Murderous scheme movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant murderous scheme movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out crying, suspense, dark comedy, psychological thriller, independent film and psychotronic films and TV shows about / with murderous scheme, scheme, murder, bare chested male, death, listening to music, secretly observing, cigarette smoking, male objectification and barefoot male plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Horror genres shot in USA, UK, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as murderous scheme: Killing Dad (1989), The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968), Delicious (2025), Careful What You Wish For (2015), The Nights of Prague (1969), Morgiana (1972), Paranoia (1969), Picco (2010), Scoop (2006), Night Train to Terror (1985).

List of murderous scheme movies

 4.5
 294
Killing Dad (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A man, always very devoted to his mother, decides to look for his father whom he never met. He meats a seducing older woman prone to drinking and her aged boyfriend whom she grew tired of.
Style: independent film, dark comedy, black comedy, crying, non-linear ...
Plot: on off relationship, caught having sex, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, older man younger woman relationship, husband wife reunion, dark humor, estranged son, love hate relationship, estranged father, father issues, drunkenness, single mother ...
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The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young newlywed couple from America returns to Geneva to visit Marcel's home town. Once there he is informed of his former lover's suicide and in turn is subjected to threats that accuse him of being responsible for her death and further, ...
Style: psycho sexual, psychological thriller, sexy, crying, neo noir ...
Plot: female nudity, female orgasm, dead body, mysterious telephone call, violence, game, striptease, car wash, death threat, murder, boxing, suspicion ...
Place: switzerland, geneva switzerland
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 4.4
 6K
Delicious (2025)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: During their vacation in the French countryside, a wealthy German family becomes entangled with a young hotel worker harboring sinister intentions.
Style: psychological thriller, sinister, tense, suspense, atmospheric ...
Plot: psychological manipulation, wealthy family, secrets, manipulation, moral ambiguity, domestic drama, family conflict, isolation, haunting, betrayal, cat and mouse, intimate ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: europe, marseille
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Careful What You Wish For (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.
Style: suspense, sexy, suspenseful, erotic, psychological thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, adultery, infidelity, twists and turns, dangerous attraction, seduction, fatal attraction, sex scene, abusive husband, murder, cheating wife, female nudity ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
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The Nights of Prague (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Prague - mystical city. It was here in the Middle Ages, alchemists and magicians gathered. Rumor has it that the house of Prague hide secret obtain the philosopher's stone, and complex multi-level labyrinth of underground tunnels and cellars ...
Style: anthology, psychotronic, dark comedy, horror comedy, costume drama ...
Plot: selfish woman, accomplice, murderous scheme, killing spree, manipulation, supernatural horror, greed, scheme, villainess, ghost story, greedy woman, repeated event ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: europe, central europe, prague
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 7.1
 2K
Morgiana (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Jealous of her vapidly "good" sister's popularity, poisonous Viktoria doses pretty Klara's tea with a slow-acting fatal substance. As the latter grows hysterically weak, the former finds success increasingly compromised by guilt, ...
Style: dark comedy, gothic horror, black comedy, gothic, phantasmagoric ...
Plot: murder, sister sister relationship, sister, sibling rivalry, nudity, female nudity, jealousy, poison, inheritance, terror, folk horror, renaissance ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s
Place: czechoslovakia, eastern europe, czech republic
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 6.0
 2K
Paranoia (1969)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Kathryn West, a glamorous American widow, arrives in Italy several weeks after the death of her older, extremely wealthy husband. With the help of Brian, her lawyer, Kathryn moves into a luxurious villa and proceeds to lead a lonely, uneventful ...
Style: suspense, psychological thriller, slasher, psychotronic, surprise ending ...
Plot: nudity, sexual attraction, exhibitionism, erotica, sex, widow, older woman younger man relationship, female exhibitionist, family affairs, alcoholism, cat, addiction ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: rome italy, london, europe, scotland yard
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 7.1
 807
Picco (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Kevin is new in youth prison. Due to over-occupancy he has to share a cell with Tommy, Andy and Marc. A partnership of convenience in a system where only the strong prevail and which is dominated by violence and latent aggression. Oppression and ...
Style: emotional, rough, serious, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: male rape, juvenile delinquency, isolation, prison, confined, prison life, criminal heroes, society, youth, gay, sexual frustration, jail ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, germany, central europe
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 6.6
 90K
Scoop (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.
Style: humorous, melancholic, suspense, talky, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: journalist, journalism, investigation, serial killer, plot twist, murder investigation, police investigation, student, uncover truth, suspicion of murder, dangerous attraction, danger ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: london, united kingdom, europe, england
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Let's Kill Uncle, Before Uncle Kills Us (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A 12-year-old orphan who has just inherited a fortune is trapped on an island with his uncle, a former British intelligence commander who intends to kill him. A young girl is the boy's only ally against the sarcastic uncle, who uses hypnotism, ...
Style: dark comedy, psychotronic
Plot: shark, island, young boy, boy, child, underground, swing, lost soul, evil child, scared, youth, uncle ...
Time: year 1966
Place: caribbean
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Night Train to Terror (1985)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: God and Satan are on a train discussing the fate of three individuals. The stories of the people in question are told in a trio of very strange vignettes. One involves an insane anylum with some very interesting treatment plans. Another involves a ...
Style: anthology, claymation, classic horror, cult horror, slasher ...
Plot: train, devil, railway, rock and roll, satan, exploitation, supernatural horror, rock band, monster, demon, surrealism, rape ...
Time: year 1979, 80s, 1940s, 70s, year 1944
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Julie Darling (1982)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A teenage girl whose inaction caused her mother's death arranges a similarly gruesome fate for her stepmother and brother.
Style: suspense, slasher, independent film, disturbing, erotic ...
Plot: obsession, female psychopath, incest, sex scene, violence, evil child, evil girl, fast food, teenage boy, sexual abuse, 16 year old, manipulative woman ...
Time: 80s
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 6.2
 78K
1922 (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A simple yet proud rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to participate.
Style: suspense, psychological, psychological thriller, scary, enigmatic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: stephen king, farmer, corpse, murder, hallucination, cornfield, husband murders wife, guilt, infection, murder of wife, husband wife relationship, psychosis ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s
Place: usa, america, nebraska
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 6.5
 7K
The Motive (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Álvaro is a poor man obsessed with the idea of writing 'high literature'. He starts provoking conflicts to write about them.
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, novela ...
Plot: aspiring writer, neighbor, ambition, husband wife relationship, lie, extramarital affair, writers, adultery, rivalry, employer employee relationship, fired from the job, chess ...
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The Heroes of Evil (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Three teenagers, brought together from bullying, indulge in petty theft, sex and drugs. They inevitably realize they can resort to violence to take revenge on everyone who has humiliated them: students, teachers and other outcasts. One of them ...
Style: suspense, tense, touching, psychological, crying ...
Plot: revenge, sociopathy, homosexuality, attempted murder, bullying, adolescence, juvenile delinquency, truancy, lonely man, teenage murderer, friends, closeted gay ...
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Advantages of Travelling by Train (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A casual encounter in a train will lead Helga Pato to a circle of insanity, perversion and trash, a lot of trash.
Style: non-linear, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, absurd ...
Audience: adult
Plot: mental illness, female rapist, dog sex, first sexual experience, zoophilia, bestiality, videotaping, split personality, dark humor, family relations, train travel, child abuse ...
Time: 90s
Place: kosovo, paris france, madrid
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 5.2
 3K
Scorned (1993)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A vengeful widow is out to seduce the relatives of the man she blames for her husband's death.
Style: erotic, sexy, serious, realistic, psychosexual thriller ...
Audience: adult
Plot: femme fatale, erotica, sexual relations, first sexual experience, dysfunctional family, lesbianism, female villain, seductress, sex scene, seduction, rough sex, passionate sex ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
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If Looks Could Kill (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Michael Corben, along with the rest of his high-school French class, sets out for a trip to France when he is mistaken for an agent of the same name. He is beseiged by both the good guys and the bad guys. British Intelligence outfits him with a ...
Style: parody, spoof, sex comedy, funny, action comedy ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot: spy spoof, espionage, agent, poisoned drink, female spy, kidnapper, sexual attraction, french teacher, high school, driving, hitman, mobster ...
Time: year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place: france, paris france, europe
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Two Evil Eyes (1990)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Two horror segments based on Edgar Allan Poe stories set in and around the city of Pittsburgh. "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" concerns a cheating wife who is trying to scam her dying husband out of millions by having her ...
Style: anthology, gothic, creepy, cult classic, scary ...
Plot: blood, zombie, spirit, macabre, greed, ghost, murder, older woman younger man relationship, female criminal, inquisition, supernatural, gory ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 90s
Place: america, pittsburgh, new york
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Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000 (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: In the future, corporations have taken over the world and banned sex. A group of rebellious high school students devise a way to go back in time to the present day and try change history to prevent that from happening.
Style: sex comedy, teen sex comedy, slapstick comedy, slapstick, parody ...
Audience: adult
Plot: time travel, dystopian future, cross dressing, high school student, first sexual experience, sexual repression, revolution, sexual fantasy, erotica, terminator, pornographic video, female nudity ...
Time: 90s, year 2000, year 2019, year 1997, 2000s ...
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 5.9
 2K
Maniac (1963)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The rape of his teenage daughter instigated a violent, maniacal retribution on the perpetrator for which Georges was incarcerated in an asylum for the insane. When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he ...
Style: detective, grindhouse, offbeat, noir, suspense ...
Plot: mental disorder, maniac, duck, teenager, police, vigilante, lie, dead body, painter, serial killer, firefighter, painting ...
Time: year 1963
Place: france
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 5.9
 9K
Prevenge (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A pregnant widow, believing herself to be guided by her unborn child, embarks on a homicidal rampage.
Style: horror comedy, slasher horror, slasher, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: baby, revenge, murder, female chauvinist, psychopath, serial killer, tragic romance, female serial killer, serial killer as protagonist, hospital, feminist, mental disorder ...
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Kill Me Three Times (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: While on a seemingly routine job, a jaded hit man discovers that he's not the only one with his target in the crosshairs.
Style: dark comedy, humorous, clever, surreal, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: dark humor, hitman, murder, vengeance, twists and turns, cons and scams, woman in danger, disorder, small town, dishonesty, danger, assassin ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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 6.6
 44K
May (2002)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Psychological horror about a lonely young woman traumatized by a difficult childhood, and her increasingly desperate attempts to connect with the people around her.
Style: psychological, gothic, creepy, bloody, dark ...
Audience: date night
Plot: serial killer, mental illness, imaginary friend, psychopath, female psychopath, childhood trauma, insanity, dangerous attraction, violence, dark humor, murder, doll ...
Time: year 2000, year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
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 6.2
 17K
Frankenhooker (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident and decides to bring her back to life. Unfortunately, he was only able to save her head, so he goes to the red light district in the city and lures prostitutes into a hotel ...
Style: horror comedy, grindhouse, dark comedy, black comedy, psychotronic ...
Plot: prostitute, hooker, frankenstein, killed during sex, female objectification, brain transplant, man hits a woman, exploitation, monster, female monster, pimp, cocaine ...
Time: 90s, 80s
Place: new jersey, new york, manhattan new york city, australia
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 5.5
 2K
Zoo (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A couple trying to save their marriage during a zombie apocalypse.
Style: suspense, captivating, enigmatic, horror comedy, tragic ending ...
Plot: zombie, zombie apocalypse, dying repeatedly, sensuality, survival, home invasion, childlessness, love, danger, epidemic, apocalypse, virus ...
Time: 21st century
Place: copenhagen, europe, london
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The Cannibal Club (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Brazil
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Baking in the sun with a cocktail, a splash in the pool and the occasional chunk of human flesh. The stinking-rich Gilda and Octavio have a gruesome and kooky hobby. The Cannibal Club is a delightful dark-comic blow-up of the Brazilian super-rich ...
Style: suspense, rough, bleak, humorous, neo noir ...
Plot: cannibal, serial rapist, male pubic hair, male nudity, secret, murder, criminal, husband wife relationship, sadism, violence, employer employee relationship, disposing of a dead body ...
Place: northeast brazil
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 4.6
 394
The Grand Son (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A young man hatches a diabolical plan to cover-up his Grandma's death.
Style: dark, dark comedy, detective, crying, f word
Plot: male rape victim, older woman younger man relationship, female rapist, female on male rape, sexual abuse, accidental killing, male female relationship, spoiled brat, strange behavior, strange person, basement, greedy woman ...
Place: los angeles
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Extracurricular Activities (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The outrageous life of Reagan Collins, a model high school student with a "killer" after-school job that involves arranging “accidents” for his classmates' parents. When seasoned police detective Cliff Dawkins starts putting the ...
Style: captivating, humorous, surprise ending, crying, detective ...
Plot: teenager, nudist, sociopathy, cheerleader, voyeurism, naturist, stalking, criminal as protagonist, death, murder investigation, police detective, murder ...
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Halloween at Aunt Ethel's (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Everyone in town knows the story of Old Aunt Ethel. It's said she makes Halloween candy and pumpkin pie out of the kids that trick-or-treat at her house. This Halloween, the neighborhood teens are going to find out the truth.
Style: sexy, suspense, scary, horror comedy, freeze frame ...
Plot: halloween, teenage girl, halloween party, cannibalism, urban legend, voyeurism, dark humor, gross out humor, group of friends, violence, friendship, prank ...
Time: 2010s
Place: florida
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