15 Movies Like Death Smiles on a Murderer

Loved Death Smiles on a Murderer? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

The Holy Boy
#1

The Holy Boy

A PE teacher moves to a isolated mountain village where the people appear to live in unshakeable serenity, but soon stumbles across a disturbing ritual. Once a week, the locals are freed of their pain by a lonely boy born with the power to heal one's soul just by hugging them. Trying to rescue him from this madness, the man unleashes his dark side.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Death Smiles on a Murderer.

Lola's Secret
#2

Lola's Secret

Young man has his dreams come true when the sexy new maid seduces him. But she also has a secret that leads to trouble.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Death Smiles on a Murderer.

Cannibal Holocaust
#3

Cannibal Holocaust

A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Death Smiles on a Murderer.

Stage Fright
#4

Stage Fright

While a group of young actors rehearse a new musical about a mass murderer, a notorious psychopath escapes from a nearby insane asylum.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Death Smiles on a Murderer.

White Cannibal Queen
#5

White Cannibal Queen

A man is on safari in the jungle with his wife and daughter when the wife gets eaten and the daughter is captured by cannibals. Several years later he goes back to see if his daughter is still alive.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Death Smiles on a Murderer.

The Hills Have Eyes
#6

The Hills Have Eyes

Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Death Smiles on a Murderer.

The Hunt
#7

The Hunt

Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport. But their master plan is about to be derailed when one of the hunted turns the tables on her pursuers.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Death Smiles on a Murderer.

Strange Darling
#8

Strange Darling

Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Death Smiles on a Murderer.

Black Velvet
#9

Black Velvet

Crystal, a wealthy, scorned woman living in a massive Egyptian palace with her daughter Magda, finds commiseration in a dried-up Hollywood expat who surrounds himself with singing children.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Death Smiles on a Murderer.

Africa Blood and Guts
#10

Africa Blood and Guts

A chronicle of the violence that occurred in much of the African continent throughout the 1960s. As many African countries were transitioning from colonial rule to other forms of government, violent political upheavals were frequent. Revolutions in Zanzibar and Kenya in which thousands were killed are shown, the violence not only political; there is also extensive footage of hunters and poachers slaughtering different types of wild animals.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Death Smiles on a Murderer.

Play Motel
#11

Play Motel

The motel has a special room designed for sexual activities. It also has a habit of photographing sex act engines and extorting the parties concerned. One day a mysterious killer with black gloves up and the situation is changing.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Death Smiles on a Murderer.

Dolly
#12

Dolly

Young Macy is abducted by a deranged, monstrous figure who wants to raise her as its child.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Death Smiles on a Murderer.

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
#13

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Death Smiles on a Murderer.

The Dreadful
#14

The Dreadful

In medieval England, Anne and her domineering mother-in-law Morwen struggle to survive on the outskirts of society. But when a man from Anne's past returns from war, a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious knight and threatens to destroy them all.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Death Smiles on a Murderer.

Convent of Sinners
#15

Convent of Sinners

Convent of Sinners is the story of Susanna, a young girl who is raped by her own father and sent to a convent for her sins, where she falls in love with a priest. The other nuns, however, are jealous and angry, they want Susanna for themselves, and accuse her of being possessed by the Devil.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Death Smiles on a Murderer.