Serial Killer Noir
The first films to feature serial killers ( alongside horror films ) were film noir
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- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJune TrippIvor NovelloMarie AultA landlady suspects that her new lodger is the madman killing women in London.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsIvor NovelloElizabeth AllanA.W. BaskcombA landlady suspects that her new lodger is the madman killing women in London.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsLaird CregarMerle OberonGeorge SandersA landlady suspects that her new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsLaird CregarLinda DarnellGeorge SandersA promising classical musician finds his life poisoned by a music hall dancer -- and by the strange gaps in his memory.
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsJack PalanceConstance SmithByron PalmerAfter an enigmatic, self-described pathologist rents the attic room of a Victorian house, his landlady begins to suspect her lodger is Jack the Ripper.
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsGeorge SandersLucille BallCharles CoburnBritish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsArthur FranzAdolphe MenjouGerald MohrA sniper kills young brunettes as the police attempt to grapple with the psychology of the unknown assailant.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTeresa WrightJoseph CottenMacdonald CareyA teenage girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.
- DirectorRowland V. LeeStarsAnn HardingBasil RathboneBinnie HaleA lottery winner breaks up with her fiancé and marries a fortune hunter who proves to be dangerous.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsJohn HodiakSylvia SidneyAnn RichardsA newly married woman begins to suspect that her husband is a killer. Even worse, she soon comes to believe that she will be his next victim.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsRobert MontgomeryRosalind RussellMay WhittyWhen a rich but cantankerous dowager on an isolated estate hires an engaging handyman, her niece/companion becomes suspicious of his motives.
- DirectorKarel ReiszStarsAlbert FinneySusan HampshireMona WashbourneA psychotic killer gets in the good graces of his aging invalid employer, and worms his way into the affection of her beautiful daughter, with unpleasant results for all.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsDana AndrewsRhonda FlemingGeorge SandersA serial killer has been killing beautiful women in New York and the new owner of a media company offers a high ranking job to the first of his senior executives who can get the earliest scoops on the case.
- DirectorArnold LavenStarsAdam WilliamsMeg RandallEdward BinnsQuiet, unobtrusive LA citizen Carl Martin picks up look-alikes for his estranged blonde wife and murders them with garden shears.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsDennis O'KeefeMargoJean BrooksA seemingly-tame leopard used for a publicity stunt escapes and kills a young girl, spreading panic throughout a sleepy New Mexico town.
- DirectorHarry HornerRafael PortilloStarsRicardo MontalbanAnne BancroftLee MarvinIn Mexico City, a poor single father is mistaken for a serial killer by the local cops, but the man's son stumbles upon the real killer and tries to warn the police after being abducted.
- DirectorRobert FloreyStarsFaye EmersonZachary ScottRichard ErdmanA very romantic murderer has plans to seduce, marry and kill a beautiful woman for her wealth, but finds her younger sister to be even better prey.
- DirectorEugen YorkStarsHans AlbersHansjörg FelmySusanne CramerGerman actor Hans Albers shot himself to fame in 1930 with the movie "Der Greifer." Here Albers plays Sgt. Harry Cross. Representing Scotland Yard he mingles with the cream of British society to bring a murderer to justice. Greeting everyone with off-handed cheerfulness, Albers is able to put the culprit "at ease" long enough to tighten the noose. He also wins the girl of his dreams, Dolly Mooreland, fetchingly played by Charlotte Susa. Hans Albers was the single biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1945 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century. Albers starred in a 1958 remake of the film once again playing the role of the retiring police superintendent.
- DirectorAlice O'FredericksStarsSigfred JohansenGrethe HolmerTavs NeiiendamUnder the guise of being a family man and a businessman, the mass murderer Hr. Petit methodical and discreet: He chooses lonely women with money in the bank book, wins their trust and then takes both their savings and their lives. But can he continue undetected as the number of corpses increases?
- DirectorBodil IpsenStarsGull-Maj NorinPoul ReichhardtAngelo BruunA woman is found strangled in her shop. Shortly after, another murder is committed. Perhaps the most terrifying is that the both girls' name is Sonja. The police is convinced it's the same killer and at each scene is heard a woman singing the same song. A song which is soon dubbed the 'murder melody'.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsPatrick BarrHoward PaysTerence KnappWhen to women are brutally murdered, the local townsfolk quickly assume a strangely behaving young man is the culprit, but a policeman thinks otherwise.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsDavid SumnerSusan TraversJames HayterAn ex-con is the prime suspect when a series of murders occur under the full moon, every victim a young blonde woman.
- DirectorRichard FranklinStarsStacy KeachJamie Lee CurtisMarion EdwardA laid-back American truck driver in south Australia suspects that the driver of a green van is killing young women along his route, and plays a game of cat-and-mouse to catch him.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsErnesto AlonsoMiroslavaRita MacedoThe delirious journey of a mentally disordered man, who is obsessed with committing the perfect crime.Sort of ...
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsAnita EkbergPhilip CareyGypsy Rose LeeVirginia Wilson saw a man get shot right after he tried to kill her, so she goes to psychiatrist Dr. Greenwood. He falls in love with her and takes over her life, but she insists on continuing her career as a stripper.
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsPierre FresnaySuzy DelairJean TissierInspector Wens moves into a Paris boarding house to catch a serial killer.
- DirectorRobert HosseinStarsRobert HosseinMarie-France PisierRoger DutoitA true story of Peter Kurten, a serial killer who committed nine murders and many other offenses in Dusseldorf during the Great Depression era.
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsMichèle MorganDanielle DarrieuxHildegard KnefFollows a family man who meets women through lonely-hearts ads.
- DirectorJean-Pierre MockyStarsMichel SimonMichel SerraultMichel GalabruForty eight hours in an area around a Parisian canal where a former Tango champion meets a killer.
- DirectorLars von TrierStarsMichael ElphickEsmond KnightMe Me LaiA cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor.
- DirectorArthur B. WoodsStarsEmlyn WilliamsAnna KonstamAllan JeayesA convict, just out of prison, is implicated in a murder and goes on the run, hitching a ride with a truck driver.
- DirectorBurt TopperStarsVictor BuonoDavid McLeanDiane SayerAn overweight lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.
- DirectorMax NosseckStarsJohn LoderJune DuprezMichael St. AngelAfter suffering a head injury during the Blitz, an actor comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera MilesA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsWilliam LundiganDorothy PatrickJeff CoreyAn obsessed cop tracks an elusive serial killer who strangles his victims on rainy nights.
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsEdmond O'BrienFrank LovejoyWilliam TalmanTwo fishermen pick up a psychopathic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsDorothy McGuireGeorge BrentEthel BarrymoreIn 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.
- DirectorPeter CollinsonStarsJacqueline BissetChristopher PlummerJohn Phillip LawIn 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?
- DirectorJames HeadStarsNicollette SheridanJudd NelsonAlex McArthurDuring a storm, a group of people are trapped inside a mansion with a killer.
- DirectorBob RafelsonStarsDebra WingerTheresa RussellSami FreyA federal investigator tracks down a gold-digging woman who moves from husband to husband to kill them and collect the inheritance.
- DirectorMichael MannStarsAl PacinoRobert De NiroVal KilmerA group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a verbal clue at their latest heist.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsKarlheinz BöhmAnna MasseyMoira ShearerA young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsTony MusanteSuzy KendallEnrico Maria SalernoAn American expatriate in Rome attempts to unmask a serial killer he witnessed in the act of an attempted murder - and is now hunting him and his girlfriend.
- 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.
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsStéphane AudranJean YanneAntonio PassaliaAn unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsBernadette LafontClotilde JoanoStéphane AudranFour Parisian women navigate the world of romance and daily life looking to fulfill their dreams but often find real-life to be inescapable.
- DirectorGeorge SluizerStarsBernard-Pierre DonnadieuGene BervoetsJohanna ter SteegeRex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.
- DirectorGeorge SluizerStarsJeff BridgesKiefer SutherlandNancy TravisThe boyfriend of an abducted woman never gives up the search as the abductor looks on.
- DirectorBurgess MeredithIrving AllenCharles LaughtonStarsCharles LaughtonFranchot ToneBurgess MeredithFrench police inspector Maigret investigates the murder of a rich Paris widow and ends up chasing the killer up the Eiffel Tower's girders.
- DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsHarry BaurValéry InkijinoffGina ManèsWilly is broke and his mistress always wants more money. A stranger in a pub agrees to murder his aunt, but everything will not go as planned. Maigret will try to separate fact and fiction.
- DirectorLadislao VajdaStarsHeinz RühmannSigfrit SteinerSiegfried LowitzHaving doubts about the guilt of the obvious suspect in the murder of an eight year old girl, a police detective decides to investigate the case on his own.
- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsJohn CarradineJean ParkerNils AstherIn Paris, an artist hires portrait models, and after he finishes their portraits, he strangles them.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsClaus HolmMario AdorfHannes MessemerA 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.
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsRobert MitchumKim HunterDean JaggerA naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.
- DirectorWalter StrateStarsWilliam HollandLili DawnMitchell KowallPsycho stalks the streets of Greenwich Village, killing and scalping his victims.
- DirectorLawrence HuntingtonStarsEric PortmanDulcie GrayDerek FarrA woman becomes the target of a man who is gradually becoming insane, unable to resist his urge to strangle women to death, but who appears to be purposely leaving pieces of evidence behind.
- DirectorTerry BishopStarsHarry H. CorbettFelicity YoungSpencer TeakleSet in the sleazy world of a backstreet 1950s nightclub, a serial killer is believed to be murdering the models of a glamour magazine.
- DirectorRaymond NassourKenneth W. RichardsonStarsWilliam ThourlbyWarren J. KemmerlingMichael FoxA series of murders involving a stripper (Indus Arthur) are investigated by a hard-drinking reporter (William Thourlby) in this late-entry film-noir.
- DirectorHarold FrenchStarsPeter LawfordDawn AddamsRoland CulverA jewel thief tries to mislead police who suspect that his theft of a valuable emerald is related to the serial murder of 11 policemen.
- DirectorPaul L. SteinStarsJoan MarionRaymond MasseyElliott MasonA murder case sparks a sensationalist press frenzy as it becomes clear that the killer only strikes when there is a full moon.