English movies about serial killers

List of the best English movies about serial killers selected by visitors to our site: Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974, The Postcard Killings, Unhinged, Hannibal Rising, May I Kill U?, Dark Signal, Blitz, Sightseers, A Fantastic Fear of Everything, Murder on the Home Front.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 7.1
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, history
CountryUnited Kingdom

It's Yorkshire in 1974, and 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 surrounding the police investigation into a series of child abductions. When young Clare Kemplay goes missing, Eddie and his colleague, Barry, persuade their editor to let them investigate links with two similar abductions in the last decade. But after a mutilated body is found on a construction site owned by a local property magnate, Eddie and Barry are drawn into a deadly world of secrecy, intimidation, shocking revelations and police brutality.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genredrama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

After suffering a personal tragedy, and desperate for justice, Jacob Kanon, a veteran New York City police detective, embarks on the search for a twisted killer who is leaving a bloody trail of elaborate murders across Europe.

Markimdb: 6
Genreaction, thriller
CountryUSA, United Kingdom

A divorced mother honks impatiently at a deranged middle-aged stranger at a red light while running late on her way to work. His road rage escalates to horrifyingly psychotic proportions as he becomes single-mindedly determined to teach her a deadly lesson for provoking him.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, France, Italy
Duration02:01

    The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a med student he hones his appetite for the kill.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrethriller, comedy
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    A PC becomes a vigilante after a head trauma.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:51

    The spirit of a murdered girl returns with a message. Now a stranded woman must team up with the staff of a local station to solve the mystery of her death.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrethriller, crime
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
    Duration01:37

    A tough, renegade cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrehorror, comedy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:28

    Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrethriller, comedy
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:40

    Jack is a children's author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his big break rapidly turns into his big breakdown, as Jack is forced to confront his worst demons; among them his love life, his laundry and the origin of all fear.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:31

    At the height of the London blitz, Dr Lennox Collins, pioneer of the new forensic science, is enlisted by DI Wilkins after prostitute Mary Williams is strangled and a swastika carved on her tongue.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Iceland, United Kingdom

    A small town detective while investigating the disappearance of a local woman comes across an unassuming Sociology professor who is hiding a secret life.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrecomedy, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, detective
    CountryItaly, Spain, United Kingdom

    The Case of the Scorpion's Tail begins with the mysterious death of a millionaire and spirals into the murder of his suddenly rich wife, which draws the attention of a dogged investigator, who follows a trail of blood to the bitter end.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France

    When hitchhiker Jack rescues Véronique from a road rage altercation, the twosome decide to travel together for safety’s sake after learning a serial killer is cutting a murderous swathe through the region. Tired and hungry, they decide against their better judgment to take up an offer to stay the night at a mysterious elderly couple’s mansion…

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
    Duration01:32

    Rachel, a rookie cop, is about to begin her first night shift in a neglected police station in a Scottish, backwater town. The kind of place where the tide has gone out and stranded a motley bunch of the aimless, the forgotten, the bitter-and-twisted who all think that, really, they deserve to be somewhere else. They all think they're there by accident and that, with a little luck, life is going to get better. Wrong, on both counts. Six is about to arrive - and All Hell Will Break Loose!

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, Canada, USA
    Duration02:00

    Two women have been murdered within hours of one another near St. Pancras station, but in quite different ways. When a connection is made with two other murders which occurred months before, but also on the same day, DI Thorne realizes two serial killers may be at work in a macabre partnership

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrethriller
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:56

    After a serial killer strangles several women with a necktie, London police identify a suspect—but he's the wrong man.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrehorror
    CountryCanada, USA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:35

      In 1630s New England, William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness, exiled from their settlement when William defies the local church. When their newborn son vanishes and crops mysteriously fail, the family turns on one another.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada

      The Bletchley Circle follows the journey of four ordinary women with extraordinary skills that helped to end World War II. Set in 1952, Susan, Millie, Lucy and Jean have returned to their normal lives, modestly setting aside the part they played in producing crucial intelligence, which helped the Allies to victory and shortened the war. When Susan discovers a hidden code behind an unsolved murder she is met by skepticism from the police. She quickly realises she can only begin to crack the murders and bring the culprit to justice with her former friends. The Bletchley Circle paints a vivid portrait of post-war Britain in this fictional tale of unsung heroes.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:41

      Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genredocumentary, crime, military, biography, history
      CountryDenmark, Germany, USA, France, Israel, United Kingdom, Norway, Finland, Indonesia, Netherlands
      Duration01:55

      In a place where killers are celebrated as heroes, these filmmakers challenge unrepentant death-squad leaders to dramatize their role in genocide. The result is a surreal, cinematic journey, not only into the memories and imaginations of mass murderers, but also into a frighteningly banal regime of corruption and impunity.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France
      Duration02:11

      While treating a policewoman for smoking, hypnotherapist Michael Strother has a telepathic vision of a young girl floating beneath the surface of a stream. The escaped victim of a ritualistic serial killer, the girl has become mute, and Michael is called upon by Scotland Yard to unlock the secrets she holds in order to catch a man who believes he has discovered the key to immortality.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, musical
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:56

      The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:27

      There's something pretty grisly going on under London in the Tube tunnels between Holborn and Russell Square. When a top civil servant becomes the latest to disappear down there Scotland Yard start to take the matter seriously. Helping them are a young couple who get nearer to the horrors underground than they would wish.

      Markimdb: 4
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:41

      On the death of his father, Tim Webber returns to his childhood village in Somerset to find something sinister is disturbing the idyllic peace of the villagers.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration02:30

      A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryCanada, United Kingdom
      Duration01:56

      A solitary middle-aged bachelor and a naive Irish teenager transform one another's lives to arrive at a place of recognition, redemption and wisdom in Atom Egoyan's adaptation of William Trevor's celebrated 1994 novel. Seventeen and pregnant, Felicia travels to England in search of her lover and is found instead by Joseph Ambrose Hilditch, a helpful catering manager whose kindness masks a serial killer. Hilditch has murdered several young women, but he has no conscious awareness of the crimes; like Felicia, he doesn't see his true self. Felicia's Journey is a story of innocence lost and regained: Felicia awakens to the world's dangers and duplicities; and Hilditch, who grew up lonely and unloved, comes to realize what was taken from him, and what he himself has taken.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:14

      A family’s road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the family’s every limit as they struggle to survive.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
      Duration01:45

        Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom

        Three best friends attending a heavy-metal show cross paths with sadistic killers after they travel to a secluded country home for an after party.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrethriller, comedy, crime, music
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:34

        In the late 1990s, a drug-addled nihilist resorts to murder to climb the ladder of the London music industry.

        Markimdb: 3.5
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:16

        Two couples spend a weekend in the country, only to cross paths with a brutal serial killer. As the body count rises, suspicion spirals into paranoia, climaxing in a terrifying battle for survival.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:40

        In the late 1950s, British police officer Tony Aaron resigns from the force after sleeping with Hazel, wife of the man whose house he was supposed to guard. In his new job as a fake private investigator, he helps couples get divorces by photographing Hazel having "affairs" with the husband. When she is murdered during a job, Tony begins having an affair with the dead man's mistress, Angeline, while trying to prove his innocence.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, China, Sweden, Japan
        Duration02:36

          Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.

          Markimdb: 3.5
          Genrehorror, thriller, crime
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:34

          A London detective tracking a serial killer finds the killers "truth or die" methods take him to New York to solve the case.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genrecomedy, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:05

          Keeping these streets clean is a Herculean task, enough to demoralize even the keenest rookie – but there’s a reason why this hotchpotch of committed cops are on this force, on this side of town. Drug labs, arsonists, neo-Nazis and notorious murderers are all in a day’s work for this close-knit team, led by the dizzyingly capable but unquestionably unhinged DI Vivienne Deering. But when a particularly twisted serial killer emerges it leaves even the most hardened of these seasoned coppers reeling.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
          Duration02:31

          A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrethriller, crime, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom

          A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan
          Duration01:46

          A dark, hip, urban story of a barren and anonymous city where the underclass' sport of choice is ram-raiding. An exciting game in which stolen cars are driven through shop windows to aid large-scale looting before the police arrive. For Tommy, it's a business, but for Billy and Jo, it's a labour of love. As the competition between Tommy and Billy grows more fierce, the stakes become higher and the "shopping" trips increasingly risky.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrecomedy, crime
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:39

          A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair and his children are up to no good.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrethriller, crime, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:35

          When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately home, a hospital and of course the potential suspects and (even unknowing) witnesses who are the cast of the gradually unraveled story of the murderer and his motive.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:42

          Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A reporter soon tries to uncover the murder and obtained prestige for himself, while Victor sinks deeper into madness.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:30

          A BBC adaptation of the Victorian "penny dreadful" tale of 18th century "demon barber" Sweeney Todd, of Fleet Street, who cuts the throats of unsuspecting clients in his London shop.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom

          The plot follows Morris (Curran), a recluse with psychotic tendencies, whose life changes when his innocent daughter (Vickers) rescues one of his victims and befriends him. Jake (Hill), an ordinary businessman, soon realizes that he is stranded, and his presence in the house gradually reveals unexpected and dark mysteries from the past.

          Markimdb: 5
          Genrecomedy, crime
          CountryUnited Kingdom

          Louise Farnt is obsessed with the world of self-help. And when she meets the not necessarily sane guru wannabe Val Stone, a murderous spree begins.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
          Duration01:52

            Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

            Markimdb: 4.8
            Genredrama, crime, detective
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

            Mike Hoolihan is an unconventional New Orleans cop investigating the murder of renowned astrophysicist Jennifer Rockwell, a black hole expert found shot to death in her observatory. As Mike tumbles down the rabbit hole of the disturbing, labyrinthine case, she finds herself grappling with increasingly existential questions of quantum mechanics, parallel universes, and exploding stars. The hunt for a killer draws a detective into an even larger mystery: the nature of the universe itself.

            Markimdb: 4.4
            Genrehorror, comedy
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration01:30

            When Max Taylor wins the ancestral home of Callum Chance in a game of Poker, little does he realize that the game is far from over... One by one, Max's family are murdered by the Funny Man, a demonic jester with a varied and imaginative repertoire of homicidal techniques and an irreverent sense of humor. Meanwhile, Max's brother is on his way to the mansion with a bunch on hitchhikers who will be lucky to survive the night.

            Markimdb: 5.8
            Genredrama, music, biography
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration02:08

            A portrait of Steven Patrick Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become lead singer of seminal 1980s band The Smiths.

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrethriller, musical, detective
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration01:47

            London Road is a musical drama that documents the events of 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. The residents of London Road had struggled for years with frequent soliciting and kerb-crawling on their street. When a local resident was charged and then convicted of the murders, the community grappled with what it meant to be at the epicentre of this tragedy.




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