Telephone call movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant telephone call movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, realistic, interesting, suspenseful, cult classic and psychological films and TV shows about / with telephone call, murder, dialogue, storytelling, death, catastrophe, blood, mentor, police investigation and chase plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Horror genres shot in USA, Japan, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as telephone call: One Missed Call (2003), Phone (2002), Cellular (2004), Compliance (2012), Scream (1996), The Mothman Prophecies (2002), Don't Hang Up (2016), Scream 4 (2011), Black Christmas (1974), When a Stranger Calls (1979).
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List of telephone call movies
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, in the form of the sound of them reacting to their own violent deaths, along with the exact date and time of their future death, listed on the message log. The plot ...
Style:
atmospheric, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
telephone call, macabre, death, urban legend, supernatural, child abuse, hospital, spirit, good versus evil, vengeance, haunted by the past, supernatural ability ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
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5K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Soon after Ji-won gets a new cell phone, her friend's young daughter, Yeong-ju, puts it to her ear and immediately begins screaming in terror. When other strange things start happening in connection with the phone, Ji-Won does some ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, suspenseful, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, telephone call, journalism, phone terror, evil spirit, haunted by the past, investigation, obsession, teenage life, vengeance ...
Place:
south korea, korea
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110K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. She claims to have been kidnapped – and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.
Style:
suspenseful, sexy, clever, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
kidnapping, hostage, cell phone, lone hero, violence, race against time, home invasion, kidnapped, telephone call, family in danger, psychopath, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sandra is the manager at a fast-food restaurant, and Becky is her teenaged counter girl who really needs the job. One stressful day, a police officer telephones and accuses Becky of stealing money from a customer’s purse, which Becky vehemently ...
Style:
psychological, sexy, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychology, manipulation, twists and turns, fast food restaurant, police investigation, sexual humiliation, blonde, true crime, human nature, moral dilemma, power relations, telephone call ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa, canada, new jersey, seattle
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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
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror and unthinkable chaos when fate draws him to a sleepy West Virginia town whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.
Style:
scary, mind bending, atmospheric, psychological, creepy ...
Plot:
urban legend, hallucination, warning, psychic, death of wife, twists and turns, nightmare, supernatural power, telephone call, fantasy world, destiny, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2002, 20th century, 70s
Place:
west virginia, washington d.c., pittsburgh, ecuador, virginia ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An evening of drunken prank calls becomes a nightmare for a pair of teenagers when a mysterious stranger turns their own game against them.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, scary, slasher, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
home invasion, prank, masked killer, telephone call, mysterious stranger, stalker, revenge, murder, escape room, halloween, eye, hacking ...
Is relevant?
187K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill and her Aunt Kate. Unfortunately, ...
Style:
scary, slasher, suspense, creepy, teen horror ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
serial killer, masked killer, mystery killer, serial murder, high school, telephone call, woman in danger, killer, gory, closeted homosexual, high school student, revenge ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa
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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
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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
Is relevant?
41K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Switzerland, UK, France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After failing to apprehend the terrorist behind a Paris attack that claimed dozens of lives, CIA agent Alice Racine is forced to live in London as a caseworker. Her mentor unexpectedly calls her back into action when the CIA discovers that another ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, rough, cult classic ...
Plot:
terrorism, spy, biohazard, female warrior, rogue agent, cia agent, virus, female protagonist, female spy, cia, biological warfare, terrorist ...
Time:
future, year 2017, 2010s, year 2012
Place:
london, paris france, moscow russia, big ben london, tower bridge london ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, independent film, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gambling, redemption, corruption, rape, drug addiction, baseball, masturbation, violence, police lieutenant, nun, drug dealer, corrupt cop ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, gothic, sexy, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, investigation, telephone call, fear, macabre, cursed object, supernatural, violent, urban legend, female protagonist, woman in danger, danger ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on ...
Style:
sentimental, sad, heartbreaking, tear jerker, compassionate ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
cancer, love, dysfunctional family, friendship, death, adultery, husband wife relationship, single mother, mother daughter relationship, grief, hospital, death of daughter ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s ...
Place:
nebraska, houston texas, texas, new york, louisiana ...
Is relevant?
400K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
It sounded like just another urban legend: A videotape filled with nightmarish images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer's death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller was naturally skeptical of the story, ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspense, creepy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, life is a bitch, supernatural horror, death, twists and turns, urban legend, female protagonist, danger, investigation, curse, paranormal phenomena ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, astoria oregon, washington state, fictional island
Is relevant?
298K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Set in the 1930s this intricate caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on a vicious crime lord who murdered one of their gang.
Style:
witty, captivating, entertaining, surprise ending, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gambling, revenge, con artists, murder, twists and turns, caper, con man, gangster, chase, cons and scams, casino, organized crime ...
Time:
1930s, year 1936, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
chicago, usa, persia, new york, illinois
Is relevant?
3K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Because her overprotective mother (Cheryl Ladd) won't allow her to date, 14-year-old Lisa (Staci Keanan) creates a rich fantasy life. She calls random men and seduces them anonymously. But now she may have picked the wrong man. Richard (D.W. ...
Style:
erotic, slasher, neo noir, independent film, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, stalker, woman in jeopardy, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, teen angst, telephone call, prank, infatuation, single mother, teenager ...
Time:
80s
Place:
venice beach california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Doug is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle, widow of a former U.S. President, and close personal friend of the President. He finds that she has requested that he not be rotated but instead ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, light, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
kidnapping, old woman, bodyguard, u.s. president, hostage, rescue, buried alive, hospital, chauffeur, secret service, telephone call, celebrity ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
washington d.c., columbus ohio, new jersey
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18K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.
Style:
funny, humorous, witty, talky, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
brother brother relationship, car salesman, car, public nudity, satire, stripper, father daughter relationship, no bra, farce, topless woman, heart attack, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s, year 1980, future
Place:
arizona, california
Is relevant?
107K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA, Canada, Russia, Serbia, Guadeloupe
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
Style:
suspense, action thriller, satanic, period piece, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female spy, female assassin, spy, female protagonist, female agent, cia agent, one woman army, murder, double agent, russian spy, assassin, female killer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, 90s, 80s, year 1985 ...
Place:
paris france, moscow russia, russia, bahamas, milan italy ...
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
231K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
Style:
black comedy, exciting, factual, humorous, emotional ...
Plot:
pilot, drug cartel, money laundering, aviation, cia, money, smuggler, cocaine, fbi, trial, arms smuggling, cia agent ...
Time:
80s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1978, year 1985 ...
Place:
colombia, panama, nicaragua, latin america, usa ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When she takes a job babysitting a young boy (Kai Caster) for a night at his family's remote farmhouse, sweet college co-ed Angie Albright (Sarah Thompson) becomes the target of a scar-covered creep making mysterious phone calls and prowling ...
Style:
satanic, scary, bloody, slasher, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
babysitter, stalking, murder, blood, telephone call, chase, psychopath, police officer killed, roommate, evil child, danger, mind game ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them ...
Style:
atmospheric, feel good, sentimental, cute, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night, kids, teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, boy scout, children, adolescence, first love, camp, youth, island, summer camp, orphan, search party, childhood ...
Time:
60s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1965, 2010s
Place:
new england, rhode island, nebraska, usa, england ...
Is relevant?
359K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
George Clooney plays the dry cynical character of Ryan Bingham, an executive who specializes in "downsizing". Ryan lives out of his suitcase, traveling the country for the sole purpose terminating unwanted employees day after day. Just as ...
Style:
touching, sexy, romantic, rom com, romantic drama ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
loneliness, on the road, travel, couples, hotel, business trip, airport, love affair, downsizing, business, love and romance, motivational speaker ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, dallas texas, las vegas, iran, usa ...
Is relevant?
19K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA, Mexico
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A Texas cop (Kevin Kline), whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth (Cesar Ramos) to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian woman who ...
Style:
sexy, rough, detective, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
human trafficking, kidnapping, missing child, sexual abuse, child molestation, sex slavery, slavery, child rape, rescue, child molester, forced prostitution, humiliation ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, mexico city, poland, texas, el paso texas ...
Is relevant?
21K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Australia, Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
infidelity, disappearance, therapist, nylons, unfaithfulness, therapy, passion, telephone call, sexuality, photograph, divorce, police investigation ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia, new zealand
Is relevant?
122K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family ...
Style:
disturbing, black comedy, sexy, psychological, art house ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
incest, dysfunctional family, isolated house, brother sister incest, paranoia, sadism, brother sister sex, child abuse, overprotective father, eccentric family, abuse, isolation ...
Time:
2000s, year 2010, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
greece, europe
Is relevant?
101K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Multiple storylined drama set in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England.
Style:
detective, period piece, costume drama, biting, satirical ...
Plot:
murder, whodunit, society, murder mystery, country estate, estate, high society, murder investigation, butler, police investigation, twists and turns, servant ...
Time:
1930s, year 1932, 20th century, pre world war two, year 2001 ...
Place:
england, detroit, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
An Italian high school student becomes infatuated with a woman he sees outside his class window. Her fiancée is in jail for being involved in a radical movement, and she spends much time in court providing moral support. At first she resists the ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, weeping, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
erection, nudity, coming of age, terrorist, male nudity, psychoanalysis, student, teenage boy, high school, terrorism, wedding, telephone call ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy
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