List of films featuring home invasions

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

Film	Year	Ref.
36 Ghante	1974	[4]
388 Arletta Avenue	2011	[5]
3615 code Père Noël	1989	[6]
Absurd (Italian: Rosso Sangue)	1981	[7]
The Aggression Scale	2012	[8]
Alone in the Dark	1982	[9]
The Anderson Tapes	1971	[10]
Angst	1983	[11]
As Good as It Gets	1997
August Underground	2001
August Underground's Mordum	2003
August Underground's Penance	2007
Bad Influence	1990	[12]
The Bat	1926
The Bat	1959	[13]
Becky	2020	[14]
A Better Tomorrow	1986
Better Watch Out	2016	[15]
Black Christmas	1974	[2]
Black Christmas	2006	[2]
Black Christmas	2019	[2]
Blind Alley	1939	[12]
Blood Simple	1985
Blue Steel	1990	[12]
Bone	1972	[16]
Breaking In	2018	[17]
The Cable Guy	1996	[18]
The Call	2013	[19]
Cape Fear	1962	[20]
Cape Fear	1991	[20]
Captain Magal	1993	[21]
Cherry Tree Lane	2010	[22]
A Clockwork Orange	1971	[1]
Clownhouse	1989	[23]
Cold in July	2014	[24]
The Collector	2009	[25]
Corruption	1968	[26]
Count the Hours	1953	[27]
Creep	2014	[28]
Crimewave	1985
Cul-de-sac	1966	[29]
Curfew	1989	[30]
The Dark Hours	2005	[1]
The Dark Past	1948
Deadfall	2012	[31]
Deadly Virtues	2014	[32]
Death Game	1977	[33]
Death Sentence	2007	[4]
Death Weekend	1976	[11]
Death Wish	1974	[34]
Death Wish II	1982	[35]
Demon Seed	1977	[36]
The Desperate Hours	1955	[37]
Desperate Hours	1990	[38]
Devil in a Blue Dress	1995	[39]
Dial M for Murder	1954	[2]
Disorder	2015	[40]
Don't Breathe	2016	[41]
Don't Say a Word	2001
Dream Lover	1993	[12]
Drop	2025
The Dress	1996	[42]
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	1982	[43]
The Edukators (German: Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei)	2004	[44]
Emelie	2015	[45]
Extremities	1986	[46]
Eye for an Eye	1996	[47]
Fargo	1996
Farmer's Daughters	1973	[48]
Fatal Attraction	1987	[49]
Fear	1996	[2]
The Fear Inside	1992	[11]
Fight for Your Life	1977	[50]
Firewall	2006	[25]
Five Minutes to Live	1961	[51]
The Fugitive	1993	[25]
Funny Games	1997	[1]
Funny Games	2007	[1]
Game Over	2019	[1]
The Gift	2015	[52]
Grotesque	1988	[53]
Halloween	1978
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle	1992	[49]
Hangman	2015	[54]
Hate Crime	2012	[55]
Heart and Souls	1993
Hell High	1989	[56]
Hellions	2015	[57]
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer	1986	[58]
He Ran All the Way	1951	[37]
Hider in the House	1989	[2]
High Tension	2003	[59]
Home Alone (franchise)[nb 1]	1990	[59]
Home Sweet Home	2013	[25][61]
Hostage	2005	[62]
The House on the Edge of the Park	1980	[11]
Hush	2016	[63]
If I Die Before I Wake	1998	[11]
In Cold Blood	1967	[64]
Incident in a Ghostland	2018	[65]
Inside (French: À l'intérieur)	2007	[1]
In Their Skin	2012	[66]
Intruder	2016	[67]
Intruders (Alternate Title: Shut In)	2015	[68]
I Saw What You Did	1965
I See You	2019	[69]
I Spit on Your Grave	1978	[70]
John Wick	2014	[71]
Kala	2021	[72]
Keep Watching	2017	[73]
Key Largo	1948	[74]
Kidnapped (Spanish: Secuestrados)	2010	[75]
Kimi	2022	[76]
Kitten with a Whip	1964	[12]
Knock at the Cabin	2023
Knock Knock	2015	[77]
Kristy	2014	[67]
Kung Fu Ghost	2022	[78]
Lady in a Cage	1964	[38]
Lady Stay Dead	1981	[79]
Lakeview Terrace	2008	[25]
Last House on Dead End Street	1977	[50]
The Last House on the Left	1972	[59]
The Last House on the Left	2009	[25]
Law Abiding Citizen	2009	[80]
The Lonely Villa	1909	[3]
Malice	1993	[12]
Man Bites Dog (French: C'est arrivé près de chez vous)	1992	[81]
Manhunter	1986	[82]
Martyrs	2008	[25]
Martyrs	2016	[83]
Masquerade	2021	[84]
Mercy	2016	[57]
Memento	2000	[25]
Mischief Night	2013	[70]
Mother!	2017	[85]
Mother's Day	2010	[86]
Nancy Nancy	2006
The Neighbor	1993	[12]
The Night God Screamed	1971	[12]
The Night Holds Terror	1955	[87]
No Country for Old Men	2007
No Good Deed	2014	[88]
No One Will Save You	2023	[89]
Obsessed	2009	[90]
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	2019
Of Unknown Origin	1983	[91]
Outlaws and Angels	2016	[92]
The Owners	2020	[93]
Pacific Heights	1990	[49]
Panic Room	2002	[38]
Parasite	2019	[94]
Patriot Games	1992
The Penthouse	1967	[95]
The People Under the Stairs	1991	[2]
The Perfect Guy	2015	[96]
Play Misty for Me	1971	[97]
The Plumber	1979	[98]
Police Story	1985
The Purge	2013	[99]
Raggedy Man	1981	[100]
Raising Arizona	1987
Red Dragon	2002	[28]
The Ref	1994	[25]
Restraint	2008	[101]
Rifle Club (film)	2024
Rolling Thunder	1977	[102]
Romper Stomper	1992	[103]
Saw	2004	[104]
Saw X	2023
Scary Movie	2000
Scream	1996	[47]
Scream for Help	1984	[105]
Season of the Witch	1972
See No Evil	1971	[41]
Signs	2002	[106]
The Silent House	2010	[107]
Silent House	2011	[108]
Single White Female	1992	[49]
The Sixth Sense	1999	[25]
Skyfall	2012	[109]
Sleep Tight	2011	[110]
The Slumber Party Massacre	1982
Sorry, Wrong Number	1948	[2]
Southbound	2015	[111]
The Spiderwick Chronicles	2008	[112]
Static	2012	[113]
The Stepfather	1987	[12]
Strange Behavior	1981
The Strangers	2008	[114]
The Strangers: Prey at Night	2018	[115]
The Strangers: Chapter 1	2024
Straw Dogs	1971	[116]
Straw Dogs	2011	[25]
Suddenly	1954	[117]
Supremacy	2014	[118]
Survive The Night	2020	[119]
Sweet Savior	1971	[12]
Swimfan	2002	[120]
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre	1974
Them (French: Ils)	2006	[1]
To Make a Killing	1988
There Goes the Neighborhood	1993
Tiger House	2015	[121]
Torso	1973	[122]
The Town That Dreaded Sundown	1976	[123]
Trespass	2011	[25]
Unbreakable	2000	[124]
The Uninvited Guest	2004	[125]
Unlawful Entry	1992	[25]
Us	2019
Varathan	2018	[126]
Vigilante	1983	[127]
Violent Night	2022	[128]
Visiting Hours	1982	[129]
Wait Until Dark	1967	[38]
When a Stranger Calls	1979	[74]
When a Stranger Calls	2006	[130]
When a Stranger Calls Back	1993	[110]
White Settlers (Alternate Title: The Blood Lands)	2014	[131]
Wolves at the Door	2016	[132]
Wonderland	2003
You're Next	2011	[99]

Notes

1. The family film lampoons the element of home invasion, which is more common in thriller films.^[60]