Movies Like The Crazy Widow

If you liked The Crazy Widow (1980), a movie directed by Yoshiaki Horikoshi, 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.

1
Framed (1947)
★ 6.5/10
Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame…
2
Conflict (1945)
★ 6.7/10
Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.
3
Vampyres (1974)
★ 6/10
A duo of bisexual female vampires prey on passing motorists, whom they seduce and murder in the English countryside.
4
The Woman in Red (1984)
★ 6.3/10
When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make her acquaintance. However, as he tries out various schemes to sneak…
5
Born to Be Bad (1950)
★ 6/10
Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her…
6
What a Way to Go! (1964)
★ 7.1/10
A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.
7
Heatwave (2022)
★ 6.2/10
A woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for her boss's wife. She must soon defend herself as she becomes entangled in a web of malice.
8
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
★ 6/10
A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.
9
A Glenbrooke Christmas (2020)
★ 6.5/10
As Christmas nears, heiress Jessica Morgan seizes what seems like her last chance to experience a relaxed Christmas and heads off to the small town of Glenbrooke, where she meets a handsome fireman.
10
The Locket (1946)
★ 6.3/10
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
11
Effie Gray (2014)
★ 6/10
A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.
12
The Last Seduction (1994)
★ 6.7/10
A devious femme fatale steals her husband’s drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.
13
Chateau Christmas (2020)
★ 6.1/10
Margot, a world-renowned pianist, returns to Chateau Newhaus to spend the holidays with her family and is reunited with an ex who helps her rediscover her passion for music.
14
Original Sin (2001)
★ 6.2/10
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
15
Dinner in America (2022)
★ 7.8/10
An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with a local band go on an unexpected and epic journey together through the decaying suburbs of the American Midwest.
16
Focus (2015)
★ 6.9/10
Nicky, an accomplished con artist, gets romantically involved with his disciple Jess but later ends their relationship. Years later, she returns as a femme fatale to spoil his plans.
17
Audition (2000)
★ 7.1/10
Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of…
18
Villains (2019)
★ 6.2/10
When their car breaks down, a couple on the run headed southbound for a fresh start in the Sunshine State break into a nearby house looking for a new set of wheels. What they find instead is a dark secret, and a…
19
The Transgressor (1974)
★ 6.4/10
18 years after the mysterious death of her mother, Maya takes religious vows to find out what terrible things happened to her mother inside the Sacred Heart Convent. As soon as the door closes to the nunnery, the nuns…
20
Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969)
★ 6.7/10
Go, Go, Second Time Virgin is the story of two damned and abused teenagers who meet and fall in mutant love on a Tokyo rooftop. Their only hope is to cement their love with an escape into oblivion.