6 Best Babysitter Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 22, 2026

Horror intensefeel good

A quiet night of babysitting rarely stays quiet in the movies, whether it spirals into a wild comic adventure or a night of pure terror.

The Babysitter (2017) 01

The Babysitter (2017)

IMDb ★ 6.3

A young boy discovers his gorgeous babysitter and her friends are secretly part of a murderous satanic cult.

The Sitter (2011) 02

The Sitter (2011)

IMDb ★ 5.6

A reluctant babysitter drags three unruly kids along on a chaotic, drug-fueled night out in New York City.

Adventures in Babysitting (1987) 03

Adventures in Babysitting (1987)

IMDb ★ 6.6

A babysitter's planned quiet night explodes into a wild overnight rescue mission across downtown Chicago.

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) 04

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)

IMDb ★ 5.9

Teenagers hide the sudden death of their summer babysitter and fend for themselves to avoid being sent to relatives.

Halloween (1978) 05

Halloween (1978)

IMDb ★ 7.7

A masked killer stalks a babysitter and her friends through a quiet suburban town on Halloween night.

When a Stranger Calls (1979) 06

When a Stranger Calls (1979)

IMDb ★ 6.5

A babysitter receives a series of increasingly terrifying phone calls that turn out to be coming from inside the house.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.