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51. The Caller (2011)
R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A young divorcee is getting her life back together by moving into an apartment. But what will she do when a strange person repeatedly calls her, and threatens to change her new life around?
Director: Matthew Parkhill | Stars: Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer, Lorna Raver, Ed Quinn
Votes: 12,180
52. One Missed Call (2003)
R | 112 min | Horror, Mystery
People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, foretelling their deaths.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kô Shibasaki, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Kazue Fukiishi, Anna Nagata
Votes: 19,390
53. The Silent Partner (1978)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A timid bank teller anticipates a bank robbery and steals the money himself before the crook arrives. When the sadistic crook realizes he's been fooled, he tracks down the teller and engages him in a cat-and-mouse chase for the cash.
Directors: Daryl Duke, Curtis Hanson | Stars: Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, Céline Lomez
Votes: 7,811
54. Don't Let Go (2019)
R | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Detective Jack Radcliff and his recently murdered niece race against time to solve the crime before it happens.
Director: Jacob Estes | Stars: David Oyelowo, Storm Reid, Mykelti Williamson, Alfred Molina
Votes: 13,360 | Gross: $4.69M
55. Control (I) (2023)
84 min | Action, Thriller
British Home Secretary Stella Simmons drives home one night while engaging in an affair with the Prime Minister. A mysterious man remotely hijacks her self-driving car, forcing her on a rampage through London.
Director: Gene Fallaize | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Lauren Metcalfe, Mark Hampton, Natasha Kemball
Votes: 203
56. Talk Radio (1988)
R | 110 min | Drama, Thriller
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Eric Bogosian, Ellen Greene, Leslie Hope, John C. McGinley
Votes: 14,664 | Gross: $3.47M
57. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama
A young woman's life is scrutinized by police and tabloid press after she spends the night with a suspected terrorist.
Directors: Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 4,950
58. The Call (VIII) (2020)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In the fall of 1987, a group of small-town friends must survive the night in the home of a sinister couple after a tragic accident brings them to the couple's door.
Director: Timothy Woodward Jr. | Stars: Lin Shaye, Tobin Bell, Chester Rushing, Erin Sanders
Votes: 4,999
59. Experiment in Terror (1962)
Not Rated | 123 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers, Roy Poole
Votes: 6,669
60. Fright (1971)
PG | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
An English baby sitter is terrorized by her friend's ex-husband, escaped from an asylum.
Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Honor Blackman, Susan George, George Cole, Tara Collinson
Votes: 1,949 | Gross: $0.17M
61. Telefon (1977)
PG | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Russian officer is sent to the U.S. to try and stop sleeper agents who will mindlessly attack government entities when they hear certain coded words.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Charles Bronson, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence, Tyne Daly
Votes: 6,275
62. No (I) (2012)
R | 118 min | Drama, History
An advertising executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum.
Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers, Luis Gnecco
Votes: 26,260 | Gross: $2.34M
63. Girls Nite Out (1982)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
At a remote Ohio college, a killer dressed in the school's bear mascot suit stalks several young women participating in an all-night scavenger hunt.
Director: Robert Deubel | Stars: Julia Montgomery, James Carroll, Suzanne Barnes, Rutanya Alda
Votes: 1,969
64. The Signal (2007)
R | 103 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.
Directors: David Bruckner, Dan Bush, Jacob Gentry | Stars: Anessa Ramsey, Justin Welborn, Scott Poythress, Sahr Ngaujah
Votes: 21,917 | Gross: $0.60M
65. Midnight Lace (1960)
Approved | 103 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In London, a recently-wed American woman's sanity comes into question after she claims to be the victim of a threatening stalker.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy
Votes: 6,050 | Gross: $7.40M
66. Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
While on the telephone, an invalid woman overhears what she thinks is a murder plot and attempts to prevent it.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey
Votes: 12,612
67. Images (1972)
R | 104 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Whilst writing a children's book, a woman interrupted by images unsure if they may, or may not be real
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Susannah York, Rene Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi, Hugh Millais
Votes: 7,789
68. When a Stranger Calls Back (1993 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young babysitter, all alone in the house with two children asleep above, is bothered by a stranger. Unfortunately, the phone's dead...
Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Jill Schoelen, Gene Lythgow
Votes: 4,153
69. The Centerfold Girls (1974)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
A depraved religious fanatic sets out to punish all the "immoral" women who have posed for the center-fold of a men's magazine.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Jaime Lyn Bauer, Aldo Ray, Dennis Olivieri, Janet Wood
Votes: 935
70. Babysitter Wanted (2007)
R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
In a small college town, a young girl working on a babysitting job in a rural farm is terrorized throughout the night.
Directors: Jonas Barnes, Michael Manasseri | Stars: Tina Houtz, Sarah Thompson, Nana Visitor, Jillian Schmitz
Votes: 7,901
71. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
R | 94 min | Drama, History, War
The story of the Finzi-Continis, a noble family of Ferrara, during the Jewish persecution in Italy's 1930s.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio, Helmut Berger, Fabio Testi
Votes: 7,715 | Gross: $0.60M
72. Someone's Watching Me! (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman is being watched in her apartment by a stranger, who also calls and torments her. A cat-and-mouse game begins.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Lauren Hutton, David Birney, Adrienne Barbeau, Charles Cyphers
Votes: 5,216
73. La cabina (1972 TV Movie)
35 min | Drama, Horror
A man gets trapped inside a telephone box and nobody is able to free him.
Director: Antonio Mercero | Stars: José Luis López Vázquez, Agustín González, Goyo Lebrero, Tito García
Votes: 4,596
74. Night Killer (1990)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A surviving amnesiac victim of a serial killer is terrorized while the police works with a psychiatrist to bring him to justice and stop the crime wave.
Directors: Claudio Fragasso, Bruno Mattei | Stars: Peter Hooten, Tara Buckman, Richard Foster, Mel Davis
Votes: 1,129
75. Collection (II) (2021)
87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A grieving father grapples with the seedy, manipulative world of high stakes debt collection while struggling to shed the tragedies of his past. He'll find himself pitted against his best friend, his prodigy and his love.
Director: Marianna Palka | Stars: Alex Pettyfer, Shakira Barrera, Mike Vogel, Jacques Colimon
Votes: 627
76. Don't Answer the Phone! (1980)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A deeply disturbed Vietnam veteran terrorizes the young women of Los Angeles and taunts a radio psychologist with descriptions of his grisly crimes.
Director: Robert Hammer | Stars: James Westmoreland, Ben Frank, Flo Lawrence, Nicholas Worth
Votes: 2,172
77. 13: Game of Death (2006)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
After losing his job, his car and his money, Phuchit, Krissada Sukosol, races against time to complete 13 tasks ordered by an anonymous caller who promised 100,000,000 Thai Baht upon completion.
Director: Chookiat Sakveerakul | Stars: Krissada Sukosol, Achita Sikamana, Sarunyu Wongkrachang, Nattapong Arunnate
Votes: 6,412
78. I Saw What You Did (1965)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Teenagers Libby and Kit innocently spend an evening making random prank calls that lead to murderous consequences.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Leif Erickson, Sara Lane
Votes: 3,453
79. Out of the Dark (1988)
R | 89 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Beautiful young women who work at the offices of a phone-sex company are being stalked by a psychopathic killer.
Director: Michael Schroeder | Stars: Cameron Dye, Lynn Danielson-Rosenthal, Karen Lorre, Karen Black
Votes: 1,504 | Gross: $0.42M
80. Hard Hit (2021)
TV-14 | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ordinary family navigates the unpredictable circumstances caused by a mysterious phone call that puts them in a horrific situation.
Director: Kim Chang-ju | Stars: Ji Chang-wook, Lee Jae-in, Kim Ji-ho, Lee Joo-han
Votes: 2,389
81. I Saw What You Did (1988 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A group of pranksters unintentionally gets the attention of a serial killer who soon starts targeting them.
Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Shawnee Smith, Tammy Lauren, Candace Cameron Bure, Robert Carradine
Votes: 949
82. Are You in the House Alone? (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A teenage girl is harassed by a stalker who torments her with threatening notes and phone calls.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Kathleen Beller, Blythe Danner, Tony Bill, Robin Mattson
Votes: 1,415
83. Sadako vs. Kayako (2016)
Not Rated | 98 min | Horror
The vengeful spirits of the Ring and Grudge series face off.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Mizuki Yamamoto, Tina Tamashiro, Aimi Satsukawa, Misato Tanaka
Votes: 4,009
84. New Year's Evil (1980)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
During a New Year's Eve celebration, a Los Angeles disc jockey receives a phone call saying that when New Year's strikes in each time zone, someone will be murdered - and she will be the last one.
Director: Emmett Alston | Stars: Roz Kelly, Kip Niven, Chris Wallace, Grant Cramer
Votes: 3,875
85. Phone (2002)
R | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Investigative reporter Ji-won begins to receive a series of menacing calls. To escape the terrifying and relentless clanging of the telephone, she changes her number and moves out. But the threatening campaign of terror continues unabated.
Director: Byeong-ki Ahn | Stars: Ha Ji-Won, Kim Yu-mi, Woo-jae Choi, Ji-yeon Choi
Votes: 5,305
86. Sadako (2019)
99 min | Horror
A group of people must find out how to stop the newborn deadly curse, which has born and gone viral after a Youtuber accidentally captured a vengeful ghost on camera.
Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Elaiza Ikeda, Takashi Tsukamoto, Hiroya Shimizu, Himeka Himejima
Votes: 1,096
87. Dead Tone (2007)
R | 100 min | Horror, Thriller
Finals at the prestigious University of Dreyskill are finally over and it's time to party. "The Crew", as they are known by their peers and dorm mates, are invited to a rich classmate's ... See full summary »
Directors: Brian Hooks, Deon Taylor | Stars: Austin Basis, Chris Blasman, Jonathan Chase, Donald Ray Crockett
Votes: 3,139
88. Ax 'Em (1992)
Unrated | 71 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A weekend retreat at a remote cabin in the woods for a group of childhood pals turns into a terrifying fight for survival, as a former friend whose family was killed years earlier comes along looking for revenge.
Director: Michael Mfume | Stars: Michael Mfume, Sandra Pulley, Joe Clair, Racquel Price
Votes: 2,110
89. Man, Woman and the Wall (2006)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Young journalist Ryo eavesdrops on neighbor Satsuki through thin walls, becoming obsessed. Satsuki receives disturbing calls. Their lives intersect, blurring reality and delusion, leading to an unthinkable event.
Director: Masashi Yamamoto | Stars: Sora Aoi, Hiroto Katô, Shô Nishino, Takashi Oda
Votes: 1,052
90. I've Been Waiting for You (1998 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
A girl moves to a small town with her mom, only to be compared to a legendary witch with the same name.
Director: Christopher Leitch | Stars: Sarah Chalke, Soleil Moon Frye, Ben Foster, Christian Campbell
Votes: 1,438
91. The Night Caller (1975)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Commissaire Letellier and Inspector Moissac are tracking Minos, a serial killer whose victims are women.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Denner, Adalberto Maria Merli, Rosy Varte
Votes: 4,332
92. The Severed Arm (1973)
R | 91 min | Horror
Trapped in a cave, five men cut the arm off of another companion in order to ward off starvation. After they are saved, their victim seeks revenge on them one by one.
Director: Tom Alderman | Stars: Deborah Walley, Paul Carr, David G. Cannon, Marvin Kaplan
Votes: 1,128
93. Murder by Phone (1982)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
A disgruntled phone company employee develops a device whereby those answering a phone can be murdered, and it's up to Nat Bridger to stop the killer.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, John Houseman, Sara Botsford, Robin Gammell
Votes: 931
94. Disconnected (1984)
Unrated | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Alicia has started getting these very noisy, and disturbing phone calls. The question is, are they real, or is it all in her head?
Director: Gorman Bechard | Stars: Frances Sherman, Mark Walker, Carl Koch, Professor Morono
Votes: 608
95. Blind (2011)
Not Rated | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Su-a loses her sight and kid brother in a car accident. No more police academy. 3 years later she takes a taxi which hits a woman. Su-a gets out. After reporting it, a cop works with her learning that her 4 other senses "see".
Director: Sang-hoon Ahn | Stars: Kim Ha-neul, Yoo Seung-ho, Jo Hie-bong, Yang Yeong-jo
Votes: 3,213
96. Connected (2008)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A man receives a distressing phone call from a woman who has been kidnapped.
Director: Benny Chan | Stars: Louis Koo, Barbie Hsu, Nick Cheung, Ye Liu
Votes: 2,517
97. When Michael Calls (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Horror, Thriller
A woman begins to receive ominous phone calls from her nephew, who died 15 years earlier. With each phone call, a family member dies. Will she be the next in line?
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Elizabeth Ashley, Michael Douglas, Al Waxman
Votes: 1,007
98. Pursued (2004)
R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
A fast rising hi tech executive must protect his career and family from the ruthless tactics of a homicidal corporate headhunter.
Director: Kristoffer Tabori | Stars: Christian Slater, Gil Bellows, Estella Warren, Michael Clarke Duncan
Votes: 1,796
99. Killer Legends (2014)
TV-MA | 86 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Delving into our collective nightmares, this horror-documentary investigates the origins of our most terrifying urban legends and the true stories that may have inspired them.
Director: Joshua Zeman | Stars: Rachel Mills, Joshua Zeman, Stephen Winick, James Presley
Votes: 3,541
100. The Fappening (2015)
Unrated | 80 min | Horror
Inspired by the August 2014 celebrity cellphone hack. A struggling filmmaker has his wish for fame fulfilled, but gets more than what he bargains for.
Director: Sean Weathers | Stars: Lloyd Kaufman, Tina Krause, Erika Smith, Joel M. Reed
Votes: 69