Movies Like Bloody Murder

If you liked Bloody Murder (1974), a crime movie directed by Étienne Périer, 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
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
★ 7.1/10Also crime
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
2
Blackwater Lane (2024)
★ 6/10Also crime
An American school teacher in England drives past an abandoned car late one night, unaware that the driver was the victim of a murder. As she comes to terms with the realization, seemingly supernatural events start to…
3
Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
4
The Unfaithful Wife (1969)
★ 6.9/10Also crime
A man begins to believe his wife is cheating on him.
5
Diabolically Yours (1967)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
A wealthy amnesiac begins to suspect that his devoted wife is not really his wife and that he is not the man people keep telling him he is.
6
Mildred Pierce (1945)
★ 7.6/10Also crime
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
7
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
8
In Secret (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also crime
In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching…
9
Breaking Point (2024)
★ 5.8/10Also crime
Mathieu owes everything to his friend Vincent : his house, his job, and even his life, ten years ago. With their wives, they are an inseparable quartet, and live the easy life on the French Riviera. But Mathieu…
10
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.
11
Violent Ends (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also crime
A man raised in a violent crime family struggles to build an honest life with his fiancée but is dragged back into the criminal world after his cousin’s armed robbery leaves an innocent person caught in the crossfire.
12
Presumed Innocent (1990)
★ 6.8/10Also crime
Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.
13
Niagara (1953)
★ 6.8/10Also crime
Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is…
14
Crime of Passion (1956)
★ 6.1/10Also crime
Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a…
15
Without Apparent Motive (1971)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
A series of murders is committed in Nice on the French riviera. The commissaire Carella is in charge and tries to find a missing link between all these murders.
16
Coup de Torchon (1981)
★ 7/10Also crime
A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.
17
Stavisky... (1974)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French politics. But when his great scam involving millions is exposed, he brings the…
18
The Killing (1956)
★ 7.6/10Also crime
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George…
19
Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also crime
When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
20
The Devil's Double (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.