Movies like Hate Crime (2012)
The best movies like Hate Crime (2012) are The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007), S&Man (2006) and Long Pigs (2007). If Hate Crime hooked you with its crime and horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)7.4/10 from 7,916 votes
- Newest#MissingCouple (2024)Released 2024
The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)
When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever seen.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisS&Man (2006)
A filmmaker ventures into the dark world of underground horror exploring the genre through interviews with scream queens, scholars, and one auteur whose snuff film series seems all too real.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisLong Pigs (2007)
Two desperate filmmakers began a documentary about a cannibalistic serial killer. What follows is their actual footage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & horror
Grotesque (2009)
An unnamed doctor has always had everything he's ever wanted, but that has only made him develop more extreme and depraved needs. He kidnaps a young couple in the prime of their life together and forces them into a game of torment that slowly extinguishes their hopes for survival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisSick Girl (2007)
Izzy is raising her younger brother, Kevin, by herself. Their parents are deceased and her older brother, Rusty, is away in the Marines. When Izzy learns that her little brother is being bullied at school, she does what any unstable, psychopathic, homicidal sister would do.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & crime
The Turnpike Killer (2009)
Hulking and vicious homicidal maniac Jon Beest hears voices that compel him to brutally butcher women. He dumps their bodies on the side of the road on the New Jersey Turnpike. It's up to troubled NYPD Homicide Detective Lloyd to catch Beest and put an end to his campaign of terror.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Cannibal (2006)
Cannibal is based on the true-crime story of Armin Meiwes, the "Rotenburg Cannibal" who posted an online ad searching for someone to volunteer to be mutilated and eaten. Unlikely as it may seem, someone actually replied. The film shows a fictional portrayal of the meeting between the cannibal and his victim/participant, their homosexual relationship, and the eventual mutilation and murder of said victim.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisHead Case (2007)
A film edited from the home movies of serial killers Wayne and Andrea Montgomery, which presents a look into their quiet, suburban lives...and the graphic, disturbing details of their horrific crimes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Savageland (2015)
When a small town near the Arizona-Mexico border is wiped out overnight, suspicion falls on the lone survivor. But a roll of photos the survivor took that night tells a different story.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAmerican Guinea Pig: Bloodshock (2015)
A man finds himself in a padded room to prevent him from battering himself to death – an option he would have considered in due course, as the torture inflicted on him by a psychotic doctor becomes progressively extreme.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Ritual (2009)
A serial killer trains a protégé until outside forces threaten to break up their sadistic relationship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Deeper: The Retribution of Beth (2015)
Mark (a journalist from Xice Magazine) is sent to do a premier article on Steve and John (co-creators of XBus & owners of Bang-on Entertainment). They decide to take Mark on a ride that, unbeknownst to them, turns into a vicious nightmare. Caught in a revenge plot that's been brewing for years, Mark tries to escape with his life as our mysterious Beth reigns down punishment for Steve and John's past dirty deeds. What is a "just" consequence for a couple of scum-bag's?... And how far will one go to get even?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Capture Kill Release (2016)
A couple plots to murder a random stranger just for the thrill of it, but things turn ugly when one of them decides not to go through with it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisExhibit A (2007)
Exhibit A tells the timely story of a normal family disintegrating under financial pressure. All is not as it seems as the King family go about their day-to-day lives oblivious of the horror to come. Dad Andy (Bradley Cole) is nursing a secret that ultimately leads to terrible consequences for them all. We witness these chilling events unfold through daughter Judith's video camera, which subsequently becomes Exhibit A.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisCalvaire (2005)
A few days before Christmas, traveling entertainer Marc Stevens is stuck at nightfall in a remote wood in the swampy Hautes Fagnes region of Liège when his van breaks down. An odd chap who's looking for a lost dog then leads Marc to a shuttered inn.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisPenance (2009)
A young mother becomes a stripper to earn some fast cash, only to find her worst nightmares are about to begin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisUndocumented (2010)
A documentary film crew runs afoul of sadistic radicals when they follow illegal immigrants sneaking over the U.S. border.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEvidence (2013)
Detectives use clues from various recording devices to piece together events surrounding a massacre involving bus passengers at an abandoned gas station.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisFound Footage 3D (2016)
A group of filmmakers sets out to make the first 3D found footage horror movie, but find themselves IN the first 3D found footage horror movie when the evil entity from their film escapes into their behind-the-scenes footage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like this#MissingCouple (2024)
A real #vanlife couple were on an adventure to renovate an abandoned farm in middle-of-nowhere Mississippi. Cameras blazing, they chronicled their project on social media. But the farm was full of disturbing surprises, especially at night.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & horror
Deadgirl (2008)
When high school misfits Rickie and JT decide to ditch school and find themselves lost in the crumbling facility of a nearby abandoned hospital, they come face-to-face with a gruesome discovery: a body of a woman stripped naked, chained to a table and covered in plastic and soon realize she is anything but dead. Quickly the boys find themselves embarking on a twisted yet poignant journey testing the limits of their friendship, and forces both to decide just how far they're willing to stretch their understanding of right and wrong.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisRazor Eaters (2003)
The front row ticket to an anarchistic rampage of death and destruction. First turned on during a home invasion, the gang's video camera never lets up as they take on the city and become our anti-heros by targeting all those we'd love to see get punished - corrupt politicians, filthy drug dealers, arrogant sports stars... and parking inspectors! Now they're wanted for murder, kidnapping, arson, assault, armed robbery, burglary... And they've got it all on video.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & horror
A Record of Sweet Murder (2014)
A murderer in the middle of a killing spree enlists a reporter to interview him as he prepares to finish sacrificing his victims to his god.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & crime
Head Cases: Serial Killers in the Delaware Valley (2013)
Serial killer Wayne Montgomery committed 41 murders between 1979 and 2007, leaving behind an extensive video library of his life's work. Now, a new generation is carrying on Wayne's brutal legacy in a terrifying world where rules do not apply. Press play and take a trip through the mind of one of history's most prolific serial killers - and his devoted followers who are out for blood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Mother's Day (2010)
Crazed members of a sadistic family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new owners.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeath Game (1977)
George Manning is a well-to-do businessman, husband, and father. While his family is away on his birthday, he invites a pair of rain-soaked young women into his house to wait out an evening thunderstorm. The two girls seduce Manning and ultimately kidnap and torture him in his own home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisButcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981)
Rejected by her lover, the only man left in Cheryl's life is the orphaned nephew she has raised as her own son. She'll stop at nothing to keep Billy with her. When her plans misfire, she is swept up into an insane frenzy that means death to anyone who comes between her and her obsession. But the investigating detective is convinced that Billy is the real killer - and determined to prove it. Madness and fanaticism work together to drag all concerned into a terrifying vortex of blood-letting that adds a nightmarish twist to the classic Oedipus story.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWake Up (2024)
A group of young activists set out to make an environmental statement by vandalizing a home superstore as it closes. But their plan goes terribly wrong when they become trapped inside and must face a deranged security guard with a gruesome passion for primitive hunting. As the night fills with violence and terror, the teenagers find themselves in a desperate fight for their lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Hate Crime?
The closest matches to Hate Crime are The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007), S&Man (2006) and Long Pigs (2007). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Hate Crime?
People who watched Hate Crime most often go on to The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007), S&Man (2006) and Long Pigs (2007).
What is the highest-rated movie like Hate Crime?
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), rated 7.4/10 by 7,916 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Hate Crime?
#MissingCouple (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Hate Crime?
Yes: The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007), S&Man (2006) and Long Pigs (2007).
How are movies similar to Hate Crime chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Hate Crime, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.