Films about filicide

Shutter Island is a 2010 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenplay was adapted by Laeta Kalogridis from the 2003 novel by Dennis Lehane. It follows Deputy U.S. Marshal Edward "Teddy" Daniels and his partner Chuck, who come to the fictional Shutter Island in Boston Harbor to investigate its criminal psychiatric facility after one of its patients goes missing; Daniels has his own ulterior motives for taking the case. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo, with Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow and Michelle Williams in supporting roles.

1999 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan

1995 film directed by Bryan Singer

The Conjuring is a 2013 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan and written by Chad Hayes and Carey W. Hayes. It is the inaugural film in The Conjuring Universe franchise. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga star as Ed and Lorraine Warren, paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent cases of haunting. Their purportedly real-life reports inspired The Amityville Horror story and the associated film franchise. The Warrens come to the assistance of the Perron family, who experienced increasingly disturbing events in their newly occupied farmhouse in Rhode Island in 1971.

2002 film directed by Gore Verbinski

2001 film by Alejandro Amenábar

2007 film by Frank Darabont

1992 film by David Lynch

1981 film by John Boorman

2010 film by Joe Johnston

2017 film directed by Guy Ritchie

1998 horror film directed by Danny Cannon

1957 film directed by Mehboob Khan

2017 film by Yorgos Lanthimos

2000 film by Andrzej Bartkowiak

2015 film by Guillermo del Toro

1998 Japanese horror film by Hideo Nakata

1941 film directed by George Waggner

2023 film directed by Kenneth Branagh

1926 film by F. W. Murnau

2007 US film directed by Sidney Lumet

1999 film by Jan de Bont

Creepshow is a 1982 American horror comedy anthology film directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King in his screenwriting debut. It consists of five segments intercut with a sixth story acting mostly as an opening and epilogue; two of the segments, "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" and "The Crate", are based on stories by King, while the others are original material he wrote for the film.

2014 film directed by Jennifer Kent

1993 film by Joseph Ruben

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.

2007 film directed by Danny Pang Phat and Oxide Pang Chun

1969 film by Pier Paolo Pasolini

1991 film directed by Spike Lee

1990 film by Stephen Frears

2005 film by Florent Emilio Siri

1980 film directed by Peter Medak

2007 film by Michael Dougherty

2013 film by Spike Lee

2014 film by Michael Hoffman

2017 film by Sergio G. Sánchez

1999 film directed by Julie Taymor

1981 film by Graham Baker

2020 film directed by Oz Perkins

2002 film by Takashi Shimizu

1995 film by Gregg Araki

1962 film by Roger Corman

1996 Tamil film directed by S. Shankar

2023 Tamil film directed by Nelson Dilipkumar

2017 film by Brian Taylor

2001 film by Brad Anderson

2012 film by Joachim Lafosse

1974 dark comedy film directed by John Waters

2023 Tamil film directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj

1998 film directed by Jonathan Demme

1970 film directed by John G. Avildsen

1987 film by Jeffrey Bloom

film by Venkat Prabhu

2021 film directed by Charlotte Sieling

2014 film by Christian E. Christiansen

2018 film by Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja

2024 film by Paula Ortiz

2024 film by Mar Coll

1991 film by Michael Tolkin

1940 film by Mehboob Khan