Movies about maniacs

Movies about maniacs
List of the best movies about maniacs selected by visitors to our site: Girl in the Basement, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, Mr. Brooks, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, House of Wax, The House That Jack Built, No Man of God, The Postcard Killings, Cut Off, No Good Deed.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, crime
CountryUSA

Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:35

A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:56

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

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrefantasy, drama, crime
CountryGermany, France, Spain, USA
Duration02:27

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryAustralia, USA
Duration01:48

A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
CountryDenmark, France, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Tunisia
Duration02:43

Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genredrama, crime, detective, biography
CountryUSA

Based on real life transcripts culled from conversations between FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier and serial killer Ted Bundy that took place between 1984 and 1989, No Man of God details the complicated relationship that formed between the two men during Bundy’s final years on death row.

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: 6.5
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryGermany
Duration02:06

Thriller set in the world of Forensic Pathology. Coroner Paul Herzfeld finds a capsule in the head of a heavily mutilated corpse, containing a phone number and single word: the name of his daughter.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrehorror, action, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:24

Terri is a devoted wife and mother of two, living an ideal suburban life in Atlanta when Colin, a charming but dangerous escaped convict, shows up at her door claiming car trouble. Terri offers her phone to help him but soon learns that no good deed goes unpunished as she finds herself fighting for survival when he invades her home and terrorizes her family.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genreaction, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:29

Travelling businessman, David Mann, angers the driver of a rusty tanker whilst crossing the Californian desert. A simple trip turns deadly as Mann struggles to stay on the road while the tanker plays cat and mouse with his life.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, drama
CountryAustralia, Germany

A passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship when an Australian photojournalist wakes one morning in a Berlin apartment and is unable to leave.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Spain, Hungary, Serbia
Duration01:50

A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, thriller, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:42

Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA

Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA, Bulgaria
Duration01:41

Naturally beautiful, Katie has just settled into New York where she, like many other young women, is trying to make it as a model. But what starts out as an innocent and simple photo shoot soon turns into something disturbingly unthinkable! Raped, tortured and kidnapped to a foreign country, Jessica is buried alive and left to die. Against all odds, she manages to escape. Severely injured, she will have to tap into the darkest places of the human psyche to not only survive, but to exact her revenge…

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrethriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

A beautiful newscaster is stalked and tormented by a photographer obsessed with her beauty.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Germany, Canada
Duration01:56

Forensic psychologist 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 submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrehorror, comedy
CountryCanada
Duration01:25

    Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of paranoid college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin. As the body count climbs, so does the fear and confusion as the college kids try to seek revenge against the pair.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrethriller
    CountryUSA

    A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA

    Hazel suffers from a crippling case of agoraphobia. So much so that it causes a rift between her and her mother, Dee. Hazel and her mother decide to go on a road trip to a desert facility to help Hazel deal with her fear but when gunmen and brothers Jesse and Pru attack them, Hazel has to battle her fears so she and her mother can survive.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror
    CountryUSA

    The nightmare isn't over as unstoppable killer Michael Myers escapes from Laurie Strode's trap to continue his ritual bloodbath. Injured and taken to the hospital, Laurie fights through the pain as she inspires residents of Haddonfield, to rise up against Myers. Taking matters into their own hands, the Strode women and other survivors form a vigilante mob to hunt down Michael and end his reign of terror once and for all.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    In a small New Mexico town, a 17-year-old high school girl who just got her driver’s license gets into her first Fender Bender, innocently exchanging her personal information with an apologetic stranger. Later that stormy night, she is joined in her desolate suburban home by a couple of her school friends who try their best to make a night out of it, only to be visited by the stranger she so willingly handed all of her information to — a terrifying and bizarre serial killer who stalks the country’s endless miles of roads and streets with his old rusty car, hungrily searching for his next unsuspecting victim.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:16

    Sy "the photo guy" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually believes he's part of their family. When "Uncle" Sy's picture-perfect fantasy collides with an ugly dose of reality, what happens next "has the spine-tingling elements of the best psychological thrillers!"

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy
    Duration01:50

    Laura and John, grieved by a terrible loss, meet in Venice, where John is in charge of the restoration of a church, two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, crime, biography
    CountryGermany, France
    Duration01:04

    A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:42

    A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrehorror
    CountryFrance, USA
    Duration01:25

    As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:39

    A thief makes a disturbing discovery in the house where he breaks in. Later, when he returns to the same house with his partner in crime, things are no longer how he expected.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrehorror, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada

    In 1978, two rival groups at Camp Nightwing must band together to solve a terrifying mystery when horrors from their towns' history come alive.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Japan
    Duration02:27

    Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:18

    In this twisted love story, a man seeks out an unsuspecting stranger to help him purge the dark torments of his past. His plan goes awry when he encounters a woman with plans of her own.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryCanada, USA

    A Minnesota police officer crosses paths with a committed and tireless vigilante as he follows the trail of a ruthless predator responsible for several abductions and murders.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:26

      A gang of ruthless highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross country only to shockingly discover that things are not what they seem.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrehorror, thriller, short
      CountryUSA, Australia
      Duration00:09

      Saw is an Australian nine-and-a-half-minute short subject horror film that was later expanded to a full feature film. The story is about David, an orderly at a hospital, who tells his horrific story of being kidnapped and forced to play a vile game of survival.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrethriller, crime
      CountryUSA

      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.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:42

      When his best friend and podcast co-host goes missing in the backwoods of Canada, a young guy joins forces with his friend's girlfriend to search for 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: 5.8
        Genrehorror, action, thriller
        CountryNetherlands, Belgium

        A cocksure, road-raging family man finds himself pursued and terrorized by the vengeful van driver he chooses to tailgate.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrehorror, action, thriller, adventure, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:30

        Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrehorror, action, thriller, drama, adventure, crime, detective
        CountrySpain

        Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain, 2016. Two corpses appear in the crypt of the Old Cathedral. Police officer Unai López de Ayala, an expert in criminal profiling, must hunt down the ritual murderer who has been terrorizing the city for two decades…

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:38

        The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrehorror
        CountryFrance, Canada
        Duration01:39

        A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrehorror, action, thriller
        CountryAustralia
        Duration01:39

        Stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrehorror
        CountryUSA

        At the prestigious Fairfield Academy, an elite boarding school for girls, six friends jokingly engage in a late night ritual, calling forth the spirit of a dead former student who reportedly haunts their halls. Before morning, one of the girls is dead, leaving the others wondering what they may have awakened.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrehorror, comedy, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:02

        Following two death-obsessed teenage girls who use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small Midwestern town into a frenzy and cement their legacy as modern horror legends.

        Markimdb: 8.6
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:07

        Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

        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: 7.3
        Genrethriller, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:31

          Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.




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