as suggested by harold schechter in the book the serial killer files: the who, what, where, how and why of the world's most terrifying murderers

• citizen x (1995)
• fear city (1984)
• felicia's journey (1999)
• henry: portrait of a serial killer (1990)
• manhunter (1986)
• maniac (1980)
• rampage (1988)
• se7en (1995)
• the silence of the lambs (1991)
• summer of sam (1999)
• the vanishing (1988)
• the young poisoner's hand-book (1995)