Movies Like The Killing Jar (2010)

The Killing Jar is a 2010 crime, mystery, thriller film from Mark Young with a MovieMagicScore of 5.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Passenger and Nature of the Beast.

Crime Mystery Thriller

The Passenger

2023

Randolph Bradley is perfectly content fading into the background, but when his coworker Benson snaps and goes on a violent killing spree, he’s forced to face his fears and confront his troubled past in order to find a way to survive.

6.2

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Nature of the Beast

1995

Two men, both hiding a deadly secret, are on a murderous rampage through the desert.

5.9

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Clay Pigeons

1998

Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl, kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife, Amanda. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow when she presses him to continue with the affair. Clay unknowingly befriends a serial killer named Lester Long who murders the widow in an attempt to "help" his "fishing buddy."

6.2

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Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

1993

Jason Voorhees is tracked down and blown to bits by a special FBI task force, reborn with the bone-chilling ability to assume the identity of anyone he touches.

4.6

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Drive-In Massacre

1976

Two police detectives try to catch a serial killer who is stalking a rural California drive-in theater, randomly killing people with a sword.

4.0

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Funny Games

2008

When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving them until the next day to survive.

6.6

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Dial 1119

1950

A deranged killer escapes from a mental institution. Intent on locating the psychiatrist whose testimony sent him to the asylum, he holds the patrons of a bar hostage.

5.4

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Avengement

2019

While on a prison furlough, a lowly criminal evades his guards and returns to his old stomping ground to take revenge on the people who turned him into a cold blooded killer.

6.8

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Restraint

2008

Two fugitives land in hot water when they take a hostage who poses a threat to their well-being.

5.9

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#10

The Chase

1994

Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. The girl happens to be the only daughter of one of the richest men in the state. In a while the car chase is being broadcast live on every TV-channel.

5.8

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#11

The Trip

2021

A dysfunctional couple head to a remote lakeside cabin under the guise of reconnecting, but each has secret designs to kill the other. Before they can carry out their respective plans, unexpected visitors arrive and the couple is faced with a greater danger than anything they could have plotted.

6.7

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#12

The People Under the Stairs

1991

Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple, a young boy quickly learns the true nature of the homicidal inhabitants, and secret creatures hidden deep within the walls.

6.5

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#13

The Silencing

2020

A reformed hunter becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local sheriff set out to track a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago.

6.4

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#14

Resurrection

1999

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.

6.1

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#15

X

2022

In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.

6.7

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#16

Mississippi Burning

1988

Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.

7.7

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#17

Breakdown

1997

On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker ― who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.

6.9

MagicScore

#18

The Flock

2007

Erroll Babbage has spent his career tracking sex offenders and his unorthodox methods are nearly as brutal as the criminals he monitors. When he links one of his deranged parolees to the disappearance of a local girl, he and his new partner must scour the S&M underground to find her before it's too late.

5.6

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#19

House on the Edge of the Park

1980

A posh couple experience car trouble on their way to a villa party and stop into a local mechanic's shop for assistance, unaware of his shady background. After he and his mentally challenged assistant fix the car, the couple invite them to the party to return the favor, leading to an evening of mayhem.

5.9

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#20

No Good Deed

2014

Terri is a devoted wife and mother of two, living an ideal suburban life in Atlanta when Colin, a charming but dangerous escaped convict, shows up at her door claiming car trouble. Terri offers her phone to help him but soon learns that no good deed goes unpunished as she finds herself fighting for survival when he invades her home and terrorizes her family.

5.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Killing Jar?

The top films similar to The Killing Jar by MovieMagicScore are The Passenger (6.2), Nature of the Beast (5.9), Clay Pigeons (6.2). Each shares crime/mystery/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Killing Jar worth watching?

The Killing Jar holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.4/10 from 91 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Killing Jar?

The Killing Jar (2010) is a crime, mystery, thriller film directed by Mark Young, starring Amber Benson, Michael Madsen, Harold Perrineau.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Killing Jar?

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 Killing Jar

This ranked list pairs The Killing Jar (2010), a crime and mystery and thriller film from Mark Young, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Amber Benson 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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