Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Serial Killers: 101 Films to Buy & Rent
- From Hell (2001)
- Dir. Hughes Brothers
Feat. Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm
- Johnny Depp goes Goth again, this time buttoned–up in Victorian garb, as a drug–afflicted cockney detective hired to sniff out legendary…
- Hannibal (2001)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Ray Liotta
- Anthony Hopkins reprises his iconic role as Hannibal Lechter in this controversially gruesome sequel to the serial killer classic, SILENCE OF THE…
- Messiah (TV Series) (2001-2005)
- Feat. Ken Stott, Frances Grey, Michelle Forbes
- Grisly BBC serial in the tradition of PRIME SUSPECT and CRACKER shadows the case solving of a partially–deaf detective with a disturbed nose…
- Murder In Mind (TV Series) (2001)
- Excellent star–studded series of self–contained stories on the theme of murder, generally centered around apparently 'normal people' who…
- Sleepless (Non ho Sonno) (2001)
- Dir. Dario Argento
Feat. Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli
- A welcome return to his 'giallo' roots by dir. Argento, turning a tangled tango between a serial–killer and recently–retired detective…
- Crimson Rivers, The (2000)
- Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
Feat. Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel
- A bizarre murder in the French Alps draws detectives Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel into the killing–cycle of a particularly grisly…
- Eye of the Beholder (2000)
- Dir. Stephan Elliot
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, k.d. Lang…
- Intriguing in concept, this surveillance thriller sees British agent Ewan McGregor tracking the movements of vicious serial killer Ashley Judd from…
- Frequency (2000)
- Dir. Gregory Hoblit
Feat. John Caviezel, Dennis Quaid
- Time–travel thriller tuned to an interesting premise – a NYPD cop speaks to his dead father via a ham radio.
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- Watcher, The (2000)
- Dir. Joe Charbanic
Feat. James Spader, Keanu Reeves, Marisa Tomei
- Breakneck–paced cat–and–mouse thriller has FBI agent James Spader tormented by psycho Keanu Reeves, who sends him photographs of…
- Bone Collector, The (1999)
- Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie
- Denzel Washington's acting skills are put to the test playing a quadriplegic forensics expert helping to track down a particularly grisly serial…