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Movies Like Femme Fatale

If you liked Femme Fatale (2002), a mystery and crime movie directed by Brian De Palma, 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. 1Greta

    Greta (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also mystery and thriller

    A young woman returns a lonely widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers the widow might not be all that she seems.

  2. 2Dressed to Kill

    Dressed to Kill (1980)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller and mystery

    After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing…

  3. 3Frantic

    Frantic (1988)

    ★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thriller

    The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows…

  4. 4Dream Lover

    Dream Lover (1994)

    ★ 6.8/10Also mystery and thriller

    Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incidents occur, Ray begins to realize he may not really know the woman…

  5. 5The Tenant

    The Tenant (1976)

    ★ 7.6/10Also thriller and mystery

    A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.

  6. 6The Postman Always Rings Twice

    The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime and thriller

    A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.

  7. 7In Secret

    In Secret (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and crime

    In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching…

  8. 8The Talented Mr. Ripley

    The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

    ★ 7.2/10Also thriller and crime

    Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his…

  9. 9Kiss of the Dragon

    Kiss of the Dragon (2001)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime 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.

  10. 10Chloe

    Chloe (2010)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and mystery

    Catherine and David Stewart are a well-to-do couple living in a posh area of Toronto, but all is not well in paradise. Catherine suspects that David is cheating on her, so she hires an escort named Chloe to meet David…

  11. 11Crimes of Passion

    Crimes of Passion (1984)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and thriller

    Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a…

  12. 12Killing Zoe

    Killing Zoe (1993)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and thriller

    Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services…

  13. 13The Infernal Machine

    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…

  14. 14The Last Seduction

    The Last Seduction (1994)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller and crime

    A devious femme fatale steals her husband’s drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.

  15. 15Deep Water

    Deep Water (2022)

    ★ 5.8/10Also mystery and thriller

    A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.

  16. 16The Disappearance of Alice Creed

    The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and thriller

    A rich man's daughter is held captive in an abandoned apartment by two former convicts who abducted her and hold her ransom in exchange for her father's money.

  17. 17Klute

    Klute (1971)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller and crime

    A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.

  18. 18Basic Instinct

    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.

  19. 19The Devil's Double

    The Devil's Double (2011)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller and crime

    A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.

  20. 20Blue Velvet

    Blue Velvet (1986)

    ★ 7.6/10Also mystery and thriller

    The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

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