Mystery killer movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant mystery killer movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, slasher, scary, psychological and surprise ending films and TV shows about / with mystery killer, murder, serial killer, blood, danger, killer, death, violence, psychopath and knife plots mostly in Mystery, Horror and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as mystery killer: Sorority Row (2009), Non-Stop (2014), Valentine (2001), All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006), Knives Out (2019), The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018), Zodiac (2007), The Collector (2009), Scream (2022), Happy Death Day 2U (2019).

List of mystery killer movies

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 5.1
 32K
Sorority Row (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When five sorority girls inadvertently cause the murder of one of their sisters in a prank gone wrong, they agree to keep the matter to themselves and never speak of it again, so they can get on with their lives. This proves easier said than done, ...
Style: slasher, bloody, suspense, creepy, teen ...
Audience: teens
Plot: college, sorority, mystery killer, college life, sociopath, life & death, serial killer, prank, secret, vengeance, twists and turns, prank gone wrong ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.9
 276K
Non-Stop (2014)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Bill Marks is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky. However, today's flight will be no routine trip. Shortly into the transatlantic journey from New ...
Style: suspense, clever, detective, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: airplane, twists and turns, terrorism, hostage, air disaster, danger, terrorist, save the day, hijacking, investigation, mind game, heroes ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, iceland
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 4.9
 30K
Valentine (2001)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Five friends are stalked and murdered by a masked assailant while preparing for Valentine's Day.
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: serial killer, valentine's day, psychopath, murder, revenge, gory, woman in danger, mystery killer, violence against women, danger, school, masked killer ...
Time: year 2001, 80s
Place: san francisco
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All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Beautiful Mandy Lane isn't a party girl but, when classmate Chloe invites the Texas high school student to a bash in the countryside, she reluctantly accepts. After hitching a ride with a vaguely scary older man, the teens arrive at their ...
Style: suspense, bloody, scary, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience: date night, teens, teen drama
Plot: serial killer, high school, mystery killer, psychopath, teenage life, youth, friends, murder, teenage sexuality, blood, teenager, brutality ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
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 7.9
 766K
Knives Out (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his ...
Style: atmospheric, exciting, captivating, detective, witty ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, kids, teens, boys' night ...
Plot: murder mystery, investigation, whodunit, murder, death, murder investigation, mansion, mystery killer, eccentric family, large family, plot twist, suspect ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, future, 21st century
Place: usa, new england, massachusetts
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The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A family's road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the ...
Style: slasher, suspense, tense, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: home invasion, serial killer, psychopath, sadistic psychopath, psycho, psycho killer, violence, murderer, disturbed individual, unknown killer, fear, murder ...
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 7.7
 593K
Zodiac (2007)
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, suspense, tense, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder, murder mystery, maniac, journalism, mind game, journalist, paranoia, killings, killer, true crime ...
Time: 70s, year 2007, 60s, 20th century, year 1970 ...
Place: san francisco, california, bay area, usa, oakland california ...
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 6.3
 72K
The Collector (2009)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
Style: slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, torture, psychopath, home invasion, trap, gory, maniac, macabre, massacre, sadistic horror, homicidal maniac, mystery killer ...
Time: year 2009, year 2000, 21st century
Place: usa, detroit
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 6.3
 157K
Scream (2022)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.
Style: slasher, suspense, slasher horror, scary, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: masked killer, serial killer, characters killed one by one, homicidal maniac, mystery killer, sister sister relationship, psychopath, whodunit, murder mystery, killing spree, gory violence, threatening telephone call ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, california
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Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Tree Gelbman learns that dying over and over again was surprisingly easier than the dangers that lie ahead.
Style: horror comedy, slasher, captivating, scary, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: time loop, university, repeated event, paradox, suicide, time travel, mystery killer, deja vu, masked killer, murder, serial killer, friends ...
Time: year 2019
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 4.4
 2K
Nightlight (2015)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Five friends play a game in a "mysterious" forest with a long history as a beacon for troubled young people contemplating suicide.
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: mystery killer, ghost, found footage, suicide, ghost story, forest, buddies, danger, youth, woods, dog, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.8
 247K
Disturbia (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Kale is a 17-year-old placed under house arrest after punching his teacher. He is confined to his house, and decides to use his free time spying on his neighbors. Things start to get weird when guests enter the Turner's house and don't ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, intense, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: serial killer, neighbor, murder, voyeurism, house arrest, paranoia, homicidal maniac, investigation, psychopath, death, arrest, teenager ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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Cutthroat Alley (2003)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A mad serial killer is spreading terror throughout the 'hood, slitting people's throats and causing mass hysteria. A group of friends decides it's up to them to take on the maniac, even though they're risking their lives.
Style: suspense, slasher, rough, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Plot: masked killer, killing spree, mystery killer, serial killer, investigation, dark past, masked man, maniac, violence, psychopath, rage, stalking ...
Time: 2000s
Place: south central los angeles
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 6.3
 64K
Mindhunters (2004)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, UK, Finland, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst.
Style: surprise ending, psychological, suspenseful, scary, twist ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, mind game, island, twists and turns, trap, investigation, profiler, psycho killer, murder, survival, bloody violence, killing spree ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
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You Might Be the Killer (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Counselors are being killed off at summer camp, and Sam (Fran Kranz) is stuck in the middle of it. Instead of contacting the cops, he calls his friend and slasher-film expert (Alyson Hannigan) to discuss his options.
Style: horror comedy, slasher, suspense, psychological, dark comedy ...
Plot: masked killer, serial killer, survival, mystery killer, curse, murder, friendship, dark humor, characters killed one by one, trap, homicidal maniac, murderer ...
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The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A Texas Ranger hunts for a hooded serial killer terrorizing the residents of a small town, set in 1946 Arkansas. Loosely based on a true story.
Style: slasher, scary, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, masked killer, stalking, killer, mystery killer, unknown killer, murder, maniac, human monster, police investigation, true crime ...
Time: 1940s, year 1976, post world war two, year 1946
Place: texas, arkansas, usa
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The Victorville Massacre (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Something is happening in the desert town of Victorville. Neighbors are disappearing and murder is in the air. Despite rumors of a serial killer, a group of nine friends decide to spend Labor Day partying in town. But fun descends into terror as ...
Style: slasher, humorous, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: mystery killer, serial killer, psychopath, chase, revenge, murder, road trip, secret, suspect, party, dark humor, danger ...
Place: california
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 5.3
 4K
Mine Games (2012)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A group of young friends make an incomprehensible discovery in an abandoned mine, but the more they try to change the future, the more they seal their fate.
Style: mind bending, slasher, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: time loop, group of friends, cabin in the woods, mine, time travel, losing-it hero, mystery killer, curse, danger, destiny, curses spells and rituals, time ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa
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Do You Wanna Know a Secret? (2001)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: As a night out on the town turns into a nightmare, six young college students must fight for their lives as a killer hunts them down.
Style: slasher, suspense, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, stalking, danger, youth, vengeance, gory, woman in danger, mystery killer, dark secret, murder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida
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Alice Sweet Alice (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Alice is a withdrawn 12-year-old who lives with her mother and her younger sister, Karen, who gets most of the attention from her mother, leaving Alice out of the spotlight. But when Karen is found brutally murdered in a church, suspicions start to ...
Style: slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, creepy, scary ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: masked killer, serial killer, murder, female villain, evil child, holy communion, blood, psychopath, child molester, child, female serial killer, mystery killer ...
Time: year 2016, 60s, year 1961, 20th century
Place: new jersey, usa
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 5.6
 163K
Scream 3 (2000)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A murdering spree begins to happen again, this time its targeted toward the original Woodsboro survivors and those associated with the movie inside a movie, 'Stab 3'. Sydney must face the demons of her past to stop the killer.
Style: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, twist ending, splatter ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: serial killer, masked killer, mystery killer, murder, filmmaking, telephone call, psychopath, mind game, vengeance, hollywood, serial murder, blood ...
Time: year 2000, 2000s, y2k, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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 7.4
 386K
Scream (1996)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the 'rules' of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.
Style: slasher, suspenseful, scary, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, date night
Plot: serial killer, high school, teenager, psychopath, small town, maniac, masked killer, murder, woman in danger, teenage life, twists and turns, violent ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place: california, usa
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 6.5
 117K
Scream VI (2023)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.
Style: slasher, slasher horror, dark, meta, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, characters killed one by one, mystery killer, characters murdered one by one, killer, murder, fbi agent, sister sister relationship, asthmatic, shrine, father daughter relationship, revenge ...
Time: 2020s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
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 6.7
 77K
High Tension (2003)
Genre: Horror
Country: France, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Alexia travels with her friend Marie to spend a couple of days with her family in their farm in the country. They arrive late and they are welcomed by Alexia's father. Late in the night, a sadistic and sick killer breaks into the farmhouse, ...
Style: scary, slasher, splatter, disturbing, twist ending ...
Audience: date night
Plot: serial killer, gory, macabre, home invasion, psycho killer, kidnapping, torture, insanity, survival, killing spree, disturbed individual, murder ...
Time: year 2003, year 2000, y2k, 21st century
Place: france, south of france, europe
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 3.0
 4K
#Horror (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Inspired by actual events, a group of 12 year old girls face a night of horror when the compulsive addiction of an online social media game turns a moment of cyber bullying into a night of insanity.
Style: slasher, cyber, scary, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: internet, mystery killer, bullying, death, murder, mental illness, secret, estrangement, missing person, girl, blood, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.2
 108K
Clue (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss ...
Style: parody, funny, surprise ending, black comedy, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, kids
Plot: whodunit, butler, multiple suspects, murder mystery, murder, mansion, investigation, twists and turns, old dark house, mystery killer, blackmail, dark and stormy night ...
Time: year 1954, 90s, 50s, 1950s, 20th century
Place: new england
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 6.4
 88K
The Raven (2012)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
Style: gothic, psychological, gothic horror, atmospheric, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, who done it, riddles and clues, writer's life, unconventional method, murder investigation, murder, writers, edgar allan poe ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2012, edwardian era, 1800s ...
Place: maryland, baltimore, usa, paris france
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 5.6
 81K
Unfriended (2014)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 83 min.
Story: While video chatting one night, six high school friends receive a Skype message from a classmate who killed herself exactly one year ago. A first they think it's a prank, but when the girl starts revealing the friends' darkest secrets, ...
Style: scary, psychological, teen horror, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: bullying, internet, found footage, teenager, ghost, death, youth, suicide, facebook, supernatural, computer, cyberbullying ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, year 2013, 21st century
Place: usa
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 8.6
 1.8M
Se7en (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. ...
Style: detective, surprise ending, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, psychopath, police, psychology, mind game, murder, insanity, police investigation, macabre, maniac ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: los angeles, america, iran, persia, usa ...
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 6.3
 208K
Scream 2 (1997)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Two years after the terrifying events that occurred in Woodsboro, Sidney is now attending Windsor College in Cincinnati, and Gale Weathers' best selling book on Sidney's life has now been made into a major motion picture. When two college ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: serial killer, killer, college, serial murder, mystery killer, villain, strong female lead, blood, murder, psychopath, masked killer, whodunit ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: usa, ohio
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