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Movies Like The Craigslist Killer

If you liked The Craigslist Killer (2011), a drama and thriller movie directed by Stephen Kay, 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. 1Graphic Desires

    Graphic Desires (2023)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    When reclusive Franklin cheats on his partner with a mysterious girl he meets on a dating app, it becomes the start of a deadly obsession.

  2. 2Kiss the Girls

    Kiss the Girls (1997)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to…

  3. 3King Cobra

    King Cobra (2016)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama

    It’s 2006, YouTube is in its infancy, and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Taking the stage name Brent Corrigan, a fresh-faced, wannabe adult video performer is molded into a star by Stephen, a closeted gay…

  4. 4Once Upon a Time in America

    Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

    ★ 8.4/10Also drama

    A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

  5. 5Payback

    Payback (1999)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and thriller

    With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless…

  6. 6Rise of the Footsoldier

    Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller

    Carlton Leach rises from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late '80s and early '90s.

  7. 7The Boondock Saints

    The Boondock Saints (1999)

    ★ 7.2/10Also thriller

    Tired of the crime overrunning the streets of Boston, Irish Catholic twin brothers Conner and Murphy are inspired by their faith to cleanse their hometown of evil with their own brand of zealous vigilante justice. As…

  8. 8Eyes Wide Shut

    Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and thriller

    After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their…

  9. 9Natural Born Killers

    Natural Born Killers (1994)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller and drama

    Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

  10. 10The Outfit

    The Outfit (1973)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed…

  11. 11Mr. Brooks

    Mr. Brooks (2007)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.

  12. 12The Gambler

    The Gambler (1974)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.

  13. 13Cop

    Cop (1988)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and thriller

    An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.

  14. 14Hannibal

    Hannibal (2001)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and thriller

    After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He…

  15. 15The Krays

    The Krays (1990)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray are raised in east London, under the influence of their hateful but doting mother Violet. As they grow up, Ronnie's violent nature takes over, and Reggie follows his brother's lead. The two…

  16. 16Bully

    Bully (2001)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and thriller

    A group of teenagers in South Florida enact a murder plot against their mutual bully, Bobby, who has emotionally, physically, and sexually abused them for years.

  17. 17Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

    Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and drama

    Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit…

  18. 18Chopper

    Chopper (2000)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and thriller

    The true and infamous story of Australia's notorious criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read and his years of crime, interest in violence, drugs and prostitutes.

  19. 19Small Engine Repair

    Small Engine Repair (2021)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and thriller

    The seemingly casual reunion of three old friends at an out-of-the-way repair shop masks a hidden agenda fuelled by the arrival of a privileged young yuppie.

  20. 20Marathon Man

    Marathon Man (1976)

    ★ 7.2/10Also thriller and drama

    A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.

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