Movies Like A Knife for the Ladies

If you liked A Knife for the Ladies (1974), a horror and western movie directed by Larry G. Spangler, 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
Cult Killer (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
A 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.
2
The Thicket (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also western
An innocent young man, Jack, goes on an epic quest to rescue his sister Lula after she has been kidnapped by the violent killer Cut Throat Bill and her gang. To save her, Jack enlists the help of a crafty bounty hunter…
3
Dressed to Kill (1980)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing…
4
The Prowler (1981)
★ 5.8/10Also horror
Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.
5
Night of the Reaper (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also horror
College student Deena visits home and is roped into babysitting. The local sheriff is mailed a piece of evidence and is led on a scavenger hunt to reveal the killer of another babysitter.
6
Grindhouse (2007)
★ 7/10Also horror
Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who…
7
Strange Harvest (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also horror
Detectives are thrust into a chilling hunt for a sadistic serial killer from the past whose return marks the beginning of a new wave of grotesque, otherworldly crimes tied to a cosmic force.
8
X (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.
9
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.
10
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
11
Creep (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: "$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated." Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote…
12
The Strangers (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they…
13
Brahms: The Boy II (2020)
★ 5.8/10Also horror
After a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son soon makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms.
14
Bone Lake (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
A 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…
15
Gunslingers (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also western
When the most wanted man in America surfaces in a small Kentucky town, his violent history -- and a blood-thirsty mob seeking vengeance and a king’s ransom -- soon follow. As brothers face off against one another and…
16
The Hitcher (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to a hitchhiker. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath…
17
The Warrior's Way (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also western
A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.
18
The Howling (1981)
★ 6.6/10Also horror
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
19
The Forever Purge (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and western
All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end as they chase a group of immigrants who they want to punish because of their…
20
The Strangers: Chapter 3 (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
Tethered by a frightening conclusion, Maya and the Strangers are locked on an unavoidable, unforgiving collision course — a showdown that proves they’re far from strangers now.