The “Jack the Ripper” Movies

fictional films and television shows about the Whitechapel Murders

This list of “Jack the Ripper” Movies is split into two sections: 1 - fictionalised Film and TV movie accounts of the Whitechapel Murders in context HERE and 2 - fictionalised film and TV movies featuring “Jack the Ripper” as a character out of context HERE. Non fiction accounts of the Whitechapel Murders are listed in our documentaries section HERE.

These films run the whole gamut of genres from drama, mystery and thriller to horror, science fiction and fantasy... somewhat unbelievably there are also some comedies and even a couple that might be considered romance or erotica. We've purposely missed out a few that are essentially just porn-movies because we feel their inclusion would be inappropriate. If you have a problem with this, well... you can make your own list can't you.

You can read our reviews (coming soon) connected to this list with absolute confidence - this is a NO SPLOILER zone!

1: Movie & TV adaptations of the Whitechapel Murders

A chronological list of fictional films and television shows about or featuring “Jack the Ripper” and/or are based on (to widely varying degrees of accuracy) the actual events of the Whitechapel Murders in their (rough) historical context.

Waxworks (Paul Leni & Leo Birinsky, Germany. 1924)

The Lodger (Alfred Hitchcock, UK. 1927)

Pandora's Box (Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Germany. 1929)

The Phantom Fiend (Maurice Elvey, UK. 1932)

The Lodger (John Brahm, USA. 1944)

A Room to Let (Godfrey Grayson, USA. 1950)

Man in the Attic (Hugo Fregonese, USA. 1953)

The Veil - Jack the Ripper (David MacDonald, USA. 1958)

Jack the Ripper (Robert S. Baker & Monty Berman, UK. 1959)

Thriller - Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper (Ray Milland, USA. 1961)

A Study in Terror (James Hill, UK. 1965)

Cimarron Strip - Knife in the Darkness (Charles R. Rondeau, USA. 1968)

Hands of the Ripper (Peter Sasdy, UK. 1971)

Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (Roy Ward, UK. 1971)

Jack the Ripper (Jess Franco, Switzerland/West Germany. 1976)

Murder by Decree (Bob Clark, Canada/UK. 1979)

Time After Time (Nicholas Meyer, USA. 1979)

Lulu (Walerian Borowczyk, France. 1980)

The Metropolitan Opera Presents - Lulu (Brian Large, USA [German language]. 1980)

Jack the Ripper (David Wickes, UK/USA. 1988 TV Mini-Series/Movie)

Edge of Sanity (Gérard Kikoïne, UK/USA/France/Hungary. 1989)

Deadly Advice (Mandie Fletcher, USA. 1994)

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues - Brotherhood of the Bell (Zale Dalen, USA. 1995)

Timecop - A Rip in Time (Allan Arkush, USA. 1997)

The Ripper (Janet Meyers, USA/Australia. 1997 TV Movie)

Dead Man's Gun - The Ripper (Sturla Gunnarsson, Canada. 1998)

Goodnight Sweetheart - The 'Ouses in Between (Nic Phillips, UK. 1999)

Love Lies Bleeding (William Tannen, USA/Australia. 1999)

From Hell (Albert Hughes & Allen Hughes, USA. 2001)

Shanghai Knights (David Dobkin, USA/Hong Kong. 2003)

The Collector - The Ripper (Larry Sugar, Canada. 2005)

Murdoch Mysteries - Snakes and Ladders (Farhad Mann, Canada/UK. 2009)

A Rogue in Londinium (Whitney Hamilton, USA. 2010)

Ripper Street (Richard Warlow, UK. 2012-16)

Ripper (James Campbell, UK. 2015)

Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher (Sebastian Niemann, Germany. 2016 TV Movie)

Ripper Untold (Steve Lawson, UK. 2021)

2: Film & TV movies featuring “Jack the Ripper”

A chronological list of fictional films and television shows about or featuring a “Jack the Ripper” character (or scenario) taken entirely out of (his/her) historical and/or geographical context.

Star Trek - Wolf in the Fold (Joseph Pevney, USA. 1967)

Seven Murders for Scotland Yard (José Luis Madrid, Spain/Italy. 1971)

The Ruling Class (Peter Medak, UK. 1972)

The Sixth Sense - With Affection, Jack the Ripper (Robert Day, USA. 1972)

Kolchak: The Night Stalker - The Ripper (Allen Baron, USA. 1974)

A Man with a Maid (Vernon P. Becker, Sweden/USA. 1975)

Vega$ - Ghost of the Ripper (Lawrence Dobkin, USA. 1979)

?The Dungeonmaster - Slasher (Steven Ford, USA. 1984)?

Terror at London Bridge (E.W. Swackhamer, USA. 1985)

The Ripper (Christopher Lewis, USA. 1985)

Friday's Curse - Doctor Jack (Richard Friedman, USA. 1987)

Jack's Back (Rowdy Herrington, USA. 1988)

Waxwork (Anthony Hickox, USA. 1988)

Waxwork II: Lost in Time (Anthony Hickox, USA. 1992)

Forever Knight - Bad Blood (Allan Kroeker, Canada. (1994)

NightMan - Manimal (Allan Eastman, USA. 1998)

The Outer Limits - Ripper (Mario Azzopardi, Canada. 1999)

Ripper (John Eyres, Canada. 2001)

Bad Karma (John Hough, USA. 2002)

The Legend of Bloody Jack (Todd Portugal, USA. 2007)

Whitechapel (S.J. Clarkson, UK. 2009–)

Modus Operandi (James Helsing, USA. 2014)

The Butchers / The Death Factory (Steven Judd, USA. 2014)

Razors: The Return of Jack the Ripper (Ian Powell & Karl Ward, USA. 2016)

From Hell to the Wild West (Rene Perez, USA. 2017)

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight [Animation] (Sam Liu, USA. 2018)

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