Movies Like The Brutal Insanity of Love
If you liked The Brutal Insanity of Love (1993), a mystery and horror movie directed by Toshiharu Ikeda, 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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Body Cam (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and mysteryAs a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.
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Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
★ 5.9/10Also mysteryActress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound…
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Evil of Dracula (1974)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and mysteryProfessor Shiraki arrives at an isolated girls' boarding school to take a new position. Upon arrival, he learns the principal's wife died in a car accident and is being kept in the cellar, according to local tradition…
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Urban Legend (1998)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and horrorA college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.
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The Inhabitant (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and mysteryLike any other teenage girl, Tara is just surviving high school — yet her father and mother seem strangely distant. Amidst a nearby spree of gruesome ax murders, Tara has sightings of terrifying entities, forcing her…
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The Girl Who Got Away (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and mysteryA female serial killer who killed four young girls is sent away to prison, but a fifth victim escaped with her life. Twenty years later, the killer escapes and begins hunting for the one who got away.
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Reincarnation (2005)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and mysteryA Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago.
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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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The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also mysteryUpon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while…
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God Told Me To (1976)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and mysteryA New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random citizens who claim that 'God told them to'.
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Angel Dust (1994)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and mysteryEvery Monday, a young woman is murdered in the subway, leading psychiatrist Setsuko Suma to investigate Dr. Rei Aku's deprogramming of former sect members.
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Cult Killer (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and horrorA private investigator is forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor, who is implicated in the crimes.
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Night Watch (1973)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery and horrorA woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.
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The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also mysteryJane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
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Black Christmas (1974)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and mysteryAs the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone calls.
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Like Minds (2006)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and horrorA forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.
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Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
★ 5.8/10Also mystery and horrorA famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer.
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Psycho Killer (2026)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and mysteryFollowing the brutal murder of her husband, a Kansas highway patrol officer sets out on a journey to track down the perpetrator. As the hunt progresses, she comes to realize the man responsible is a sadistic serial…
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Cure (1997)
★ 7.6/10Also horror and mysteryA frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.
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Older Gods (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and mysteryAfter the disappearance of his troubled friend, American Chris Rivers travels to the remote Welsh countryside to investigate what happened – leading him to a dark apocalyptic cult.