37 Best Serial Killer Movies & Films
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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196). Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 8.2/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 10,068 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $148,826
Plot / Synopsis: With a serial killer claiming victim 13 and rumors of corruption in their force, the West Yorkshire cops are told to cooperate with a team from outside - Peter Hunter and two hand-picked associates. Hunter gets little help but plunges ahead, discovering that one of the 13 victims may have a different killer. This part of the investigation leads...
Director: James Marsh
Stars: Warren Clarke, Paddy Considine, James Fox, David Calder, Nicholas Woodeson
197). Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 8/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 8,768 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.2/10 | Metascore: 7.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A murky tale. A child goes missing in West Yorkshire, one of several over ten years; the police find a patsy, an acquaintance of Michael, a blood simple man serving a life sentence for another girl's death. Michael's mother asks John Piggott, a burned-out solicitor, to look into her son's conviction; Piggott finds injustices in current and past cases...
Director: Anand Tucker
Stars: David Morrissey, Lisa Howard, Chris Walker, Shaun Dooley, Jim Carter
198). Relentless (1989) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 5.45/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,966 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $6,985,999
Plot / Synopsis: Sam Dietz, a New York cop recently reassigned to Los Angeles, joins the hunt for a serial killer who seemingly picks his victims at random from the telephone directory - but the closer he gets to cracking the case, the more personal the stakes become.
Tagline: When Buck Taylor comes to call, your number is up...
Director: William Lustig
Stars: Judd Nelson, Robert Loggia, Leo Rossi, Meg Foster, Patrick O''Bryan
199). Relentless 3 (1993) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 5.06/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 493 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Sam Dietz, divorced Los Angeles detective, is now back (from "up North") agrees to consult on a serial killer case. Not wanting to be anymore involved than that changes when the killer forces him to become actively involved in the investigation. The killer is someone he's arrested before...
Tagline: When the fear stops...you're dead!...
Director: James Lemmo
Stars: Leo Rossi, William Forsythe, Robert Costanzo, Edward Wiley, Tom Bower
200). Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes (1994) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 4.94/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 337 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: The fourth Relentless movie has Detective Sam Dietz (Leo Rossi) investigating a series of ritual murders committed by another L.A. serial killer. The only clue linking the victims is that all of them were in the services of a shady and unconventional therapist named Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee (Famke Janssen) who may know a lot more than what she...
Director: Oley Sassone
Stars: Leo Rossi, Famke Janssen, Colleen Coffey, John Scott Clough, Christopher Pettiet
201). Resurrection (1999) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 3.9/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 11,664 | Rotten Tomatoes: 1.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Detective John Prudhomme, a Cajun transplanted to Chicago, is assigned to investigate the savage murder of a man who has bled to death from a severed arm. A message, "He Is Coming", written in blood on the victim's window is a dark, forboding clue of his task. After two more victims with missing body parts are discovered, Prudhomme realizes...
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Stars: Mike Anscombe, Jeff J.J. Authors, Patrick Chilvers, David Cronenberg, Jayne Eastwood
202). Ricochet (1991) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.2/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 21,961 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.5/10 | Metascore: 4.9/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $21,756,163
Plot / Synopsis: In this action thriller, Denzel Washington plays Nick Styles, the assistant district attorney of L.A. The film opens in his early days as a cop on the L.A.P.D. During a carnival, master criminal Earl Talbot Blake creates a scene after a botched drug deal. Styles and Blake confront each other, during which Blake is wounded by Styles and later...
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Stars: Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak, Lindsay Wagner
203). Rough Draft (1998) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 4.43/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 898 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A struggling freelance writer, while investigating the transvestite night life, stumbles across a serial killer in action. The two then strike up a bizarre partnership to document the killer's motives and handiwork as a possessed detective struggling with his own personal demons tries to solve the crimes.
Tagline: Some things are better never written...
Director: Joshua Wallace
Stars: Gary Busey, Arnold Vosloo, Michael Madsen, Julia Campbell, Reno Wilson
204). Saw (2004) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
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Score: 6.53/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 507,217 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.0/10 | Metascore: 4.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $56,000,369
Saw is Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, PeacockPlot / Synopsis: James Wan's Saw (2004) has become a real classic of modern horror movies and today we have the official poster for the Saw 10th Anniversary Re-release. This will be a one-week only re-release into movie theaters. I don't know about you but I watch Saw once every year, this year I will relive the movie theater experience. Starring in Saw...
Director: James Wan
Stars: Leigh Whannell, Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Ken Leung, Dina Meyer
205). Saw 3D: The Traps Come Alive (2010) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
What We Thought of Saw 3D: The Traps Come Alive
Score: 4.01/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 117,924 | Rotten Tomatoes: 0.9/10 | Metascore: 2.4/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $45,710,178
Saw 3D: The Traps Come Alive is Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, PeacockPlot / Synopsis: The Saw series continues with this seventh entry, spearheaded by returning Saw VI director Kevin Greutert. Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton also are back to pen the script, which details the exploits of serial killer Jigsaw's surviving victims, who seek counseling from a self-help mentor (Sean Patrick Flanery) whose past as a previous victim figures directly into each one's fate...
Director: Kevin Greutert
Stars: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Cary Elwes, Sean Patrick Flanery
206). Saw II (2005) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Saw II Horror Movie Review
Score: 5.59/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 295,630 | Rotten Tomatoes: 3.9/10 | Metascore: 4.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $87,039,965
Saw II is Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, PeacockPlot / Synopsis: A detective and his team must rescue eight people trapped in a factory by the twisted serial killer known as Jigsaw.
Tagline: We Dare You Again...
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Stars: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Donnie Wahlberg, Erik Knudsen, Franky G
207). Saw III (2006) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Exploring Saw III – Full Review
Score: 5.09/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 227,077 | Rotten Tomatoes: 2.8/10 | Metascore: 4.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $80,238,724
Saw III is Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, PeacockPlot / Synopsis: Jigsaw kidnaps a doctor to keep him alive while he watches his new apprentice put an unlucky citizen through a brutal test.
Tagline: Sometimes Rules Are Meant To Be Broken...
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Stars: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh, Donnie Wahlberg
208). Saw IV (2007) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
In-Depth Saw IV Review
Score: 4.55/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 175,921 | Rotten Tomatoes: 1.8/10 | Metascore: 3.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $63,300,095
Saw IV is Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, PeacockPlot / Synopsis: Despite Jigsaw's death, and in order to save the lives of two of his colleagues, Lieutenant Rigg is forced to take part in a new game, which promises to test him to the limit.
Tagline: It's a Trap...
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Stars: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Lyriq Bent
209). Saw V (2008) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Full Review of Saw V (2008)
Score: 4.07/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 147,531 | Rotten Tomatoes: 1.3/10 | Metascore: 2.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $56,746,769
Saw V is Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, PeacockPlot / Synopsis: Detective Mark Hoffman is deemed a hero after he saves a young girl and "escapes" one of Jigsaw's games, or so it seems. Special Agent Peter Strahm is suspicious of him after an injured Agent Lindsay Perez says Hoffman's name. While Agent Strahm looks into Detective Hoffman's past, five people, who helped burn down a building which was supposedly...
Director: David Hackl
Stars: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Julie Benz
210). Saw VI (2009) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Detailed Review: Saw VI (2009)
Score: 4.92/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 134,990 | Rotten Tomatoes: 3.9/10 | Metascore: 3.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $27,693,292
Saw VI is Streaming on Netflix, HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood...
Director: Kevin Greutert
Stars: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston, Betsy Russell, Shawnee Smith
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