True Crime Movies

[STANDREID]

31-Bonnie and Clyde (1967-U.S.-1:52) Murders and robberies of the Parker/Barrow gang

32-In Broad Daylight (1991-U.S.-1:30) Unsolved murder of town bully Ken Rex McElroy

33-The Deadly Tower (1975-U.S.-1:33) Charles Whitman's murder spree

34-Swoon (1991-U.S.-1:35) Murder by Leopold and Loeb

35-The Blank Panther (1977-U.K.-1:30) Arch-criminal Donald Neilson

 

[badhorsie]

Cry in the Dark (I think) about Lindy Chamberlain, of "Dingo Baby" fame, or misfortune

 

[STANDREID]

36-Ed Gein (2001-U.S.-1:28) Same said serial killer

37-Fool's Gold (1992-U.K.-1:37) Murder and the Brink's-Mat robbery

38-M (1931-Gr.-1:20) Supposedly inspired by Peter Kurten

39-The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976-U.S.-1:30) The unsolved Texarkana Phantom serial killings

40-Pandora's Box [Die Buchse der Pandora] (1928-Gr.-1:50) Silent unsolved Jack the Ripper rendition

 

[STANDREID]

Cry in the Dark (I think) about Lindy Chamberlain, of "Dingo Baby" fame, or misfortune

Yes, my first movie list was published in CrimeBeat Magazine in 1992 and that one was on it.

 

[LunaticFringe]

I'd like to see a well made movie about Colleen Stans.She was the girl who was abducted by Cameron and Janice Hooker.

They kept her in a man made head box and she slept underneath their bed in a contraption he made as well.
That was one hell of a true crime story.I couldn't put that book down.

I'm glad she finally got away.

 

[STANDREID]

41-The Zodiac (2005-U.S.-1:37) Another version of the at large serial killer

42-The Doctor and the Devils (1985-U.K.-1:33) Based on Burke and Hare

43-Double Indemnity (1944-U.S.-1:47) Reportedly inspired by killers Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray

44-Kalifornia (1993-U.S.-1:57) Supposedly inspired by Starkweather/Fugate

45-Monster (2003-U.S.-1:51) Serial killer Aileen Wuornos

 

[badhorsie]

Changeling is another one, about the Wineville Chicken Coop murders with some artistic licence

 

[badhorsie]

Have we done The Executioner's song? about Gary Gilmore

 

[STANDREID]

Have we done The Executioner's song? about Gary Gilmore

No, but that's very timely since it's imminent on my list.:waitasec:

 

[STANDREID]

46-The Executioner's Song (1982-U.S.-2:37) Gary Gilmore murders and the aftermath

47-The Weight of Water (2000-U.S.-1:45) The Smutty Nose murders

48-Ravenous (1999-U.S.-1:40) Said to parallel Alfred Packer

49-The Boston Strangler (1968-U.S.-1:56) Shows Albert DeSalvo as the serial killer

50-Fatal Vision (1984-U.S.-3:12) Jeffrey MacDonald and mass murder

Whew - one quarter done!

 

[STANDREID]

51-The Sniper (1952-U.S.-1:28) Said to be inspired by spree killer Howard Unruh

52-Eaten Alive (1976-U.S.-1:36) Serial killer Joe Ball inspired

53-I Can't Sleep [J'ai Pas Sommeil] (1993-Fr.-1:50) Gay lovers and serial granny killers Thierry Paulin and Jean-Thierry Mathurin

54-The Honeymoon Killers (1970-U.S.-1:53) Another about serial killers Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck

55-Sid and Nancy (1986-U.K.-1:51) Sid Vicious kills Nancy Spungen

 

[STANDREID]

56-Evilenko (2004-It.-1:51) Based on Andrei Chikatilo

57-Cronicas (2004-Mx.-1:48) Serial child killer Pedro Lopez inspired

58-Rope (1948-U.S.-1:21) Supposedly inspired by Leopold and Loeb

59-The Lodger (1932-U.K.-1:25) Jack the Ripper on the rampage

60-Gun Crazy (1949-U.S.-1:27) Said to be inspired by Bonnie and Clyde

 

[STANDREID]

61-Naked Massacre (1976-Cn.-1:32) Based on Richard Speck

62-Helter Skelter (1976-U.S.-3:14) Charles Manson murders

63-Murder by Decree (1979-U.K.-2:04) Sherlock Holmes chases Jack the Ripper

64-Dirty Harry (1971-U.S.-1:43) Loosely based on Zodiac

65-Passion in Paradise (1989-U.S.-1:40) The unsolved slaying of Sir Harry Oakes

 

[tapu]

The world needs a good true crime movie about The Bloody Benders, who worked their nefarious evil about six miles from where I grew up.

Geez, she chased after a woman with knives just because she "cursed her coffee"?? They're worse than our denizens: "The Wild and Wonderful Whites of WVA"--see YouTube.

 

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Geez, she chased after a woman with knives just because she "cursed her coffee"?? They're worse than our denizens: "The Wild and Wonderful Whites of WVA"--see YouTube.

Ma Bender was a caution, was Ma.

 

[STANDREID]

66-Chicago Joe and the Show Girl (1990-U.K.-1:45) Murderers Karl Hulten and Elizabeth Jones

67-The Black Dahlia (2006-U.S.-2:01) Elizabeth Short Murder

68-Looking For Mister Goodbar (1977-U.S.-2:16) Murder of Katherine Cleary

69-The Onion Field (1979-U.S.-2:02) Policeman Ian Campbell is murdered

70-The Lodger (1944-U.S.-1:24) Jack the Ripper suspect takes a flat

 

[badhorsie]

Geez, she chased after a woman with knives just because she "cursed her coffee"?? They're worse than our denizens: "The Wild and Wonderful Whites of WVA"--see YouTube.

Just looked this up, sounds fascinating, I must watch it

 

[STANDREID]

71-Birdman of Alcatraz (1962-U.S.-2:23) Killer Robert Stroud

72-The Hitch-Hiker (1953-U.S.-1:11) Inspired by spree killer William Cook

73-Frenzy (1972-U.K.-1:56) Loosely based on the Thames Nudes Murderer a.k.a. Jack the Stripper

74-Deliberate Stranger (1986-U.S.-3:08) Serial killer Ted Bundy

75-Murder in the Red Barn (1936-U.K.-1:07) The slaying of Maria Marten

 

[STANDREID]

76-Jack the Ripper (1988-U.S.-3:20) Jack may have some royal connections

77-Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story (1992-U.S.-1:35) The female serial killer

78-A Place In the Sun (1951-U.S.-2:00) Inspired by the Grace Brown murder

79-Badlands (1974-U.S.-1:34) Based on the Starkweather and Fugate murders

80-They Won't Forget (1937-U.S.-1:35) Mary Phagan Murder inspired

 

[STANDREID]

81-Study In Terror (1965-U.K.-1:34) Sherlock has his first go at Jack the Ripper

82-The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976-U.S.-2:30) Snatching and murder of Little Lindy

83-The Lodger (1926-U.K.-1:31) A Jack the Ripper suspect takes a room

84-Rampage (1987-U.S.-1:32) Based on serial killer Richard Trenton Chase

85-The Hillside Strangler (1989-U.S.-1:31) Serial killing duo Bianchi and Buono