Serial killer movies and TV shows – page 5

List of serial killer movies

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 7.0
 217K
Basic Instinct (1992)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
Style: sexy, erotic, neo noir, sexual, detective ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: femme fatale, obsession, sex, manipulation, serial killer, nudity, seduction, murder, sexual tension, dangerous attraction, hot and sexy, strong sexual content ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: san francisco, bay area, persia, california, oakland california ...
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 6.2
 4K
Evilenko (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In 1984, in Kiev, the communist teacher Andrej Romanovic Evilenko is dismissed from his position after a pedophilic act against a student. On 15 May 1984, the pedophile Evilenko begins to rape children, and then slashing the victims in pieces and ...
Style: slasher, heartbreaking, suspense, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, pedophile, child murder investigation, sexual abuse, true crime, dead children, cannibalism, pedophilia, woman in danger, killer, murder ...
Time: 90s, 80s, year 1984, year 1992
Place: kiev ukraine, ukraine, russia, crimea, soviet union
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 3.9
 319
Head Case (2007)
Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A pseudo-documentary edited from the home movies of serial killers Wayne & Andrea Montgomery, presenting a look into their quiet, suburban lives...as well as the graphic & disturbing details of their horrific crimes.
Style: serious, bleak, scary, rough, disturbing ...
Plot: serial killer, found footage, murder, violence spree, couples, psychopath, partner, couple relations, lifestyle, society, gory, family life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, delaware
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I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Fifteen-year old John Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. Terrible impulses constantly tempt him, so for his own sake, and the safety of those around, he lives by rigid ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, tense, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: serial killer, murder, teenager, small town, murderer, investigation, violence, stalking, mental disorder, adolescence, fear, serial murder ...
Place: minnesota, midwest
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 6.8
 32K
Serial Mom (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A picture perfect middle class family is shocked when they find out that one of their neighbors is receiving obscene phone calls. The mom takes slights against her family very personally, and it turns out she is indeed the one harassing the ...
Style: dark comedy, parody, black comedy, disturbing, cult classic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: serial killer, dark humor, dysfunctional family, murder, housewife, suburbs, suburban life, female killer, female psychopath, police investigation, violence, farce ...
Time: 90s
Place: baltimore, usa, maryland
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 7.5
 22K
The Cure (1997)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist ...
Style: psychological, scary, tense, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, investigation, amnesia, hypnosis, monkey, hallucination, interrogation, murder mystery, mind control, stranger, psychosis ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
Place: japan, tokyo, asia, okinawa japan
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 7.2
 3K
100 Code (2015)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: New York, USA. Stockholm, Sweden. Over the past twelve months young, blonde, blue-eyed women have been found dead in a meadow where Asphodel flowers grow. New York Detective Tommy Conley gets a special dispensation from the NYPD to go observe and ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, atmospheric, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, partners against crime, police investigation, psychopath, forensics, law enforcement, father daughter relationship, victim, uncover truth, multiple suspects, investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Former NYPD detective and forensic genius Lincoln Rhyme was at the top of his game until a serious accident at the hands of a notorious serial killer forced him out of the field. When Amelia Sachs, an intuitive young officer who has a gift for ...
Style: serious, realistic, detective, psychological
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, police, partners against crime, forensics, riddles and clues, police investigation, danger, evidence, law enforcement, police detective ...
Place: new york
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The Boston Strangler (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, rough, suspense, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, true crime, strangulation, split personality, murder, double life, police investigation, serial rapist, psychopath, police detective, obsession, manhunt ...
Time: 20th century, year 1968, 60s, year 1963
Place: boston, usa, massachusetts, new england
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 8.1
 64K
Manhunt (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 817 min.
TV show
Story: An in-depth look at how an FBI profiler helped track down the terrorist Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber.
Style: tense, suspense, detective, anthology, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, terrorism, terrorist, true crime, federal bureau of investigation, psychoanalysis, mathematics, crime investigation, murder mystery, crime solving, fighting crime, homicide detective ...
Time: 2010s
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 7.8
 1K
Epitafios (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: Epitafios is a 2004 13-episode, Argentinian crime fiction TV mini-series with the tagline: El Final Está Escrito ... The End Is Written. The series, which takes place in an unnamed South American city, was shot in Buenos Aires. The series was ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, detective, serious, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychologist, police, haunted by the past, psychopath, riddles and clues, danger, vengeance, bodies, psychiatrist, nypd ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina, latin america
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 6.8
 15K
Beast (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders.
Style: psychological thriller, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, enigmatic ...
Plot: serial killer, suspicion, island, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mother daughter relationship, dark past, hunting, isolated community, beach, nightmare, loner, sea ...
Time: 20th century
Place: britain, balkan
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 6.4
 22K
Lonely Hearts (2006)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: In the late 1940's, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez were America's notorious "Lonely Hearts Killers". Their lethal scam was simple; they would swindle and then viciously murder lovelorn war widows who would answer their ...
Style: neo noir, detective, suspenseful, suspense, brutal ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, police investigation, gangster, obsession, murderous pair, femme fatale, loneliness, hitman, attempted murder, cons and scams, chase ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1951, year 1949, 1950s
Place: usa, new york
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 5.2
 3K
True Crime (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Mary Giordano is a bright, intelligent student who goes to a catholic school. She also has a addiction to mystery novels and detective magazines (hence the title of the movie), which inspire her to do her own detective work. When she starts snooping ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, brutal, bleak, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, female detective, amateur detective, murder, police investigation, woman in danger, danger, psychopath, schoolgirl, uncover truth, teenage life, sexualized violence ...
Time: 90s
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 5.0
 4K
Malevolence (2003)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: It's ten years after the kidnapping of Martin Bristol. Taken from a backyard swing at his home at the age of six, he is forced to witness unspeakable crimes of a deranged madman. For years, Martin's whereabouts have remained a ...
Style: suspense, slasher, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, hostage, psychopath, woman in danger, gory, on the run, criminal heroes, violence spree, confined, kidnapping, backwoods, old dark house ...
Time: year 2003, 80s, 90s, year 1999, year 1989
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 7.7
 167K
Dirty Harry (1971)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath. Harry eventually collars Scorpio in ...
Style: serious, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: serial killer, police, psychopath, gunfight, vigilante, tough law enforcer, urban, investigation, murder, violence, city, urban setting ...
Time: 70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place: san francisco, california, bay area, usa
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 6.6
 275K
Saw II (2005)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When a new murder victim is discovered with all the signs of Jigsaw's hand, Detective Eric Matthews begins a full investigation and apprehends Jigsaw with little effort. But for Jigsaw, getting caught is just another part of his plan. Eight ...
Style: scary, slasher, suspense, bloody, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: serial killer, torture, gory, trap, sadistic horror, psychopath, serial murder, hostage, mind game, brutality, violent, insanity ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
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The Honeymoon Killers (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Martha Beck, an obese nurse who is desperately lonely, joins a "correspondence club" and finds a romantic pen pal in Ray Fernandez. Martha falls hard for Ray, and is intent on sticking with him even when she discovers he's a con man ...
Style: neo noir, disturbing, cult classic, black and white, grindhouse ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, female serial killer, con artists, spinster, loneliness, valentine's day, violent, marriage, male nudity, wedding, biopic ...
Time: 1940s, year 1969, 20th century
Place: alabama, usa, missouri, michigan, new jersey ...
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The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The photographer Leon lives with his girlfriend and waitress Maya waiting for a chance to get in the photo business. When Maya contacts their friend Jurgis, he schedules a meeting for Leon with the successful owner of arts gallery Susan Hoff; she ...
Style: bloody, suspense, scary, slasher, suspenseful ...
Plot: gory, serial killer, photographer, psychopath, violent, butcher, subway, violence, twists and turns, obsession, torture, train ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: new york, america
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M - A City Hunts a Murderer (2019)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 292 min.
TV show
Story: Winter in Vienna. Children disappear. For now without a trace, then their bodies are found. A gift for the tabloid press. For the police a series of defeats. Politically a problem. And at the same time the long-awaited opportunity for the ambitious ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense
Plot: serial killer, missing child, manhunt, police detective, missing person, police investigation, journalist, clown, winter, filicide, child murderess, deaf girl ...
Time: 2010s
Place: central europe, germany, austria, vienna
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 6.6
 153K
Hush (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
Style: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, scary, dark ...
Audience: date night
Plot: serial killer, trapped, home invasion, survival, deaf, female protagonist, deafness, violence, masked killer, brutality, murder, murderer ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, y2k, 21st century
Place: america
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 6.5
 3K
Wicked City (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: “Wicked City” follows a unique case set in a noteworthy era of L.A. history, starting with a murder case from 1982 centered on the rock ’n’ roll, cocaine-infused revelry of the Sunset Strip. Alliances are formed to solve a serial murder case.
Style: erotic, suspense, captivating, realistic, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, police, murder investigation, murder, police detective, lapd, hollywood, danger, violence, couples, friendship, uncover truth ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: los angeles, usa
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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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 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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 6.1
 9K
Knight Moves (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A psychologist falls for a world-class chess player suspected of odd murders linked to his game.
Style: tense, suspenseful, psychological, scary, suspense ...
Plot: chess, serial killer, investigation, murder, police investigation, sex scene, revenge, serial murder, police, protagonist as suspect, psychopath, haunted by the past ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
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When the Bough Breaks (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A police detective investigates the apparent serial killing of several children which is linked to an institutionalized, autistic child.
Style: scary, rough, serious, psychological, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, missing person, murder, investigation, mentally unstable, witnessing a crime, female police officer, police investigation, woman in danger, police detective, mind game ...
Time: 90s
Place: texas, usa
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 6.3
 62K
The Voices (2014)
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: dark comedy, black comedy, surreal, disturbing, humorous ...
Audience: date night, kids
Plot: serial killer, mental illness, psychiatrist, psychopath, hearing voices, blood, schizophrenic, hallucination, danger, small town, murder, schizophrenia ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.2
 211K
Saw III (2006)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detective scramble to locate ...
Style: scary, bloody, psychological, disturbing, slasher ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: torture, serial killer, game of death, trap, mind game, sadism, psychopath, brutality, gory, mutilation, sadistic horror, kidnapping ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 4.1
 906
Dead Sexy (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A female detective gets involved with a murder suspect in a series of serial killings.
Style: erotic, sexy, rough, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, femme fatale, erotica, prostitute, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, oral sex, lap dance, police investigation, murder, sexual relations, lust ...
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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Don't Answer the Phone! (1980)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A deeply disturbed photographer and Vietnam veteran, named Kirk Smith, terrorizes Los Angeles by going around strangling lingerie-clad young women in their homes while taunting Lindsay Gale, a young psychologist, by calling her on a radio call-in ...
Style: slasher, grindhouse, disturbing, psychological, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, obsession, stalking, murder, photographer, mind game, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, woman in danger, riddles and clues, female nudity ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: los angeles, vietnam, asia, california
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