Our home is our castle, only those we allow and invite can enter. But unfortunately, there are malicious people in the world, and they do not respect the rights of others. The best home invasion movies tell the stories of people whose homes have been taken over by criminals and how they survived the invasion.
Often in the best home invasion movies, armed criminals work in a planned way to extort valuables or information they know is in that home. However, in some movies, the chain of unplanned events pushes the invaders to choose a house at random, and the misfortune of the household begins at this point. In the best home invasion movies, the rescue of the hostages depends on their composure and creativity. Sometimes a hero appears and defeats the invaders and rescues the hostages.
Among the home invasion movies, which are dominated by the action and thriller genre, there are also comedy movies, albeit exceptional. I would like to say personally that one of the movies that I couldn't stop laughing out loud like everyone else in the movie theater at that moment is among the best home invasion movies. However, we are in the field of thriller genre, and villains that threaten personal spaces dominate home invasion movies.
The best home invasion movies are the ones that make a name for themselves with their creative stories. The acting performances are another factor that brought success to the film. The fact that three different Oscar-winning actors and actresses take part in a movie on the list proves this. I have selected the best home invasion movies of all time and listed them for you. Yes, these are movies, but they still show us that we need to take the best possible safety precautions at home. And what we can do after that is just hope we don't cross paths with malicious people for the rest of our lives.
Best Home Invasion Movies
1
Release Date: 1990
Director: Chris Columbus
Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard
2
Release Date: 2002
Director: David Fincher
Stars: Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam
3
Release Date: 1991
Director: Martin Scorsese
Stars: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis
4
Release Date: 1971
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna
5
Release Date: 2016
Director: Fede Alvarez
Stars: Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto
6
Release Date: 2005
Director: Florent-Emilio Siri
Stars: Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Serena Scott Thomas, Jimmy Bennett
7
Release Date: 2019
Director: Jordan Peele
Stars: Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker
8
Release Date: 2014
Director: James DeMonaco
Stars: Frank Grillo, Carmen Ejogo, Zach Gilford, Kiele Sanchez
9
Release Date: 2016
Director: Mike Flanagan
Stars: John Gallagher Jr., Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco, Samantha Sloyan
10
Release Date: 2017
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer
11
Release Date: 2016
Director: Chris Peckover
Stars: Olivia DeJonge, Levi Miller, Ed Oxenbould, Aleks Mikic
12
Release Date: 2009
Director: Dennis Iliadis
Stars: Garret Dillahunt, Monica Potter, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Bowen
13
Release Date: 2017
Director: McG
Stars: Judah Lewis, Samara Weaving, Robbie Amell, Hana Mae Lee
14
Release Date: 2008
Director: Bryan Bertino
Stars: Scott Speedman, Liv Tyler, Gemma Ward, Alex Fisher
15
Release Date: 2012
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Stars: Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, Sissy Spacek
16
Release Date: 2004
Director: David R. Ellis
Stars: Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, William H. Macy
17
Release Date: 2021
Director: Rodo Sayagues
Stars: Stephen Lang, Madelyn Grace, Brendan Sexton III, Adam Young
18
Release Date: 2013
Director: James DeMonaco
Stars: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder, Adelaide Kane
19
Release Date: 2019
Director: Vicky Jewson
Stars: Noomi Rapace, Olivia Jewson, Abdellatif Chaouqi, Sophie Nélisse
20
Release Date: 2011
Director: Antti J. Jokinen
Stars: Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lee Pace, Christopher Lee