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10 Best Movies Like The Boston Strangler

If you loved The Boston Strangler, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Cruising

Cruising

1980★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boston Strangler for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, young rookie Steve Burns infiltrates the S&M subculture to try ...

#2
The Boondock Saints

The Boondock Saints

1999★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boston Strangler for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Tired of the crime overrunning the streets of Boston, Irish Catholic twin brothers Conner and Murphy are inspired by their faith to cleanse their hometown of evil with their own br...

#3
Copycat

Copycat

1995★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boston Strangler for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past....

#4
Kiss the Girls

Kiss the Girls

1997★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boston Strangler for fans of Drama & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts st...

#5
Blindfire

Blindfire

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boston Strangler for fans of Drama & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this was a set-up, and facing repe...

#6
Trafficking

Trafficking

2023★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boston Strangler for fans of Drama & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Fresh out of prison, a former debt collector working for a gangland boss is told he has a terminal brain tumour. In an attempt to atone for his past he rescues a young girl from tr...

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