List of films featuring home invasions

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There is a body of films that feature home invasions. Paula Marantz Cohen says, "Such films reflect an increased fear of the erosion of distinctions between private and public space... These films also reflect a sense that the outside world is more dangerous and unpredictable than ever before."[1] Home invasion films are commonly thrillers and horror films.[2] The home invasion subgenre goes as far back as D. W. Griffith's 1909 film The Lonely Villa.[3]

The Lonely Villa (1909), a silent short film featuring a home invasion
In Suddenly (1954), Frank Sinatra plays an assassin who takes over a family's home as a venue to target the President of the United States.

This list only covers films containing actual or attempted home invasions, and does not include movies based around assaults on other places such as Assault on Precinct 13, which dealt with a police station being invaded, or intrusion under false pretenses, such as Orphan.

List of films

More information Film, Year ...
Film Year Ref.
36 Ghante1974[4]
388 Arletta Avenue2011[5]
3615 code Père Noël1989[6]
Absurd (Italian: Rosso Sangue)1981[7]
The Aggression Scale2012[8]
Alone in the Dark1982[9]
The Anderson Tapes1971[10]
Angst1983[11]
As Good as It Gets1997
August Underground2001
August Underground's Mordum2003
August Underground's Penance2007
Bad Influence1990[12]
The Bat1926
The Bat1959[13]
Becky 2020 [14]
A Better Tomorrow 1986
Better Watch Out2016[15]
Beware, My Lovely1952[16]
Black Christmas1974[2]
Black Christmas2006[2]
Black Christmas2019[2]
Blind Alley1939[12]
Blood Simple1985
Blue Steel1990[12]
Bone1972[17]
Breaking In2018[18]
The Cable Guy1996[19]
The Call2013[20]
Cape Fear1962[21]
Cape Fear1991[21]
Captain Magal 1993 [22]
Cellular2004
Cherry Tree Lane2010[23]
Child's Play1988
Child's Play2019
A Clockwork Orange1971[1]
Clownhouse1989[24]
Cold in July2014[25]
The Collector2009[26]
Corruption1968[27]
Count the Hours1953[28]
Creep2014[29]
Crimewave1985
Cul-de-sac1966[30]
Curfew1989[31]
The Dark Hours2005[1]
The Dark Past1948
Deadfall2012[32]
Deadly Virtues2014[33]
Death Game1977[34]
Death Sentence2007[4]
Death Weekend1976[11]
Death Wish1974[35]
Death Wish II1982[36]
Demon Seed1977[37]
The Desperate Hours1955[38]
Desperate Hours1990[39]
Devil in a Blue Dress1995[40]
Dial M for Murder1954[2]
Disorder2015[41]
Don't Breathe2016[42]
Don't Say a Word2001
Dream Lover1993[12]
Drop2025
The Dress1996[43]
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial1982[44]
The Edukators (German: Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei)2004[45]
Emelie2015[46]
Extremities1986[47]
Eye for an Eye1996[48]
Fargo1996
Farmer's Daughters1973[49]
Fatal Attraction1987[50]
Fear1996[2]
The Fear Inside1992[11]
Fight for Your Life1977[51]
Firewall2006[26]
Five Minutes to Live1961[52]
The Fugitive1993[26]
Funny Games1997[1]
Funny Games2007[1]
Game Over2019[1]
The Gift2015[53]
Grotesque1988[54]
Halloween1978
Halloween2007
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle1992[50]
Hangman2015[55]
Hannibal2001
Hate Crime2012[56]
Heart and Souls1993
Hell High1989[57]
Hellions2015[58]
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer1986[59]
He Ran All the Way1951[38]
Hider in the House1989[2]
High Tension2003[60]
Home Alone (franchise)[nb 1]1990[60]
Home Sweet Home2013[26][62]
Hostage2005[63]
The House on the Edge of the Park1980[11]
Hush2016[64]
If I Die Before I Wake1998[11]
In Cold Blood1967[65]
Incident in a Ghostland2018[66]
Inside (French: À l'intérieur)2007[1]
In Their Skin2012[67]
Intruder2016[68]
Intruders (Alternate Title: Shut In)2015[69]
I Saw What You Did1965
I See You2019[70]
I Spit on Your Grave1978[71]
John Wick2014[72]
Kala2021[73]
Keep Watching2017[74]
Key Largo1948[75]
Kidnapped (Spanish: Secuestrados)2010[76]
Kimi2022[77]
Kitten with a Whip1964[12]
Knock at the Cabin2023
Knock Knock2015[78]
Kristy2014[68]
Kung Fu Ghost 2022 [79]
Lady in a Cage1964[39]
Lady Stay Dead1981[80]
Lakeview Terrace2008[26]
Last House on Dead End Street1977[51]
The Last House on the Left1972[60]
The Last House on the Left2009[26]
Law Abiding Citizen2009[81]
The Lonely Villa 1909 [3]
Malice1993[12]
Man Bites Dog (French: C'est arrivé près de chez vous)1992[82]
Manhunter1986[83]
Martyrs2008[26]
Martyrs2016[84]
Masquerade 2021 [85]
Mercy2016[58]
Memento2000[26]
Mischief Night2013[71]
Mother!2017[86]
Mother's Day2010[87]
Nancy Nancy2006
The Neighbor1993[12]
The Night God Screamed1971[12]
The Night Holds Terror1955[88]
Nobody 2021 [89]
No Country for Old Men2007
No Good Deed2014[90]
No One Will Save You2023[91]
Obsessed2009[92]
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood2019
Of Unknown Origin1983[93]
Outlaws and Angels2016[94]
The Owners2020[95]
Pacific Heights1990[50]
Panic Room2002[39]
Parasite2019[96]
Patriot Games1992
The Penthouse1967[97]
The People Under the Stairs1991[2]
The Perfect Guy2015[98]
Play Misty for Me1971[99]
The Plumber1979[100]
Police Story 1985
The Purge2013[101]
Raggedy Man1981[102]
Raising Arizona1987
Red Dragon2002[29]
The Ref1994[26]
Restraint2008[103]
Rifle Club (film)2024
Rolling Thunder1977[104]
Romper Stomper1992[105]
Saw2004[106]
Saw X2023
Scary Movie2000
Scream1996[48]
Scream for Help1984[107]
Season of the Witch1972
See No Evil1971[42]
Signs2002[108]
The Silent House2010[109]
Silent House2011[110]
Single White Female1992[50]
The Sixth Sense1999[26]
Skyfall2012[111]
Sleep Tight2011[112]
The Slumber Party Massacre1982
Sorry, Wrong Number1948[2]
Southbound2015[113]
The Spiderwick Chronicles2008[114]
Static2012[115]
The Stepfather1987[12]
Strange Behavior1981
The Strangers2008[116]
The Strangers: Prey at Night2018[117]
The Strangers: Chapter 12024
Straw Dogs1971[118]
Straw Dogs2011[26]
Suddenly1954[119]
Supremacy2014[120]
Survive The Night 2020 [121]
Sweet Savior1971[12]
Swimfan2002[122]
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre1974
Them (French: Ils)2006[1]
To Make a Killing1988
There Goes the Neighborhood1993
Tiger House2015[123]
Torso1973[124]
The Town That Dreaded Sundown1976[125]
Trespass2011[26]
Unbreakable2000[126]
The Uninvited Guest2004[127]
Unlawful Entry1992[26]
Us2019
Varathan2018[128]
Vigilante1983[129]
Violent Night2022[130]
Visiting Hours1982[131]
Wait Until Dark1967[39]
When a Stranger Calls1979[75]
When a Stranger Calls2006[132]
When a Stranger Calls Back1993[112]
White Settlers (Alternate Title: The Blood Lands)2014[133]
Wolves at the Door2016[134]
Wonderland2003
You're Next2011[101]
Fender Bender 2016 [135]
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Notes

  1. [1]
    The family film lampoons the element of home invasion, which is more common in thriller films.[61]

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