THEME EXPLORATION

serial murder

28 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Island of Hell
Island of Hell
1977 · Kon Ichikawa
A Man's Neck
A Man's Neck
1933 · Julien Duvivier
L’Assassin habite au 21
L’Assassin habite au 21
1942 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Phobia
Phobia
1980 · John Huston
The Stranger Came Home
The Stranger Came Home
1954 · Terence Fisher
Tiger Bay
Tiger Bay
1959 · J. Lee Thompson
Tenebrae
Tenebrae
1982 · Dario Argento
School Girl Killer
School Girl Killer
1968 · Antonio Margheriti
5 Card Stud
5 Card Stud
1968 · Henry Hathaway
Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes
Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes
2000 · Kenji Kodama
Nature of the Beast
Nature of the Beast
1995 · Victor Salva
Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt
Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt
2004 · Paco Plaza
Slice
Slice
2009 · Kongkiat Khomsiri
The Hypnotist
The Hypnotist
2012 · Lasse Hallström
Varg Veum - Fallen Angels
Varg Veum - Fallen Angels
2008 · Morten Tyldum
Funny Games
Funny Games
1997 · Michael Haneke
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
A Brighter Summer Day
A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · Edward Yang
Memories of Murder
Memories of Murder
2003 · Bong Joon-ho
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Big Bad Wolves
Big Bad Wolves
2013 · Aharon Keshales
Blue
Blue
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
In Bloom
In Bloom
2013 · Nana Ekvtimishvili
Tacones lejanos
Tacones lejanos
1991 · Pedro Almodóvar
Over Your Dead Body
Over Your Dead Body
2026 · Jorma Taccone
Aus dem Leben des Marionetten
Aus dem Leben des Marionetten
1980 · Ingmar Bergman
Dah
Dah
2002 · Abbas Kiarostami
Eyes in the Night
Eyes in the Night
1942 · Fred Zinnemann
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Na Hong-jin South Korea

Explores the blurred line between hunter and hunted in violent, morally complex thrillers.

 David Fincher United States

His meticulous psychological thrillers like *Se7en* and *Zodiac* deconstruct the serial killer archetype with technical precision and obsessive narrative depth.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

Films like *Prisoners* and *Enemy* explore the psychological toll and moral ambiguity surrounding serial murder investigations and perpetrators.