Movies like A Blade in the Dark (1983)
The best movies like A Blade in the Dark (1983) are The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), Opera (1987) and Deep Red (1975). If A Blade in the Dark hooked you with its horror and mystery, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedDeep Red (1975)7.7/10 from 1,662 votes
- NewestDo You Like Hitchcock? (2005)Released 2005
- In ItalianThe Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)Also in Italian
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city and conducts his own investigation, despite him and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOpera (1987)
A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeep Red (1975)
An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his psychic neighbor. With the help of a tenacious young reporter, he tries to discover the killer using very unconventional methods. The two are soon drawn into a shocking web of dementia and violence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlood and Black Lace (1964)
Isabella, a young model, is murdered by a mysterious masked figure at a fashion house in Rome. When her diary, which details the house employees' many vices, disappears, the masked killer begins killing off all the models in and around the house to find it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDo You Like Hitchcock? (2005)
A nerdy film student and lifelong voyeur begins to believe that two lovely young strangers may have conspired to commit a brutal murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisMurder Obsession (1981)
Michael is a successful actor, but he has a scandal in his past: at a tender age he knifed his father to death. He and his girlfriend Deborah go to his mother's for the weekend, and are joined by the director and others from a recent film project, who are given a rather cool reception by the superstitious housekeeper Oliver. Soon rude things begin happening to some of the guests, and Michael fears a repeat of his nightmare past is in progress.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisYour Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
Oliviero is a drunk, burned-out writer who amuses himself by hosting orgies at his grand country manor and humiliating his wife Irina. When a number of women are murdered in grisly fashion, Oliviero becomes a prime suspect.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTorso (1973)
A masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspect, she becomes the killer's next target, retreating to her family's remote cliffside villa with three of her girlfriends.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisAll the Colours of the Dark (1972)
After a car accident that caused the loss of her baby, Jane experiences an increasing amount of nightmares that shake her to her core. After seeking professional help, her haunting visions turn into an even more frightening reality, one full of black magic, blood orgies, and murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Psychic (1977)
A woman with psychic powers has a vision of a murder that took place in a house owned by her husband.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRings of Fear (1978)
Angela Russo, a sixteen-year-old girl, is found dead in a river, having been fatally violated with a large blunt instrument. Inspector Di Salvo is assigned to the case and focuses his investigations on St. Theresa's, the exclusive school where Angela boarded. Three of the murdered girl's classmates, Franca, Paola and Virginia (who call themselves "The Inseparables"), receive threatening poems from an individual using the name "Nemesis." Bizarre "accidents" start to befall the girls: Franca is injured when someone causes her horse to bolt and Virginia nearly breaks her neck on marbles left at the top of a staircase. But Di Salvo is determined to find the killer, even if it means using unorthodox methods. He is aided by Angela Russo's little sister Emily, whose helpful clues lead to a boutique owned by a dubious character and a vice ring where "rich influential men pay well for teenage favours..."
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Terror Train (1980)
A masked killer targets six college kids responsible for a prank gone wrong three years earlier and who are currently throwing a large New Year's Eve costume party aboard a moving train.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisPieces (1982)
A frustrated Boston detective searches for the maniac responsible for mutilating a number of university coeds.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDelirium: Photo of Gioia (1987)
Gioia is a buxom centerfold working for Pussycat magazine. In such a profession, having an admirer or two is expected, but Gioia's admirer is a vicious killer! He murders her fellow magazine models one at a time, using a variety of twisted implements of death. Gioia is the lucky recipient of a collection of photos, each with murdered bodies arranged around posters of her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Toolbox Murders (1978)
A ski-masked maniac kills apartment complex tenants with the contents of a toolbox.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)
Carol Hammond, daughter of a politician, has vivid nightmares involving sex orgies and LSD. In a dream, she murders a neighbor she envies and wakes up to a real investigation into her neighbor's murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
A newsman works with a blind puzzle-solver to uncover a deadly conspiracy linked to a genetic research facility.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEye in the Labyrinth (1972)
Julie is disturbed by the disappearance of her psychiatrist boyfriend Luca following a bizarre dream where she witnessed him murdered. She travels to a seaside village where he might be and encounters Frank, who tells her Luca has indeed been there. Julie's investigation leads her to the house of Gerta, where the mystery deepens among the odd characters residing at this artists enclave.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Death Walks on High Heels (1971)
Exotic dancer Nicole finds herself terrorized by a black-clad assailant determined on procuring her murdered father's stolen gems. Fleeing Paris in hopes of evading her knife-wielding pursuer, Nicole arrives in England only to discover that death stalks her at every corner.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEyeball (1975)
A group of American tourists is traveling through Spain when two of them are murdered by a mysterious serial killer who removes an eyeball from every one of its victims. The tour presses on as the murders continue, with the travelers and the police trying to deduce which one of them is the killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisTrauma (1993)
A young Romanian woman and a recovering drug addict launch an unlikely investigation after her parents are murdered by a vicious serial killer known as The Headhunter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisMurder-Rock: Dancing Death (1984)
The world of dance can be brutal. The rehearsals are grueling. The competition is fierce. At the Arts for Living Centre in New York City, the best of the best are dying for a part in a major production. But only a select few will be chosen. The selection process seems to be at the hands of mysterious killer who pierces women's bare breasts with a hatpin, puncturing their hearts. Ambition and jealousy appear to be the motive, which makes everybody a suspect!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisManiac (1980)
A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, kills and mutilates young women and local models on the streets of New York City.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Killer Reserved Nine Seats (1974)
A rich man gathers together friends and relatives at the abandoned theatre he owns, but the party isn't fun for long since apparently one of them is a murderer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisStage Fright (1987)
While a group of young actors rehearse a new musical about a mass murderer, a notorious psychopath escapes from a nearby insane asylum.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSomeone's Watching Me! (1978)
A young woman moves to a high-rise apartment building and soon begins to be tormented by an unknown stalker who seems to know her every move.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMacabre (1980)
A middle-aged woman, traumatized from the death of her adulterous lover, moves into a room at a New Orleans boarding house where the blind landlord becomes suspicious to her activities of continuing her affair with her dead lover.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisEyes of Laura Mars (1978)
A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisPsycho II (1983)
Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most famous victim. Is he really cured, or will he kill again?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like this
Like A Blade in the Dark and something else?
Blend two favourites and we’ll find the films in between.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like A Blade in the Dark?
The closest matches to A Blade in the Dark are The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), Opera (1987) and Deep Red (1975). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after A Blade in the Dark?
People who watched A Blade in the Dark most often go on to The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), Opera (1987) and Deep Red (1975).
What is the highest-rated movie like A Blade in the Dark?
Deep Red (1975), rated 7.7/10 by 1,662 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like A Blade in the Dark?
Do You Like Hitchcock? (2005) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Italian movies like A Blade in the Dark?
Yes: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), Opera (1987) and Deep Red (1975).
How are movies similar to A Blade in the Dark chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside A Blade in the Dark, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.