Movies Like Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile is a 2019 crime, drama film from Joe Berlinger with a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Blue Caprice and GoodFellas.

Crime Drama

Blue Caprice

2013

A narrative feature film inspired by the events known as the Beltway sniper attacks.

5.7

MagicScore

GoodFellas

1990

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

8.5

MagicScore

A Prayer Before Dawn

2018

The amazing true story of Billy Moore, an English boxer incarcerated in Thailand’s most notorious prison. Thrown into a world of drugs and violence, he finds his best chance to escape is to fight his way out in prison Muay Thai tournaments.

6.7

MagicScore

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

MagicScore

Bronson

2009

A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.

7.0

MagicScore

Dillinger

1973

After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of the men to hunt down. Waiting for him to break Federal law they sort out several other mobsters, while Dillinger's bank robbing exploits make him something of a folk hero. Escaping from jail he finds Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson have joined the gang and pretty soon he is Public Enemy Number One. Now the G-men really are after him.

6.5

MagicScore

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

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.

6.7

MagicScore

My Friend Dahmer

2017

Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.

6.5

MagicScore

#10

Dahmer

2002

On February 15, 1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jeffrey Dahmer, one of the world's most infamous serial killers, was convicted of 15 counts of murder and sentenced to 937 years in federal prison. This movie is based on events from his life.

5.3

MagicScore

#11

10 Rillington Place

1971

The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.

7.3

MagicScore

#12

Beloved

1998

After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen...

5.8

MagicScore

#13

Chopper

2000

The true and infamous story of Australia's notorious criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read and his years of crime, interest in violence, drugs and prostitutes.

6.8

MagicScore

#14

In the Name of the Father

1993

A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.

7.9

MagicScore

#15

The Great Escape

1963

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.

7.9

MagicScore

#16

Sing Sing

2024

Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art.

7.5

MagicScore

#17

Escape from Alcatraz

1979

San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.

7.5

MagicScore

#18

The Good Nurse

2022

Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth.

6.9

MagicScore

#19

Graveyard of Honor

1975

A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.

6.6

MagicScore

#20

Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer

2018

The story of the investigation and trial of abortion provider Dr Kermit Gosnell.

5.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile?

The top films similar to Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile by MovieMagicScore are Blue Caprice (5.7), GoodFellas (8.5), A Prayer Before Dawn (6.7). Each shares crime/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile worth watching?

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10 from 3,455 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile?

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) is a crime, drama film directed by Joe Berlinger, starring Zac Efron, Lily Collins, Kaya Scodelario.

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This ranked list pairs Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019), a crime and drama film from Joe Berlinger, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Zac Efron 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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