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10 Best Movies Like Faking a Murderer

If you loved Faking a Murderer, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

2025★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Faking a Murderer for fans of Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by n...

#2
Amateur

Amateur

1994★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Faking a Murderer for fans of Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A man wakes up in an alley, bleeding and with no memory of who he is. He stumbles into a coffee shop and is befriended by a charitable ex-nun who is failing in her attempts to writ...

#3
Suburbicon

Suburbicon

2017★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Faking a Murderer for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasio...

#4
Bad

Bad

1977★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Faking a Murderer for fans of Comedy & Horror & Crime. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Hazel runs a beauty salon out of her house, but makes extra money by providing ruthless women the oppurtunity to perform hit jobs. L.T. is a parasite, and contacts Hazel looking fo...

#5
Just Buried

Just Buried

2007★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Faking a Murderer for fans of Comedy & Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A young man inherits a nearly bankrupt funeral home from his estranged father. He falls in love with the alluring young mortician, only to find out she's offing people to keep the ...

#6
The Dream Team

The Dream Team

1989★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Faking a Murderer for fans of Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, befo...

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