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 suspenseful, suspense, slasher, scary, slasher horror and surprise ending films and TV shows about / with mystery killer, murder, serial killer, blood, death, danger, violence, killer, psychopath and chase 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: Knives Out (2019), Sorority Row (2009), Valentine (2001), Disturbia (2007), Non-Stop (2014), All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006), Zodiac (2007), The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018), Mindhunters (2004), Scream (2022).
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867K
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, captivating, exciting, witty, detective ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, kids, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, whodunit, death, mystery killer, murder, mansion, murder investigation, eccentric family, large family, private detective, suspect ...
Time:
year 2019, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
north america, usa, new england, massachusetts, seattle
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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, brutal, teen, bloody, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
sorority, college, mystery killer, college life, cheerleading, sociopath, prank, serial killer, therapist, masked killer, prank gone wrong, female nudity ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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31K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: 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, teen ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, valentine's day, revenge, murder, woman in danger, mystery killer, gory, masked killer, violence against women, danger, death of friend, school ...
Time:
year 2001, 80s
Place:
san francisco
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273K
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, psychological, teen, intense, scary ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, murder, neighbor, paranoia, house arrest, voyeurism, homicidal maniac, loneliness, death, investigation, kidnapping, voyeur ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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286K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada, USA
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, twist ending, action thriller, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, airplane, terrorism, hostage, air disaster, hijacking, danger, resourceful, terrorist, mind game, aviation, save the day ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, iceland, london
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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:
slasher, bloody, teen, cult classic, scary ...
Audience:
date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, serial killer, youth, teenage life, psychopath, teenager, mystery killer, friends, murder, gory, teenage sexuality, dead teenager ...
Time:
20th century, year 2006, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
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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 ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK, USA
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, psychological horror ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
home invasion, serial killer, violence, blood, sadistic psychopath, psychopath, psycho killer, stranger, murder, masked killer, disturbed individual, unknown killer ...
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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, twists and turns, mind game, island, trap, violence, investigation, killing spree, profiler, psycho killer, fbi, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
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183K
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, whodunit, mystery killer, threatening telephone call, killing spree, characters murdered one by one, sister sister relationship, murder mystery, gory violence ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
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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, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, torture, home invasion, trap, psychopath, gory, maniac, macabre, massacre, sadistic horror, terror, psycho killer ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
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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, creepy, scary, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, killer, masked killer, stalking, mystery killer, unknown killer, psychopath, maniac, murder, masked man, voice over narration, butcher ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, year 1976, year 1946
Place:
texas, arkansas, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
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, horror for children, adult
Plot:
time loop, university, repeated event, paradox, suicide, time travel, mystery killer, dying repeatedly, deja vu, masked killer, murder, doctor ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
louisiana
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia, USA
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, suspenseful, teen horror, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, internet, found footage, teenager, suicide, youth, ghost, cyberbullying, computer, social media, revenge, supernatural ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
usa
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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, losing-it hero, cabin in the woods, group of friends, curse, mine, time travel, changing the past or future, mystery killer, murder, danger, destiny ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
121K
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, black comedy, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick
Plot:
whodunit, twists and turns, butler, murder, murder mystery, multiple suspects, mansion, old dark house, investigation, mystery killer, blackmail, murder investigation ...
Time:
year 1954, 90s, 50s, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
new england
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Twenty years ago in the sleepy mining town of Valentine Bluffs, a fatal mining disaster occurred on Valentine's Day while some of the crew was decorating for a party. The sole survivor of the accident killed the remaining crewmembers and warned ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, grindhouse, cult classic, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
valentine's day, serial killer, revenge, miner, masked killer, killing spree, killer, masked man, gory, sadistic psychopath, canuxploitation, maniac ...
Time:
80s, year 1960, year 1980
Place:
nova scotia, canada, nova scotia
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
As they celebrate their high school graduation, four friends are involved in a hit-and-run accident when their car hits and apparently kills a pedestrian on an isolated roadway. They dispose of the body and vow to keep the incident a secret, a year ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, creepy, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, revenge, youth, psychopath, secret, murder, teenager, urban legend, characters killed one by one, blood, masked killer, mystery killer ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, future, 20th century, year 1998 ...
Place:
north carolina
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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, suspenseful, rough, enigmatic ...
Plot:
masked killer, killing spree, mystery killer, serial killer, dark past, investigation, masked man, maniac, psychopath, violence, rage, stalking ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
south central los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 70 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, captivating, suspenseful, tense, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mystery killer, serial killer, psychopath, road trip, murder, secret, revenge, chase, suspect, party, dark humor, danger ...
Place:
california
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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, masked killer, bullying, mental disorder, death, murder, mental illness, secret, estrangement, girl, missing person ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
2.0M
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:
suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, detective, bad ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, psychopath, psychology, mind game, police investigation, police, police detective, sin, maniac, murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, usa, persia, iran, america ...
Is relevant?
147K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
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, asthmatic, killer, characters murdered one by one, roommate roommate relationship, secret relationship, therapist, father daughter relationship, shrine, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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11K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Strangers trapped at an eerie travel oasis in the desert must unravel the mystery behind their visions of dying people while they are preyed upon by a decaying creature.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, rough, perverse ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, survival, danger, youth, confined, psychopath, gory, dead teenager, heaven and hell, murder, characters killed one by one, desert ...
Time:
year 2005
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21K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Eirik and his girlfriend, Jannicke, join newly coupled Mikael and Ingunn, along with single wisecracker Morten, on a snowboarding excursion to a remote mountainous region in Norway. When Morten breaks his leg, however, and requires medical ...
Style:
slasher, brutal, scary, creepy, perverse ...
Plot:
hotel, psychopath, group of friends, mountain, characters killed one by one, manic, snowboarding, sole survivor, female fighter, abandoned hotel, characters murdered one by one, photograph ...
Time:
year 2006, year 2016, 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
The man only known as the Stalker, is looking for the Hamilton's, and is willing to kill anyone who gets in his way. Embark on this horror, mystery, thrill ride, that takes you back to the classic films of the genre.
Style:
slasher, intense, suspense, psychotronic, scary ...
Plot:
stalker, murder, killer, mystery killer, death, peril, violence, characters in danger, evil, supernatural power, supernatural, monster ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Slightly disturbed and painfully shy Angela Baker is sent away to summer camp with her cousin. Not long after Angela's arrival, things start to go horribly wrong for anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions.
Style:
slasher, surprise ending, twist ending, sexy, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
summer camp, serial killer, murder, bullying, psychopath, youth, teenage life, female villain, rivalry, psycho killer, danger, teenage girl ...
Time:
80s, year 2016
Is relevant?
232K
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, horror comedy, sexy, bloody, scary ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, college, serial murder, strong female lead, villain, mystery killer, female protagonist, masked man, haunted by the past, killer, blood, murder ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, ohio
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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, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vengeance, stalking, youth, danger, woman in danger, gory, murder, mystery killer, dark secret, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, violence, characters killed one by one ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A group of kids travel to an abandoned island for a party only to discover that they are being stalked and hunted down by a dangerous predator.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, enigmatic, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mystery killer, diary, revenge, island, death, suicide, teenager, multiple murder, race against time, murder, mental illness, life & death ...
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