Knife attack movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant knife attack movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, cult classic, suspense, realistic and slasher films and TV shows about / with knife attack, murder, knife, blood, violence, death, danger, stabbed in the chest, falling from height and flashback plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Horror genres shot in USA, Germany, China and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as knife attack: The New York Ripper (1982), That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), Sorority House Massacre (1986), Dogtooth (2009), Too Young to Die? (1990), Pride and Vengeance (1967), Meg 2: The Trench (2023), Dark City (1998), The Aviary (2022), John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023).

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The New York Ripper (1982)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.
Style: slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, detective, dark ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, torture, nudity, sex, gory, massacre, violence against women, sexual cruelty, brutality, fondling, psycho ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a ...
Style: surreal, atmospheric, art house, sexy, cynical ...
Plot: surrealism, virginity, humiliation, maid, manipulation, sexuality, nudity, unrequited love, satire, older man younger woman relationship, absurd humor, fool ...
Time: 20th century, year 1977, 70s
Place: paris france, europe, spain, madrid, france
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Sorority House Massacre (1986)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A little girl's brother kills the whole family but her (she escapes by hiding in the basement). He is committed, and she grows up with a new family, eventually going to college, where she joins a sorority. Due to a memory block, she ...
Style: slasher, bloody, creepy, cult classic, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: psychic power, serial killer, college, blood, murder, escaped mental patient, massacre, mass murder, college student, female nudity, repressed memory, gory ...
Time: 80s, year 1986
Place: los angeles
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 7.2
 109K
Dogtooth (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family ...
Style: disturbing, art house, black comedy, atmospheric, surreal ...
Audience: teens, adult, teen drama
Plot: incest, dysfunctional family, isolated house, cat, child abuse, brother sister incest, eccentric family, overprotective father, confined, sexual awakening, perversion, greek ...
Time: 2000s, year 2010, year 2009, 21st century
Place: greece, europe
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Too Young to Die? (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An abused 15 year old is charged with a murder that carries the death penalty in this fact-based story.
Style: emotional, retro, cult classic, neo noir, sad ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage prostitute, death penalty, death row, murder, revenge, teenage prostitution, teenager, lawyer, prison, teenage girl, serial killer, age difference ...
Time: 80s
Place: oklahoma
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Pride and Vengeance (1967)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A Spanish army officer, Don Jose (Nero), stationed in Seville, meets and begins a relationship with a mysterious gypsy, Carmen (Aumont). After he discovers she has cheated on him with his Lieutenant, he kills the officer and flees the city with ...
Style: spaghetti western, euro western, funny, romantic drama, historical romance
Plot: crazy love, underground, beach, widow, death of husband, love triangle, death of lover, death of protagonist, gang, love, army lieutenant, femme fatale ...
Time: 1830s
Place: spain
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Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean of a daring research team spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival.
Style: psychotronic, captivating, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: shark, creature feature, disaster, tyrannosaurus rex, giant octopus, ocean, shark attack, monster, dinosaur, megalodon, kaiju, giant monster ...
Time: jurassic, 2020s
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 7.6
 211K
Dark City (1998)
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
Style: neo noir, mind bending, psychological, suspense, gothic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: investigation, memory, cyberpunk, alternate reality, distopia, alien race, trippy, dystopian future, virtual reality, amnesia, memory loss, experiment ...
Time: future, year 1998, distant future, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: persia
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 4.2
 742
The Aviary (2022)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A twisted journey of two women’s desperate flee to escape the clutches of Skylight, an insidious cult. Lured in by the promise of “freedom” in the isolated desert campus called The Aviary, Jillian and Blair join forces to escape in hopes of ...
Style: psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: cult leader, survival, escape, desert, manhunt, female protagonist, hallucination, religious sect, runaway, threat, escape attempt, paranoid ...
Place: new mexico
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John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story: With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, visually appealing, tense, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: one man army, organized crime, contract killer, fight, hitman, chase, final showdown, bodyguard, dog, assassin, sumo wrestler, secret society ...
Time: 2020s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, germany, asia, north america ...
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 7.9
 1.4M
Avatar (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story: In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Style: futuristic, breathtaking, exciting, captivating, serious ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: alien, fantasy world, ecology, culture clash, creature, beautiful scenery, battles, space and aliens, alien life-form, alien planet, space travel, alien encounter ...
Time: future, 2000s, 20th century, year 2009, 22nd century
Place: iran, space western
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 7.3
 200K
Point Break (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In the coastal town of Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers and send ...
Style: exciting, suspense, cult classic, intense, neo noir ...
Audience: kids, manly, boys' night
Plot: bank robbery, extreme sport, extreme sports, surfer, surfing, gang, robbery, gangster, undercover, bank robber, buddy, fbi ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, australia, north america
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The Expendables 2 (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, China
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.
Style: exciting, action packed, bloody, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: gunfight, ex military, villain, mercenary, hotshot, tough heroes, commando, revenge, terrorist plot, leader, heroes, tough guy ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: europe, china, new orleans, nepal, paris france ...
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 5.5
 1K
Voices (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A young woman tries to escape what seems to be a curse that is killing members of her family one by one.
Style: suspense, rough, scary, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot: afterlife, supernatural, manipulation, curse, murder, investigation, survival, danger, dishonesty, social misfits, curses spells and rituals, wedding ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seoul, asia, korea, south korea
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 6.7
 194K
The Equalizer 2 (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Robert McCall returns to deliver his special brand of vigilante justice -- but how far will he go when it's someone he loves?
Style: suspense, action thriller, action adventure, retro, bloody ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: revenge, cia, vigilante, one against many, ex military, vigilantism, violence, tough guy, martial arts, loner, one man army, taxi driver ...
Time: 2010s
Place: boston, istanbul turkey, turkey, europe, north america ...
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Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In 1978, two rival groups at Camp Nightwing must band together to solve a terrifying mystery when horrors from their towns' history come alive.
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, supernatural, murder, monster, woman in danger, homicidal maniac, witch, lesbian, snake, brutality, psychopath, violence ...
Time: 2020s, 70s, year 1994, year 1978, 21st century
Place: usa
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Pinocchio's Revenge (1996)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Defense attorney Jennifer Garrick acquires a Pinocchio puppet from a condemned serial killer. Her pre-teen daughter, Zoe, mistakes the puppet as a birthday present and grows attached to her new friend. Suddenly, accidents begin to happen to those ...
Style: bleak, rough, slasher, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: evil doll, puppet, doll, pinocchio, vengeance, mental illness, serial killer, danger, supernatural, toys, killer doll, murder ...
Time: 90s
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Treacherous Beauties (1994)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A female photographer hears that her brother has been shot dead at a horse rearing farm. She decides to go there herself and uncovers a murky conspiracy.
Style: serious, realistic, mind bending, suspenseful
Plot: murder, conspiracy, couples, farm, photojournalist, uncover truth, law enforcement, journalism, fall in love, dishonesty, love and romance, mind game ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
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 7.7
 5K
91 Days (2016)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: During Prohibition, the law held no power and the mafia ruled the town. The story takes place in Lawless, a town thriving on black market sales of illicitly brewed liquor. Avilio returns to Lawless after some time away, following the murder of his ...
Style: anime, suspense, tense, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot: betrayal, life & death, tragedy, gunfight, mafia, brutality, murder, crime boss, unlikely friendships, violence, anger, prohibition era ...
Time: 1920s, 19th century
Place: usa, chicago
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 6.6
 5K
Young Ahmed (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran.
Style: captivating, sincere, disturbing, psychological
Plot: muslim, religion, arab, disorder, friendship, society, youth, culture clash, indoctrination, coming of age, religious, terrorist ...
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The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sir James Forbes arrives in a remote Cornish village to identify a mysterious plague afflicting the population. Local squire Charles, a disciple of Haitian witchcraft, is using the voodoo magic to resurrect the dead to work in his decrepit and ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, slasher, classic horror, suspense ...
Plot: folk horror, monster, occult, supernatural, living dead, zombie, zombie attack, undead, cemetery, macabre, apocalypse, pagan ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: cornwall, haiti, caribbean, england, europe
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 5.3
 111K
Legion (2010)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope for survival lies in a group of strangers trapped in an out-of-the-way, desert diner with the Archangel Michael.
Style: scary, suspenseful, demonic, absurd, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: angel, apocalypse, supernatural, religion, desert, demon, end of the world, good versus evil, prophecy, survival, save the world, extinction ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new mexico, usa, los angeles, north america
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Swordsman of Siena (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A 16th-century Spanish overlord hires Thomas Stanswood (Stuart Granger) to protect his, less than eager, fiancee (Sylva Koscina) from rebels. Thomas finds himself drawn to both the fiancee and the rebels side.
Plot: swordsman, fencing, swashbuckler, peplum, historical event, sword fight, sword, duel, love interest, betrayal, adventurer, evil man ...
Time: 16th century
Place: italy
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Captain Khorshid (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Captain Khorshid is a sailor who although only having one hand, manages to sail his little boat. In his village, due to its hot climate and hard living conditions, dangerous criminals are sent into exile. They want to escape from the area, so they ...
Plot: iranian, smuggling, husband wife relationship, pistol, porter, criminal, exile, boat, murder, wife, smoking, merchant ...
Place: persia, iran, middle east
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Terror in the Family (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Fifteen-year-old Deena Marten wants the same freedom every teenager craves. But when she can't have her way, her rebellious temperament erupts in violence. Her parents, Stephanie and Todd, fear her new boyfriend, Garret, 17, is the cause. ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, touching, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: trouble, substance abuse, recovery, abuse, women, victim, family relations, dysfunctional family, alcohol abuse, rape, family problems, kids in trouble ...
Time: 90s
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 7.1
 2K
Dad (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Daddy is the story of a divorced father fighting for the right to raise his 7-year-old daughter. When his marriage falls apart, he decides to kidnap his daughter rather than let the court award custody to his mentally ill wife, whom he deems unfit ...
Plot: family relations, psychiatry, father, filmmaker, self harm, battle of the sexes, drinking, mental illness, rage, child custody, mother daughter relationship, bipolar disorder ...
Place: eastern europe
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Stripped to Kill (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A Los Angeles policewoman's partner has her pose as a stripper to lure a killer of strippers.
Style: slasher, sexy, neo noir, detective, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, strip club, stripper, murder, police investigation, female fighter, who done it, reluctant partners, erotica, women, female fight, woman with a gun ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: los angeles
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Schramm: Into the Mind of a Serial Killer (1993)
Genre: Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 65 min.
Story: Lothar Schramm is a simple man with complex problems, yet he seems like such a nice guy. He works as a taxi driver and lives by himself where he is happy to answer his door to strangers and kill them outright. As with many shy loner types he has a ...
Style: disturbing, bleak, suspenseful, rough, slasher ...
Plot: violence, serial killer, maniac, psychopath, prostitute, gory, mentally unstable, psycho, extreme, sexual torture, violent, psycho killer ...
Time: 90s
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 7.7
 150K
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, China, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves in a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing who desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turns out to be the greatest kung-fu masters in disguise. ...
Style: humorous, stylized, surreal, parody, spoof ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, gangster, kung fu fighting, master warrior, heroes, mob boss, wuxia, gang, murder, contests and competitions, tough guy ...
Time: 1940s, 2000s, year 2004, 20th century
Place: china, east asia, shanghai, asia
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Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A Greek Fisherman brings an Atlantean Princess back to her homeland which is the mythical city of Atlantis. He is enslaved for his trouble. The King is being manipulated by an evil sorcerer who is bent on using a natural resource of Atlantis to take ...
Style: psychotronic, classic horror, independent film, serious, futuristic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: space and aliens, ancient civilization, alien, alien invasion, gladiator, ancient world, exodus, ancient, mythology, stop motion, slave, pyramid ...
Time: year 1961
Place: ancient greece, rome italy, greece
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