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Plot Summary:
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, sexual, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, detective, tense, surprise ending, intense
Best tv shows and movies like Body Heat (1981):
Similar in 77%
Mortal Passions (1989)
Plot Summary:
A scheming woman (Krista Errickson) seeks to kill her husband to collect the insurance money, and is willing to seduce anyone she can to do it - including her husband's brother.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychosexual thriller, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, tragic ending, sexy, eighties
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Similar in 90%
The Big Easy (1986)
Plot Summary:
Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, erotic, noir, clever, suspenseful, detective, psychological, serious, realistic
Similar in 76%
Under Suspicion (1991)
Plot Summary:
In the late 1950s, British police officer Tony Aaron resigns from the force after sleeping with Hazel, wife of the man whose house he was supposed to guard. In his new job as a fake private investigator, he helps couples get divorces by photographing Hazel having "affairs" with the husband. When she is murdered during a job, Tony begins having an affair with the dead man's mistress, Angeline, while trying to prove his innocence.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, serious, clever, realistic, suspenseful, detective, noir, visually stunning, sexy
Similar in 83%
Double Indemnity (1973)
Plot Summary:
A scheming wife lures an insurance investigator into helping murder her husband and then declare it an accident. The investigator's boss, not knowing his man is involved in it, suspects murder and sets out to prove it.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 607
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir
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Similar in 80%
Palmetto (1998)
Plot Summary:
A recently released ex-con gets involved in a fake kidnapping scheme that turns very real.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, intense, tense, atmospheric, serious, realistic, erotic
Similar in 90%
American Gigolo (1980)
Plot Summary:
Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, stylized, erotic, suspenseful, sexy, intense, enigmatic, serious, realistic
Similar in 78%
Never Talk to Strangers (1995)
Plot Summary:
Sarah Taylor, a police psychologist, meets a mysterious and seductive young man, Tony Ramirez, and falls in love with him. As a cause of this relationship, she changes her personality when she begins to receive anonymous telephone calls.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: erotic, suspenseful, twist ending, sexy, tense, serious, realistic, psychosexual thriller, surprise ending, psychological thriller
Similar in 90%
Jism (2003)
Plot Summary:
Kabir Lal is an alcoholic lawyer whose life is looking as if going down the drain. One morning he sees a stunningly attractive woman on a beach and is instantly enamored by her. By chance he sees her again in a restaurant and offers to buy her a drink. In the process he learns that her name is Sonia and she is married. Unable to resist, he asks her whether she would show him her home. It marks the beginning of a passionate affair, during which Kabir is told that Sonia's husband neglects her. But Sonia cannot leave him because she cannot support herself without her husband's money. Sonia suggests murder and Kabir, blind with lust, agrees. They manage to kill Sonia's husband and make it look like an accident, but then Kabir gets to see Sonia's other side: she no longer is the passionate lover as before, but is a cool-headed mean woman now who won't let go of her wealth at any cost.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, sexy, erotic, sexual, romantic, sensual, neo noir, serious
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Black Widow (1987)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, surprise ending, erotic, noir, tense, sensual
Similar in 85%
Jade (1995)
Plot Summary:
Someone does a nasty hatchet job on a San Fransisco big noise and the Assistant D.A. takes charge of the investigation. Through a web of blackmail and prostitution involving the Governor, an old lover of the law man emerges as a prime suspect and he has to deal with his personal feelings as well as the case.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, suspense, sexy, suspenseful, rough, psychosexual thriller, neo noir, psychological, noir, sensual
Similar in 83%
The Hot Spot (1990)
Plot Summary:
A loner moves in to a small Texas town, finds himself a job, and sets about plotting to rob the local bank.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, psychosexual thriller, psychological, slasher, sensual, visually stunning
Similar in 78%
Femme Fatale (2002)
Plot Summary:
A woman tries to straighten out her life, even as her past as a con-woman comes back to haunt her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, suspenseful, suspense, sensual, neo noir, clever, psychological, tricky, enigmatic
Similar in 88%
Masquerade (1988)
Plot Summary:
A recently orphaned millionairess, Olivia, really hates her scheming step-father. Olivia finds love with a young yacht racing captain, Tim, who isn't completely truthful with her. When the two run into a problem the local cop, who happens to be an old friend of Olivia's, seems to be turning a blind eye to incriminating evidence.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, erotic, suspenseful, romantic, psychological, serious, realistic, psychological thriller, noir
Similar in 83%
Wild Things (1998)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 128000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, erotic, surprise ending, tense, suspense, sexy, suspenseful, sexual, neo noir, sensual
Similar in 78%
Thy Neighbor's Wife (2001)
Plot Summary:
In the vein of "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" and fraught with mystery and edge-of-your seat suspense, Kari Wuhrer Poison tells the darkly insidious story of the Garrett household and their descent into a hellish world of sexual malice and physical terror! Seeking revenge for her husband's death, Ann ingratiates herself with the Garretts under the guise of a caring housekeeper. Once she gains their trust, Ann begins to wreak havoc upon them. Seduction and malice are her weapons as she attempts to eliminate everyone she believes is responsible.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 923
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, erotic, sexy, realistic, surprise ending, hot
Similar in 82%
Survival Island (2005)
Plot Summary:
A millionaire and his wife are shipwrecked after a yachting accident with their former servant, Manuel.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Luxembourg
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sexy, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, erotic, romantic, scenic, sensual, serious, sexual
Similar in 80%
Revenge (1990)
Plot Summary:
Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican businessman who he once flew to Alaska for a hunting trip. Arriving at the Mendez mansion in Mexico, he is immediately surprised by the beauty and youth of Mendez’s wife, Miryea.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, suspense, emotional, intense, serious, suspenseful, sad, cult classic, psychological
Similar in 89%
To Die For (1995)
Plot Summary:
Suzanne Stone (Maretto) wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she is forced to destroy anything and anyone that may stand in her way, regardless of the ultimate cost or means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, satirical, sexy, disturbing, mockumentary, talky, captivating, erotic, stylized
Similar in 75%
Body Double (1984)
Plot Summary:
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 blonde 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.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: erotic, suspense, suspenseful, sexy, sensual, atmospheric, enigmatic, cult classic, tense, harsh
Similar in 90%
Color of Night (1994)
Plot Summary:
When New York psychiatrist Bill Capa visits Los Angeles to take over his murdered colleague's therapy group, he finds himself embroiled in the thick of a mystery when he bumps into Rose and begins a torrid affair.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, psychological, sexual, sensual, serious, psychosexual thriller
Similar in 86%
Crimes of Passion (1984)
Plot Summary:
Joanna Crane lives a double life. During the day she works as fashion designer but during the night she is the high class prostitute China Blue. As she is accused for industrial spying, Bobby Grady is hired to shadow her. However, they fall in love. Meanwhile a psychopathic preacher starts stalking her.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sexy, suspenseful, sensual, erotic, disturbing, tense, cult classic, psychosexual thriller, dark comedy, entertaining
Similar in 78%
Basic Instinct (1992)
Plot Summary:
A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 214000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, neo noir, sexual, suspenseful, detective, psychological, surprise ending, suspense, psychological thriller
Similar in 76%
Disclosure (1994)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, sexy, tense, psychosexual thriller, intense, sensual, serious, realistic, stylized, psychological
Similar in 86%
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Plot Summary:
A married man's one night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: sexy, twist ending, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, sensual, erotic, psychological, tense, neo noir
Similar in 78%
The Last Seduction (1994)
Plot Summary:
Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) convinces her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), to sell cocaine, then steals the profits and runs out on him. She stops in a small town en route to Chicago, where she ensnares her next conquest, insurance man Mike Swale (Peter Berg). After getting a job at his insurance company, Bridget convinces Mike to run a scam -- but things take a deadly turn when she recruits him to help get rid of her husband.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sexy, neo noir, erotic, sexual, suspense, black comedy, tense, suspenseful, sensual, psychological
Similar in 85%
Red Rock West (1993)
Plot Summary:
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, atmospheric, road movie, suspense, rough, independent film, black comedy, clever
Similar in 77%
A Perfect Murder (1998)
Plot Summary:
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, sexy, clever, exciting, surprise ending, psychological thriller, captivating, serious, psychological
Similar in 87%
Derailed (2005)
Plot Summary:
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, surprise ending, serious, suspense, rough, twist ending, tense, neo noir, psychological, psychological thriller
Similar in 82%
Unfaithful (2002)
Plot Summary:
Connie is a wife and mother whose 11-year marriage to Edward has lost its sexual spark. When Connie literally runs into handsome book collector Paul, he sweeps her into an all-consuming affair. But Edward soon becomes suspicious and decides to confront the other man.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, sexual, romantic, suspenseful, sensual, gloomy, psychological, suspense, psychosexual thriller
Similar in 78%
Gone Girl (2014)
Plot Summary:
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 10000000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, surprise ending, clever, twist ending, suspenseful, neo noir, tense, dramatic, psychological thriller