Movies Like Deadly Puppet

If you liked Deadly Puppet (2021), a movie directed by Gu Shijun, 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
Mindcage (2022)
★ 5.9/10
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…
2
Citizen X (1995)
★ 7.2/10
Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people. His victims were mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a communists state, the police investigations…
3
Fallen (1998)
★ 6.8/10
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.
4
Red Corner (1997)
★ 6.3/10
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.
5
Foul Play (1978)
★ 6.3/10
A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
6
Detective Chinatown 1900 (2025)
★ 6.2/10
In 1900, the mysterious murder of a white woman and a Native American man in San Francisco's Chinatown triggers a race against time as the Chinese suspect and the Native American's adopted Chinese son work to uncover…
7
The Ritual Killer (2023)
★ 5.8/10
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…
8
Double Vision (2002)
★ 6.6/10
An FBI Agent pairs with a troubled Taiwan cop to hunt for a serial killer who's embedding a mysterious fungus in the brains of victims.
9
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)
★ 6.3/10
Young Dee Renjie arrives in the empire's capital to join the Supreme Court as police judge of his region. He wants to become a prosecutor. Empress Wu, who is at the beginning of her reign, has commissioned the fierce…
10
Kung Fu Jungle (2014)
★ 6.8/10
A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return…
11
Solace (2015)
★ 6.5/10
A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.
12
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)
★ 8.1/10
A former assassin, known simply as The Bride, wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable desire for revenge, she vows to get even…
13
The Last Tycoon (2012)
★ 6.4/10
Cheng, a young man who is set up by the chief of police, must leave the life he knows and Qiu, the woman he loves, to start again. After escaping prison Cheng quickly and violently moves his way up the ladder of…
14
The Odessa File (1974)
★ 6.6/10
Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out to hunt down an SS Captain and former concentration camp commander. In doing so he discovers that, despite allegations of…
15
A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
★ 6.3/10
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
16
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
★ 6.2/10
Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility that fiendish Fu Manchu may not after all be dead, even though Smith witnessed his execution. A killer spray made from Tibetan…
17
Lost in the Stars (2023)
★ 6.5/10
He Fei's wife, Li Muzi, disappears during their anniversary trip. When she reappears, he insists that she is not his wife. As Chen Mai, a top lawyer gets involved in this bizarre case, more mysteries start to emerge.
18
The Left Hand of God (1955)
★ 6.3/10
A man in priestly robes, seemingly the long-awaited Father O'Shea, arrives at a little-frequented Catholic mission in 1947 China. Though the man seems curiously uncomfortable with his priestly duties, his tough tactics…
19
Saw V (2008)
★ 6.2/10
Following Jigsaw's grisly demise, Detective Mark Hoffman is commended as a hero, but Agent Strahm is suspicious, and delves into Hoffman's past. Meanwhile, another group of people are put through a series of gruesome…
20
The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
★ 6.2/10
A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.