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1. Scream (I) (2022)
R | 114 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
25 years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, Calif., a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past.
Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Melissa Barrera
Votes: 159,032 | Gross: $81.64M
2. The Bone Collector (1999)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A quadriplegic ex-homicide detective and his partner try to track down a serial killer who is terrorizing New York City.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah, Michael Rooker
Votes: 185,066 | Gross: $66.52M
3. Copycat (1995)
R | 123 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara
Votes: 65,985 | Gross: $32.05M
4. Scream: The TV Series (2015–2019)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A serialized anthology series that follows a group of teenagers being targeted by a masked serial killer.
Stars: Willa Fitzgerald, Bex Taylor-Klaus, John Karna, Carlson Young
Votes: 45,021
5. Jigsaw (I) (2017)
R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Bodies are turning up around the city, each having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As the investigation proceeds, evidence points to one suspect: John Kramer, the man known as Jigsaw, who has been dead for over 10 years.
Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Stars: Matt Passmore, Tobin Bell, Callum Keith Rennie, Hannah Emily Anderson
Votes: 92,309 | Gross: $38.05M
6. Spiral (2021)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A criminal mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in Spiral, the terrifying new chapter from the book of Saw.
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | Stars: Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols
Votes: 68,338
7. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Not Rated | 67 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
Director: Robert Wiene | Stars: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
Votes: 70,083
8. 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: 43,938 | Gross: $21.93M
9. Mindcage (2022)
R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a copycat serial killer strikes, two detectives ask a convicted felon for help.
Director: Mauro Borrelli | Stars: Elisha Bascomb, Alba Borrelli, Nikola Chupin, Barry Clifton
Votes: 6,666
10. Scoop (2006)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Jim Dunk, Robert Bathurst
Votes: 87,627 | Gross: $10.53M
11. Wacko (1982)
PG | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Thirteen years after the "Lawnmower Killer" killed her sister, high school student Mary Graves and obsessed detective Dick Harbinger are on the lookout for the killer to reappear during the annual Halloween Pumpkin Prom.
Director: Greydon Clark | Stars: Joe Don Baker, Stella Stevens, George Kennedy, Julia Duffy
Votes: 1,435
12. Scar (2007)
R | 83 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Joan Burrows returns to her hometown for her niece's graduation, only to be confronted by the serial killer she thought she offed years ago -- after he kidnapped and tormented her and killed her best friend.
Director: Jed Weintrob | Stars: Angela Bettis, Brittney Wilson, Tegan Moss, Ben Cotton
Votes: 2,965
13. Violent Blood Bath (1974)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A district attorney with a strong belief in the death penalty and a reputation for seeking it in all of his cases is disturbed when several horrific murders, all identical to cases he's tried and convicted in the past, begin occurring.
Director: Jorge Grau | Stars: Fernando Rey, Marisa Mell, Espartaco Santoni, Máximo Valverde
Votes: 218
14. Deadly Seduction (2021 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Maggie and her husband Richard are both college professors and have a daughter, 17-year-old Jenny. Their marriage is falling apart, and when Richard admits to having an affair with a student at the college they both work at.
Director: Tom Shell | Stars: Lindsay Hartley, Andrew Rogers, Katie Kelly, Reynada Robinson
Votes: 165
15. Halloween Night (2006 Video)
TV-14 | 85 min | Horror
The film follows Chris Vale (Scot Nery), a young man who was wrongly convicted of murdering his family in 1982, and admitted into an insane asylum based largely on the fact that Chris had ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Atkins | Stars: Derek Osedach, Rebekah Kochan, Scot Nery, Sean Durrie
Votes: 1,165
16. Inspector Maigret (1958)
119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A serial killer is targeting women in the seedy district of Le Marais.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot, Olivier Hussenot, Jeanne Boitel
Votes: 2,085 | Gross: $0.01M
17. Damon's Revenge (2022)
89 min | Action, Horror
A group of young adults spend the weekend at a friend's house by the lake. Joined by the local sheriff, the group encounters an escaped convict Native American chief, a copycat killer and the return of the terrifying masked stalker, Damon.
Director: David Gere | Stars: Chelsea Vale, Tom Sizemore, Robert LaSardo, Michael Madsen
Votes: 1,853
18. Willed to Kill (2012 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 95 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A homicide detective is forced to work alongside her ex-fiancé to investigate a murder that bears all the hallmarks of an infamous serial killer.
Director: Philippe Gagnon | Stars: Sarah Jane Morris, Michael Riley, Dylan Bruce, David McIlwraith
Votes: 643
19. Deadly Premonition (2010 Video Game)
M | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Eccentric FBI agent Francis York Morgan has been called in to investigate the ritualistic murder of Anna Graham in the small town of Greenvale. With every clue he finds, the surreal mystery deepens.
Director: Swery | Stars: Melissa Hutchison, Amy Provenzano, Amy Rubinate, Christiane Crawford
Votes: 549
20. The Covid Killer (2021)
83 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A serial killer the media has dubbed "The Covid Killer" is terrorizing the citizens of New York during the coronavirus pandemic.
Director: Jeff Knite | Stars: Paugh Shadow, Jeff Knite, Havoc, Tony Diaz
Votes: 263
21. Emulator (2019)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Thriller
After serving 50 years in prison, a reformed high-profile serial killer is recruited by a homicide detective to catch his own sadistic copycat.
Director: Michael Jason Allen | Stars: Rhett Ashley Crosby, Becky Jo Harris, Mark Speno, Renee Schmidt
Votes: 83
22. Women's Murder Club: Twice in a Blue Moon (2009 Video Game)
Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Third entry in the Women's Murder Club "hidden object" adventure game series based on the eponymous TV crime show. This time, a serial killer that's copycatting infamous serial killers from history challenges Lindsay to find him.
Director: Jane Jensen | Stars: Kristina Yuen, Jeff Blancato
23.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
The Strip Strangler
(2001)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
There's a serial killer on the loose in Las Vegas. Since this is a very high-profile case, the sheriff brings in the FBI to help. This annoys Grissom very much as the FBIs like to assume ... See full summary »
Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads
Votes: 978
24.
CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode:
Crime and Misdemeanor
(2005)
TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A body is found, wrapped in a hotel sheet, at a laundry facility prompting Taylor and Bonesara to go through a list of NY hotels to find the owner of the sheet. Against Taylor's order, ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Vanessa Ferlito
Votes: 317
25.
Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode:
I'll Kill 'Em Again
(1974)
Not Rated | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A nerdy bookstore clerk with an obsession for McGarrett turns deadly as he re-creates some of Five-O's most famous cases that were covered in a series of magazine articles. He is so brazen ... See full summary »
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Al Harrington, Kam Fong
Votes: 138
26.
Hill Street Blues (1981–1987)
Episode:
Nichols from Heaven
(1984)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Frank Furillo has killed his first man when stopping an armed robbery the night before. Officer Marty Nichols is gunned down by the cop killer, or so it seems. Joyce defends the Rutledge ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Conrad, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz
Votes: 89
27.
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
Episode:
Sniper: Part 2
(1996)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Another sniper strikes Baltimore as soon as the first is apprehended.
Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Isabella Hofmann
Votes: 144
28.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Scavenger
(2004)
TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The entire SVU squad races against the clock to solve the puzzles and uncover clues scattered throughout NYC by a serial killer who is taunting them to find him and the next victims on his list.
Director: Daniel Sackheim | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 1,360
29.
Night Stalker (2005–2006)
Episode:
Burning Man
(2005)
TV-PG | 40 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A series of brutal deaths caused by severe chemical burns point to a copycat of the Burning Man, a vigilante serial killer who was himself killed years before in an FBI raid. Kolchak suspects this could still be the work of the original.
Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Stuart Townsend, Gabrielle Union, Eric Jungmann, Cotter Smith
Votes: 53
30.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Temptation Eyes - February 1, 1985
(1992)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As a television reporter Sam protects a psychic, who can tell who Sam Beckett really is, from a serial killer.
Director: Christopher Hibler | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Tamlyn Tomita, Kent Williams
Votes: 455
31.
Wycliffe (1993–1998)
Episode:
Old Habits
(1996)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ellie Creed, whose father has just been imprisoned, is found strangled and the pathologist notes a similarity with unsolved serial killings a decade earlier. Chief suspect is Hugh Samford, ... See full summary »
Director: John Glenister | Stars: Jenny Merrett, Helen Masters, Jack Shepherd, Tim Wylton
Votes: 69
32.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Mask of Sanity: Part 2
(2007)
TV-14 | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Another murder has been committed and Boyd knows he must track down the killer before he strikes again. Does the answer lie in events at the children's home many years previously?
Director: David Thacker | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Tara Fitzgerald, Wil Johnson
Votes: 132
33.
Becoming Evil: Sisterhood of Murder (2019– )
Episode:
Victims and the Media
(2019)
TV-14 | 55 min | Documentary, Crime
We explore how serial killers choose their victim pool and the role the media plays in helping build the serial killer phenomenon including William Heirens who was the notorious Lipstick Killer.
Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Frederic Reamer, Steven A. Egger, Kirk Gill, Jack Levin
Votes: 15
34.
The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode:
The Other Zodiac
(2020)
TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime
In the 1990's, New York is on edge as a killer leaves coded clues at crime scenes and declares his compulsion to choose victims by their birth signs. Police race against time before he can achieve twelve killings to complete the Zodiac.
Directors: Chad Cunningham, Wendy Greene | Stars: Sheryl Anania, Michael N. Ciravolo, Bill Clark, Robert J. Masters
Votes: 13
35.
Bordertown (2016–2020)
Episode:
Ihmispeto 1/2
(2019)
TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Over Niko's objections, Kari dives into a series of grisly crimes that yield more echoes of past cases. Janina grows frustrated with her father.
Director: Juuso Syrjä | Stars: Ville Virtanen, Matleena Kuusniemi, Anu Sinisalo, Lenita Susi
Votes: 181
36.
Bordertown (2016–2020)
Episode:
Ihmispeto 2/2
(2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As the team races to track down potential victims, Kari scours the country for news of the killer's daughter. A disturbing video captures a new crime.
Director: Juuso Syrjä | Stars: Ville Virtanen, Matleena Kuusniemi, Anu Sinisalo, Lenita Susi
Votes: 198
37.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
One to Go
(2009)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Grissom gets Dr. Langston's help to find the man who is carrying on the serial killer's work before the next victim is killed. The case will prove to be Grissom's last with the crime lab.
Director: Alec Smight | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Eric Szmanda
Votes: 952
38.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
19 Down
(2008)
TV-14 | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a new murder leads to a connection with an infamous serial killer, Grissom secretly joins the class of well-known criminal pathologist Dr. Raymond Langston to gain access to the killer and get a crack in the case.
Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Eric Szmanda
Votes: 817
39.
Above Suspicion (2009–2012)
Episode:
The Red Dahlia: Part 1
(2010)
47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The discovery of the mutilated body of a young woman seems to echo that of the notorious unsolved Los Angeles 'Black Dahlia' murder of the 1940s.
Director: Gillies MacKinnon | Stars: Kelly Reilly, Ciarán Hinds, Shaun Dingwall, Celyn Jones
Votes: 756
40.
Above Suspicion (2009–2012)
Episode:
The Red Dahlia: Part 2
(2010)
47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Anna becomes involved romantically with the tabloid journalist covering the murder, and an anonymous phone call leads LBangton to an aristocratic ex-army surgeon as the chief suspect in the murders.
Director: Gillies MacKinnon | Stars: Kelly Reilly, Ciarán Hinds, Shaun Dingwall, Celyn Jones
Votes: 165
41.
Castle (2009–2016)
Episode:
3XK
(2010)
TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When a beautiful woman is found dead in an alley, all clues point to her being a victim of the notorious Triple Killer. The Triple Killer, or 3XK, terrorized New York City four years ago, ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Roe | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Votes: 1,508
42.
The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode:
Red Sky in the Morning
(2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The tension between Patrick and Kristina escalates when a Red John impostor strikes and Kristina offers her services to the CBI. However, the case causes the real Red John to come back and meet Patrick for the first time face-to-face.
Director: Chris Long | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman
Votes: 1,781
43.
Dalgliesh (2021– )
Episode:
The Murder Room - Part 1
(2023)
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Marcus and Caroline struggle to convince their brother Neville to renew their family's museum for lease. Neville's car is torched on the museum grounds and he perishes inside, and there are suspects including his siblings.
Director: Jon Wright | Stars: Anastasia Hille, Nathaniel Christian, Sorcha Cusack, Nicholas Banks
Votes: 279
44.
Hannibal (2013–2015)
Episode:
Potage
(2013)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Determined to give Abigail closure, Will and Hannibal take Abigail back to the scene of her father's crimes. But things take a turn for the worse when the copycat killer strikes again.
Director: David Slade | Stars: Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas, Hettienne Park
Votes: 6,921
45.
Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2016)
Episode:
No One Mourns the Wicked
(2013)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When someone begins to stage copycat murders presented at a symposium on serial killers, detectives believe the suspect is one of the meeting participants.
Director: Steve Robin | Stars: Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Brian Goodman, Jordan Bridges
Votes: 432
46.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Beyond Good and Evil: Part 1
(2014)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lewis' reputation is jeopardized when the very first case that he solved as a DI is reopened for appeal and new murders are committed with the original weapon.
Director: David Drury | Stars: Susan Wooldridge, Priyanga Burford, Alec Newman, Richie Campbell
Votes: 498
47.
The Investigation Led By (2006– )
Episode:
Besy
(2007)
39 min | Documentary, Crime, Reality-TV
December 11, 1991. In St. Petersburg, a girl was murdered. The maniac put a red rose into her hand, and scattered the petals from the second such rose around. Two more similar murders were ... See full summary »
Directors: Igor Kholodkov, Dmitriy Dokuchaev | Stars: Leonid Kanevskiy, Aleksey Kuzmin, Yelena Feklistova, Nikolay Doldonin
48.
Maigret (2016–2017)
Episode:
Maigret Sets a Trap
(2016)
87 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Chief Inspector Jules Maigret hunts for a serial killer.
Director: Ashley Pearce | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Leo Staar, Shaun Dingwall, Alexander Campbell
Votes: 9,574
49.
Moordvrouw (2012–2018)
Episode:
Prooi
(2016)
Action, Crime, Drama
A copycat is to copy the process of gruesome murders, the investigation team opens the hunt for the serial killer. Liselotte show ten years ago to have investigated the case. The new culprit it also provided her?
Director: Joram Lürsen | Stars: Wendy van Dijk, Renée Soutendijk, Thijs Römer, Porgy Franssen
Votes: 17
50.
Gap Dong (2014)
Episode:
Episode #1.15
(2014)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Jo Soo-won | Stars: Yoon Sang-Hyun, Kim Min-jung, Sung Dong-il, Lee Joon
Votes: 6