Movies Like Diary of a Serial Killer

If you liked Diary of a Serial Killer (1995), a crime and horror movie directed by Norman Chan, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Strange Darling (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and horror
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
2
Play Dead (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
A woman wakes up injured in a basement surrounded by corpses. To survive, she pretends to be dead while a grotesque ritual unfolds in the house above.
3
The Protector (1985)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is…
4
Seeding of a Ghost (1983)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
After the wife of a taxi driver is raped and killed by two teenage hooligans, he pleads with a sorcerer to lift the hex and exact revenge.
5
Frank and Penelope (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also horror and crime
A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…
6
Vengeance (2009)
★ 6.6/10Also crime
A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Macau, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for…
7
Grindhouse (2007)
★ 7/10Also horror
Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who…
8
Daddy's Little Girl (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
After the police find Derek’s daughter brutally murdered on the beach, he vows to make the culprit suffer for his actions, even if that person is ‘part of the family.’ With careful research into the history of torture…
9
Frenzy (1972)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and horror
London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the…
10
Bloodline (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
11
Bone Lake (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream…
12
Night of the Hunted (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her…
13
I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and horror
A beautiful woman from the city, Jennifer Hills, rents an isolated cabin in the country to write her latest novel. Soon, a group of local lowlifes subject her to a nightmare of degradation, rape, and violence.
14
Legacy of Rage (1986)
★ 7.2/10Also crime
A man is framed for murder by his drug-dealing best friend who covets his girlfriend, leading to eight years in jail and a vow of revenge upon release.
15
Tightrope (1984)
★ 6.2/10Also crime
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his…
16
In the Blood (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also crime
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
17
I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and crime
Broke, and in desperate need to update her portfolio, New York City model Katie calls a number from a tear-off flyer offering free photos. But this innocent attempt quickly turns into an unthinkable kidnapping…
18
Naked Killer (1992)
★ 6/10Also crime
A young woman is trained by a professional assassin to become her partner in crime.
19
Foxy Brown (1974)
★ 6.3/10Also crime
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
20
Nightmare Cinema (2018)
★ 5.8/10Also horror
A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious…