Movies like Grimm Love (2006)
The best movies like Grimm Love (2006) are The Secret Life (1993), Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) and Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013). If Grimm Love hooked you with its drama and horror, 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 18,830 votes
- NewestThe Golden Glove (2019)Released 2019
- In GermanNothing Bad Can Happen (2013)Also in German
The Secret Life (1993)
Based on the life of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who murdered 17 men and ate many of them before he was caught in 1991.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNothing Bad Can Happen (2013)
Tore, a young lost soul involved with an underground Christian punk movement, falls in with a dysfunctional family who test his seemingly unwavering faith.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFreeway Killer (2009)
For years he terrorized California motorists as he rode the endless highways searching for his next victim. The discarded bodies turned up beaten, sexually assaulted and horribly mutilated. Deceptively charming and intelligent, the scheming murderer easily avoided police at first. But as police closed in and the killer’s pattern grew more erratic, the only question was how many more will die?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
Long 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
Dahmer (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 thisCannibal (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 drama & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisManiac (2012)
As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Killer Inside Me (2010)
Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that is the worst they say about him. But then nobody knows about what Lou calls his "sickness": He is a brilliant, but disturbed sociopathic sadist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe House That Jack Built (2018)
Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Worth the HypeMovies 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 & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHitcher in the Dark (1989)
A sick young man drives around in his daddy's camper, looking for lone stray females to kidnap, torture, rape and murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & horror
Evilenko (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 thisThe Devil's Rejects (2005)
The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his target.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAn American Crime (2007)
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRed Dragon (2002)
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & horror
Worth the HypeMovies 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 & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisHannibal Rising (2007)
The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a medical student he hones his appetite for the kill and learnt sword skills from his Japanese girlfriend, who happened to have similar fate
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisMonster (2003)
In 1989, prostitute Aileen Wuornos befriends and enters a relationship with a young woman named Selby. Determined to straighten out her life, Aileen's limited education lands her back on the corner. She's raped by a trick, who she kills. A string of murder and robbery follows that ultimately leads Aileen to becoming America's first female serial killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMy Friend Dahmer (2017)
Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAngst (1983)
A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & horror
Worth the HypeMovies 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 & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies 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 drama & horror
The Child I Never Was (2002)
A serial killer dispassionately discusses the nuts and bolts of his grisly avocation, as well as the youthful traumas which helped to mold him into a psychopath, in this disturbing independent drama from Germany, based on the true story of of Germany's most famous child murderer Juergen Bartsch who, between the ages of 15 and 19, abused, tortured and killed four schoolboys in the Ruhr region of Germany from 1962 to 1966.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Hounds of Love (2016)
When Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple, she soon observes the dynamic between her captors and quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUntraceable (2008)
Special Agent Jennifer Marsh works in an elite division of the FBI dedicated to fighting cybercrime. She thinks she has seen it all, until a particularly sadistic criminal arises on the Internet. This tech-savvy killer posts live feeds of his crimes on his website; the more hits the site gets, the faster the victim dies. Marsh and her team must find the elusive killer before time runs out.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI'll Take Your Dead (2018)
William has a simple job: he makes dead bodies disappear. His daughter Gloria has become used to rough-looking men dropping off corpses, and is even convinced that some of them are haunting their house.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Woman (2011)
A lawyer puts his family in jeopardy when he captures the last member of a violent clan and tries to forcibly tame her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisColombiana (2011)
After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Grimm Love?
The closest matches to Grimm Love are The Secret Life (1993), Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) and Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Grimm Love?
People who watched Grimm Love most often go on to The Secret Life (1993), Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) and Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013).
What is the highest-rated movie like Grimm Love?
The Silence of the Lambs (1991), rated 8.3/10 by 18,830 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Grimm Love?
The Golden Glove (2019) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there German movies like Grimm Love?
Yes: Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013), Cannibal (2006) and The Golden Glove (2019).
How are movies similar to Grimm Love chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Grimm Love, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.