An American Crime vs Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

An American Crime has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 6.5/10 for Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer). An American Crime is the shorter watch at 1h 37m compared with 1h 42m. An American Crime is the older of the two (2007 against 2025). Both are crime, drama, horror movies, so they suit a similar mood.

An American Crime posterAn American Crime2007 VS Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer posterPsycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer2025
An American CrimePsycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 6.5/10
Year20072025
Length1h 37m1h 42m
GenresCrime, Drama, HorrorComedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country––
DirectorTommy O'HaverTolga Karaçelik
Main castNick Searcy, Elliot Page, James Franco, Catherine Keener, Scott EastwoodSteve Buscemi, John Magaro, Britt Lower, Ward Horton, Jacob Ming-Trent

Synopsis

An American Crime

The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.

Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night.

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