Movies Like Dressed to Kill (1980)

Dressed to Kill is a 1980 horror, mystery, thriller film from Brian De Palma with a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with They're Playing with Fire and Final Analysis.

Horror Mystery Thriller

They're Playing with Fire

1984

A married college professor decides to seduce her student, whom she hired as a handyman for her yacht. The hesitant student succumbs to his buxom professor, but their romance is interrupted by her corrupt husband and a masked murderer.

5.1

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Final Analysis

1992

A psychiatrist becomes romantically involved with the sister of one of his patients, but the influence of her controlling gangster husband threatens to destroy them both.

5.7

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The Hot Nights of Linda

1975

A young woman is hired to care for an elderly man who lives on an island off the Greek coast. When she arrives there the man warns her that his daughters are evil and dangerous. The woman discovers that one of the daughters is a crazed nymphomaniac who pursues, and seduces, everyone in the house, including her crippled sister.

3.1

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The Key

1983

Art professor Nino Rolfe attempts to break down his wife Teresa's conventional modesty. Noticing her affection for their daughter's fiancé, Nino instigates her sexual interest in him - setting off a chain of unexpected events and emotional complications...

6.0

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Boogeyman 2

2007

A young woman attempts to cure her phobia of the boogeyman by checking herself into a mental health facility, only to realize too late that she is now helplessly trapped with her own greatest fear.

5.5

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Frivolous Lola

1998

In 1950s northern Italy, a woman tests her fiancé's love and passion by trying to break his commitment to premarital chastity.

5.1

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Shutter

2008

A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.

5.6

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Save Me

1994

An accountant beleaguered by personal and professional problems gets involved with a femme fatale and her mysterious psychiatrist.

4.4

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Cruising

1980

When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, young rookie Steve Burns infiltrates the S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.

6.6

MagicScore

#10

Whispers in the Dark

1992

Psychiatrist Ann Hecker is ending one relationship and possibly starting an important new one, while finding that some of the sexual exploits her patients relate are weighing on her. Turning to a married friend from her research days for guidance, she finds his help increasingly important when a female patient is murdered and it turns out that her new boyfriend was also seeing the dead woman.

4.9

MagicScore

#11

Body Double

1984

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 woman 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.

6.8

MagicScore

#12

Psycho

1960

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

8.4

MagicScore

#13

Fatal Attraction

1987

A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.

6.8

MagicScore

#14

Knock Knock

2015

When a devoted husband and father is left home alone for the weekend, two stranded young women unexpectedly knock on his door for help. What starts out as a kind gesture results in a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse.

5.4

MagicScore

#15

Speak No Evil

2022

A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.

6.7

MagicScore

#16

Snapdragon

1993

An erotic amnesiac lures a police psychologist into a world of lust and danger.

3.8

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#17

Swimming Pool

2003

A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.

6.5

MagicScore

#18

Alice, Sweet Alice

1976

Alice is a withdrawn 12-year-old who lives with her mother and her younger sister, Karen, who gets most of the attention from her mother, leaving Alice out of the spotlight. When Karen is found brutally murdered in a church, suspicions start to turn toward Alice. But could a 12-year-old girl really be capable of such savagery?

6.4

MagicScore

#19

Sicario

2015

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

7.4

MagicScore

#20

Sliver

1993

A woman moves into a Manhattan apartment, where she learns that the previous tenant's life ended under mysterious circumstances.

5.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Dressed to Kill?

The top films similar to Dressed to Kill by MovieMagicScore are They're Playing with Fire (5.1), Final Analysis (5.7), The Hot Nights of Linda (3.1). Each shares horror/mystery/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Dressed to Kill worth watching?

Dressed to Kill holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10 from 1,054 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Dressed to Kill?

Dressed to Kill (1980) is a horror, mystery, thriller film directed by Brian De Palma, starring Michael Caine, Nancy Allen, Angie Dickinson.

Where can I find more recommendations like Dressed to Kill?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more horror recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Dressed to Kill

This ranked list pairs Dressed to Kill (1980), a horror and mystery and thriller film from Brian De Palma, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Michael Caine take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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