Movies Like Sins of the Past
If you liked Sins of the Past (1984), a mystery and thriller movie directed by Peter H. Hunt, 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 Dead Girl (2006)
★ 6/10Also mystery and thrillerThe clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated women begin to intersect.
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Tightrope (1984)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thrillerWes 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…
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Deceiver (1997)
★ 6/10Also mystery and thrillerThe gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for…
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The Girl Who Got Away (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mysteryA female serial killer who killed four young girls is sent away to prison, but a fifth victim escaped with her life. Twenty years later, the killer escapes and begins hunting for the one who got away.
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Dressed to Kill (1980)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and mysteryAfter witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing…
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When a Stranger Calls Back (1993)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and tv movieJill Johnson, now a crisis center counselor, reunites with retired detective John Clifford to hunt a killer stalking a coed.
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Mindcage (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thrillerDetectives 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…
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Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also tv movie and mysteryWhen an old friend of New York Sentinel Crosswords editor Tess Harper is found murdered on the very day her puzzle includes his proposal of marriage, Tess unofficially teams up with Detective Logan O’Connor to find the…
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Mulholland Falls (1996)
★ 6/10Also mystery and thrillerIn 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
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Cult Killer (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thrillerA 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.
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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and mysteryDetective Chief Superintendent Maurice Jobson is forced to remember the very similar disappearance of Clare Kemplay, who was found dead in 1974, and the subsequent imprisonment of local boy Michael Myshkin. Washed-up…
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Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire (2005)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and tv movieWalker investigates a murder connected with a missing government weapon. In addition, he tries to track down a teen on the run from a crime syndicate.
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The Caller (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mysteryTroubled divorcee Mary Kee is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman. When the stranger reveals she's calling from the past, Mary tries to break off contact. But the caller doesn't like…
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The Mean Season (1985)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thrillerA routine investigation of a shocking murder takes a bizarre twist when the killer contacts the reporter and appoints him his personal spokesman. As the killer's calls and clues increase, the reporter is lured into a…
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The Ritual Killer (2023)
★ 5.8/10Also mystery and thrillerUnable to process the death of his daughter, Detective Boyd embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles, an…
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Like Minds (2006)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and mysteryA forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.
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Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery and thrillerA gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break…
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Lost Girls (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thrillerWhen Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered prostitutes.
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Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also mystery and tv movieAurora's high school reunion turns deadly when a body is found in the hotel pool. Aurora and her Real Murders Club help investigate which classmate was most likely to kill.
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The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thrillerJane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.