15 Movies Like The Police Are Blundering in the Dark

Loved The Police Are Blundering in the Dark? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Madness
#1

Madness

An escaped convicted murderer invades the cottage of a man, his wife and the wife's sister, whereupon he proceeds to torment this already dysfunctional trio with rape and violence.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Police Are Blundering in the Dark.

The Holy Boy
#2

The Holy Boy

A PE teacher moves to a isolated mountain village where the people appear to live in unshakeable serenity, but soon stumbles across a disturbing ritual. Once a week, the locals are freed of their pain by a lonely boy born with the power to heal one's soul just by hugging them. Trying to rescue him from this madness, the man unleashes his dark side.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Police Are Blundering in the Dark.

Lola's Secret
#3

Lola's Secret

A young man's dreams come true when the sexy new maid seduces him. But she has a secret that leads to trouble.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Police Are Blundering in the Dark.

Dagger Eyes
#4

Dagger Eyes

Assassins are after a prostitute who has come into possession of a cigarette lighter that, unbeknownst to her, contains the negatives that show a politician's assassination. A delightfully playful giallo starring the beautiful Carole Bouquet as Mystère, a high class call girl who becomes the target for a couple of assassins.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Police Are Blundering in the Dark.

Play Motel
#5

Play Motel

The motel has a special room designed for sexual activities. It also has a habit of photographing sex act engines and extorting the parties concerned. One day a mysterious killer with black gloves up and the situation is changing.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Police Are Blundering in the Dark.

The Smile of the Fox
#6

The Smile of the Fox

Mark, a hitman haunted by his past as a corrupt Miami cop and the death of his wife and son, prepares for his next killing. Gradually he becomes fascinated by the beautiful prostitute who lives in the next apartment and they embark on a passionate affair. Their dreams of a life together are complicated by her pimp being a drugs baron; before they can escape he must die, but things are never that simple...

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Police Are Blundering in the Dark.

Cannibal Holocaust
#7

Cannibal Holocaust

A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Police Are Blundering in the Dark.

Trap House
#8

Trap House

An undercover DEA agent and his partner embark on a game of cat and mouse with an audacious, and surprising group of thieves – their own rebellious teenagers, who have begun robbing from a dangerous cartel, using their parents' tactics and top-secret intel to do it.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Police Are Blundering in the Dark.

Craving Desire
#9

Craving Desire

Luigi, who is engaged to a rich bourgeois, Cinzia, meets his lovely cousin, Sonia, at the cremation of their grandmother. Six months later, Sonia moves in and enters his life, and gradually succeeds in seducing him. Sonia upsets his life. Now, Cinzia is jealous but he can not resist the seductress.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Police Are Blundering in the Dark.

Africa Blood and Guts
#10

Africa Blood and Guts

A chronicle of the violence that occurred in much of the African continent throughout the 1960s. As many African countries were transitioning from colonial rule to other forms of government, violent political upheavals were frequent. Revolutions in Zanzibar and Kenya in which thousands were killed are shown, the violence not only political; there is also extensive footage of hunters and poachers slaughtering different types of wild animals.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Police Are Blundering in the Dark.

Convent of Sinners
#11

Convent of Sinners

Convent of Sinners is the story of Susanna, a young girl who is raped by her own father and sent to a convent for her sins, where she falls in love with a priest. The other nuns, however, are jealous and angry, they want Susanna for themselves, and accuse her of being possessed by the Devil.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Police Are Blundering in the Dark.

Dog Lay Afternoon
#12

Dog Lay Afternoon

A young girl witnesses her mother having sex with the family dog. When her father finds out, he burns the dog alive. She is so traumatized by these incidents that she later turns into a nymphomaniac. She moves to an island and lives there with her own dog, having sex with various guests who visit her.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Police Are Blundering in the Dark.

The Killer
#13

The Killer

Zee is a feared contract killer known as "the Queen of the Dead," but when she refuses to murder a young blind woman, she finds herself hunted both by criminal colleagues and a determined police detective.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Police Are Blundering in the Dark.

White Cannibal Queen
#14

White Cannibal Queen

A man is on safari in the jungle with his wife and daughter when the wife gets eaten and the daughter is captured by cannibals. Several years later he goes back to see if his daughter is still alive.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Police Are Blundering in the Dark.

Suspiria
#15

Suspiria

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Police Are Blundering in the Dark.