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Se7en (1995)

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

Directed byDavid Fincher

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A feature-film shortlist from the cached Film Atlas engine. The interactive map may include more titles or newer results. These are similarity matches, not a guarantee of age suitability.

  1. 01

    Zodiac

    Same director

    2007 · 157 min · Crime · Mystery · Thriller

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    The story follows the manhunt for the Zodiac Killer, a serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s, taunting police with letters, bloodstained clothing, and ciphers mailed to newspapers.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • strong shared themes: detective and investigation
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  2. 02

    Copycat

    Strong story similarity

    1995 · 124 min · Crime · Mystery · Thriller

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

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared serial killer movie style
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  3. 03

    Fight Club

    Same director

    1999 · 139 min · Drama · Thriller

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    A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • shared themes: insomnia and rage and hate
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  4. 04

    Jennifer Eight

    Strong story similarity

    1992 · 124 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery · Thriller

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    John Berlin, a big-city cop from LA moves to a small-town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, Berlin meets a young blind woman named Helena, whom he is attracted to. Meanwhile, a serial killer is on the loose—and only John knows it.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared serial killer movie style
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  5. 05

    Kalifornia

    Strong story similarity

    1993 · 118 min · Crime · Thriller

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    A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: murder and psychopath
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  6. 06

    Under Suspicion

    Strong story similarity

    2000 · 110 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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    A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech become longer and longer.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared serial killer movie style
    • substantial genre overlap
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  7. 07

    Frailty

    Strong story similarity

    2002 · 100 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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    A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to kill people who were in fact "demons."

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared themes: murder and serial killer
    • shared serial killer movie style
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  8. 08

    Resurrection

    Strong story similarity

    1999 · 108 min · Crime · Horror · Mystery · Thriller

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    A jaded homicide detective has been put on the case of a ruthless killer in the city of Chicago, who leaves a trail of horribly mutilated and dismembered corpses along with perversely ironic biblical quotes.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: detective and investigation
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  9. 09

    Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    Strong story similarity

    1992 · 135 min · Drama · Horror · Mystery

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    In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: detective and investigation
    • shared serial killer movie style
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  10. 10

    Pulp Fiction

    Genre overlap

    1994 · 154 min · Comedy · Crime · Thriller

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    A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
    • similar audience response
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