Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "talking-to-a-stranger"

1. Knock at the Cabin (2023)

R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

While vacationing, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to avert the apocalypse.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird

Votes: 115,896

2. Crocodile Dundee (1986)

PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.

Director: Peter Faiman | Stars: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, David Gulpilil

Votes: 115,601 | Gross: $174.64M

3. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.

Director: John Hughes | Stars: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean

Votes: 160,455 | Gross: $49.53M

4. Sleeping Beauty (1959)

G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

After being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies.

Directors: Les Clark, Clyde Geronimi, Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton

Votes: 161,070 | Gross: $51.60M

5. When a Stranger Calls (2006)

PG-13 | 87 min | Horror, Thriller

During a babysitting gig, a high-school student is harassed by an increasingly threatening prank caller.

Director: Simon West | Stars: Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson

Votes: 48,684 | Gross: $47.86M

6. The Sure Thing (1985)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Walter Gibson is a university freshman going through a dry spell. His old buddy arranges a "sure thing" for him in California. Gibson and his classmate Allison then take a long road trip out to Cali, and both foil each other's plans.

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Anthony Edwards, Boyd Gaines

Votes: 22,204 | Gross: $18.14M

7. This Is Christmas (2022)

111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

This rom-com set in London during the Christmas season follows Adam and Emma on their daily commute from the village of Langton to London, where they meet the same passengers every day.

Director: Chris Foggin | Stars: Alfred Enoch, Kaya Scodelario, Timothy Spall, Jack Donoghue

Votes: 3,047

8. When a Stranger Calls (1979)

R | 97 min | Mystery, Thriller

A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.

Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Rutanya Alda, Carmen Argenziano

Votes: 14,354 | Gross: $21.41M

9. The Company of Wolves (1984)

R | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine, and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Graham Crowden

Votes: 18,435 | Gross: $4.39M

10. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)

R | 120 min | Drama

Maria marries Hermann Braun in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. Alone, Maria puts to use her beauty and ambition in order to find prosperity during Germany's "economic miracle" of the 1950s.

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen

Votes: 14,941

11. When a Stranger Calls Back (1993 TV Movie)

R | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young babysitter, all alone in the house with two children asleep above, is bothered by a stranger. Unfortunately, the phone's dead...

Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Jill Schoelen, Gene Lythgow

Votes: 4,136

12. You Are My Sunshine (2021)

Unrated | 114 min | Drama, History, Romance

The affectionate story of the lifelong romance between Tom and Joe, from their first humble meeting in the 1970s, a world only just waking up to homosexuality, through to their heartbreaking final days, decades later.

Director: David Hastings | Stars: Steve Salt, Jack Knight, Charles O'Neill, Ernest Vernon

Votes: 202

13. Caught in the Net (2020)

100 min | Documentary, Crime

Two documentarians exploring the world of online sexual abuse of children succeed in turning an experiment into an act of social intervention.

Directors: Barbora Chalupová, Vít Klusák | Stars: Sabina Dlouhá, Anezka Pithartová, Tereza Tezká

Votes: 1,743

14. The Aviator's Wife (1981)

PG | 106 min | Comedy, Romance

A young student is devastated when he finds that his girlfriend is cheating on him. In order to find out why she did it, he decides to spy on her and her lover.

Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Philippe Marlaud, Marie Rivière, Anne-Laure Meury, Mathieu Carrière

Votes: 5,181

15. The White Balloon (1995)

Unrated | 85 min | Drama, Family

Several people try to help a little girl to find the money her mom gave her to buy a goldfish with.

Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Aida Mohammadkhani, Mohsen Kafili, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Anna Borkowska

Votes: 8,252 | Gross: $0.47M

16. Manos: The Rise of Torgo (2018)

90 min | Comedy, Horror

Prequel to Manos: The Hands of Fate.

Director: David Roy | Stars: Danny McCarty, Jackey Neyman Jones, Elizabeth Redpath, Cody Davis

Votes: 106

17. Marina (I) (2010)

Not Rated | 13 min | Short, Drama

Marina stands in the waterfront and cries. A middle-aged man walks up to her and tries to start a conversation. Marina ignores him until he asks, "How much?" He has mistaken her with a prostitute but Marina plays along.

Director: Álex Montoya | Stars: Andrea Dueso, Luis Zahera

Votes: 50

18. Post It (2014)

8 min | Short, Comedy

Elroy wants to be left alone but Clara is too curious about what he carries inside his cardboard box and they post stickers to the others.

Director: Michael Evans | Stars: Deana Deatherage, Michael Evans, Joe Greer

Votes: 262

19. Les sacrifiés (1983)

In 1955, Mahmoud was expelled from Algeria by the colonial authorities. At the age of 27, he landed in the Algerian shantytown of Nanterre in France.

Director: Okacha Touita | Stars: Miloud Khetib, Sid Ali Kouiret, Djamel Allam, Patrick Chesnais

Votes: 29

20. Seinfeld (1989–1998)
Episode: The Stock Tip (1990)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy

Jerry becomes apprehensive when he and George buy stock and the price falls while the person who suggested the stock is in hospital and can't tell them when to sell.

Director: Tom Cherones | Stars: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander

Votes: 4,952

21. Seinfeld (1989–1998)
Episode: The Subway (1992)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy

Everyone has an uncommon experience while going their separate ways on the subway; Kramer overheard a hot tip on a horse on his way to pay a traffic violation.

Director: Tom Cherones | Stars: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander

Votes: 5,111

22. The NoSleep Podcast (2011– )
Cheyenne to Portland (2013 Podcast Episode)

Documentary, Horror, Thriller

Featuring the stories "Cheyenne to Portland", "Stranger in the Night", "We All End Up Here" and "You May See Some People".

Star: David Cummings

23. The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2004)
Episode: Town and Out/Child Fearing (2000)

TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

"Town and Out" When the Professor gets a new job, the Girls have to move to a new town. They try to make the best of it, but it's just not the same. In fact, it's awful.

Directors: Craig McCracken, John McIntyre, Randy Myers | Stars: Tom Kenny, Tom Kane, Cathy Cavadini, Tara Strong

Votes: 176

24. Bored to Death (2009–2011)
Episode: I've Been Living Like a Demented God! (2010)

TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A professor hires Jonathan to track down a valuable item. George finds an alibi to explain the results of his drug test. Flushed with cash from his "Super Ray" comic book, Ray heads to the bar - and meets a familiar barfly.

Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Zach Galifianakis, Ted Danson, Heather Burns

Votes: 408

25. New Girl (2011–2018)
Episode: Menzies (2012)

TV-14 | 20 min | Comedy, Romance

Unable to pay her share of rent and utilities, the guys tell Jess to get a job. She is experiencing her monthly period and is an emotional mess. Nick meets a silent guy who shows him how to be peaceful. Cece wants to go back with Schmidt.

Director: Jason Woliner | Stars: Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield, Lamorne Morris

Votes: 1,446

26. Nanoman (2013– )
Episode: Lethal Suicidal Depression (2013)

6 min | Comedy

Kirill Kalandzhi presents a movie based on his book "Lethal Suicide Depression", which won yet another prize on an obscure film festival.

Director: Kirill Kalandzhi | Stars: Kirill Kalandzhi, Rodion Entsefalitov, Ivan Podbachkovin

27. My Online Nightmare (2017– )
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2017)

47 min | Documentary, Crime

In Alabama, troubled teen Marissa repeatedly talks to strangers online despite her aunt Patra's disapproval. Patra poses as a man online to chat to her, only for her niece to ask 'him' to help kill her aunt.

Directors: Owen Gower, Christian Watt | Stars: Rafe Spall, Megan Adie, Radhika Sanghani, Patra Williams

Votes: 11

28. Room 104 (2017–2020)
Episode: Prank Call (2019)

TV-MA | 24 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Left alone by her parents in Room 104, a bored neglected teenage girl makes a series of prank calls where she pretends to be a jail bait seductress tempting married men and even offering ... See full summary »

Director: So Yong Kim | Stars: Mary Mouser, Macon Blair, Carl De Gregorio, Kristina Harrison

Votes: 197