Victim movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant victim movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, tense and suspense films and TV shows about / with victim, murder, death, investigation, danger, violence, serial killer, blood, police investigation and deadly plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
victim movies
2110
TOP 10 movies tagged as victim: Law Abiding Citizen (2009), The Girl Next Door (2007), Body of Proof (2011), Ripper Street (2012), Zodiac (2007), Sleepy Hollow (2013), The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Girl From Nowhere (2018), Lost Girl (2010), The Black Phone (2021).

List of victim movies

Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Style: twist ending, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, tense ...
Audience: manly, adult
Plot: vengeance, vigilantism, justice, prison, vigilante, revenge, master criminal, lawyer, retribution, fighting the system, twists and turns, murder ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa
Is relevant?
The Girl Next Door (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that ...
Style: scary, disturbing, psychological, frightening, bleak ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: torture, child abuse, rape, sexual abuse, violence, victim, physical abuse, cruelty, helplessness, abuse, childhood, unsettling ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 2007, year 1958
Place: new jersey, new york, america, usa
Is relevant?
 7.1
 21K
Body of Proof (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Body of Proof is an American medical drama television series that ran on ABC from March 29, 2011 to May 28, 2013 and starred Dana Delany as medical examiner Dr. Megan Hunt. The series was created by Chris Murphey and produced by ABC Studios. The ...
Style: serious, captivating, witty, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night, girls' night
Plot: medical, medical examiner, investigation, forensics, who done it, murder investigation, bodies, law enforcement, unconventional method, female protagonist, talented, medical examination ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa
Is relevant?
The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)
Genre: Horror
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 92 min.
Story: During a stopover in Germany in the middle of a carefree road trip through Europe, two American girls find themselves alone at night when their car breaks down in the woods. Searching for help at a nearby villa, they are wooed into the clutches of a ...
Style: brutal, suspense, creepy, controversial, bloody ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: kidnapping, mad scientist, body horror, surgery, violence, victim, evil doctor, insanity, experiment gone awry, confined, sadism, sadistic horror ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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 8.1
 24K
Ripper Street (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story: A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic ...
Style: atmospheric, tense, serious, suspenseful, gothic ...
Plot: serial killer, victorian england, danger, murder, victim, jack the ripper, police detective, multiple suspects, investigator, urban, detective inspector, murder investigation ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, future, 1890s, 1880s
Place: england, london, ireland, britain, europe ...
Is relevant?
 7.7
 665K
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, 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 ...
Is relevant?
 7.3
 67K
Sleepy Hollow (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.
Style: gothic, atmospheric, scary, serious, detective ...
Plot: supernatural, shooting, good versus evil, victim, legends and myths, fate of humanity, ghost, curses spells and rituals, time travel, escapades, determination, characters in danger ...
Time: 2010s, 18th century, 21st century
Place: boston, usa
Is relevant?
The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Morocco
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon ...
Style: slasher, scary, brutal, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cannibalism, desert, gory, survival, torture, fear, rape, victim, human monster, brutality, stranded, danger ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: new mexico, usa
Is relevant?
Girl From Nowhere (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A mysterious, clever girl named Nanno transfers to different schools, exposing the lies and misdeeds of the students and faculty at every turn.
Style: atmospheric, mysterious, serious, horror comedy, psychological horror ...
Plot: death, violence, social problems, high school, victim, school, vigilantism, murder, bullying, teenager, revenge, bully comeuppance ...
Place: thailand
Is relevant?
 7.6
 35K
Lost Girl (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Lost Girl focuses on the gorgeous and charismatic Bo, a supernatural being called a succubus who feeds on the energy of humans, sometimes with fatal results. Refusing to embrace her supernatural clan and its rigid hierarchy, Bo is a renegade who ...
Style: sexy, serious, exciting, captivating, supernatural thriller ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: supernatural, lgbt, female protagonist, supernatural ability, succubus, private detective, werewolf, danger, evil force, seduction, lesbian, imaginary ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: canada
Is relevant?
 6.9
 257K
The Black Phone (2021)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices ...
Style: suspense, captivating, slasher horror, slasher, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: kidnapping, child abduction, phone terror, basement, serial child killer, victim, small town, locked in a basement, escape attempt, psycho killer, murder, kidnapped ...
Time: 70s, year 1978, 2020s, 20th century
Place: colorado, denver colorado
Is relevant?
 8.0
 168K
Dogville (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, UK, France, Finland, Norway, Italy
Duration: 171 min.
Story: A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth ...
Style: art house, psychological, bleak, philosophical, cerebral ...
Plot: rape, society, morality, twists and turns, victim, female protagonist, vengeance, gangster, rocky mountains, sex scene, making love, haunted by the past ...
Time: 1930s, year 2003, future, near future, year 2004 ...
Place: los angeles
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The Fall (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must ...
Style: psychological, psychological thriller, captivating, serious, crime drama ...
Plot: serial killer, female detective, police detective, police investigation, policewoman, forensics, law enforcement, victim, murder mystery, crime investigation, violence against women, evidence ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: ireland, northern ireland, europe, united kingdom, belfast
Is relevant?
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The series follows Las Vegas criminalists working for the Las Vegas Police Department as they use physical evidence to solve grisly murders in this unusually graphic drama, which has inspired a host of other cop-show "procedurals". The ...
Style: detective, psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: medical examiner, murder investigation, police, forensics, police procedural, investigator, murder, teamwork, police investigation, scientist, policewoman, victim ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, las vegas, nevada
Is relevant?
 7.8
 129K
Revenge (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her family. Years ago, they took everything from her. Now, one by one, she's going to make them pay.
Style: captivating, serious, soap opera, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: high society, vengeance, hidden identity, pretense, strong female character, twists and turns, suspicion, enemy, revenge, haunted by the past, half sister, victim ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
Is relevant?
 6.5
 137K
The Crazies (2010)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.
Style: scary, suspense, creepy, splatter, tense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: infected, insanity, chaos and mayhem, plague, deadly virus, epidemic, gory, survival, quarantine, survival horror, transformation, virus ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s
Place: usa, iowa, kansas
Is relevant?
The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Five college friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.
Style: scary, bloody, mind bending, slasher, lovecraft ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: monster, creature, supernatural, woods, cabin in the woods, survival, trapped, cosmic horror, fear, zombie, death, werewolf ...
Time: year 2012, 20th century, year 2000, year 2009, 2000s ...
Place: usa, seattle
Is relevant?
 8.1
 51K
Chicago P.D. (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who ...
Style: tense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: police, law enforcement, cop, crime investigation, policewoman, police detective, victim, gang, sergeant, arrest, shooting, murder ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: chicago, illinois, usa, south america
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 7.8
 175K
NCIS (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.
Style: captivating, serious, exciting, suspense, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: law enforcement, crime solving, teamwork, special agent, partners against crime, murder mystery, crime investigation, evidence, victim, military, investigation, forensics ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: south america, washington d.c., virginia, usa
Is relevant?
 4.9
 79K
A Serbian Film (2010)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Milos, a retired porn star, leads a normal family life trying to make ends meet. Presented with the opportunity of a lifetime to financially support his family for the rest of their lives, Milos must participate in one last mysterious film. From ...
Style: disturbing, brutal, bloody, controversial, scary ...
Audience: adult
Plot: rape, sexual abuse, gory, torture, violence, macabre, sadism, incest, perversion, controversy, insanity, murder ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: serbia, former yugoslavia, europe
Is relevant?
Harper's Island (2009)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: A group of family and friends travels to a secluded island for a destination wedding. They've come to laugh... to love... and, though they don't know it... to die. As the wedding festivities begin, friendships are tested and secrets ...
Style: serious, tense, scary, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, multiple suspects, murder, serial murder, friends, murderer, wedding, island, danger, whodunit, gory, threat ...
Place: washington state
Is relevant?
 8.3
 381K
Homeland (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, sexy, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: terrorism, espionage, spy, cia, national security, war on terror, treason, secret service, investigation, terrorist, danger, top secret ...
Time: 2020s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: israel, langley virginia, usa, iraq, america ...
Is relevant?
 7.6
 309K
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that ...
Style: twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, neo noir, thought provoking ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: kidnapping, private detective, twists and turns, investigation, conspiracy, violence, moral dilemma, police investigation, death, murder mystery, moral ambiguity, missing child ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: boston, massachusetts, usa
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Rizzoli & Isles (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles so effective. Jane, the only female cop in Boston's homicide division, is tough, relentless and rarely lets ...
Style: tense, detective, captivating, serious, crime drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: female detective, partners against crime, friends, forensics, police investigation, murder investigation, coworker, homicide detective, investigation, policewoman, female protagonist, law enforcement ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa, massachusetts, boston
Is relevant?
 6.3
 153K
The Shallows (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An injured surfer stranded on a buoy needs to get back to shore, but the great white shark stalking her might have other ideas.
Style: exciting, tense, suspense, harsh, suspenseful ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: shark, survival, surfing, animal attack, killer shark, shark attack, trapped, ocean, creature feature, great white shark, stranded, beach ...
Time: year 2016, future, 2010s
Place: mexico, texas, tijuana mexico, australia
Is relevant?
 7.6
 35K
Cold Case (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, contemplative, realistic, suspense ...
Plot: police detective, female detective, policewoman, murder investigation, uncover truth, who done it, strong female lead, unsolved crime, mentor, homicide detective, murderer, investigation ...
Time: 60s, 80s, 90s, 70s, 1920s ...
Place: philadelphia, usa
Is relevant?
 7.5
 464K
Collateral (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
Style: neo noir, clever, tense, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience: date night, manly, boys' night
Plot: hitman, hostage, taxi, taxi driver, contract killer, sociopath, twists and turns, assassin, nihilism, merciless, professional killer, death ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, south america, southern california, persia ...
Is relevant?
 7.0
 119K
Martyrs (2008)
Genre: Horror
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
Style: disturbing, creepy, brutal, bloody, extreme horror ...
Plot: torture, violence, revenge, child abuse, kidnapping, gory, brutality, death, abuse, torment, violent, hardcore ...
Time: year 2008, year 2000, turn of the century, 2000s, year 1971 ...
Is relevant?
An American Crime (2007)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
Style: disturbing, harsh, bleak, brutal, sad ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: child abuse, true crime, torture, captivity, murder, threat, dysfunctional family, children, court, courtroom drama, domestic violence, trial ...
Time: year 2007, 60s, 20th century
Place: indiana, usa
Is relevant?
 8.4
 532K
Supernatural (2005)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, serious, gothic horror, sexy ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, vampire, monster, paranormal, ghost, demon, brother brother relationship, supernatural ability, creature, angel, supernatural power, peril ...
Time: 90s, 70s, 80s, year 1958, year 1978 ...
Place: arizona, usa
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