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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.

  1. 1The Glass House

    The Glass House (2001)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    When 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…

  2. 2Premonition

    Premonition (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery

    A 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…

  3. 3Hallow Road

    Hallow Road (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thriller

    Two 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.

  4. 4The 9th Life of Louis Drax

    The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thriller

    A 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.

  5. 5The Client

    The Client (1994)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller and mystery

    A 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…

  6. 6Horns

    Horns (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.

  7. 7River Wild

    River Wild (2023)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thriller

    Follows 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.

  8. 8Athena

    Athena (2022)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    Hours after the tragic death of their youngest brother in unexplained circumstances, three siblings have their lives thrown into chaos.

  9. 9Radius

    Radius (2017)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    Liam 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…

  10. 10This Man Must Die

    This Man Must Die (1969)

    ★ 7.3/10Also thriller

    When 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…

  11. 11Brothers

    Brothers (2009)

    ★ 7.3/10Also thriller

    When 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…

  12. 12Saving Zoë

    Saving Zoë (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thriller

    A 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…

  13. 13What We Hide

    What We Hide (2025)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and mystery

    After 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.

  14. 14Black Rainbow

    Black Rainbow (1989)

    ★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thriller

    Martha 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…

  15. 15Angel Eyes

    Angel Eyes (2001)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    A 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.

  16. 16Mea Culpa

    Mea Culpa (2014)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    Franck 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…

  17. 17Dead End

    Dead End (2003)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thriller

    On 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.

  18. 18Vultures

    Vultures (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and mystery

    Samuel, 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.

  19. 19Gerald's Game

    Gerald's Game (2017)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller

    When 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.

  20. 20Sister Cities

    Sister Cities (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller

    Based on the internationally-acclaimed play by Colette Freedman, the story of 4 estranged sisters who reunite for their mother’s alleged suicide.

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