down, hunting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The nature and lure of power: in Dallas, a councilman is on trial for corruption, the D.A. is running for the US Senate, a serial killer is slashing prostitutes, and a professor is murdered. Amanda Reeve is assigned to investigate the law-school ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, politician, investigation, life is a bitch, uncover truth, police corruption, partners against crime, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, who done it ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A killer of Detroit clergy confesses to a priest (Donald Sutherland), who turns sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
Style:
disturbing, serious, bleak, atmospheric, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, investigation, society, legal, uncover truth, clergy, who done it ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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, slasher, serious, scary, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, violence spree, law enforcement, psychopath, stalking, mind game, killer, criminal, suspense, pig killer ...
Time:
50s
Place:
usa, wisconsin, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Movies like The Number 23
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set in Los Angeles with two converging plot lines – The first involves an uneasy relationship between a psychologically unstable landlady and her enigmatic lodger – The second is about a troubled detective engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with ...
Style:
serious, bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric, surprise ending ...
Plot:
police investigation, serial killer, police detective, murder, mind game, mysterious character, mental patient, haunted by the past, psychopath, insanity, husband wife relationship, hallucination ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, santa monica california
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In order to see magic idol Krell Darius perform his world-famous magic act, a beautiful aspiring young-magician, Tatiana, travels from New York to Las Vegas with her closest friends, BFFs, Elena and Vera. As the layers of illusion unfold, so too do ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, haunted by the past, police detective, manipulation, murder, dishonesty, magic, wizards and magicians, mythical creature, mysticism, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecktor, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecktor to capture a new killer.
Style:
suspenseful, neo noir, scary, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, fbi, suspense, murder mystery, profiler, obsession, mind game, violence, brutality, psychology ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
canada, alabama, maryland, washington d.c., florida ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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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:
psychological, serious, scary, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, prison, confined, prison life, law enforcement, killer, suspense, manipulation, woman in danger, rivalry, true crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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:
suspenseful, psychological, intense, intellectual, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
psychopath, murder, suspense, fbi, sociopath, strong female lead, serial killer, police investigation, brutality, investigation, haunted by the past, murder investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The story of Martha Moxley, 15 year old girl murdered in Greenwich in the 1970's, her murder going unsolved for 25 years.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, talky
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, fighting the system, uncover truth, murder suspect, who done it, false accusation, protagonist as suspect, police investigation, haunted by the past, small town life, teenage life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, wannabe, murder, police detective, police investigation, mind game, psychopath, woman in danger, rivalry, master criminal, obsession, suspense ...
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
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48%
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, realistic, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murder, interrogation, mind game, police investigation, who done it, mental illness, life is a bitch, killer, misogynist, serial rapist ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer. His victims are young and pretty women, which he rapes and murders. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, neo noir, sexy ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, father daughter relationship, police investigation, kidnapping, manipulation, murder mystery, obsession, police detective, investigation, psychopath, woman in danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new orleans, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eve Duncan is contacted, 10 years after the disappearance and murder of her 7-year-old daughter Bonnie, by a man claiming to be her killer. Taunted by his clues about Bonnie's case and his threats to kill again, she throws herself into her ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, track down, haunted by the past, suspense, murder, death, strong female presence, riddles and clues, foster home, lifetime, child abduction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing spree linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, scary, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, twists and turns, death, murder investigation, police, torture, psychopath, interrogation, orphan, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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:
surprise ending, suspenseful, twist ending, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, revenge, twists and turns, police investigation, killer, murder, justice, suspense, vigilantism, gangsters, police, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A serial killer is loose on the streets of Atlantic City. His ten victims are prostitutes, his methods are ruthless and yet his motives are unknown. Two embattled homicide detectives, Mayfield and Jesse, are in a race against time to catch this ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, slasher, mind bending ...
Plot:
serial killer, homicide detective, race against time, police investigation, amateur detective, law enforcement, who done it, murder, suspense, tough heroes, partners against crime, police officer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Samuel Browne is a tracker in Alaska. When his sister meets a grisly death in San Francisco, he goes there to hunt her killer. As more murders occur, police investigator Buckley Clarke reluctantly joins forces with Sam. The brass are convinced this ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, haunted by the past, vengeance, animal life, amateur detective, law enforcement, psychopath, obsessive quest, police investigation, gang ...
Place:
san francisco, south africa, alaska, usa, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, 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:
slasher, serious, disturbing, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, obsession, psychopath, woman in danger, violence spree, killer, villain, human nature, male female relationship, deadly, gory
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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