Movies Like The Sensuous Assassin
If you liked The Sensuous Assassin (1970), a mystery and thriller movie directed by Léonard Keigel, 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.
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The Glass House (2001)
★ 6/10Also thrillerWhen Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in Malibu with the Glasses', old friends of the family, seems to be the…
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Premonition (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mysteryA depressed housewife who learns her husband was killed in a car accident the day previously awakens the next morning to find him alive and well at home, and then awakens the day after to a world in which he is still…
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Hallow Road (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thrillerTwo parents enter a race against time when they receive a distressing late-night phone call from their daughter after she caused a tragic car accident.
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The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thrillerA psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of fantasy and reality.
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The Client (1994)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and mysteryA street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the…
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Horns (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerIn the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.
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River Wild (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thrillerFollows a pair of siblings who love but distrust each other as they embark on a white-water rafting trip with a small group. One of their friends from childhood turns out to be more dangerous than he appears.
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Athena (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerHours after the tragic death of their youngest brother in unexplained circumstances, three siblings have their lives thrown into chaos.
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Radius (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerLiam wakes from a car crash with no memory of who he is. As he makes his way into town to look for help, he finds only dead bodies, all with strange pale eyes. Liam's first assessment is that a virus is present in the…
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This Man Must Die (1969)
★ 7.3/10Also thrillerWhen his young son is killed in a hit and run accident, Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer. By chance, Thenier makes the acquaintance of an actress, Helène Lanson, who was in the car at the…
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Brothers (2009)
★ 7.3/10Also thrillerWhen his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise…
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Saving Zoë (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thrillerA year after the murder of her sister Zoë, Echo is determined to uncover the truth. With Zoë's diary as her guide, Echo finds herself pulled into the darkness of her sister's secret life and she uncovers how one small…
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What We Hide (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and mysteryAfter their mother dies of an overdose, two sisters hide her body to avoid being separated by the foster system, but as their secret threatens to unravel, they must confront the consequences of their desperate choice.
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Black Rainbow (1989)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thrillerMartha Travis is a medium who makes contact with spirits "on the other side" and connects them with their loved ones still alive, in public performances. Trouble begins when she gives a message to Mary Kuron from her…
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Angel Eyes (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerA story about a seemingly unlikely couple who cross paths under life-threatening circumstances as though they are destined not only to meet but to save each other's lives. Not once, but twice.
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Mea Culpa (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerFranck and Simon are both good cops. They work as partners. But their lives take a tailspin when Simon, driving drunk, causes a tragic car wreck. A few years later, out of the police, he is forced to take matters into…
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Dead End (2003)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thrillerOn Christmas Eve, while driving to see his in-laws with his family, Frank Harrington decides to try a shortcut for the first time in 20 years. It turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life.
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Vultures (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and mysterySamuel, a journalist, and Ava, his intern and daughter, cover the murder of a young girl for their magazine. Through their investigation, they discover disturbing similarities with the murder of another woman.
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Gerald's Game (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerWhen her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.
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Sister Cities (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerBased on the internationally-acclaimed play by Colette Freedman, the story of 4 estranged sisters who reunite for their mother’s alleged suicide.