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." Home invasion films are commonly thrillers and horror films. The home invasion subgenre goes as far back as D. W. Griffith's 1909 film The Lonely Villa.

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 Film Year Ref. 36 Ghante 1974 388 Arletta Avenue 2011 3615 code Père Noël 1989 Absurd (Italian: Rosso Sangue) 1981 2012 Alone in the Dark 1982 The Anderson Tapes 1971 Review of The Anderson Tapes, The New York Times, June 18, 1971 Angst 1983 As Good as It Gets 1997 August Underground 2001 August Underground's Mordum 2003 August Underground's Penance 2007 Bad Influence 1990 The Bat 1926 The Bat 1959 Becky2020A Better Tomorrow1986 Better Watch Out 2016 Beware, My Lovely 1952 Black Christmas 1974 Black Christmas 2006 Black Christmas 2019 Blind Alley 1939 Blood Simple 1985 Blue Steel 1990 Bone 1972 Breaking In 2018 1996 2013 Cape Fear 1962 Cape Fear 1991 Captain Magal1993 Cellular 2004 Cherry Tree Lane 2010 Child's Play 1988 Child's Play 2019 1971 Clownhouse 1989 Cold in July 2014 2009 Corruption 1968 Count the Hours 1953 Creep 2014 Crimewave 1985 Cul-de-sac 1966 Curfew 1989 2005 1948 Deadfall 2012 Deadly Virtues 2014 Death Game 1977 Death Sentence 2007 Death Weekend 1976 Death Wish 1974 Death Wish II 1982 Demon Seed 1977 1955 Desperate Hours 1990 Devil in a Blue Dress 1995 Dial M for Murder 1954 Disorder 2015 Don't Breathe 2016 Don't Say a Word 2001 Dream Lover 1993 Drop 2025 The Dress 1996 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 (German: Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei) 2004 Emelie 2015 Extremities 1986 Eye for an Eye 1996 Fargo 1996 Farmer's Daughters 1973 Fatal Attraction 1987 Fear 1996 1992 Fight for Your Life 1977 Firewall 2006 Five Minutes to Live 1961 The Fugitive 1993 Funny Games 1997 Funny Games 2007 Game Over 2019 The Gift 2015 Grotesque 1988 Halloween 1978 Halloween 2007 1992 Hangman 2015 Hannibal 2001 Hate Crime 2012 Heart and Souls 1993 Hell High 1989 Hellions 2015 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1986 He Ran All the Way 1951 Hider in the House 1989 High Tension 2003 Home Alone (franchise) 1990 Home Sweet Home 2013 Hostage 2005 1980 Hush 2016 If I Die Before I Wake 1998 In Cold Blood 1967 Incident in a Ghostland 2018 Inside (French: À l'intérieur) 2007 In Their Skin 2012 Intruder 2016 Intruders (Alternate Title: Shut In) 2015 I Saw What You Did 1965 I See You 2019 I Spit on Your Grave 1978 John Wick 2014 Kala 2021 Keep Watching 2017 Key Largo 1948 Kidnapped (Spanish: Secuestrados) 2010 Kimi 2022 Kitten with a Whip 1964 Knock at the Cabin 2023 Knock Knock 2015 Kristy 2014 Kung Fu Ghost2022 Lady in a Cage 1964 Lady Stay Dead 1981 Lakeview Terrace 2008 Last House on Dead End Street 1977 1972 2009 Law Abiding Citizen 2009 The Lonely Villa1909 Malice 1993 Man Bites Dog (French: C'est arrivé près de chez vous) 1992 Manhunter 1986 Martyrs 2008 Martyrs 2016 Masquerade2021 Mercy 2016 Memento 2000 Mischief Night 2013 Mother! 2017 Mother's Day 2010 Nancy Nancy 2006 The Neighbor 1993 The Night God Screamed 1971 1955 Nobody2021 No Country for Old Men 2007 No Good Deed 2014 No One Will Save You 2023 Obsessed 2009 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2019 Of Unknown Origin 1983 Outlaws and Angels 2016 The Owners 2020 Pacific Heights 1990 Panic Room 2002 Parasite 2019 Patriot Games 1992 1967 1991 The Perfect Guy 2015 Play Misty for Me 1971 The Plumber 1979 Police Story1985 2013 Raggedy Man 1981 Raising Arizona 1987 Red Dragon 2002 1994 Restraint 2008 Rifle Club (film) 2024 Rolling Thunder 1977 Romper Stomper 1992 Saw 2004 Saw X 2023 Scary Movie 2000 Scream 1996 Scream for Help 1984 Season of the Witch 1972 See No Evil 1971 Signs 2002 The Silent House 2010 Silent House 2011 Single White Female 1992 The Sixth Sense 1999 Skyfall 2012 Sleep Tight 2011 The Slumber Party Massacre 1982 Sorry, Wrong Number 1948 Southbound 2015 2008 Static 2012 The Stepfather 1987 Strange Behavior 1981 The Strangers 2008 The Strangers: Prey at Night 2018 The Strangers: Chapter 1 2024 Straw Dogs 1971 Straw Dogs 2011 Suddenly 1954 Supremacy 2014 Survive The Night2020 Sweet Savior 1971 Swimfan 2002 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974 Them (French: Ils) 2006 To Make a Killing 1988 There Goes the Neighborhood 1993 Tiger House 2015 Torso 1973 The Town That Dreaded Sundown 1976 Trespass 2011 Unbreakable 2000 The Uninvited Guest 2004 Unlawful Entry 1992 Us 2019 Varathan 2018 Vigilante 1983 Violent Night 2022 Visiting Hours 1982 Wait Until Dark 1967 When a Stranger Calls 1979 When a Stranger Calls 2006 When a Stranger Calls Back 1993 White Settlers (Alternate Title: The Blood Lands) 2014 Wolves at the Door 2016 Wonderland 2003 You're Next 2011 Fender Bender2016

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