Top 5 Jeffrey Dahmer Movies

If you are looking for serial killer movies about Jeffrey Dahmer the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, you should definitely check our picks for the 5 best Jeffrey Dahmer movies. 

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5 Best Jeffrey Dahmer Movies

Among all the thriller, horror, and documentary movies, we have chosen for you the best ones that talks about the American  serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.  Here is our list of the top 5 Jeffrey Dahmer Movies.

5. Dahmer (2002)
4. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2012)
3. My Friend Dahmer (2017)
2.  Serial Killers: The Real Life Hannibal Lecters (2021)
1. The Trial of Jeffrey Dahmer: Serial Killer (1992)

Keep reading for more information about each movie on this list.

5. Dahmer (2002)

Dahmer is a 2002 American horror thriller drama film written and directed by David Jacobson. Based on the crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer, the movie follows the American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer (by Jeremy Renner) who murdered seventeen men and boys in both Bath, Ohio, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin between 1978 and 1991. 

4. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2012)

The Jeffrey Dahmer Files is a 2012 independent documentary film about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer during the summer of his arrest. The film was directed by Chris James Thompson and stars Andrew Swant as Dahmer in fictionalized re-enactment segments which are interwoven with interviews of the medical examiner assigned to the case (Jeffrey Jentzen), the lead detective (Pat Kennedy), and Dahmer’s next door-neighbor (Pamela Bass).

3. My Friend Dahmer (2017) 

Written and directed by Marc Meyers, My Friend Dahmer is a 2017 American biographical psychological drama film about American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. The film is based on the 2012 graphic novel of the same name by cartoonist John “Derf” Backderf, who had been friends with Dahmer in high school in the 1970s, until the time Dahmer began his killing spree in 1978.  

2.  Serial Killers: The Real Life Hannibal Lecters (2021)

Serial Killers: The Real Life Hannibal Lecters is a 2001 American documentary film that examines a selection of real-life serial killers like  Jeffrey Dahmer and compares them to the fictional Hannibal Lecter which is a fictional character created by the novelist Thomas Harris.
 

1. The Trial of Jeffrey Dahmer: Serial Killer (1992)

The Trial of Jeffrey Dahmer: Serial Killer is a 1992 American crim documentary film. This documentary uses clips of the trial of Jeffrey Dahmer to tell the individual stories of his murders.
 

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