Movies Like Blue Rita

If you liked Blue Rita (1977), a action and thriller movie directed by Jesús Franco, 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
Cruising (1980)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery and thriller
When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, rookie cop Steve Burns infiltrates the gay S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.
2
8MM (1999)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and mystery
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of…
3
The Infernal Machine (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mystery
Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his…
4
Basic Instinct (1992)
★ 7/10Also thriller and mystery
Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.
5
Red Sparrow (2018)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and mystery
Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people…
6
Bone Lake (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thriller
A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream…
7
Goodnight Mommy (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery
When 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.
8
Tightrope (1984)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thriller
Wes 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…
9
Lost Highway (1997)
★ 7.6/10Also thriller and mystery
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
10
Death Wish II (1982)
★ 6.2/10Also action and thriller
Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
11
Vice Squad (1982)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and action
An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
12
The Substitute (1996)
★ 7/10Also action and thriller
When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon…
13
Crank: High Voltage (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thriller
Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
14
Foxfire (1996)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.
15
Original Sin (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mystery
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
16
Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
★ 6.9/10Also action and thriller
Liu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murder, he must go into hiding and find new allies.
17
Foxy Brown (1974)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
18
Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and mystery
A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.
19
Savaged (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also action and thriller
After thugs brutalize a deaf-mute woman, the spirit of an Apache warrior takes over her lifeless body and sets out on a bloodthirsty quest for revenge.
20
Wake of Death (2004)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thriller
Ben Archer, an ex-mob enforcer, seeks revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. When Archer joins forces with his old underworld friends, an all-out war is waged against the…