Best Home Invasion Movies

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Best Home Invasion Movies

Thinking about Best Home Invasion Movies, there are so many directors exploring this idea. We gathered 24 of our favorites.

Wait Until Dark (1967)

Wait Until Dark
★★★★
★★★★
3.1 out of 4 stars

From Terence Young, starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Rated Not Rated

Wait Until Dark is a 1967 thriller directed by Terence Young. Audrey Hepburn stars as Susy Hendrix, a blind woman whose life is thrown into chaos when she unwittingly becomes the target of a sinister criminal gang. When a mysterious package is delivered to her Greenwich Village apartment, Susy and her husband Sam find themselves embroiled in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. Susy must rely on her wits and her ability to 'see' in the dark to outwit the criminals, who will stop at nothing to get the package they desire. With suspense and suspenseful music, Wait Until Dark is a gripping thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Home Alone (1990)

Home Alone
★★★★
★★★★
3.1 out of 4 stars

From Chris Columbus, starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard
Rated PG

Home Alone is a classic family comedy from 1990, directed by Chris Columbus and starring Macaulay Culkin as the 8-year-old Kevin McCallister. After an argument with his family while they are preparing to fly to Paris for the holidays, Kevin is accidentally left behind in the rush to make their flight. With his family gone, Kevin must use his wits to protect his home from two bumbling burglars, Harry and Marv, who plan to rob every house in Kevin's neighborhood. Using clever booby traps, Kevin manages to outsmart Harry and Marv as they try to break in and, in the process, finds out how to take care of himself and have a little fun all by himself. With the help of a friendly local old man, the Wet Bandits are eventually defeated and Kevin is reunited with his family in time for the holidays. Along the way, he learns about self-reliance, resilience, and the joy of being at home.

Funny Games (1997)

Funny Games
★★★★
★★★★
3 out of 4 stars

From Michael Haneke, starring Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering
Rated Not Rated

Funny Games is a 1997 psychological thriller directed by Michael Haneke. The film follows a family of three, Ann, Georg, and their child, Georgie, who are spending a holiday in their vacation home. During the night, two young men, dressed in their tennis whites, appear at the house and begin to torment the family. The men, Peter and Paul, force the family to play a series of sadistic "games" with them, in which the stakes are the family's lives. Over the course of the film, the family is subjected to an increasing amount of psychological and physical torture and humiliation, as the men attempt to break their will. In the end, the family is forced to resort to violence in order to survive, with unexpected consequences.

Straw Dogs (1971)

Straw Dogs
★★★★
★★★★
3 out of 4 stars

From Sam Peckinpah, starring Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna
Rated R

Sleep Tight (2011)

Sleep Tight
★★★★
★★★★
2.9 out of 4 stars

From Jaume Balagueró, starring Luis Tosar, Marta Etura, Alberto San Juan, Petra Martínez
Rated Not Rated

Black Christmas (1974)

Black Christmas
★★★★
★★★★
2.8 out of 4 stars

From Bob Clark, starring Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon
Rated R

The Ref (1994)

The Ref
★★★★
★★★★
2.8 out of 4 stars

From Ted Demme, starring Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.
Rated R

Panic Room (2002)

Panic Room
★★★★
★★★★
2.7 out of 4 stars

From David Fincher, starring Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam
Rated R

Us (2019)

Us
★★★★
★★★★
2.7 out of 4 stars

From Jordan Peele, starring Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker
Rated R

Housebound (2014)

Housebound
★★★★
★★★★
2.7 out of 4 stars

From Gerard Johnstone, starring Morgana O'Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru, Ross Harper
Rated Not Rated

You're Next (2011)

You're Next
★★★★
★★★★
2.6 out of 4 stars

From Adam Wingard, starring Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen, Nicholas Tucci
Rated R

Mother! (2017)

Mother!
★★★★
★★★★
2.6 out of 4 stars

From Darren Aronofsky, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer
Rated R

Hush (2016)

Hush
★★★★
★★★★
2.6 out of 4 stars

From Mike Flanagan, starring John Gallagher Jr., Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco, Samantha Sloyan
Rated R

Kidnapped (2010)

Kidnapped
★★★★
★★★★
2.6 out of 4 stars

From Miguel Ángel Vivas, starring Fernando Cayo, Manuela Vellés, Ana Wagener, Guillermo Barrientos
Rated Not Rated

Them (2006)

Them
★★★★
★★★★
2.6 out of 4 stars

From Directors: David Moreau, Xavier Palud, starring Olivia Bonamy, Michaël Cohen, Adriana Mocca, Maria Roman
Rated R

When a Stranger Calls (1979)

When a Stranger Calls
★★★★
★★★★
2.6 out of 4 stars

From Fred Walton, starring Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Rutanya Alda, Carmen Argenziano
Rated R

The Collector (2009)

The Collector
★★★★
★★★★
2.5 out of 4 stars

From Marcus Dunstan, starring Josh Stewart, Andrea Roth, Juan Fernández, William Prael
Rated R

Mother's Day (2010)

Mother's Day
★★★★
★★★★
2.5 out of 4 stars

From Darren Lynn Bousman, starring Rebecca De Mornay, Jaime King, Shawn Ashmore, Briana Evigan
Rated R

The Strangers (2008)

The Strangers
★★★★
★★★★
2.4 out of 4 stars

From Bryan Bertino, starring Scott Speedman, Liv Tyler, Gemma Ward, Alex Fisher
Rated R

The Last House on the Left (1972)

The Last House on the Left
★★★★
★★★★
2.4 out of 4 stars

From Wes Craven, starring Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln
Rated R

The Purge (2013)

The Purge
★★★★
★★★★
2.3 out of 4 stars

From James DeMonaco, starring Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder, Adelaide Kane
Rated R

No Good Deed (2014)

No Good Deed
★★★★
★★★★
2.2 out of 4 stars

From Sam Miller, starring Taraji P. Henson, Idris Elba, Leslie Bibb, Kate del Castillo
Rated PG-13

Breaking In (2018)

Breaking In
★★★★
★★★★
2.2 out of 4 stars

From James McTeigue, starring Gabrielle Union, Billy Burke, Richard Cabral, Ajiona Alexus
Rated PG-13

Emelie (2015)

Emelie
★★★★
★★★★
2.2 out of 4 stars

From Michael Thelin, starring Sarah Bolger, Carly Adams, Elisha Ali, Tyler Aser
Rated Not Rated

 



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