| Elephant (2003) | 7.1 | |
| Nitram (2021) | 7.1 | |
| Come and See (1985) | 8.3 | |
| Waltz with Bashir (2008) | 8.0 | |
| Batman (1989) | 7.5 |
Mass murder movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant mass murder movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, psychological and bleak films and TV shows about / with mass murder, murder, death, violence, blood, brutality, murderer, shot to death, massacre and serial killer plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as mass murder: Elephant (2003), 22 July (2018), Beautiful Boy (2010), Polytechnique (2009), All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006), Natural Born Killers (1994), To Catch a Killer (2023), Nitram (2021), The Belko Experiment (2016), Mass (2021).
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent. The film chronicles the events surrounding a school shooting.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, bleak, independent film, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
school shooting, violence, teacher, bullying, teenage girl, mass murder, violent, high school, teenager, youth, school, rage ...
Time:
year 2003, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, oregon, ireland, portland oregon, california
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40K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Norway
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
In Norway on 22 July 2011, right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utöya Island outside of Oslo. This three-part story will focus on the survivors of the attacks, the political ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, rough, dramatic, action thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, mass murder, tragedy, island, cruelty, trial, brutality, massacre, car bomb, hospital, criminal ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
oslo norway, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass shooting at his college, then took his own life.
Style:
realistic, emotional, bleak, psychological, powerful ...
Plot:
couples, school shooting, death, murder, grief, haunted by the past, mass murder, family problems, psychology, sociology, school massacre, death in the family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989 where several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.
Style:
disturbing, black and white, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
school shooting, mass murder, misogynist, murder, atrocity, serial killer, misogyny, hostage, interview, woman in danger, psychopath, winter ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century, year 2009, 90s, 80s
Place:
canada, montreal, france, quebec
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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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Genre: Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Style:
controversial, sexy, black comedy, brutal, sadistic ...
Plot:
dark humor, violence, serial killer, violent, psychopath, mass murder, murderous pair, insanity, satire, brutality, media, on the road ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
new mexico, london, tokyo, europe, east asia ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Baltimore. New Year's Eve. A talented but troubled police officer is recruited by the FBI's chief investigator to help profile and track down a mass murderer.
Style:
bleak, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
mass murder, fbi agent, fbi investigation, serial killer, massacre, sniper, new year's eve, police officer, death of mother, murder, fbi, murder investigation ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
baltimore
Is relevant?
13K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Based on true events, "Nitram" lives with his parents in suburban Australia in the mid-90s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never fitting in. As his anger grows, he begins a slow descent into a nightmare that culminates in ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, mass murder, serial killer, mental disorder, murderer, life is a bitch, psycho killer, psychological trauma, homicidal maniac, relationship problems, serial murder, social problems ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
australia
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a twisted social experiment, a group of 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá, Colombia and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company's intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be ...
Style:
suspense, dark comedy, slasher, psychological thriller, bloody ...
Plot:
game of death, social experiment, killing spree, office, trapped in a building, last man standing, cruelty, human experiment, murder, mass murder, corporation, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia
Is relevant?
19K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two couples meet for a painful and raw conversation in the aftermath of a violent tragedy.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, suspense, sad ...
Plot:
tragedy, violent, church, forgiveness, mass murder, parents, grief, multiple perspectives, mental disorder, relationship problems, backfire, bereavement ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The Killing Fields tells the real-life story of a friendship between two journalists, an American and a Cambodian, during the bloody Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975, which led to the death of 2-3 million Cambodians during the next four ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, rough, political, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
genocide, journalism, vietnam war, civil war, photographer, war, violence, reporter, photograph, brutality, khmer rouge, mass murder ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1973, 80s, year 1984 ...
Place:
cambodia, vietnam, east asia, asia, new york ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, bleak, depressing, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, toddlers, teen drama, adult
Plot:
psychopath, evil child, school shooting, high school, childhood, guilt, prison visit, depression, teenager, sociopath, antisocial behavior, teenage boy ...
Time:
year 2011, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
united kingdom, america, connecticut, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A musician begins experiencing terrifying visions when she moves into the house where the Manson Family committed their infamous crimes.
Style:
disturbing, bloody, bleak, serious, scary ...
Plot:
mass murder, charles manson, serial killer, psycho killer, murder, killing, cold blooded killer, serial murder, cold blooded murder, bloody violence, homicidal maniac, murderer ...
Time:
90s, year 1969, 60s
Place:
beverly hills
Is relevant?
489K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A couple travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
Style:
suspense, dark comedy, atmospheric, splatter, art house ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
food, restaurant, murder, social satire, food critic, mass murder, perfectionist, chef, grudge, cooking, obsession, actor ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of Mexican emigrants attempts to cross the Mexican-US border. What begins as a hopeful journey becomes a harrowing, bloody and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifle-toting vigilante and his loyal Belgian Malinois dog chase the ...
Style:
philosophical, psychological, rough, touching, hispanic ...
Plot:
survival, mexican border, desert, psychopath, running for your life, human prey, border crossing, truck, u.s. mexico border, mass murder, characters killed one by one, mercilessness ...
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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, creepy, bloody, cult classic, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychic power, blood, serial killer, mass murder, massacre, murder, repressed memory, college student, female nudity, campus, gory, supernatural ...
Time:
80s, year 1986
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
21K
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in a dystopian America ruled by a totalitarian political party, the series follows several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. Tying them all together is a mysterious savior who’s impeccably equipped for everything the night ...
Style:
brutal, tense, suspense, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
masked killer, distopia, brutality, survival horror, mass murder, serial killer, nightmare, massacre, psycho killer, gunfight, murder, social injustice ...
Time:
near future, 2040s, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Fed up with the cruelty and stupidity of American culture, an unlikely duo goes on a killing spree, killing reality TV stars, bigots and others they find repugnant in this black comedy.
Style:
black comedy, cynical, funny, sexy, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
killing spree, dark humor, female killer, mass murder, stupidity, vigilante, serial killer, murder, layoff, society, revenge, rage ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey, seattle
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18K
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.
Style:
disturbing, sentimental, heartbreaking, realistic, sad ...
Plot:
world war two, war crime, ethnic conflict, polish history, nazism, survival, propaganda, holocaust, massacre, occupation, oppression, murder ...
Time:
1940s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1940, post world war two
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, russia, soviet union ...
Is relevant?
429K
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker, who has seized control of Gotham's underworld.
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, saga, neo noir, visual ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, date night
Plot:
vigilante, superhero, batman, justice, villain, good versus evil, insanity, corruption, costumed hero, organized crime, criminal, trauma ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, 1920s, future
Place:
usa, north america
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Cambodia, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A 5-year-old girl embarks on a harrowing quest for survival amid the sudden rise and terrifying reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.
Style:
thought provoking, factual, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
genocide, forced labor, khmer rouge, communism, mass murder, little girl, wartime, cambodian civil war, imperialism, murder, anti war, revolution ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, year 2017, 90s, year 1970
Place:
cambodia, east asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China, Hong Kong, UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
City of Life and Death takes place in 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Imperial Japanese Army has just captured the then-capital of the Republic of China, Nanjing. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, bleak, breathtaking, black and white ...
Plot:
sino japanese war, world war two, japanese army, war crime, sexual abuse, war atrocity, japanese occupation, rape, chinese history, atrocity, life is a bitch, japanese occupation of china ...
Time:
1930s, year 1938, year 2009, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
china, asia, shanghai
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Dark Night enigmatically unfolds over the course of a lazy summer day, as it traces the events leading up to a mass shooting in a suburban multiplex. Abandoning the narrative confines of the true crime genre, the story is told through fragmented ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, rough ...
Plot:
mass murder, massacre, tragedy, suburbs, killing, group of strangers, murder mystery, murder, mass death, stranger, night, mystery killer ...
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Genre: Documentary, Animation, Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, War
Country: Israel, France, Germany, USA, Finland, Switzerland, Belgium, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Much awarded animated documentary, in which director and Israeli army veteran Ari Folman interviews friends and former soldiers about their memories of the 1982 Lebanon war and especially the Sabra and Shatila massacre in Beirut. The usage on ...
Style:
adult animation, rough, experimental, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
politics, military, mass murder, memory loss, soldier, haunted by the past, guilt, male pubic hair, catastrophe, memory, mission, army ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
lebanon, israel, middle east, palestine, beirut lebanon
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Strange events plague crew members of a reality TV show when they visit an infamous backwoods camp that was the site of a mass murder 20 years earlier.
Style:
suspenseful, slasher, creepy, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, found footage, fear, mass murder, investigation, summer camp, witch, paranormal, curses spells and rituals, obsession, abandoned ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Style:
touching, emotional, heartbreaking, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, genocide, nazi, wartime, war, concentration camp, storytelling, holocaust survivor, anti semitism, nazism, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, ancient times, year 1943 ...
Place:
poland, germany, iran, persia, europe ...
Is relevant?
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 ...
Is relevant?
398K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still ...
Style:
psychological, costume drama, harsh, disturbing, epic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, hitler, nazi, war, nazism, suicide, fascism, holocaust, national socialism, dictatorship, third reich, paranoia ...
Time:
1940s, year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, year 1945 ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, prague, europe, bavaria ...
Is relevant?
203K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, entertaining, suspense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
computer hacker, hostage, bank robbery, spy, hacker, terrorism, heist, hacking, surveillance, secret agent, computer, hot and sexy ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, malibu california, california, north america ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy, Switzerland, Thailand, UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Years after the onset of the Clone Wars, the noble Jedi Knights lead a massive clone army into a galaxy-wide battle against the Separatists. When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from ...
Style:
futuristic, epic, cult classic, emotional, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
star wars, alien, space wars, space opera, sword fight, robot, spaceship, heroic mission, personality change, tragic villain, outer space, volcano ...
Time:
future, year 2005, 20th century, year 2016, 2000s
Place:
space western
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