Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Serial Killers: 101 Films to Buy & Rent
- Virtuosity (1995)
- Dir. Brett Leonard
Feat. Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington
- Russell Crowe plays a computer–generated composite of 200 serial killers who escapes cyberspace and proves a formidable opponent for…
- Hawk, The (1994)
- Dir. David Hayman
Feat. Helen Mirren
- Helen Mirren brings edgy believablity as a mother–of–two who watches the evidence mount against her husband as the notorious serial…
- Ghost in the Machine (1993)
- Dir. Rachel Talalay
Feat. Karen Allen, Chris Mulkey
- Computer effects ala THE LAWNMOWER MAN punctuate this high–tech thriller in which a serial–killer does some heavy–duty destruction…
- Kalifornia (1993)
- Dir. Dominic Sena
Feat. Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, David Duchovny…
- Crime–movie–on–wheels that rises above its fashionably glossy veneer with a script and performances that progressively whitens the…
- Jennifer 8 (1992)
- Dir. Bruce Robinson
Feat. Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen, Uma Thurman…
- Dark tale in which cop Andy Garcia falls for blind girl Uma Thurman who may be a serial killer's next victim. Mostly engrossing and often scary. John…
- Knight Moves (1992)
- Dir. Carl Schenkel
Feat. Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane, Tom Skerritt…
- Chess champion Christopher Lambert finds his psychological profile and alibi make him a prime murder suspect. A battle of intelligent wits ensues…
- Overkill: The Aileen Wournos Story (1992)
- Dir. Peter Levin
Feat. Jean Smart
- Jean Smart vividly incarnates the infamous female 'serial killer' who, at the time of this film, was awaiting execution on death row. Solid TV movie.
- Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn…
- Celebrated adaptation of Thomas Harris' novel follows the hunt of a gruesome serial killer by a rookie cop (Jodie Foster), 'aided' by an incarcerated…
- Amsterdamned (1988)
- Dir. Dick Maas
Feat. Huub Stapel, Monique Van de Ven, Serge-Henri Valcke
- Around the canals of the Dutch capital, an elusive serial killer is manhunted. Huub Stapel stars in this sleek, exotic thriller from genre stylist…
- Jack the Ripper (TV Mini-series) (1988)
- Dir. David Wickes
Feat. Michael Caine, Armand Assante, Jane Seymour
- This British television series adds a new solution to the ever–intriguing and grisly case of Jack the Ripper, who preyed on women in Victorian…