Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "serial-killer", "vietnam-war-veteran"

1. X (II) (2022)

R | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the crew find themselves fighting for their lives.

Director: Ti West | Stars: Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow, Kid Cudi

Votes: 174,297 | Gross: $11.77M

2. Pulp Fiction (1994)

R | 154 min | Crime, Drama

The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis

Votes: 2,223,283 | Gross: $107.93M

3. No Country for Old Men (2007)

R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and over two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.

Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson

Votes: 1,061,764 | Gross: $74.28M

4. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Horror

Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.

Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Juliette Lewis, Quentin Tarantino

Votes: 341,048 | Gross: $25.75M

5. Oz (1997–2003)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.

Stars: Ernie Hudson, J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Dean Winters

Votes: 106,805

6. Last Action Hero (1993)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

With the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance

Votes: 164,028 | Gross: $50.02M

7. Monster (2003)

R | 109 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.

Director: Patty Jenkins | Stars: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen

Votes: 161,992 | Gross: $34.47M

8. Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

R | 141 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

1969. Four strangers check in at the El Royale Hotel. The hotel is deserted, staffed by a single desk clerk. Some of the new guests' reasons for being there are less than innocent and some are not who they appear to be.

Director: Drew Goddard | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm

Votes: 164,823 | Gross: $17.84M

9. Magnum Force (1973)

R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan pursues a conspiracy of vigilante cops, who are not above going beyond the law to kill San Francisco's undesirables.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitchell Ryan, David Soul

Votes: 66,763 | Gross: $4.56M

10. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

Unrated | 101 min | Comedy, Horror

A radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas marshal hunts them.

Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Jim Siedow, Bill Moseley

Votes: 38,053 | Gross: $8.03M

11. Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer (2021)

TV-MA | 47 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery

This limited docu-series tells the true story of how one of the most notorious serial killers in American history was hunted down and brought to justice.

Stars: Paul Skolnick, Gil Carrillo, Frank Salerno, Pearl Carrillo

Votes: 30,370

12. Maniac (1980)

18+ | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A psychopathic man goes on a killing and mutilation spree in New York City.

Director: William Lustig | Stars: Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro, Abigail Clayton, Kelly Piper

Votes: 20,250

13. Child's Play 3 (1991)

R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller

Chucky returns for revenge against Andy, the young boy who defeated him, and now a teenager living in a military academy.

Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Justin Whalin, Perrey Reeves, Jeremy Sylvers, Travis Fine

Votes: 46,247 | Gross: $14.96M

14. Nighthawks (1981)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.

Directors: Bruce Malmuth, Gary Nelson | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Rutger Hauer, Billy Dee Williams, Lindsay Wagner

Votes: 21,757 | Gross: $14.91M

15. Murphy's Law (1986)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Framed for his ex-wife's murder by a parolee he once put behind bars, Los Angeles cop Jack Murphy escapes from custody to capture the killer, but he is now handcuffed to a foul-mouthed thief he had only just arrested.

Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Charles Bronson, Kathleen Wilhoite, Carrie Snodgress, Robert F. Lyons

Votes: 6,463 | Gross: $9.95M

16. Black Sunday (1977)

R | 143 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

When a Black September terrorist group begins a plot to carry out a massive terrorist attack in the United States, an Israeli commando works with the FBI to identify the target and conspirators, and prevent the plan from succeeding.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver

Votes: 9,091 | Gross: $15.77M

17. Far from Home (1989)

R | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A teenage girl and her father driving cross-country become stranded when their car runs out of gas in a remote Nevada desert town and they're forced to stay in a dilapidated trailer park where a serial killer lurks.

Director: Meiert Avis | Stars: Matt Frewer, Drew Barrymore, Richard Masur, Karen Austin

Votes: 2,347

18. True Believer (1989)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A cynical former civil liberties attorney now reduced to "specializing" in defending drug dealers becomes transformed by an eight-year-old murder case.

Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: James Woods, Robert Downey Jr., Margaret Colin, Yuji Okumoto

Votes: 5,445 | Gross: $8.74M

19. Rollercoaster (1977)

PG | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A blackmailer threatens to sabotage roller coasters at various American amusement parks if he isn't paid a huge ransom.

Director: James Goldstone | Stars: George Segal, Timothy Bottoms, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda

Votes: 6,918

20. Mirror Mirror (I) (1990)

R | 104 min | Horror, Thriller

A teenage girl begins receiving black magic power through an antique mirror that drips blood, not realizing the mirror is controlled by demonic forces.

Director: Marina Sargenti | Stars: Karen Black, Yvonne De Carlo, William Sanderson, Rainbow Harvest

Votes: 2,203

21. Don't Answer the Phone! (1980)

R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller

A deeply disturbed Vietnam veteran terrorizes the young women of Los Angeles and taunts a radio psychologist with descriptions of his grisly crimes.

Director: Robert Hammer | Stars: James Westmoreland, Ben Frank, Flo Lawrence, Nicholas Worth

Votes: 2,163

22. Blackbelt (1992)

R | 85 min | Action

Ex-cop protects a singer from a psycho serial killer.

Directors: Charles Philip Moore, Rick Jacobson | Stars: Don Wilson, Deirdre Haj, Matthias Hues, Richard Beymer

Votes: 782

23. The Spiral Staircase (1975)

Approved | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

In a remake of the 1940s film, Helen has been incapable of speech since seeing her husband die - will she become the target of a deranged serial killer targeting disabled people?

Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Christopher Plummer, John Phillip Law, Sam Wanamaker

Votes: 601

24. Delirium (1979)

R | 88 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

An ex-soldier is hired by local right-wingers as a vigilante to clean up criminals and street people. However, he freaks out and starts killing off everybody.

Director: Peter Maris | Stars: Turk Cekovsky, Debi Chaney, Terry TenBroek, Barron Winchester

Votes: 828

25. The Ravager (1970)

X | 76 min | Action, Horror

While serving in Vietnam, a demolitionist witnesses the brutal torture/rape/murder of a young woman...ultimately, he becomes a serial rapist and killer himself, preferring explosives as his murder weapon of choice.

Director: Charles Nizet | Stars: Pierre Agostino, Jo Long, Lynn Hayes, Luanne Roberts

Votes: 186

26. Hangfire (1991)

R | 91 min | Action, Thriller

A town has been taken hostage. Who will win the battle? Only the mighty will survive.

Director: Peter Maris | Stars: Brad Davis, Kim Delaney, Ken Foree, Lee de Broux

Votes: 395

27. My Brother Has Bad Dreams (1972)

R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A mentally ill eight-year-old sees his father commit matricide and has flashbacks years later.

Director: Robert J. Emery | Stars: Nick Kleinholz III, Marlena Lustik, Paul Vincent, Frank Logan

Votes: 130

28. Shadow Man (1999 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Cryptic action adventure about the undead voodoo warrior known as the Shadow Man who must stop Jack the Ripper and the biblical demon called Legion who plan to bring about the apocalypse using the souls of five notorious serial killers.

Stars: Redd Pepper, Barry Meade, Lani Minella, Travis

Votes: 289

29. El espectro del terror (1973)

81 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A twisted sleazebag stalks and strangles gorgeous women in this Spanish terror classic.

Director: José María Elorrieta | Stars: Maria Perschy, Sancho Gracia, Betsabé Ruiz, Víctor Barrera

Votes: 101

30. Song of the Dead (2005)

Not Rated | 86 min | Musical, Horror

Musical Horror Film. Spray missions intended to protect Americans against the dangerous 1000-year Mosquito Awakening, when, Terrorists infect it with the Jihad Resurrection Virus (JRV) for ... See full summary »

Director: Chip Gubera | Stars: John Gilbreth, Justin Stewart, Alicia Kauffman, Chip Gubera

Votes: 133

31. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Asian Cut (1989)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Trudy poses as a prostitute to help Crockett and Tubbs catch a serial killer who they suspect is Asian because of the ritualistic way in which he mutilates his female victims.

Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 299

32. Millennium (1996–1999)
Episode: Goodbye Charlie (1998)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Frank and Lara are in pursuit of an otherworldly doctor who assists the terminally ill by helping them commit suicide. But, is his motivation mercy - or murder?

Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, Stephen J. Lang, Kristen Cloke

Votes: 333

33. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: Homecoming (1970)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

This time it's personal as Jim returns home to uncover who is killing his childhood friends; with the aid of the rest of the IMF team of course. But what will be worse, the death of another friend or finding that a friend is the killer.

Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Lesley Ann Warren, Greg Morris

Votes: 199

34. Crime Stories (1998– )
Episode: Truck Stop Killer: Bruce Mendenhall (2007)

Documentary, Crime

The story of a Nashville detective's relentless hunt for a potential serial killer, using first-hand accounts, dramatic re-enactments and exclusive footage.

Director: Steve Allen | Stars: Bill Courage, Pat Postiglione, Tom Thurman