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10 Best Movies Like How to Be a Serial Killer

If you loved How to Be a Serial Killer, 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★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Be a Serial Killer 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
The Legend of Barney Thomson

The Legend of Barney Thomson

2015★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Be a Serial Killer for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the gr...

#3
Popcorn

Popcorn

1991★ 5.8

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

While holding a horror film festival, a group of film students find themselves stalked by a madman who may have a sinister connection to a cult leader....

#4
Terror Firmer

Terror Firmer

1999★ 6.0

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

A low-budget film crew working in New York City find themselves being preyed upon by a sexually conflicted serial killer....

#5
Mindcage

Mindcage

2022★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Be a Serial Killer for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

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 br...

#6
Vicious Fun

Vicious Fun

2021★ 6.4

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

Joel, a caustic 1980s film critic for a national horror magazine, finds himself unwittingly trapped in a self-help group for serial killers. With no other choice, Joel attempts to ...

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