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Movies Like Blood Relatives

If you liked Blood Relatives (1978), a mystery and crime movie directed by Claude Chabrol, 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. 1In the Electric Mist

    In the Electric Mist (2009)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and crime

    Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. When the star of the…

  2. 2Crooked House

    Crooked House (2017)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery and crime

    A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.

  3. 3Righteous Kill

    Righteous Kill (2008)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and thriller

    Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the…

  4. 4The Whisper Man

    The Whisper Man (2026)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime and thriller

    When his young son vanishes, a widower enlists help from his estranged father, a retired detective who put away the serial killer now linked to the case.

  5. 5The Crimson Rivers

    The Crimson Rivers (2000)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime and mystery

    Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective…

  6. 6The Ritual Killer

    The Ritual Killer (2023)

    ★ 5.8/10Also mystery and thriller

    Unable 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…

  7. 7A Walk Among the Tombstones

    A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and mystery

    Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

  8. 8Presumed Innocent

    Presumed Innocent (1990)

    ★ 6.8/10Also mystery and 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.

  9. 9Mindcage

    Mindcage (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thriller

    Detectives 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…

  10. 10Dead Man's Folly

    Dead Man's Folly (1986)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime and thriller

    During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.

  11. 11Secret Window

    Secret Window (2004)

    ★ 6.6/10Also mystery and thriller

    Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey…

  12. 12The Big Sleep

    The Big Sleep (1946)

    ★ 7.6/10Also mystery and crime

    Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what…

  13. 13The Clovehitch Killer

    The Clovehitch Killer (2018)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery and crime

    A picture-perfect family is torn apart after Tyler finds a cache of disturbing images in his father's possession. He begins to suspect that the man he trusts most in the world may be responsible for the murder of 13…

  14. 14Dolores Claiborne

    Dolores Claiborne (1995)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime and mystery

    Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera…

  15. 15Cult Killer

    Cult Killer (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thriller

    A 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.

  16. 16Thirteen at Dinner

    Thirteen at Dinner (1985)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and mystery

    Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound…

  17. 17Fallen

    Fallen (1998)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime and thriller

    Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.

  18. 18Blitz

    Blitz (2011)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and thriller

    A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.

  19. 19The Adversary

    The Adversary (2002)

    ★ 6.6/10Also mystery and crime

    Based on the 2000 book of the same name by Emmanuel Carrère, it is inspired by the real-life story of Jean-Claude Romand. L'Adversaire's protagonist Jean-Marc Faure (Auteuil) pursues an imaginary career as a doctor of…

  20. 20Horsemen

    Horsemen (2009)

    ★ 6/10Also crime and mystery

    A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing spree linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

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