Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "prostitutes-targeted-by-serial-killer"

1. The Long Shadow (2023– )

TV-PG | 49 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A desperate cat and mouse hunt ensues when Yorkshire is being haunted by a serial killer.

Stars: Jack Deam, Kris Hitchen, Lee Ingleby, Michael McElhatton

Votes: 7,462

2. Angel (1983)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Molly, a high schooler, secretly earns her living as Angel, a street prostitute whose only family and friends are the ones she works with on the streets. She has to survive against a serial killer who is targeting people of her profession.

Director: Robert Vincent O'Neil | Stars: Cliff Gorman, Susan Tyrrell, Dick Shawn, Rory Calhoun

Votes: 4,596 | Gross: $17.49M

3. The Ripper (2020)

TV-MA | 49 min | Documentary, Crime

Investigators and witnesses recall how a modern-day Jack the Ripper terrorized the north of England during the late 1970s.

Stars: Alan Whitehouse, Keith Hellawell, Andrew Laptew, Christa Ackroyd

Votes: 10,859

4. The Banker (1989)

R | 96 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

High-priced prostitutes are being systematically murdered, their corpses mutilated, and a bizarre South American symbol painted in blood is found at the scene. The cop investigating is out to solve the crime before his ex wife, a reporter, becomes the next victim.

Director: William Webb | Stars: Robert Forster, Shanna Reed, Duncan Regehr, Jeff Conaway

Votes: 733

5. Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer (2021)

TV-MA | 49 min | Documentary, Crime, History

In 1970s NYC, the "Torso Killer" preys on women to fulfill his grotesque fantasies while eluding police. A docuseries dive into crime's darkest places.

Star: Charlie Meany

Votes: 5,562

6. Tales of the Grim Sleeper (2014)

TV-MA | 110 min | Documentary, Crime

Nick Broomfield digs into the case of the notorious serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper, who terrorized South Central Los Angeles over a span of twenty-five years.

Directors: Nick Broomfield, Barney Broomfield, Marc Hoeferlin | Stars: Nick Broomfield, Lonnie David Franklin Jr., Donna, Steve

Votes: 3,221

7. Cold Hell (2017)

Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A vicious serial killer is targeting prostitutes in Vienna, Austria. A tough young woman from Turkey who works as a taxi driver witnesses one of the murders and becomes a target. The police are of no help, so she must stop him herself.

Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Violetta Schurawlow, Tobias Moretti, Sammy Sheik, Friedrich von Thun

Votes: 2,126

8. Unseen (II) (2016)

75 min | Documentary, Crime

In 2009, police discovered the bodies of eleven women decomposing in and around the home of a known sex offender. With access to the surviving victims, Unseen looks into how the murders of those women went unnoticed for so long.

Director: Laura Paglin | Stars: Vanessa Gay, Latundra Billups, Shawn Morris, Melvette Sockwell

Votes: 1,194

9. The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea (2021)

TV-MA | 145 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Follows a serial killer who came to light as a psychopath to the Korean public in 2004.

Stars: Kim Hee Sook, Park Myung Sun, Kwon Il-Yong, Kang In Cheol

Votes: 3,008

10. Gilgo Beach: Unsolved (2020)

21 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

What started as the discovery of human remains on Long Island has transformed into a tragic case across multiple states. News 12 examined the evidence, the investigation, and the human toll of the Gilgo Beach serial killer case.

Director: Chris R. Vaccaro | Stars: Melissa Barthelemy, John Bittrolff, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Joseph Brewer

11. Biography (1987– )
Episode: The Green River Killer (2003)

TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History

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Stars: Jack Levin, Nancy Bartley, Dave Reichert, Neal Otey

Votes: 101

12. The F.B.I. Files (1998–2009)
Episode: A Hunter's Game (1999)

TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Robert Hansen's aggression toward women led to run ins with the legal system most of his life. But when he moved to Anchorage his behavior turned deadly as he became a serial rapist and ... See full summary »

Director: Stuart Taylor | Stars: James Kallstrom, Anthony D. Call, Robert Hansen, Steve Altes

Votes: 48

13. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Duty and Honor (1987)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When some prostitutes are being killed, Castillo recognizes the M.O. as similar to some killings he saw when he was in Vietnam and working with a Vietnamese investigator. And the investigator shows up in Miami.

Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 446

14. Becoming Evil: Sisterhood of Murder (2019– )
Episode: International Serial Killers (2019)

TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, Crime

We examine the crimes of prolific international serial killers including Jack the Ripper, Pedro Lopez, the monster of the Andes, who killed over 110 people and Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Dirk Duran-Gibson, Katherine Ramsland, Kirk Gill, Eric Hickey

Votes: 12

15. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: Collar and Leash Killer (2020)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

A string of women are found dead by the side of the road with a unique ligature. Detectives are stumped until a 17-year-old girl manages an escape from a vicious kidnapper, leading police to a serial killer.

Directors: Chad Cunningham, Wendy Greene | Stars: Cindy Brown, Stephen Cribb, J.T. Hunter, John Marsicano

Votes: 14

16. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: Hunted to Death (2020)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

Tortured and murdered bodies of women have been showing up in remote areas of Alaska. All have been killed with the same kind of gun used by big game hunters.

Directors: Chad Cunningham, Wendy Greene | Stars: Frank Rothschild, Leland Hale, Maxine Farrell, Rollie Port

Votes: 11

17. Mind of a Monster (2019–2021)
Episode: The Green River Killer (2020)

TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary, Crime

Documentary about Gary Leon Ridgway, an American serial killer who was active during the 1980s and 1990s. He was known as the "Green River Killer."

Director: Nick Poyntz | Stars: Gary Ridgway, Patsy Coffield, Galen Hirschi, Fae Brooks

Votes: 96

18. Mind of a Monster (2019–2021)
Episode: The Butcher Baker (2020)

TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary, Crime

Between 1971 and 1983, meek and mild Robert Hansen seemed to have it all; a loving wife and children, a successful bakery business, and world-record hunting trophies bringing him respect ... See full summary »

Director: Alex Emslie | Stars: Robert Hansen, Marshall Ellison, John Daily, Susan

Votes: 54

19. World's Most Evil Killers (2017– )
Episode: Arthur Shawcross: The Genesee River Killer (2021)

Documentary, Crime

The story of Arthur Shawcross, whose bloodthirsty murder spree lasted more than a decade and claimed over a dozen lives.

Director: Beth Parkes | Stars: Arthur Shawcross, John McCaffrey, Lynde Johnston, Geoffrey Wansell

Votes: 10

20. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: The Englewood Killer (2021)

Documentary, Crime

Chicago police are investigating the murders of several women, whose bodies are discovered in abandoned buildings barefoot. Evidence indicates there is one offender, now police need to locate him.

Directors: Chad Cunningham, Wendy Greene | Stars: Michael Steinbach, Frank Luera, Andrew Burns, Pat Lalama

Votes: 12

21. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: The Butcher Baker: Terror in the Wilderness Pt. 1 (2021)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

The Butcher Baker was one of the most prolific rapists and serial killers in Alaska's history.

Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, John Daily, Leland Hale, Amy Beeman

Votes: 23

22. Mind of a Monster (2019–2021)
Episode: The Grim Sleeper (2021)

TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary, Crime

In 2001, Los Angeles Police Department's cold case unit reopened the files on a series of unsolved murders from the 1980s. As police search for DNA evidence to unlock these homicides which ... See full summary »

Stars: Lonnie David Franklin Jr., Cliff Shepard, Jermaine Jackson, Ray Davis

Votes: 39

23. World War Weird (2017– )
Episode: Episode #2.7 (2018)

Documentary, History, War

In blacked-out London four young women are murdered - just like Jack fifty years before. When two flights disappear without a trace, the legend of the Bermuda Triangle begins.

Directors: Mike Ibeji, Justine Ostrowska | Stars: Guy Walters, Joshua Levine, Andrew Robertshaw, Martin K.A. Morgan

24. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: The Butcher Baker: The Girls Who Got Away Pt. 2 (2021)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

For years, The Butcher Baker serial killer was hiding in plain sight.

Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, John Daily, Leland Hale, Amy Beeman

Votes: 18

25. Forensic Files II (2020– )
Episode: Full Circle (2021)

Documentary, Crime

Three sex workers are murdered and left along a river; a serial killer was on the loose; and, for years the perp was never identified.

Stars: Bill Camp, Jim Dresback

Votes: 33

26. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: The Grim Sleeper (2021)

Documentary, Crime

A cold blooded killer conceals his victim bodies with trash, discarding them like garbage in the back alleys across Los Angeles.

Directors: Chad Cunningham, Wendy Greene | Stars: Cliff Shepard, Dennis Kilcoyne, Paul Mize, Ana Garcia

Votes: 12

27. Catching Killers (2021– )
Episode: Body Count: The Green River Killer (2021)

TV-MA | Documentary, Crime, Mystery

The unsolved murders of women around Green River near Seattle haunt investigators for decades - until crime scene science finally catches up.

Director: Suemay Oram | Stars: Dave Reichert, Fae Brooks, Tom Jensen, Gary Ridgway

Votes: 552

28. Crime Stories (1998– )
Episode: The Human Hunter (2007)

46 min | Documentary, Crime

Like many Alaskans, bakery owner Robert C. Hansen was known for his hunting abilities. In the early 1980's, however, his taste for hunting took a sinister turn. A growing list of missing ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Allen | Stars: Bill Courage, Robert Hansen

Votes: 9

29. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: The Skull Crusher (2022)

Documentary, Crime

Police in Hartford, Connecticut investigate a string of ruthless killings in the Asylum Hill area committed by a killer with a devastating mark that leaves his victims nearly unrecognizable.

Director: Chris Rowe | Stars: Tina A. Brown, Mark Pawlina, Henry C. Lee, Marilyn Roberts

Votes: 8

30. First Blood (2022– )
Episode: Robert Hansen: The Butcher Baker (2022)

TV-14 | Documentary, Crime, History

Between 1971 and 1983, Robert Hansen abducted, raped and murdered at least seventeen women in and around Anchorage, Alaska. He was arrested and convicted in 1983, and was sentenced to 461 ... See full summary »

Director: David Bispham | Stars: James McCann, Larry Bivins, Brenda Lee Fowler, William Shaw

Votes: 10

31. First Blood (2022– )
Episode: Arthur Shawcross: The Genesee River Killer (2022)

TV-14 | Documentary, Crime, History

Serial killer Arthur Shawcross might have been known for killing women around Rochester, New York but his first murder was years earlier and the culmination of years of dark fantasies.

Stars: Charles Siragusa, Lynde Johnston, Vanessa Tyler, Maggie Deming

Votes: 8

32. Evil, I (2012– )
Episode: Body Snatcher (2012)

TV-14 | 21 min | Crime

When several prostitutes turn up dead near the Genessee River Rochester police conclude they're facing a serial killer. Investigators discover that the perpetrator returns to the bodies ... See full summary »

Director: Jeremiah Crowell | Stars: Alena Acker, Mike Funk, Brian Ish, Lynde Johnston

Votes: 7

33. World's Most Evil Killers (2017– )
Episode: Robert Hansen (2022)

Documentary, Crime

The Alaska serial killer Robert Hansen, who murdered at least 17 women during a spree that lasted for more than a decade.

Stars: Robert Hansen, Leland Hale, James McCann, Geoffrey Wansell

Votes: 6

34. Born to Kill? (2005– )
Episode: Richard Cottingham: The Times Square Ripper (2014)

44 min | Documentary, Crime

Over a thirteen-year span, computer programmer Richard Cottingham targeted women, mostly prostitutes from Times Square, New York, for sex and brutal slaughter up until 1980.

Director: Neil Edwards | Stars: Christopher Slade, Dennis Calo, Don Conway, Donald Conway

Votes: 21

35. Twisted (2010– )
Episode: Red Light Regular (2014)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

Richard Cottingham killed prostitutes during a 3 year period in New York City. Leading a double life as a respectable computer operator, with a wife and children at home, no one suspected ... See full summary »

Stars: Dennis Calo, Don Conway, Richard Cottingham, Alan Grieco