Movies Like Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009)

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 is a 2009 crime, drama, mystery, tv movie, thriller film from Anand Tucker with a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 and Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980.

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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

2009

Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of child abductions. When young Clare Kemplay goes missing, Eddie and his colleague, Barry, persuade their editor to let them investigate links with two similar abductions that draw them into a deadly world of secrecy, intimidation, shocking revelations and police brutality.

6.7

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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

2009

After 6 years of brutal murders, the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already interviewed The Ripper and let him back into the world to continue his reign of terror upon the citizens of Yorkshire. Assistant Chief Constable of the Manchester Police, Peter Hunter, is called in to oversee the West Yorkshire Police's Ripper investigation and see what they could have missed.

6.9

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The History Boys

2006

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.

6.6

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The Moor

2024

Claire is approached by the father of her murdered childhood friend to help investigate the haunted moor he believes is his son's final resting place.

5.7

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Memories of Murder

2003

During the late 1980s, two detectives in a South Korean province attempt to solve series of gruesome rape-and-murder of young women.

8.1

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American Psycho

2000

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

7.4

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Ordinary Person

2017

Major crimes unit detective Seong-jin arrests Tae-sung for petty crimes, but shocked to find out that he is the notorious serial killer. However, Seong-jin becomes doubtful of his identity as the serial murder case is investigated.

7.2

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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

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Marshland

2014

The Spanish Deep South, 1980. A series of brutal murders of adolescent girls in a remote and forgotten town bring together two disparate characters - both detectives in the homicide division - to investigate the cases.

7.0

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#10

No Man of God

2021

The complicated relationship that formed between the FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier and serial killer Ted Bundy during Bundy's final years on death row.

6.6

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#11

Dead Mail

2024

An ominous help note finds its way to a 1980s post office, connecting a dead letter investigator to a kidnapped keyboard technician.

6.0

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#12

Citizen X

1995

Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people. His victims were mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a communists state, the police investigations were hampered by bureaucracy, incompetence and those in power. The story is told from the viewpoint of the detective in charge of the case.

7.2

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#13

Manhunter

1986

FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecter, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecter to capture a new killer.

7.0

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#14

Summer of 84

2018

After suspecting that their police officer neighbor is a serial killer, a group of teenage friends spend their summer spying on him and gathering evidence, but as they get closer to discovering the truth, things get dangerous.

6.9

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#15

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

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#16

Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers

2025

Aileen Wuornos remains a rarity: a female serial killer. From childhood abuse to death-row revelations, this documentary revisits her life and crimes.

6.5

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#17

V/H/S/85

2023

Unveiled through a made-for-TV documentary, five chilling tales of found footage horror emerge to take viewers on a gore-filled journey through the grim underbelly of the forgotten 1980s.

5.7

MagicScore

#18

Totally Killer

2023

When the infamous "Sweet Sixteen Killer" returns 35 years after his first murder spree to claim another victim, 17-year-old Jamie accidentally travels back in time to 1987, determined to stop the killer before he can start.

6.8

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#19

The Final Girls

2015

A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.

6.4

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#20

Good Boy

2026

Tommy, a volatile 19-year-old, revels in drugs, parties and violence. After getting separated from his friends on a drunken bender, he is abducted by a shadowy figure. He wakes to find himself imprisoned in the basement of a remote Yorkshire house, inhabited by a very strange family. But what unfolds is not what he could possibly expect.

7.1

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Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983?

The top films similar to Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 by MovieMagicScore are Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (6.7), Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (6.9), The History Boys (6.6). Each shares crime/drama/mystery/tv movie/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 worth watching?

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10 from 182 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983?

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009) is a crime, drama, mystery, tv movie, thriller film directed by Anand Tucker, starring David Morrissey, Lisa Howard, Chris Walker.

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This ranked list pairs Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009), a crime and drama and mystery and tv movie and thriller film from Anand Tucker, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of David Morrissey 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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