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- DirectorChuck ParelloStarsC. Thomas HowellNicholas TurturroAllison LangeKenneth is obsessed with the police, he moves to LA with his cousin, Angelo convinces him to start a prostitution business. Frustrated decide on revenge, feeling a great pleasure with her death. The two cousins become addicted to death.Based on the case of Kenneth Alessio Bianchi and Angelo Anthony Buono, Jr. aka The Hillsede Strangler
- DirectorRob SchmidtStarsEliza DushkuCary ElwesTimothy HuttonBased on the true story of the double initial killings in Rochester, NY.Based on the unsolved murders of three girls in Rochester, New York in the early 70's.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsJake GyllenhaalRobert Downey Jr.Mark RuffaloBetween 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.Based on the unsolved murders by a serial killer kalled Zodiak in northern California in the late 60s and early 70s.
- DirectorJohn McNaughtonStarsMichael RookerTracy ArnoldTom TowlesArriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.Based on the life of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas.
- DirectorDavid R. BowenStarsCarl CrewCassidy PhillipsDonna Stewart BowenBased on the life of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who murdered 17 men and ate many of them before he was caught in 1991.Based on the life of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
- StarsBrian DennehyMichael RileyMargot Kidder"To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful businessman, and a violent serial killer who raped and murdered over 30 young boys.Based on the life of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
- StarsMark HarmonFrederic ForrestGeorge GrizzardThe story of serial killer, Ted Bundy.Based on the life of serial killer Ted Bundy.
- DirectorStephen KayStarsRobert ForsterMichael MicheleMaury ChaykinAfter 31 years at-large, detectives in Wichita, Kansas home in on the serial killer known as BTK.Based on the life of serial killer Dennis Lynn Rader aka "BTK killer".
- DirectorPatty JenkinsStarsCharlize TheronChristina RicciBruce DernBased on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.Based on the life of serial killer Aileen Carol Wuornos.
- DirectorBill EaglesStarsBruce GreenwoodSam JaegerSarah ManninenA series of interviews are conducted with convicted serial killer Ted Bundy in hopes of gaining insight into the Green River Killer who is terrorizing Seattle.Based on the life of serial killer Ted Bundy.
- DirectorSvetozar RistovskiStarsWilliam ForsytheJesse MossEmma LahanaA chronicle of the interaction between college student Jason Moss and the object of his obsession, serial killer John Wayne Gacy.Based on the life of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
- DirectorAnthony FankhauserStarsSally ElbertMichael GaglioJames Arthur LewisA group of investigators enter the former property of depraved serial killer John Wayne Gacy, hoping to find evidence of paranormal activity. Upon entering the place they set-up cameras throughout the abandoned house while going room to room with hand-held cameras, performing séances and asking for John Wayne Gacy to come forward. As the evening progresses it seems the investigators are not prepared for the horror still within the house.Based on the life of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
- DirectorAndrew PiddingtonStarsDennis GarberJeff MarchellettaBarry SigismondiTrack down the sadistic duo responsible for the rape, torture and murder of 10 women in the Hollywood Hills above LA. The case that drove homicide detective Bob Grogan to drink and divorce resulted in the longest trial in American history.Based on the case of Kenneth Alessio Bianchi and Angelo Anthony Buono, Jr. aka "The Hillsede Strangler".
- DirectorMarc MeyersStarsRoss LynchAlex WolffAnne HecheA young Jeffrey Dahmer struggles to belong in high school.Based on the life of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsRichard AttenboroughJudy GeesonJohn HurtWhat happened to the women at 10 Rillington Place? The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.Based on the life of serial killer John Reginald Halliday Christie.
- StarsTom CavanaghCurrie GrahamAmy DavidsonA pair of girls seeking adventure beyond their western Washington trailer park encounter the area's most ruthless serial killer. The series is based on Sheriff David Reichert's book, "Chasing the Devil: My Twenty-Year Quest to Capture the Green River Killer".Based on the life of serial killer Gary Leon Ridgway.
- StarsJason RobardsJames Earl JonesRip TornThe city of Atlanta, Georgia, is terrorized by a rash of child murders occurring in its black community. When a black photographer is arrested for the crimes, controversy erupts over whether he is the actual killer or a scapegoat offered up by the city's mostly black leadership. Based on actual events.Based on the life of serial killer Wayne Bertram Williams.
- DirectorChris GerolmoStarsStephen ReaDonald SutherlandMax von SydowDuring the 1980s, Soviet authorities hunt for a serial killer who picks his victims in railway stations and commuter trains and lures them into the woods.Based on the life of serial killer Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsTony CurtisHenry FondaGeorge KennedyA series of brutal murders in Boston sparks a seemingly endless and increasingly complex manhunt.Based on the case of several women in Boston, Massachusetts, in the early 60s.
- StarsEmily WatsonDominic WestRobert GlenisterDramatisation of the case of serial killers Fred and Rose West, focusing on the way in which they were brought to justice.Based on the life of serial killer Frederick Walter Stephen West.
- DirectorTerrence MalickStarsMartin SheenSissy SpacekWarren OatesAn impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town, and her older greaser boyfriend, embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota Badlands.Based on the life of spree killer Charles Raymond Starkweather.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsRobert BlakeScott WilsonJohn ForsytheTwo ex-cons murder a family in a robbery attempt, before going on the run from the authorities. The police try to piece together the details of the murder in an attempt to track down the killers.Based on the life of serial killers Richard "Dick" Eugene Hickock & Perry Smith.
- StarsGeorge DiCenzoSteve RailsbackNancy WolfeThe investigation and trial of the horrific Tate-LaBianca mass murders orchestrated by the psychotic pseudo-hippie cult leader, Charles Manson.Based on the life of Charles Milles Manson.
- DirectorJustin KurzelStarsLucas PittawayDaniel HenshallLouise HarrisBased on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.Based on the life of serial killer John Justin Bunting.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsMaxim GaudetteSébastien HuberdeauKarine VanasseA dramatization of the 1989 Montréal Massacre, during which several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.Based on the Montreal Massacre of 1989.
- StarsMichael CaineArmand AssanteRay McAnallyA Scotland Yard police inspector, battling the booze, investigates the Jack the Ripper murders and discovers a conspiracy that leads all the way up to the Queen.Based on the story of Jack the Ripper.
- StarsAdam KotzJuliet AubreyNatalie PressBased on the personal testimonies of many of those most closely involved, "Five Daughters" recounts the final weeks in the lives of the five young women murdered in Ipswich in 2006.Based on the story of The Ipswich serial murders and Steven Gerald James Wright.
- DirectorBen CoccioStarsCal RobertsonAndre KeuckSerataren AdragnaTwo troubled adolescents chronicle the events that ultimately lead up to a terrifying assault on their school.Based on The Columbine High School massacre.
- StarsAlun ArmstrongRichard RidingsJames LaurensonTwo part ITV drama based on the long police investigation and hunt for serial killer the Yorkshire Ripper, in late 1970s Northern England. It shows the effect that it had on the health and career of ACC George Oldfield who led the enquiry.Based on the life of serial killer Peter William Sutcliffe aka "The Yorkshire Ripper".
- DirectorRoger BamfordStarsMichael StaintonOlive PendletonVeda WarwickA dramatisation of the true story of Doctor Harold Shipman, a general practitioner from Hyde, Manchester, who was convicted in 2000 of murdering fifteen of his elderly patients and is suspected of having murdered as many as two hundred others.Based on the life of serial killer Harold Fredrick Shipman.
- DirectorJerry JamesonStarsKurt RussellRichard YniguezNed BeattyThe infamous story of Charles Whitman, "America's favourite sniper" (in Stephen King's words), is told here once again.Based on the life of Charles Joseph Whitman.
- StarsJoanne FroggattMaxine PeakeSean HarrisA vivid drama which documents the notorious Moors murderers; Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.Based on the life of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.
- DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoKim Sang-kyungKim Roe-haIn a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.Based on the story of The Hwaseong serial murders, a series of unsolved serial murders that occurred in the South Korean city of Hwaseong between 1986 and 1991.
- DirectorGerald KarglStarsErwin LederRobert Hunger-BühlerSilvia RyderA troubled man gets released from prison and starts taking out his sadistic fantasies on an unsuspecting family living in a secluded house.Based on the life of serial killer Werner Kniesek.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsJohn LeguizamoAdrien BrodyMira SorvinoSpike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.Based on the life of serial killer David Richard Berkowitz (born Richard David Falco), aka "Son of Sam" and "the .44 Caliber Killer".
- DirectorLeonard KastleDonald VolkmanStarsShirley StolerTony Lo BiancoMary Jane HigbyAn obese, embittered nurse doesn't mind if her toupee-wearing boyfriend romances and fleeces other women, as long as he takes her along on his con jobs.Based on the lief of serial killers Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck aka "The Lonely Hearts Killers".
- DirectorCharles B. PierceStarsBen JohnsonAndrew PrineDawn WellsThe story of a hooded, berserk killer who terrorized the border town of Texarkana, Arkansas in 1946--leaving no fewer than five murder victims in his wake. He was never caught. Based on one of America's most baffling murder cases.Based on the unsolved case of serial killer known as "The Phantom Killer" and "The Texarkana Moonlight Murders" between February 22 and May 3, 1946 in and around the city of Texarkana, which sits astride the border between Texas and Arkansas.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsPeter LorreEllen WidmannInge LandgutWhen the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.Based on the life of German serial killer Peter Kürten aka "The Vampire of Düsseldorf".
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsMichael BiehnAlex McArthurNicholas CampbellAlex is an outwardly normal man who goes on killing and mutilating sprees. When he is finally captured and brought to trial, the district attorney is torn between his own liberal ideals on guilt and the crimes the accused is being tried.Based on the life of American schizophrenic serial killer and mass murderer Richard Trenton Chase aka "The Vampire of Sacramento".
- DirectorJeff GillenAlan OrmsbyStarsRoberts BlossomCosette LeeLeslie CarlsonA deranged rural farmer becomes a grave robber and murderer after the death of his possessive mother, whose corpse he keeps, among others, as his companion in a decaying farmhouse.Based on the life of American murderer and body snatcher Edward Theodore "Ed" Gein.
- DirectorCédric KahnStarsStefano CassettiIsild Le BescoPatrick Dell'Isola'Kurt' claims to be a sales rep. He also claims to be English in spite of his heavy Italian accent. Kurt is an habitual liar and a dangerous driver, at the very least. In the south of France he meets Léa, age 16. Between his increasingly strange dates with Léa, Kurt engages in a number of armed robberies, some successful, some not... The police are perplexed by a series of crimes including disappearances and a murder. They conclude that they are dealing with a madman... After he proposes, Léa breaks up with Kurt. The attempt to find a new girlfriend leads to a shooting by Kurt, now calling himself André. Léa's information identifies Kurt/André as Roberto Succo, psychiatric patient and parental murderer. The police hunt for Roberto covers three countries.Based on the life of Italian serial killer Roberto Succo.
- DirectorTom McLoughlinStarsCharles S. DuttonJay O. SandersBobby HoseaJohn Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo went on a serial killing spree in October 2002 in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland.Based on the life of John Allen Muhammad, Lee Boyd Malvo and "The Beltway sniper attacks".
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsPowers BootheNed BeattyIrene CaraThe real-life story of the Peoples Temple cult led by Reverend Jim Jones and the events involving its move to Guyana and its eventual mass suicide.Based on the life of Reverend James Warren "Jim" Jones, the Peoples Temple and the mass suicide in Jonestown.
- DirectorJoel BenderStarsLaura PreponMisha CollinsPatrick BauchauBased on real events, Paul Bernardo and his wife, Karla Homolka, kidnap, sexually abuse, and murder three young girls.Based on the life of the Canadian serial killer Karla Leanne Homolka, aka Karla Leanne Teale.
- DirectorBruce Seth GreenStarsRichard JordanA MartinezJulie CarmenBased on the true story of Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez who terrorized California in 1985 and the two Los Angeles police detectives who try to track him down.Based on the life of serial killer Ricardo "Richard" Muñoz Ramirez aka "the Night Stalker".
- DirectorFhiona-LouiseStarsBob FlagMartin Byrne-QuinnGeoffrey GreenhillFictionalized account based on the actions of serial killer Dennis Nilsen.Based on the life of British serial killer Dennis Andrew Nilsen aka "the Muswell Hill Murderer" and "the Kindly Killer".
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsAl PacinoPaul SorvinoKaren AllenA police officer goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men.Inspired by the story of "the Bag murders" and Paul Bateson.
- DirectorNa Hong-jinStarsKim Yoon-seokHa Jung-wooSeo Yeong-hieA disgraced ex-policeman who runs a small ring of prostitutes finds himself in a race against time when one of his women goes missing.Based on the life of South Korean serial killer and self-confessed cannibal Yoo Young-chul.
- DirectorBenjamin RossStarsHugh O'ConorAntony SherTobias ArnoldThis film is based on a true story about a British teenager who allegedly poisoned family, friends, and co-workers. Graham is highly intelligent, but completely amoral. He becomes interested in science, especially chemistry, and begins to read avidly. Something of a social misfit, he is fascinated by morbid subjects such as poisons and murder. His family environment is intolerable to him and, in particular, his stepmother torments him. He decides to poison those who annoy him, first with antimony and later with thallium. He smugly thinks himself cleverer than all those around him, but nevertheless he is caught and sentenced to 'rehabilitation' at a psychiatric institution. Once there, he undertakes to deceive the new eminent psychiatrist sent there to 'cure' him, thereby securing his release.Based on the life of English serial killer Graham Frederick Young.
- DirectorHarry BradbeerStarsMartin ClunesKeeley HawesRichard HopeJohn George Haigh, the notorious "acid bath murderer" in 1940s England, becomes the subject of this dramatization.Based on the life of English serial killer John George Haigh aka "the Acid Bath Murderer".
- DirectorJulie DelpyStarsJulie DelpyDaniel BrühlWilliam HurtA 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.Based on the story of Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed (Báthory Erzsébet in Hungarian, Alžbeta Bátoriová.
- DirectorChristian de ChalongeStarsMichel SerraultPierre RomansBérangère BonvoisinBased on the real life of Dr. Marcel Petiot: During world war II Petiot, an MD living in occupied Paris, promised to help wealthy Jewish people among his patients to flee occupied France for Spain. Instead, he drugged them and burnt their bodies in his home, while stealing their valuables. After the Liberation of France, he was condemned to death.Based on the life of French serial killer André Henri Félix Petiot.
- DirectorAlan DossorStarsKeith AllenDan ArmourJayne AshbourneDr. William Palmer moves back to his childhood town with a new wife. Soon, people he owes money to start dying in mysterious ways, and yet no one seems to notice.Based on the life of English doctor William Palmer aka "the Rugeley Poisoner" or "the Prince of Poisoners".
- DirectorShôhei ImamuraStarsKen OgataRentarô MikuniChôchô MiyakoChronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run.Based on the life of Japanese serial killer and fraudster Akira Nishiguchi (西口 彰).
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsJohn CorbettSara CanningTygh RunyanThe true story of the year-long manhunt for the killer who raped and murdered his way up and down the I-5 corridor through California, Washington, and Oregon for over a year in 1981, leaving 44 victims in his wake.Based on the life of American serial killer Randall Brent "Randy" Woodfield aka "The I-5 Killer" or "The I-5 Bandit".
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsAl PacinoBrenda VaccaroJohn GoodmanA look at the life and work of doctor-assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian.Based on the life of American pathologist, euthanasia activist, painter, author, composer, and instrumentalist Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian, aka "Dr. Death".
- DirectorArthur PennStarsWarren BeattyFaye DunawayMichael J. PollardBored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.Based on the lifes of Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow.
- DirectorNewton Thomas SigelStarsRay LiottaJohn LeguizamoColm FeoreFact-based drama about an arson investigator (Ray Liotta) searching for the perpetrator of a string of deadly fires in 1980s California.Based on the life of American serial arsonist John Leonard Orr.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsMelanie LynskeyKate WinsletSarah PeirseTwo teenage girls share a unique bond; their parents, concerned that the friendship is too intense, separate them, and the girls take revenge.Based on the story of "The Parker-Hulme Murder" in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1954.
- StarsKarl MaldenEva Marie SaintBarry NewmanA retiree spends nine years relentlessly seeking to prove that his son-in-law, a former Green Beret Army doctor, murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters.Based on the life of Jeffrey Robert MacDonald convicted in 1979 for the murders of his pregnant wife and two daughters.
- DirectorAlan MetzgerStarsElizabeth MontgomeryDavid ClennonJohn M. JacksonA woman marries her boyfriend on his deathbed for his money so she can move on to the next guy. When he turns up mysteriously ill the police step in and investigate the strange circumstances.Based on the life of Blanche Kiser Taylor Moore, a convicted murderer and probable serial killer from Alamance County, North Carolina.
- DirectorScott L. FlynnStarsPatrick BauchauJack ConleyJohn AylwardObsessive manhunt to identify and capture a despicable serial killer.Based on the life of American serial killer Hamilton Howard "Albert" Fish, aka "the Gray Man", "the Werewolf of Wysteria", "the Brooklyn Vampire", "the Moon Maniac" and "The Boogey Man".
- DirectorJon PurdyStarsRobert HaysDean StockwellTobin BellThe stories of three men: one who terrorized the U.S. from 1978 to 1995 by sending bombs through the mail; his brother who suspected him of being the Unabomber; and the postal inspector who investigated the bombings from the beginning.Based on the life of mail bomber Theodore John "Ted" Kaczynski, aka "the Unabomber".
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsPaul LutyRoy MacreadyDerren NesbittTwo men go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers by robbing graves.Based on the life of serial murders and Irish immigrants William Burke and William Hare and "The Burke and Hare murders" or "the West Port murders".
- DirectorRomuald KarmakarStarsGötz GeorgeJürgen HentschPierre FranckhFritz Haarmann, who has killed at least 27 boys, is questioned by a psychology professor in order to find out whether he is sane and can be held responsible for his crimes. During this interrogation Haarmann reveals his motives and his killing methods.Based on the life of German serial killer Friedrich Heinrich Karl "Fritz" Haarmann, aka "the Butcher of Hanover" and "the Vampire of Hanover".
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsMichèle MorganDanielle DarrieuxHildegard KnefFollows a family man who meets women through lonely-hearts ads.Based on the life of French serial killer Henri Désiré Landru.
- DirectorRobert SarkiesStarsMatthew SunderlandStuart MathiesonNatalie EllisBased on the Aramoana Massacre that occurred on 13 November and 14 November 1990. Resident David Gray, an unemployed gun collector, went on a rampage in which 13 people were shot dead, before Gray himself was shot by police.Based on the story of "The Aramoana massacre" on 13 November 1990 in the small seaside township of Aramoana, New Zealand.
- DirectorClaude-Michel RomeStarsBernard GiraudeauThierry FrémontPierre LaplaceJean-Francois Abgrall, today the head of a private detective agency, was just a simple provincial gendarme back in 1989 when he was assigned to investigate a murder on a beach. Instead, his investigation put him on the trial of one of France's most terrifying serial killers, Francis Heaulme, who for eight years wandered the country committing some of the most brutal murders in the annals of modern crime. This is the true story of that manhunt, a tale of terror, suspense and determination.Based on the life of French serial killer Francis Heaulme aka "the Criminal Backpacker".
- DirectorJud TaylorStarsMartin SheenHector ElizondoMatt Clark"Out of the Darkness" is a gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. "Son of Sam" - the infamous serial killer who stalked New York City in the 1970s.Based on the life of serial killer David Richard Berkowitz (born Richard David Falco), aka "Son of Sam" and "the .44 Caliber Killer".
- DirectorDanny LeeBilly Hin-Shing TangStarsDanny LeeSimon YamKent ChengAn abnormal taxi driver lusts for blood every rainy night, and several young women are killed as a result.Based on the life of Hong Kong serial killer Lam Kwok-wan aka "The Rainy Night killer".
- DirectorGreg McLeanStarsNathan PhillipsCassandra MagrathKestie MorassiThree backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.Based on the life of Ivan Milat and "The Backpacker Murders" in New South Wales, Australia during the 90s.
- DirectorTim MetcalfeStarsJames WoodsRobert Sean LeonardEllen GreeneA prison guard at Leavenworth with lofty ideals and hopes of reform struggles to understand a violent, hateful and conscienceless convict. The result is a written testimonial to a crime that no one could have predicted.Based on the life of American serial killer Carl Panzram.
- StarsWilliam McInnesAngie MillikenTim DraxlA compelling, three-part series taken from Robert Drewe's memoir about his early life growing up during the reign of one of Australia's most notorious serial killers.Based on the life of Australian serial killer Eric Edgar Cooke, aka "The Night Caller".
- DirectorJosh TownsendStarsTeresa Arnold-SimmonsRalph CahillChristina CaparoulaDanny Rolling's serial killings of five college students in 1990 forever changes the college-town of Gainseville, FL.Based on the life of American serial killer Daniel Harold Rolling, aka "The Gainesville Ripper".
- DirectorMichael Ray RhodesStarsNeil Patrick HarrisGerald McRaneyTom VericaA Seattle household secretly cooperates with police in a case that links a family member to widespread arson.Based on the life of serial arsonist Paul Kenneth Keller.
- DirectorIan MerrickStarsDonald SumpterDebbie FarringtonMarjorie YatesA gung-ho ex-military man pursues a secret life of crime, culminating in the kidnapping of a teenage heiress.Based on the life of British serial killer Donald Neilson (born Donald Nappey) aka "the Black Panther".
- DirectorManish GuptaStarsKay Kay MenonArbaaz KhanRukhsar RehmanIn 1980s Bombay, a serial killer starts targeting homeless street dwellers, whilst a suspended police officer attempts to solve the case.Based on the story of "The Stoneman" a name given by the popular English language print media of Kolkata to an alleged serial killer who menaced the streets of that city in 1989.
- DirectorKai S. PieckStarsTobias SchenkeSebastian UrzendowskyUlrike BliefertThe true-life story of 19-year-old Jürgen Bartsch, a German pedophile serial killer who murdered four boys, based on his correspondence, over the course of eight years, with German American author Paul Moor.Based on the life of German serial killer Jürgen Bartsch (original name Karl-Heinz Sadrozinski).
- DirectorKeith WalleyStarsDoug ColeBeverly SoteloStacy CunninghamGruesome true story of murderer Richard Speck who killed eight nursing students in one night in Chicago during the late sixties. The story also follows him to his prison fate and uncovers more of his strange behavoir before his death.Based on the life of mass murderer Richard Franklin Speck.
- DirectorJames CoxStarsVal KilmerLisa KudrowKate BosworthIn the police investigation of a brutal crime scene, one man was at the center of it all: legendary porn star John Holmes.Based on the story of "The Wonderland murders", aka "Four on the Floor" or "Laurel Canyon Murders" in Los Angeles in 1981.
- DirectorAndrew JareckiStarsRyan GoslingKirsten DunstFrank LangellaDavid Marks, a real estate scion, is suspected of killing his wife Katie, who disappeared in 1982.Based on the life of Robert Durst.
- DirectorScott WalkerStarsNicolas CageVanessa HudgensJohn CusackAn Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.Based on the life of American serial killer Robert Christian Hansen.
- DirectorDavid MichôdStarsJames FrechevilleGuy PearceJoel EdgertonA seventeen-year-old navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.Based on the life of the Pettingill family.
- DirectorLarry ShawStarsJoanna KernsTony DenisonPeter MacNeillAfter being assaulted in her own home by a pervert, a woman finds herself further angered and traumatized when the police can't catch him. Meanwhile, her husband wants to do everything to protect her.Based on the life of Harvey Miguel Robinson from Montana, who is one of the youngest serial killers in American history.
- DirectorBren SimsonStarsLindsay DuncanSteve ChaplinTat WhalleyDramatised documentary which describes the police investigation that led to the conviction of David Mulcahy for the notorious Railway Murders in the 1980s of three young women in the London area and for the rapes of many others. This investigation was based largely on the testimony of John Duffy to a psychologist in prison where he was serving life after being convicted of the same offences ten years earlier, having denied at the time of his trial that he had had an accomplice (Mulcahy).Based on the life of British rapists and serial killers John Duffy and David Mulcahy.
- DirectorHarry BradbeerStarsMartin KempRichard GriffithsCharlotte RandleDramatisation of the real-life case of George Joseph Smith who was hanged in 1915 for the murder of his three wives, each of whom he killed in turn by drowning them in the bath while trying to make the deaths look like accidents.Based on the life of English serial killer and bigamist George Joseph Smith.
- DirectorWilliam GirdlerStarsJuanita MooreAustin StokerHugh SmithA police officer becomes greatly obsessed with a sadistic serial killer/rapist called "The Zebra Killer" after his girlfriend is kidnapped, and discovers a string of many brutal murders along the way while tracking him down.Based on the story of "The Zebra murders", a string of racially motivated murders, apparently committed by three African American men who were later convicted, that took place in San Francisco, California, from October 1973 to April 1974.
- DirectorFrédéric TellierStarsRaphaël PersonnazNathalie BayeOlivier GourmetAn investigation by a young inspector who quickly becomes obsessed with stopping a monster.Based on the life of the French serial killer Guy Georges (born Guy Rampillon), aka "The Beast of the Bastille".
- DirectorPetr KazdaTomás WeinrebStarsMichalina OlszanskaMartin PechlátKlára MelískováBased on the true life of Olga Hepnarová, a young Czech woman who became a rampage killer in 1973.Based on the life of Czech mass murderer Olga Hepnarová.
- DirectorMichelle PalmerStarsEd GeinJohn K. RussellHarold SchechterBased on the life of Ed Gein.
- StarsEmile HirschHolliday GraingerSarah HylandBonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, an American robbery team, were responsible for a 21-month crime spree from 1932. They robbed gas stations, restaurants, and small-town banks, chiefly operating in Texas, Oklahoma, as well as other states.Based on the life of Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow.
- DirectorDavid DeCoteauStarsEric RobertsAshley HayesJim PooleDuring the Depression, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow meet and fall in love over a cup of hot chocolate. Their violent courtship leads to bank robberies, prison and a multi-state crime spree, securing their place in history.Based on the life of Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow.
- DirectorJohn Erick DowdleStarsStacy ChboskyBen MessmerSamantha RobsonIn an abandoned house in Poughkeepsie, New York murder investigators uncover hundreds of tapes showing decades of a serial killer's work.Based on the story of "the Water Street Butcher", a serial killer who terrorized Poughkeepsie, NY for over ten years starting in the early 90s.
- DirectorMauro BologniniStarsShelley WintersMax von SydowRenato PozzettoLea's only son Michele has to endure his mother's zealous affection . She is convinced she rescued him by making a deal with Death. When his son gets engaged to a woman, Lea is ready to make a new deal with Death.Based on the real life events of Leonarda Cianciulli, the Italian serial killer best known as the "Soap-Maker of Correggio".
- DirectorPaul SouthWilliam TaftStarsSeth CorreaSteve WilliamsMarc SalemeBob Berdella who originated from Ohio, moved to Kansas City in the 1960s to enroll at the KC Art Institute. Shortly after his move to Kansas City, Berdella purchased a house on 4315 Charlotte Ave. This house would serve as the grounds for some of the most bizarre acts of torture and mutilation ever performed. Bob Berdella was very active in his local community. He was in charge of the Hyde Park Neighborhood Coalition for many years, was a cook for many restaurants in KC, even worked with the local news stations in organizing numerous charities and auctions. Berdella was also notable for his work mentoring troubled youths, and was even assigned as the probation officer to many of these teens. In the end Bob was known for his shop, at the Westport Flea Market, "Bob's Bazaar Bizarre". It was here at this shop that many people met and interacted with Berdella. His shop was setup like any normal flea market, but his taste of goods were different than the rest of the merchants at Westport Flea Market. Bob had real human skulls, witchcraft and occult books, jewelry, knives and swords, and practically anything that would be classified as bizarre. Berdella, after his arrest, was known for keeping precise notes on his torture and killing methods. Investigators found these notebooks under his mattress with over 1,000 Polaroid pictures taken of his victims at various stages of their torture. The evidence was overwhelming and Bob eventually admitted to 6 murders between the years of 1984-1988.Based on the crimes of Missouri serial killer Robert Berdella.
- DirectorFelipe CazalsStarsDiana BrachoJorge Martínez de HoyosSalvador SánchezThree sisters run brothels protected by the authorities, abuse and prostitute young women under the false pretense of employing them as servants.Based on the life of Mexican sisters Delfina and María de Jesús González aka "Las Poquianchis".
- DirectorMegan GriffithsStarsLou Diamond PhillipsBellamy YoungAnnalisa CochraneAn account of serial killer Richard Ramírez and his rampage in California during the mid-1980s.Based on the life of serial killer Richard Ramirez.
- DirectorJeff FrentzenStarsNaidra Dawn ThomsonShannon LeadeStephen A.F. DayBased on a true story, House On The Hill chronicles the outrageous 1980s murder spree of serial killer Leonard Lake, who would target, kidnap, rob and kill people -- and even whole families.Based on the life of serial killer Leonard Lake.
- DirectorLarry PeerceStarsHarry HamlinHelen ShaverK.T. OslinA woman begins to suspect her handsome, eligible, charming lover is just too good to be true. What she can't imagine is that he is a serial killer of women.Based on the life of American serial killer Steven David Catlin.
- DirectorUlli LommelStarsKurt RaabJeff RodenMargit CarstensenUsing his status as a police informant to procure his victims, baby-faced, shaven-headed Fritz Haarmann dismembers their bodies after death and sells the flesh to restaurants, dumping the remainder out of sight.Based on the crimes of German serial killer and cannibal Fritz Haarmann.