Movies Like Diedra in Danger

If you liked Diedra in Danger (1990), a movie directed by Paul Thomas, 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
Drop (2025)
★ 6.3/10
Violet, a widowed mother on her first date in years, arrives at an upscale restaurant where she is relieved that her date, Henry, is more charming and handsome than she expected. But their chemistry begins to curdle as…
2
Faces in the Crowd (2011)
★ 6.1/10
Anna is living with "face-blindness" after surviving a serial killer's attack. As she lives with her condition, one in which facial features change each time she loses sight of them, the killer closes in.
3
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
★ 6.7/10
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled…
4
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
5
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
★ 5.9/10
A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.
6
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10
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
Taken 3 (2014)
★ 6.3/10
Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to…
8
Horns (2013)
★ 6.3/10
In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.
9
10 to Midnight (1983)
★ 6.2/10
Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with…
10
The Limits of Control (2009)
★ 6/10
A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a journey that not only takes him…
11
Basic Instinct (1992)
★ 7/10
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.
12
Righteous Kill (2008)
★ 5.9/10
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the…
13
Body Cam (2020)
★ 6.2/10
As a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.
14
Like Minds (2006)
★ 6.4/10
A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.
15
The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
16
Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
★ 5.9/10
Claire Gregory, an upper class New York personality, witnesses a murder in a luxurious nightclub. Detective Mike Keegan, recently promoted, is assigned to protect her.
17
Night of the Hunted (2023)
★ 6.1/10
When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her…
18
Crooked House (2017)
★ 6.4/10
A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.
19
Laura (1944)
★ 7.6/10
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
20
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
★ 7.7/10
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.