Serial Murder
"serial murder" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Killers of the Flower Moon
Synopsis:
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
Starring:
Jesse Plemons,
Robert De Niro,
Leonardo DiCaprio
Plot:
1920s,
osage tribe,
courtroom,
based on book,
native american,
murder,
greed,
oklahoma,
oil,
osage indian
...
#2
Pearl
Synopsis:
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.
Starring:
Mia Goth,
Matthew Sunderland,
David Corenswet
#3
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Synopsis:
As if the Penguin wasn't enough to contend with, a new vigilante has surfaced in Gotham City, and her strong-arm tactics give Batman cause for concern.
Starring:
Kimberly Brooks,
David Ogden Stiers,
Kevin Conroy
#4
Scream VI
Synopsis:
Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.
Starring:
Courteney Cox,
Dermot Mulroney,
Melissa Barrera
#5
Dirty Linen
Synopsis:
To exact vengeance, a young woman infiltrates the household of an influential family as a housemaid to expose their dirty secrets. However, love will get in the way of her revenge plot.
Starring:
Janine Gutierrez,
Zanjoe Marudo,
Francine Diaz
#6
Z
Synopsis:
Repression is the rule of the day in this film that skewers Greek governance of the 1960s. Z, a leftist rabble rouser, is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. But given the political climate, the death of such a prominent activist raises troubling questions. Though it's too late to save Z's life, a postmortem examination suggests that the ruling party was behind his death. As the fact…
Starring:
Jacques Perrin,
Jean-Louis Trintignant,
Magali Noël
Plot:
murder investigation,
rally,
right wing,
police,
government,
military,
politician,
1960s,
violence,
political cover up
...
#7
Urban Legend
Synopsis:
A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.
Starring:
Tara Reid,
Robert Englund,
Loretta Devine
#8
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Synopsis:
When Sally hears that her grandfather's grave may have been vandalized, she and her paraplegic brother, Franklin, set out with their friends to investigate. After a detour to their family's old farmhouse, they discover a group of crazed, murderous outcasts living next door. As the group is attacked one by one by the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface, who wears a mask of human skin, the survivors must…
Starring:
Marilyn Burns,
Allen Danziger,
Paul A. Partain
Plot:
leatherface,
cannibal,
chainsaw,
rural setting,
american horror,
hitchhiker,
texas,
cannibalism,
independent film,
summer
...
#9
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Synopsis:
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
Starring:
Celia Weston,
Philip Baker Hall,
Jude Law
Plot:
nudity,
italy,
playboy,
bisexuality,
sociopath,
neo noir,
saxophone,
male full frontal nudity,
1950s,
friendship
...
#10
The Silence of the Lambs
Synopsis:
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
Starring:
Anthony Heald,
Tracey Walter,
Anthony Hopkins
#11
The Night of the Hunter
Synopsis:
In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Starring:
Shelley Winters,
Peter Graves,
James Gleason
Plot:
widow,
preacher,
southern gothic,
spanking,
psychopath,
cult film,
money,
doll,
death,
promise
...
#12
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Synopsis:
London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.
Starring:
Alfred Hitchcock,
Alma Reville,
Reginald Gardiner
#13
The Last House on the Left
Synopsis:
Two teenage girls try to buy marijuana in the city - where they get kidnapped and brutalized by a gang of psychotic convicts.
Starring:
Jeramie Rain,
Sandra Peabody,
Lucy Grantham
#14
The Dead Zone
Synopsis:
Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.
Starring:
Tom Skerritt,
Nicholas Campbell,
Christopher Walken
#15
The Cell
Synopsis:
A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
Starring:
Jennifer Lopez,
Vincent D'Onofrio,
Vince Vaughn
Plot:
serial killer,
race against time,
coma,
subconscious,
virtual reality,
intestines,
sadomasochism,
gore,
masochism,
horse
...
#16
The Cat o' Nine Tails
Synopsis:
A reporter and a blind, retired journalist try to solve a series of murders. The crimes are connected to experiments by a pharmaceutical company in secret research. The two end up becoming targets of the killer.
Starring:
Horst Frank,
Karl Malden,
James Franciscus
#17
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Synopsis:
Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.
Starring:
Conrad Veidt,
Rudolf Klein-Rogge,
Werner Krauß
#18
The Bone Collector
Synopsis:
Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The murderer's special signature is to leave tantalizing clues based on the grim remains of his crimes.
Starring:
Denzel Washington,
Bobby Cannavale,
Luis Guzmán
#19
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Synopsis:
An American writer living 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.
Starring:
Tony Musante,
Enrico Maria Salerno,
Suzy Kendall
#20
Suspiria
Synopsis:
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
Starring:
Udo Kier,
Alida Valli,
Jessica Harper