Special (2019), Crazy, Not Insane (2020), Character (1997), Scott Turow's Innocent (2011), Black Friday (2004), Citizen X (1995), Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), The Concrete Jungle (1960) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Criminal Psychology movies.
Storyline: A gay man with mild cerebral palsy decides to finally go after the life he wants.
Plot Keywords: thriller, mystery, crime, drama, psychological, dark, plot twist ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Psychiatrist Dorothy Otnow Lewis stirs controversy for her views on serial killers and the death penalty.
Plot Keywords: documentary, psychology, criminal psychology, interview, true story, mental illness, human nature ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Young lawyer Katadreuffe (Fedja van Huêt) is the chief suspect in the murder of the cold-hearted bailiff Dreverhaven (Jan Decleir). The two have long been rivals, waging personal battles through the courts, and Katadreuffe was observed leaving the scene of the crime. Giving his testimony to police, Katadreuffe effectively tells his life story, in which his ambition for success in the legal world was driven by a hatred of his biological father -- who was, secretly, Dreverhaven.
Plot Keywords: drama, psychological, crime, thriller, black comedy, independent film, human nature ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After a judge (Bill Pullman) is accused of murdering his wife, an affair from his past threatens to destroy his defense.
Plot Keywords: legal thriller, courtroom drama, murder mystery, crime investigation, moral dilemma, power struggle, family conflict ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In March 1993, Islamic militants execute a series of devastating bomb blasts that rocks Mumbai, India, and kills more than 300 people.
Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, crime, mystery, gore, violence, revenge ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Russian police-detective Viktor Burakov (Stephen Rea) spends eight years tracking serial killer Andrei Chikatilo.
Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, drama, true story, serial killer, soviet union, detective ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ex-convict Henry (Michael Rooker) gets close to the sister (Tracy Arnold) of the prison buddy (Tom Towles) he teaches how to serial kill.
Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, horror, psychological, violence, serial killer, based on true events ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The mastermind (Stanley Baker) of a racetrack robbery escapes from prison to the loot and is double-crossed by his gang.
Plot Keywords: crime, prison, british film, film noir, drama, social issues, violence ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: F.B.I. trainee Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) works hard to advance her career, while trying to hide or put behind her West Virginia roots, of which if some knew, would automatically classify her as being backward or white trash. After graduation, she aspires to work in the agency's Behavioral Science Unit under the leadership of Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn). While she is still a trainee, Crawford asks her to question Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Sir Anthony Hopkins), a psychiatrist imprisoned, thus far, for eight years in maximum security isolation for being a serial killer who cannibalized his victims. Clarice is able to figure out the assignment is to pick Lecter's brains to help them solve another serial murder case, that of someone coined by the media as "Buffalo Bill" (Ted Levine), who has so far killed five victims, all located in the eastern U.S., all young women, who are slightly overweight (especially around the hips), all who were drowned in natural bodies of water, and all who ...
Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, psychological, suspense, horror, serial killer, fbi ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Charismatic psychopath Greg Powell (James Woods) teams up with Jimmy Youngblood (Franklyn Seales), a petty thief. Driving in Los Angeles in 1963, they are pulled over by Detective Hettinger (John Savage) and his partner, Campbell (Ted Danson), for an illegal U-turn. Panicked, Powell kidnaps the officers and kills Campbell. Hettinger escapes, and his description of the men leads to their arrest. As both men evade prosecution with legal tricks, Hettinger is racked with guilt over his survival.
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, true story, police, courtroom, murder, psychological trauma ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An attorney (Bellamy Young) tries to get convicted serial killer Richard Ramirez (Lou Diamond Phillips) to confess to crimes attributed to a death row inmate.
Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, horror, serial killer, true story, documentary, murder ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Berlinger and Sinofsky's documentary of a gruesome triple murder in West Memphis, Arkansas and the subsequent trials of three suspects, takes a hard look at both the occult and the American justice system in 'small-town' America. Three teenagers are accused of this horrific crime of killing three children, supposedly as a result of involvement in Satanism. As in their previous documentary, things turn out to be more complex than initial appearances and this film presents the real-life courtroom drama to the viewer, as it unfolds.—Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
Plot Keywords: crime, documentary, true story, murder, miscarriage of justice, courtroom, investigation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In Germany, Hans Beckert is an unknown killer of girls. He whistles Edvard Grieg's 'In The Hall of the Mountain King', from the 'Peer Gynt' Suite I Op. 46 while attracting the little girls for death. The police force pressed by the Minister give its best effort trying unsuccessfully to arrest the serial killer. The organized crime has great losses due to the intense search and siege of the police and decides to chase the murderer, with the support of the beggars association. They catch Hans and briefly judge him.
Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, mystery, film noir, german cinema, classic, serial killer ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: "The Execution of Wanda Jean" chronicles the life-and-death battle of Wanda Jean Allen. By telling one woman's story, the film becomes an unforgettable exploration into one of America's most controversial moral and political dilemmas: the death penalty. "The Execution of Wanda Jean" is an unflinching investigation of the role that poverty, mental health, race, and sexuality play within the criminal justice system.
Plot Keywords: crime, documentary, true story, justice system, death penalty, race, gender ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Cody Jarrett is the sadistic leader of a ruthless gang of thieves. Afflicted by terrible headaches and fiercely devoted to his 'Ma,' Cody is a volatile, violent, and eccentric leader. Cody's top henchman wants to lead the gang and attempts to have an 'accident' happen to Cody, while he is running the gang from in jail. But Cody is saved by an undercover cop, who thereby befriends him and infiltrates the gang. Finally, the stage is set for Cody's ultimate betrayal and downfall, during a big heist at a chemical plant.
Plot Keywords: crime, film noir, gangster, classic, violence, psychological thriller, prison ...
Movie Details Click Here !