Highest-Rated Movies about 'Killer'

The Night Stalker (2016), Memories of Murder (2003), You're Next (2011), C.I.D. (1956), Into the Abyss (2011), Post Mortem (1999), Nattevagten (1994), Murder Most Foul (1964) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Killer movies.

#17. The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)

Storyline: The Eye of the Daughter of the Moon, a golfball sized sapphire has been stolen in China and smuggled into the US. Richards, a rich man who knows a curse was placed on the Eye by the Emperor Hong Chong Tu as he buried it in his dead unfaithful wife's heart, expects to be murdered for receiving it. He shows Mr Wong the Eye and a death threat note. At a party, during a game of "Indications", Richards is shot, seemingly by his secretary, Peter Harrison. Add a peeking Chinese butler and maid, a budding singer, another criminologist, Richards' lawyer and an unsigned changed will. Mr Wong helps Street sort out the details to uncover all the secrets and the murderer.—John P Roberts, Jr

Plot Keywords: detective, murder, mystery, crime, deduction, 1930s, black and white ...

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#18. The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)

Storyline: During a charity soccer match between top professional side Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses. When he dies, Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is called in and declares it was murder. It takes all his ingenuity and another death before the motive is discovered and the killer revealed.—Ian Harries <ih@doc.ic.ac.uk>

Plot Keywords: football, murder, detective, mystery, sports, crime, police ...

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#19. The Chinese Cat (1944)

Storyline: The Cisco Kid and Pancho hold up a stagecoach and kidnap Ellen Roth. They take the girl, who is wanted on a murder charge, to the mission where Padre Angelo will look after her. She tells Cisco of a mysterious Doctor Willis who called on an aged woman she had been nursing and gave her an overdose of sleeping pills. Convinced that Ellen is innocent, Cisco sets out to prove it. He goes to Bill Hastings where he makes a deal to turn Ellen in if Cisco gets part of the money Hastings will inherit when she is convicted. With Ellen safely in jail, Cisco and Pancho force the local newspaper to run a story saying that Doc Willis has been apprehended. Hastings makes another deal with Cisco to kill Ellen before she testifies against Doc.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: film noir, mystery, crime, murder case, 1940s, b movie, low budget ...

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#20. Murder Without Crime (1951)

Storyline: After fighting with husband Stephen, Jan storms out with a suitcase. Meanwhile, Stephen gets drunk, picks up Grena and brings her back to their apartment. But a fight leads to a dead body, and soon, Stephen's landlord wants money to remain silent.—Ulf Kjell Gür

Plot Keywords: crime, murder, thriller, mystery, film noir, british film, 1950s ...

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#21. Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)

Storyline: When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders. He uncovers an international spy ring hoping to steal the formula for a poison gas being developed by the first victim's company.

Plot Keywords: detective, mystery, crime, film noir, murder, investigation, 1930s ...

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#22. Murder in the Private Car (1934)

Storyline: Ruth Raymond works on the switchboard and her boyfriend is John Blake. It has taken 14 years, but a detective named Murray has found her and confirmed that she is Ruth Carson. As a child, she was kidnaped by her uncle and is the daughter of a wealthy railroad tycoon. Under the watchful eye of Godfrey D. Scott, an attempt on her life is foiled. But a fake telegram put her on a private railroad car heading east. It is in this car that her life is again in danger and people are murdered.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>

Plot Keywords: murder, mystery, crime, detective, 1930s, black and white, conspiracy ...

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#23. Destination: Murder (1950)

Storyline: Laura Mansfield's father is killed, apparently by a telegraphic messenger. She spots Jackie Wales in a police lineup but can't identify him positively. Later, she arranges to meet him and is convinced he was the killer, but he was acting for someone else. She gets to know Jackie to find out who the boss is, taking a job in the Vogue Club, owned by a man named Armitage. Meanwhile, Alice, Armitage's greedy mistress, goes after Jackie and lures him into blackmailing the nightclub owner. Armitage discovers the betrayal, and kills the two, but Laura schemes to get closer so she can prove him guilty.—Mike Rogers <MICHAELPEM@aol.com>

Plot Keywords: murder, crime, mystery, film noir, detective, conspiracy, femme fatale ...

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#24. Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)

Storyline: A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper. She proves to be Princess Lin Hwa, on a secret military mission for Chinese forces fighting the Japanese invasion. Mr. Wong finds two captains with the intial J in the case, neither being quite what he seems; there's fog on the waterfront and someone still has that poison-dart gun...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: detective, mystery, crime, murder, investigation, 1930s, black and white ...

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#25. Scream 4 (2011)

Storyline: Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill and her Aunt Kate. Unfortunately, Sidney's appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger.

Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, mystery, crime, gory, killer, sequel ...

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#26. En brazos de un asesino (2019)

Storyline: Victor (William Levy) has a deep secret - he is a cold-blooded assassin. Smooth talking and seductive, Victor was raised to do one thing only, which is to kill for money. When he is sent to the home of a brutal drug lord to collect payment for his most recent hit, he encounters the beautiful Sarai (Alicia Sanz), who has been forced to spend the last 9 years of her life with the drug lord. After Victor leaves the compound, Sarai seizes her chance at freedom by hiding out in Victor's car. But things don't go as planned and instead of being transported back to her home, she finds herself free from one dangerous man only to be caught in the clutches of another. While on the run from the vengeful drug lord and his brutal henchmen, Victor's conscience catches up with him as he risks all that he stood for to protect his captive. In the end, the power Sarai unknowingly holds over Victor and their undeniable attraction may be what places her right in the arms of a killer.—Pantelion

Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, mystery, action, drama, romance, violence ...

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#29. Bad Lands (1939)

Storyline: A posse of nine and Sheriff Bill Cummings set out after a renegade named Apache Jack, who has murdered the wife of Lopez, one of the posse members. The others are Rayburn, Chic Lyman, Billy Sweet, Bob Mulford, Curley Tom, Eaton, Garth and an old prospector named Cluff. Apache Jack leads them into Indian country where they come across an oasis in a gully wash. They not only find water but also a natural of vein of silver. Sheriff Cummings prevents any of them from returning to town to file a mining claim. The next morning, Eaton is missing and all of the horses are gone. Then Cluff is killed in an ambush. The posse is trapped by an unseen enemy.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: crime, drama, film noir, thriller, mystery, romance, fugitive ...

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#30. Calling Philo Vance (1940)

Storyline: Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. He grabs the plans with Archer's signature, but is captured by police before he can escape. Deported he comes back to America and plans to confront Archer, but Archer is found dead in his locked bedroom with a gun in his hand. While it looks like a suicide, Vance knows better and the coroner finds that Archer has been shot, hit with a blunt instrument and stabbed - making suicide unlikely. But Vance is on the case and is looking to see if government secrets have been sold and who has murdered Coe.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>

Plot Keywords: detective, mystery, crime, murder, investigation, deduction, film noir ...

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