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: Chief Niemans is investigating a series of ritual murders: The victims are crucified. He teams up with young officer Reda, who gets embroiled after a man dressed as a monk tries to kill a confused guy Reda picked up on the street. Together with a specialist on christian mythology they uncover a mysterious group called "Angels of the Apokalypse"...
Director: Olivier Dahan Stars: Jean Reno, Benoît Magimel, Christopher Lee, Camille Natta, Johnny Hallyday
Plot / Synopsis: When the star of a sensationalistic Miami news show travels to the Ecuadorian coastal village of Babahoyo to cover the story of a serial killer who hunts children, his personal ambition gets out of hand, and his pursuit of a moment of glory carries tragic consequences.
Tagline: Inspired by a true story...
Director: Sebastián Cordero Stars: John Leguizamo, Damián Alcázar, Peki Andino, Amira Bustamante, Carlos Cedeño
Plot / Synopsis: A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York's S&M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns is sent undercover onto the streets as decoy for the murderer. Working almost completely isolated from his department, he has to learn and practice the complex rules and signals of this little society. While barely seeing...
Director: William Friedkin Stars: Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, Richard Cox, Don Scardino
Plot / Synopsis: A mysterious shooter randomly kills innocent citizens in public; one after the other in broad daylight. All murders happen not far from the White House; not far from the President.
Tagline: From the trunk of a car he terrified a Nation...
Director: Ulli Lommel Stars: Ken Foree, Ulli Lommel, Christopher Kriesa, Tory N. Thompson, Tamara Whatley
Plot / Synopsis: Biopic about notorious American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, taking place in both the past and the present.
Tagline: The mind is a place of its own...
Director: David Jacobson Stars: Jeremy Renner, Bruce Davison, Artel Great, Matt Newton, Dionysio Basco
Plot / Synopsis: A secret government has been trying to create the ultimate killer using the DNA of infamous killers Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy, but there's one big problem: they've escaped! Bloody mayhem stretches across the United States as they go on the ultimate killing spree. Trying to stop the maniacal madness is Ringo, a hick warrior, using only a...
Director: Ford Austin Stars: Ford Austin, Art LaFleur, Randal Malone, Ethan Phillips, Harland Williams
Plot / Synopsis: Ten years after he brutally murdered two girls, a killer escapes from a mental institution and returns to his turf, the theme park attraction called Dark Ride. About to crash his path are a group of college kids on a road trip who stumble across the park.
Tagline: The Last Ride You'll Ever Take...
Director: Craig Singer Stars: Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Patrick Renna, David Clayton Rogers, Alex Solowitz, Andrea Bogart
Plot / Synopsis: Sam Dietz is a relentless cop who is trying to get over a serial killer's attack on his family in the last Relentless film. He is also trying to find the new killer in the city. Gregor is a relentless patriot who is trying to avenge the deaths of his family. He hunts down those responsible, and executes them...
Director: Michael Schroeder Stars: Ray Sharkey, Leo Rossi, Meg Foster, Marc Poppel, Dale Dye
Plot / Synopsis: After her husband dies of mysterious circumstances, a widow becomes increasingly paranoid of the neighboring religious community that may have diabolical plans for her.
Tagline: A gruesome secret, protected for generations, rises to give its...
Director: Wes Craven Stars: Maren Jensen, Sharon Stone, Susan Buckner, Jeff East, Colleen Riley
Plot / Synopsis: 1993. Overachieving college student Jason Moss, fascinated by serial crime, decides to write his criminology class term paper on John Wayne Gacy, who is on death row and scheduled to be executed in six months time. Jason's criminology professor, Mr. Harris, will only allow Jason to write his paper on Gacy if Jason can come up with a fresh...
Director: Svetozar Ristovski Stars: William Forsythe, Jesse Moss, Emma Lahana, Cole Heppell, Belinda Metz
Plot / Synopsis: Two 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.Tagline: A White-Hot Juggernaut At 200 Miles Per Hour!...
Director: Quentin Tarantino Stars: Kurt Russell, Zoë Bell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Sydney Tamiia Poitier
Plot / Synopsis: After witnessing the murder of a famous psychic, a musician teams up with a feisty reporter to find the killer while evading attempts on their lives by the unseen assailant bent on keeping a dark secret buried.Tagline: The maker of "SUSPIRIA" now takes you on a journey through the macabre, the bizarre. . . the unnatural...
Director: Dario Argento Stars: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril, Eros Pagni
Plot / Synopsis: An old note is found in a bottle in Jutland which has traveled very long across the ocean a long time ago. The note is hard to decipher, but when the Danish investigator from Section Q receives it, the odd personalities within the section find a new angle on it and try to unveil yet another old and diabolic...
Director: Hans Petter Moland Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pål Sverre Hagen, Jacob Lohmann, Amanda Collin
Plot / Synopsis: Chief detective Carl M?rck and his assistant Assad become involved in a five-year-old case concerning the mystery of politician Merete Lynggaard's disappearance - a journey that takes them deep into the undercurrent of abuse and malice that lurks beneath the polished surface of Scandinavia.
Tagline: Intet er glemt for altid (Nothing is forgotten forever) (Danish teaser poster)...
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Per Scheel Krüger, Troels Lyby, Øyvind B. Fabricius Holm, Søren Pilmark
