Movies by Lists - Best Serial Killer - Psycho Killer Movies (78 [75]) 
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| Albert Fish - In Sin He Found SalvationA documentary about Albert Fish, who was a sadistic and cannibalistic serial killer. | 2007 | John Borowski | Documentary, Biography, Crime, History, Horror | 5.5 (1.3K votes) | 86 | 20240727 |
| Angst aka FearA troubled man gets released from prison and starts taking out his sadistic fantasies on an unsuspecting family living in a secluded house. | 1983 | Gerald Kargl | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 7.3 (10.4K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Arsenic And Old LaceA Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation when he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers. | 1943 | Frank Capra (*) | Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 8.0 (69.5K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| AuditionA widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all. | 1999 | Takashi Miike (*) | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 7.2 (78.6K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| BadlandsAn impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands. | 1973 | Terrence Malick (*) | Action, Crime, Drama | 7.8 (71.1K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Basket CaseA young man carrying a big basket that contains his extremely deformed, formerly conjoined twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will. | 1982 | Frank Henenlotter | Comedy, Horror | 6.2 (18.3K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Benny's VideoA 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results. | 1992 | Michael Haneke (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.2 (15.7K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Big Bad WolvesAfter a little girl is brutally murdered, a suspect avoids arrest due to lack of evidence. Working separately, her father and a cop decide to do something about it. | 2013 | Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 6.8 (16.4K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Black ChristmasDuring their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger. | 1974 | Bob Clark | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (39.2K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Blood and Black LaceA masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome. | 1964 | Mario Bava (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (10.5K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Blood and Black Lace aka Sei donne per l'assassinoA masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome. | 1964 | Mario Bava (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (10.5K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, TheHypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders. | 1920 | Robert Wiene (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (61.7K votes) | 67 | 20211228 |
| Cape FearA lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail. | 1962 | J. Lee Thompson | Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (28.5K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Cape FearA convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him. | 1991 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Crime, Thriller | 7.3 (187.1K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Chaser, The [Chugyeogja]A disgraced ex-policeman who runs a small ring of prostitutes finds himself in a race against time when one of his women goes missing. | 2008 | Na Hong-jin | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.8 (63.8K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Citizen XDuring the 1980s, Soviet authorities hunt for a serial killer who picks his victims in railway stations and commuter trains and lures them into the woods. | 1995 | Chris Gerolmo | Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller | 7.5 (19.3K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Cold Fish [Tsumetai nettaigyo]The lives of a bored suburban couple are changed forever when a seemingly nice old man gives their daughter a job at his fish store, and soon his gruesome hobbies are brought to light. | 2010 | Sion Sono | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 7.1 (12.6K votes) | 146 | 20211228 |
| Creepy [Kurîpî Itsuwari no rinjin]Takakura is a former detective. He receives a request from his ex-colleague, Nogami, to examine a missing family case that occurred six years earlier. Takakura follows Saki's memory. She is the only surviving family member from the c | 2016 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.3 (5.1K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| CruisingA police detective goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men. | 1980 | William Friedkin (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (22.7K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| CureA frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done. | 1997 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (14K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Cure, The [Cure]A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done. | 1997 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (14K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Death ProofTwo separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans. | 2007 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Action, Thriller | 7.0 (283.2K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Deep RedA jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic. | 1975 | Dario Argento (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (36.5K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Diaboliques, LesThe wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi. | 1955 | Henri-Georges Clouzot (*) | Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (64.7K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Dressed to KillA mysterious blonde woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the high-class call girl who witnessed the murder. | 1980 | Brian De Palma (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.1 (40K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Eddie - The Sleepwalking Cannibal [Eddie]A painter struggling for inspiration finds an unexpected muse after he accepts a teaching position in a small town and becomes the caregiver to Eddie, a seemingly docile art student with a rare sleepwalking condition. | 2012 | Boris Rodriguez | Comedy, Horror | 5.7 (1.5K votes) | 90 | 20240727 |
| Eyes Without A Face [Les yeux sans visage]A surgeon causes an accident which leaves his daughter disfigured and goes to extreme lengths to give her a new face. | 1960 | Georges Franju (*) | Drama, Horror | 7.7 (30.5K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Female TroubleA spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitch-hiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes. | 1974 | John Waters (*) | Comedy, Crime | 7.2 (9.1K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| FrenzyA serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man. | 1972 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Thriller | 7.4 (44.4K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Funny GamesTwo violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement. | 1997 | Michael Haneke (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (70.9K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Go Go Second Time Virgin [Yuke yuke nidome no shojo]After being raped in an unknown rooftop, nineteen year-old girl Poppo meets a mysterious boy, and both share their sexual traumas and fears, with fatal consequences. | 1969 | Kôji Wakamatsu | Drama | 7.4 (2.5K votes) | 65 | 20211228 |
| H. H. Holmes - Americas First Serial KillerTorture chambers, acid vats, greased chutes and gassing rooms were just some of the devices of death designed by the Torture Doctor, H.H. Holmes in his castle of horrors. Follows Holmes' entire life as a criminal mastermind. | 2004 | John Borowski | Documentary, Crime, History | 6.3 (1.8K votes) | 64 | 20220731 |
| HannibalLiving in exile, Dr. Hannibal Lecter tries to reconnect with now disgraced F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling, and finds himself a target for revenge from a powerful victim. | 2001 | Ridley Scott (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (267.4K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| Henry, Portrait of a Serial KillerArriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer. | 1986 | John McNaughton (*) | Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 7.0 (35K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Hitcher, TheA young man who escapes the clutches of a murderous hitchhiker is subsequently stalked by the hitcher and framed for his crimes. | 1986 | Robert Harmon | Action, Thriller | 7.2 (47K votes) | 97 | 20220414 |
| Holy SpiderA journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called ""Spider Killer"", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners. | 2022 | Ali Abbasi | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (15.2K votes) | 118 | 20230328 |
| Honeymoon Killers, TheAn obese, embittered nurse doesn't mind if her toupee-wearing boyfriend romances and fleeces other women, as long as he takes her along on his con jobs. | 1970 | Leonard Kastle, Martin Scorsese, Donald Volkman | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.0 (5.1K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Human Lanterns [Ren pi deng long]A psychotic craftsman pits two rival Kung-Fu masters against each other while designing special lanterns from a disturbing source. | 1982 | Chung Sun | Horror, Action | 6.5 (823 votes) | 99 | 20220315 |
| I Saw The DevilA secret agent exacts revenge on a serial killer through a series of captures and releases. | 2010 | Jee-woon Kim (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 7.8 (123.5K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| Iceman, TheThe story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters had any clue about his real profession. | 2012 | Ariel Vromen | Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (73.8K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Ichi The KillerAs sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of achieving. | 2001 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Horror | 7.0 (55K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| IdentityStranded at a desolate Nevada motel during a nasty rain storm, ten strangers become acquainted with each other when they realize that they're being killed off one by one. | 2003 | James Mangold | Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (239.7K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| In Cold BloodTwo ex-cons murder a family in a robbery attempt, before going on the run from the authorities. The police try to piece together the details of the murder in an attempt to track down the killers. | 1967 | Richard Brooks | Biography, Crime, Drama, History | 7.9 (26.1K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| Invisible Man, TheA scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane. | 1933 | James Whale (*) | Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.7 (33.9K votes) | 71 | 20211228 |
| KillersA psychopathic Japanese executive accidentally triggers a journalist's 'dark side'. They begin to connect over the Internet and make a complicated bond. | 2014 | Kimo Stamboel, Timo Tjahjanto | Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 6.4 (5K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Kind Hearts and CoronetsA distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession. | 1949 | Robert Hamer (*) | Comedy, Crime | 8.0 (36.6K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| KluteA small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute. | 1971 | Alan J. Pakula (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (25.1K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Lady VengeanceAfter being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means. | 2005 | Park Chan-wook (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (76.9K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| MWhen the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt. | 1931 | Fritz Lang (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 8.3 (153.3K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Man Bites DogA film crew follows a ruthless thief and heartless killer as he goes about his daily routine. But complications set in when the film crew lose their objectivity and begin lending a hand. | 1992 | Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 7.5 (40.1K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| MartinA young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvania town where he tries to redeem his blood-craving urges. | 1976 | George A. Romero (*) | Drama, Horror | 7.1 (10.8K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Memories of Murder [Salinui chueok]In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit. | 2003 | Bong Joon Ho (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (166.8K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| Monsieur VerdouxA suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards. | 1947 | Charles Chaplin (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 7.9 (17.1K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Mr. & Mrs. SmithA well-respected businessman is sometimes controlled by his murder and mayhem-loving alter ego. | 2007 | Bruce A. Evans | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (148.5K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Mr. BrooksA well-respected businessman is sometimes controlled by his murder and mayhem-loving alter ego. | 2007 | Bruce A. Evans | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (148.6K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Ms.45A timid and mute seamstress goes insane after being attacked and raped twice in one day, in which she takes to the streets of New York City after dark and randomly shoots men with a .45 caliber pistol. | 1981 | Abel Ferrara | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (10.1K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Natural Born KillersTwo victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. | 1994 | Oliver Stone (*) | Action, Crime, Drama | 7.3 (228.2K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Night of the HunterA religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery. | 1955 | Charles Laughton (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 8.0 (87K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| No Country For Old MenViolence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande. | 2007 | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (924.5K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Peeping TomA young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror. | 1960 | Michael Powell (*) | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 7.7 (34.2K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Perfect Blue [Pafekuto buru]A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past. | 1997 | Satoshi Kon | Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.0 (69K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| PossessionA woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister. | 1981 | Andrzej Zulawski | Drama, Horror | 7.4 (29.8K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Psychic, The aka Sette note in neroA clairvoyant woman discovers a skeleton in a wall in her husband's house, and seeks to find the truth about what happened to the victim. | 1977 | Lucio Fulci (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (5.1K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| PsychoA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. | 1960 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 8.5 (643.8K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Road GamesA laid-back American truck driver in south Australia starts to suspect a man driving a green van of killing young women along his route, and proceeds to play a cat-and-mouse game in order to catch him red-handed. | 1981 | Richard Franklin | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (6.4K votes) | 101 | 20220414 |
| Santa SangreA former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless mother - the leader of a strange religious cult - and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name as he becomes "her arms". | 1989 | Alejandro Jodorowsky (*) | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 7.6 (20.6K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| See No EvilA young blind woman is pursued by a maniac while staying with family in their country manor. | 1971 | Richard Fleischer | Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (3.3K votes) | 89 | 20220414 |
| SevenTwo detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives. | 1995 | David Fincher (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.6 (1.6M votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Silence of the Lambs, TheA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims. | 1991 | Jonathan Demme (*) | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 8.6 (1.4M votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Snowtown Murders, TheBased on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder. | 2011 | Justin Kurzel | Biography, Crime, Drama | 6.6 (18.4K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Spiral Staircase, TheIn 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced. | 1946 | Robert Siodmak (*) | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.4 (9.8K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| TargetsAn elderly horror film star, while making a personal appearance at a drive-in theatre, confronts a psychotic Vietnam War veteran who has turned into a mass-murdering sniper. | 1968 | Peter Bogdanovich (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.4 (9.5K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Texas Chainsaw Massacre, TheFive friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw. | 1974 | Tobe Hooper (*) | Horror | 7.5 (151K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| TitaneFollowing a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for 10 years. Titane: A metal highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloys. | 2021 | Julia Ducournau | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.6 (34.6K votes) | 108 | 20220315 |
| Vanishing, TheRex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor. | 1988 | George Sluizer | Mystery, Thriller | 7.7 (37.6K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Vengeance is Mine [Fukushû suruwa wareniari]Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run. | 1979 | Shohei Imamura (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.8 (6.4K votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| What Have You Done to Solange aka Cosa avete fatto a SolangeA teacher who is having an affair with one of his students is reluctant to present an alibi when his lover witnesses the first in a series of murders connected to their school. | 1972 | Massimo Dallamano | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (5.2K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| ZodiacBetween 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree. | 2007 | David Fincher (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.7 (512.1K votes) | 157 | 20211228 |