Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime > Serial Killers: 97 Films to Rent
- Kalifornia (1993)
- Dir. Dominic Sena
Feat. Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, David Duchovny…
- Crime–movie–on–wheels that rises above its fashionably glossy veneer with a script and performances that progressively whitens the…
- Jennifer 8 (1992)
- Dir. Bruce Robinson
Feat. Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen, Uma Thurman…
- Dark tale in which cop Andy Garcia falls for blind girl Uma Thurman who may be a serial killer's next victim. Mostly engrossing and often scary. John…
- Knight Moves (1992)
- Dir. Carl Schenkel
Feat. Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane, Tom Skerritt…
- Chess champion Christopher Lambert finds his psychological profile and alibi make him a prime murder suspect. A battle of intelligent wits ensues…
- Overkill: The Aileen Wournos Story (1992)
- Dir. Peter Levin
Feat. Jean Smart
- Jean Smart vividly incarnates the infamous female 'serial killer' who, at the time of this film, was awaiting execution on death row. Solid TV movie.
- Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn…
- Celebrated adaptation of Thomas Harris' novel follows the hunt of a gruesome serial killer by a rookie cop (Jodie Foster), 'aided' by an incarcerated…
- Amsterdamned (1988)
- Dir. Dick Maas
Feat. Huub Stapel, Monique Van de Ven, Serge-Henri Valcke
- Around the canals of the Dutch capital, an elusive serial killer is manhunted. Huub Stapel stars in this sleek, exotic thriller from genre stylist…
- Jack the Ripper (TV Mini-series) (1988)
- Dir. David Wickes
Feat. Michael Caine, Armand Assante, Jane Seymour
- This British television series adds a new solution to the ever–intriguing and grisly case of Jack the Ripper, who preyed on women in Victorian…
- Fantasist, The (1986)
- Dir. Robin Hardy
Feat. Moira Harris, Christopher Cazenove, Timothy Bottoms
- Belated and little known second film from the director of “The Wicker Man” about a rural Irishwoman whose teaching stint in Dublin finds…
- Manhunter (1986)
- Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Brian Cox, William Petersen
- Brooding 'psycho'–drama based on Thomas Harris' novel 'Red Dragon', featuring an appearance of the pre–iconic Hannibal Lechter character…
- Fear City (1984)
- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Tom Berenger, Abel Ferrara, Melanie Griffith…
- Pimp Tom Berenger hunts through the neon–lit NY night for a stripper–slaying serial killer. Early item from dir. Abel Ferrara…