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10 Best Movies Like When a Stranger Calls

If you loved When a Stranger Calls, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
When a Stranger Calls Back

When a Stranger Calls Back

1993★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When a Stranger Calls for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A retired detective and a crisis-center counselor hunt a killer stalking a coed....

#2
Happy Birthday to Me

Happy Birthday to Me

1981★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When a Stranger Calls for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a gruesome set of murders take place and her friends are the on...

#3
See No Evil

See No Evil

1971★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When a Stranger Calls for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

In the English countryside, Sarah Rexton, recently blinded in a horse riding accident, moves in with her uncle's family and gallantly adjusts to her new condition, unaware that a k...

#4
The Queen and I

The Queen and I

2018★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When a Stranger Calls for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets, and forces them to live on a rundown council estate....

#5
Miss Melody Jones

Miss Melody Jones

1972★ 3.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When a Stranger Calls for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In her debut and only starring vehicle, Philomena plays the title role, Miss Melody Jones. She's an actress with (clearly) a lot of talent, but she's maybe a bit naive. After som...

#6
All This, and Heaven Too

All This, and Heaven Too

1940★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When a Stranger Calls for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the vola...