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Why did 13 women willingly open their doors to the Boston Strangler?
Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 253 ratings · 8 Oct 1968 · English · 1h 56m · Released
Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view of the investigators who have very few clues to build a case upon.
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Boston Strangler
Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 16 Mar 2023 · English
Reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the line in their quest to uncover the truth.
Cruising
Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 15 Feb 1980 · English
When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, rookie cop Steve Burns infiltrates the S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.
Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey
Movie · 8.0 / 10 · 30 Sept 2018 · English
On the night she plans on taking her own life, 17-year-old 'Lisa McVey' is kidnapped and finds herself fighting to stay alive and is raped. She manages to talk her attacker into releasing her, but when she returns home, no one believes her story except for one detective, who suspects she was abducted by a serial killer. Based on horrifying true events.
The Departed
Movie · 8.2 / 10 · 4 Oct 2006 · English
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
The Boondock Saints
Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 22 Jan 1999 · English
Tired of the crime overrunning the streets of Boston, Irish Catholic twin brothers Conner and Murphy are inspired by their faith to cleanse their hometown of evil with their own brand of zealous vigilante justice. As they hunt down and kill one notorious gangster after another, they become controversial folk heroes in the community. But Paul Smecker, an eccentric FBI agent, is fast closing in on their blood-soaked trail.
Mr. Brooks
Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 31 May 2007 · English
A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.
Righteous Kill
Movie · 5.9 / 10 · 11 Sept 2008 · English
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
Reptile
Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 29 Sept 2023 · English
Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, and by doing so dismantles the illusions in his own life.
Copycat
Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 27 Oct 1995 · English
An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
Kiss the Girls
Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 29 Sept 1997 · English
Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.
The Ritual Killer
Movie · 5.8 / 10 · 9 Mar 2023 · English
Unable to process the death of his daughter, Detective Boyd embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles, an anthropologist who hides an unspeakable secret. The line between sanity and madness thins as Boyd goes deeper into the killer’s world.
Cape Fear
Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 13 Nov 1991 · English
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.