Movies like American Psycho
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American Psycho (2000)
825K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, psychological thriller, bloody, twist ending, dark, brutal, surreal, sexy, clever ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, insanity, sociopath, satire, violence, dark humor, psycho killer, materialism, yuppie, nihilism, millionaire, psycho, serial murder, corpse, terror, cannibal, maniac, macabre, disturbed individual, rape, hidden identity, sex, pervert, greed ...
Time:
year 2000, 80s, 2000s, year 1987, y2k, 20th century, contemporary
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, yale university, america, seattle, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
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Most similar movies to American Psycho
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out disturbing, weird, psychological and dark films with plots about violence, blood, serial killer, brutality, death, violent and murder mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like American Psycho: Ichi the Killer (2001), Fight Club (1999), Mr. Brooks (2007), The House That Jack Built (2018), Taxi Driver (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
Style:
disturbing, splatter, sexy, black comedy, frightening ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gory, violence, gang, gangster, sadism, organized crime, massacre, rage, danger, yakuza, psychopath, insanity ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
94%
2.6M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, self destructing, psychology, split personality, plot twist, nihilism, insanity, obsession, dissociative identity disorder, insomnia, identity crisis, mental illness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
delaware, seattle, iran, america, los angeles ...
Similarity:
83%
163K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.
Style:
psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, melancholic, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, split personality, police investigation, imaginary friend, macabre, murder mystery, psycho killer, maniac, schizophrenia, twists and turns, secret ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa, palo alto california, portland oregon
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Denmark, France, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Tunisia
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A depiction of a serial killer's 12 years' worth of murders and how it shaped his prime intelligence.
Style:
scary, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, bleak ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, sadism, cruelty, psychopath as protagonist, sadistic psychopath, maniac, disturbed individual, murder, extreme violence, photograph, hunting ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, 80s
Place:
berlin germany, washington d.c.
Similarity:
88%
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1.0M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
Style:
psychological, neo noir, bleak, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
loner, vigilante, character study, alienation, vigilantism, violence, obsession, loneliness, psychology, lone wolves, taxi, social decay ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, america, harlem ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Demonic gang-leader Alex goes on the spree of rape, mugging and murder with his pack of "droogs". But he's a boy who also likes Beethoven's Ninth and a bit of "the old in-out, in-out". He later finds himself at the ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, psychedelic, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychology, insanity, dystopia, surrealism, gang, rape, violent, controversy, violence, psychopath, sociopath, murder ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, 70s, 80s ...
Place:
britain, london, england, united kingdom, europe
Similarity:
82%
43K
Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.
Style:
disturbing, slasher, scary, sadistic, bloody ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, maniac, obsession, murder, mental illness, violence, insanity, sadism, brutality, childhood trauma, torture, violence spree ...
Time:
80s, year 2012, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
661K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, disturbing, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
character study, sociopath, journalism, obsession, cynicism, psychopath, manipulation, morality, journalist, violence, deception, ethics ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, venice beach california, america ...
Similarity:
89%
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22K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, loose in NYC, kills young women and takes their scalps as trophies. Will he find the perfect woman in photographer Anna, and end his killing spree?
Style:
slasher, frightening, grindhouse, cult horror, splatter ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, maniac, gory, violent, extreme violence, murder, exploitation, schizophrenic, schizophrenia, disturbed individual, male victim, macabre ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
1.7M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Style:
thought provoking, atmospheric, suspense, bleak, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mental illness, villain, loneliness, mental patient, psycho, comedian, psychological trauma, mental disorder, psychopath, social problems, insanity, social decay ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, year 2019, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
new york, new jersey, los angeles, persia, bronx new york city
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Style:
controversial, sexy, black comedy, brutal, sadistic ...
Plot:
dark humor, violence, serial killer, violent, psychopath, mass murder, murderous pair, insanity, satire, brutality, media, on the road ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
new mexico, london, tokyo, europe, east asia ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Austria, Switzerland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A 14-year-old video enthusiast is so caught up in film fantasy that he can no longer relate to the real world, to such an extent that he commits murder and records an on-camera confession for his parents.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, bleak, serious, art house ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
murder, psychopath, obsession, video store, society, atrocity, killer child, child murders a child, human nature, introspection, found footage, extreme ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
austria, egypt, germany, bosnia, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
161K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands by hiring ...
Style:
art house, sexy, bleak, disturbing, harsh ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rape, sexual abuse, revenge, violence, violent, sadism, rape and revenge, sexualized violence, brutality, anal rape, sexual perversion, rape victim ...
Time:
year 2002, turn of the century, year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
89%
16K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter.
Style:
psychological, controversial, slasher, psychological thriller, sexual ...
Plot:
home invasion, maniac, psycho killer, psychopath, brutality, serial killer, necrophilia, mental illness, angst, voice over narration, killer as protagonist, prison ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A mysterious, tall, blonde woman, wearing sunglasses murders one of a psychiatrist's patients, and now she's after the prostitute who witnessed it.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, erotic, slasher horror, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder mystery, serial killer, psychopath, voyeurism, female nudity, murder, voyeur, infidelity, blonde, psycho killer, sexual content, sexual desire ...
Time:
year 1980, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
665K
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 ...
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The activities of rampaging, indiscriminate serial killer Ben are recorded by a willingly complicit documentary team, who eventually become his accomplices and active participants. Ben provides casual commentary on the nature of his work and ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, mockumentary, humorous, brutal ...
Plot:
serial killer, brutality, macabre, rape, violent, found footage, gory, satire, sadistic psychopath, visceral, art, dark humor ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1992
Place:
europe, brussels, belgium, brussels belgium
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Five friends visiting their grandfather's house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, scary, suspenseful, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, massacre, cannibalism, chainsaw, masked killer, murder, homicidal maniac, psychopath, danger, macabre, killer, maniac ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1974, year 1973
Place:
texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, suspense, clever, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, psychopath, perfume, macabre, insanity, genius, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, master apprentice relationship, psycho killer, secret formula ...
Time:
18th century, year 2006, 19th century, georgian era
Place:
france, paris france, europe, barcelona, germany ...
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, enigmatic, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
obsession, manipulation, gay, serial killer, lgbtq, homosexuality, secret identity, gay subtext, psychopath, envy, jealousy, sociopath ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1999, 90s ...
Place:
italy, rome italy, mediterranean sea, europe, persia ...
Similarity:
80%
1.2M
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Style:
psychological, suspense, scary, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, hotel, insanity, supernatural, psychopath, stephen king, ghost, snow, imaginary friend, danger, evil, haunting ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 80s, 1920s, 70s
Place:
colorado, denver colorado, persia, usa, miami ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. But her Faustian relationship ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, scary, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, psychology, cannibalism, kidnapping, maniac, murder investigation, mind game, fbi, cannibal ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, 90s
Place:
pittsburgh, baltimore, persia, usa, memphis ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Butcher (known from Noe's short film Carne) has done some time in jail after beating up the guy who tried to seduce his teenage mentally-handicapped daughter. Now he wants to start a new life. He leaves his daughter in an institution and ...
Style:
depressing, disturbing, psychological, controversial, bloody ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, loneliness, butcher, revenge, incest, alienation, insanity, transgression, violent, existentialism, nihilism, extreme ...
Time:
turn of the century, year 1998, 20th century, 80s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, dark, surreal, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night, kids
Plot:
serial killer, mental illness, psychopath, blood, hearing voices, murder, psychiatrist, schizophrenic, hallucination, dog, childhood trauma, crush ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
hitman, psychopath, shooting, serial killer, peril, desert, human nature, brutality, death, sheriff, cruelty, bounty hunter ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, mexico, america, austin texas ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
Style:
disturbing, tense, neo noir, sexy, harsh ...
Audience:
date night, manly
Plot:
twists and turns, self defense, revenge, violent, small town, organized crime, sex scene, redemption, gangster, sex, murder, attempted robbery ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
indiana, philadelphia, columbus ohio, usa, pennsylvania ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Henry has wandered into a small town looking for work and a place to stay. He gets a job delivering and cleaning porto-potties and moves in with a co-worker until he gets his feet off of the ground. Henry and his new friend soon start to kill.
Style:
slasher, disturbing, scary, psychological, terrifying ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, serial killer as protagonist, exploitation, killer, killing spree, brutality, violence, freak, misfit, psychopath ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
Style:
controversial, disgusting, erotic, extreme horror, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult, teen drama
Plot:
torture, atrocity, sexual perversion, sex, fascism, sexual abuse, sexual torture, sadism, brutality, rape, libertine, captivity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1975, 20th century, year 1943, year 1944 ...
Place:
italy, europe, latin america
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Three handicapped losers who form a band ask famous writer Dries to be their drummer. He joins the band and starts manipulating them.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, erotic, dark comedy, semi serious ...
Plot:
rock, punk, nihilism, strong sexual content, male rape, misogynist, homosexual, erotic scene, transgression, making love, extreme, homosexual rape ...
Time:
near future, 21st century
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A restaurant employee wanted for murder contracts Ebola by raping a woman in South Africa and starts an outbreak there and in Hong Kong when he returns home.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, bloody, rough, extreme horror ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape, murder, virus, serial killer, cannibalism, deadly virus, female nudity, brutality, infection, dark humor, threesome, sex ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 80s, 20th century, year 1986
Place:
south africa, africa, china, hong kong, asia ...
Similarity:
100%
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