2020s serial killer films

2022 superhero film by Matt Reeves

The Black Phone is a 2021 American supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson from a screenplay he wrote with C. Robert Cargill, based on the 2004 short story by Joe Hill. It is the first installment in the Black Phone franchise. It stars Mason Thames as Finney, a teenage boy abducted by a serial child killer known colloquially as the Grabber. When Finney encounters a mystical black rotary phone in captivity, he uses it to plot his escape by communicating with the ghosts of the Grabber's slain victims. Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and James Ransone also feature in the principal cast. Derrickson and Cargill produced The Black Phone in association with Blumhouse Productions CEO Jason Blum. Universal Pictures oversaw the film's commercial distribution, and funding was sourced through a pact with Blumhouse and tax subsidies from the North Carolina state government.

2023 film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett

2022 film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett

Titane (, ) is a 2021 body horror psychological drama film written and directed by Julia Ducournau. The French-Belgian co-production stars Agathe Rousselle in her feature film debut as Alexia, a woman who, after being injured in a car crash as a child, has a titanium plate fitted into her head. In adulthood, Alexia becomes a murderous car model with an erotic fascination with automobiles, leading to a bizarre sexual encounter that sets off an increasingly outlandish series of events. Vincent Lindon, Garance Marillier and Laïs Salameh also star.

2021 film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman

2023 film directed by Kevin Greutert

Scream 7 is a 2026 American slasher film directed by Kevin Williamson and written by Williamson and Guy Busick. It is the sequel to Scream VI (2023) and the seventh installment in the Scream film series. The film stars Neve Campbell, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, David Arquette, Matthew Lillard, and Courteney Cox reprising their roles from the previous films, with Isabel May, Anna Camp, Michelle Randolph, Jimmy Tatro, Mckenna Grace, Asa Germann, Celeste O'Connor, Sam Rechner, Mark Consuelos, Tim Simons, and Joel McHale also starring. The film follows a new Ghostface killer who targets Sidney Prescott's daughter.

2022 film directed by David Gordon Green

2021 film directed by John Lee Hancock

2024 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan

2022 film directed by Ti West

2021 film directed by Joe Wright

Longlegs is a 2024 American mystery horror thriller film written and directed by Osgood Perkins. The film stars Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, and Nicolas Cage. Set in the 1990s, the story follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent assigned to hunt down an occult-obsessed serial killer responsible for a string of family murders across Oregon. The killer is dubbed Longlegs, and baffles the FBI with his perfect ability to seemingly leave zero trace of involvement at the crime scenes.

2022 film directed by Ali Abbasi

2022 film directed by Scott Cooper

2021 film directed by Everardo Valerio Gout

Black Phone 2 is a 2025 American supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson who co-wrote it with C. Robert Cargill. It serves as a sequel to The Black Phone (2021), is the second feature film and third overall installment in the Black Phone film series. The film stars Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and Ethan Hawke reprising their roles from the first film, with Demián Bichir also joining the cast. The story sees siblings Finney and Gwen, along with their friend Ernesto, head to a winter youth camp to uncover a mystery regarding the first victims of the Grabber, whose ghostly presence now haunts the camp.

2021 film directed by James Wan

2020 film directed by Christopher Landon

MaXXXine is a 2024 American horror film written, directed, produced, and edited by Ti West. It is the third and final installment in West's X trilogy and a direct sequel to X (2022). Mia Goth reprises her role as Maxine Minx, starring alongside Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito, and Kevin Bacon. In the film, Maxine sets out for fame and success in 1980s Hollywood while being targeted by a mysterious killer.

2024 film directed by Magnus von Horn

2023 American film directed by Patrick Wilson

2022 film directed by Tobias Lindholm

2022 film directed by Luca Guadagnino

I Know What You Did Last Summer is a 2025 American slasher film that is the fourth installment in the I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise and a sequel to I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998). The film takes place 27 years after the Tower Bay murders in the second film, when another hook-wielding killer appears and begins targeting a group of friends one year after they covered up a car crash in which they killed someone. It was directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sam Lansky from a story by Leah McKendrick and Robinson. The film stars Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Tyriq Withers, Sarah Pidgeon, Billy Campbell, Gabbriette Bechtel, and Austin Nichols, with Freddie Prinze Jr., and Jennifer Love Hewitt reprising their roles as Ray Bronson and Julie James from the first two films.

2022 film directed by David Blue Garcia

2024 film directed by Renny Harlin

2023 film directed by Nahnatchka Khan

2023 film directed by Anna Kendrick

2025 film directed by Josh Ruben

2023 film directed by JT Mollner

2022 film directed by Chloe Okuno

2025 film directed by Mimi Cave

2023 film directed by Matt Ruskin

2024 film directed by Adam Schindler and Brian Netto

2021 film directed by Patrick Brice

2023 film directed by Damián Szifron

2025 film directed by Renny Harlin

2022 film directed by Dario Argento

2024 film directed by Hannah MacPherson

2024 film directed by Jon Keeyes

2024 film directed by Asif Akbar

film directed by Takashi Miike

2026 film directed by Renny Harlin

2022 film by Mohit Suri

2021 film directed by Amber Sealy

2025 film directed by Sean Byrne

2026 film directed by Gavin Polone

2025 slasher film directed by Mike P. Nelson

2020 film directed by Peter Sullivan

2025 film directed by Laura Murphy

2023 film directed by George Gallo

upcoming film directed by James Ashcroft

2020 film directed by Shirish Kunder

2022 Taiwanese film

2021 film directed by Daniel Farrands

2024 film directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan