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Movies Like Serial Killers: The Real Life Hannibal Lecters

If you liked Serial Killers: The Real Life Hannibal Lecters (2001), a documentary and thriller movie directed by Sean Buckley, 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. 1Terror in the Aisles

    Terror in the Aisles (1984)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and documentary

    A non-stop roller coaster ride through the scariest moments of the greatest terror films of all time.

  2. 2In Search of Darkness: Part II

    In Search of Darkness: Part II (2020)

    ★ 7.8/10Also documentary and horror

    The ultimate ‘80s Horror retrospective just got BIGGER. In Search of Darkness: Part II is a four-hour-plus sequel to the Rondo Hatton-nominated In Search of Darkness, adding 15 new interviewees and 40+ returning…

  3. 3The Wolf of Snow Hollow

    The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)

    ★ 6/10Also horror and thriller

    Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage daughter, and caring for his ailing father, officer Marshall struggles to remind himself there's no such…

  4. 4The 'Burbs

    The 'Burbs (1989)

    ★ 6.8/10Also horror and thriller

    When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But…

  5. 5The Corruption of Chris Miller

    The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller

    Chris Miller, living with her stepmother in a large secluded mansion, finds her isolation interrupted by the arrival of an unknown scythe-wielding killer.

  6. 6Pathology

    Pathology (2008)

    ★ 5.7/10Also crime and horror

    Medical student Ted Grey graduates at the top of his class and quickly joins an elite pathology program, whose top students invite him into their circle. There he uncovers a gruesome secret: They play a game in which…

  7. 7Der Sandmann

    Der Sandmann (1995)

    ★ 5.6/10Also thriller

    The ambitious young Ina Littmann is an investigative journalist for the TV talk show "Eye in Eye". Her current subject is Henry Kupfer, who wrote a bestseller about a psychopathic killer after he was himself in prison…

  8. 8Frailty

    Frailty (2002)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller and crime

    A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to kill people who were in fact "demons."

  9. 9Sea of Love

    Sea of Love (1989)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from…

  10. 10Urban Legends: Final Cut

    Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)

    ★ 4.9/10Also horror

    The making of a horror movie takes on a terrifying reality for students at the most prestigious film school in the country. At Alpine University, someone is determined to win the best film award at any cost - even if…

  11. 11Faces of Death

    Faces of Death (1978)

    ★ 4.6/10Also horror

    A collection of death scenes, ranging from TV material to homemade super 8 movies.

  12. 12Curdled

    Curdled (1996)

    ★ 5.8/10Also crime and thriller

    A death-obsessed cleaning woman uncovers a clue identifying a Florida bartender for a series of socialite murders.

  13. 13The Hills Have Eyes

    The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror

    Taking an ill-advised detour en-route to California, the Carter family soon run into trouble when their RV breaks down in the middle of the desert. Stranded, they find themselves at the mercy of monstrous cannibals…

  14. 14Fragments of a Life

    Fragments of a Life (2002)

    Also horror

    Small fragments from the life of a woman tortured to death by a drug addict and a cannibalistic Satanist. The thick blood splatters against director Baiestorf's dirty lenses, which shows in a surreal way the most…

  15. 15Final Girl

    Final Girl (2015)

    ★ 5.2/10Also thriller

    Veronica, the new girl in town, is lured into the woods by a group of senior boys looking to make her a victim. But the boys don't know that Veronica's been trained to handle herself in surprisingly lethal ways.

  16. 16Soylent Green

    Soylent Green (1973)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

    In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.

  17. 17Citizen X

    Citizen X (1995)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime

    Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people. His victims were mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a communists state, the police investigations…

  18. 18The Star Chamber

    The Star Chamber (1983)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    As violence escalates in Los Angeles and heinous murders are committed, Steven Hardin, a young judge of the California Supreme Court, must struggle with his tortured conscience and growing despair as he watches…

  19. 19Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt

    Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt (2004)

    ★ 5.2/10Also horror

    A terror is stalking the land: people are disappearing daily, their bodies appearing covered in savage gashes coupled with precise surgical cuts. The legend of the 'Werewolf of Allariz' spreads across the land like…

  20. 20Cherry Falls

    Cherry Falls (2000)

    ★ 5.4/10Also horror and thriller

    When students in the small town of Cherry Falls learn a serial killer is targeting virgins, they realize their only chance of survival is to throw a “Pop Your Cherry” party.

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