Movies Like Bruja

If you liked Bruja (2019), a crime and drama movie directed by Marcelo Páez Cubells, 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
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and mystery
Nancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set…
2
Nancy (2018)
★ 5.8/10Also mystery and drama
Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief.
3
The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10Also drama and thriller
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
4
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and drama
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
5
The Young Savages (1961)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama
A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.
6
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and mystery
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while…
7
The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and drama
After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.
8
The Locket (1946)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and crime
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
9
The Interview (1998)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and mystery
A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted?
10
Risa and the Wind Phone (2026)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and fantasy
Risa, after her father's death, discovers she has the ability to communicate with him from beyond the grave. As she explores this supernatural connection, she faces emotional challenges and family secrets that will…
11
Framed (1947)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama
Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame…
12
The Reckless Moment (1949)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and thriller
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
13
Time Without Pity (1957)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and thriller
Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a…
14
Plunder Road (1957)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and drama
A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
15
Witness to Murder (1954)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
16
Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2017)
★ 7/10Also mystery and crime
Librarian and real crime buff Aurora “Roe” Teagarden never liked Detective Sergeant Jack Burns, but she also never wanted to see him dead. When his body is found outside of Aurora’s home, she then becomes the main…
17
Whirlpool (1950)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and crime
The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her…
18
The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and crime
Aurora Teagarden is a beautiful young librarian with a passion for solving murders. After an exhaustive search for the perfect home, Aurora finally purchases her dream house, unaware of its murky history. As she…
19
All the Names of God (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thriller
After being implicated in a terrorist attack, Santi, a taxi driver, is taken hostage by one of the perpetrators.
20
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller and mystery
In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle…