Top 37 must-see best serial killer movies from 327 serial killer movies, including Halloween, Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, Se7en, Frenzy, Zodiac, Mother, Peeping Tom, Deep Red, and The Secret in their Eyes ranked and rated by score.
327 Serial Killer films sorted alphabetically from A-Z
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Plot / Synopsis: Before Jeffrey Dahmer became a notorious serial killer, he was a shy, alcoholic teen who never quite fit in. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Derf Backderf, this is the true, haunting story of Jeffrey Dahmer in high school...
Director: Marc Meyers Stars: Zachary Davis Brown, Lily Kozub, Ross Lynch, Vincent Kartheiser, Alex Wolff
Plot / Synopsis: Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.Tagline: The Media Made Them Superstars...
Director: Oliver Stone Stars: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield, Everett Quinton
Plot / Synopsis: Who's been decapitating the innocent girls at a local night school? The police are baffled.
Tagline: Man is the only animal that kills for pleasure [UK theatrical] [as Terror Eyes]...
Director: Ken Hughes Stars: Leonard Mann, Rachel Ward, Drew Snyder, Joseph R. Sicari, Nick Cairis
Plot / Synopsis: A mental-patient, who is troubled with horrible nightmares, has escaped from his hospital. Now on the streets he can't help killing innocent people. But there is one family he is more than interested in and when he tries to kill them, he finds that it's not that easy.
Tagline: From the man who terrified you in "Dawn of the...
Director: Romano Scavolini Stars: Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith, C.J. Cooke, Mik Cribben, Danny Ronan
Plot / Synopsis: A stylish horror film based on the life of Richard Ramirez, aka the Nightstalker, who terrorized people in Los Angeles during the 1980s.Tagline: Based On A True Story...
Director: Chris Fisher Stars: Bret Roberts, Joseph McKelheer, Roxanne Day, Julian Garcia, Christine Long
Plot / Synopsis: Sol Kyung-Gu plays a staff member of the National Institute of Scientific Investigation (NISI) in South Korea. He attempts to uncover the identity of a mysterious serial killer who decapitates his victims. Ryoo Seung-Bum plays a environmentalist who holds clues to unravel the mystery.
Tagline: Rather be killed than forgive...
Director: Hyeong-Joon Kim Stars: Kyung-gu Sol, Seung-bum Ryoo, Hye-jin Han, Ji-ru Sung, Kyung-eub Nam
Plot / Synopsis: Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims. Moe Brummel is a single and harassed New York City police detective who starts to get phone calls from the strangler and builds a strange alliance as a result. Kate Palmer is a swinging, hip tour guide who witnesses the strangler leaving her...
Director: Jack Smight Stars: Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal, Eileen Heckart, Murray Hamilton
Plot / Synopsis: An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer whom has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus.
Tagline: Creepier than Jack the Ripper...
Director: Dario Argento Stars: Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli, Gabriele Lavia, Rossella Falk
Plot / Synopsis: A young opperata is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.
Tagline: obsession. murder. madness...
Plot / Synopsis: "Out of the Darkness" is a gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. "Son of Sam" - the infamous serial killer who stalked New York City in the 1970s...
Director: Jud Taylor Stars: Martin Sheen, Hector Elizondo, Matt Clark, Jennifer Salt, Eddie Egan
Plot / Synopsis: A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dy**g expressions of terror.Tagline: Stark Terror Meets Art in a Deadly Game of Cat and Mouse. (DVD)...
Director: Michael Powell Stars: Karlheinz Böhm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, Maxine Audley, Brenda Bruce
Plot / Synopsis: Forensic psychologist and ex-Texas Ranger Dr. Audrey MacLeah assists the police in the case of a serial killer who abducts women and holds them for a short time before he kills them. As the doll-obsessed killer hunts his next prey, MacLeah deals with inter-agency politics and her own tortured memories...
Director: Howard McCain Stars: Kelly McGillis, Bruce Dern, D.W. Moffett, David Keith, Joely Fisher
Plot / Synopsis: Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent.
Tagline: He lived to find beauty. He killed to possess it...
Director: Tom Tykwer Stars: Ben Whishaw, Francesc Albiol, Gonzalo Cunill, Roger Salvany, Andrés Herrera
Plot / Synopsis: Young co-eds are being dismembered by a mysterious murderer on a college campus. The killer is attempting to put together a human jigsaw puzzle made from body parts.
Tagline: "If you like strong thrills, come to see us... But do not come alone... Just in case." -- translation of Spanish ad campaign...
Director: Juan Piquer Simón Stars: Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Frank Braña, Edmund Purdom, Ian Sera
