Movies Like The Perfume of the Lady in Black
If you liked The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974), a horror and mystery movie directed by Francesco Barilli, 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 Eyes of My Mother (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and horrorA young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.
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The Surrender (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and horrorA fraught mother-daughter relationship is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies, and the grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to bring her husband back from the dead.
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Torso (1973)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and mysteryA masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspect, she becomes the…
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The Echo (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and dramaAn ex-prisoner moves to an old apartment, where one gets to see in the middle of a domestic problem between a police officer, his wife and his daughter. When he tries to intervene, he will be caught in a mysterious…
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Deep Red (1975)
★ 7.7/10Also horror and mysteryAn English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his psychic neighbor. With the help of a tenacious young reporter, he tries to discover the killer using very unconventional methods. The two are soon…
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Antichrist (2009)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and horrorA grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
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What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)
★ 7.1/10Also mystery and horrorAn unidentified fifteen year-old girl is found hanged after an anonymous tip-off. The girl, Silvia Polvesi, is soon discovered to have been murdered. A peeping tom is caught with photos of her having sex with a teenage…
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Mirrors (2008)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and mysteryAn ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.
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Who Saw Her Die? (1972)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and mysteryBetween a four-year gap in the murder of a young girl, the daughter of a well-known sculptor is discovered dead, and her parents conduct an investigation, only to discover they are in over their heads as the body-count…
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Goodnight Mommy (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and mysteryWhen twin brothers arrive home to find their mother’s demeanor altered and face covered in surgical bandages, they begin to suspect the woman beneath the gauze might not be their mother.
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The Dogs (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and mysteryAfter fleeing his psychotic father, a young teen and his mom seek refuge in a remote farmhouse, only to face a pack of ferocious dogs and the sinister spirits that haunt the property.
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Censor (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and mysteryA screener at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), who has earned an unsavory reputation for being the strictest censor of violent films, begins to spiral out of control after viewing a low-budget horror…
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A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and mysteryCarol Hammond, daughter of a politician, has vivid nightmares involving sex orgies and LSD. In a dream, she murders a neighbor she envies and wakes up to a real investigation into her neighbor's murder.
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The Last House on the Left (2009)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and dramaWhen athletic teen Mari Collingwood opts to hang out with her friend Paige in town rather than spend an evening in with her parents vacationing at the family's remote lake house, it marks the beginning of a night no…
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Barbarian (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and mysteryIn town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she…
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Swallow (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and horrorHunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new…
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When a Stranger Calls Back (1993)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and mysteryJill Johnson, now a crisis center counselor, reunites with retired detective John Clifford to hunt a killer stalking a coed.
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The Tenant (1976)
★ 7.6/10Also mystery and dramaA quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
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City of the Living Dead (1980)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and mysteryA psychic seemingly dies of fright during a séance where she sees a vision of a Dunwich priest hanging himself in a church cemetery. New York City reporter Peter Bell investigates and learns that the priest's suicide…
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Fear Street: 1994 (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and mysteryAfter a series of brutal slayings, a teen and her friends take on an evil force that's plagued their notorious town for centuries.