Movies like When a Stranger Calls
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When a Stranger Calls (2006)
52K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Far away from the site of a gruesome murder, a teenager named Jill Johnson arrives at a luxurious home for a baby-sitting job. With the children fast asleep, she settles in for what she expects to be an ordinary evening. Soon, the ringing of a phone and the frightening words of a sadistic caller turn Jill's routine experience into a night of terror.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, creepy, teen horror, tense, teen, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, maniac, high school, stalking, killer, babysitter, husband wife relationship, babysitting, murder, teenage girl, high school student, nightmare, home invasion, cell phone, escape, danger, teenager, homicidal maniac, security system, cheerleader, characters murdered one by one, threatening telephone call, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, survival ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, colorado
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Most similar movies to When a Stranger Calls
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, slasher and psychological thriller films with plots about murder, serial killer, survival, blood, psychopath, knife and supernatural mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like When a Stranger Calls: Kristy (2014), Hush (2016), He's Out There (2018), The Strangers (2008), Vacancy (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.
Style:
creepy, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
urban legend, private detective, obsession, stalker, stalking, threatening telephone call, home invasion, psychopath, babysitter, serial killer, telephone call, murder ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
11K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a college girl who is alone on campus over the Thanksgiving break is targeted by a group of outcasts, she must conquer her deepest fears to outwit them and fight back.
Style:
scary, serious, slasher, melancholic, dark ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
home invasion, thanksgiving, masked killer, campus, student life, youth, danger, woman in danger, gang, college life, holiday horror, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
168K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
Style:
slasher, suspense, dark, psychological thriller, scary ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
serial killer, trapped, home invasion, deaf, survival, brutality, deafness, violence, macabre, deaf mute, masked killer, writers ...
Time:
year 2016, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
america, california
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On vacation at a remote lake house, a mother and her two young daughters must fight for survival after falling into a terrifying and bizarre nightmare conceived by a psychopath.
Style:
slasher, suspense, scary, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
home invasion, forest, mother daughter relationship, family in danger, psychopath, murder, brutality, survival, woods, daughter, mother, woman in danger ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple ...
Style:
slasher, scary, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
home invasion, survival, serial killer, masked killer, murder, hostage, brutality, blood, masked man, violence, masked villain, killer ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
87%
113K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, psychological thriller, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, trapped, murder, hotel, survival horror, hostage, danger, voyeurism, kidnapped, estranged couple, motel, macabre ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
79%
30K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eight unsuspecting high school seniors at a posh boarding school, who delight themselves on playing games of lies, come face-to-face with terror and learn that nobody believes a liar - even when they're telling the truth.
Style:
slasher, scary, teen horror, suspenseful, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, psycho killer, masked killer, murder, death, prank, killer, halloween, murder mystery, school, youth, plot twist ...
Time:
year 2005, 80s
Place:
virginia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Donna's senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, though a sadistic killer from her past has different plans for her and her friends.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, teen, rough, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, serial killer, high school, stalking, killer, prom, death, blood, haunted by the past, mind game, fatal attraction, best friend ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In a small New Mexico town, a 17-year-old high school girl who just got her driver’s license gets into her first Fender Bender, innocently exchanging her personal information with an apologetic stranger. Later that stormy night, she is joined in ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, bleak, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, home invasion, murder, killer, violence, evil man, brutality, psychopath, terror, maniac, mercilessness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Place:
new mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, South Africa
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A group of teenage girls heading into the city hook up with a gang of drug-addled ne'er-do-wells and are brutally murdered. The killers find their way to the home of one of their victim's parents, where both father and mother exact a ...
Style:
scary, slasher, brutal, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
rape, revenge, psychopath, torture, murder, kidnapping, serial killer, violence, vengeance, sexualized violence, rape and revenge, violence against women ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
336K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In John Carpenter's horror classic, a psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, slasher horror, spooky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, psychopath, murder, holiday horror, babysitter, death, masked killer, killer, small town, psychiatrist, female nudity ...
Time:
year 1978, year 1963, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
illinois, chicago, north america, midwest, california
Similarity:
75%
39K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Angela, a corporate climber, gets stuck working late on Christmas Eve and finds herself the target of an unhinged security guard. With no help in sight, the woman must overcome physical and psychological challenges to survive.
Style:
scary, suspense, psychological, slasher, christmas horror ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
obsession, survival, psychopath, woman in danger, kidnapping, escape attempt, danger, maniac, hostage, violence, stalking, stalker ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
75%
118K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
home invasion, survival, gory, masked killer, murder, massacre, twists and turns, strong female lead, deathtrap, masked man, parents and children, blood ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
missouri, usa
Similarity:
100%
81K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
kidnapping, truck driver, truck, prank, twists and turns, paranoia, psychopath, brother brother relationship, torture, brutality, road trip, trap ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, north america, colorado, salt lake city utah, nebraska ...
Similarity:
75%
108K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Eden Lake is a relentlessly tense and immaculately paced horror-thriller about modern youth gone wild. When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. ...
Style:
brutal, suspense, bad ending, scary, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
survival, torture, camping, chase, forest, youth, fear, gory, revenge, teenager, maniac, danger ...
Time:
year 2008, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
united kingdom, england, britain
Similarity:
60%
11K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In an attempt to make some extra cash while away at College, Kylie moves into a house that streams content to an X-rated website. After a deranged fan hacks in to determine the house's location, she finds herself in a terrifying fight for her ...
Style:
sexy, scary, perverse, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
masked man, sexy girl, porn actress, twerking, masked killer, murder, woman in danger, psychopath, danger, home invasion, bare breasts, nude black woman ...
Time:
2010s, year 1988, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Four friends gather at an elegant home during the Summer of Love, 1969. Unbeknownst to them, deadly visitors are waiting outside. What begins as a simple farewell party turns to a night of primal terror as the intruders stalk and torment the four, ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, bleak, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
home invasion, terror, serial killer, killing spree, husband wife relationship, group of friends, mercilessness, murder, police officer, killer, pursuit, danger ...
Time:
60s, year 1969
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
100%
82K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: “$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.” Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets ...
Style:
scary, black comedy, creepy, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
found footage, psychopath, obsession, stalker, woods, killer, home invasion, cameraman, lake, serial killer, wolf, hugging ...
Time:
year 2012
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
As another semester draws to a close at the University of Dreyskill, a simple game dreamt to help students avoid studying becomes a bloody battle for survival in this stalk-and-slash frightener from filmmaking duo Brian Hooks and Deon Taylor.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, serious, teen horror, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, gory, murder, psychopath, rivalry, mind game, youth, survival, gay friend, death, investigation, whodunit ...
Place:
usa, colorado
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A sorority house is terrorized by a stranger who makes frightening phone calls and then murders the sorority sisters during Christmas break.
Style:
christmas horror, slasher, sexy, suspense, creepy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
christmas, serial killer, holiday horror, telephone call, holiday, killer, violence, sorority, murder, mental illness, serial murder, maniac ...
Time:
70s, near future, year 1974, 20th century, 80s
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Unfinished business with coed Julie James brings the murderer to the Bahamas to terrorize her and her friends, Karla, Tyrell and Will, during a vacation. Can Ray Bronson who survived a bloody attack alongside Julie two summers ago, get to the island ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, teen horror, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
serial killer, killer, murder, escape, revenge, voodoo, masked killer, haunted by the past, hotel, female protagonist, resort, island ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, year 1988, 80s
Place:
bahamas
Similarity:
100%
438K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the 'rules' of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, scary, suspense, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, date night
Plot:
serial killer, high school, teenager, psychopath, maniac, small town, masked killer, murder, woman in danger, teenage life, brutality, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, slasher horror, slasher, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kidnapping, child abduction, phone terror, basement, serial child killer, victim, small town, locked in a basement, escape attempt, psycho killer, murder, kidnapped ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 2020s, 20th century
Place:
colorado, denver colorado
Similarity:
100%
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14K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young woman becomes trapped in her car after a hitchhiker causes her to have an automobile accident.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological horror, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
trapped, maniac, locked in a room, car, psychopath, car breakdown, hitchhiker, survival, trap, on the road, fear, serial killer ...
Similarity:
100%
259K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
Style:
tense, scary, suspenseful, brutal, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
home invasion, survival, survival horror, self defense, danger, violence spree, security system, dystopia, family in danger, society, killing spree, distopia ...
Time:
future, year 2013, near future, 2010s, year 2000 ...
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Juliet, a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her husband. It's got spacious rooms, a spectacular view, and a handy, handsome landlord. But there are secrets behind every wall and ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
obsession, woman in danger, landlord, stalker, danger, stalking, psychopath, husband murders wife, single woman, female protagonist, voyeurism, rape and revenge ...
Time:
year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
Style:
slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, torture, home invasion, trap, psychopath, gory, maniac, macabre, massacre, sadistic horror, terror, psycho killer ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, tense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
death, supernatural, life & death, survival, supernatural horror, characters killed one by one, danger, disaster, destiny, group of friends, psychic power, near death experience ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, y2k, year 2003, 20th century ...
Place:
paris france, new york, usa
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Cherry Falls is a quiet little town - until the night that a serial killer begins preying on its youth. After a third teen is found slain, the killer's modus operandi emerges: the victims were all virgins. Sheriff Marken is concerned for the ...
Style:
slasher, independent film, teen, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, revenge, murder, father daughter relationship, virgin, gang rape, high school, teenager, dead teenager, sheriff, small town, pregnant from rape ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s
Place:
usa, virginia, west virginia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A college student relives the day of her murder over and over again as she tries to discover her killer's identity.
Style:
slasher, suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, horror for children
Plot:
time loop, time travel, college, college student, mystery killer, murder, dying repeatedly, twists and turns, repeated event, surprise birthday party, masked villain, masked killer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017
Place:
arizona, louisiana
Similarity:
100%
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