Movies Like A Body to Die For 2: The Mann Trap
If you liked A Body to Die For 2: The Mann Trap (1998), a mystery movie directed by Ross Cannon, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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American Gigolo (1980)
★ 6.2/10Also mysteryJulian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and…
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Cruising (1980)
★ 6.6/10Also mysteryWhen New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, rookie cop Steve Burns infiltrates the gay S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.
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Basic Instinct (1992)
★ 7/10Also mysteryCatherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.
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8MM (1999)
★ 6.5/10Also mysteryA small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of…
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Mulholland Falls (1996)
★ 6/10Also mysteryIn 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
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Tightrope (1984)
★ 6.2/10Also mysteryWes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his…
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Too Late (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also mysteryPrivate investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past.
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Body Double (1984)
★ 6.7/10Also mysteryAfter losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies…
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Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
★ 6.7/10Also mysteryPrivate eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled…
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Marlowe (1969)
★ 6.2/10Also mysteryMysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly of the city, turning up leads who are…
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Jigsaw (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also mysteryLaw enforcement finds itself chasing the ghost of a man dead for over a decade, embroiled in a diabolical new game that's only just begun.
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Saw (2004)
★ 7.4/10Also mysteryTwo men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With…
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Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also mysteryWorking in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome…
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Bone Lake (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also mysteryA couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream…
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The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998)
★ 6.5/10Also mysteryWhen teacher Randall Thomasson is killed during a carjacking, an unexpected visitor shows up at his funeral - his estranged brother, Karl Thomasson. An ex-Green Beret turned mercenary, Karl signs on as a new substitute…
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The Echo (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also mysteryAn ex-prisoner moves to an old apartment, where one gets to see in the middle of a domestic problem between a police officer, his wife and his daughter. When he tries to intervene, he will be caught in a mysterious…
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Wonderland (2003)
★ 6.1/10Also mysteryOn the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the…
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Oldboy (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also mysteryA man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.
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Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
★ 6.7/10Also mysteryThe continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.
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Cop (1988)
★ 6.4/10Also mysteryAn obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.