Calling for help movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant calling for help movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, suspense, psychological, serious, disturbing and scary films and TV shows about / with calling for help, blood, death, murder, violence, danger, telephone call, gore, cigarette smoking and serial killer plots mostly in Drama, Horror and Thriller genres shot in USA, Canada, Spain and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as calling for help: Gerald's Game (2017), The Menu (2022), 1408 (2007), The Blair Witch Project (1999), Dream Home (2010), Snuff (1975), King Jack (2015), Ispiritista: Itay, May Moomoo (2005), Hard Candy (2005), Buried (2010).
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141K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.
Style:
psychological, psychological horror, sexy, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
stephen king, childhood trauma, survival, hallucination, child abuse, childhood memory, eclipse, mind game, dog attack, flashback, serial killer, sex game ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
america, alabama, new orleans
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489K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A couple travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
Style:
suspense, dark comedy, atmospheric, splatter, art house ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
food, restaurant, murder, social satire, food critic, mass murder, perfectionist, chef, grudge, cooking, obsession, actor ...
Time:
2020s
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312K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
Style:
scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, ghost, isolation, fear, hotel, stephen king, survival, trapped, evil, insanity, confined ...
Time:
year 2007, y2k, 15th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, los angeles, california, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
Style:
suspense, scary, independent film, dark, psychological ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
witch, found footage, folk horror, urban legend, supernatural, fear, survival, lost in the woods, supernatural horror, panic, forest, wilderness ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
maryland, usa, north america
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Genre: Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A woman will go to whatever lengths necessary to obtain her dream home with a view of the sea. This includes driving down the property value and decreasing the occupancy rate by killing her potential neighbors ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, stylized, scary, semi serious ...
Plot:
female psychopath, chinese woman, murder of a pregnant woman, murder, obsession, real estate, violence spree, blind ambition, gory, plan gone awry, serial killer, protest ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, asia, china, xian
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2K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Canada, Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The followers of a charismatic cult leader set out to murder a pregnant actress.
Style:
grindhouse, disturbing, controversial, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, biker, lust, sexual promiscuity, murder, rape victim, skirt, cult leader, rape, voyeur, promiscuity, sadism ...
Time:
70s
Place:
latin america, argentina
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Growing up in a rural town filled with violent delinquents, Jack has learned to do what it takes to survive, despite having an oblivious mother and no father. After his aunt falls ill and a younger cousin comes to stay with him, the hardened ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, independent film, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
boyhood, small town, bullying, teenage boy, brutality, coming of age, friendship, baseball, teenager, mental illness, cruelty, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york state
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A sudden widower, Victor finds himself solely responsible for raising his son, Tom Tom. To make money, he claims to be a medium who can speak with the dead and, for a price, soothe restless spirits. Tom Tom, however, discovers that he actually has ...
Style:
horror comedy
Plot:
poltergeist, zombie, priest, father son relationship, elevator, school, liar, calling for help, dormitory, classmate, ghost, haunted house ...
Place:
the philippines
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174K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A mature 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, independent film, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, torture, manipulation, pedophile, vigilantism, age difference, female vigilante, pedophilia, justice, sexual abuse, home invasion ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, y2k, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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176K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK, France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, bad ending, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, trapped, buried alive, isolation, confined, claustrophobia, terrorist, captivity, twists and turns, threat, panic, desperation ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2006 ...
Place:
iraq, middle east
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A troubled man turns himself in, believing he's harmed others but is at war with himself over the facts surrounding his quest for clarity and a brush with supernatural phenomena.
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, bleak, surprise ending, light ...
Plot:
supernatural, family feud, family relations, repressed memory, spirituality, tragic event, husband wife relationship, memory loss, a vision, murder, imagination, craziness ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Attempting to sell her home after her marriage ends, Alice (Rachel Blanchard) holds an open house -- but the event spirals into a nightmare when a serial-killing couple (Brian Geraghty and Tricia Helfer) doesn't leave and Alice becomes a ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, scary, captivating ...
Plot:
hostage, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, couple relations, couples, kidnapped, flirting, serial killer, house, blood, sex in a hot tub, bisexual ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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687K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
Style:
scary, suspense, spooky, horrifying, epic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
killer clown, clown, supernatural horror, coming of age, fear, small town, monster, evil clown, stephen king, villain, missing person, murderer ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s, year 1988, year 2017, 2010s
Place:
maine
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Luisa Llorente, an expert on taxation of old buildings, had recently gone to the Victorian mansion Valdemar to conduct an inventory of property ownership. After she mysteriously disappeared, Maximilian, president of her company, engaged the services ...
Style:
gothic, lovecraft, serious, scary, atmospheric ...
Plot:
curses spells and rituals, ghost, missing woman, investigation, missing person, private detective, uncover truth, woman in danger, danger, supernatural, cosmic horror, demon ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
spain, europe
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3K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A heated game of poker causes three men incarcerated for nonviolent offenses to brutalize their cellmate before taking drastic measures in order to cover up their crime.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, suspenseful, rough, cerebral ...
Plot:
physical abuse, male rape, prison, anal rape, prison life, brutality, prison rape, confined, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, crime gone awry, society ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The Cusp is a serial killer who kills his victims and then brings them back to life; over and over again; until they beg to die! Maya is a psychic investigator who gained her powers after a 1 year coma after she was the Cusp's first victim! Now ...
Style:
suspense, slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, amnesia, dying repeatedly, psychopath, police detective, danger, law enforcement, supernatural ability, mind game, chase, supernatural, psychic ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Sweden, Norway, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in 1982 in the suburb of Blackeberg, Stockholm, twelve-year-old Oskar is a lonely outsider, bullied at school by his classmates; at home, Oskar dreams of revenge against a trio of bullies. He befriends his twelve-year-old, next-door neighbor ...
Style:
creepy, gothic, cult classic, dark, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, bullying, coming of age, loneliness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, school, friendship, boy, child vampire, fall in love, new neighbor ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, year 2008, year 2000, y2k ...
Place:
persia, united kingdom, europe, stockholm sweden, scandinavia ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A jealous woman (Mischa Barton) plots revenge after her former beau (Matt Long) returns to their hometown with a pretty new girlfriend (Jessica Stroup).
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, rough, dark ...
Plot:
obsession, obsessive love, female psychopath, cheerleader, bad girl, jealousy, desire, dangerous attraction, american football, girlfriend, kidnapped, suspicion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A mystery about a gourmet in love with two different women who winds up poisoned.
Plot:
women, love, male female relationship, cheating wife, car accident, husband wife relationship, love triangle, food, blood, revenge, book, calling for help ...
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14K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Netherlands
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After falling out with his editor, a fading political journalist is forced to interview America's most popular soap actress.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, melancholic, talky, stylized ...
Plot:
journalism, manipulation, actress, videotaping, egoism, depression, character study, loser, interview, dialogue, betrayal, deal ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
washington d.c., new york, europe, former yugoslavia, usa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
Style:
disturbing, detective, touching, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, military, guilt, army investigation, murder investigation, cover up, war crime, veteran, evidence, loss of son, war on terror, trauma ...
Time:
post world war two, year 2007, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
iraq, new mexico, afghanistan, tennessee, persia ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
A U.S. satellite crash-lands near a small town in Utah, unleashing a deadly plague that kills virtually everyone except two survivors, who may provide clues to immunizing the population. As the military attempts to quarantine the area, a team of ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, stylized, harsh, melancholic ...
Plot:
laboratory, virus, pandemic, biohazard, bacteria, infection, disaster, danger, time travel, cure, catastrophe, deadly virus ...
Time:
future, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, utah, shanghai, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Luxembourg, Germany, France, Spain, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Long ago in the Iron Age a shadow loomed over a lonely village. For generations the village youths are stolen from their families and delivered as sacrifice to a mythical beast - the Minotaur, that dwells beneath a great palace. Theo, haunted by the ...
Style:
suspense, serious, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
minotaur, monster, sword and sorcery, mythology, legends and myths, ancient, creature feature, good versus evil, survival, supernatural ability, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
ancient times
Place:
ancient greece, greece, crete
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Two tramps wait for a man named Godot, but instead meet a pompous man and his stooped-over slave.
Style:
psychological, dark comedy, minimal cast, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
absurdism, slavery, slave, mute, friendship, social problems, drifter, existentialism, philosophy, love letter, blind man, blindness ...
Time:
future
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Australia, South Africa
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
Mario and his pregnant girlfriend Clara are trying to find in a short period a new apartment to live since they have sold their apartment and they need to move in fifteen days. When Mario finds an attractive advertisement in his mailbox, he ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, rough, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apartment building, psychopath, danger, isolation, confined, gory, family relations, female psychopath, female protagonist, pregnancy, trap, escape attempt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
barcelona
Is relevant?
3K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
DD is a smug fellow, almost 30 years of age, who can manage all by himself. At least that's what he thinks. However, a strange woman - Lova - enters his life, hunted by evil men who want to hurt her. Against his will, DD is forced into a series ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, freeze frame ...
Plot:
on the run, good versus evil, rivalry, heroes, escapades, danger, journalism, investigation, delusion, obsession, love affair, time travel ...
Place:
europe, eastern europe
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2K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
One cold winter's day, Jacob and his sister Marie are abandoned in a wood by their out-of-work father. In his jacket Jacob finds a letter from their mother urging them to go to her brother in Spain. Once in Spain, it turns out that their uncle ...
Style:
semi serious, surreal, atmospheric, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
forced sexual contact, insomnia, woods, parents and children, family life, sex with sister, survival, brother sister relationship, surrealism, rottweiler, homeless, rape victim ...
Place:
spain, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Ireland, UK, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
During the run of a particularly awful interpretation of Richard III, the star, Anthony O'Malley, begins to frequent a rough pub to develop his character. He meets Barreller who he discovers owes someone he's never met a considerable sum ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot:
disguise, debt, debt collector, unlikely criminals, hidden identity, gangster, disorder, cons and scams, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, aging, castle ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, london, england
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The young Count Mino live in a big, old castle together with his dominant mother and a maid. Mother does not want him to marry his fiancee Laura, which turns out to have dire consequences.
Style:
gothic horror, gothic, grindhouse, crying, neo noir
Plot:
owl, necrophiliac, age-gap relationship, wedding, sexual attraction, stripper, stalking, parrot, nightmare, taxidermy, misogyny, strangulation ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
europe
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
High school senior Lily and her group of friends live in a haze of texts, posts, selfies and chats just like the rest of the world. So, when an anonymous hacker starts posting details from the private lives of everyone in their small town, the ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, emotional, brutal, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
murder, hacker, social satire, high school, female protagonist, violence, friends, school, vengeance, gang, friendship, revenge ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
salem massachusetts, usa
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