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The Dead Girl

Movies Like The Dead Girl (2006)

The Dead Girl is a 2006 crime, drama, mystery, thriller film from Karen Moncrieff with a MovieMagicScore of 6.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Lincoln Lawyer and The Night of the Generals.

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

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The Lincoln Lawyer

2011

Mick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Mick spends most of his time defending petty crooks and other bottom-feeders, so it comes as quite a surprise when he lands the case of a lifetime: defending a Beverly Hills playboy who is accused of attempted murder. However, what Mick initially thinks is an open-and-shut case with a big monetary reward develops into something more sinister.

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The Night of the Generals

1967

A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.

Monster poster

Monster

2003

An emotionally scarred highway drifter shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.

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Meadowland

2015

In the hazy aftermath of an unimaginable loss, Sarah and Phil come unhinged, recklessly ignoring the repercussions. Phil starts to lose sight of his morals as Sarah puts herself in increasingly dangerous situations, falling deeper into her own fever dream.

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Cure

1997

A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.

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Holy Spider

2022

A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.

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My Gun Is Quick

1957

Detective Mike Hammer's investigation of a murder puts him in the middle between warring jewel thieves.

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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

1986

Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.

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Freeway

1996

Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the notorious I-5 Killer and manages to escape by shooting him several times. Wounded but still very much alive, Bob pursues Lutz across the state in this modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.

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Vice Squad

1982

An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.

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Tightrope

1984

Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.

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Lost Girls

2020

When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered prostitutes.

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Murder 2

2011

A former police officer gets hired by a gangster to trace missing call girls and their abductor.

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The Hillside Strangler

2004

Kenneth Bianchi is a security guard whose attempts to become a police officer are repeatedly thwarted. He moves to California to live with his cousin Angelo and dates a string of women, becoming increasingly preoccupied with sex. Eventually the cousins decide to start an escort agency. After violently killing a prostitute they thought had betrayed them, Kenneth and Angelo begin committing a series of crimes that become a media sensation.

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Dark Glasses

2022

Diana, a high-class prostitute trying to escape from a serial killer, suffers a car accident that leaves her blind and kills the family of Chin, a ten-year-old boy.

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The Chaser

2008

Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client, whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.

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Identity

2003

Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.

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The Golden Glove

2019

A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.

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The Frozen Ground

2013

An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.

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Frances Ferguson

2019

Frances Ferguson is discontent. Like a lot of us, she does a bit of “acting out” and pays the price —an arrest, a trial, incarceration. And then a new identity, one that’s not terribly comfortable.

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Dead Girl?

The top films similar to The Dead Girl by MovieMagicScore are The Lincoln Lawyer (7.2), The Night of the Generals (6.8), Monster (7.2). Each shares crime/drama/mystery/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Dead Girl worth watching?

The Dead Girl holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.0/10 from 238 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Dead Girl?

The Dead Girl (2006) is a crime, drama, mystery, thriller film directed by Karen Moncrieff, starring Brittany Murphy, Rose Byrne, Toni Collette.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Dead Girl?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more crime recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Dead Girl

This ranked list pairs The Dead Girl (2006), a crime and drama and mystery and thriller film from Karen Moncrieff, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Brittany Murphy take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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