Serial Killer Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 46 films about a serial killer, spanning 1931–2023. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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• 1984

  A Nightmare on Elm Street

  Ohio — 1980s
  Suburbandir. Wes Craven
• 2000

  American Psycho

  New York City — 1980s
  Urbandir. Mary Harron
• 1944

  Arsenic and Old Lace

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. Frank Capra
• 1974

  Badlands

  South Dakota · Montana — 1950s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Terrence Malick
• 1974

  Black Christmas

  Toronto — 1970s
  Urbandir. Bob Clark
• 1964

  Blood and Black Lace

  Rome — 1960s
  Urbandir. Mario Bava
• 2008

  Changeling

  Los Angeles — 1920s · 1930s
  Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
• 1988

  Child's Play

  Chicago — 1980s
  Urbandir. Tom Holland
• 2014

  Creep

  California — 2010s
  Wilderness · Mountaindir. Patrick Brice
• 1997

  Cure

  Tokyo — 1990s
  Urbandir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• 1971

  Dirty Harry

  San Francisco — 1970s
  Urbandir. Don Siegel
• 1972

  Don't Torture a Duckling

  Basilicata — 1970s
  Ruraldir. Lucio Fulci
• 2000

  Frequency

  New York City — 1960s · 1990s
  Urbandir. Gregory Hoblit
• 1980

  Friday the 13th

  1970s
  Wildernessdir. Sean S. Cunningham
• 1978

  Halloween

  Illinois — 1970s
  Suburbandir. John Carpenter
• 1986

  Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

  Chicago — 1980s
  Urbandir. John McNaughton
• 2010

  I Saw the Devil

  South Korea — 2010s
  Urbandir. Kim Jee-woon
• 2023

  Killers of the Flower Moon

  Oklahoma — 1920s
  Ruraldir. Martin Scorsese
• 2003

  Kontroll

  Budapest — 2000s
  Underground · Urbandir. Nimród Antal
• 1931

  M

  Berlin — 1930s
  Urbandir. Fritz Lang
• 1992

  Man Bites Dog

  1990s
  Urbandir. Rémy Belvaux
• 1986

  Manhunter

  Florida · Atlanta · Birmingham · St. Louis — 1980s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Michael Mann
• 2003

  Memories of Murder

  South Korea — 1980s · 2000s
  Ruraldir. Bong Joon Ho
• 1947

  Monsieur Verdoux

  Paris — 1930s
  Urbandir. Charlie Chaplin
• 2003

  Monster

  Florida — 1980s · 1990s
  Urbandir. Patty Jenkins
• 1981

  My Bloody Valentine

  Canada — 1980s
  Rural · Undergrounddir. George Mihalka
• 1994

  Natural Born Killers

  New Mexico — 1990s
  Desertdir. Oliver Stone
• 1994

  Nightwatch

  Copenhagen — 1990s
  Urbandir. Ole Bornedal
• 1960

  Peeping Tom

  London — 1960s
  Urbandir. Michael Powell
• 1998

  Perfect Blue

  Tokyo — 1990s
  Urbandir. Satoshi Kon
• 1960

  Psycho

  Phoenix — 1950s
  Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 1996

  Scream

  California — 1990s
  Suburbandir. Wes Craven
• 1995

  Se7en

  1990s
  Urbandir. David Fincher
• 1989

  Sea of Love

  New York City — 1980s
  Urbandir. Harold Becker
• 1994

  Serial Mom

  Towson — 1990s
  Suburbandir. John Waters
• 1943

  Shadow of a Doubt

  Santa Rosa — 1940s
  Suburbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 2011

  Snowtown

  Adelaide · South Australia — 1990s
  Suburban · Ruraldir. Justin Kurzel
• 2008

  The Chaser

  Seoul — 2000s
  Urbandir. Na Hong-jin
• 2009

  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

  Sweden — 2000s
  Island · Ruraldir. Niels Arden Oplev
• 1953

  The Hitch-Hiker

  Baja California — 1950s
  Desertdir. Ida Lupino
• 1955

  The Night of the Hunter

  West Virginia — 1930s
  Ruraldir. Charles Laughton
• 1991

  The Silence of the Lambs

  Baltimore · Memphis · Ohio — 1990s
  Urbandir. Jonathan Demme
• 1946

  The Spiral Staircase

  Vermont — 1910s
  Ruraldir. Robert Siodmak
• 1996

  Thesis

  Madrid — 1990s
  Urbandir. Alejandro Amenábar
• 2007

  Trick 'r Treat

  Ohio — 2000s
  Suburban · Ruraldir. Michael Dougherty
• 2007

  Zodiac

  San Francisco — 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
  Urbandir. David Fincher