Movies Like Rings of Fear

If you liked Rings of Fear (1978), a mystery and thriller movie directed by Alberto Negrin, 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
What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thriller
After several Catholic school pupils are murdered, a teacher who is having an affair with one of his students becomes a suspect. When other gruesome murders start occurring shortly thereafter, the teacher suspects that…
2
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and thriller
Oliviero is a drunk, burned-out writer who amuses himself by hosting orgies at his grand country manor and humiliating his wife Irina. When a number of women are murdered in grisly fashion, Oliviero becomes a prime…
3
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…
4
Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and mystery
A maniac on the loose is committing savage acts of slaughter, and one survivor may be the only key to unmasking the serial slayer known as the Half-Moon Killer. The mysterious half-moon lockets he leaves with his…
5
Opera (1987)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and mystery
A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.
6
Like Minds (2006)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and mystery
A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.
7
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…
8
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.
9
What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and mystery
An unidentified fifteen year-old girl is found hanged after an anonymous tip-off. The girl, Silvia Polvesi, is soon discovered to have been murdered. A peeping tom is caught with photos of her having sex with a teenage…
10
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…
11
Cult Killer (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thriller
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.
12
Crooked House (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thriller
A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.
13
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…
14
Striking Distance (1993)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thriller
Demoted Pittsburgh cop Tom Hardy works river patrol while a serial killer targets women from his past, forcing him to conduct an unauthorized investigation to prove his innocence and expose a dirty cop.
15
Tightrope (1984)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thriller
Wes 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…
16
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.
17
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. Exactly one year later, the deadly secret resurfaces as they're stalked by a hook-handed figure.
18
Sleepless (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and mystery
An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer whom has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus.
19
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.
20
God Told Me To (1976)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horror
A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random citizens who claim that 'God told them to'.