From Hannibal Lecter to Harry Powell, serial killers are some of the most fascinating characters ever put on film. Here are EW's 30 favorite movies about the monsters in our midst.

It's still shocking that a movie about a flesh-eating killer won Best Picture, but what isn't shocking about The Silence of the Lambs? Often considered the peak of serial killer cinema, this standoff ...

Cinema draws much of its power from letting us witness things we wouldn't otherwise see in real life. Thankfully, most of us will never encounter serial killers in our day-to-day lives, but we sure do ...

In the film, an FBI hunt spearheaded by Agent Peter Novak (Vince Vaughn) for the depraved Carl Rudolph Stargher (Vincent D’Onofrio) is forced to use experimental technology to enter the killer’s ...

One of A24’s newest dark comedy thriller movies has finally been added to HBO Max‘s library, four months after its theatrical release. As of today, 2026’s How to Make a Killing movie starring Glen ...

Former convict turned handyman Arkin O'Brien (Josh Stewart) has a problem: If he doesn't pay off his debt to some loan sharks, they’ll have his wife and daughter killed. Seeing few options, Arkin ...

Here are a few key highlights to round things out about the Wolf Entertainment, Good Caper Content, Investigation Discovery crime flick. The Serial Killer's Apprentice starring Katherine Ramsland, ...

Victorian Psycho' director Zachary Wigon reveals how he created the period piece with Maika Monroe and its journey to Cannes.

Serial killer movies occupy a uniquely unsettling corner of cinema, blending psychological tension with the darkest edges of human behavior. The genre has evolved dramatically over the decades and ...