Movies like Strangled (2016)
The best movies like Strangled (2016) are Zodiac (2007), Tenderness of the Wolves (1973) and Antibodies (2005). If Strangled hooked you with its thriller and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Silence of the Lambs (1991)8.3/10 from 18,816 votes
- NewestBarreda (2026)Released 2026
Zodiac (2007)
Police conduct a manhunt for the Zodiac Killer, a serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s, taunting police with letters, bloodstained clothing, and ciphers mailed to newspapers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTenderness of the Wolves (1973)
A German serial killer preys on boys and young men during the so-called years of crisis between the wars. Based on the true story of Fritz Haarmann, aka the Butcher of Hanover and the Vampire of Hanover.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisAntibodies (2005)
When a notorious German serial killer is captured after committing some of the most heinous acts against humanity ever imaginable, a farmer and police officer from a sleepy rural community on the outskirts of Berlin is drawn into the case as he searches for the answers to a murder that has shaken his tight-knit community.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMarshland (2014)
The Spanish Deep South, 1980. A series of brutal murders of adolescent girls in a remote and forgotten town bring together two disparate characters – both detectives in the homicide division – to investigate the cases.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTexas Killing Fields (2011)
In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDahmer (2002)
On February 15, 1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jeffrey Dahmer, one of the world's most infamous serial killers, was convicted of 15 counts of murder and sentenced to 937 years in federal prison. This movie is based on events from his life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisMemories of Murder (2003)
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisRed Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009)
Detective Chief Superintendent Maurice Jobson is forced to remember the very similar disappearance of Clare Kemplay, who was found dead in 1974, and the subsequent imprisonment of local boy Michael Myshkin. Washed-up local solicitor John Piggott becomes convinced of Myshkin's innocence and begins to fight on his behalf, unwittingly providing a catalyst for Jobson to start to right some wrongs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBarreda (2026)
A fictionalized drama film based on one of the most shocking crimes in Argentina's history. In 1992, Ricardo Barreda was an unassuming dentist, brutally murdered his wife, mother-in-law, and two adult daughters in their family home. Branding himself as a victim, Ricardo Barreda ignited a media storm and fueled a national scandal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThesis on a Homicide (2013)
Roberto is a Law professor whose life is thrown into chaos when he becomes convinced that one of his best students has committed a brutal murder. Determined to uncover the truth, he begins a personal investigation…
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDamaged (2024)
A Chicago detective travels to Scotland after an emerging serial killer’s crimes match those that he investigated five years earlier, one of which was the crime scene of his murdered girlfriend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Park Maniac (2024)
An infamous serial killer who assaulted and killed several women in the '90s, gets on a collision course with a young journalist eager for the truth and a career-changing article.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Golden Glove (2019)
A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Girl Who Killed Her Parents: The Confession (2023)
See what Suzane von Richthofen, Daniel Cravinhos and Cristian Cravinhos did in the days following the brutal crime that led to the Richthofen couple's death. This film reveals crucial moments of the police investigation, testimonies and the confession of the crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Plagues of Breslau (2018)
Every day at 6 pm a serial killer kills another person. Police officer Helena Rus thinks the killings are done by one man only and decides to reveal the killer's identity by getting back in 18th century history of the city.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Snowman (2017)
Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisEvilenko (2004)
For years, Andrei Evilenko eluded the obsessive Detective Lesiev and the psychiatric profiler Aron Richter. Spurred on by his rabid fury at the gradual crumbling of his precious Soviet Union, Evilenko is a man who will live, die and kill as a communist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisChild 44 (2015)
Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNext Time I'll Aim for the Heart (2014)
Between 1978 and 1979, the inhabitants of the Oise are in fear of a maniac who kills several hitchhikers and escape the police. He was then dubbed "the killer of the Oise" is actually a shy young policeman who will investigate his own murder, only to lose control of the situation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisRed Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009)
Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of child abductions. When young Clare Kemplay goes missing, Eddie and his colleague, Barry, persuade their editor to let them investigate links with two similar abductions that draw them into a deadly world of secrecy, intimidation, shocking revelations and police brutality.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Frozen Ground (2013)
An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSnowtown (2011)
Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Girl Who Killed Her Parents (2021)
Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents Daniel Cravinhos's point of view of the events that led to the death of Marísia and Manfred von Richthofen, his girlfriend’s parents.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Good Nurse (2022)
Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Boy Who Killed My Parents (2021)
Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents de Suzane von Richthofen's point of view of the events that led to the death of her parents.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bone Collector (1999)
Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working. But when a gruesome murder in Manhattan leaves detectives baffled, they call on Rhyme to help solve the mystery. Amelia Donaghy, a rookie cop whose quick thinking preserved a gruesome murder scene, is enlisted by Rhyme to be his on-the-scene forensics expert. With Amelia reluctantly acting as Rhyme's able-bodied go-between, the pair piece together cryptic clues the killer leaves behind at the scene of the crime, hoping to catch the grisly serial killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Silence (2010)
13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight Hunter (2019)
A Minnesota police officer crosses paths with a committed and tireless vigilante as he follows the trail of a ruthless predator responsible for several abductions and murders.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLike Minds (2006)
A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Strangled?
The closest matches to Strangled are Zodiac (2007), Tenderness of the Wolves (1973) and Antibodies (2005). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Strangled?
People who watched Strangled most often go on to Zodiac (2007), Tenderness of the Wolves (1973) and Antibodies (2005).
What is the highest-rated movie like Strangled?
The Silence of the Lambs (1991), rated 8.3/10 by 18,816 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Strangled?
Barreda (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to Strangled chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Strangled, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.