Films like Blue Velvet (1986)

Blue Velvet (1986) is crime, mystery, thriller. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.

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The Batman (2022)

Also crime and mystery. 7.7/10

In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
Se7en (1995)

Also crime and mystery. 8.4/10

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the…
The Accountant² (2025)

Also crime and mystery. 7.1/10

When an old acquaintance is murdered, Wolff is compelled to solve the case. Realizing more extreme measures are necessary, Wolff recruits his estranged and highly lethal brother…
Mercy (2026)

Also crime and mystery. 7.1/10

In the near future, a detective stands on trial accused of murdering his wife. He has ninety minutes to prove his innocence to the advanced AI Judge he once championed, before it…
Zodiac (2007)

Also crime and mystery. 7.5/10

The story follows the manhunt for the Zodiac Killer, a serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s, taunting police with letters…
Death on the Nile (2022)

Also crime and mystery. 6.4/10

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon…
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

Also crime and mystery. 7.5/10

A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
Infernal Affairs (2002)

Also crime and mystery. 7.8/10

Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their…
A Haunting in Venice (2023)

Also crime and mystery. 6.6/10

Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the…
L.A. Confidential (1997)

Also crime and mystery. 7.8/10

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night…
Wind River (2017)

Also crime and mystery. 7.4/10

An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
Mystic River (2003)

Also crime and mystery. 7.7/10

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Also crime and mystery. 7.4/10

Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker…
The Client (1994)

Also crime and mystery. 6.7/10

A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome…
State of Play (2009)

Also crime and mystery. 6.8/10

When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

Also crime and mystery. 6.3/10

Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
High and Low (1963)

Also crime and mystery. 8.4/10

A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
Eastern Promises (2007)

Also crime and mystery. 7.3/10

A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
The Bone Collector (1999)

Also crime and mystery. 6.8/10

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…
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)

Also crime and mystery. 7.5/10

Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous…
Kiss the Girls (1997)

Also crime and mystery. 6.5/10

Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts…
The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025)

Also crime and mystery. 6.2/10

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.
Basic Instinct 2 (2006)

Also crime and mystery. 5.0/10

Novelist Catherine Tramell is once again in trouble with the law, and Scotland Yard appoints psychiatrist Dr. Michael Glass to evaluate her. Though, like Detective Nick Curran…
8MM (1999)

Also crime and mystery. 6.5/10

A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he…