Movies Like The Gray Man (2007)

The Gray Man is a 2007 crime, drama, horror, thriller film from Scott L. Flynn with a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Ted Bundy and The Secret Life.

Crime Drama Horror Thriller

Ted Bundy

2002

Seattle, 1974. Ted Bundy gives into his violent passions and embarks on a cross country killing spree, leaving a trail of raped, tortured, murdered, dismembered, and defiled corpses in his wake…

5.7

MagicScore

The Secret Life

1993

Based on the life of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who murdered 17 men and ate many of them before he was caught in 1991.

4.8

MagicScore

Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer

2010

A small independent news crew investigates a series of unexplained disappearances in a small Midwestern county. They find themselves interviewing a man who possesses an all too intimate knowledge of the details of "The County Line Cannibal" - Cyrus.

4.4

MagicScore

Benedetta

2021

A 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedetta's shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its core.

6.6

MagicScore

The House That Jack Built

2018

Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

7.1

MagicScore

Flesh-Eating Mothers

1988

A venereal disease turns an entire town of two-timing mothers into cannibals!

4.5

MagicScore

M

1931

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.

8.1

MagicScore

Murder-Set-Pieces

2004

A ferocious, misogynistic, and morally deprived serial killer is active in Las Vegas. Obsessed with the collapse of the Twin Towers, and with Nazi tendencies, he even targets underage girls.

3.9

MagicScore

Terrifier 3

2024

Five years after surviving Art the Clown's Halloween massacre, Sienna and Jonathan are still struggling to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season approaches, they try to embrace the Christmas spirit and leave the horrors of the past behind. But just when they think they're safe, Art returns, determined to turn their holiday cheer into a new nightmare. The festive season quickly unravels as Art unleashes his twisted brand of terror, proving that no holiday is safe.

6.8

MagicScore

#10

Black Phone 2

2025

Four years after escaping The Grabber, Finney Blake is struggling with his life after captivity. When his sister Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp, the siblings become determined to solve the mystery and confront a killer who has grown more powerful in death and more significant to them than either could imagine.

6.8

MagicScore

#11

Compulsion

1959

Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.

7.1

MagicScore

#12

The Devil's Candy

2016

A struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas.

6.3

MagicScore

#13

Child 44

2015

Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.

6.3

MagicScore

#14

Prom Night

1980

At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years prior.

5.7

MagicScore

#15

True Crime

1996

Mary Giordano is a bright, intelligent student who goes to a catholic school. She also has an addiction to mystery novels and detective magazines, which inspire her to do her own detective work. When she starts snooping around on the case of a murderer of teenage girls, it gets her in hot water with her mentor Detective Jerry Gunn. But it also starts a team up with police cadet Tony Campbell. The two work together to find the murderer. But the closer Mary gets to solving the murder, the more danger she puts herself in of being the next victim.

5.7

MagicScore

#16

Devil's Knot

2013

The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a satanic ritual.

6.2

MagicScore

#17

The Silence of the Lambs

1991

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

8.3

MagicScore

#18

Red Dragon

2002

Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.

7.0

MagicScore

#19

Hannibal

2001

After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.

6.8

MagicScore

#20

Serial Killers: The Real Life Hannibal Lecters

2001

This documentary examines a selection of real life serial killers and compares them to the fictional Hannibal Lecter.

5.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Gray Man?

The top films similar to The Gray Man by MovieMagicScore are Ted Bundy (5.7), The Secret Life (4.8), Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer (4.4). Each shares crime/drama/horror/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Gray Man worth watching?

The Gray Man holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10 from 33 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Gray Man?

The Gray Man (2007) is a crime, drama, horror, thriller film directed by Scott L. Flynn, starring Patrick Bauchau, Jack Conley, John Aylward.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Gray Man?

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 Gray Man

This ranked list pairs The Gray Man (2007), a crime and drama and horror and thriller film from Scott L. Flynn, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Patrick Bauchau 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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