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Movies Like A Diary of a Murderess

If you liked A Diary of a Murderess (1975), a thriller and drama movie directed by Manuel Mur Oti and Jaime Bayarri, 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. 1Deseo

    Deseo (2013)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Eight short stories of seduction and illicit encounters between lovers, filled with humor and eroticism, which use a circular structure located in the cosmopolitan atmosphere of a colonial city of Mexico.

  2. 2Heatwave

    Heatwave (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and drama

    A woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for her boss's wife. She must soon defend herself as she becomes entangled in a web of malice.

  3. 3The Coming of Sin

    The Coming of Sin (1978)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller and drama

    A superstitious servant girl - who has foreboding nightmares about a naked man on horseback - comes to live with a solitary female artist at her country chateau. As the artist takes the girl under her wing, a sensuous…

  4. 4Dream Lover

    Dream Lover (1994)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and thriller

    Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incidents occur, Ray begins to realize he may not really know the woman…

  5. 5The Crush

    The Crush (1993)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller and drama

    A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.

  6. 6Erótica

    Erótica (1979)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller and drama

    Two men commit a robbery. One is caught but the other escapes. He ends his escape on a lonely and deserted beach where he meets a beautiful woman named Erótica. They start a passionate love affair that is interrupted…

  7. 7Addicted

    Addicted (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and thriller

    A gallerist risks her family and flourishing career when she enters into an affair with a talented painter and slowly loses control of her life.

  8. 8Deep Water

    Deep Water (2022)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and thriller

    A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.

  9. 9Priscilla

    Priscilla (2023)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in…

  10. 10The Experiment

    The Experiment (2010)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and drama

    20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

  11. 11The Only Living Boy in New York

    The Only Living Boy in New York (2017)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    When a young man learns that his overbearing father is having an affair, he tries to stop it, only to be seduced by the older woman as well.

  12. 12Adulterers

    Adulterers (2016)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and drama

    On a steamy New Orleans afternoon, Sam Deuprey decides to surprise his beautiful wife, Ashley, for their anniversary and comes home early. But Ashley is not alone in the bedroom. She and her lover, Damien are about to…

  13. 13Bad Sister

    Bad Sister (2015)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    As a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed the "good' nun is an imposter with a…

  14. 14Rogue Agent

    Rogue Agent (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and drama

    Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.

  15. 15Crash

    Crash (1996)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller and drama

    A car crash victim inexplicably finds himself aroused by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground subculture of like-minded souls.

  16. 16Susana

    Susana (1951)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    The story of a girl of questionable mental stability who escapes from incarceration and ends up at a plantation where she disrupts a working family's daily routines and chemistry.

  17. 17Woman of Straw

    Woman of Straw (1964)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and thriller

    Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.

  18. 18On the Road

    On the Road (2026)

    ★ 8.3/10Also drama and thriller

    Veneno, a rebellious young drifter, frequents roadside diners where he sleeps with truck drivers. Urgently needing a ride, he meets Muñeco, a hard-edged driver who keeps to himself. He convinces Muñeco to take him…

  19. 19Until the End of the World

    Until the End of the World (2026)

    ★ 8.2/10Also drama

    Manuel's life is upended when Esmeralda, his lost love from 15 years ago, calls unexpectedly. Despite being set to marry another, he rediscovers Esmeralda, and they realize their love transcends time.

  20. 20Eyes Wide Shut

    Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and thriller

    After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their…

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