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- CreatorRyan MurphyIan BrennanStarsEvan PetersRichard JenkinsMolly RingwaldThe story of a cannibalistic serial killer named Jeffrey Dahmer, a.k.a. the Milwaukee Monster.
- DirectorDavid JacobsonStarsJeremy RennerBruce DavisonArtel GreatBiopic about notorious American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, taking place in both the past and the present.
- DirectorMarc MeyersStarsRoss LynchAlex WolffAnne HecheA young Jeffrey Dahmer struggles to belong in high school.
- StarsPark DietzWendy PatrickusAnne E. SchwartzSerial killer Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to his gruesome crimes in unguarded interviews, offering an unsettling view into a disturbed mind.
- DirectorChris James ThompsonStarsAndrew SwantPamela BassJeffrey JentzenAn experimental documentary that uses archival footage, interviews, and fictionalized scenarios to tell the story of the people around Jeffrey Dahmer, during the summer of his arrest in 1991.
- DirectorDavid R. BowenStarsCarl CrewCassidy PhillipsDonna Stewart BowenBased on the life of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who murdered 17 men and ate many of them before he was caught in 1991.
- DirectorBen YoungStarsEmma BoothAshleigh CummingsStephen CurryVicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple. As she observes the dynamic between her captors she quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.
- StarsPaul SkolnickGil CarrilloFrank SalernoThis limited docu-series tells the true story of how one of the most notorious serial killers in American history was hunted down and brought to justice.
- DirectorBruce Seth GreenStarsRichard JordanA MartinezJulie CarmenBased on the true story of Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez who terrorized California in 1985 and the two Los Angeles police detectives who try to track him down.
- DirectorChris FisherStarsBret RobertsJoseph McKelheerRoxanne DayRichard Ramirez, aka the Nightstalker, who terrorized people in Los Angeles during the 1980s, and the police had no clue with him.
- DirectorUlli LommelStarsAdolph CortezElissa DowlingVictoria UllmannInspired by the true story of the most publicized and deranged serial killer known to everyone as "The Night Stalker."
- DirectorMegan GriffithsStarsLou Diamond PhillipsBellamy YoungAnnalisa CochraneAn account of serial killer Richard Ramírez and his rampage in California during the mid-1980s.
- DirectorNick BroomfieldStarsAileen WuornosNick BroomfieldArlene Pralle1992, Florida, USA. Aileen Wuornos is claimed to be the world's first female serial killer.
- DirectorPeter LevinStarsJean SmartPark OverallTim GrimmThis film is based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos a prostitute-turned-serial killer who preyed mostly on truck drivers.
- DirectorNick BroomfieldJoan ChurchillStarsAileen WuornosNick BroomfieldTerry Humphreys-SlayNick Broomfield's second documentary about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, focusing on her mental state on death row.
- DirectorPatty JenkinsStarsCharlize TheronChristina RicciBruce DernBased on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.
- DirectorDaniel FarrandsStarsPeyton ListTobin BellLydia HearstThe early years of notorious serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who marries a wealthy, older man in 1976, only to inflict mayhem within her new family and Florida's high society.
- DirectorMatthew BrightStarsMichael Reilly BurkeBoti BlissJulianna McCarthyThe story of serial killer Ted Bundy.
- CreatorJoe BerlingerStarsStephen MichaudBob KeppelKathleen McChesneyA look inside the mind of serial killer Ted Bundy, featuring interviews with him on death row.
- DirectorJoe BerlingerStarsLily CollinsZac EfronAngela SarafyanA chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy from the perspective of Liz, his longtime girlfriend, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
- DirectorSandor SternStarsTiffani ThiessenEric CloseLorrie MorganThere's a rapist plaguing a neighborhood. Now a young newlywed suspects that her new husband may be the one doing this.
- StarsMark HarmonFrederic ForrestGeorge GrizzardThe story of serial killer, Ted Bundy.
- DirectorDaniel FarrandsStarsChad Michael MurrayHolland RodenJake HaysThe intrepid FBI agents Kathleen McChesney and Robert Ressler, organize one of the largest manhunt in history to apprehend America's most infamous serial killer, Ted Bundy.
- DirectorMichael FeiferStarsCorin NemecKane HodderJen NikolaisenBased on the true story of one of history's most demented serial killers.
- DirectorAndrew JonesStarsMatthew BaunsgardOliver BerryLola ClaireA police detective consults with incarcerated madman Ted Bundy to help him catch The Green River Killer.
- DirectorJon AmielStarsSigourney WeaverHolly HunterDermot MulroneyAn agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
- DirectorClive SaundersStarsMark HoltonAdam BaldwinTom WaldmanModel citizen, devoted father, loving husband and serial killer John Wayne Gacy - a man with over 30 dead men and boys entombed in the crawl space underneath his family house. Based on a true story.
- StarsSam AmiranteGreg BedoeRafael TovarNever-before-heard audio from the interrogation of serial killer John Wayne Gacy threads through this chilling look at his 1970s murder spree.
- StarsTerry SullivanPhilip HershJay LevineThe chilling story of one of the world's most notorious serial killers told through the words of Gacy himself, those who were forever changed by his unspeakable deeds and those who believe that the full truth remains concealed to this day.
- StarsJohn BorowskiSteve GiannangeloWilliam KunkleA comprehensive, chronological and historical documentary series on the entire life and crimes of the infamous serial killer, John Wayne Gacy.
- StarsNick RyanAri AtkenTim BaylarThe events behind one of the most shocking killing sprees in history.
- StarsBrian DennehyMichael RileyMargot Kidder"To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful businessman, and a violent serial killer who raped and murdered over 30 young boys.
- DirectorSheldon RenanStarsChuck RileyEd DorrisThomas NoguchiA documentary of the decline of America. It features footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much, much more.
- DirectorStéphanie KaïmStarsDylan KleboldEric HarrisBrooks BrownThe story of the mass school shooting perpetrated by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreCharlton HestonMarilyn MansonFilmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.
- DirectorLaura FarberStarsGustavo D'ArthenayJaimi NordenAmy StaleyNearly 20 years after one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history, four survivors return to Columbine High School to share their experiences and journeys toward healing.
- StarsCraig X. ScottEvan ToddMissy MendoAmericans were left shocked and horrified after two students entered Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999, and gunned down 12 of their fellow pupils and one teacher before turning their weapons on themselves. At the time, it was the deadliest school shooting in American history. Flash forward 20 years and the nation continues to grapple with such tragic events, as tough questions persist: How do the victims heal? What causes these tragedies - and how do people move forward and find faith, hope and forgiveness after facing the unimaginable? After Columbine features the harrowing stories of Columbine survivors, family members, and others who were directly impacted by the tragedy. Survivors Craig Scott, Evan Todd and Missy Mendo, as well as Coni Sanders, daughter of murdered Columbine teacher Dave Sanders, among others, will discuss faith, the immediate and lasting impact of the event, healing, and the lessons they've learned along the way. After Columbine transcends issues - and headlines - to explore how survivors of the Columbine massacre and their families coped in the wake of tragedy. Special attention is given to the power of God and the human spirit to help people overcome the unimaginable pain and suffering that accompanies such tragedies.
- DirectorEric HarrisStarsEric HarrisDylan KleboldEric VeikHitmen for Hire is about the TCM - Trench Coat Mafia. They can be hired to stop bullies from bullying a certain group/person. It shows Dylan Klebold, Eric Harris, and others talking about what they will do with the bullies.
- DirectorFrida BarkforsLasse BarkforsStarsSue KleboldAs the disaster of yet another school shooting hits, some parents are faced with a brutal fact: their child was the one pulling the trigger.
- DirectorJosh SabeyStarsTiffany Tate AragonCarol ArcherPaul ArcherSue Klebold attempts to reconcile how the son she affectionately referred to as "Sunshine Boy" became a school shooter. "If love could have stopped Columbine," she says, "Columbine would never have happened.
- DirectorJustin KurzelStarsCaleb Landry JonesJudy DavisSean KeenanEvents leading up to the 1996 Port Arthur massacre on Tasmania in an attempt to understand why and how the atrocity occurred.
- DirectorPaul ModerThe face of an angel, the mind of a child and the act of a monster.
- DirectorJustin KurzelStarsLucas PittawayDaniel HenshallLouise HarrisBased on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott GlennA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
- DirectorBradford MayStarsEd MarinaroNoelle ParkerBoyd KestnerAmy Fisher's version of the three made-for-TV movies on the case. Her real-life account of her affair with Joey Buttafuoco and her conviction for aggravated assault for shooting Buttafuoco's wife.
- DirectorAndy TennantStarsDrew BarrymoreTony DenisonHarley Jane KozakThe true story of the Long Island teen who shoots and wounds the wife of a man she called her lover.
- DirectorJohn HerzfeldStarsJack ScaliaAlyssa MilanoPhyllis LyonsJoey Buttafuoco's story, of how a sexy, possessive young girl destroyed his life by telling her friends the two are lovers and then shooting his wife.
- StarsValerie Haselton DrescherJacqueline HennessyMatt GulbransonA biography about real people who marry their "soulmates", until they learn that the person they thought they married, isn't who they say they are.
- StarsRichard CawthorneGeoff MorrellMalcolm KennardFollows the life of Ivan Milat, the backpack killer.
- DirectorGreg McLeanStarsNathan PhillipsCassandra MagrathKestie MorassiThree backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.
- DirectorGreg McLeanStarsJohn JarrattRyan CorrShannon AshlynThe outback once more becomes a place of horror as another unwitting tourist becomes the prey for crazed, serial-killing pig-hunter Mick Taylor.
- StarsJohn JarrattLucy FryDustin ClareAn anthology series which centers on different characters being targeted by crazed serial killer Mick Taylor in the Australian outback.
- DirectorJohn BorowskiStarsSteve GiannangeloRick StatonRich Hillen Jr.Serial Killer Culture examines the reasons why artists and collectors are fascinated by serial killers.
- StarsEric HickeyKatherine RamslandJack LevinA 7-Part Investigative Documentary Series
- StarsTom KimballKirk GillJack LevinWars have terrorized entire populations for thousands of years. The American West was home to ruthless killers who were idolized in fiction and folklore. Evil evolved to a hideous new form with the genocidal dictators of the 20th Century such as Hitler, Stalin and Mao Tse Tung who ordered the execution of tens of millions. But in the middle of the 20th Century a new and chilling phenomenon emerged in the post-war Western society: The Serial Killer! As if fashioned from our nightmares, they terrified and fascinated us. Lurking behind masks of bland normality, the serial killer often evaded capture for years, decades or eternity. These are America's Serial Killers!
- DirectorJohn WebbStarsDrew FullerAlexandra BreckenridgeTimothy Lee DePriestBased on the true story of the murder of a girl's parents in Eustis, FL (USA), five teens in a vampire cult on the run are captured by police in New Orleans, LA and tell their tale of how they got there.
- DirectorEames YatesStarsScott AnderssonDana CooperApril DoedenAbout a loose-knit gang of teenagers from Murray, Kentucky, known as the "Vampire Clan". In 1998, the leader Rod Ferrell pleaded guilty to the double slaying becoming the youngest person in the United States on Death Row.
- StarsMichael StoneTim HopperNeil DudgeonSeries follows Columbia University's Michael Stone as he searches for the roots of evil in human beings by exploring acts committed by infamous criminals and ordinary people which he rates on his "scale of evil".
- DirectorMark JamesStarsRod FerrellSondra GibsonScott AndersonRod Ferrell the leader of a vampire cult in the bible town of Murray Kentucky drove to Florida where he brutally murdered his ex-girlfriend's parents. The film explores the impact of his actions on the friends he left behind and the community of Murray Kentucky. There is also a death row interview with Rod Ferrell who explains his actions.
- DirectorCraig GillespieStarsMargot RobbieSebastian StanAllison JanneyCompetitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
- DirectorChuck ParelloStarsSteve RailsbackCarrie SnodgressCarol MansellThe story of Ed Gein, who dug up the corpses of over a dozen women and made things out of their remains before finally shooting two people to death and butchering their bodies like beef sides.
- DirectorMichael FeiferStarsKane HodderAdrienne FrantzMichael BerrymanThe twisted and murderous appetites of the notorious Ed Gein, whose depredations in his small town of Plainfield come as quite a shock to his neighbors, especially Deputy Mason, whose mother Vera and girlfriend Erica have gone missing.
- DirectorSteve ChappellStarsStavo ChurcholaJames GeanEd Gein Interview: On January 22, 1958 journalist Stavo Churchola interviewed Edward Gein, the notorious Wisconsin murderer who inspired Robert Bloch to write PSYCHO, and Alfred Hitchcock to adapt the book to film.
- DirectorTom HansonStarsHal ReedBob JonesRay LynchA serial killer in San Francisco murders without motive or apparent pattern and taunts the police with phone calls and letters.
- StarsSal LaBarberaKen MainsKevin KnightLAPD homicide detective Sal LaBarbera and a team of master codebreakers use their unrivaled expertise to bring the most mysterious serial killer in American history into the light.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsJake GyllenhaalRobert Downey Jr.Mark RuffaloBetween 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.
- DirectorDon SiegelClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodAndrew RobinsonHarry GuardinoWhen a man calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath.
- DirectorDavid PriorStarsPierre BidouRussell T. ButterbachLes LundbladRetrospective documentary covering aspects of the Zodiac investigation, including interviews with the original investigators and surviving victims.
- DirectorJonathan WrightStarsShane WestLeslie BibbMatt CravenOver 40 years since the infamous Zodiac killer terrorised inhabitants of San Francisco and surrounds, three people stumble across homemade films of some of his murders. They then set out to track him down.
- DirectorJoel BenderStarsLaura PreponMisha CollinsPatrick BauchauBased on real events, Paul Bernardo and his wife, Karla Homolka, kidnap, sexually abuse, and murder three young girls.
- StarsJohn RosenJennifer BlackScott BurnsideGlamorous couple Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka fall in love and marry, but they become the most notorious killers in Canadian history after murdering three schoolgirls.
- DirectorNaomi HiltzStarsIzabela CiesinskaLuka MagnottaTerry NovakChronicles the quest for fame of Luka Magnotta.
- StarsDeanna ThompsonJohn GreenClaudette HamlinA group of online justice seekers track down a guy who posted a video of himself killing kittens.
- DirectorRichard SwindellStarsMatt ThompsonNicole NogradyAmelia BeaugardExamining the extraordinary circumstances that lead to four desperate women finding themselves on death row. Leading experts share their observations.
- StarsAshley CraryKay BessElizabeth HiggsIn-depth look at the true life crimes of Women Behind Bars.
- StarsMisty LeeGilles OuimetChristian PageDramatized reconstruction documentaries on juveniles and teens who become killers for different needs or psychopathic urges; alone, duos. or groups; single to serial killings.
- StarsSteven AveryDolores AveryLaura NiriderFilmed over a 10-year period, Steven Avery, a DNA exoneree who, while in the midst of exposing corruption in local law enforcement, finds himself the prime suspect in a grisly new crime.
- DirectorDoug CampbellStarsBarbara Alyn WoodsTina IvlevLexi AinsworthA jealous rivalry between three high school girls leads to a shocking crime.
- DirectorJace AlexanderStarsTania RaymondeJesse Lee SofferLeah PipesBased on the disturbing murder trial that gripped the nation, this Lifetime Original Movie tells the story of a seductive, aspiring photographer found guilty of killing her former lover.
- StarsYesse RodriguezCaleb J. SpivakBeth KarasInvestigators are puzzled by the brutality of Travis Alexander's murder. Explicit audio and video recordings reveal the scandalous details that sparked public outrage and turned Jodi Arias into the most hated woman in America.
- DirectorChris HoltStarsJodi Arias
- CreatorKelly LoudenbergStarsDavid BurnsBrian HutchinsonJames KonatA critical look into some true crime cases where American law enforcement made up for lack of actual physical evidence by using devious psychological tactics during interrogation in order to extract confessions from naive suspects.
- StarsChad NanceNate AndersonJenna WoodringA journalist races to learn the truth when human remains are found in the home of self-proclaimed Satanist Pazuzu.
- DirectorUlli LommelStarsGerard GriesbaumEric GerlemanVictoria UllmannThe B.T.K. killer harasses a news reporter with threatening letters as he ponders about the murders he committed 30 years ago.
- DirectorMichael FeiferStarsKane HodderAmy LyndonOdessa RaeDennis L. Rader systematically tortured and killed innocent victims for over two decades, evading the police for over 30 years while living a seemingly normal life as a husband, father, security officer and church president.
- StarsDennis RaderKatherine RamslandCharlie OteroFeatures conversations with serial killer Dennis Rader from a Kansas maximum security prison, to examine his crimes and psyche.
- DirectorStephen KayStarsRobert ForsterMichael MicheleMaury ChaykinAfter 31 years at-large, detectives in Wichita, Kansas home in on the serial killer known as BTK.
- DirectorJeffrey HirschfieldStarsTamlynn BrysonAlyssa DiMarcoNick DolanFor 31 years Dennis Rader aka BTK killer was able to live a double life. This documentary chronicle's comprehensive interviews with law enforcement, victim's family members, reporters and his daughter Kerri Rawson.
- DirectorDuncan SkilesStarsDylan McDermottCharlie PlummerSamantha MathisA picture-perfect family is shattered when the work of a serial killer hits too close to home.
- DirectorUlli LommelStarsGeorge KiseleffJacquelyn AuroraGeorgie DonovanAlong twenty years, the deranged serial-killer Gary Ridgway has killed at least forty-eight prostitutes and dumped their bodies in Green River.
- DirectorSam TaybiStarsKristina HughesDanielle FrankeBruce PetersonHaunted by her sister's mysterious disappearance many years ago at Green River, Charisma Kavanagh (Danielle Franke) returns to silence her ghosts and make peace with the past.
- DirectorVictoria DuleyStarsNaomi AsherChopper BernetDawn BishopTap into the mind of the 'Green River Killer' as his son looks back on his relationship with his father, who killed at least 50 women while masquerading as a normal suburban dad.
- StarsTom CavanaghCurrie GrahamAmy DavidsonA pair of girls seeking adventure beyond their western Washington trailer park encounter the area's most ruthless serial killer. The series is based on Sheriff David Reichert's book, "Chasing the Devil: My Twenty-Year Quest to Capture the Green River Killer".
- DirectorRob DorfmannStarsJohn AlexenkoFabienne BrooksOliver BuryThe Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway, thought he could get away with numerous murders, but now we see what the family has to say about it.
- DirectorRick BitzelbergerStarsChristopher StapletonRobert SiskoSean ThomasA film based on the true story of Ed Kemper, a serial killer who murdered ten in Santa Cruz, CA during the late sixties and early seventies.
- DirectorMatthew WattsStarsMichael AluffiGary Paul BowmanHarold CartwrightEd Kemper, also known as the Co-Ed Killer, murdered and dismembered 10 people, including his own mother. Former FBI agent John Douglas takes us through his extensive interviews with Kemper, which became the backbone of modern criminal psychology.
- DirectorImre HorvathStarsRobb WebbImre HorvathFrank SalernoDocumentary about serial killers and FBI Behavioral Sciences Profilers. Interviews with Ed Kemper and Ted Bundy as well as crime victims and law enforcement officials. Includes some Dramatic Recreations.