MOVIEPAD
Search icon

Movies Like The Strangler

If you liked The Strangler (1971), a crime and horror movie directed by Paul Vecchiali, 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. 1Maniac

    Maniac (1963)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and horror

    When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

  2. 2Diabolically Yours

    Diabolically Yours (1967)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and crime

    A wealthy amnesiac begins to suspect that his devoted wife is not really his wife and that he is not the man people keep telling him he is.

  3. 3La Menace

    La Menace (1977)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and thriller

    Henri Savin has managed a trucking company for his lover, Dominique Montlaur, for many years. Now he is planning to leave her for Julie Manet, the woman he has made pregnant, and Dominique is hysterical. She first…

  4. 4The Naked City

    The Naked City (1948)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime and thriller

    After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

  5. 5Joy House

    Joy House (1964)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and crime

    A small-time con man on the run from his girlfriend's gangster husband hides out in a strange, brooding mansion run by two mysterious women, where he finds himself trapped in deception between the two.

  6. 6The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime and thriller

    Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

  7. 7He Walked by Night

    He Walked by Night (1949)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller and crime

    Roy Martin aka Roy Morgan is a burglar and former war-time Radio & Electronics Engineer who listens in to radio police calls, allowing him to stay one step ahead of the cops.

  8. 8The Crook

    The Crook (1970)

    ★ 7.1/10Also thriller and crime

    A thief known as Simon the Swiss faces up and downs in his criminal profession.

  9. 9The Invitation

    The Invitation (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and horror

    Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that…

  10. 10Lady in the Lake

    Lady in the Lake (1946)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and crime

    Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to…

  11. 11The Mechanic

    The Mechanic (1972)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and thriller

    Arthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as he hits middle age, he's so depressed and…

  12. 12Death of a Corrupt Man

    Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and thriller

    In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of…

  13. 13Nightfall

    Nightfall (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime and thriller

    An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

  14. 14Oscar Shaw

    Oscar Shaw (2026)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and thriller

    After retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the…

  15. 15Indemnity

    Indemnity (2022)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and crime

    An ex-fireman with PTSD goes on the run when accused of a crime he doesn't even remember committing, leading him down a rabbit hole of conspiracy to the highest degree.

  16. 16The Night Stalker

    The Night Stalker (1972)

    ★ 6.9/10Also horror and thriller

    Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into…

  17. 17Race with the Devil

    Race with the Devil (1975)

    ★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller

    Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.

  18. 18House of Horrors

    House of Horrors (1946)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and crime

    An unsuccessful sculptor saves a madman named "The Creeper" from drowning. Seeing an opportunity for revenge, he tricks the psycho into murdering his critics.

  19. 19The Scarlet Claw

    The Scarlet Claw (1944)

    ★ 7/10Also crime and thriller

    When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.

  20. 20D.O.A.

    D.O.A. (1949)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller and crime

    Frank 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…

← Back to The Strangler