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The Best Home Invasion Movies

Home invasion horror is probably may favourite sub-genre, just because it's very easy to relate to and so it's interesting how others could react to the situation.
by asda-man • Created 13 years ago • Modified 12 years ago
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  • Inside (2007)

    1. Inside

    20071h 22mR
    6.7 (48K)
    Four months after the death of her husband, a woman on the brink of motherhood is tormented in her home by a strange woman who wants her unborn baby.
    DirectorsAlexandre BustilloJulien MauryStarsAlysson ParadisJean-Baptiste TabourinClaude Lulé
    Also my favourite horror film ever.
  • Cécile de France in High Tension (2003)

    2. High Tension

    20031h 31mR42Metascore
    6.7 (82K)
    Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.
    DirectorAlexandre AjaStarsCécile de FranceMaïwennPhilippe Nahon
  • Mother's Day (2010)

    3. Mother's Day

    20101h 52mR34Metascore
    6.2 (19K)
    The sadistic members of a villainous family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new home owners and their guests.
    DirectorDarren Lynn BousmanStarsRebecca De MornayJaime KingShawn Ashmore
  • Funny Games (1997)

    4. Funny Games

    19971h 48mNot Rated69Metascore
    7.5 (94K)
    Two violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
    DirectorMichael HanekeStarsSusanne LotharUlrich MüheArno Frisch
    Nees to see this one!
  • Naomi Watts in Funny Games (2007)

    5. Funny Games

    20071h 51mR44Metascore
    6.5 (109K)
    Two psychopathic young men take a family hostage in their cabin.
    DirectorMichael HanekeStarsNaomi WattsTim RothMichael Pitt
  • Kidnapped (2010)

    6. Kidnapped

    20101h 25mNot Rated49Metascore
    6.4 (9K)
    Three hooded Eastern-European criminals burst into a home in a Madrid gated community, holding the family hostage in their home, and forcing the father to empty his credit cards.
    DirectorMiguel Ángel VivasStarsFernando CayoManuela VellésAna Wagener
    I haven't seen this one yet, but it looks fantastic!
  • Liv Tyler and Kip Weeks in The Strangers (2008)

    7. The Strangers

    20081h 26mR47Metascore
    6.1 (155K)
    James Hoyt and Kristen McKay visit an isolated vacation home to enjoy some time together. However, they are in for a rude surprise when three masked assailants make their stay a nightmare.
    DirectorBryan BertinoStarsScott SpeedmanLiv TylerGemma Ward
  • Juan Fernández, Madeline Zima, and Josh Stewart in The Collector (2009)

    8. The Collector

    20091h 30mR29Metascore
    6.3 (78K)
    Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
    DirectorMarcus DunstanStarsJosh StewartAndrea RothJuan Fernández
  • Audition (1999)

    9. Audition

    19991h 55mR70Metascore
    7.1 (97K)
    A widower has his film producer friend organize a fake audition as a means of helping him find a new girlfriend, but the woman he selects is not who she appears to be.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsRyô IshibashiEihi ShiinaTetsu Sawaki
    Probably stretching the definition of "home invasion" but it does have it in it!
  • Storm Warning (2007)

    10. Storm Warning

    20071h 26mR
    5.8 (8.3K)
    A yuppie couple lost in a thick, brush-filled marsh seek refuge at an isolated farmhouse only to discover they've jumped out of the frying pan into the fire.
    DirectorJamie BlanksStarsNadia FarèsRobert TaylorDavid Lyons
  • Halloween (1978)

    11. Halloween

    19781h 31mR91Metascore
    7.7 (334K)
    Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, to kill again.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDonald PleasenceJamie Lee CurtisTony Moran
    How could I forget this one!
  • Mylène Jampanoï and Morjana Alaoui in Martyrs (2008)

    12. Martyrs

    20081h 39mR
    7.0 (118K)
    A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
    DirectorPascal LaugierStarsMorjana AlaouiMylène JampanoïCatherine Bégin
  • Frontier(s) (2007)

    13. Frontier(s)

    20071h 48mNC-1744Metascore
    6.2 (30K)
    A gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an Inn run by neo-Nazis.
    DirectorXavier GensStarsKarina TestaAurélien WiikPatrick Ligardes
    Sort of a backwards home invasion!
  • The Last House on the Left (2009)

    14. The Last House on the Left

    20091h 53mR42Metascore
    6.5 (107K)
    After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging to the parents of one of the victims: a mother and father who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics.
    DirectorDennis IliadisStarsGarret DillahuntMonica PotterTony Goldwyn
  • House on the Edge of the Park (1980)

    15. House on the Edge of the Park

    19801h 31m
    5.7 (6.4K)
    Two low-life punks are invited to a party at a posh villa and take everyone hostage after being humiliated by their snobbish guests, subjecting them to rape, torture and mayhem.
    DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsDavid HessAnnie BelleChristian Borromeo
    Need to see this one as well
  • Black Christmas (1974)

    16. Black Christmas

    19741h 38mR65Metascore
    7.1 (54K)
    During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.
    DirectorBob ClarkStarsOlivia HusseyKeir DulleaMargot Kidder
  • Rhys Wakefield in The Purge (2013)

    17. The Purge

    20131h 25mR41Metascore
    5.8 (257K)
    A wealthy family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legal.
    DirectorJames DeMonacoStarsEthan HawkeLena HeadeyMax Burkholder
  • Lane Hughes in You're Next (2011)

    18. You're Next

    20111h 35mR66Metascore
    6.6 (118K)
    When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of the victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
    DirectorAdam WingardStarsSharni VinsonJoe SwanbergAJ Bowen

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