Movies like The Madman (2022)
The best movies like The Madman (2022) are Body Cam (2020), Maniac Cop 2 (1990) and Maniac (1963). If The Madman hooked you with its horror and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedCrooked House (2017)6.4/10 from 1,029 votes
- NewestMuzzle: City of Wolves (2025)Released 2025
Body Cam (2020)
As a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisManiac Cop 2 (1990)
Undead cop Matt Cordell rises from the grave, and is after the criminals who murdered him in prison.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisManiac (1963)
When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGod Told Me To (1976)
A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random citizens who claim that 'God told them to'.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Girl Who Got Away (2021)
A female serial killer who killed four young girls is sent away to prison, but a fifth victim escaped with her life. Twenty years later, the killer escapes and begins hunting for the one who got away.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight Watch (1973)
A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUrban Legend (1998)
A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Black Book (2023)
After his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCleaner (2007)
Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may have unknowingly erased crucial evidence, entangling himself in a dirty criminal cover-up.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAll the Devils Are Here (2025)
After a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)
A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisOverdrive (2017)
Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe International (2009)
An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, Milan, New York and Istanbul. Finding themselves in a chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBloodline (2019)
Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Seven-Ups (1973)
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMuzzle: City of Wolves (2025)
LAPD officer Jake Rosser endeavors to lead a peaceful life with his family and retired K-9 officer, Socks. However, tranquility dissolves into chaos when a gang targets them in a brutal attack. Alongside his new K-9 partner Argos, Jake launches into a relentless pursuit of justice, determined to protect his loved ones.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Glass Key (1942)
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMindcage (2022)
Detectives Jake Doyle and Mary Kelly seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist when a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in The Artist's brilliant but twisted psyche, she and Jake are lured into a diabolical game of cat and mouse, racing against time to stay one step ahead of The Artist and his copycat.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & thriller
SnoozefestMovies 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 & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCrooked House (2017)
A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCircus of Fear (1966)
A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & mystery
The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971)
A rich, mentally-unstable man with a penchant for playing deadly S&M games with women who resemble his dead wife, sparks off a chain of bizarre events after getting remarried.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWrong Way Driving (2017)
Police received a distress call that the daughter of a real estate tycoon was kidnapped, but it turned out to be a prank call.... or so it seemed! Unexpectedly the daughter came into real danger and now the Police are scrambling to uncover this mystery. With their best agent on the case, he soon discovers there's more to the story and works vigorously to unravel this web of secrets, lies & deceit.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller & mystery
Dead Man Walking (2016)
Two detectives team up to investigate several murders that they think are linked together. When the latest murder and a mission person report happen on the same day they question if they have a copy cat on their hands.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller & mystery
Hey Look Ma, I Made It (2023)
The police found a woman named Ferlina (38) dead in her own home. Rio (18) who is her only child, became a witness to the incident to uncover who is the perpetrator of the murder.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller & mystery
Grave Matters (2004)
Fed up with the constant abuse she suffers at the hands of the men in her life, Christine (Kate Vernon) is driven to desperate measures and begins killing each of her tormentors, burying them all together in a shallow makeshift grave. But just as Christine starts to believe that she'll get away with her vigilantism, the ghosts of her victims emerge to torment her on an entirely different level.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller
Retreat (2024)
A mother and son head to a retreat to move past a family tragedy. Soon truths are revealed that start to make it clear that the help they need is not there.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery & horror
Reggie (2019)
When mild-mannered slasher Reggie is recognized while on the job, his entire way of life is changed forever.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Her Study of a Killer (2023)
A group of Liberty High School's alumni are preparing for their fifteen-year reunion when the death of one of their most beloved teachers starts a chain of events filled with secrets and revenge no one expects.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Clawface (2024)
A group of friends, a duo of quirky park rangers, a frisky couple and a pirate DJ unknowingly set off a series of bloody murders when they enter the woods of local legend, Clawface: a hulking madman who was left for dead after a bear attack in his youth. Inspired by slasher films of the 1980s.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Madman?
The closest matches to The Madman are Body Cam (2020), Maniac Cop 2 (1990) and Maniac (1963). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Madman?
Start with Body Cam (2020), the closest match to The Madman.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Madman?
Crooked House (2017), rated 6.4/10 by 1,029 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Madman?
Muzzle: City of Wolves (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Madman?
Yes: Body Cam (2020), Maniac Cop 2 (1990) and Maniac (1963).
How are movies similar to The Madman chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Madman, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.