| The Frighteners (1996) | 7.1 | |
| The Shining (1980) | 8.4 | |
| Targets (1968) | 7.3 | |
| Freeway (1996) | 6.8 | |
| Copycat (1995) | 6.6 |
Psychopathic killer movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant psychopathic killer movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out slasher, suspense, suspenseful, serious, scary and psychological films and TV shows about / with serial killer, psychopath, murder, psycho killer, blood, violence, death, killer, corpse and deadly plots mostly in Thriller, Horror and Crime genres shot in USA, Italy, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as psychopathic killer: Alone in the Dark (1982), The Card Player (2003), Disturbia (2007), The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007), Joy Ride (2001), Basic Instinct (1992), Seven (1995), The House That Dripped Blood (1971), Bad Samaritan (2018), The Last House on the Left (2009).
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List of psychopathic killer movies
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
home invasion, maniac, murder, family in danger, psychopath, insanity, mental illness, mother daughter relationship, serial killer, eccentricity, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 2016
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Policewoman Anna Mari is forced to play a dangerous game with the title serial killer. If she loses, she witnesses the maniac's tortured victims having their throats cut in explicit close-up detail via webcam. She teams up with British cop John ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
master criminal, serial killer, dangerous attraction, gambling, homicidal maniac, murder, vengeance, woman in danger, police investigation, law enforcement, rivalry, murderer ...
Place:
rome italy, europe
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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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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever ...
Style:
disturbing, mockumentary, sadistic, slasher, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, serial killer, murder, psychopath, torture, macabre, violence, psycho killer, maniac, psycho, sadism, captive ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
usa, new york state, pennsylvania, new york
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
kidnapping, truck driver, truck, prank, twists and turns, paranoia, psychopath, brother brother relationship, torture, brutality, road trip, trap ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, north america, colorado, salt lake city utah, nebraska ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A sadistic serial killer terrorizes a couple driving on a rural highway in Texas while killing numerous people and framing them for his killings.
Style:
slasher, scary, psychological, neo noir, suspense ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, woman in danger, heroine, manipulation, revenge, fear, showdown, death of boyfriend, framed for murder, violence, arrest ...
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, USA
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, sexual, detective, neo noir ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, obsession, sex, nudity, manipulation, seduction, sexual tension, dangerous attraction, police investigation, murder, fatal attraction, strong sexual content ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, bay area, persia, oakland california, california ...
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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 ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The legend of that creepy masked-man, Michael Myers, comes to life once again in this fourth installment of the successful horror franchise. This time, it's Michael's niece, Jamie, who can't seem to escape her crazy uncle. With ...
Style:
slasher, sexy, scary, splatter, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, halloween, holiday horror, masked killer, masked villain, small town, teenager, murder, crime spree, blood, monster, supernatural ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
Place:
illinois, chicago
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.
Style:
anthology, suspense, detective, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
curse, vampire, female vampire, investigation, murder, wax museum, evil child, country house, strangulation, haunted house, supernatural power, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
20th century, year 1971, 70s
Place:
scotland yard, europe, scotland, england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A thieve makes a disturbing discovery in the house where he breaks in. Later, when he returns to the same house with his partner in crime, things are not longer how he expected.
Style:
psychological, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, home invasion, captive, investigation, sadism, violence, held captive, obsession, murder, sadist, maniac ...
Place:
portland oregon, oregon
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, South Africa
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A group of teenage girls heading into the city hook up with a gang of drug-addled ne'er-do-wells and are brutally murdered. The killers find their way to the home of one of their victim's parents, where both father and mother exact a ...
Style:
scary, slasher, brutal, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
rape, revenge, psychopath, torture, murder, kidnapping, serial killer, violence, vengeance, sexualized violence, rape and revenge, violence against women ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young nurse is kidnapped by a group of violent teens who escape from a mental hospital and take her on the road trip from hell. Pursued by an equally deranged lawman out for revenge, one of the teens is destined for tragedy and horrors that will ...
Style:
slasher, perverse, psychotronic, suspense, brutal ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, maniac, chainsaw, revenge, chainsaw murder, mental institution, kidnapping, rage, torture, crime spree, psycho killer, disturbed individual ...
Time:
60s, year 1965, 1950s, year 1955, 50s
Place:
texas, southern usa
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119K
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A retired pop singer turned actress' sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past.
Style:
adult animation, suspense, suspenseful, surreal, anime ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, murder, obsession, twists and turns, stalking, actor's life, actress, violence, stalker, rising to stardom, danger, mentally unstable ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A photographer and his models go to an old, abandoned castle for a photo shoot. Unbeknownst to them, the castle is inhabited by a lunatic who believes himself to be the reincarnated spirit of a 17th-century executioner whose job it is to protect the ...
Style:
gothic, slasher, psychotronic, gothic horror, suspense ...
Plot:
castle, male model, curse, serial killer, bare chested male, dungeon, insanity, muscleman, executioner, masked killer, villain, murder ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 17th century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more ...
Style:
scary, black comedy, dark comedy, horror comedy, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, horror for children, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, serial killer, haunted house, dark humor, funeral, psychic, supernatural ability, violence, architect, car accident, death of wife ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1800s, 1950s, 70s
Place:
oklahoma city, oceania, usa, california
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13K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Vietnam veteran quietly plans to go on a mass shooting spree. At the same time, an elderly horror film star prepares to make a public appearance at a drive-in theater.
Style:
independent film, psychological, suspense, grindhouse, retro ...
Plot:
sniper, serial killer, violence, killing spree, psychopath, massacre, old man, manhunt, husband wife relationship, target practice, confrontation, actor ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, texas, usa, vietnam, asia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A restaurant employee wanted for murder contracts Ebola by raping a woman in South Africa and starts an outbreak there and in Hong Kong when he returns home.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, bloody, rough, extreme horror ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape, murder, virus, serial killer, cannibalism, deadly virus, female nudity, brutality, infection, dark humor, threesome, sex ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 80s, 20th century, year 1986
Place:
south africa, africa, china, hong kong, asia ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When Andy's mother is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the young boy is placed in foster care, and Chucky, determined to claim Andy's soul, is not far behind.
Style:
slasher, bloody, scary, splatter, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
doll, killer doll, evil doll, serial killer, supernatural horror, foster home, villain, supernatural, supernatural power, disbelieving adult, evil spirit, rainstorm ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
chicago, midwest
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16K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter.
Style:
psychological, controversial, slasher, psychological thriller, sexual ...
Plot:
home invasion, maniac, psycho killer, psychopath, brutality, serial killer, necrophilia, mental illness, angst, voice over narration, killer as protagonist, prison ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s, 20th century
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Five campers arrive in the mountains to examine some property they have bought, but are warned by the forest ranger Roy McLean that a huge machete-wielding maniac has been terrorising the area. Ignoring the warnings, they set up camp, and start ...
Style:
slasher, independent film, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, stalking, violence, backwoods, group of friends, murder, woods, fear, wilderness, mountain, machete ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
oregon
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Hatch Harrison, his wife, Lindsey, and their daughter, Regina, are enjoying a pleasant drive when a car crash leaves wife and daughter unharmed but kills Hatch. However, an ingenious doctor, Jonas Nyebern, manages to revive Hatch after two lifeless ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychic, satanism, afterlife, psychopath, suicide, murder, car accident, psychic link, supernatural ability, teenage daughter, tragic past ...
Time:
90s, year 1995
Place:
washington d.c., los angeles
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1.2M
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Style:
psychological, suspense, scary, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, hotel, insanity, supernatural, psychopath, stephen king, ghost, snow, imaginary friend, danger, evil, haunting ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 80s, 1920s, 70s
Place:
colorado, denver colorado, persia, usa, miami ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rusty Nail is back on the road again looking to punish injustice at every turn - and this time it's with a group of hotheaded street racers on their way to the Road Rally 1000. As they drive through a desolate shortcut on the way to the race, ...
Style:
slasher, scary, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
evil wins, psycho killer, serial killer, truck driver, sadistic horror, road rage, truck, murder, highway, killer car, urban legend, race car ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. ...
Style:
detective, talky, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
serial killer, buddy cop, police, movie star, fish out of water, police investigation, murder, actor, buddies, law enforcement, amateur detective, research ...
Time:
90s, future, 80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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31K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A disgraced FBI agent with a drinking problem joins nine other troubled law enforcement officers at an isolated detox clinic in the wilds of Wyoming. But the therapeutic sanctuary becomes a nightmarish hellhole when a major snowstorm cuts off the ...
Style:
slasher, detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, group therapy, revenge, killer, psychopath, depression, isolation, snowstorm, insanity, rehabilitation center, obsession, grief ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
wyoming, british columbia, usa, seattle
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) is on the run from the police. Director Shohei Imamura turns this fact-based story—about the seventy-eight-day killing spree of a remorseless man from a devoutly Catholic ...
Style:
freeze frame, realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, prostitute, father son relationship, violence, psychopath, sex scene, brutality, murder, lover lover relationship, father in law daughter in law relationship, womanizer, strangulation ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 1979, 70s, 1930s ...
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The teenager Christina, her younger brother Bobby, and their father James Tarling moves to a rented house in a small town in Washington to be close to Christina's mother Joanne, who is interned in an asylum. The house is being repaired by Howie ...
Style:
slasher, psychological, suspenseful, rough, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, psychopath, mental illness, psychiatric hospital, house, small town, serial killer, amateur detective, teenage girl, teenage boy, father daughter relationship, female protagonist ...
Time:
90s
Place:
washington state
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Their car breaks down and four friends find themselves stranded at The Lost Oasis, a strange museum run by the friendly Mr. Slausen. Even though they are warned not to, the teens explore a house nearby and learn that it belongs to Davey, Mr. ...
Style:
slasher, scary, cult horror, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mannequin, serial killer, psychopath, insanity, murder, psychic, fear, group of friends, masked man, chase, old dark house, blood ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A detective investigating the murder of a teenage girl begins to focus his suspicions on the three girlfriends of the victim, who call themselves "The Inseparables."
Style:
suspense, slasher, crying, poliziottesco, freeze frame ...
Plot:
serial killer, female pubic hair, nudity, school, desire, female nudity, secret relationship, erotica, kleptomania, girls' boarding school, tranquilizer, teensploitation ...
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