20 movies like The Boston Strangler, ordered by similarity : Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion(1970), Desperate(1947), A Conspiracy of Faith(2016), The Last Deadly Mission(2008), Vengeance Is Mine(1979), M(1931), Ossessione(1942), Zulu(2013), Insomnia(2002), Cry of the City(1948), The Departed(2006), The Laughing Policeman(1973) ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1968
116 Minutes
Tony Curtis Henry Fonda George Kennedy Mike Kellin Hurd Hatfield Murray Hamilton Jeff Corey Sally Kellerman William Marshall George Voskovec Leora Dana
murderer rapist police detective victim wife survivor brutal dark tense raw boston police station crime scene serial murders police work interrogation capture forced confession pursuit fall
A series of brutal murders in Boston sparks a seemingly endless and increasingly complex manhunt.
Crime, Drama
Italy
1970
115 Minutes
Gian Maria Volonte Florinda Bolkan Salvo Randone Gianni Santuccio Arturo Dominici Orazio Orlando Sergio Tramonti
police detective mistress police officer murderer victim colleague dark gutsy engaging crime scene italy police station corruption crime police work investigation law enforcement murder wretched excess mystery
A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
73 Minutes
Steve Brodie Audrey Long Raymond Burr Douglas Fowley William Challee Jason Robards Sr. Freddie Steele Lee Frederick Paul E. Burns Ilka Gruning Larry Nunn
truck driver wife gangster brother private investigator detective dark gripping melodramatic tense chicago road police station wedding interrogation room warehouse fugitives ultimatum husband/wife relationship murder
A young married couple flee both police and a gangster out for revenge.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Crime
Denmark|Germany|Sweden|Norway
2016
119 Minutes
Nikolaj Lie Kaas Fares Fares Johanne Louise Schmidt Søren Pilmark Jakob Oftebro Pål Sverre Hagen Lotte Andersen Signe Anastassia Mannov Laura Bro Divya Das Amanda Collin
detective investigator murder suspect murder victim criminal thrilling gripping suspenseful shocking boarding school crime scene police station denmark crime investigation murder cold case serial murders discovery mystery
Two intertwined cases linking the past with the present will require the aid of Department Q to catch an elusive serial killer, while time is running out.
Drama, Crime
France
2008
125 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Olivia Bonamy Catherine Marchal Francis Renaud Gérald Laroche Guy Lecluyse Philippe Nahon Clement Michu Moussa Maaskri Jean-Paul Zehnacker
cop murderer ex-convict madman victim daughter brash disturbing intense dark tense thrilling prison marseilles, france police station bus street crime scene parole protection
A washed-up Marseilles cop (Auteuil) earns a chance at redemption by protecting a woman from the man who killed her parents as he is about to be released from prison.
Crime, Drama
Japan
1979
128 Minutes
Ken Ogata Rentarô Mikuni Chocho Miyako Mitsuko Baishô Nijiko Kiyokawa Mayumi Ogawa
serial killer wife father madam truck driver ex-convict bleak brutal tense japan city suburbia prison brothel murder manhunt relationships incest investigation mental illness
Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Germany
1931
99 Minutes
Peter Lorre Ellen Widmann Inge Landgut Otto Wernicke Gustaf Gründgens Theodor Loos Georg John Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
murderer cop criminal creepy dark tense thrilling germany city murder fugitives crime manhunt pursuit mystery fall 1930s
When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
Crime, Drama
1942
135 Minutes
Massimo Girotti Clara Calamai Juan de Landa Dhia Cristiani Vittorio Duse Michele Riccardini Michele Sakara Elio Marcuzzo
young man wife husband lawyer detective drifter dark tense sultry italy diner highway car courtroom infidelity murder greed crime trials betrayal
A drifter (Massimo Girotti) helps a beauty (Clara Calamai) kill her husband (Juan de Landa) in Italy.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
France|South Africa
2013
110 Minutes
Orlando Bloom Forest Whitaker Conrad Kemp Inge Beckmann Tinarie Van Wyk-Loots Regardt van den Bergh Randall Majiet Patrick Lyster Joelle Kayembe
murderer murder victim eunuch detective drug dealer south african man bleak brutal dark thrilling intense suspenseful south africa cape town, south africa beach murder drugs apartheid crime detective work
Policemen Ali Sokhela and Brian Epkeen investigate the brutal murder of a young white woman, apparently provoked by the availability of a new illegal drug and somehow connected to the disappearance of black street children.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|UK
2002
118 Minutes
Al Pacino Robin Williams Hilary Swank Maura Tierney Martin Donovan Nicky Katt Paul Dooley Jonathan Jackson Larry Holden Katharine Isabelle
detective murderer police officer psychopath dark suspenseful school alaska cabin hotel tunnel blackmail interrogation murder investigation crime mystery pursuit 2000s
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Victor Mature Richard Conte Shelley Winters Fred Clark Berry Kroeger Debra Paget Betty Garde Tommy Cook
police detective murderer girlfriend lawyer thief brutal chilling dark suspenseful new york city hospital prison murder theft investigation imprisonment escape fall pursuit mystery
Police Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Hong Kong
2006
152 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Matt Damon Jack Nicholson Mark Wahlberg Martin Sheen Ray Winstone Vera Farmiga Alec Baldwin James Badge Dale David O'Hara Mark Rolston
mobster criminal cop informant girlfriend wife dark intense gritty tense suspenseful frightening boston police station bar vehicle city apartment secret hideout crime mafia
An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
Crime, Drama
USA
1973
111 Minutes
Walter Matthau Bruce Dern Louis Gossett Jr. Albert Paulsen Anthony Zerbe Anthony Costello Cathy Lee Crosby Shirley Ballard David Belrose Dawn Frame Louis Guss
detective police officer partner suspect murderer businessman dark tense san francisco bus police station street massacre investigation police work murder homosexuality violence mystery pursuit
In San Francisco, California, one victim in a mass murder is a police detective. His partner and a new partner investigate in the city's seamy side.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
India
2016
126 Minutes
Nawazuddin Siddiqui Vicky Kaushal Sobhita Dhulipala Mukesh Chhabra Anuschka Sawhney
serial killer police chief psychopath murderer murder suspect murder victim intense disheartening disturbing thrilling suspenseful mumbai, india police station obsession serial murders psychopath investigation crime revenge discovery
Ramanna, a maniac murderer, finds a soulmate in Raghavan, a policeman, who inspects his murder cases. He tries to make Raghavan realize how they both are similar.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
China|USA
2019
99 Minutes
Chadwick Boseman Sienna Miller J.K. Simmons Stephan James Taylor Kitsch Keith David Alexander Siddig Louis Cancelmi Victoria Cartagena Gary Carr Morocco Omari
police officer criminal detective murderer family member murder suspect cool confident thrilling suspenseful intense intricate new york city subway apartment crime scene police station car murder manhunt
An embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
92 Minutes
Lawrence Tierney Claire Trevor Walter Slezak Phillip Terry Audrey Long Elisha Cook Jr. Isabel Jewell Esther Howard Kathryn Card Tony Barrett Grandon Rhodes
murderer woman half sister fiancé proprieter investigator brutal dark raw reno, nev. boardinghouse train san francisco household bedroom investigation desire murder jealousy greed
A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with the hotheaded murderer romancing her foster sister.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2007
106 Minutes
Brendan Cowell Maia Thomas Henry Nixon Nicholas Bell Katie Wall Maude Davey Luke Elliot Simon Laherty
police officer witness girlfriend murderer survivor dark brutal bleak melbourne, australia train subway small town supermarket murder mental breakdown hearing loss isolation police work massacre mystery
Diagnosed with tinnitus, a lawman (Brendan Cowell) works the night shift while a murderous gunman remains at large.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1995
125 Minutes
Brad Pitt Morgan Freeman Gwyneth Paltrow R. Lee Ermey Richard Roundtree John C. McGinley Julie Araskog Mark Boone Junior John Cassini Reg E. Cathey Peter Crombie
police officer detective serial killer wife police chief dark suspenseful tense disturbing shocking intricate city police station desert murder violence morality torture wretched excess mystery
A meticulous detective (Morgan Freeman) and the young officer (Brad Pitt) about to replace the veteran probe serial murders based on the seven deadly sins.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2013
153 Minutes
Hugh Jackman Jake Gyllenhaal Viola Davis Maria Bello Terrence Howard Melissa Leo Paul Dano Dylan Minnette Zoë Soul Erin Gerasimovich Kyla-Drew Simmons
father daughter young girl best friend detective suspect dark intense boston family home police station rv father/daughter relationship missing persons disappearance police work vigilantism pursuit sacrifice revenge
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA
2018
123 Minutes
Nicole Kidman Toby Kebbell Tatiana Maslany Sebastian Stan Scoot McNairy Bradley Whitford Toby Huss James Jordan Beau Knapp Jade Pettyjohn Shamier Anderson
police officer gang member gang leader criminal detective brash brutal bleak gripping intense california desert restaurant police station murder revenge police work undercover operations gangs pursuit
A police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
2016
81 Minutes
Tom Meeten Alice Lowe Rufus Jones Niamh Cusack Geoffrey McGivern Paul Kaye Dan Renton Skinner Waen Shepherd Rachel Stubbings James Eyres
detective therapist colleague undercover cop murder suspect victim bleak chilling dark disturbing gripping raw london crime scene therapist's office police station therapy undercover operations fantasy uncertainty
A homicide detective goes undercover as a patient to investigate a psychotherapist he believes is linked to a strange double murder. As his therapy sessions continue the line between fantasy and reality begins to blur.