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Name: Copycat
Director: Jon Amiel
Genre: crime, mystery, thriller
Released: 1995
Duration: 2 h 4 min
Rating: 6.6

Copycat has an iRankMovies score of 66.1/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Copycat (1995)

One man is copying the most notorious killers in history one at a time. Together, two women must stop him from killing again. Or they’re next.

Release:1995

Runtime:2h 4m

Country:United States

Director:Jon Amiel

Language:English

Genre

CrimeMysteryThriller

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Keywords

Police BrutalityPsychologyPolice OperationPolice ProtectionPsychologistSerial KillerCowardliness

iRank66

Copycat rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.6/10· 80K votes

Rotten Tomatoes76%

Metacritic54%

TMDb6.472/10· 1K votes

With 76% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.6/10 on IMDb and 54/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Copycat

An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.

Cast of Copycat

Sigourney Weaver
as Helen Hudson
Holly Hunter
as M.J. Monahan
Dermot Mulroney
as Ruben Goetz
William McNamara
as Peter Foley
Harry Connick Jr.
as Daryll Lee Cullum
J.E. Freeman
as Lt. Quinn
Will Patton
as Nicoletti
John Rothman
as Andy
S
Shannon O'Hurley
as Susan Schiffer
B
Bob Greene
as Pachulski
T
Tony Haney
as Kerby
D
Danny Kovacs
as Kostas

Copycat facts

Budget: $20M
Box office: $32M

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026Methodology Data sources

Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Police procedural depth combines psychological thriller tension with criminal investigation
•Psychologist protagonist angle offers nuanced perspective on criminal mind exploration
•Crime-mystery interweaving maintains suspense through psychological complexity throughout

What the audience disliked

•Police brutality themes treated somewhat superficially given serious subject matter weight
•Narrative pacing occasionally lapses in tension despite strong psychological premise foundation