Movies like Jade (1995)
The best movies like Jade (1995) are Body Double (1984), Femme Fatale (2002) and Presumed Innocent (1990). If Jade hooked you with its thriller and crime, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedBasic Instinct (1992)7.0/10 from 4,614 votes
- NewestManhattan Night (2016)Released 2016
Body Double (1984)
After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous woman dancing in her window. But when he witnesses the girl's murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers—with porn actress Holly Body as his guide.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFemme Fatale (2002)
A $10-million diamond rip-off, a stolen identity, a new life married to a diplomat. Laure Ash has risked big, won big. But then a tabloid shutterbug snaps her picture in Paris, and suddenly, enemies from Laure's secret past know who and where she is. And they all want their share of the diamond heist. Or her life. Or both.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPresumed Innocent (1990)
Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBasic Instinct (1992)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWild Things (1998)
When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life back. One cop suspects conspiracy, but nothing is what it seems...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTrue Crime (1995)
Mary Giordano is a bright, intelligent student who goes to a catholic school. She also has an addiction to mystery novels and detective magazines, which inspire her to do her own detective work. When she starts snooping around on the case of a murderer of teenage girls, it gets her in hot water with her mentor Detective Jerry Gunn. But it also starts a team up with police cadet Tony Campbell. The two work together to find the murderer. But the closer Mary gets to solving the murder, the more danger she puts herself in of being the next victim.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisSea of Love (1989)
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEye of the Beholder (1999)
A reclusive surveillance expert is hired to spy on a mysterious blackmailer, who just may be a serial killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisPassion (2013)
The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisUltimate Desire (1993)
Lauren Allen is an ex-cop working on corporate espionage for leading perfume designer Grace Lantel. When someone begins murdering women and leaving bottles of Lantel's new perfume, Desire, as a calling card, all clues point to competing perfume designer Gordon Lewis. Allen joins up with Nick Palermo to investigate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Body of Evidence (1993)
When an elderly millionaire is found dead with cocaine in his system, his will leaves $8 million to Rebecca Carlson, who was having an affair with him. District attorney Robert Garrett decides to prosecute Rebecca, arguing that she deliberately engaged in wild sex with the old man to overexcite him and lead to his premature death. Defense attorney Frank Dulaney defends Rebecca in court while getting sucked into a dangerous affair with her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBody Heat (1981)
During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJagged Edge (1985)
After a wealthy heiress is murdered in her beach house, her devastated husband becomes the prime suspect. He hires a lawyer who hasn’t taken a criminal case in years, and as they work together, a complicated romance develops amidst the trial.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDream Lover (1994)
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 he married.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like this52 Pick-Up (1986)
Harry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council. His life is turned upside down when three blackmailers confront him with a videotape of him with his young mistress and demand $100,000. Fearing that the story will hurt his wife's political campaign if he goes to the police, Harry pretends that he will pay the men, but does not follow through.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDressed to Kill (1980)
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 her only witness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisColor of Night (1994)
A color-blind psychiatrist is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend's therapy group and becomes embroiled in an intense affair with a mysterious woman who may be connected to the crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisMalice (1993)
A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlack Widow (1987)
Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't prove anything with conventional detective work. With no other option, she goes undercover, pursuing the same man as Catherine, and hoping that Catherine will slip up and reveal her true identity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSliver (1993)
A woman moves into a Manhattan apartment, where she learns that the previous tenant's life ended under mysterious circumstances.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Murder of Crows (1999)
In the wake of a career-ending scandal, disgraced lawyer Lawson Russell moves to Key West, where he befriends aging novelist Christopher Marlowe. After letting Russell borrow his latest manuscript, Marlowe dies of a heart attack. When Russell publishes the dead man's manuscript under his own name, he makes the best-seller list—and unwittingly becomes the prime suspect in the investigation of a grisly multiple homicide.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThey're Playing with Fire (1984)
A married college professor decides to seduce her student, whom she hired as a handyman for her yacht. The hesitant student succumbs to his buxom professor, but their romance is interrupted by her corrupt husband and a masked murderer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisSomeone to Watch Over Me (1987)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisUnforgettable (1996)
Seattle medical examiner David Krane is obsessed with solving his wife's murder. A possible solution presents itself in an experimental "memory" serum designed by a neurobiology professor, which has the ability to transfer memories from one person to another, but with potentially fatal consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisFear City (1984)
Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisIn the Cut (2003)
A New York City writing professor, Frannie Avery, has an affair with a police detective who is investigating the murder of a beautiful young woman in her neighborhood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisManhattan Night (2016)
Porter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy, and anything that passes for the truth. At home, he is a dedicated husband and father. But when Caroline, a seductive stranger asks him to dig into the unsolved murder of her filmmaker husband Simon, he is drawn into a very nasty case of sexual obsession and blackmail--one that threatens his job, his marriage, and his life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisUnlawful Entry (1992)
When Michael and Karen Carr’s home is robbed, the couple strike up a friendship with duty officer Pete Davis. But the disturbed cop develops an intense fixation on Karen, and his idea of friendship soon turns into a dangerous obsession, making him the Carrs’ worst nightmare.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBasic Instinct 2 (2006)
Novelist Catherine Tramell is once again in trouble with the law, and Scotland Yard appoints psychiatrist Dr. Michael Glass to evaluate her. Though, like Detective Nick Curran before him, Glass is entranced by Tramell and lured into a seductive game.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisFinal Analysis (1992)
A psychiatrist becomes romantically involved with the sister of one of his patients, but the influence of her controlling gangster husband threatens to destroy them both.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Jade?
The closest matches to Jade are Body Double (1984), Femme Fatale (2002) and Presumed Innocent (1990). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Jade?
People who watched Jade most often go on to Body Double (1984), Femme Fatale (2002) and Presumed Innocent (1990).
What is the highest-rated movie like Jade?
Basic Instinct (1992), rated 7.0/10 by 4,614 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Jade?
Manhattan Night (2016) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Jade?
Yes: Body Double (1984), Femme Fatale (2002) and Presumed Innocent (1990).
How are movies similar to Jade chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Jade, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.