By Vlad Zakh · June 22, 2026
A quiet night of babysitting never stays quiet in the movies. It can turn into a comic adventure, like the overnight rescue mission across downtown in Adventures in Babysitting, or teens hiding their sitter’s death in Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead. Or it can go horribly wrong: Halloween and When a Stranger Calls are the old-school scares, and The Babysitter has a boy discovering his sitter belongs to something murderous. The Sitter drags three kids out for a drug-fueled night in New York.
01 A young boy discovers his gorgeous babysitter and her friends are secretly part of a murderous satanic cult.
Directed by McG · 1h 25m · Rated R
Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Stream: Netflix
02 A reluctant babysitter drags three unruly kids along on a chaotic, drug-fuelled night out in New York City.
Directed by David Gordon Green · 1h 21m · Rated R
Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Stream: Disney Plus · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
Stream: Disney Plus · Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Rent or buy: Google Play Movies, YouTube
03 A babysitter's quiet night turns into a wild rescue mission across downtown Chicago.
Directed by Chris Columbus · 1h 42m · Rated PG-13
Stream: Disney Plus, Philo · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Stream: Disney Plus · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Stream: Disney Plus, Crave, Crave Amazon Channel · Rent: Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, Amazon Video · Buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
Stream: Disney Plus · Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
04 Teenagers hide the sudden death of their summer babysitter and fend for themselves to avoid being sent away.
Directed by Stephen Herek · 1h 45m · Rated PG-13
Stream: Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home
Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video
Stream: Crave, Crave Amazon Channel · Buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Stream: HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel
Stream: JioHotstar
05 The slasher template, built almost entirely around one relentless, silent killer.
Directed by John Carpenter · 1h 31m · Rated R
9 wins & 3 nominations
Stream: fuboTV, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+ · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Stream: Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Cultpix · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store
Stream: Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder, Cultpix, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC Plus Apple TV channel · Rent or buy: Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube
Stream: Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Cultpix, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV channel
Stream: Cultpix · Rent: Amazon Video
06 A babysitter receives a series of increasingly terrifying phone calls that turn out to be coming from inside the house.
Directed by Fred Walton · 1h 37m · Rated R
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Shudder, Screambox Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Fandango At Home
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
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