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Theme: Stalkers

Stalkers are a subset of Psychos and Serial Killers. Whereas a serial killer will kill a variety of people, a stalker will fixate on one individual often regarding them as their love or best friend.

On screen, stalkers will come into the lives of their target and present an initial charm – they can appear as a friend, someone who professes love, or as hired help – before they are spurned in some way. They then turn malicious and disrupt their target’s life – befriend those around them, inveigle their workplace and the like. They are malevolently persistent individuals and will gaslight, invade the homes and eventually imprison and/or try to kill the object of their obsession.

There have been assorted stalker films beginning with Clint Eastwood’s Play Misty for Me (1971). The first major cluster of stalker films came with the popular hit of Fatal Attraction (1987) where Glenn Close becomes obsessed with married Michael Douglas after a casual fling. The popularity of this led to a number of copies. Since then, variations on the stalker theme have become the regular grist of cable Psycho-Thrillers.


388 Arletta Avenue (2011)

14 June 201215 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Found Footage Stalker Film

Director: Randall Cole
Actors: Nick Stahl, Mia Kirshner, Devon Sawa, Krista Bridges, …
Category: Horror

After Midnight (1989)

22 March 201620 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat
Actors: Marg Helgenberger, Marc McClure, Jillian McWhirter, Ramy Zada, …
Category: Horror

Anna M. (2007)

8 March 200814 May 2025

Rating: ★★★★½

Female Stalker

Director: Michel Spinosa
Actors: Isabelle Carré, Gilbert Melki, Pascal Bongard, Samir Guesmi, …
Category: Horror

Asunder (1998)

7 March 200524 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Psycho Stalker

Director: Tim Reid
Actors: Blair Underwood, Debbi Morgan, Michael Beach, Desiree Marie Velez, …
Category: Horror

Bad Ronald (1974)

22 April 202122 April 2021

Rating: ★★

Disturbed Teen Hides in the Wall of His House

Director: Buzz Kulik
Actors: Scott Jacoby, Kim Hunter, John Larch, Cindy Eilbacher, …
Category: Horror

The Boy Next Door (2015)

25 January 20156 February 2020

Rating: ★

Stalker Thriller

Director: Rob Cohen
Actors: Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Guzman, John Corbett, Kristen Chenoweth, …
Category: Horror

Broken Vows (2016)

15 April 20189 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Stalker Film

Director: Bram Coppens
Actors: Wes Bentley, Jaimie Alexander, Cam Gigandet, Alexandra Breckinridge, …
Category: Horror

The Cable Guy (1996)

30 April 199919 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Over-Friendly Stalker Black Comedy

Director: Ben Stiller
Actors: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black, …
Category: Horror

The Collector (1965)

3 April 20014 May 2020

Rating: ★★½

Obsession and Abduction/Comedy-Thriller

Director: William Wyler
Actors: Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar
Category: Horror

Coma (2012)

22 September 20126 May 2020

Rating: ★

Medical Conspiracy Thriller

Director: Mikael Salomon
Actors: Lauren Ambrose, Steven Pasquale, Geena Davis, James Woods, …
Category: Science Fiction

Come Back to Me (2014)

24 August 20178 May 2023

Rating: ★★

Creepy Neighbour With Resurrection Abilities

Director: Paul Leyden
Actors: Katie Walder, Matt Passmore, Nathan Keyes, Laura Gordon, …
Category: Horror

Creep (2014)

21 April 20208 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

Over-Friendly Stalker

Director: Patrick Brice
Actors: Mark Duplass, Patrick Brice
Category: Horror

The Crush (1993)

13 October 200031 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Psycho Underage Girl

Director: Alan Shapiro
Actors: Alicia Silverstone, Cary Elwes, Jennifer Rubin, Kurtwood Smith, …
Category: Horror

Director’s Cut (2016)

4 January 20224 January 2022

Rating: ★★★

Meta-Fiction/Film Gets Invaded by a Psycho Fan

Director: Adam Rifkin
Actors: Penn Jillette, Missi Pyle, Harry Hamlin, Hayes MacArthur, …
Category: Horror

Evil Eye (2020)

1 November 202012 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Reincarnated Stalker

Director: Elan Dassani, Rajeev Dassani
Actors: Sarita Choudhury, Sunita Mari, Bernard White, Omar Maskati, …
Category: Horror

The Fan (1996)

20 August 200312 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Psycho Sports Celebrity Stalker

Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Ellen Barkin, John Leguizamo, …
Category: Horror

The Fan (1981)

15 July 200210 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Psycho Celebrity Stalker

Director: Edward Bianchi
Actors: Lauren Bacall, Michael Biehn, James Garner, Maureen Stapleton, …
Category: Horror

The Fantasist (1986)

15 July 200212 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Irish Psycho-Thriller

Director: Robin Hardy
Actors: Moira Harris, Timothy Bottoms, Christopher Cazenove, John Kavanagh, …
Category: Horror

Fatal Attraction (1987)

24 November 20025 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Female Stalker

Director: Adrian Lyne
Actors: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer
Category: Horror

The Gift (2015)

22 August 20159 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Old Schoolfriend Stalker

Director: Joel Edgerton
Actors: Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton, Allison Tolman, …
Category: Horror

Girlhouse (2014)

4 January 201627 September 2021

Rating: ★★

Slasher Film in a College Dorm Porn House

Director: Jon Knautz, Trevor Matthews
Actors: Ali Cobrin, Slaine, Adam DiMarco, Alice Hunter, …
Category: Horror

Goddess of Love (2015)

4 October 201823 March 2021

Rating: ★★★

Mentally Unhinged Stalker

Director: Jon Knautz
Actors: Alexis Kendra, Woody Naismith, Elizabeth Sandy, Monda Scott, …
Category: Horror

Greta (2018)

2 June 201912 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Psycho-Thriller/Stalker Widow

Director: Neil Jordan
Actors: Chloe Grace Moretz, Isabelle Huppert, Maika Monroe, Colm Feore, …
Category: Horror

Heartthrob (2017)

15 April 201818 October 2022

Rating: ★★★

Stalker Film

Director: Chris Sivertson
Actors: Aubrey Peeples, Keir Gilchrist, Peter Facinelli, Jimmy Bennett, …
Category: Horror

In the Dark (2013)

14 July 202114 July 2021

Rating: ★½

Blind Woman and Her Stalker

Director: Richard Gabai
Actors: Elisabeth Röhm, Sam Page, Shannon Elizabeth, Elizabeth Peña, …
Category: Horror

The Invisible Man (2020)

28 March 202012 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Invisible Stalker

Director: Leigh Whannell
Actors: Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Harriet Dyer, Storm Reid, …
Category: Science Fiction

Kate’s Addiction (1999)

2 May 200518 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Psycho Stalker

Director: Eric De la Barre
Actors: Kari Wuhrer, Farrah Forke, Joel Gretsch, Natalie Radford
Category: Horror

Lady Beware (1987)

25 May 200710 January 2024

Rating: ★

Stalker

Director: Karen Arthur
Actors: Diane Lane, Michael Woods, Cotter Smith
Category: Horror

The Last Horror Film (1982)

5 April 201725 December 2024

Rating: ★★½

Maniac Stalks Actress Through the Cannes Festival

Director: David Winters
Actors: Joe Spinnell, Caroline Munro, Judd Hamilton
Category: Horror

Like Share Follow (2017)

27 May 202126 January 2024

Rating: ★★★

Stalker Film

Director: Glenn Gers
Actors: Keiynan Lonsdale, Ema Horvath, Nate Hartley, Abraham Benrubi, …
Category: Horror

Lisey’s Story (2021)

8 August 20217 November 2024

Rating: ★★★

Stephen King Adaptation/Secret Parallel World

Director: Pablo Larrain
Actors: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Joan Allen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, …
Category: Fantasy

Ma (2019)

6 September 201920 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Psycho Film

Director: Tate Taylor
Actors: Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers, Juliette Lewis, Corey Fogelmanis, …
Category: Horror

The Occupant (2020)

17 August 20201 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Psycho Ex-Tenant

Director: Alex Pastor, David Pastor
Actors: Javier Gutierrez, Mario Casas, Bruna Cusi, Ruth Diaz, …
Category: Horror

One Hour Photo (2002)

12 November 200212 August 2024

Rating: ★★★

Psycho Stalker

Director: Mark Romanek
Actors: Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Gary Cole, Michael Vartan, …
Category: Horror

Open Windows (2014)

1 May 20158 September 2024

Rating: ★★★

Internet Stalker and Surveillance Thriller

Director: Nacho Vigalondo
Actors: Elijah Wood, Sasha Grey, Neil Maskell, Ivan Gonzalez, …
Category: Horror

Passionate Revenge (1996)

2 September 200329 September 2021

Rating: ★½

Female Stalker/Erotica

Director: Fred Olen Ray
Actors: Shauna O'Brien, Paul Michael Robinson, Jenna Bodnar, Jeff Rector, …
Category: Horror

Pet (2016)

11 March 20191 June 2024

Rating: ★★½

Man Abducts the Girl He is Obsessed With

Director: Carles Torrens
Actors: Dominic Monaghan, Ksenia Solo, Nathan Parsons, Janet Song
Category: Horror

Play Misty for Me (1971)

2 September 200319 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Female Stalker

Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills, John Larch, …
Category: Horror

The Resident (2011)

20 February 20119 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Stalker Landlord

Director: Antti J. Jokinen
Actors: Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Christopher Lee, Lee Pace
Category: Horror

Room for Rent (2019)

18 January 202118 January 2021

Rating: ★★★

Psycho Elderly Landlady

Director: Tommy Stovall
Actors: Lin Shaye, Oliver Rayon, Valeska Miller, Ryan Ochoa, …
Category: Horror

The Roommate (2011)

26 February 201110 March 2023

Rating: ★★

Psycho Roommate

Director: Christian E. Christiansen
Actors: Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Cam Gigandet, Alyson Michalka, …
Category: Horror

Safe Haven (2013)

4 December 20136 March 2025

Rating: ★

Romantic Film/Fantastic Twist Ending

Director: Lasse Hallström
Actors: Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel, David Lyons, Cobie Smulders, …
Category: Fantasy

Secret Smile (2005)

22 November 200813 August 2024

Rating: ★★★

Psycho Ex-Boyfriend

Director: Christopher Menaul
Actors: David Tennant, Kate Ashfield, Claire Goose, Susannah Wise, …
Category: Horror

The Secretary (1995)

13 December 20027 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Psycho Secretary

Director: Andrew Lane
Actors: Mel Harris, Sheila Kelley, Barry Bostwick, James Russo, …
Category: Horror

The Seduction (1982)

22 June 200213 September 2022

Rating: 0­

Stalker

Director: David Schmoeller
Actors: Morgan Fairchild, Andrew Stevens, Michael Sarrazin, Colleen Camp, …
Category: Horror

Sexual Predator (2001)

14 February 201012 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

Erotica/Psycho-Thriller

Director: Robert Angelo
Actors: Angie Everhart, Richard Grieco, Elizabeth Barondes, Julian Christopher, …
Category: Horror

Single White Female (1992)

20 July 200010 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Psycho Roommate

Director: Barbet Schroeder
Actors: Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber, Stephen Tobolowsky, …
Category: Horror

Sleep Tight (2011)

3 March 201330 June 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Malevolent Apartment Manager

Director: Jaume Balaguero
Actors: Luis Tosar, Marta Etura, Alberto San Juan, Iris Almeida Molina, …
Category: Horror

Snapshot (1979)

27 April 201019 March 2025

Rating: ★

Stalker Psycho-Thriller

Director: Simon Wincer
Actors: Sigrid Thornton, Chantal Contouri, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Vincent Gil
Category: Horror

Someone is Watching (1999)

3 June 200520 March 2025

Rating: ★★½

Stalker Psycho-Thriller/Child’s Sinister Invisible Companion

Director: Douglas Jackson
Actors: Stefanie Powers, Margot Kidder, Stewart Bick, Martin Neufeld, …
Category: Horror

Someone’s Watching Me (1978)

23 September 200710 December 2022

Rating: ★★★

Stalker Psycho-Thriller

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Lauren Hutton, David Birney, Adrienne Barbeau, Charles Cyphers
Category: Horror

Stalked (1994)

28 March 199924 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Psycho Stalker

Director: Douglas Jackson
Actors: Jay Underwood, Maryam d'Abo, Alex Karzis, Lisa Blount, …
Category: Horror

The Stalker’s Apprentice (1998)

28 May 201024 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

Psycho Film

Director: Marcus D.F. White
Actors: Gideon Turner, Peter Davison, James Bolam, Liz Mary Brice
Category: Horror

Strangers (1990)

16 February 201028 March 2025

Rating: ★

Female Stalker

Director: Craig Lahiff
Actors: James Healey, Anne Looby, Melissa Docker, Tim Robertson, …
Category: Horror

Strangers Online (2010)

4 November 201128 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Female Stalker/Psycho-Sexual Thriller

Director: John Huckert
Actors: Noel Palomaria, Tara Killian, Joaquin Garay III, Monique Parent, …
Category: Horror

Swimfan (2002)

25 January 200329 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Teenage Girl Stalker

Director: John Polson
Actors: Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, Shiri Appleby, Kate Burton, …
Category: Horror

The Temp (1993)

29 August 20013 April 2025

Rating: ★

Psycho Secretary

Director: Tom Holland
Actors: Timothy Hutton, Lara Flynn Boyle, Faye Dunaway, Steven Weber, …
Category: Horror

There’s Something About Mary (1998)

19 September 200011 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Stalker Black Comedy

Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Actors: Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Lee Evans, …
Category: Horror

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996)

15 December 200511 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Female Stalker Comedy

Director: Martin Lawrence
Actors: Martin Lawrence, Lynn Whitfield, Regina King, Della Reese, …
Category: Horror

Timestalker (2024)

24 January 202524 January 2025

Rating: ★★½

Comedy/Romance Reincarnated Through History

Director: Alice Lowe, Aneurin Barnard, Jacob Anderson, Nick Frost, …
Actors: Alice Lowe
Category: Fantasy

Too Good to Be True (2003)

16 September 20055 May 2025

Rating: ★★★

Stalker Ex-Husband

Director: Sarah Harding
Actors: Peter Davison, Niamh Cusack, Adrian Lukis, Caroline Loncq
Category: Horror

Trial Run (1984)

13 December 20027 May 2025

Rating: ★★

Feminist Slasher

Director: Melanie Read
Actors: Annie Whittle, Martyn Sanderson, Judith Gibson
Category: Horror

U Be Dead (2009)

14 November 200914 May 2025

Rating: ★★★

True-Life Female Stalker

Director: Jamie Payne
Actors: David Morrissey, Tara Fitzgerald, Lucy Griffiths, Monica Dolan, …
Category: Horror

Unforgettable (2017)

14 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Psycho Ex

Director: Denise Di Novi
Actors: Rosario Dawson, Katherine Heigl, Geoff Stults, Isabella Kai Rice, …
Category: Horror

Unhinged (2020)

6 November 20204 April 2021

Rating: ★★★

Road Rage Psycho

Director: Derrick Borte
Actors: Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorious, Gabriel Bateman, Jimmi Simpson, …
Category: Horror

Unsane (2018)

12 October 20183 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

Woman Wrongly Incarcerated in an Asylum with Her Stalker

Director: Steven Soderbergh
Actors: Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharaoh, Juno Temple, …
Category: Horror

V/H/S (2012)

2 September 201230 May 2024

Rating: ★★★

Anthology of Found Footage Horror Tales

Director: Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, …
Actors: Calvin Reeder, Lane Hughes, Adam Wingard, Frank Stack, …
Category: Horror

When the Bough Breaks (2016)

5 February 201720 May 2021

Rating: ★

Psycho Surrogate Mother

Director: Jon Cassar
Actors: Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, Jaz Sinclair, Theo Rossi, …
Category: Horror

Zebra Lounge (2001)

20 December 202220 December 2022

Rating: ★

Psychopathic Swingers

Director: Kari Skogland
Actors: Cameron Daddo, Kristy Swanson, Stephen Baldwin, Brandy Ledford, …
Category: Horror

Zone 414 (2021)

30 October 202230 October 2022

Rating: ★★

Future Film Noir/Androids

Director: Andrew Baird
Actors: Guy Pearce, Matilda Lutz, Travis Fimmel, Jonathan Aris, …
Category: Science Fiction

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