| Bad Lieutenant (1992) | 7.0 | |
| Scream 3 (2000) | 5.7 | |
| Trade (2007) | 7.3 | |
| Narcos (2015) | 8.7 | |
| Gosford Park (2001) | 7.2 |
Telephone call movies and TV shows – page 5
Best films
New films
List of telephone call movies
318K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Following on the heels of popular teen-scream horror movies, with uproarious comedy and biting satire. Marlon and Shawn Wayans, Shannon Elizabeth and Carmen Electra pitch in to skewer some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters, including Scream, ...
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, slasher, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
satire, absurd humor, youth, dark humor, sarcasm, stupidity, gross out humor, graphic violence, creativity, adolescence, serial killer, sex scene ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Is relevant?
336K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA, Turkey, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, action packed, action thriller, saga ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, family outing, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, revenge, vigilante, one man army, kidnapped, hostage, brutality, lone hero, chase, retribution, secret service, hand to hand combat ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey, europe, los angeles, balkan ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Roland Bennett, an obnoxious late-night presenter specializing in the supernatural is not having a good night! A visit from his soon-to-be ex-wife brings divorce papers to the station, a boss listening in due to complaints, and finally, a call from ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, creepy ...
Plot:
serial killer, phone terror, telephone call, serial murder, killing spree, killing, murderer, murder mystery, talk show, psycho killer, murder, homicidal maniac ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Maria is a cleaning lady, who is reserved, shy and clumsy. When she is assigned to the School of Fine Arts, she meets Hubert, the school's whimsical guardian. There she discovers a fascinating place where freedom, creativity and daring reign.
Style:
humorous, exciting, funny, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
cleaning lady, female protagonist, nudity, cleaning, modern art, pharmacy, nude model, telephone call, drawing, dancing, poetry, art ...
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
71K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her ...
Style:
disturbing, independent film, serious, suspenseful, dramatic ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, missing woman, missing person, mysterious disappearance, found footage, teenage protagonist, teenage girl, cat, investigation, female protagonist, social media, fbi ...
Time:
year 2008, 2020s
Place:
colombia, los angeles, san antonio texas
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: Spain, France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Paris model must return to Madrid where her grandmother, who raised her, has had a stroke. But spending just a few days with this relative turns into an unexpected nightmare.
Style:
gothic, suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
nightmare, witch, old woman, grandmother granddaughter relationship, family secret, fashion model, old age, telephone call, female protagonist, terror, goth, grandmother ...
Place:
paris france, madrid
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
3G is the nightmarish story of Sam Arora and Sheena, a couple, who become victims of a series of events when Sam buys a 3G enabled second hand phone in Fiji islands while on a holiday. One night they receive a Phantom Call which changes their lives ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, enigmatic
Plot:
ghost, cell phone, supernatural, couples, danger, forbidden love, disorder, murder, telephone call, kidnapped woman, true crime, prison ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A group of longtime friends get together for dinner. When they decide to share the content of every text message, email, and phone call they receive, secrets are unveiled and the balance is upset.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, entertaining, psychological, talky ...
Plot:
dinner party, secret, secrets, telephone call, best friend, character study, friendship, family problems, relationships, husband wife relationship, infidelity, betrayal ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Gathered together in a country house, seven friends play an entertaining game, in which participants have to read aloud all of their incoming text messages, and can only answer their calls using loudspeaker mode. They can’t even imagine what ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, touching
Plot:
adultery, human nature, friendship, family relations, telephone call, couples, love and romance, adaptation, dishonesty, secrets, husband wife relationship, party ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Marcus King, an old school gangster, a crime lord, has left behind old school crime. He has manoeuvred his business into the leafy lanes of the suburbs and now, in place of pimps and dealers, his team consists of the best graduate geeks that money ...
Style:
disturbing, exciting, captivating, tense, independent film
Plot:
death, internet, crime boss, organized crime, orgy, money, gangster, criminal, violence, telephone call, betrayal, danger ...
Place:
spain, london
Is relevant?
7K
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Ideologies collide with fatal results when a military drone contractor meets an enigmatic Pakistani businessman.
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
drone, terrorist, confrontation, deception, family life, revenge, family in danger, secret identity, secret life, home invasion, telephone call, family home ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
iraq, pakistan
Is relevant?
443
![[Cargo] (2018)](/img/movie/thumb/1d/61461.jpg)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A man wakes trapped inside a cargo container with only a cell phone and is given 24 hours by his kidnappers to raise ten million dollars in ransom or die.
Style:
ambiguous ending, neo noir, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
ransom, businessman, isolation, ghost, survival, hostage, murder, mercenary, death, race against time, torture, telephone call ...
Place:
los angeles, south america
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy, UK, China
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.
Style:
rough, tense, serious, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
kidnapping, ransom demand, billionaire, rich, mafia, escape attempt, money, wealth, ransom, rich man, cruelty, greed ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 70s, year 1971, year 1973
Place:
rome italy, italy, saudi arabia
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Robert is a successful architect who sleeps with every woman he meets. His wife Michelle can't stand her husband's infidelity and hires a private investigator to have solid proof of the affairs. But as the private investigator supplies ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, sexy, emotional, suspenseful
Plot:
lust, sexual attraction, female nudity, erotica, obsession, guilt, stalking, infidelity, private investigator, adultery, telephone call, sex scene ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Story:
After the accidental death of her husband, a renown geneticist creates a clone of the deceased in a desperate effort to restore life to the way it was. As the clone assimilates the modern world, unforeseen effects propel it out of control.
Style:
romantic, sexy, psychological, unusual plot structure, crying
Plot:
family relations, sex, tragedy, university, romanticism, brother brother relationship, lie, drinking, telephone call, death of family, drinking alcohol, surrealism ...
Place:
massachusetts, maine
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A woman is being watched in her apartment by a stranger, who also calls and torments her. A cat-and-mouse game begins.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
stalking, woman in danger, danger, family in danger, mentally unstable, psychopath, who done it, dangerous attraction, serial killer, mind game, telephone call, home invasion ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A deeply disturbed photographer and Vietnam veteran, named Kirk Smith, terrorizes Los Angeles by going around strangling lingerie-clad young women in their homes while taunting Lindsay Gale, a young psychologist, by calling her on a radio call-in ...
Style:
slasher, crying, grindhouse, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, strangler, psychopath, woman strangled to death, female nudity, maniac, victim, obsession, exploitation, misogynist, stalking, murder ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s
Place:
los angeles, asia, vietnam, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
One (and not the most easy one) day from the life of a big Moscow radio station.
Style:
atmospheric, situational comedy, sitcom, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
radio station, media satire, radio, assistant, drunkenness, telephone call, ship, lie, workplace situations, coworker, group of friends, friendship ...
Place:
moscow russia
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A businessman in a phone-booth is held hostage by a sniper.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
criminal heroes, journalism, vigilantism, dishonesty, extortion, infidelity, murder, telephone call, bomb, cosa nostra, die hard, hostage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Is relevant?
685
Genre: Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Adam, a security guard, travels from California to the Philippines, his native land, for his father's funeral. He arrives in Manila. As he waits, a phone rings in his backpack; he answers it, and a male voice tells him that his mother and ...
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
terrorist, hostage, terrorism, heroes, danger, leadership, confined, chases and races, politics, homecoming, extremist, ransom ...
Place:
the philippines, asia, san diego california, manila philippines
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
What starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town's troubled past. Everyone has secrets. Everyone tells lies. Everyone is ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, scary, anthology, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
murder, danger, serial killer, psychopath, maniac, youth, massacre, high school, masked killer, characters killed one by one, teenage life, twists and turns ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, atlanta georgia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When his wife is murdered, Dong-ho loses the light in his life, breaks down and falls into depression. But he knows that as long as the killer is still around, he can not get out of his loss. Then, one day, he receives a call and can not believe who ...
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, tense, intense, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, telephone call, grief, loss, travel, supernatural, revenge, guilt, obsession, investigation, cat and mouse, marriage ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
seoul
Is relevant?
33
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A modern adaptation of Cocteau's classic play "The Human Voice": A woman is waiting for her ex-boyfriend's last call.
Style:
emotional, art house, intense, romantic drama, tension ...
Plot:
breakup, loneliness, monologue, heartbreak, telephone call, desperation, female protagonist, melancholy, isolation, waiting, adaptation, longing ...
Is relevant?
408
Genre: Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Axel is an employee of a call center who is used to complaints from his clients and an unbearable boss. Axel has a natural talent for dealing with people and their problems. But one day everything changes, when he receives a call from Figueroa Mont, ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tension, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
call center, threat, male protagonist, fear, telephone call, threatening telephone call, race against time, workplace situations, threat to kill, problem, anonymous telephone call, escalation ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The sequel picks up eight years since the opening night tragedy of HELL HOUSE LLC and still many unanswered questions remain. Thanks to an anonymous tip, an investigative journalist is convinced that key evidence is hidden inside the abandoned ...
Style:
suspenseful, spooky, bleak, brutal, tense ...
Plot:
found footage, violence, blood, mysterious death, interview, haunted house, investigation, fear, dark secret, evil, journalism, murder ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new york state
Is relevant?
1.4M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman's noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, neo noir, confusing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
memory, vengeance, memory loss, plot twist, revenge, murder, amnesia, whodunit, twists and turns, paranoia, murder mystery, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2001, future, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, america, usa ...
Is relevant?
71
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
During one of their night stays, three college teens play a silly prank where they randomly call people and tell them that they know who that person is and what they have done. What will happen when things take a dangerous turn?
Style:
tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
problem, teenager, prank gone wrong, phone ringing, escapades, risk, telephone call, prank telephone call, anonymous telephone call, mysterious telephone call, escalation, paranoia ...
Place:
india
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
On his way to work, a bank manager receives an anonymous call claiming there's a bomb under his car seat, and if anyone exits the car, it will explode unless he can pay a ransom.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
car bomb, mysterious telephone call, family relations, bank manager, threatening telephone call, problem, anonymous telephone call, telephone call, bomb, family problems, threat, bomb threat ...
Place:
busan
Is relevant?
91
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Chile, Argentina
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Four stories where an app will open the doors to horror. A young woman in the hands of a sinister network dedicated to the online transmission of abuse for high spheres of power. A voyeur will discover that his neighbors are hiding dark secrets that ...
Style:
black comedy, anthology, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
hacking, online dating, bloody violence, voyeurism, technology, phone terror, killing, violence, fear of death, death threat, plot twist, struggle for survival ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When family conflicts arise between happy couple Hallie and Lucas on the week before their big day, their plans for a breezy wedding in the tropics take a turn and their love is tested when they are forced to put on a small town winter wedding in ...
Style:
romantic, touching, sweet, witty
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
wedding, wedding planning, couples, love and romance, relationships, male female relationship, women, marriage, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, impulsiveness, fall in love, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
