Cinema of the Damned

R1971 · Action, Crime, Thriller · 102m · Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni

When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.

IMDb 7.7MC 87🍅 89%TMDB 7.5☠ 7.9

TV-MA2017 · Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · 3 seasons · Brendan Gleeson, Jharrel Jerome, Holland Taylor

A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again.

IMDb 7.7TMDB 7.1☠ 7.7

2016 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · Martin Compston, Douglas Henshall, Joanne Thompson

Based on the true story of Lanarkshire detective William Muncie’s quest to bring to justice notorious Scottish killer Peter Manuel.

IMDb 7.4TMDB 6.9☠ 7.3

NR1968 · Comedy, Thriller · 108m · Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal

Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims. Moe Brummel is a single and harassed New York City police detective who starts to get phone calls from the strangler and builds a strange alliance as a result. Kate Palmer is a swinging, hip tour guide who witnesses the strangler leaving her dead neighbor's apartment and sets her sights on the detective. Moe's live-in mother wishes her son would be a successful Jewish doctor like his big brother.

IMDb 7.0🍅 89%TMDB 6.7☠ 7.2

1997 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 186m · John C. McGinley, Molly Parker, Blu Mankuma

Chyna Shepherd is a twenty-six-year-old psychology student who survived an extremely troubled past. While visiting Laura Templeton's house, a farm in the Napa Valley. A serial killer named Edgler Foreman Vess breaks into the house, killing Laura and her parents. Chyna survives, but she learns of Vess's captive: a girl, just as innocent as Chyna, trapped in Vess's home far from the Napa Valley.

R2007 · Crime, Thriller · 120m · Kevin Costner, Demi Moore, Dane Cook

A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.

R1986 · Horror, Action, Thriller · 98m · Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh

On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision.

IMDb 7.2MC 32🍅 63%TMDB 7.0☠ 6.8

R2009 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · 109m · Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Colm Meaney

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.

IMDb 7.4MC 34🍅 26%TMDB 7.4☠ 6.7

TV-142018 · Crime, Drama, Mystery · 1 season · John Malkovich, Rupert Grint, Eamon Farren

1933. Hercule Poirot, older and greyer, receives letters threatening murder. The sender signs themselves only as “A.B.C.” When he takes the letters to the police looking for help, Hercule finds all his old friends have moved on. But soon there is a murder and the once-great detective must take matters into his own hands.

IMDb 6.6TMDB 6.5☠ 6.6

NR1944 · Crime, Thriller, Horror · 72m · John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther

Young female models are being strangled. Will law enforcement be able to stop the crime wave before more women become victims?

IMDb 5.9🍅 100%TMDB 5.5☠ 6.6

2015 · Thriller, Comedy, Horror · 80m · Katie Savoy, Chris Riedell, Tim Chiou

A couple of master thieves find themselves trapped within a house they intended to rob, only to discover they've inadvertently wandered into the lair of a deranged serial killer.

IMDb 5.7🍅 100%TMDB 6.0☠ 6.5

TV-142015 · Drama, Crime · 1 season · Erika Christensen, Ed Westwick, Taissa Farmiga

Detectives Jack and Paco investigate a murder spree on the rock ’n’ roll, cocaine-infused revelry of the Sunset Strip.

IMDb 6.5TMDB 5.9☠ 6.5

NR1949 · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 60m · William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey

When it rains in the city, a serial killer known as "The Judge" looks for his next strangling victim. For months, the madman has been stalking at night, leaving behind clues, but police efforts have been fruitless. Constructing a life-size dummy of the murderer, police Lt. Harry Grant is growing obsessed with capturing him, and always following Grant is the relentless reporter Ann Gorman looking to break the story, but the hunt continues.

1926 · Comedy, Mystery, Thriller · 86m · George Beranger, Charles Herzinger, Emily Fitzroy

A masked criminal who dresses like a giant bat terrorizes the guests at an old house rented by a mystery writer.

IMDb 6.5TMDB 6.5☠ 6.5

R2023 · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 129m · Idris Elba, Cynthia Erivo, Andy Serkis

A gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.

IMDb 6.4MC 53🍅 68%TMDB 6.6☠ 6.4

R1981 · Action, Crime, Thriller · 99m · Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Rutger Hauer

When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.

IMDb 6.3MC 56🍅 71%TMDB 6.4☠ 6.3

R2005 · Horror · 93m · Tobin Bell, Donnie Wahlberg, Shawnee Smith

The chilling and relentless Jigsaw killer returns to terrorize the city once again. When a gruesome murder victim emerges with unmistakable traces of Jigsaw's sinister methods, Detective Eric Matthews is thrust into a high-stakes investigation. To his surprise, apprehending Jigsaw seems almost too easy, but what he doesn't realize is that being caught is merely another piece of Jigsaw's intricate puzzle.

IMDb 6.6MC 40🍅 39%TMDB 6.6☠ 6.2

2024 · Thriller, Horror · 97m · Britni Camacho, John Schwab, Sydney Brumfield

A young woman is driving through the desert alone when she is drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a psychopathic Sheriff. The chase escalates to deadly levels, and she must use her street-smarts to turn the tables against him.

IMDb 6.1TMDB 5.6☠ 6.1

2014 · Thriller, Action, Crime · 104m · Beau Mirchoff, Ron Perlman, Giancarlo Esposito

When a new detective is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in a basement, he must use the knowledge he learned from some of the best detectives at Poker Night, then match wits against his captor.

IMDb 6.2MC 35🍅 56%TMDB 5.9☠ 6.0

2024 · Horror, Thriller, Action · 80m · Turlough Convery, Benny O. Arthur, Jacqueline Moré

A group of young activists set out to make an environmental statement by vandalizing a home superstore as it closes. But their plan goes terribly wrong when they become trapped inside and must face a deranged security guard with a gruesome passion for primitive hunting. As the night fills with violence and terror, the teenagers find themselves in a desperate fight for their lives.

IMDb 5.5🍅 69%TMDB 6.7☠ 6.0

R2015 · Thriller, Crime, Mystery · 101m · Anthony Hopkins, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Abbie Cornish

A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.

IMDb 6.4MC 36🍅 24%TMDB 6.4☠ 5.9

R2011 · Crime, Action, Thriller · 97m · Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen

A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.

IMDb 6.1🍅 48%TMDB 6.2☠ 5.9

R2018 · Science Fiction, Crime, Mystery · 100m · Clive Owen, Amanda Seyfried, Colm Feore

Set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In trying to solve a series of unsolved murders, Sal Frieland stumbles onto a young woman who appears to have subverted the system and disappeared. She has no identity, no history and no record. Sal realizes it may not be the end of crime but the beginning. Known only as 'The Girl', Sal must find her before he becomes the next victim.

IMDb 6.1MC 54🍅 38%TMDB 6.0☠ 5.9

R1987 · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 105m · Donald Sutherland, Charles Durning, Belinda Bauer

A priest is put in a dilemma when the serial killer who has been murdering priests and nuns confesses to him.

IMDb 5.8TMDB 5.6☠ 5.9