Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "copycat-murder"

1. Scream VI (2023)

R | 122 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

In the next installment, the survivors of the Ghostface killings leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter in New York City.

Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett | Stars: Courteney Cox, Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Jasmin Savoy Brown

Votes: 119,822

2. Scream (I) (2022)

R | 114 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

25 years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, Calif., a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past.

Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Melissa Barrera

Votes: 159,191 | Gross: $81.64M

3. Scream 2 (1997)

R | 120 min | Horror, Mystery

Two years after the first series of murders, as Sidney acclimates to college life, someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Jada Pinkett Smith

Votes: 209,947 | Gross: $101.36M

4. Fallen (1998)

R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution, the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.

Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, Embeth Davidtz

Votes: 92,754 | Gross: $25.19M

5. Copycat (1995)

R | 123 min | 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.

Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara

Votes: 66,020 | Gross: $32.05M

6. Saw V (2008)

R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller

Following Jigsaw's grisly demise, Mark Hoffman is commended as a hero, but Agent Strahm is suspicious, and delves into Hoffman's past. Meanwhile, another group of people are put through a series of gruesome tests.

Director: David Hackl | Stars: Scott Patterson, Costas Mandylor, Tobin Bell, Betsy Russell

Votes: 137,756 | Gross: $56.75M

7. The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009)

R | 118 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

The MacManus brothers are living a quiet life in Ireland with their father, but when they learn that their beloved priest has been killed by mob forces, they go back to Boston to bring justice to those responsible and avenge the priest.

Director: Troy Duffy | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Billy Connolly, Clifton Collins Jr.

Votes: 66,937 | Gross: $10.27M

8. 88 Minutes (2007)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

On the day that a serial killer that he helped put away is supposed to be executed, a noted forensic psychologist and college professor receives a call informing him that he has 88 minutes left to live.

Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Ben McKenzie, Leelee Sobieski

Votes: 78,341 | Gross: $16.93M

9. Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2015 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A librarian who hosts a murder mystery club at work finds people connected to the group are being killed off one by one in copycats of the true-crime books they discuss.

Director: Martin Wood | Stars: Candace Cameron Bure, Lexa Doig, Marilu Henner, Robin Dunne

Votes: 2,278

10. The January Man (1989)

R | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two years after being forced out of NYPD, quirky Nick is rehired by the mayor to catch a serial killer after the 11th murder of a woman.

Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel

Votes: 9,173 | Gross: $4.61M

11. Jack's Back (1988)

R | 97 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A serial killer in Los Angeles celebrates Jack the Ripper's 100th birthday by committing similar murders and only one has a chance of stopping him.

Director: Rowdy Herrington | Stars: James Spader, Cynthia Gibb, Jim Haynie, Robert Picardo

Votes: 4,096 | Gross: $0.49M

12. Good Neighbours (2010)

R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Victor is new to Montreal and attempts to make friends with the wheelchair-bound Spencer and the cat-loving Louise, but everybody is on edge with a serial killer terrorizing the neighborhood.

Director: Jacob Tierney | Stars: Jay Baruchel, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Diane D'Aquila, Xavier Dolan

Votes: 6,029 | Gross: $0.01M

13. The Lodger (2009)

R | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A couple rents out a room to a mysterious young man, who may or may not be guilty of a series of grisly neighborhood murders.

Director: David Ondaatje | Stars: Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West, Donal Logue

Votes: 5,307

14. Wacko (1982)

PG | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Thirteen years after the "Lawnmower Killer" killed her sister, high school student Mary Graves and obsessed detective Dick Harbinger are on the lookout for the killer to reappear during the annual Halloween Pumpkin Prom.

Director: Greydon Clark | Stars: Joe Don Baker, Stella Stevens, George Kennedy, Julia Duffy

Votes: 1,435

15. Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness (1995 TV Movie)

105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A series of brutal sex murders disturbingly similar to the pattern of Superintendent Jane Tennison's (Dame Helen Mirren's) first major case leads to the awful suggestion that she may have caught the wrong man the first time.

Director: Paul Marcus | Stars: Helen Mirren, Pip Donaghy, Tim Woodward, Stephen Boxer

Votes: 2,670

16. Anamorph (2007)

R | 103 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

A psychological thriller based on the concept of anamorphosis, a painting technique that manipulates the laws of perspective to create two competing images on a single canvas.

Director: Henry Miller | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, Don Harvey, James Rebhorn

Votes: 9,789 | Gross: $0.01M

17. Thr3e (2006)

PG-13 | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Innocent lives hang on the whim of an elusive psychopathic murderer whose strange riddles and impossible timelines force three people into a mission to end the game before one or all of them die.

Director: Robby Henson | Stars: Marc Blucas, Justine Waddell, Laura Jordan, Max Ryan

Votes: 4,683 | Gross: $1.01M

18. Letters from a Killer (1998)

R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A man is wrongfully convicted of killing his wife. After he is let out of prison, he is framed again.

Director: David Carson | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Kim Myers, Gia Carides, Olivia Birkelund

Votes: 2,480

19. Bundy Reborn (2012)

Unrated | 87 min | Horror, Thriller

David O'Hara is a troubled medical student who kidnaps, rapes and murders women. He impregnates his victim, Melissa, in an attempt to replace his lost family. When Melissa escapes, he goes on a murderous rampage to get his family back.

Director: Matthan Harris | Stars: Matthan Harris, Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Doug Bradley

Votes: 209

20. The Murder Room (2004–2005)

180 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Adam Dalgliesh looks into the connection between the grisly exhibits at the Dupayne family museum and the murder of adopted son Neville.

Stars: Martin Shaw, Janie Dee, Samantha Bond, Kerry Fox

Votes: 550

21. Winter Kill (1974 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 94 min | Mystery, Thriller

A sniper is killing residents at a winter resort. Who will die next? And why?

Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Andy Griffith, John Larch, Tim O'Connor, Lawrence Pressman

Votes: 335

22. Murdered: Soul Suspect (2014 Video Game)

M | Crime, Fantasy, Horror

A detective, murdered by a serial killer, returns as a ghost and must combine his investigative skills with powerful supernatural abilities to uncover the shocking link between his own death and a series of killings terrifying the town of Salem.

Director: Yosuke Shiokawa | Stars: Jason Brooks, Cassidy Lehrman, Travis Willingham, Tiffany Espensen

Votes: 1,364

23. Discworld Noir (1999 Video Game)

Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Third game based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. On a dark and stormy night in the city of Ankh-Morpork, the first and only private investigator on the Discworld, Lewton (you), is ... See full summary »

Director: Gregg Barnett | Stars: Rob Brydon, Robert Llewellyn, Nigel Planer, Kate Robbins

Votes: 275

24. Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind (2019)

Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

The untold story of Charles Manson's obsession to become a rock star, his rise in the LA music scene, the celebrities who championed his music including the Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson and his descen...

Director: Tom O'Dell | Stars: Simon Wells, Jeff Guinn, Anthony DeCurtis, Peter Richardson

Votes: 308

25. Pauline détective (2012)

101 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

After being dumped by her boyfriend, Pauline lets herself be dragged along by her sister to a luxurious hotel on the Italian riviera. Instead of indulging in the pleasures of loungeing ... See full summary »

Director: Marc Fitoussi | Stars: Sandrine Kiberlain, Audrey Lamy, Claudio Santamaria, Antoine Chappey

Votes: 481

26. Dead End (I) (2018)

77 min | Crime, Mystery

A mystery writer, accused of murder, will discover that nothing is more misleading than an evident fact.

Director: Daniel de la Vega | Stars: Osmar Núñez, Luciano Cáceres, Natalia Lobo, Rodrigo Guirao Díaz

Votes: 81

27. Teddy Bear (2008 TV Movie)

99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Ben Corisky has a warm, boyish face and an infectious charm. He works, visits his son and pays his child support when he can. He is also a serial killer and he's on a search for answers in the mind of a monster... himself.

Director: Yuval Daniel | Stars: David Sparrow, Tracey Hway, Marie Ward, Sonya Côté

Votes: 12

28. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Listen, Listen.....! (1958)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

No one will listen to a mild-mannered man's theory about a string of local murders.

Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Edgar Stehli, Adam Williams, Dayton Lummis

Votes: 515

29. Blue Murder (2001–2004)
Episode: Midnight Man (2004)

Drama, Crime

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Director: Steve DiMarco | Stars: Joel Keller, Kari Matchett, Benz Antoine, Tracy Waterhouse

30. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: The Strip Strangler (2001)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

There's a serial killer on the loose in Las Vegas. Since this is a very high-profile case, the sheriff brings in the FBI to help. This annoys Grissom very much as the FBIs like to assume ... See full summary »

Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 980

31. CSI: Miami (2002–2012)
Episode: Simple Man (2003)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

At the start of the trial of Lorenzo Escalante, husband of city councilor Mercedes, for the murder of their equally Cuban housemaid Carmen Abregon, Horatio delays testifying while the ... See full summary »

Director: Greg Yaitanes | Stars: David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, Khandi Alexander

Votes: 539

32. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Crime and Misdemeanor (2005)

TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A body is found, wrapped in a hotel sheet, at a laundry facility prompting Taylor and Bonesara to go through a list of NY hotels to find the owner of the sheet. Against Taylor's order, ... See full summary »

Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Vanessa Ferlito

Votes: 317

33. Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode: See No Evil (1992)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A friend of Tessa's is assaulted and nearly killed by a serial killer who scalps his victims. Duncan believes him to be a copycat killer who is basing his crimes on those of an immortal whom Duncan confronted years ago.

Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Adrian Paul, Alexandra Vandernoot, Stan Kirsch, Amanda Wyss

Votes: 226

34. Hunter (1984–1991)
Episode: The Fifth Victim (1989)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When Hunter & McCall investigate a string of homosexual murders, a local painter confesses to committing all but one of them.

Director: Michael Preece | Stars: Fred Dryer, Stepfanie Kramer, Charles Hallahan, William Smith

Votes: 73

35. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Scavenger (2004)

TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The entire SVU squad races against the clock to solve the puzzles and uncover clues scattered throughout NYC by a serial killer who is taunting them to find him and the next victims on his list.

Director: Daniel Sackheim | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal

Votes: 1,362

36. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: Strangler's Wood (1999)

TV-14 | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The nude body of a Brazilian woman is found strangled in the woods, which suggests that a serial killer from nine years before has begun killing again.

Director: Jeremy Silberston | Stars: John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard

Votes: 1,251

37. Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode: Temptation Eyes - February 1, 1985 (1992)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

As a television reporter Sam protects a psychic, who can tell who Sam Beckett really is, from a serial killer.

Director: Christopher Hibler | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Tamlyn Tomita, Kent Williams

Votes: 456

38. South Park (1997– )
Episode: Cartman's Incredible Gift (2004)

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Cartman mistakenly believes he is a psychic, and is recruited by the police to help them with investigations.

Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Adrien Beard, April Stewart

Votes: 3,218

39. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: Straw Dog: Part 1 (2005)

TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Thirty years after Grace Foley helped send Tony Green to prison for the murder of young men, a copycat tries to force her to recant her stand on the case.

Director: Jim O'Hanlon | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Esther Hall

Votes: 154

40. Durham County (2007–2010)
Episode: What Lies Beneath (2007)

TV-MA | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Detective Mike Sweeney moves his family to Durham County after his partner is murdered. The quiet life he'd envisioned is soon disrupted by the murders of two teenage girls and a dark rival from his past - his neighbor, Ray Pragar.

Director: Holly Dale | Stars: Hugh Dillon, Helene Joy, Sonya Salomaa, Laurence Leboeuf

Votes: 102

41. Dexter (2006–2013)
Episode: Dex, Lies, and Videotape (2007)

TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A new copycat killer openly mimics and claims to be inspired by the "Bay Harbor Butcher," driving the annoyed Dexter into the arms of Lila, a development that could spell the end of his relationship with Rita.

Director: Nick Gomez | Stars: Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, Erik King

Votes: 5,502

42. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Doubt (2007)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The team tries to identify a serial killer based on a shaky profile with devastating consequences.

Director: Gloria Muzio | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore

Votes: 2,078

43. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: Life Sentence: Part 2 (2002)

TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The Team plays cat-and-mouse with Rice trying to learn the identity of his former accomplice and the perpetrator of the current copycat crime.

Director: Edward Bennett | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose

Votes: 160

44. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Taxi (2008)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The search continues for the taxicab killer, who has now captured Reed and is forcing him to use his blog to publicize the next attack.

Director: Christine Moore | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 326

45. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: The Angel Maker (2008)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

On the anniversary of a serial killer's execution, a murder spree which appears to be connected to him begins and the team must try and understand his mind in order to stop it.

Director: Glenn Kershaw | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler

Votes: 2,235

46. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: Pilot (2008)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A double murder seems to be the work of a notorious serial killer named Red John, but CBI consultant Patrick Jane thinks it's the work of a copycat.

Director: David Nutter | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 2,883

47. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: One to Go (2009)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Grissom gets Dr. Langston's help to find the man who is carrying on the serial killer's work before the next victim is killed. The case will prove to be Grissom's last with the crime lab.

Director: Alec Smight | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Eric Szmanda

Votes: 952

48. Castle (2009–2016)
Episode: Flowers for Your Grave (2009)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

After a serial killer starts displaying the victims the way done in Richard "Rick" Castle's books, Castle teams up with Detective Kate Beckett to solve the case. He then starts to shadow her for his new book.

Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Monet Mazur

Votes: 2,616

49. Deadly Women (2008– )
Episode: Bad Medicine (2008)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Crime

A rogue nurse turns a children's ward into a killing field, medicine becomes a deadly weapon for a desperate housewife and a mother uses a medical diagnosis to hide a horrifying compulsion.

Director: John Mavety | Stars: Janis Amatuzio, Matthew Benns, Candice DeLong, Mike Dunbar

Votes: 38

50. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: Disciple (2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A confessed killer claims he is innocent of the murder he is about to be executed for, and more doubt is soon cast on the situation when a copycat killer begins to strike.

Director: Christine Moore | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Saffron Burrows, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Ryan O'Nan

Votes: 231