Movies Like The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
If you liked The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971), a mystery and thriller movie directed by Sergio Martino, 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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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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Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thrillerPrivate 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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Vice Squad (1982)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerAn unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
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Too Late for Tears (1949)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerThrough a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.
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Tightrope (1984)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thrillerWes 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 Last Boy Scout (1991)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerSomewhere in Los Angeles, the city of broken dreams, a stripper is murdered. Now, the private detective she had hired and her ex-footballer boyfriend are going to find her murderer... if they don't kill each other…
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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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Kill the Irishman (2011)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerOver the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, Kill the Irishman chronicles Greene's…
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The Salton Sea (2002)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery and thrillerAfter the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his…
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Bone Lake (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thrillerA 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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Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987)
★ 7.3/10Also thrillerThis suspenseful Italian crime drama is set in a Colombian river town and chronicles the series of events that led up to murder. Based on a novel by distinguished author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the tale begins in the…
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Mulholland Falls (1996)
★ 6/10Also mystery and thrillerIn 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
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Jagged Edge (1985)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerAfter a wealthy heiress is murdered in her beach house, her devastated husband becomes the prime suspect. He hires a lawyer who hasn’t taken a criminal case in years, and as they work together, a complicated romance…
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Novocaine (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerA dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs.
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D.O.A. (1949)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and thrillerFrank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his…
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Basic Instinct (1992)
★ 7/10Also thriller and 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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The Infernal Machine (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mysteryReclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his…
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Death Walks on High Heels (1971)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery and thrillerExotic dancer Nicole finds herself terrorized by a black-clad assailant determined on procuring her murdered father's stolen gems. Fleeing Paris in hopes of evading her knife-wielding pursuer, Nicole arrives in England…
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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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Thursday (1998)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and mysteryA former Los Angeles drug dealer moves far away to Texas, making a new life for himself as a married architect in the suburbs. His old crime partner unexpectedly shows up with heroin and gangster business, attracting a…