26 Best Movies Like Body Heat ...

26 Best Movies Like Body Heat ...

If you liked this film , you will probably love these too! In this selection we highlight some of the best films that share a very similar mood to '', and are worth checking out.

1. The Last Seduction (1994)

1h 50m Thriller Crime Romance Drama

Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory convinces her husband, Clay, 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. 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.

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2. A Perfect Murder (1998)

1h 47m Crime Thriller Drama

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.

3. Gone Girl (2014)

2h 29m Mystery Thriller Drama

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.

4. Black Widow (1987)

1h 42m Mystery Thriller

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.

5. Wild Things (1998)

1h 48m Mystery Thriller Drama

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...

6. Basic Instinct (1992)

2h 7m Thriller Mystery

A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.

7. The Hot Spot (1990)

2h 10m Crime Romance

A loner moves in to a small Texas town, finds himself a job, and sets about plotting to rob the local bank.

8. Fatal Attraction (1987)

1h 59m Drama Thriller

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

9. The Big Easy (1986)

1h 42m Drama Action Crime Mystery

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.

10. Unfaithful (2002)

2h 4m Thriller Drama

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.

11. Derailed (2005)

1h 48m Drama Thriller

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.

12. Under Suspicion (1991)

1h 39m Crime Thriller

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.

13. Red Rock West (1993)

1h 38m Thriller Crime Drama

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.

14. Jade (1995)

1h 35m Thriller Mystery

Someone does a nasty hatchet job on a San Francisco big shot 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.

15. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

2h 2m Romance Crime Drama

This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside cafe owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder.

16. American Gigolo (1980)

1h 57m Crime Drama Romance Thriller

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.

17. Femme Fatale (2002)

1h 54m Thriller Crime Romance

A woman tries to straighten out her life, even as her past as a con-woman comes back to haunt her.

18. Sea of Love (1989)

1h 53m Drama Crime Mystery Romance Thriller

Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.

19. The Right Temptation (2000)

1h 35m Mystery Romance Thriller

A detective falls for the man she's supposed to be investigating; dire complications follow.

20. Body of Evidence (1992)

1h Crime Drama

Bodies of Evidence is a police drama that aired on CBS from June 1992 to May 1993. It stars Lee Horsley and George Clooney as Los Angeles homicide detectives.

21. Palmetto (1998)

1h 54m Mystery Thriller Drama Romance Crime

A recently released ex-con gets involved in a fake kidnapping scheme that turns very real.

22. Blood Simple. (1984)

1h 37m Crime Drama Thriller

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

23. Crimes of Passion (1984)

1h 47m Crime Drama Thriller Romance

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.

24. The Grifters (1990)

1h 50m Crime Drama

A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.

25. Bad Company (1995)

1h 48m Action Crime Romance Thriller

Nelson Crowe is a CIA operative under the thumb of the Company for a disputed delivery of $50,000 in gold. They blackmail him into working for the Grimes Organization, which is set up as a private company for hire, to blackmail prominent individuals. Crowe, working with Margaret Wells (another former Covert Operations operative), blackmails and bribes a State Supreme Court judge, but the deal sours. One of Crowe's co-workers, Tod Stapp, discovers Crowe's current CIA involvement in a plot to overthrow Grimes, and blackmails him to be cut in on the deal. More blackmail occurs as Wells manipulates Crowe to kill Grimes, then the CIA uses that discovery to blackmail Wells into killing Crowe. Who can you trust???

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