Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "threatening-phone-call"

1. Scream VI (2023)

R | 122 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

In the next installment, the survivors of the Ghostface killings leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter in New York City.

Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett | Stars: Courteney Cox, Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Jasmin Savoy Brown

Votes: 119,828

2. Scream (I) (2022)

R | 114 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

25 years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, Calif., a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past.

Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Melissa Barrera

Votes: 159,200 | Gross: $81.64M

3. Prom Night (1980)

R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

At a high-school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years previously.

Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Stevens, Anne-Marie Martin

Votes: 20,953 | Gross: $14.80M

4. Black Christmas (1974)

R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.

Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon

Votes: 48,397 | Gross: $4.05M

5. 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: 14,347 | Gross: $21.41M

6. Black Sabbath (1963)

Approved | 97 min | Horror

Boris Karloff hosts a trio of horror stories concerning a stalked call girl, a vampire-like monster who preys on his family, and a nurse who is haunted by her ring's rightful owner.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Lidia Alfonsi, Boris Karloff, Mark Damon

Votes: 13,928

7. The Minute You Wake up Dead (2022)

R | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A stockbroker in a small southern town gets involved in an insurance scam with a next-door neighbor that leads to multiple murders.

Director: Michael Mailer | Stars: Cole Hauser, Jaimie Alexander, Darren Mann, Morgan Freeman

Votes: 2,883

8. The Bridge (2015 TV Movie)

TV-G | 83 min | Drama, Romance

Two new students at nearby Belmont University, Ryan and Molly, meet the first day of classes and become study partners. The Bridge, a local bookstore, becomes a close part of their lives as their relationship grows.

Director: Mike Rohl | Stars: Katie Findlay, Wyatt Nash, Ted McGinley, Faith Ford

Votes: 1,591

9. Love Finds You in Sugarcreek (2014 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 92 min | Family, Mystery, Romance

Baseball player Micah Matthias and his young son Bobby are big Leeds United fans, lost in America. They end up in the quaint Amish community of Sugarcreek, Ohio under a set of aliases and ... See full summary »

Director: Terry Cunningham | Stars: Tom Everett Scott, Sarah Lancaster, Kelly McGillis, Thomas Kapanowski

Votes: 1,073

10. Confidentially Yours (1983)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

After he's implicated in several murders, a real estate agent hides out from the cops while his intrepid secretary does some private investigating of her own to locate the killer.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Philippe Laudenbach

Votes: 7,505

11. Fear (1990 TV Movie)

R | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller

Psychic Cayce Bridges helps police solve murders by mentally linking with the murderer. Then she discovers a murderer with the same talent - who wants to share the fear of his victims with ... See full summary »

Director: Rockne S. O'Bannon | Stars: Ally Sheedy, Lauren Hutton, Michael O'Keefe, Stan Shaw

Votes: 1,379

12. 13 West Street (1962)

Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama

An aerospace engineer (Ladd) ignores a policeman (Steiger) and hunts down a gang of juvenile delinquents.

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Alan Ladd, Rod Steiger, Michael Callan, Dolores Dorn

Votes: 832

13. The Rose Garden (1989)

PG-13 | 112 min | Drama

In Germany, an old man attacks another old man and is arrested. The attacker refuses to speak. A female lawyer is appointed to him. She discovers that the attacker has numbers tattooed on his arm and the attacked man was a German officer.

Director: Fons Rademakers | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Maximilian Schell, Peter Fonda, Jan Niklas

Votes: 465

14. Scams (2019– )

Action, Crime, Drama

Kusano has a bright future with his fancy university degree and new job. yet, it is not to be. The blood sucking financial giant which he works at goes broke and leaves him on the pavement.... See full summary »

Stars: Maika Yamamoto, Yôsuke Sugino, Shuntarô Yanagi, Ryôhei Ohtani

Votes: 447

15. 24 Days (2014)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Thriller

When Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because he's Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the tortures of the "gang of barbarians".

Director: Alexandre Arcady | Stars: Zabou Breitman, Pascal Elbé, Jacques Gamblin, Sylvie Testud

Votes: 734

16. The Devil Plays (1931)

Passed | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A murder mystery evolves during a weekend at an exclusive mansion.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Jameson Thomas, Florence Britton, Thomas E. Jackson, Richard Tucker

Votes: 191

17. Society Lawyer (1939)

Passed | 77 min | Drama, Music, Mystery

Society lawyer Christopher Durant agrees to defend his friend Phil Siddall when Siddall is arrested for the murder of an ex-girlfriend. With the help of nightclub singer Pat Abbott and ... See full summary »

Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Virginia Bruce, Leo Carrillo, Eduardo Ciannelli

Votes: 283

18. Piter (2019)

22 min | Short, Drama

A boy steals a cell phone from a girl at the bus stop, when he checks the phone he feels an interest in the girl, so he sets out to find a way to get closer to her and her world.

Director: Rossana Castillo | Stars: Felipe Irarrázabal, René Miranda, Valentina Salvador, Diego Salvo

Votes: 33

19. Homo Alone (2007 Video)

11 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

While home alone, an eight year old boy seeks companionship from "big boy" friends and leaves his home address on a chat room. Unexpected creepy guests make appearances before one proves deadly.

Director: Eric Widing | Star: Eric Widing

20. Birds of a Feather (1989–2020)
Episode: Absent Friends (1993)

TV-14 | Comedy

Chigwell is in the grip of a burglar, and anonymous calls and letters are aimed at Tracey as an accomplice, since hers is one of the only houses not targeted. To square things up Chris, who... See full summary »

Director: Charlie Hanson | Stars: Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, Lesley Joseph, Alun Lewis

Votes: 30

21. Ironside (1967–1975)
Episode: The Caller (1973)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After Fran temporarily moves into a friend's apartment to house sit, she starts getting threatening phone calls.

Director: Don Weis | Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell, Elizabeth Baur

Votes: 39

22. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: The Sixth Man (2005)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A hot-tempered basketball star is accused of killing one of his hecklers. The investigation and trial, however, reveal that the heckler's pattern of harassment may have crossed the line of decency on several occasions.

Director: David Platt | Stars: Dennis Farina, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 251

23. Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode: Big George (1972)

TV-PG | Action, Crime, Drama

A man happens to witness the murder of a sales clerk and agrees to testify at the trial. As a result he and his family are relentlessly terrorized by someone, even after the trial has ended.

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews

Votes: 40

24. Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode: Torment Him Much and Hold Him Long (1962)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

To remain straight, an ex-con informs on the would-be robbers of a bar where he works, instead of helping the stickup men, his former pals. But the hoods' connection to Link Toland, a ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Gist | Stars: Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, Robert Duvall

Votes: 59

25. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode: Whom the Gods Would Destroy (2007)

TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A middle-aged Oxford graduate is found murdered. The investigation implicates a senior university figure and leads to a long-hidden secret.

Director: Marc Jobst | Stars: Sasha Behar, Richard Lintern, Crispin Redman, Sian Thomas

Votes: 872

26. Perry Mason (2020–2023)
Episode: Chapter Three (2020)

TV-MA | 62 min | Crime, Drama, History

In order to gain an advantage over E.B. and team, wily district attorney Maynard Barnes (Stephen Root) goes public with a shocking new development. Mason (Matthew Rhys) and Strickland (Shea... See full summary »

Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk, Shea Whigham

Votes: 1,336

27. C.B. Strike (2017– )
Episode: Lethal White: Part 4 (2020)

TV-MA | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After ditching her husband, Robin becomes prone to panic attacks - although not when confronting a murderer.

Director: Susan Tully | Stars: Holliday Grainger, Adam Long, Ann Akinjirin, Tom Burke

Votes: 672

28. The Head (2020– )
Episode: Episode V (2020)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

The survivors head to the burnt out station of Polaris V hoping to salvage communications equipment. But the mystery deepens. Did the death of a Polaris V scientist lead to the events of today?

Director: Jorge Dorado | Stars: John Lynch, Katharine O'Donnelly, Alexandre Willaume, Richard Sammel

Votes: 327

29. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: Son of Sam Part 1: The Duke of Death (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

From 1976 to 1977, David Berkowitz terrorized New York City - under his creepy self-given moniker: "the Son of Sam"; he is among the most infamous serial killers in American history.

Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Antoinette Collarini-Schlossberg, Steve Wax, Mark Jay Heller

Votes: 30

30. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: The Night Stalker, Part 2: I Will Be Avenged (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

A tip from a teenage boy leads to the identity of the Night Stalker and twenty-four hours later a mob of angry citizens track him down and capture him.

Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Glynn Martin, Cliff Linedecker, Casey Jordan

Votes: 29

31. You Don't Know Me (2021)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2021)

TV-MA | Crime, Drama

Hero's friend Curt tries to protect Hero. Trying to force Jamil to run, and to keep Hero, Kyra, and himself safe from the gangs, Curt concocts a plan which goes very wrong.

Director: Sarmad Masud | Stars: Samuel Adewunmi, Sophie Wilde, Yetunde Oduwole, Bukky Bakray

Votes: 175

32. Monsieur Spade (2024)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2024)

TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Spade arrives in Bozouls and he falls for a local vineyard owner. Years later, Spade remains, a widower and retiree quietly living out his golden years in peace, but the return of his adversary changes everything.

Director: Scott Frank | Stars: Clive Owen, Cara Bossom, Denis Ménochet, Louise Bourgoin

Votes: 529

33. Big Little Crimes (2023– )
Episode: Sweating Drugs Man (2024)

29 min | Documentary, Crime

Neighbourhood cops searching for a stolen motorbike discover a massive stash of cocaine from a major Ecuadorian drugs cartel. A threatening phone call, leads to the jailing of a serial stalker responsible for harassing dozens of women.

Directors: Matthew Botten, Ethan Blake Brooks, John Russell | Star: Annes Elwy