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Manhunter (1986) — Stream on Prime Video · CriticCrunch

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Manhunter

Movie1986·120 min

Manhunter

Directed by Michael Mann

Crime Horror Thriller

A crime horror film directed by Michael Mann.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 31%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.0/10

2K ratings

About Manhunter

FBI Agent Will Graham, retired after catching notorious cannibal Hannibal Lecter, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecter to capture a new killer.

Pacing: Brisk (6 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Stylized, Tense
Story Tags: obsession, trauma recovery, late 20th century, urban, domestic home, rivals, colleagues, detective investigator, reluctant hero, investigation procedural, cat and mouse, conspiracy, serial killer, corruption, gothic horror

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Details

Director: Michael Mann
Language: English

Cast

William L. Petersen, Tom Noonan, Dennis Farina

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How Manhunter Ranks

All movies

Top 31%

1980s movies

Top 33%

Crime movies

Top 29%

1980s Crime movies

Top 33%

Michael Mann films#6 of 12

Top 31% All movies.

the vibe

Manhunter Vibe

What it feels like

briskdarkintenselayeredseriouspersonalhaunting

stylized

tense

What it's about

investigation proceduralcat & mouseconspiracyobsessiontrauma recoverydetective investigatorreluctant herorivalscolleaguesserial killercorruptiongothic horrorurbandomestic homelate 20th century

pacing

brisk 6/9brisk 6/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

stylizedstyled