20 movies based on real-life serial killers

Woman of the Hour (2024) | Image Source: Anna kendrick/Instagram
Woman of the Hour (2024) | Image Source: Anna kendrick/Instagram

4) Zodiac (2007)

Zodiac (2007) | Image Source: Warner Bros. Pictures
Zodiac (2007) | Image Source: Warner Bros. Pictures

David Fincher's Zodiac closely and accurately recounts the search for the elusive Zodiac Killer, whose cryptic letters haunted the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This movie is an adaptation of Robert Graysmith's book on how this journalist became obsessed with uncovering the identity of this murderer. With standout performances from Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., and Mark Ruffalo, Zodiac expertly weaves mystery with suspense. Fincher's meticulous details recreate paranoia from the time, but this is a slow-burning masterclass. It remains an unsolved case that adds that eerie layer of reality to it.

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Edited by Tanisha Aggarwal