Movies Like The Deliberate Stranger (1986)

The Deliberate Stranger is a 1986 crime, drama, horror, tv movie, thriller film from Marvin J. Chomsky with a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Woman of the Hour and The Good Nurse.

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Woman of the Hour

2024

An aspiring actress crosses paths with a prolific serial killer in '70s LA when they're cast on an episode of "The Dating Game."

6.4

MagicScore

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

Boston Strangler

2023

Reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the line in their quest to uncover the truth.

6.6

MagicScore

Bluebeard

1963

Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefields, Henri Landru, a seemingly respectable furniture dealer, married and father of four children, relentlessly feeds his own sinister factory of death.

6.3

MagicScore

Smiley Face Killers

2020

Handsome young soccer player Jake Graham believes he is going insane, unable to shake the feeling of being stalked by something, by someone.

3.3

MagicScore

Sovereign

2025

Struggling single father Jerry indoctrinates his son Joe into the sovereign citizen movement, teaching him that laws are mere illusions and freedom is something you take. But, as Jerry’s ideology consumes them, they are set on a collision course with a police chief who has spent his life upholding the rules that Jerry has spent his tearing down.

6.6

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The Hunt For the BTK Killer

2005

After 31 years at-large, detectives in Wichita, Kansas hone in on the serial killer known as BTK.

5.4

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The Stranger Beside Me

2003

While working at a Seattle clinic for women in the 1970s, Ann Rule becomes friends with Ted Bundy. Based on a book by Ann Rule.

5.9

MagicScore

The Highwaymen

2019

In 1934, Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Texas Rangers, are commissioned to put an end to the wave of vicious crimes perpetrated by Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, a notorious duo of infamous robbers and cold-blooded killers who nevertheless are worshiped by the public.

6.8

MagicScore

#10

Saving Mr. Wu

2015

Mr. Wu, a Hong Kong movie star, is kidnapped in Beijing by Zhang Hua's gang. The police quickly form a task force and begin the search, ignoring that detectives in charge have only twenty hours before the deadline.

6.4

MagicScore

#11

Helter Skelter

2004

The rise of Charles Manson and his "family," who are responsible for a series of famous murders in the late 1960s. Manson, a magnetic and mysterious man, attracts road-weary single mother Linda Kasabian to join his collection of outcasts on a ranch outside of Los Angeles. After murdering actress Sharon Tate, Manson and his followers are investigated by district attorney Vincent Bugliosi.

5.7

MagicScore

#12

Kisapmata

1981

A young woman gets married but her authoritarian father refuses to let her out of his sight.

8.1

MagicScore

#13

Red Rooms

2023

The high-profile case of serial killer Ludovic Chevalier has just gone to trial, and Kelly-Anne is obsessed. When reality blurs with her morbid fantasies, she goes down a dark path to seek the final piece of the case’s puzzle.

7.1

MagicScore

#14

An American Crime

2007

The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.

7.3

MagicScore

#15

Cleveland Abduction

2015

A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.

7.2

MagicScore

#16

Snowtown

2011

Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.

6.3

MagicScore

#17

F Marry Kill

2025

When true-crime junkie Eva Vaugh is shoved into the dating app world by her besties on her 30th birthday, she suddenly finds herself at the center of a real-life murder case. As new details about the murders are revealed on her favorite podcast, she realizes that one of the three men she’s dating could be the infamous "Swipe Right Killer" terrorizing the city.

6.3

MagicScore

#18

City of Lies

2018

Los Angeles Police Department detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve his biggest case -- the murders of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur -- but after two decades, the investigation remains open. Jack Jackson, a reporter desperate to save his reputation and career, is determined to find out why. In search of the truth, the two team up and unravel a growing web of institutional corruption and lies.

6.4

MagicScore

#19

Backyard

2009

Officer Blanca Bravo arrives in Juarez, Mexico — a grim nexus of corporate colonialism and sexual tourism — to investigate a rash of killings targeting female migrant workers. But with no help from the locals, bringing the responsible parties to justice becomes a frustrating exercise. As Bravo rails against indifference and local corruption, she finds herself on a collision course with Mickey Santos, a Mexican mogul with a taste for young prostitutes.

6.3

MagicScore

#20

Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs

2014

Cult leader Warren Jeffs rises to power in the polygamist Mormon sect once headed by his late father, but some of his wives fight back to bring him to justice. Based on a true story.

6.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Deliberate Stranger?

The top films similar to The Deliberate Stranger by MovieMagicScore are Woman of the Hour (6.4), The Good Nurse (6.9), Boston Strangler (6.6). Each shares crime/drama/horror/tv movie/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Deliberate Stranger worth watching?

The Deliberate Stranger holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10 from 23 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Deliberate Stranger?

The Deliberate Stranger (1986) is a crime, drama, horror, tv movie, thriller film directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, starring Mark Harmon, Frederic Forrest, George Grizzard.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Deliberate Stranger?

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About movies like The Deliberate Stranger

This ranked list pairs The Deliberate Stranger (1986), a crime and drama and horror and tv movie and thriller film from Marvin J. Chomsky, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Mark Harmon 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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