Movies like True Crime (1995)
The best movies like True Crime (1995) are Jade (1995), Nature of the Beast (1995) and Taking Lives (2004). If True Crime hooked you with its crime and mystery, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedBasic Instinct (1992)7.0/10 from 4,621 votes
- NewestTaking Lives (2004)Released 2004
Jade (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 thisNature of the Beast (1995)
Two men, both hiding a deadly secret, are on a murderous rampage through the desert.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisTaking Lives (2004)
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCopycat (1995)
An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & 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 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 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 thisJennifer Eight (1992)
John Berlin, a big-city cop from LA moves to a small-town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, Berlin meets a young blind woman named Helena, whom he is attracted to. Meanwhile, a serial killer is on the loose—and only John knows it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAs Good As Dead (1995)
Susan moves to LA and befriends party girl Nicole, who suffers from painful stomach ulcers but cannot be treated without insurance. Susan decides to temporarily switch identities with Nicole so that her friend can have an operation. However, when Nicole suddenly dies after the procedure, ending Susan’s legal identity, Susan has to pose as Nicole to regain her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
The Bone Collector (1999)
Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working. But when a gruesome murder in Manhattan leaves detectives baffled, they call on Rhyme to help solve the mystery. Amelia Donaghy, a rookie cop whose quick thinking preserved a gruesome murder scene, is enlisted by Rhyme to be his on-the-scene forensics expert. With Amelia reluctantly acting as Rhyme's able-bodied go-between, the pair piece together cryptic clues the killer leaves behind at the scene of the crime, hoping to catch the grisly serial killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVictim of Beauty (1991)
The recounting of a terrible crime that wracked a family and galvanized police in South Carolina in the 1980's. Southern beauty pageant winner Dawn Smith is targeted by a sadistic stalker whose obsession with her leads him to kidnap her younger sister.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Ultimate 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
Mercy (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
Double Jeopardy (1999)
Libby Parsons, wrongly convicted of her husband Nick's murder, thinks he is still alive. She survives the long years in prison with two burning desires sustaining her -- finding her son and solving the mystery that destroyed her once-happy life. Standing between her and her quest, however, is her parole officer, Travis Lehman. Libby poses a challenge to the cynical officer, one that forces him to face up to his own failings while pitting him against his superior and law enforcement colleagues, as she plunges into a desperate fight for justice, survival, and revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Crush (1993)
A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Perfect Bride (1991)
A young woman begins to suspect that her brother's young fiancée, an attractive Englishwoman, is actually a serial killer who kills men on the eve of their weddings.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
The Killing Secret (1997)
A pregnant teen is murdered and a popular high-school senior is suspected. But will his girlfriend stick by him to prove his innocence despite the fact she has bonded with the victim's mother?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Wild Things 2 (2004)
Two Florida high school vixens hatch a murderous plan to win an inheritance, but they hadn't bargained for an escalating whirlpool of blackmail and sexual games with a sleazy insurance investigator who has his own plans for the money.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Killer Among Friends (1992)
A teenage girl disappears and later turns up drowned, with a log across her back. Three years later, a former friend comes forward with some answers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery
Worth the HypeMovies 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 thisWicked (1998)
A cul-de-sac in an oppressive suburb becomes a literal dead end for wife and mother Karen Christianson when she is brutally murdered in her own home. In the wake of the event, Karen's teenage daughter Ellie begins to exhibit bizarre behaviors as she slowly acquires her mother's demeanor and mannerisms. Meanwhile, Karen's husband Ben nurtures a less-than-innocent interest in the family's sultry live-in nanny, Lena.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies 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 thisPoison Ivy 2: Lily (1996)
A young and naive college art student becomes obsessed with assuming the identity and personality of a departed coed who used to live in her room, and in so doing causes complications that result in two men, a student and her art professor, lusting after her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisNew Best Friend (2002)
Alicia is a poor girl starting college. Hadley, Julianne and Sydney are three well-off girls in a row house. Classes begin and Alicia is paired with Hadley to work on a sociology class project. At first rejected, Alicia is finally accepted into Hadley's clique where she is introduced to a world of privilege and dangerous thrills. But her attempts to become one of them ultimately land her in the hospital.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisExcess Baggage (1997)
A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
A Southern librarian puts excitement in her life with a found murder weapon and a false confession.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
The 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
Caught Up (1998)
Daryl gets out of jail after 5 years. His mother has died, his girlfriend is married, and he can't find a job. His new girlfriend Vanessa, whom he meets when a gunman opens fire on them, gets him a job as a car driver. Hitmen are still after them, and Vanessa tells Daryl that this is her former lover Ahmad who wants revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Lisa (1990)
A teenage girl becomes infatuated with a stranger who is, unbeknownst to her, a serial killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisJack's Back (1988)
A young doctor is suspected when a series of Jack the Ripper copycat killings is committed. However, when the doctor himself is murdered, his identical twin brother claims to have seen visions of the true killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like True Crime?
The closest matches to True Crime are Jade (1995), Nature of the Beast (1995) and Taking Lives (2004). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after True Crime?
People who watched True Crime most often go on to Jade (1995), Nature of the Beast (1995) and Taking Lives (2004).
What is the highest-rated movie like True Crime?
Basic Instinct (1992), rated 7.0/10 by 4,621 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like True Crime?
Taking Lives (2004) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like True Crime?
Yes: Jade (1995), Nature of the Beast (1995) and Taking Lives (2004).
How are movies similar to True Crime chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside True Crime, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.