Ted Bundy is not a new name to anyone—the infamous serial killer with over thirty victims during the 1970s. Although thirty was the official number, his body count may never be known. His methods were shockingly evil and vile. He would tend to revisit his victims, groom them, and perform sexual acts with the corpses until they decayed or wild animals destroyed them.
There have been many movies about this evil, shockingly evil serial killer. Some use him as inspiration, and others try to narrate with the best accuracy the story of the serial killer that terrorized America through the 1970s.
Even recently, a tv show about the women in Bundy’s life dropped on Prime called Falling for a Killer. Ted Bundy is just a topic everyone likes to talk about. So here are a few great Ted Bundy movies.
18. The Stranger Beside Me (1980)
- Director: Sandor Stern
- Writer: Ann Rule
- Cast: Billy Campbell, Barbara Hershey, Kevin Dunn
- IMDb Ratings: 6.1/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 41%
- Streaming Platform: Tubi
The movie is based on a best-selling book of the same name by Ann Rule about her friendship with the serial killer. Barbara Hershey played a role, and we got to see a new perspective from the eyes of Ann Rule on Ted Bundy as her friend.
Since not many people interviewed Bundy, the insights we got from Rule were eye-opening. It is one of the movies you should watch.
17. The Killing Of America (1982)
- Director: Sheldon Renan, Leonard Schrader
- Writer: Chieko Schrader, Leonard Schrader
- Cast: Chuck Riley, Ed Dorris, Thomas Noguchi, Sirhan Sirhan, Elmer Wayne Henley
- IMDb Ratings: 6.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: —
- Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime videos
The director’s perception of the United States’ deterioration is the central theme of The Killing of America. It includes interviews with Thomas Noguchi, the Los Angeles County coroner, and retired sergeant Ed Dorris of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department.
Along with recordings of murders and news reports, the documentary also features several interviews with killers who have already been sentenced to death, like Sirhan. It ties the killing of John F. Kennedy to the start of America’s problems.
In the 1970s, serial killers like Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy—who also raped and sexually assaulted their victims—became what the movie refers to as “sex killers.”
16. The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
- Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
- Writer: Richard W. Larsen
- Cast: Mark Harmon, George Grizzard, Fredric Forrest
- IMDb Ratings: 7.3/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 71%
- Streaming Platform: Xfinity Stream
The Deliberate SStranger was probably the first film on Ted Bundy that took off. It was based on a book of the same name. The book was adapted into a two-part movie set, starring Mark Harmon as Bundy.
It again depicts accurately (as much as public information stands) the shockingly evil ways of the serial killer, how he lured in young women and raped and strangled them to death. The story begins with the murder of George Hawkins.
This means significant parts of the Bundy case were omitted from the film. The Deliberate Stranger is based on real-life transcripts and is a very informative movie. Deliberate Stranger premiered when Bundy was still on death row.
15. Ted Bundy: The Mind Of A Killer
- Director: —Joe Berlinger
- Cast: David O’Brien, Ted Bundy, Jerry Blair, Park Dietz
- IMDb Ratings: 6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: —
- Streaming Platform: Youtube
It recounts Bundy’s case from beginning to end in this relatively straightforward documentary from the Biography Channel. If you’re unaware of Bundy’s crimes, it’s a nice place to start, even though it’s a little old-fashioned. The best part is that you can watch the entire event on YouTube.
14. Ted Bundy (2002)
- Director: Matthew Bright
- Writer: Stephen Johnston, Matthew Bright
- Cast: Michael Reilly Burke, Boti Bliss, Steffani Brass
- IMDb Ratings: 5.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 45%
- Streaming Platform: Tubi
This movie picks up when Bundy was a law student and began his murder sprees. That’s when the actual crime started. Matthew Bright co-writes the film and follows the serial killer’s life and his shockingly evil and wile ways of murdering his victims.
13. The Riverman (2004)
- Director: Bill Eagles
- Writer: Tom Towler
- Cast: Cary Elwes, David Brown, Renee Abbott
- IMDb Ratings: 5.9/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 26%
- Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video
The Riverman was a TV series based on a book called “The Riverman: Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer.” It talks about how Bundy offered criminology professor Robert Keppel help to profile a serial killer called the Riverman. It might have been one of the few authentic crime-solving moments of Bundy, although he wasn’t much help.
12. Ted Bundy: Natural Porn Killer (2006)
- Director: Sascha Olofson
- Cast: Joseph Aloi, Susannah Doyle, Jim Coleman, Bill Hagmaier
- IMDb Ratings: 7.4/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: —
- Streaming Platform: Netflix
Ted Bundy is the subject of a documentary. If Bundy’s preoccupation with pornography contributed to his crimes is the subject of this documentary. Many issues are related to Bundy’s crimes, and this documentary explores one of them.
11. The Capture Of The Green River Killer (2008)
- Director: Norma Bailey
- Writer: John Pielmeier
- Cast: Tom Cavanagh, Amy Davidson, Currie Graham
- IMDb Ratings: 7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: —
- Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video
This was a two-part movie about capturing the infamous Green River Killer. Ted Bundy offers to help find the killer, and that’s how he’s tied to this story. The green river killer had a string of murders from 1982 to 1998. This one’s an accurate representation of how he was caught.
Bundy enters the picture when he assists the investigators investigating the case, much like in The Riverman. James Marsters, best known for his role as Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, plays Bundy in this version. Although it’s challenging to obtain, the difficulty isn’t worth the effort.
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10. Bundy: A Legacy Of Evil (2008)
- Director: Michael Fifer
- Writer: Michael Fifer
- Cast: Corin Nemec, Kane Hodder, Jen Nikolaisen
- IMDb Ratings: 3.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: —
- Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video
The movie was also released as Bundy: An American Icon. Another great Ted Bundy movie on the American serial killer. It talks about his murder sprees and is based on actual events. Bundy: An American Icon was released in 2008 to decent audience reception.
It takes us through Bundy’s childhood to his trial. It’s a whole documentary on Bundy’s life.
9. Bundy: An American Icon (2008)
- Director: Michael Feifer
- Cast: Corin Nemec, Shannon Pierce Wilkins, Kane Hodder, David DeLuise
- IMDb Ratings: 3.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: —
- Streaming Platform: MUBI Tv
Michael Feifer’s horror film Bundy: An American Icon, sometimes titled Bundy: A Legacy of Evil, claims to be a Bundy biography. Unfortunately, it follows Feifer’s other serial killer films caring little for the facts, which is unfortunate for anyone searching for a fact-based affair.
It dramatizes Bundy’s biography from his difficult upbringing through his arrest and trial and comes across as little more than “brand” exploitation. Corin Nemec portrayed Bundy in the film, which critics didn’t receive well because they felt it didn’t add anything new to the canon of Ted Bundy movies.
8. The Hunt For Ted Bundy (2015)
- Director: Jamie Crawford
- Writer: Sam Miller
- Cast: Kathleen Garrett, Georgann Hawkins, Elizabeth Kendall, Ted Bundy, Bob Keppel
- IMDb Ratings: 6.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 74%
- Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video
The Hunt for Ted Bundy is a documentary on the nationwide search that spanned to look for Bundy and try him for his crimes. It contains archived footage, court records, and audio clips before Bundy sat in the electric chair.
7. Bundy And The Green River Killer (2019)
- Director: Andrew Jones
- Writer: Andrew Jones
- Cast: Jared Nelson, Mark Homer, Andromeda Godfrey
- IMDb Ratings: 3.4/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 6%
- Streaming Platform: Netflix
Another movie on the mysterious killer and how Bundy offered to help profile him. It’s still so confusing why someone would consult a serial killer to solve a crime, but seeing as how another serial killer had to be caught, it adds up that Ted Bundy would be able to give insights on the same.
6. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile (2019)
- Director: Joe Berlinger
- Writer: Michael Werwie
- Cast: Zac Efron, Lily Collins, John Malkovich
- IMDb Ratings: 6.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 57%
- Streaming Platform: Netflix
High School Musical star Zac Efron played Ted Bundy in the 2019 film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile. The movie’s director, Joe Berlinger, was also responsible for Netflix’s Conversations with a Killer. While Bundy was on execution row, he participated in lengthy interviews.
Judge Edward Cowart (John Malkovich), who used the words when convicting Bundy of murder, is the inspiration for the title of the film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile. The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy, the book’s author that served as the basis for the film, was primarily Liz Kloepfer, who had been Bundy’s long-term lover.
The film starts in 1969 when Elizabeth and Bundy first met and continues through Bundy’s killing rampage and into his imprisonment. The movie is based on a book written by Elizabeth Kendall – The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy.
5. Falling For A Killer (2020)
- Director: Trish Wood
- Writer: Richard O’Regan, Carolyn Saunders
- Cast: Elizabeth Kendall, Steve Winn, Phyllis Armstrong, Molly Kendall
- IMDb Ratings: 7.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 80%
- Streaming Platform: Prime Videos
In Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer, his longtime partner Elizabeth Kendall and her daughter Molly describe the killings, legal battles, and execution of the serial killer Ted Bundy.
The series makes use of archive video and images as well as interviews with people who were attacked by him but survived, with police, reporters, and with others who were involved in the incidents.
4. Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes (2021)
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- Director: Joe Berlinger
- Writer: Joe Berlinger
- IMDb Ratings: 7.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 74%
- Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video
This movie is based on actual interviews with the killer. Few interviewed Bundy, but people like Stephen Michaud and Hugh Aynesworth got some. Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes is the most accurate documentary about the man you can find.
3. No Man Of God (2021)
- Director: Amber Sealey
- Writer: Robert Cargill
- Cast: Luke Kirby, Elijah Wood, Alexa Palladino
- IMDb Ratings: 6.3/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 63%
- Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video
No Man of God is a crime drama movie released in 2021. It is based on real-life transcripts of the conversations between Bundy and FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier. It’s mainly a two-person affair between them and an overall good movie. No Man of God has also received high ratings for a Bundy movie of recent times.
2. American Boogeyman (2021)
- Director: Daniel Farrands
- Writer: Daniel Farrands
- Cast: Chad Michael Murray, Holland Roden, Greer Grammer
- IMDb Ratings: 3.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 16%
- Streaming Platform: Hulu
Ted Bundy’s American Boogeyman is the latest addition to a long list of movies on the infamous killer. Its low scores are attributed to the fact that it’s yet another movie with the same character titled “based on a true story.”
But other than that, the movie is good in its technical aspects and covers the life of the serial killer quite well. It shows the evil ways he lured his victims to their ultimate demise.
If you want to watch the true story of the serial killer Ted Bundy in a modern fashion, Ted Bundy American Boogeyman is for you.
1. Ted Bundy Had A Son (2022)
- Director: Lluvia Almanza, Amish, Vicky Bagley
- Writer: Cheyanne Allison, Lluvia Almanza, Amish
- Cast: Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Mindy Robinson, Joshua R. Outzen
- IMDb Ratings: To release in September 2022
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: To release in September 2022
- Streaming Platform: TBA
The film follows legendary serial murderer Brandon, also known as Reid Ryan Allen, and exposes his effects on all of us worldwide. Fans, law enforcement, copycats, victims’ families, and vigilantes seeking justice are all trying to catch the Chameleon who can’t be seen.
Ted Bundy started his murderous spree more than 40 years ago. He charmed America with his charisma and “excellent looks,” although that last claim is dubious, through early arrests and a widely reported trial.
Everyone was interested in learning why the man showed such flagrant disrespect for human life, especially women’s lives, from the detectives investigating the case to psychologists to newspaper writers.
Numerous books and films have attempted to go deeper to understand what made one of the most renowned killers in the world tick, including Netflix’s 2019 releases “Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes” and “Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer.”
