Movies Like Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer (2010)

Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer is a 2010 crime, horror, mystery, thriller film from Mark Vadik with a MovieMagicScore of 4.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Gray Man and The Secret Life.

Crime Horror Mystery Thriller

The Gray Man

2007

In the late 1920s, Albert Fish, a seemingly benevolent father and grandfather who reared his family by himself after his wife deserted them, turns out to be a serial child molester and murderer. Based on a true story.

5.8

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

Brüno

2009

Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and painfully hilarious public displays of homosexuality.

5.6

MagicScore

The Poughkeepsie Tapes

2007

When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever seen.

6.6

MagicScore

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

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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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

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Deranged

1974

A man living in rural Wisconsin takes care of his bed-ridden mother, who is very domineering and teaches him that all women are evil. After she dies, he misses her, and a year later digs her up and takes her home. He learns about taxidermy and begins robbing graves to get materials to patch her up, and inevitably begins looking for fresher sources of materials. Based loosely on the true story of Ed Gein.

5.8

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

#10

I Saw the Devil

2010

Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.

7.8

MagicScore

#11

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

#12

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

2006

The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them.

6.5

MagicScore

#13

The Hills Have Eyes

2006

Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.

6.5

MagicScore

#14

Maniac

2011

Short horror mockumentary about a camera crew that follows two serial killers.

5.8

MagicScore

#15

I Blame Society

2020

A struggling filmmaker senses her peers are losing faith in her ability to succeed, so she decides to prove herself by finishing her last abandoned film and committing the perfect murder.

5.6

MagicScore

#16

The Last Horror Movie

2004

A serial killer uses a horror video rental to lure his next victim. What begins as a teen slasher transforms into a disturbing journey through the mind of Max Parry, a mild mannered wedding photographer with a taste for human flesh.

5.5

MagicScore

#17

Long Pigs

2007

Two desperate filmmakers began a documentary about a cannibalistic serial killer. What follows is their actual footage.

5.2

MagicScore

#18

The Legend of Boggy Creek

1972

A documentary-style drama based on true accounts of the Fouke Monster in Arkansas.

5.0

MagicScore

#19

Ghoul

2015

GHOUL is a supernatural horror film involving the real life story of the Soviet Union's most violent serial killer, Andrei Chikatilo. Three Americans travel to the Ukraine to film a documentary about the cannibalism epidemic that swept through the country during the famine of 1932. After being lured deep into the Ukraine forest for an interview with one of the last known survivors, they quickly find themselves trapped in a supernatural hunting ground.

4.5

MagicScore

#20

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

2006

Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills one of the bikers and brings Chrissie's friends to the Hewitt homestead, where young Leatherface is learning the tools of terror.

6.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer?

The top films similar to Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer by MovieMagicScore are The Gray Man (5.8), The Secret Life (4.8), Brüno (5.6). Each shares crime/horror/mystery/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer worth watching?

Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer holds a MovieMagicScore of 4.4/10 from 46 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer?

Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer (2010) is a crime, horror, mystery, thriller film directed by Mark Vadik, starring Tiffany Shepis, Danielle Harris, Brian Krause.

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This ranked list pairs Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer (2010), a crime and horror and mystery and thriller film from Mark Vadik, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Tiffany Shepis 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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