Here are the ten scariest crime movies, ranked.

This is a biting, wry comedy examining the elements that make a man a monster.

The fact thatLonglegsends on such an ambiguous note with so many questions left unanswered makes it even more scary.

Maika Monroe stands with her back against a blood-spattered wall with her FBI badge around her neck, afraid

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A chilling horror thriller directed by Osgood Perkins.

As Harker delves deeper into the case, she uncovers disturbing evidence of occult practices connected to the murders.

The stark, black-and-white photography that Laughton utilizes only makes the atmosphere ofThe Night of the Huntermore disturbing.

Anton Yelchin holding a gun in Green Room

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A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing a murder at a neo-Nazi skinhead bar.

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Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman wielding an axe in a fancy apartment in American Psycho

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In New York City in 1987, a handsome, young urban professional, Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), lives a second life as a gruesome serial killer by night. The cast is filled by the detective (Willem Dafoe), the fiance (Reese Witherspoon), the mistress (Samantha Mathis), the coworker (Jared Leto), and the secretary (Chloë Sevigny). This is a biting, wry comedy examining the elements that make a man a monster.

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Jack looking at a miniature of a house in The House That Jack Built

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Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) listens to music after killing his guards in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’

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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.

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Brad Pitt as Mills, Kevin Spacey as John Doe, and Morgan Freeman as Somerset walking in a field in ‘Se7en’.

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Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.

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Carrie Anne (Kiernan Shipka) is the only survivor of the killer in Longlegs (2024).

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A chilling horror thriller directed by Osgood Perkins. The film stars Maika Monroe as Lee Harker, a promising new FBI agent assigned to solve the mystery of an elusive serial killer played by Nicolas Cage. As Harker delves deeper into the case, she uncovers disturbing evidence of occult practices connected to the murders.

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Peter Lorre with an M on his back, looking at a mirror in ‘M’ (1931)

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Robert Mitchum as “Preacher” Harry Powell looking up at a person offscreen in The Night of the Hunter

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Max Cady with his arm outstretched for a mug shot in Cape Fear (1991)

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Lou aims his camera up while climbing a set of stairs in the film Nightcrawler

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When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.

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