Movies Like Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
If you liked Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), a crime and fantasy movie directed by Tom Tykwer, 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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The Nines (2007)
★ 6/10Also drama and fantasyA troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
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M (1951)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and dramaIn the city, someone is murdering children. The police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.
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Cop (1988)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and dramaAn obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.
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Killing Zoe (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and dramaZed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services…
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Crimes of Passion (1984)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and dramaFashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a…
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Enter the Void (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasy and dramaThis psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police…
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Cape Fear (1962)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and crimeSam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.
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Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015)
★ 6/10Also drama and crimeThe true story of the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, the grandson of the founder of the Heineken brewery, and his driver. They were released after a ransom of 35 million Dutch guilders was paid.
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The Killer Inside Me (2010)
★ 5.8/10Also crime and dramaDeputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that is the worst they say about him…
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A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and dramaPrivate investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
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Naked Lunch (1991)
★ 7/10Also crime and dramaBlank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway, Bill gets a drug made from a centipede…
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Layer Cake (2004)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crimeWhen a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
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Gone Baby Gone (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and dramaWhen 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The…
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The Naked City (1948)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and dramaAfter a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
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Fallen (1998)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and dramaHomicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
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Nightmare Alley (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and dramaAn ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.
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Winged Creatures (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and dramaA psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an…
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House by the River (1950)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and dramaWealthy writer Stephen Byrne tries to seduce the family maid, but when she resists, he kills her. Long jealous of his brother John, Stephen does his best to pin the blame for the murder on his sibling. Also affected by…
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The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and dramaA rich man's daughter is held captive in an abandoned apartment by two former convicts who abducted her and hold her ransom in exchange for her father's money.
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Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and dramaNewspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.