Movies about strangers

Movies about strangers
List of the best films about strangers, selected by visitors to our site: The Secret: Dare to Dream, Circle, The Guest, The Mountain Between Us, Every Breath You Take, The Hunt, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, The Guest Room, Intruder, Exam.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
CharactersWidows, Strangers
PlotFate, Life, Fulfillment of desires, Meaning of life
StyleRomantic, Kind, By books, Vital signs, Womens in main roles

A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.

Markimdb: 6
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:10
CharactersDemons, Strangers
PlotSurvival, Survival, UFO, Experiments, Abduction
PlaceSchool, Spaceships
StyleExciting, Psychological problems, Action, Heavy, Tense

Could you trust a jury of your peers with your life? The contestants of a mysterious death game must make harrowing decisions as they strategize for survival in this psychological sci-fi thriller.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genreaction, thriller
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:35
CharactersKillers, Soldier, Strangers
PlotFight
PlaceUSA
StyleExciting, Action, Fascinating, Disturbing

A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:20
CharactersDogs, Climbers, Journalists, Friends, Strangers
PlotLove, Survival, Time travel, Travel, Relationship
PlaceAircraft, Mountains, Party, USA
StyleUnexpected ending, Atmospheric, Tense

Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across the wilderness.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
CharactersFamily, Psychotherapists, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Strangers
PlotTreason, Obsession, Cheating, Depression, Seduction

A psychiatrist, whose client commits suicide, finds his family life disrupted after introducing her surviving brother to his wife and daughter.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, comedy
CountryUSA, Japan, China
CharactersStrong women, Hunters, Strangers
PlotSurvival, Skirmishes, Abduction, Fight, Survival
PlaceForest
StyleExciting, Action, Tense, Dynamic, Disturbing

Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport. But their master plan is about to be derailed when one of the hunted turns the tables on her pursuers.

Markimdb: 6
Genrethriller
CountryUSA, South Africa
CharactersStrangers
PlotPuzzles, Survival, Survival, Mystery, Sects
PlaceLabyrinths

Six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive as they discover all the games that they've played before.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrethriller, drama
CountryItaly
CharactersStrangers
PlotTime travel, Mystery, Fear
PlaceHotels
StyleUnexpected ending

The morning Stella decides to take her own life, a stranger knocks at her door claiming the guest room he booked for the night. Surprised but charmed by this man who seems to know her very well, Stella decides to let him in. But when Sandro, the man who broke Stella’s heart, joins them at home, this odd sit- uation turns immediately into chaos: Giulio, the stranger, starts unveiling all the secrets of the couple and of the house. Who is Giulio? And what are Stella and Sandro hiding?

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrethriller, detective
CountrySouth Korea
CharactersArchitects, Strangers, Guests
PlotDeath, Missing people, Cheating, Post-traumatic syndrome, Death of his wife
PlaceKorea

Seo-jin is a widower still grieving his wife’s death. Then he receives the news that her long-lost younger sister, Yoo-jin, who went missing 25 years ago, has turned up. Unlike the rest of his family, who welcome her into their arms, Seo-jin feels that Yoo-jin is a stranger.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:41
CharactersPsychologists, Strangers, Guards, Detectives
PlotPuzzles, Experiments, Mystery, Test, Survival
PlaceClosed Space, Office
StyleUnexpected ending, Exciting, Psychological problems, Action, Fascinating

The final candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a test so simple and confusing that tension begins to unravel.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
CharactersDogs, Family, Strangers
PlotSurvival, Growing up, Mental disorders, Experiments, Vacation
PlaceIslands, Beach, Ocean, Sand
StyleUnexpected ending, Makes me think

A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:35
CharactersClairvoyants, Strangers
PlotAdventure, Loneliness, Art
PlaceTrains, Hotels, New York
StyleRomantic, Light, Cute, Soulful, Touching

A woman who is robbed on her way to catch the 1:30 train to Boston is left stranded in New York City. She meets a man who helps her during the course of the night and the two form a romance.

Markimdb: 6
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
CountryIceland, Luxembourg, USA
Duration02:28
CharactersDogs, Teens, Scientists, Strangers
PlotSurvival, Apocalypse, End of the world, Relationship, Nuclear War
PlaceForest, USA, Small cities
TimePost apocalypse
StyleAction, By books, Tense, Depressive, Serious

In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he’s nearly been driven mad by radiation exposure and his desperate search for others. A fragile, imperative strand of trust connects them. But when a stranger enters the valley, their precarious bond begins to unravel.

Markimdb: 3.9
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
CountryUSA
CharactersManiacs, Strangers
PlotSurvival, Expeditions
PlaceShips

The Nereus is a fifty-year-old Ice Breaker, salvaged by an idealistic crew on a mission to catch illegal fisherman. On chase, the crew find themselves well off-course and bearing down on a body mysteriously floating in the middle of the Devil’s Sea. Superstitious or not, the team soon discovers they’ve rescued a deadly creature feeding on the lifeless body. Their new mission—kill or be killed and preferably before they hit land.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA, Hong Kong
CharactersTeens, Gangsters, Jews, Writers, Birds
PlotBody exchange
PlaceSchool
TimeNight
StyleTo cry, Soulful, Fascinating, Makes me think

In this sparkling romance, Ruby, a Chinese American toy designer from LA, visits Hong Kong for the first time on business. Finding herself stranded, she meets Josh, an American expat who shows her the city.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
CharactersScammers, Strangers
PlotRobbery
PlaceLos Angeles
StyleSerious

Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:28
CharactersPsychopath, Brothers, Strangers
PlotSurvival, Money, Sects, Quests
PlaceUSA
StylePsychological problems, Tense

A bright but meek salesman, drowning in debt as he's about to get married, receives a mysterious phone call informing him that he's on a hidden camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a multi-million dollar cash prize.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:24
CharactersStrangers
StyleAction, Disturbing

Nine people are stuck in an elevator. One of them has a ticking bomb that can't be defused. The other eight will do anything to survive. There is no escape and no promise of rescue. As the tension in the elevator mounts the unthinkable soon becomes the only reasonable solution.

Markimdb: 4.1
Genrethriller
CountryUSA
CharactersFriends, Strangers
PlotSurvival

Three college students play a challenge game called Odds Are... It quickly erupts into a nightmare for the participants who find themselves caught in an unpredictable web of deceit and survival. Based on actual events.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA
CharactersStrangers
PlaceUSA
StyleAction, Disturbing

A young married couple encounters a stranger who threatens their marriage and their lives.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration02:37
CharactersFamily, Partners, Strangers
PlotSurvival, Treasures
PlaceSpace
TimeFuture
StyleTense, For men, Disturbing

A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, comedy, crime
CountryUSA, Germany, Republic of Ireland
Duration01:36
CharactersGangsters, Hired assassins, Killers, Businessmen, Strangers
PlotFriendship, Death, Depression, Holidays
PlaceMexico, Hotels, USA
StyleLight, Tense

The life of Danny Wright, a salesman forever on the road, veers into dangerous and surreal territory when he wanders into a Mexican bar and meets a mysterious stranger, Julian, who's very likely a hit man. Their meeting sets off a chain of events that will change their lives forever, as Wright is suddenly thrust into a far-from-mundane existence that he takes to surprisingly well … once he gets acclimated to it.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryJapan, USA
Duration01:04
CharactersFriends, Losers, Strangers
PlotFriendship
StyleSoulful, Smart, Vital signs, Fancy, Makes me think

Al Fountain, a middle-aged electrical engineer, is on the verge of a mid-life crisis, when he decides to take his time coming home from a business trip, rents a car, and heads out looking for a lake he remembers from his childhood. But his wandering takes him into the life of Kid, a free-spirited young man who helps Al escape from the routine of everyday life and find freedom to enjoy himself.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrehorror, action, thriller, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:41
CharactersIndians, Cannibals, Scientists, Strangers
PlotOn real events, Survival, Anorexia, Death, Snow
PlaceNature, Mountains
TimeWinter
StylePsychological problems, Light, Vital signs, Makes me think, Depressive

Five strangers face the unthinkable when they wake up and find themselves trapped. With no idea how they got there they frantically try to figure out how to escape. The disoriented group quickly realise the truth about their situation when they discover another room containing enough water to survive for 30 days… and a razor sharp surgical knife. The intention becomes quite clear. Whoever put them in this place wants to see just how long it will take before the hunger makes them commit unspeakable acts and cross a very deadly line.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:48
CharactersStrangers
PlotObsession, Supernatural, Pursuit, Life after death, Hypnosis
PlaceIndia, Asia, New York
StyleAction, Tense, Serious, Disturbing

A man is convinced that a young girl is the reincarnation of his own daughter Audrey Rose, who died in a fiery car accident, along with his wife, two minutes before the girl was born.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:25
CharactersManiacs, Killers, Strangers
PlotSurvival, Pursuit, Fear
PlaceForest
StyleDisturbing

Driving, lost and tormented in the night, primal fears of the dark and the unknown give way to fear that you have let the evil in, or that it is already there.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrehorror, action, comedy
CountryUnited Kingdom
CharactersVampire, Special Forces, Immortals, Soldier, Chickens
PlotSurvival
TimeDark ones, Night
StyleTense, Depressive

In a quiet countryside farmhouse, Britain's vampires gather for their once-every-fifty-years meeting. Others will be joining them too; Sebastian Crockett, an unwitting Essex boy who thinks he's on a promise with sexy cougar Vanessa; and a detachment of Special Forces vampire killers who have bitten off more than they can chew. This is certainly going to be a night to remember... and for some of them it will be their last.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:43
CharactersTeens, Police, Losers, Strangers
PlotLove, Time travel, Travel, Passion, Chase
PlaceUSA
StyleTense

She was running from her past , He was walking to his future... everything after that was destiny.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, family
CountryIndia
Duration02:05
CharactersStrangers
PlaceTrains
StyleFascinating

Harikrishnan is a geeky software professional who suffers from an obsessive compulsive disorder. A harthal day sees him travelling to Trivandrum for a conference, and in the midst of the night, he ends up at Paravur railway station with two strangers - Gopalan a veteran politician and Narayani a social worker - for company.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, thriller
CountryIndia
CharactersMusicians, Strangers
PlotHunting
PlaceIndia
StyleExciting, Serious, Disturbing

Aadhi, an aspiring musician, travels to another state in hopes of making it big. While there, an unexpected event leaves him trapped, unable to return to his family and running for his life.





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