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The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

3.50 Stars

Crime, Drama, Horror

In 1828 Scotland, Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Knox does medical research on cadavers he buys from murderers Burke and Hare, without questioning the unethical procurement methods.

19th Century, Boarding House, Corpse, Edinburgh Scotland, Serial Killer

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009)

3.60 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery, History

When another child goes missing, washed-up solicitor John Piggott unwittingly provides a catalyst for Detective Chief Superindent Maurice Jobson to start to right some wrongs.

Similarity: 7.39 (Similar)

Corruption, Interrogation, Pump Action Shotgun, Rat, Serial Killer, British Criminal, British Police, Corpse, English Criminal, Gloomy

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Mister Frost (1990)

3.05 Stars

Drama, Horror, Thriller

A serial killer gets sent to a mental institution, but as his insidious presence cause the doctors and orderlies to receive strange visions, his psychiatrist tries to find out his true identity.

Similarity: 7.24 (Similar)

Buried Corpse, Corpse, Mansion, Serial Killer, Two Word Title

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

The House That Jack Built (2018)

3.40 Stars

Crime, Drama, Horror

The story follows Jack, a highly intelligent serial killer, over the course of twelve years, and depicts the murders that really develop his inner madman.

Similarity: 6.23 (Similar)

Building A House, Psychopath, Psychopathic Murderer, Serial Killer, Severed Breast

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

4.30 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller, Horror

A 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.

Similarity: 6.17 (Similar)

Bad Guy Wins, Psycho Thriller, Psychopath, Serial Killer, Stuck In A Well

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Chained (2013)

3.20 Stars

Crime, Drama, Horror

A young man held prisoner by a cab-driving serial killer must make a life or death choice between following in his captor's footsteps or breaking free.

Similarity: 6.09 (Similar)

Childhood Trauma, First Sexual Experience, Isolated House, Serial Killer, Traumatic Childhood Experience

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Maniac (1981)

3.20 Stars

Crime, Drama, Horror

A psychopathic man goes on a killing and mutilation spree in New York City.

Similarity: 5.80 (Similar)

Grindhouse Film, Psychotronic Film, Serial Killer, Slasher, Weirdo

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)

3.00 Stars

Crime, Drama, Horror

The story of a hooded, berserk killer who terrorized the border town of Texarkana, Arkansas in 1946--leaving no fewer than five murder victims in his wake. He was never caught. Based on one of America's most baffling murder cases.

Similarity: 5.67 (Similar)

Cult Film, Lovers Lane, Masked Killer, Serial Killer, Stalking

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016)

3.65 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Ramanna, a maniac murderer, finds a soulmate in Raghavan, a policeman, who inspects his murder cases. He tries to make Raghavan realize how they both are similar.

Similarity: 5.44 (Similar)

Drugs, Investigation, Murder, Police Detective, Serial Killer

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Death Note: Desu nôto (2006)

3.80 Stars

Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A battle between the world's two greatest minds begins when Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to rid the world of criminals.

Similarity: 5.22 (Similar)

Based On Comic Book, Based On Manga, Live Action Remake Of Anime, Serial Killer, Tokyo Japan

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Kalifornia (1993)

3.35 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.

Similarity: 5.20 (Similar)

Black Comedy, Brutality, Hairy Chest, Journalist, Serial Killer

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Gumnaam (1965)

3.50 Stars

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Eight people are stranded on an island. They reach a mansion where a butler is awaiting them. Then an unknown, vengeful person starts killing them, one by one.

Similarity: 5.15 (Similar)

Corpse, Island, Mansion, Mysterious Woman, Serial Killer, Deception, Detective, Faked Death, Murder Plot, Villain

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Child 44 (2015)

3.20 Stars

Crime, Drama, History

A disgraced member of the Russian military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union.

Similarity: 5.13 (Similar)

Murder Of A Child, Serial Killer, Soviet Union, Totalitarian Regime, Totalitarian State

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)

3.50 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

Julia Ross secures employment, through a rather nosy employment agency, with a wealthy widow, Mrs. Hughes, and goes to live at her house. 2 days later, she awakens - in a different house, in different clothes, and with a new identity

Similarity: 5.08 (Similar)

Boarding House, Cornwall England, Employment, Psychopath, Rain

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Radius (2017)

3.10 Stars

Drama, Horror, Mystery

A man wakes up with no memory of who he is, and finds that everyone who comes within a certain distance of him suddenly dies.

Similarity: 5.06 (Similar)

Car Accident, Death, Memory, Serial Killer, Thunderstorm

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Hunter Hunter (2020)

3.20 Stars

Horror, Thriller, Drama, Mystery

Joseph and his family live in the remote wilderness as fur trappers, but their tranquility is threatened when they think they are being hunted by the return of a rogue wolf, and Joseph leaves them behind to track it.

Similarity: 5.06 (Similar)

Bear Trap, Cabin In The Woods, Dead Body, Serial Killer, Two Word Title

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Ban-deu-si jab-neun-da (2017)

3.30 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sim Deok-soo is a grumpy landlord running a run-down apartment complex. Suddenly his tenants begin disappearing under suspicious circumstances. A retired ex-detective shows up, claiming a serial murderer from 30 years back has return

Similarity: 5.00 (Similar)

Based On Comic, Grumpy, Older Men, Serial Killer, South Korea

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Salinui chueok (2020)

4.05 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.

Similarity: 4.98 (Slightly Similar)

1980s, Based On True Story, Neo Noir, Police, Serial Killer, Anti Hero, Criminal Investigation

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Bloodline (2019)

3.00 Stars

Crime, Horror, Thriller

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.

Similarity: 4.94 (Slightly Similar)

Female Nudity, Gloved Killer, Nude Woman Murdered, Serial Killer, Shower

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

The Interview (1998)

3.55 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted.

Similarity: 4.92 (Slightly Similar)

Denying Guilt, Internal Affairs, Murder Suspect, Police Interrogation, Serial Killer

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Imaikkaa Nodigal (2018)

3.70 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

A CBI officer goes in search of a ruthless serial killer. Things get worse when the murderer targets the former and her family.

Similarity: 4.92 (Slightly Similar)

Brother Sister Relationship, Precocious Child, Serial Killer, Single Mother, Serial Killer Mocking Police

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Zodiac (2007)

3.85 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Between 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.

Similarity: 4.83 (Slightly Similar)

Cartoonist, Mysterious Murderer, Serial Killer, Zodiac, Zodiac Killer, Reporter, True Crime

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Que Dios nos perdone (2016)

3.55 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Inspectors Velarde and Alfaro must find what appears to be a serial killer. This hunt against the clock will make them realize something they'd never thought about: neither one of them is that different from the killer.

Similarity: 4.83 (Slightly Similar)

Church, Pope, Priest, Serial Killer, Vengeance

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Insaat (2003)

3.60 Stars

Comedy, Crime, Drama

The series of extreme events happens to two construction workers when one of them discovers something bad about their boss.

Similarity: 4.83 (Slightly Similar)

Black Comedy, Construction, Corpse, Grave, Mafia

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

No Man of God (2021)

3.20 Stars

Biography, Crime, Drama

The complicated relationship that formed between the FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier and serial killer Bundy during Bundy's final years on death row.

Similarity: 4.79 (Slightly Similar)

Fbi Agent, Gender In Title, God In Title, Serial Killer, What Happened To Epilogue

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Jestem morderca (2016)

3.45 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Inspired by true events from the 1970s, the story revolves around a young detective who becomes the head of a police unit focused on catching a rampant serial killer of women, nicknamed 'The Silesian Vampire'.

Similarity: 4.78 (Slightly Similar)

1970s, Inspired By True Events, Police, Police Detective, Serial Killer

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009)

3.55 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery, History

The Home Office bring in senior Manchester detective Peter Hunter to conduct a secret review of the Ripper investigation to date.

Similarity: 4.76 (Slightly Similar)

Christmas, Men's Room, Murder, Serial Killer, Yorkshire, British Criminal, Dead Prostitute, Gloomy

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

The Bone Collector (1999)

3.35 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

A quadriplegic ex-homicide detective and his partner try to track down a serial killer who is terrorizing New York City.

Similarity: 4.75 (Slightly Similar)

Copycat Crime, Criminal Investigation, New York City, Paralysis, Quadriplegic, Based On Novel, Forensic Evidence, Serial Killer

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Citizen X (1995)

3.75 Stars

Biography, Crime, Drama

During the 1980s, Soviet authorities hunt for a serial killer who picks his victims in railway stations and commuter trains and lures them into the woods.

Similarity: 4.75 (Slightly Similar)

Bureaucracy, Communism, Murder Of A Child, Reference To Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo, Serial Killer, Execution

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey (2018)

3.60 Stars

Biography, Crime, Drama

On the night she plans on taking her own life, a 17-year-old girl is kidnapped and finds herself fighting to stay alive. She gets released, but when she returns home, no one believes her story except for one detective.

Similarity: 4.73 (Slightly Similar)

Based On Real Person, Based On True Story, Rape, Serial Killer, True Crime

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Orígenes secretos (2020)

3.05 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama, Adventure

Madrid, 2019. A serial killer is spreading chaos. Anonymous people with no apparent connection are being murdered while imitating the first appearances of the most famous superheroes.

Similarity: 4.73 (Slightly Similar)

Father Son Relationship, Serial Killer, Serial Killing, Superhero, Two Word Title

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Se7en (1995)

4.30 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.

Similarity: 4.72 (Slightly Similar)

Detective, Murder, Serial Killer, Serial Murder, Seven Deadly Sins

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Drishyam (2013)

4.15 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A man goes to extreme lengths to save his family from punishment after the family commits an accidental crime.

Similarity: 4.71 (Slightly Similar)

Blackmail, Corpse, Investigation, Man Missing, Murder Investigation

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

3.40 Stars

Drama, Horror, Sci-fi

Baron Frankenstein, with the aid of a young doctor and his fiancée, kidnaps the mentally sick Dr. Brandt in order to perform the first brain transplant operation.

Similarity: 4.71 (Slightly Similar)

Corpse, Fifth Part, Fire, Rape, Sequel

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Malignant (2021)

3.15 Stars

Crime, Horror, Mystery

Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities.

Similarity: 4.70 (Slightly Similar)

Giallo Esque, Imaginary Friend, Monster, Psychic Connection, Woman In Jeopardy, Gore, Pregnant Woman, Serial Killer

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

The Spiral Staircase (1946)

3.65 Stars

Drama, Horror, Mystery

In 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.

Similarity: 4.70 (Slightly Similar)

Insanity, Murder, Psychological Torment, Serial Killer, Stepmother Stepson Relationship

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Es geschah am hellichten Tag (1958)

3.95 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Having doubts about the guilt of the obvious suspect in the murder of an eight year old girl, a police detective decides to investigate the case on his own.

Similarity: 4.69 (Slightly Similar)

Child Murder Investigation, Reference To Sleeping Beauty, Rogue Cop, Rural Setting, Serial Killer

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Gruz 200 (2007)

3.55 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A young woman is taken hostage by a police officer gone mad.

Similarity: 4.68 (Slightly Similar)

Brutality, Corpse, Dead Body, Drink, Soviet Afghanistan War, Drunkenness

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)

4.20 Stars

Comedy, Crime, Drama

Two friends, attempting to start-up their own photo studio, come across shady dealings, corruption and murder, and must fight to bring the guilty to light.

Similarity: 4.67 (Slightly Similar)

Builder, Corpse, Photograph, Rival, Time Bomb, Unhappy Ending

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Lonely Hearts (2006)

3.20 Stars

Biography, Crime, Drama

Based on the true story, two homicide detectives track Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez, a murderous pair known as the "Lonely Hearts Killers" who lured their victims through the personals.

Similarity: 4.66 (Slightly Similar)

Criminal Investigation, Detective, Murder Investigation, United States, Usa, Murder, Serial Killer

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari (1979)

3.85 Stars

Crime, Drama

Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run.

Similarity: 4.66 (Slightly Similar)

Father Son Relationship, Male Nudity, Man Wears Eyeglasses, Serial Killer, Woman Undresses

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Solace (2016)

3.20 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Psychic John Clancy (Sir Anthony Hopkins) works with the F.B.I. in order to hunt down a serial killer.

Similarity: 4.64 (Slightly Similar)

Clairvoyant, Euthanasia, Predicting The Future, Psychic, Serial Killer

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Murder 2 (2011)

3.15 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

An ex-cop is hired by a pimp to find missing call girls and the man responsible behind their abduction.

Similarity: 4.62 (Slightly Similar)

Beach, Model, Prostitute, Serial Killer, Sex Scene

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Badlands (1974)

3.90 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.

Similarity: 4.61 (Slightly Similar)

Anti Hero, Cult Film, Killing Spree, On The Run, Serial Killer, Father Daughter Relationship, First Sex

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Blue Caprice (2015)

3.00 Stars

Biography, Crime, Drama

An abandoned boy is lured to America and drawn into the shadow of a dangerous father figure. Inspired by the real-life events that led to the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks.

Similarity: 4.61 (Slightly Similar)

Lawyer, Prison, Serial Killer, Sniper, True Crime, Timeframe 2000s

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Some Guy Who Kills People (2012)

3.15 Stars

Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ken Boyd, a lonely man fresh out of the loony bin, who sets out to kill those he deems responsible for his miserable life.

Similarity: 4.60 (Slightly Similar)

Black Comedy, Escaped Mental Patient, Gore, Serial Killer

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

3.90 Stars

Comedy, Crime, Drama

A suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards.

Similarity: 4.57 (Slightly Similar)

Black Comedy, Execution, Polygamy, Serial Killer, Villain Played By Lead Actor, Psychopath

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

3.70 Stars

Drama, Horror, Musical

The legendary tale of a barber who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett

Similarity: 4.53 (Slightly Similar)

Barbershop, Based On Stage Musical, Razor, Serial Killer, Throat Slitting

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

The Watcher (2000)

2.65 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

David Allen Griffin is a cool killer- time and time again, he chooses a female victim, studies her for weeks till he knows her routine to the smallest detail, makes meticulous preparations using his forensic knowledge to gain entry w

Similarity: 4.52 (Slightly Similar)

American Horror, Maniac, Serial Killer, Serial Murder, Villain

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Peeping Tom (1961)

3.80 Stars

Drama, Horror, Thriller

A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.

Similarity: 4.49 (Slightly Similar)

Filmmaking, Peeping Tom, Pornography, Serial Killer, Voyeurism

Similar to The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Plein soleil (1960)

3.85 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.

Similarity: 4.49 (Slightly Similar)

Anti Hero, Betrayal, Corpse, Money, Vacation, Sailboat