Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "killed-by-a-serial-killer"

1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

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.

Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine

Votes: 1,548,310 | Gross: $130.74M

2. The House That Jack Built (2018)

R | 152 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

In five episodes, failed architect and vicious sociopath Jack recounts his elaborately orchestrated murders -- each, as he views them, a towering work of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer in the Pacific Northwest.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Votes: 92,017 | Gross: $0.09M

3. Natural Born Killers (1994)

R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Romance

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield

Votes: 251,790 | Gross: $50.28M

4. House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

R | 89 min | Horror

Two young couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of murder end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.

Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Sid Haig, Karen Black, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie

Votes: 93,406 | Gross: $12.63M

5. High Tension (2003)

R | 91 min | Horror

Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.

Director: Alexandre Aja | Stars: Cécile de France, Maïwenn, Philippe Nahon, Franck Khalfoun

Votes: 77,855 | Gross: $3.68M

6. Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

R | 97 min | Action, Horror

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.

Director: Ronny Yu | Stars: Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Kelly Rowland, Monica Keena

Votes: 127,288 | Gross: $82.62M

7. Mindhunters (2004)

R | 106 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

A group of FBI trainees are taken to a remote island for simulation training. However, once there, they realize that they are being hunted by a serial killer, who might be someone amidst them.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Val Kilmer, LL Cool J, Christian Slater, Eion Bailey

Votes: 64,204 | Gross: $4.48M

8. Wolf Creek (2005)

R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller

Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.

Director: Greg McLean | Stars: Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, John Jarratt

Votes: 78,353 | Gross: $16.19M

9. Halloween (2007)

R | 109 min | Horror

After being committed for 15 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution and immediately returns to Haddonfield to find his baby sister, Laurie.

Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif

Votes: 130,588 | Gross: $58.27M

10. The Last House on the Left (1972)

R | 84 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

Two teenage girls heading to a rock concert for one's birthday try to score marijuana in the city, where they are kidnapped and brutalized by a gang of psychopathic convicts.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln

Votes: 40,291 | Gross: $3.10M

11. Cobra (1986)

R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far-reaching plans.

Director: George P. Cosmatos | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson

Votes: 79,626 | Gross: $49.04M

12. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller

After being announced dead and taken to a morgue, Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives, escapes from the hospital, and stalks a group of friends renting a house in the countryside near Crystal Lake.

Director: Joseph Zito | Stars: Erich Anderson, Judie Aronson, Peter Barton, Kimberly Beck

Votes: 59,163 | Gross: $32.98M

13. Phenomena (1985)

R | 116 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A young girl who has an amazing ability to communicate with insects is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi, Dalila Di Lazzaro

Votes: 30,051

14. Barton Fink (1991)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner

Votes: 128,968 | Gross: $6.15M

15. Friday the 13th: Part 3 (1982)

R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller

Jason Voorhees stalks a group of friends who have just arrived to spend the weekend at a cabin near Crystal Lake.

Director: Steve Miner | Stars: Dana Kimmell, Tracie Savage, Richard Brooker, Terry Ballard

Votes: 60,412 | Gross: $36.69M

16. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis, who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees, is sent to a secluded halfway house in the countryside, where the killing of a young man triggers a brutal series of murders in the area.

Director: Danny Steinmann | Stars: Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, Anthony Barrile, Suzanne Bateman

Votes: 43,910 | Gross: $21.93M

17. 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: 30,306

18. Lost Girls (2020)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered sex workers.

Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Amy Ryan, Thomasin McKenzie, Gabriel Byrne, Lola Kirke

Votes: 24,964

19. Tenebrae (1982)

R | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An American novelist visiting Rome to promote his latest book is stalked and harassed by an obsessed fan who is committing a string of murders that appear to be tributes to his work.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Giuliano Gemma, John Saxon, Daria Nicolodi

Votes: 27,427

20. 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: 20,216

21. The Prowler (1981)

R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An unknown killer, clad in World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small California town, bent on reliving a 35 year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual graduation dance.

Director: Joseph Zito | Stars: Vicky Dawson, Christopher Goutman, Lawrence Tierney, Farley Granger

Votes: 13,005

22. Tragedy Girls (2017)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

A twist on the slasher genre, following two death-obsessed teenage girls who use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small mid-western town into a frenzy, and cement their legacy as modern horror legends.

Director: Tyler MacIntyre | Stars: Brianna Hildebrand, Alexandra Shipp, Jack Quaid, Kevin Durand

Votes: 11,598 | Gross: $0.06M

23. Madman (1981)

R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller

A legendary psychopathic murderer stalks a summer camp.

Director: Joe Giannone | Stars: Gaylen Ross, Tony Nunziata, Harriet Bass, Seth Jones

Votes: 6,738

24. Delirium (1987)

Unrated | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A former hooker runs a successful men's magazine. An obsessed admirer systematically slaughters her models (occasionally increasing the magazine's output) and supplies the mistress with ... See full summary »

Director: Lamberto Bava | Stars: Serena Grandi, Daria Nicolodi, Vanni Corbellini, David Brandon

Votes: 2,369

25. The Grim Reaper (1980)

R | 92 min | Horror

A group of friends and a hitchhiker become stranded on a tourist island where they are stalked by a disfigured cannibalistic killer who is prowling the island after killing its residents.

Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Tisa Farrow, Saverio Vallone, Serena Grandi, Margaret Mazzantini

Votes: 6,968

26. The First Power (1990)

R | 98 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

A dedicated L.A. police detective and a psychic must stop a demonic serial killer who was given the powers of resurrection, teleportation and possession.

Director: Robert Resnikoff | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Tracy Griffith, Jeff Kober, Mykelti Williamson

Votes: 4,881 | Gross: $22.42M

27. The Collected

Action, Adventure, Horror | Announced

This is the third film in The Collector film series. Follow up to The Collection (2012) by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton.

Director: Marcus Dunstan | Stars: Josh Stewart, Navi Rawat, Dot-Marie Jones, Emma Fitzpatrick

28. Very Scary People (2019– )

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Revisiting the twisted lives of some of the most frightening, diabolical characters in recent history. The stories trace the heinous, criminal acts of these elusive miscreants and the eventual road to justice.

Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Casey Jordan, Mary Ellen O'Toole, James Gagliano

Votes: 543

29. World's Most Evil Killers (2017– )

60 min | Documentary, Crime

An in-depth look at the lives and crimes of some of the World's most evil killers including Jeffrey Dahmer, Richard Ramirez, Cary Stayner, Leonard Lake, Dorothea Puente and more.

Stars: Elizabeth Yardley, Fred Dinenage, Geoffrey Wansell, Stuart Hamilton

Votes: 309

30. The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness (2021)

TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, Crime, History

The Son of Sam case grew into a lifelong obsession for journalist Maury Terry, who became convinced that the murders were linked to a satanic cult.

Stars: Paul Giamatti, Phil Amicone, Charlie Ott, Michael Zuckerman

Votes: 10,269

31. The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)

Not Rated | 113 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi, Luigi Diberti

Votes: 9,206

32. Ghost in the Machine (1993)

R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

An electric surge causes a serial killer's soul to end up in a computer system.

Director: Rachel Talalay | Stars: Karen Allen, Chris Mulkey, Ted Marcoux, Wil Horneff

Votes: 4,170 | Gross: $5.09M

33. Edge of the Axe (1988)

Not Rated | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An axe murderer terrorizes a small Northern California mountain community, while two young computer-obsessed adults attempt to solve the killings.

Director: José Ramón Larraz | Stars: Barton Faulks, Christina Marie Lane, Page Mosely, Fred Holliday

Votes: 2,934

34. John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise (2021)

TV-14 | 308 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

The chilling story of one of the world's most notorious serial killers told through the words of Gacy himself, those who were forever changed by his unspeakable deeds and those who believe that the full truth remains concealed to this day.

Stars: Terry Sullivan, Philip Hersh, Jay Levine, Lawrence Finder

Votes: 2,098

35. The Killing Season (2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

The Killing Season is an immersive series that follows documentarians Joshua Zeman and Rachel Mills as they investigate one of the most bizarre unsolved serial killer cases of our time.

Stars: Joshua Zeman, Rachel Mills, Peter Brendt, Thomas Hargrove

Votes: 1,564

36. Anguish (1987)

R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller

A controlling mother uses telepathic powers to send her middle-aged son on a killing spree.

Director: Bigas Luna | Stars: Zelda Rubinstein, Michael Lerner, Talia Paul, Àngel Jové

Votes: 4,307 | Gross: $0.23M

37. Almost Human (1974)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A small-time homicidal maniac kidnaps a young heiress, prompting a cop to pursue him before he can kill the girl once the hefty ransom is paid.

Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Tomas Milian, Henry Silva, Laura Belli, Gino Santercole

Votes: 2,907

38. The Wrong Neighbor (2017 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 88 min | Thriller

Newly trial separated Dad takes care of sixteen year old daughter, but meets new neighbor who threatens to unravel his old life.

Director: Sam Irvin | Stars: Michael Madsen, Andrea Bogart, Steve Richard Harris, Cristine Prosperi

Votes: 399

39. A Stranger Is Watching (1982)

R | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

The 11-year old daughter and girlfriend of a man whose wife had been raped and killed in front of his daughter three years earlier are kidnapped by the same killer. Held captive in a bunker... See full summary »

Director: Sean S. Cunningham | Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Rip Torn, James Naughton, Shawn von Schreiber

Votes: 893

40. Mind of a Monster (2019–2021)

TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary, Crime

Delve into the psyche of America's most notorious serial killers.

Stars: Bob Keppel, Anne E. Schwartz, Taylor David, Patsy Coffield

Votes: 210

41. The Undertaker (1988)

R | 89 min | Horror

A deranged undertaker kills various people to keep as his friends in his seedy funeral home.

Directors: Frank Avianca, Steve Bono | Stars: Joe Spinell, Rebecca Varon, Patrick Askin, Susan Bachli

Votes: 771

42. Evilenko (2003)

Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A disgraced communist schoolteacher in Kyiv becomes a brutal, unfeeling serial killer. Based on the crimes of Andrei Chikatilo.

Director: David Grieco | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Marton Csokas, Ronald Pickup, Ruby Kammer

Votes: 3,541

43. Kill Game (2016)

Not Rated | 102 min | Horror

Five years after a high school prank gone horribly wrong, a group of good looking, shallow, and at times cruel pranksters find themselves on the wrong end of the joke.

Director: Robert Mearns | Stars: Joe Adler, Laura Ashley Samuels, Pierson Fode, Mouzam Makkar

Votes: 894

44. Unseen (II) (2016)

75 min | Documentary, Crime

In 2009, police discovered the bodies of eleven women decomposing in and around the home of a known sex offender. With access to the surviving victims, Unseen looks into how the murders of those women went unnoticed for so long.

Director: Laura Paglin | Stars: Vanessa Gay, Latundra Billups, Shawn Morris, Melvette Sockwell

Votes: 1,194

45. The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)

97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A serial killer strikes again during World War II in Germany. The wrong man is arrested and a detective hunts down the real killer, but justice in Nazi Germany is not so easily administered.

Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Claus Holm, Mario Adorf, Hannes Messemer, Peter Carsten

Votes: 1,582

46. The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer (2017– )

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, History, Reality-TV

LAPD homicide detective Sal LaBarbera and a team of master codebreakers use their unrivaled expertise to bring the most mysterious serial killer in American history into the light.

Stars: Sal LaBarbera, Ken Mains, Kevin Knight, David Oranchak

Votes: 575

47. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )

Documentary, Crime

The macabre rituals of serial killers are examined.

Stars: Joni E. Johnston, Mark E. Safarik, Larry Lemanski, Mary Ellen O'Toole

Votes: 170

48. First Blood (2022– )

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime, History

"First Blood" examines some of America's most notorious serial killers through the prism of their first known kills to reveal what drove them to the moment when violent fantasy and curiosity became a devastating reality.

Stars: Gary Brucato, Khadija Monk, Mark E. Safarik, Harry Krop

Votes: 80

49. Dating Death (2022)

Documentary, Crime

Focusing on the Rodney Alcala murders. He appeared on Americas dating game and was linked to over 130 murders.

Stars: Matt Murphy, Gina Satriano, Joan Renner, Wendell Stradford

Votes: 97

50. Becoming Evil: Sisterhood of Murder (2019– )

Documentary, Crime

A 7-Part Investigative Documentary Series

Stars: Eric Hickey, Katherine Ramsland, Jack Levin, Dirk Duran-Gibson

Votes: 148