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The Murders at White House Farm (2020)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 277 min.
TV show
Story: Factual drama based on the notorious Whitehouse Farm murders, and the ensuing police investigation and court case.
Style: suspenseful, serious, captivating, realistic, tense ...
Plot: murder, murder trial, true crime, police investigation, schizophrenic, adopted son, murder mystery, murder case, farmhouse, murder investigation, investigation, crime investigation ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: united kingdom
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 7.6
 10K
Manhunt (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The true story of London Metropolitan police detective Colin Sutton's manhunt for serial killer Levi Bellfield.
Style: detective, suspense, exciting, rough, disturbing ...
Plot: police detective, serial killer, murder, police, true crime, criminal, victim, brutality, blood, who done it, law, law enforcement ...
Time: future
Place: london
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The Craigslist Killer (2011)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Based on a true story. Philip Markoff, a charismatic and popular med student at Boston University, leads a double life as a brutal and cruel sexual deviant who abuses prostitutes he finds via Craigslist.
Style: suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, true crime, protagonist as suspect, computers and web, unlikely criminals, mind game, suicide, double life, student, villain, love ...
Time: 2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place: boston
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American Crime Story (2016)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminals.
Style: anthology, realistic, serious, feel good, mind blowing ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: courtroom drama, true crime, murder, crime investigation, courtroom, legal investigation, police, racism, society, gay, legal action, lawyer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, europe, los angeles, california, beverly hills
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Dateline: Secrets Uncovered (2017)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
TV show
Story: For more than 25 years, Dateline has brought viewers investigations into some of biggest mysteries in America. This entry in the franchise takes a second look at some of the most mysterious cases of recent history.
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: true crime, investigation, murder investigation, investigative journalism, crime investigation, investigative reporter, uncover truth, crime scene, crime solving, suspicion of murder, murder, interview ...
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Prosecuting Casey Anthony (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: "Prosecuting Casey Anthony" reveals Florida prosecutor, Jeff Ashton’s inside story of the true crime drama that captivated and then shocked the nation when Caylee Anthony’s mother, Casey, was acquitted of killing her daughter, despite ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, serious, realistic, detective ...
Plot: trial, true crime, courtroom drama, investigation, murder, legal, dedicated lawyer, obsession, courtroom, life is a bitch, law, criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, usa
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The Girl from Plainville (2022)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story: The controversial case of Michelle Carter, who was convicted in 2017 of involuntary manslaughter for encouraging the suicide of her then-boyfriend via texts and phone calls.
Style: psychological, tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: true crime, suicide, murder, victim, forced suicide, relationship problems, accused of murder, framed for murder, life is a bitch, male female relationship, female protagonist, relationships ...
Time: 2010s
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Murder by Numbers (2017)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Each episode of this true-crime series begins with the grisly discovery of a body and the onset of an intense investigation. When police think they've solved the case, shocking twists sends each investigation into the depths of evil.
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: true crime, investigation, murder, murder investigation, police, murderer, police investigation, serial murder, chase, violence, vengeance, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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A Killer Among Friends (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The film tells why a girl was killed by two of her best friends.
Style: unusual plot structure, suspense, enigmatic, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience: teens, toddlers
Plot: true crime, murder, drowning, family relations, grief, lie, killer, false friend, investigation, rivalry, teenager, rivals ...
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 8.6
 331K
Mindhunter (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
Style: psychological thriller, detective, psychological, thought provoking, crime drama ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, psychology, fbi, police, serial murder, murderer, criminal psychologist, police investigation, killings, fbi agent, murder ...
Time: 70s, 2010s, 80s
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 6.7
 41K
Summer of Sam (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, killer, murder, psychopath, punk, infidelity, true crime, lust, dark humor, punk rock, drug, profanity ...
Time: 70s, 90s, year 1999, year 1977, 20th century
Place: usa, new york, harlem, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
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In Plain Sight (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the true story of Lanarkshire detective William Muncie’s quest to bring to justice notorious Scottish killer Peter Manuel.
Style: detective, captivating, suspense, slasher, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, true crime, investigation, murder, rapist, police detective, murder investigation, police investigation, brutality, violent, maniac, who done it ...
Time: 50s, 1950s
Place: scotland
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Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
TV show
Story: About the infamous murder of six year old child beauty pageant contestant JonBenét Ramsey and the hysterical media coverage that made the investigation even more difficult.
Style: serious, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: true crime, murder, child murder, police investigation, who done it, family relations, law enforcement, dishonesty, media, small town, parents and children, small town life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: colorado
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 6.3
 532
Macabre (2019)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In the 1990s, two brothers were accused of murdering eight women, one man and one child in the Serra dos Órgãos region. In the eyes of the suspects, Sergeant Téo realizes that the trial of the press, police and local society is fundamentally ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, suspense
Plot: true crime, homicidal maniac, murder, investigation, necrophilia, killings, brother brother relationship, serial murder, killing spree, murderer, murder mystery, necrophiliac ...
Time: 90s
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil
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 7.3
 161K
Monster (2003)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Aileen Wuornos is an emotionally scarred highway hooker who shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.
Style: bleak, disturbing, psychological, depressing, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, lesbian, homeless, prostitute, lesbian love, mental illness, rape, female serial killer, murder, borderline personality disorder, gay, couples ...
Time: year 2003, 20th century, 80s, 2000s, 90s
Place: florida, usa, michigan, miami, ohio
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 6.5
 19K
City of Lies (2018)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Los Angeles Police Department detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve his biggest case -- the murders of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur -- but after two decades, the investigation remains open. Jack Jackson, a reporter ...
Style: hood, serious, realistic, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot: true crime, murder investigation, police officer killed, undercover agent, police detective, interview, police corruption, uncover truth, partner, gang, law enforcement, who done it ...
Time: year 2015, year 1997, 90s
Place: los angeles, las vegas, california
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Murderous Maids (2000)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Based on the true story of two chambermaids (the Papin sisters) of 1930s France who murdered their employer and her daughter. Christine Papin (Sylvie Testud), and Léa Papin (Julie-Marie Parmentier) are sisters with an already troubled past. Madame ...
Style: serious, disturbing, realistic, suspense, exciting ...
Plot: lesbian incest, lesbian, true crime, murder, master and servant, couple relations, sexual relations, family relations, couples, infidelity, forbidden love, lgbtq ...
Time: 1930s
Place: france, europe
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The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade (2016)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Investigation Discovery transports viewers on a bittersweet and terrifying journey back in time, revealing the dark side of America's favorite decade.
Style: tense, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative, suspense ...
Plot: true crime, murder, investigation, murder investigation, uncover truth, escapades, who done it, partners against crime, serial murder, vengeance, suspicion, victim ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa
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Gone (2019)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When the detectives won’t believe she was abducted, a woman must do her own investigation to identify the person who kidnapped her.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: true crime, kidnapped woman, kidnapping, investigation, family reunited, kidnapped, crime investigation, violence, female protagonist, nypd, marriage proposal, medication ...
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Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 206 min.
Story: When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
Style: thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, detective, psychological ...
Plot: native american, murder, courtroom, greed, genocide, fbi, true crime, oil, interracial marriage, investigation, modern western, serial murder ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: oklahoma
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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Henry likes to kill people, in different ways each time. Henry shares an apartment with Otis. When Otis' sister comes to stay, we see both sides of Henry: "the guy next door" and the serial killer.
Style: scary, disturbing, realistic, independent film, sadistic ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, insanity, gory, maniac, rape, killing spree, incest, violent, true crime, violence ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa, midwest
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 8.1
 5K
Three Girls (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 177 min.
TV show
Story: The story of three of the children who were victims in the 2012 grooming and sex trafficking case in Rochdale, for which nine men were convicted and sentenced. The drama explores how these girls were groomed, how they were ignored by the authorities ...
Style: suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: human trafficking, teenage girl, rape, sex slave, working class, sexual abuse, police investigation, court case, true crime, child sexual abuse, friendship, sexualized violence ...
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Dance with a Stranger (1985)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain, Mike Newell's Dance With a Stranger (1985) concentrates on Ellis's (Richardson) short-lived relationship with motor-racing driver David Blakely (Rupert Everett).
Style: disturbing, independent film, neo noir, touching, realistic ...
Plot: murder, obsession, single mother, nightclub, true crime, jealousy, revenge, abusive relationship, execution, women, death penalty, female criminal ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: england, europe, london
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True Nightmares (2015)
Genre: History, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
TV show
Story: True stories of murder and mayhem morph into urban legends like the bogeyman or the monster under the bed - haunting our childhoods and scaring us throughout our lives.
Style: anthology, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: true crime, folk horror, murder mystery, killings, murderer, multiple storylines, killing spree, urban legend, murder, serial killer, serial murder, conspiracy ...
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The Real Story with Maria Elena Salinas (2017)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Investigative journalist Maria Elena Salinas peels back the layers of national headline-making crimes in search of new evidence, unheard perspectives, and updates to the cases.
Style: captivating
Plot: true crime, journalist, investigative journalism, secret, female protagonist, who done it, crime investigation, investigative reporter, private investigation, female journalist, journalism, investigation ...
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See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: The film is the first known dramatisation of one of the most notorious killing sprees in British history and was made to mark the fortieth anniversary of Hindley and Brady's trial. It was made with the full backing of the victims' ...
Style: disturbing, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, murder, investigation, death of child, rivalry, life is a bitch, true crime, husband wife relationship, sister sister relationship, killer ...
Time: 60s, year 1964, year 1966, year 1963, year 1965
Place: england, yorkshire, northern england, europe, manchester
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The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 185 min.
TV show
Story: Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Theodore Robert Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the ...
Style: psychotronic, tense, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, true crime, killer, psychopath, murder, manhunt, ted bundy, murderer, politics, criminal, woman in danger, mental illness ...
Time: 80s, 70s
Place: seattle, utah, colorado, usa
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The Hunt with John Walsh (2014)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: There are among the thousands of fugitives who avoid criminal prosecution in the United States every year. Find out more about these fugitives and join John Walsh in his quest to track them down and bring them to justice
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, captivating
Plot: true crime, manhunt, wanted, fugitives, chases and races, rapist, exodus
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 3.4
 1K
Nightstalker (2002)
Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A stylish horror film based on the life of Richard Ramirez, aka the Nightstalker, who terrorized people in Los Angeles during the 1980s.
Style: suspense, slasher, serious, scary, disturbing ...
Plot: serial killer, police detective, true crime, police investigation, psychopath, murder, danger, mind game, law enforcement, murderous pair, violence, biopic ...
Time: 80s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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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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