Here we've displayed a list of the best Serial Killer films : The Silence of the Lambs(1991), No Country for Old Men(2007), Memories of Murder(2003), Shadow of a Doubt(1943), Vengeance Is Mine(1979), I Saw the Devil(2010), Zodiac(2007), Control(2003), Dark City(1998), Tell No One(2006), The Spiral Staircase(1946), Psycho Raman(2016) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1991
119 Minutes
Jodie Foster Anthony Hopkins Scott Glenn Ted Levine Anthony Heald Brooke Smith Diane Baker Kasi Lemmons Charles Napier Roger Corman George Romero
psychiatrist psychopath student agent serial killer police officer dark creepy suspenseful prison cave household washington, d.c. insanity kidnapping cannibalism torture fbi escape mystery
A 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.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Mexico
2007
122 Minutes
Tommy Lee Jones Ethan Coen Javier Bardem Josh Brolin Woody Harrelson Kelly Macdonald Garret Dillahunt Tess Harper Barry Corbin Stephen Root Rodger Boyce
hunter serial killer sheriff wife veteran chilling dark creepy texas countryside motel police station gas station murder drug trafficking assassination investigation pursuit mystery 1980s
Violence 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.
Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
South Korea
2003
129 Minutes
Song Kang-ho Kim Sang-kyung Kim Roi-ha Song Jae-ho Hie-bong Byeon Park Noh-shik Hae-il Park Seo-hie Ko Mi-Seon Jeon Young-hwa Seo
rapist serial killer police detective mentally challenged suspect dark solemn south korea provincial town police station investigation crime death of a child murder case mystery pursuit 1980s
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1943
108 Minutes
Teresa Wright Joseph Cotten Hume Cronyn Macdonald Carey Henry Travers Patricia Collinge Edna May Wonacott Wallace Ford Irving Bacon Charles Bates Clarence Muse
uncle serial killer young girl neighbor detective widow dark suspenseful household small town murder surveillance poison newspapers paranoia infatuation pursuit mystery 1940s
A young girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.
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
South Korea
2010
141 Minutes
Byung-hun Lee Min-sik Choi Kook-haun Chun Ho-jin Chun San-ha Oh Yoon-seo Kim Moo-seong Choi In-seo Kim
serial killer cannibal secret agent fiancée ex-cop father dark gory frightening gritty korea clinic house basement apartment grief murder chase vigilantism father figure
A secret agent exacts revenge on a serial killer through a series of captures and releases.
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2007
157 Minutes
Jake Gyllenhaal Mark Ruffalo Robert Downey Jr. Anthony Edwards Dermot Mulroney Brian Cox Elias Koteas Donal Logue John Carroll Lynch Clea DuVall Chloë Sevigny
reporter police officer detective serial killer child creepy gritty suspenseful san francisco bus california police station school obsession murder newspapers violence crime paranoia mystery
In the late 1960s/early 1970s, 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.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
Hungary
2003
105 Minutes
Sándor Csányi Zoltán Mucsi Sándor Badár Csaba Pindroch Zsolt Nagy Lajos Kovács Eszter Balla Bence Mátyási Gyözö Szabó Balazs Mihályfi Péter Scherer
subway passenger subway police serial killer hungarian dark brooding creepy creative hungary subway train station murder isolation mystery love discovery transformation sacrifice quest 2000s
A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, the fellow inspectors on his team, all without exception likable characters, a rival ticket inspection team and racing along the tracks - and a tale about love.
Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Australia
1998
101 Minutes
Rufus Sewell Kiefer Sutherland Jennifer Connelly William Hurt Richard O'Brien Ian Richardson Colin Friels Mitchell Butel Frank Gallacher Bruce Spence Melissa George
serial killer husband wife police officer creepy dark frightening tense hotel city murder memory loss dreams alien mystery 1990s
A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|UK
2006
126 Minutes
François Cluzet André Dussollier Marie-Josée Croze Kristin Scott Thomas Nathalie Baye François Berléand Jean Rochefort Guillaume Canet Gilles Lellouche Olivier Marchal Philippe Lefebvre
pediatrician wife serial killer gangster husband police officer thrilling crafty gripping intricate lake house park france city frame-up faking death murder conspiracy on the run
An accidental discovery near a doctor's estate stirs up some painful memories eight years after his wife's hideous murder, and now, things are bound to take a turn for the unexpected. Does the good doctor know more than he's letting on?
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
83 Minutes
Dorothy McGuire George Brent Forrest Tucker Ethel Barrymore Kent Smith Rhonda Fleming Gordon Oliver Elsa Lanchester James Bell Charles Wagenheim Ellen Corby
serial killer mute person servant nurse chilling suspenseful mansion murder disability alcoholism insanity investigation mystery pursuit 1910s
In 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.
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.
Crime, Drama
USA
1994
119 Minutes
Woody Harrelson Juliette Lewis Robert Downey Jr. Tommy Lee Jones Tom Sizemore Rodney Dangerfield Russell Means Edie McClurg Balthazar Getty Joe Grifasi O-Lan Jones
serial killer girlfriend reporter police officer survivors survivor dark gripping brutal gutsy disturbing diner desert highway new mexico arizona nevada murder media evil
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2007
121 Minutes
Kevin Costner Demi Moore Dane Cook William Hurt Marg Helgenberger Ruben Santiago-Hudson Danielle Panabaker Aisha Hinds Lindsay Crouse Jason Lewis Reiko Aylesworth
serial killer protégé businessman daughter wife detective suspenseful dark portland, ore. palo alto, calif. office house murder mistaken identity family police work pursuit wretched excess temptation 2000s
A well-respected businessman is sometimes controlled by his murder and mayhem-loving alter ego.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
86 Minutes
Robert Young Robert Mitchum Robert Ryan Gloria Grahame Paul Kelly Richard Benedict Sam Levene Jacqueline White Steve Brodie Lex Barker
soldier veteran detective sergeant serial killer dark thrilling suspenseful bar washington, d.c. mexico apartment hotel murder investigation anti-semitism paranoia friendship military mystery
A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why?
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1986
97 Minutes
Rutger Hauer C. Thomas Howell Jennifer Jason Leigh Jeffrey DeMunn John M. Jackson Billy Green Bush Jack Thibeau Armin Shimerman
young man hitchhiker waitress police officer serial killer chilling dark thrilling desert highway car diner police station road trip serial murders mistaken identity stalking torture escape pursuit
A young man who escapes the clutches of a murderous hitchhiker is subsequently stalked by the hitcher and framed for his crimes.
Mystery & Thriller
Italy|West Germany
1970
98 Minutes
Tony Musante Suzy Kendall Eva Renzi Enrico Maria Salerno Mario Adorf Umberto Rano Giuseppe Castellano Renato Romano
writer girlfriend model serial killer police officer chilling gripping shocking art gallery rome zoo building police station murder plot investigation law and order crime serial murders escape mystery
An American expatriate in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city, and conducts his own investigation despite himself and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Germany|Italy
2002
99 Minutes
Bill Paxton Matthew McConaughey Powers Boothe Matt O'Leary Luke Askew Jeremy Sumpter Derk Cheetwood Missy Crider Alan Davidson Cynthia Ettinger Vincent Chase
serial killer brother fbi agent creepy frightening texas small town family dysfunction father/son relationship religion investigation murder mystery pursuit 2000s
A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to destroy people who were in fact "demons."
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1986
119 Minutes
William Petersen Kim Greist Dennis Farina Joan Allen Brian Cox Stephen Lang Tom Noonan
serial killer cannibal fbi agent coworker journalist dark suspenseful chilling atlanta house prison quantico murder manhunt secret plans collaboration revenge mutilation discovery pursuit
Former F.B.I. profiler Will Graham (William Petersen) returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer named "the Tooth Fairy" (Tom Noonan) by the media.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
84 Minutes
Merle Oberon George Sanders Laird Cregar Cedric Hardwicke Sara Allgood Aubrey Mather Queenie Leonard Doris Lloyd David Clyde Helena Pickard Lumsden Hare
serial killer inspector singer maid lodger chilling suspenseful disturbing london attic music hall hospital serial murders mystery investigation unusual behavior jack the ripper mystery discovery pursuit
A landlady suspects her new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
Drama
France
2007
103 Minutes
Dominique Pinon Fanny Ardant Audrey Dana Zinedine Soualem Michèle Bernier Myriam Boyer Boris Ventura Diaz
novelist serial killer police detective hairdresser schoolteacher young woman suspenseful intricate shocking apartment office salon yacht farmhouse france serial murders investigation supernatural magic writing
A popular novelist researches unlikely sources to find characters for her next bestseller.
Documentary
UK|USA
2003
89 Minutes
serial killer documentarian judge lawyer spokesman friend dark disturbing florida prison courtroom murder prostitution execution mental illness discovery fall wretched excess 2000s
Nick Broomfield's second documentary about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, focusing on her mental state on death row.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
South Korea
2012
119 Minutes
Jae-yeong Jeong Eun-ji Jo Yeong-ae Kim Won-yeong Choi Gwang Jang Ji-a Min Shi-hoo Park
serial killer detective victim dark tense south korea confession murder biography mystery
Lee Du-seok publishes an autobiography describing murders he committed after the statute of limitations expires. A detective and one of the victim's mothers search for the author while another killer begins a spree of murders.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1980
105 Minutes
Michael Caine Angie Dickinson Nancy Allen Keith Gordon Dennis Franz David Margulies Ken Baker Brandon Maggart Susanna Clemm Fred Weber Sean O'Rinn
prostitute psychiatrist housewife son serial killer husband disturbing gory shocking new york city metropolitan museum witnessing murder investigation infidelity mystery pursuit 1980s
A mysterious blonde woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the high-class call girl who witnessed the murder.
Mystery & Thriller
Spain
2015
127 Minutes
Antonio de la Torre Roberto Álamo Javier Pereira Luis Zahera Raúl Prieto Mónica López Alfonso Bassave
serial killer pope religious person detective investigator government official engaging thrilling suspenseful intense dark madrid spain police station street crime scene big city investigation murder mysterious deaths
Inspectors Velarde and Alfaro must find what appears to be a serial killer. This hunt against the clock will make them realize something they'd never thought about: neither one of them is that different from the killer.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA
1923
80 Minutes
Eleanor Boardman Mae Busch Barbara La Marr Richard Dix Frank Mayo Lew Cody
minister serial killer wife director actress charles chaplin hilarious frenetic suspenseful small town train hollywood, calif. movie set desert hollywood acting love triangle stalking serial murders stardom
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1998
124 Minutes
Denzel Washington John Goodman Donald Sutherland Embeth Davidtz James Gandolfini Elias Koteas Gabriel Casseus Michael J. Pagan Robert Joy Bill Clark
serial killer police detective partner theologian prisoner demon dark creepy frightening suspenseful prison execution chamber police station press conference apartment country house evil spirits occult possession serial murders
Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution, the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
Documentary
UK|USA
2014
105 Minutes
Lonnie David Franklin Jr. Seymour Amster Laverne Peters Margaret Prescod
narrator serial killer attorney friend murder victim chilling dark disturbing bleak creepy shocking los angeles serial murders documentaries interview murder investigation dna evidence racial issues discovery fall
Nick Broomfield digs into the case of the notorious serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper, who terrorized South Central Los Angeles over a span of twenty-five years.
Drama
France|Italy
1975
125 Minutes
Jean-Paul Belmondo Charles Denner Adalberto Maria Merli Léa Massari Catherine Morin Rosy Varte
police commissioner police detective frenchman french officer serial killer bank robber amusing thrilling intense suspenseful playful frightening paris france bank investigation stunts murder investigation gangsters chase
Commissaire Letellier and Inspector Moissac are tracking Minos, a serial killer whose victims are women.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1968
108 Minutes
Rod Steiger George Segal Lee Remick Eileen Heckart Murray Hamilton Michael Dunn Barbara Baxley Ruth White Doris Roberts David Doyle
serial killer psychopath overbearing parent police detective mother victim suspenseful amusing dark new york city apartment household bedroom serial murders mother/son relationship mental illness investigation mind games police work pursuit
A crafty serial killer plays a game of cat-and-mouse with a harried police detective trying to track him down.