10 Great Voyeurism Movies

Shia LaBeouf and Carrie-Anne Moss star in this modern spin on Rear Window. Kale (LaBeouf) is placed on house arrest after hitting a teacher, and spends his days watching his neighbors. While the things he initially discovers are fairly innocuous, he soon stumbles upon something sinister when the signs begin to point to one of his neighbors being a serial killer.

Where to Stream Disturbia

Alfred Hitchcock‘s classic film starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly follows a wheelchair-bound photographer who begins to spy on his neighbors through his window and suspects one of them to be a murderer. Perhaps the flick that started it all, the tension and patience at play here makes it an unparalleled thriller.

Where to Stream Rear Window

Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, and a slew of other big ’80s stars lead this comedy thriller that depicts a high-strung suburbanite (Hanks) who, along with his fellow neighbors, becomes convinced that their neighborhood’s odd new residents are part of a murderous cult. Silly, scary, and strangely relatable, The Burbs is a seriously underrated take on the bizarreness of suburban life.

Where to Stream The 'Burbs

While shy boy-next-door Ricky Fitts (Wes Bentley) is not necessarily the star of Sam Mendes‘ 1999 masterpiece, his constant camera-in-hand presence turns this tale of a midlife crisis into a partially voyeuristic account of the mundanity of suburban life. Fitts’ camcorder creepiness can be overlooked because of the profound observations he makes about the beauty in a windswept plastic bag.

Where to Stream American Beauty 

Perhaps one of Robin Williams‘ zaniest, creepiest roles, the late talent stars as a photo developer who progressively becomes more and more unstable and attacks a middle-class family after becoming obsessed with their photos. This psychological thriller somehow manages to avoid clichés and showcase Williams’ unique talents. While it is a bit of a slow burn, this patient storytelling lends itself to creating a unique stalker film that is bound to chill you to the core.

Where to Stream One Hour Photo

This 1966 classic from Michelangelo Antonioni depicts a London photographer who might have unwittingly caught a murder on film after taking photos of a mysterious, alluring beauty in a park. The flick’s sexual content and diegetic score made waves upon its release, and is perhaps why it remains such a heavily-referenced film today.

Where to Stream Blow-Up

David Lynch‘s sensual take on voyeurism starring Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern is a dark murder mystery that explores the lives of four individuals that inevitably become intertwined in the midst of this investigation. The voyeurism at play here – particularly watching a woman through her closet door – is totally creepy, but this peek into the private moments of individuals is what allows Blue Velvet to hold up years later.

Where to Stream Blue Velvet

This bone-chilling 1960 flick follows a sexually-repressed young man who murders women and films them in their last, terrified moments on a 16mm camera. He takes these recordings home and surrounds himself with these taped screams and faces of fears, but things change when he meets one woman who might stop him from carrying out his horrifying habit.

Where to Stream Peeping Tom

This part-erotic thriller part-Hitchcock tribute from Brian DePalma follows a struggling actor/peeping tom who house-sits for a friend and begins to watch his favorite neighbor, a woman who strips in front of her open window every night. He becomes obsessed with her, but after he witnesses her brutal murder, he is suddenly involved in a much more complex plot than he ever anticipated.

Where to Stream Body Double

This disturbing thriller is a unique take on the voyeur flick; Scarlett Johansson stars as an alien entity inhabiting the form of a young woman who seeks out and stalks isolated men on the street at night to consume them in another dimension. Strange, beautiful, and unsettling, this compelling film is bound to leave you reeling.

Where to Stream Under the Skin