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Movies Like The Cat o' Nine Tails

If you liked The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971), a horror and mystery movie directed by Dario Argento, 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. 1The Fifth Cord

    The Fifth Cord (1971)

    ★ 6.6/10Also mystery and thriller

    A journalist finds himself on the trail of a murderer who's been targeting people around him, while the police are considering him a suspect in their investigation.

  2. 2Ma

    Ma (2019)

    ★ 5.8/10Also horror and thriller

    Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting…

  3. 3Copycat

    Copycat (1995)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller and mystery

    An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.

  4. 4The Psychic

    The Psychic (1977)

    ★ 7/10Also horror and mystery

    A woman with psychic powers has a vision of a murder that took place in a house owned by her husband.

  5. 5Mindcage

    Mindcage (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thriller

    Detectives Jake Doyle and Mary Kelly seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist when a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in The Artist's brilliant but twisted psyche, she and…

  6. 6Deep Red

    Deep Red (1975)

    ★ 7.7/10Also horror and mystery

    An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his psychic neighbor. With the help of a tenacious young reporter, he tries to discover the killer using very unconventional methods. The two are soon…

  7. 7The Poughkeepsie Tapes

    The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)

    ★ 6.5/10Also horror and mystery

    When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence…

  8. 8Split

    Split (2017)

    ★ 7.3/10Also horror and thriller

    Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls…

  9. 9Watcher

    Watcher (2022)

    ★ 6.5/10Also horror and mystery

    As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.

  10. 10The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh

    The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)

    ★ 6.8/10Also horror and mystery

    When socialite and heiress Julie Wardh begins receiving blackmail letters attributed to a mysterious serial killer, she suspects her cruel and sadistic former lover Jean is behind them. With her husband Neil frequently…

  11. 11Halloween

    Halloween (1978)

    ★ 7.6/10Also horror and thriller

    Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

  12. 12I See You

    I See You (2019)

    ★ 7/10Also horror and thriller

    When a 12-year-old boy goes missing at a local park, a detective investigates the case to help the boy's family find answers.

  13. 13Psycho II

    Psycho II (1983)

    ★ 6.5/10Also horror and mystery

    Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most famous victim. Is he really cured, or will he kill again?

  14. 14Happy Birthday to Me

    Happy Birthday to Me (1981)

    ★ 6/10Also horror and mystery

    Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a gruesome set of murders take place and her friends are the ones who are falling prey. Could it be…

  15. 15I Am Not a Serial Killer

    I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror and mystery

    In a small Midwestern town, a troubled teen with homicidal tendencies must hunt down and destroy a supernatural killer while keeping his own inner demons at bay.

  16. 16The New York Ripper

    The New York Ripper (1982)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller

    A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.

  17. 17Kiss the Girls

    Kiss the Girls (1997)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller and mystery

    Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to…

  18. 18Into the Labyrinth

    Into the Labyrinth (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery

    When a kidnapping victim turns up alive after fifteen years, a profiler and a private investigator try to piece together the mystery.

  19. 19Like Minds

    Like Minds (2006)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and mystery

    A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.

  20. 20Torso

    Torso (1973)

    ★ 6.6/10Also horror and thriller

    A masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspect, she becomes the…

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