20 movies like Criminal Passion, ordered by similarity : Laura(1944), May God Save Us(2015), Requiem for Murder(1998), The Babysitter's Seduction(1996), A Passion to Kill(1994), Sea of Love(1989), Tiger Bay(1959), A Conspiracy of Faith(2016), The Third Man(1949), The Case of the Curious Bride(1935), Blink(1994), The Phantom Strikes(1938) ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1993
96 Minutes
Joan Severance Anthony Sarrero Wolfgang Bodison Henry Darrow John Allen Nelson David Labiosa Shannon Wilcox Millie Slavin Janet MacLachlan
police detective playboy senator psychiatrist ex-boyfriend partner hedonistic suspenseful dark sultry los angeles police station swimming pool warehouse street serial murders love triangle jealousy investigation slasher
A homicide detective begins a torrid affair with a senator's son who is a suspect in a series of grisly murders.
Mystery & Thriller
1944
88 Minutes
Gene Tierney Dana Andrews Clifton Webb Vincent Price Judith Anderson Dorothy Adams James Flavin Clyde Fillmore Ralph Dunn Grant Mitchell Kathleen Howard
police detective businesswoman columnist boyfriend wealthy woman housekeeper dark intricate suspenseful new york city apartment police station cabin murder investigation infatuation unrequited love mistaken identity mystery pursuit
An arrogant New York columnist (Clifton Webb) taunts a detective (Dana Andrews) obsessed with a slain woman's (Gene Tierney) portrait.
Mystery & Thriller
Spain
2015
127 Minutes
Antonio de la Torre Roberto Álamo Javier Pereira Luis Zahera Raúl Prieto Mónica López Alfonso Bassave
serial killer pope religious person detective investigator government official engaging thrilling suspenseful intense dark madrid spain police station street crime scene big city investigation murder mysterious deaths
Inspectors Velarde and Alfaro must find what appears to be a serial killer. This hunt against the clock will make them realize something they'd never thought about: neither one of them is that different from the killer.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
1998
105 Minutes
Molly Ringwald Chris Heyerdahl Lynne Adams Alan Fawcett Chris Mulkey Edward Yankie Charles Powell Ellen David Tanja Reichert Serge Houde Jayne Heitmeyer
disc jockey detective music professor killer suspect partner suspenseful tense dark philadelphia radio station police station crime scene serial murders investigation obsession crime police work mental illness mystery
Anne Winslow hosts a popular classical music radio show. Detective Lou Heinz discovers Anne is connected to a series of murders in which the victim is killed via poisoned wine while a radio... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1996
97 Minutes
Stephen Collins Keri Russell Phylicia Rashad Tobin Bell John D'Aquino Linda Kelsey Dawn Lambing Roger Floyd Adam Crosby Kristie Horton Travis Robertson
detective wife husband babysitter child family creepy dark frightening gripping suspenseful chilling home house police station swimming pool school mysterious deaths conspiracy adultery
In the early 14th century, Scottish warrior and Earl Robert the Bruce is crowned King of Scots, leading Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1994
93 Minutes
Scott Bakula Chelsea Field Sheila Kelley John Getz Rex Smith France Nuyen Eddie Valez Michael Warren
psychiatrist district attorney best friend wife murder suspect murder victim frenetic sultry thrilling bedroom psychiatrist's office cruise ship police station los angeles infidelity murder love triangle false accusations investigation secrets
A psychiatrist (Bakula) gets involved with his best friend's wife (Field) who may be a murderer.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Canada
1989
112 Minutes
Al Pacino Ellen Barkin John Goodman Michael Rooker William Hickey Richard Jenkins Christine Estabrook Barbara Baxley Patricia Barry Jacqueline Brookes Michael O'Neill
detective serial killer femme fatale ex-husband partner father tense sultry suspenseful intricate new york city restaurant market police station murder affair alcoholism midlife crisis music pursuit
A detective investigating a series of murders becomes involved with a woman who may be the culprit.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1959
105 Minutes
young girl murderer detective street urchin sailor witness suspenseful shocking dark melodramatic cardiff, wales tenement house police station street church witnessing murder investigation conspiracy unlikely friendship deception
A twelve-year-old tomboy witnesses the murder of a woman by her Polish merchant marine boyfriend, but bonds with him and thwarts the police in their investigation.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Crime
Denmark|Germany|Sweden|Norway
2016
119 Minutes
Nikolaj Lie Kaas Fares Fares Johanne Louise Schmidt Søren Pilmark Jakob Oftebro Pål Sverre Hagen Lotte Andersen Signe Anastassia Mannov Laura Bro Divya Das Amanda Collin
detective investigator murder suspect murder victim criminal thrilling gripping suspenseful shocking boarding school crime scene police station denmark crime investigation murder cold case serial murders discovery mystery
Two intertwined cases linking the past with the present will require the aid of Department Q to catch an elusive serial killer, while time is running out.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1949
104 Minutes
Orson Welles Joseph Cotten Trevor Howard Alida Valli Paul Hoerbiger Ernst Deutsch Erich Ponto Siegfried Breuer Bernard Lee Hedwig Bleibtreu Wilfrid Hyde-White
writer friend actress love interest thief suspenseful dark vienna cemetery hospital nightclub household accident investigation murder love triangle mistaken identity betrayal mystery pursuit
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1935
68 Minutes
Warren William Margaret Lindsay Errol Flynn Claire Dodd Donald Woods Allen Jenkins Philip Reed Winifred Shaw Warren Hymer Olin Howland Henry Kolker
perry mason friend ex-husband husband detective attorney engaging suspenseful law office mortuary apartment police station dinner party house law bigamy blackmail murder investigation accidental death
Perry interrupts his vacation plans when an ex-girlfriend, now newly married, asks him to help her with murder and bigamy charges.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1994
106 Minutes
Madeleine Stowe Aidan Quinn Laurie Metcalf James Remar Peter Friedman Bruce A. Young Matt Roth Paul Dillon Michael Kirkpatrick Sean C. Cleland Craig Winston Damon
blind woman police detective eye doctor killer partner eerie suspenseful sultry intense chicago apartment building police station memory witness protection serial murders sight police work new romance mystery rescue
Emma, a blind violinist who had recently undergone a revolutionary surgery, joins with a police detective to track a serial killer after she was an inadvertent witness to his latest crime.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1938
73 Minutes
Wilfrid Lawson Sonnie Hale Alexander Knox Louise Henry Patrick Barr John Longden Patricia Roc Charles Eaton George Merritt Arthur Hambling
lawyer murderer scotland yard agent police detective secretary fiancée chilling dark suspenseful london apartment scotland yard police station office street crime murder investigation engagement brother/sister relationship
A millionaire in London falls for a poor girl with a great singing voice, but his gold-digging past girlfriend tries her best to ruin the relationship.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Poland
2017
100 Minutes
Allison Tolman Julia Halperin Sophie Reid JoBeth Williams Luis Bordonada Larry Jack Dotson Angelo Dylen Tanner Beard Monique Straw
sister father singer husband mother boy brooding eerie dark creepy disturbing thrilling texas house yard lake cemetery bar long-lost relatives sister relationship
A strange woman comes to Texas to meet her half-sister and stake a claim to the family music legacy-one way or another.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2009
93 Minutes
Warren Clarke Paddy Considine James Fox David Calder Nicholas Woodeson Ron Cook Maxine Peake Tony Pitts Jim Carter David Morrissey Eddie Marsan
police chief police detective businessman prostitute police officer chilling gripping suspenseful yorkshire, england club police station house police corruption revenge investigation serial murders prostitution crime discovery mystery
Detective Peter Hunter returns to Yorkshire to investigate the town's high murder rate. The local police have done little to find the killer, and he soon realizes corrupt police officers are doing everything they can to stop his progress.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Australia
1992
107 Minutes
Jacques Dutronc Patrick Bruel Mathilda May Vernon Dobtcheff Sophie Broustal Bruce Myers Eric Da Silva Benoît Magimel Jurgen Zwingel Hans-Heinz Moser Jean Dautremay
police detective businessman wife boss suspect dark suspenseful lyon, france zurich alps town murder investigation love triangle corruption deception mystery pursuit 1990s
A sweet-talking con man starts to turn his life around when he falls in love in this family oriented comedy.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Argentina|Spain
2009
127 Minutes
Ricardo Darín Soledad Villamil Carla Quevedo Pablo Rago Javier Godino Guillermo Francella José Luis Gioia Bárbara Palladino Rudy Romano Mario Alarcón Alejandro Abelenda
criminal investigator judge love interest newlywed chilling dark engaging suspenseful buenos aires, argentina court mystery murder investigation rape discovery pursuit mystery 1990s
A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1995
102 Minutes
Denzel Washington Tom Sizemore Jennifer Beals Don Cheadle Maury Chaykin Terry Kinney Mel Winkler Albert Hall Lisa Nicole Carson Jernard Burks David Fonteno
veteran private investigator girlfriend woman friend politician tense sultry intricate los angeles jazz club house police station racism missing persons class struggle corruption postwar america pursuit mystery
An African-American man is hired to find a woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal.
Mystery & Thriller
France|USA
2001
146 Minutes
Justin Theroux Naomi Watts Laura Harring Ann Miller Dan Hedaya Mark Pellegrino Brian Beacock Robert Forster Katharine Towne Lee Grant Michael J. Anderson
actress director mafia boss celebrity lesbian detective dark suspenseful intricate los angeles street nightclub amnesia car crash conspiracy mental illness suicide murder mystery transformation
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1995
125 Minutes
Brad Pitt Morgan Freeman Gwyneth Paltrow R. Lee Ermey Richard Roundtree John C. McGinley Julie Araskog Mark Boone Junior John Cassini Reg E. Cathey Peter Crombie
police officer detective serial killer wife police chief dark suspenseful tense disturbing shocking intricate city police station desert murder violence morality torture wretched excess mystery
A meticulous detective (Morgan Freeman) and the young officer (Brad Pitt) about to replace the veteran probe serial murders based on the seven deadly sins.
Gay & Lesbian, Mystery & Thriller
France|Mexico|Switzerland
2018
102 Minutes
Vanessa Paradis Kate Moran Nicolas Maury Jonathan Genet Khaled Alouach Félix Maritaud Bertrand Mandico Bastien Waultier Thibault Servière Pierre Emö
filmmaker producer victim murderer porn star lover dark sultry gripping thrilling passionate unrestrained club film set crime scene police station cemetery filmmaking pornography murder
Paris, summer 1979. Anne is a producer of cheap gay porn. When Lois, her editor and companion, leaves her, she attempts to get her back by making a more ambitious film with the flamboyant Archibald.