[NARRATOR] They're the films that kept us paranoid and
on the edge of our seats.
- No!
[NARRATOR] Welcome to Watchmojo.com, and today we're counting down our picks for
the Top 10 Stalker Movies.
- Am I really your buddy?
[NARRATOR] While there is a fine line between being
"overly friendly" and completely creepy—
- I'm not a stalker, alright? She's a friend of mine.
[NARRATOR] — for this list, we've chosen the flicks that featured characters
that frightened us all with obsessive tendencies that bordered
on the completely psychotic.
- I can't protect you like this. It's, uh...
... it's impossible. The odds are on his side.
[NARRATOR] Number 10:
- I'll just get a room mate.
[NARRATOR] After a falling-out with her fiancé,
Ally finds herself in need of some company in her large apartment.
So she takes out an ad in the local paper for a room mate.
What she gets is Heddy—
- 'Hedra.' That's unusual.
[NARRATOR] — an unhinged woman with a mysterious past
who goes from being a loyal friend to attempting to assume Ally's identity.
- Did know that identical twins are never really identical?
[NARRATOR] From wearing her clothes to getting the same haircut,
Heddy's creep-factor goes through the roof when she takes the concept
of B-F-F to W-T-F in this erotic thriller.
- What- what is this hair? What is this supposed to mean?
You're in her clothes. You're wearing her perfume for Christ's sake!
[NARRATOR] Number 9:
- See, I got this little problem. I got a stalker.
[NARRATOR] David Aames has a life anyone would dream of.
A successful business, millions of dollars, and
a gorgeous model for a lover.
- Oh, nobody stalks me so I drink!
[NARRATOR] Padarise isn't all it's cracked up to be, though,
as his soon-to-be former lover, Julianna, simply won't take "no" for an answer.
- Julie Gianni.
- [JULIANNA] Hey, handsome.
- You're following me.
[NARRATOR] David soon discovers that this femme fatale is one scroned woman
you don't wanna mess with.
- Just a little bit.
[NARRATOR] And in this sci-fi thriller, she goes to great lengths
to keep them together forever.
- Nicole.
[NARRATOR] Number 8:
- [MAN] I love you.
[NARRATOR] At the start of this thriller, teenage good-girl Nicole has been swept off her feet
by her new boyfriend, David.
(♪ ... couldn't drag me away...♪)
[NARRATOR] On the surface, he is everything she could ever dream of.
Polite, caring, and attentive.
- I dunno.
Whatever it is, I definitely never felt it before.
[NARRATOR] But soon she notices some frightening red flags about his personality.
- David, what the hell are you doing?!
Stop it!
[NARRATOR] Obsessed with "saving her" from her friends and family—
- I'm only interested in keeping you away from Nicole.
[NARRATOR] — David takes his love to the extreme,
even carving Nicole's name into his chest as a declaration of his affecton.
Yikes.
[NARRATOR] Number 7:
- Oh, yeah.
[NARRATOR] The star of the highschool swim team gets more than he bargained for
in this steamy, psychological thriller.
- I'm Madison, by the way. Madison Bell.
[NARRATOR] After a night of passion with a fellow student, Ben Cronin and his one-time
lover, Madison, agree to keep their encounter a secret
due to him already having a long-time girlfriend.
- It'll be our little secret.
[NARRATOR] Despite their agreement, Ben soon discovers that his one-night stand could
haunt him forever—
- I have a girlfriend. I told you.
[NARRATOR] — as Madison seeks out his girlfriend, family, and friends to get a bit closer to him,
which results in a murder with all fingers pointed in his direction.
- They think I killed Josh...
... that I tried to kill Amy. I'm already gonna spend the rest of my life in prison!
WHAT'S— ONE— MORE?!
- Don't be mad. I did it for us.
[NARRATOR] Number 6:
- My name's Dave Garver.
- Evelyn Draper.
[NARRATOR] In this film, Clint Eastwood stars as popular radio DJ Dave Garver, a man whose
life is turned upside-down by a fling with a fan of his show.
- But that's no reason we shouldn't sleep together tonight if we feel life it.
[NARRATOR] Evelyn's trademark call-in-request to play her favorite song 'Misty' leads Dave on a
psychological whirlwind through seemingly coincidental encounters—
- Aren't you gonna play 'Misty' for me?
[NARRATOR] —as a romance blossoms and is then derailed by Evelyn's insistent pursuit to
infultrate his life.
- [DAVE] Get off my back, Evelyn!
- Get off you're back?
That's where you've been keeping me, isn't it?
You're nothing!
You're not even good in bed!
[NARRATOR] With unexpected visits to his house and insane jealousy, Evelyn's unstable behavior lands
her in a mental hospital before she emerges under an assumed name
to try to win Dave's heart by any means necessary.
- KRML, Dave Garver.
Hello?
- [EVELYN] Play 'Misty' for me.
[NARRATOR] Number 5:
- Watch this. I- I'm really psyched.
[NARRATOR] Sports fans have always been known to aggressively support their team.
But this tale of a fanatic, athletic nutcase takes things to the extreme.
- Batter up, Bobby! I've waited a long time for this.
[NARRATOR] With a passion for the San Francisco Giants' newest star—
- Go, Bobby!
[NARRATOR] — an already mentally-shattered man pursues his favorite player, and tries to ensure his
and his team's success at any cost—
- That's the point.
[NARRATOR] — including murder and kidnapping the famed sports star's son.
- Let's just say that Bobby Rayburn is in for the night of his life.
- Why's that, Gil?
- 'Cause some people are ungrateful, and they should be taught a lesson.
[NARRATOR] Number 4:
- Are you following me?
[NARRATOR] In Obsessed, Derek works for a successful finance company,
and has Beyoncé at his side as his loving and caring wife.
- Sharon, you're so bad.
- Like, that's not why you married me?
[NARRATOR] Life seemed perfect. Until an office temp, named Lisa, begins to flirt and then makes agressive
sexual advances towards him, which he rejects.
- Come on, stop. No.
[NARRATOR] Lisa's persistance takes a turn for the cray-cray, though, when she creates intricate plots
in order to break up Derek's family and replace his wife with herself.
- And you think you're crazy?
I'll show you crazy.
Just try me, bitch.
[NARRATOR] This culminates in one of the bitchiest catfights in film history, as Beyoncé lets her would-be
substitute know she's undeniably irreplaceable.
[NARRATOR] Number 3:
- Go ahead.
[NARRATOR] In a departure from his more comedic roles, Robin Williams stars in this film as
Seymour Perrish, a photo technician whose fascination with the pictures of one of his regular customers
develops into a fanatic obsession.
- [RADIO PLAY] Now, we do not pretend to have achieved perfection, but we do have a system,
and it works.
[NARRATOR] Fixated on the drama he encounters as he views the lives of the family members changed
throughout the photos he develops, "Sy" fantasizes about being the beloved unce of his customers—
- Uncle Sy!
Can you help me put this together?
[NARRATOR] — and even develops an extra set of prints for himself to further his imaginary involvement.
- ... 'snapshot,' then, was originally a hunting term.
[NARRATOR] Number 2:
- I keep feeling like there's some animal out there stalking us.
[NARRATOR] In this psychological thriller, Max Cady is released from prison after serving several years for
rape and assault charges, and declares a vendetta on the lawyer who couldn't keep him out of prison.
- Fourteen years ago, I was forced to make a commitment to an eight-by-nine cell.
Now you gonna to be forced to make a commitment.
[NARRATOR] From harassing Sam Bowden in the streets of his home town
to brutally attacking a female coworker—
- [SCREAMS]
[NARRATOR] — and posing as his teenage daughter's drama teacher in a highly uncomfortable seduction scene—
[NARRATOR] — Cady is a scorned man with one thing on his mind:
destroying the life of his former legal counselor.
- Forget about that restraining order, counselor!?
You're well within five hundred yar—
[NARRATOR] Before we reveal our Number 1 pick, here are some Honorable Mentions:
- I'm confused, Mitch. Aren't you a man?
- They booted his ass for stalking customers. This guy is deeply troubled.
If I were you, I'd lock up tight.
- In fact, we are now entering a delicate new phase.
We are silently and stealthily negotiating the terms of a life lived together.
- It's okay, Emma. Mommy's here.
I'm gonna take you and Joey and we're gonna have a real family now.
You'll never have to see those people again.
- I can't live without you.
And I won't let you live without me.
[NARRATOR] Number 1:
- Uh, my name is Dan Gallagher.
- Alex Forrest.
- Nice to meet you, and what is your connection here?
[NARRATOR] In this Oscar-nominated flick, Glenn Close delivers a terrifying performance as Alex,
a woman who's had a one-night stand with a successful, married business man.
- You don't give up, do you? You just don't give up.
[NARRATOR] The publishing company editor develops an obsession with him that quickly that quickly takes a
turn for the bizarre and deadly, as she attempts to infiltrate the life of the man who rejected her.
- You play fair with me; I'll play fair with you.
[NARRATOR] Rule number one: NEVER ignore Alex.
This unstable stalker fakes a pregnancy, blackmails her former lover, attemps suicide, and serves up some
rather "unsavory" rabit stew.
- [SCREAMS]
[NARRATOR] And that is just the tip of the iceberg.
Alex's disturbing behavior places her in movie-stalker-infamy and makes us all think twice about
who we invite between the sheets.
- If you weren't so stupid, you'd know that. But you're so stupid. You're just so stupid.
You're a stupid, selfish bitch!
- [SCREAMS]
- [ALEX] Stupid, selfish bitch!
[NARRATOR] Do you agree with our list?
- Maybe I was wrong about you.
[NARRATOR] Which stalker-flicks keep you looking over your shoulder?
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