Movies like Basic Instinct 2
If Basic Instinct 2 hooked you with its crime and mystery, these are the films to watch next. Every pick says why it matches.
Basic 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 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
Femme 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 thisBody 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 thisJade (1995)
When a prominent art dealer is found murdered, the man's death leads to an intriguing investigation steeped in sex, corruption and crime. District Attorney David Corelli gets assigned to the case and discovers that a key suspect is his ex-lover Katrina Gavin, a beautiful psychologist who has settled down with his old friend and peer. As Corelli gets deeper into the case, he uncovers dark secrets with far-reaching implications.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
SnoozefestMovies 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 thisVerity (2026)
Lowen Ashleigh, hired to ghostwrite for best-selling author Verity Crawford, uncovers Verity's autobiographical notes, and becomes involved in what may prove to be a lethal conspiracy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChina Moon (1994)
Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After she shoots her husband, Kyle relucantly agrees to help hide the body, but his partner is showing an unusual flair for finding clues.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisLondon Fields (2018)
Clairvoyant femme fatale Nicola Six has been living with a dark premonition of her impending death by murder. She begins a tangled love affair with three uniquely different men — one of whom she knows will be her murderer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
SnoozefestMovies 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 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 thisIllusions of Sin (1997)
When a mysterious incident nearly claims the life of a beautiful actress during rehearsals for her upcoming play, everyone deduces that her ambitious understudy, Elizabeth, is the guilty party. But when Elizabeth discovers that she's become the object of a secret admirer's obsession, she begins to suspect that the murder attempt was a twisted effort to win her heart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025)
On a lavish yacht for an assignment, a journalist sees a passenger go overboard. But when no one believes her, she risks her life to uncover the truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Kiss Before Dying (1991)
Infatuated with the idea of becoming rich, college student Jonathan Corliss secretly dates Dorothy Carlsson to gain the approval of her wealthy father. When Dorothy tells Jonathan that she is pregnant and that her father will deny her inheritance if he finds out, Jonathan murders her, but he stages her death as a suicide. As Jonathan works his way onto Mr. Carlsson's payroll, Dorothy's twin sister, Ellen, investigates the apparent suicide.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisKilling Me Softly (2002)
A woman grows suspicious of her controlling husband after she discovers secrets about the women in his past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisChloe (2010)
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 and see if he gives in to temptation — but events spin out of control when Chloe spills the details of her torrid encounters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisThe Woman in the Window (2021)
An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors only to witness a disturbing act of violence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMercy (2000)
Detective Catherine Palmer is on the trail of an elusive serial killer. During her investigation she meets Vickie Kittrie, who belongs to an exclusive club of women who engage in secret sessions of bondage and S&M. Matters become even more complicated when Palmer finds herself attracted to Kittrie, leading to a brief lesbian encounter. Palmer soon learns that each victim belonged to this club of prominent, sexually experimental women. In order to catch the killer, Catherine must trust Vickie to guide her through the dangerous and illicit underground.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Deep Water (2022)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Sex Spa (2003)
Detective Emmy Ridgeway and her partner investigate the death of a wealthy and influential woman. All clues lead them to a spa, where health treatments are not the only things on offer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Jagged 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 thisDisclosure (1994)
A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInstinct (2019)
Nicoline, a criminal psychologist, begins work at a prison where one of her new cases, Idris — an apparently reformed sex offender — is preparing for release after five years of confinement. Despite her professional misgivings, she becomes infatuated with her charismatic, manipulative patient.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisOriginal Sin (2001)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Escort III (1999)
The veteran detective Grabovsky investigates the mysterious murder of a business beauty, Julie Clark. The main suspect becomes her colleague, the young architect Jim Corrigan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
Holland (2025)
Teacher Nancy's life with her husband in Holland, Michigan, tumbles into a twisted tale when she and a colleague become suspicious of a secret.
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 thisToxic Desire: Addiction (2014)
Psychiatrist Joon-sang is a well-known doctor. He is level-headed with his patients, but he's got a painful past. He'd witnessed his wife kill herself because she was raped. He'd suffered insomnia along with guilt and sadness until a beautiful girl Ji-soo comes along. She tells him every man who's loved her died and that someone was watching her. She seduces Joon-sang. A detective suspects Ji-soo to be involved with a recent murder case and asks Joon-sang for her medical records... Falling in love with something dangerous and the end of which is unknown!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Basic Instinct 2?
The closest matches to Basic Instinct 2 are Basic Instinct, Ultimate Desire, Femme Fatale.
How are movies similar to Basic Instinct 2 chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Basic Instinct 2, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.
Are there English movies like Basic Instinct 2?
Yes: Basic Instinct, Ultimate Desire, Femme Fatale.