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Movies like Zodiac

Not everyone loves Zodiac for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Zodiac

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like a cartoonist, a reporter and a detective trying to crack a killer's coded letters.

  2. You like a long investigation more than a quick chase.

  3. You can live with questions that never get a full answer.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • MINDHUNTER2017

    • a long investigation more than a quick chase

    Good for you if you like a slow, quiet build more than action.

  • The Batman2022

    • a cartoonist, a reporter and a detective trying to crack a killer's coded letters
    • a long investigation more than a quick chase

    Good for you if you like Batman solving a case like a noir detective.

  • Se7en1995

    • a cartoonist, a reporter and a detective trying to crack a killer's coded letters

    Good for you if you like following detectives through every step of a case.

  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo2011

    • a cartoonist, a reporter and a detective trying to crack a killer's coded letters

    Good for you if you like a dark, intricate investigation.

  • Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer2019

    • a cartoonist, a reporter and a detective trying to crack a killer's coded letters

    Good for you if you like an investigation solved from tiny details in the background of a video.

  • Unsolved Mysteries2020

    • a cartoonist, a reporter and a detective trying to crack a killer's coded letters
    • you can live with questions that never get a full answer

    Good for you if you like a case you can try to solve in an hour.

  • Sherlock2010

    • a cartoonist, a reporter and a detective trying to crack a killer's coded letters

    Good for you if you like watching a genius solve a case from a stranger's shoes.

  • The Wire2002

    • a long investigation more than a quick chase

    Good for you if you like a case built patiently over a whole season.

  • Criminal Minds2005

    • a cartoonist, a reporter and a detective trying to crack a killer's coded letters

    Good for you if you like working out who the killer is from how he thinks.

  • The Mentalist2008

    • a cartoonist, a reporter and a detective trying to crack a killer's coded letters

    Good for you if you like a weekly case cracked by watching how suspects lie.

  • No Country for Old Men2007

    • a long investigation more than a quick chase
    • you can live with questions that never get a full answer

    Good for you if you like scenes that take their time before anything happens.

Reasons taken from Zodiac's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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