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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.

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

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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: 13.17 (Very Similar)

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

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Ugly (1997)

3.00 Stars

Drama, Horror, Thriller

A female psychologist wants to understand the minds of a confessed serial killer who spent the last five years in a mental hospital because of his state.

Similarity: 12.18 (Very Similar)

Hospital, Killer, Mental Hospital, Psychologist, Rape, Psychopath, Psychopathic Killer, Serial Killer

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Copycat (1995)

3.30 Stars

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.

Similarity: 8.35 (Very Similar)

Dead Body In A Bathtub, Detective, Murder, Psychopath, Serial Killer, Copycat Killer, Copycat Murder, Female Protagonist

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Il cartaio (2004)

2.40 Stars

Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A Rome policewoman teams up with a British Interpol agent to find a crafty serial killer who plays a taunting game of cat-and-mouse with the police by abducting and killing young women and showing it over an Internet web cam.

Similarity: 8.18 (Very Similar)

Homicidal Maniac, Psychopath, Psychopathic Killer, Serial Killer, Slasher

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Highwaymen (2004)

2.80 Stars

Action, Crime, Horror

Rennie Cray (Caviezel) embarks on a bloodthirsty rampage to avenge the death of his wife who was struck down by a serial killer - a man who hunts and kills women using his '72 El Dorado.

Similarity: 7.92 (Very Similar)

Homicidal Maniac, Maniac, Sadistic Psychopath, Suspense, Villain, Obsession, Paraplegic, Psychopath, Serial Killer, Woman In Jeopardy

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Hitcher (2007)

2.80 Stars

Crime, Thriller

A serial killer pins his crimes on two college students who gave him a ride.

Similarity: 7.86 (Very Similar)

College Student, On The Road, Police Station, Psychopath, Serial Killer

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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3.40 Stars

Drama, Film-noir, Thriller, Crime

In this Americanization of the 1931 German thriller, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious killer who preys on small children.

Similarity: 7.80 (Very Similar)

Crime Boss, Gangster, Psychopath, Serial Killer, Shoes

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Maniac Cop (1988)

3.00 Stars

Action, Crime, Horror

A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.

Similarity: 7.31 (Similar)

Cult Film, New York City, Police Officer, Psychopath, Serial Killer

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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: 7.26 (Similar)

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

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Last House on the Left (2009)

3.25 Stars

Crime, Horror, Thriller

After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging to the parents of one of the victims: a mother and father who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge ta

Similarity: 7.23 (Similar)

Escaped Convict, Escaped Killer, Kidnapping, Microwave Oven, Psychopath

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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: 7.17 (Similar)

Drugs, Investigation, Murder, Police Detective, Serial Killer

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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: 7.09 (Similar)

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

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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: 7.02 (Similar)

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

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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: 7.01 (Similar)

Church, Pope, Priest, Serial Killer, Vengeance

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Snowman (2017)

2.55 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman.

Similarity: 6.88 (Similar)

Missing Woman, Police Investigation, Promiscuous Wife, Serial Killer, Snow

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Killer Joe (2012)

3.35 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

When a debt puts a young man's life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance.

Similarity: 6.85 (Similar)

Bra And Panties, Female Nudity, Female Pubic Hair, Lingerie, Psychopath, Female Frontal Nudity

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Wolf Creek (2005)

3.10 Stars

Horror, Thriller

Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.

Similarity: 6.81 (Similar)

Australian Horror, Human Monster, Psychopath, Serial Killer, Slasher Killer

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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: 6.70 (Similar)

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

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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: 6.64 (Similar)

Filmmaking, Peeping Tom, Pornography, Serial Killer, Voyeurism

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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: 6.57 (Similar)

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

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Hideaway (1995)

2.65 Stars

Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Hatch gets a special resuscitative medicine after "dying" in a car accident. His wife and daughter only get minor injuries. He gets strange nightmares such as killing a teen girl. Is it just dreams?

Similarity: 6.53 (Similar)

Car Accident, Psychic Link, Psychopath, Serial Killer, Suicide

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Funny Games (2008)

3.25 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Two psychopathic young men take a family hostage in their cabin.

Similarity: 6.43 (Similar)

Hit With A Golf Club, Home Invasion, Psychopath, Tied Feet, Tied Up While Barefoot

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Devil's Candy (2017)

3.20 Stars

Drama, Horror, Thriller

A struggling painter's possessed by dark forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas, in this creepy haunted-house tale.

Similarity: 6.42 (Similar)

Artist, Father Daughter Relationship, Heavy Metal, Kidnapping, Serial Killer, Child Killer

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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: 6.41 (Similar)

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

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Mrs. Serial Killer (2020)

2.60 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

When a doctor gets jailed for a string of shocking murders, his loyal wife sets out to commit a copycat crime to prove his innocence.

Similarity: 6.36 (Similar)

Doctor, Karate, Love Affair, Psycho, Serial Killer

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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: 6.35 (Similar)

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

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Postcard Killings (2020)

2.85 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A New York detective investigates the death of his daughter who was murdered while on her honeymoon in London; he recruits the help of a Scandinavian journalist when other couples throughout Europe suffer a similar fate.

Similarity: 6.16 (Similar)

Announcing A Murder, Art Lover, Classical Art, Postcard, Serial Killer

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Strangers on a Train (1951)

3.95 Stars

Crime, Film-noir, Thriller, Drama

A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder.

Similarity: 6.08 (Similar)

Murder, Oedipus Complex, Psychopath, Swapping Murders, Tennis, Man Murders A Woman

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Mr. Brooks (2007)

3.65 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A well-respected businessman is sometimes controlled by his murder and mayhem-loving alter ego.

Similarity: 6.06 (Similar)

Fingerprint, Murder, Schizophrenia, Secret, Serial Killer, Amateur Photographer

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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: 6.04 (Similar)

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

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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: 5.97 (Similar)

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

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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.

Similarity: 5.93 (Similar)

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

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Taking Lives (2004)

3.10 Stars

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

An FBI profiler is called in by French Canadian police to catch a serial killer who takes on the identity of each new victim.

Similarity: 5.92 (Similar)

Canada, Criminal Investigation, Fake Identity, Female Agent, Serial Killer, Stolen Identity

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Mientras duermes (2011)

3.60 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller, Adventure

You wake day after day to the comfort and security of your home. But how safe is it really?

Similarity: 5.90 (Similar)

Antagonist As Protagonist, Apartment Building, Building, Concierge, Sociopath As Protagonist, Bad Guy Wins

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Maniac (1981)

3.20 Stars

Crime, Drama, Horror

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

Similarity: 5.87 (Similar)

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

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Targets (1968)

3.70 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

An elderly horror film star, while making a personal appearance at a drive-in theatre, confronts a psychotic Vietnam War veteran who has turned into a mass-murdering sniper.

Similarity: 5.82 (Similar)

Drive In, Gun, Rifle, Serial Killer, Sniper

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Bad Samaritan (2018)

3.20 Stars

Crime, Horror, Thriller

A pair of burglars stumble upon a woman being held captive in a home they intended to rob.

Similarity: 5.81 (Similar)

Burglar, Captive, Psychopath, Valet Parking, Violence

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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: 5.79 (Similar)

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

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Untraceable (2008)

3.10 Stars

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

FBI agent Jennifer Marsh is tasked with hunting down a seemingly untraceable serial killer who posts live videos of his victims on the Internet. As time runs out, the cat and mouse chase becomes more personal.

Similarity: 5.79 (Similar)

Fbi Agent, Murder, Serial Killer, Torture, Website

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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: 5.79 (Similar)

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

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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: 5.78 (Similar)

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

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Cell (2000)

3.20 Stars

Crime, Horror, Sci-fi

An F.B.I. Agent persuades a social worker, who is adept with a new experimental technology, to enter the mind of a comatose serial killer in order to learn where he has hidden his latest kidnap victim.

Similarity: 5.63 (Similar)

Coma, Race Against Time, Serial Killer, Subconscious, Violence Against Women, Virtual Reality

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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: 5.61 (Similar)

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

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Spoorloos (1988)

3.85 Stars

Mystery, Thriller

Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.

Similarity: 5.60 (Similar)

Cult Film, France, Gas Station, Psycho Thriller, Psychopath

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Phone Booth (2003)

3.55 Stars

Crime, Thriller

Publicist Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle. Unable to leave or receive outside help, Stuart's negotiation with the caller leads to a jaw-dropping climax.

Similarity: 5.58 (Similar)

Hostage, Phone Booth, Psychopath, Single Set Production, Sniper

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Manhunter (1986)

3.60 Stars

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Former FBI profiler Will Graham returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer dubbed "the Tooth Fairy" by the media.

Similarity: 5.58 (Similar)

Fbi Agent, Hannibal Lecter, Neo Noir, Profiler, Serial Killer

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Hangman (2017)

2.60 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

A homicide detective brings his partner out of retirement to help catch a serial killer whose crimes are based on the children's game Hangman.

Similarity: 5.57 (Similar)

Female Captain, Female Journalist, Homicide Detective, Serial Killer, Tough Woman, Psychopathic Killer, Revenge, Violence

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Lo squartatore di New York (1982)

3.15 Stars

Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.

Similarity: 5.53 (Similar)

Detective, Giallo, Live Sex Show, Psychopathic Killer, Serial Killer

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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: 5.53 (Similar)

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

Similar to The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Pledge (2001)

3.40 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.

Similarity: 5.51 (Similar)

Paranoia, Police, Private Investigation, Retired Policeman, Serial Killer