By Danilo Castro
There’s no place like home. It’s where we go to relax, secure our cherished belongings, and spend time with the ones we love. It’s where we feel safest, and most removed from the evils of the outside world. Unless, of course, evil decides to kick in the front door, and turn our very existences upside down. The breakdown between private and public is what makes the home invasion such an effective subgenre. By preying on what we know to be safe, these films hit upon primal fears, and force us to consider how we would act in the same situation. Jordan Peele’s “Us” is the latest release to tackles these fears, so with that in mind, we’ve retreated to the attic and compiled our list for the Best Home Invasion Movies. Bonus: “Home Alone” As a bonus entry, “Home Alone” breaks several rules on our list. It is only partially set in a house, and the protagonist, Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin), is the one inflicting pain, rather than the other way around. But none of that really matters. “Home Alone” is a perfect comedy, and we’ll take any opportunity we can to talk about it. Everyone involved with the film hits the mark, from director Chris Columbus to screenwriter John Hughes and composer John Williams. All things considered, though, we wouldn’t have a home invasion were it not for the criminal duo of Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern). They prove that sometimes, all you need to defeat evil is a paint can and a well-placed tarantula.
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BEST PICTURE Nomadland (13) - AWFJ, BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, CIC, GOTHAM, GWNYFCA, IFJA, NDFS, NSFC, StLFCA, TIFF, VENICE Promising Young Woman (4) - COFCA, MCFCA, SCA, SDFCS First Cow (2) - FFCC, NYFCC Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2) - CIC, PFCC Minari (2) - NCFCA, OFCC Another Round - EFA Da 5 Bloods - CIC Small Axe - LAFCA The Trial Of The Chicago 7 - HFCS BEST DIRECTOR Chloé Zhao (18) - AWFJ, BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, COFCA, FFCC, GWNYFCA, IFJA, LAFCA, MSFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, NSFC, NYFCC, OFCC, PFCC, SDFCS, StLFCA Spike Lee (2) - CIC, HFCS Darius Marder - SCA Andrew Patterson - GOTHAM Thomas Vinterberg - EFA BEST ACTRESS Frances McDormand (11) - AWFJ, BOFCA, CFCA, FFCC, GWNYFCA, HFCS, IFJA, NCFCA, NDFS, NSFC, OFCC Carey Mulligan (5) - COFCA, LAFCA, MCFCA, SCA, SDFCS, StLFCA Viola Davis (2) - CIC, PFCC Sidney Flanigan (2) - BSFC, NYFCC Paula Beer - EFA Nicole Beharie - GOTHAM BEST ACTOR Riz Ahmed (7) - COFCA, GOTHAM, GWNYFCA, NDFS, OFCC, SCA, SDFCS Delroy Lindo (7) - BOFCA, HFCS, IFJA, NCFCA, NSFC, NYFCC, PFCC Chadwick Boseman (6) - AWFJ, CFCA, CIC, LAFCA, MSFCA, StLFCA Anthony Hopkins (2) - BSFC, FFCC Mads Mikkelsen - EFA BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Youn Yuh-jung (11) - AWFJ, BSFC, COFCA, GWNYFCA, LAFCA, MCFCA, NCFCA, OFCC, SCA, SDFCS, StLFCA Maria Bakalaova (9) - BOFCA, CFCA, CIC, FFCC, IFJA, MCFCA, NDFS, NSFC, NYFCC Olivia Cooke - HFCS Amanda Seyfried - PFCC BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Paul Raci (12) - BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, COFCA, FFCC, GWNYFCA, HFCS, NSFC, OFCC, SCA, SDFCS, StLFCA Sacha Baron Cohen (3) - MCFCA, NCFCA, NDFS Chadwick Boseman (3) - CIC, NYFCC, PFCC Leslie Odom Jr. (2) - AWFJ, IFJA Glynn Turman - LAFCA BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Nomadland (8) - AWFJ, CFCA, COFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS, IFJA, NCFCA, OFCC I'm Thinking Of Ending Things (4) - BOFCA, BSFC, FFCC, StLFCA The Father (2) - SCA, SDFCS First Cow - PFCC Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - CIC BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Promising Young Woman (7) - AWFJ, CIC, COFCA, LAFCA, NDFS, OFCC, StLFCA Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always (5) - CFCA, GWNYFCA, IFJA, NSFC, NYFCC Minari (3) - FFCC, NCFCA, SDFCS The Trial Of The Chicago 7 (3) - CIC, HFCS, MCFCA Another Round - EFA The Forty-Year-Old-Version - GOTHAM Fourteen - GOTHAM BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Nomadland (14) - AWFJ, BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, CIC, COFCA, GWNYFCA, MCFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, NSFC, PFCC, SDFCS, StLFCA Mank (3) - FFCC, OFCC, SCA Small Axe (2) - LAFCA, NYFCC Hidden Away - EFA Tenet - HFCS BEST COSTUME DESIGN Emma. (2) - CFCA, SDFCS Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2) - CIC, HFCS Hidden Away - EFA BEST FILM EDITING Nomadland (5) - AWFJ, BOFCA, GWNYFCA, NDFS, StLFCA The Trial Of The Chicago 7 (4) - CIC, COFCA, HFCS, MCFCA I'm Thinking Of Ending Things (2) - BSFC, CFCA The Invisible Man (2) - MCFCA, SDFCS The Father - LAFCA Once More Unto The Breach - EFA BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING The Endless Trench - EFA Mank - HFCS Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - CIC BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Soul (10) - BOFCA, CFCA, CIC, COFCA, FFCC, GWNYFCA, LAFCA, NCFCA, OFCC, StLFCA Tenet (3) - IFJA, MCFCA, SCA Mank (2) - HFCS, NDFS Berlin Alexanderplatz - EFA Minari - BSFC BEST ORIGINAL SONG One Night In Miami (3) - CIC, HFCS, MCFCA Over The Moon - NDFS BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Mank (9) - CFCA, CIC, FFCC, HFCS, LAFCA, MCFCA, NDFS, SDFCS, StLFCA The Personal History Of David Copperfield - EFA BEST SOUND Little Girl - EFA Sound Of Metal - HFCS BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Tenet (4) - HFCS, NCFCA, SDFCS, StLFCA The Invisible Man (2) - CFCA, CIC The Platform - EFA Possessor - FFCC BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Soul (11) - AWFJ, CCA, CIC, FFCC, IFJA, MSFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, OFCC, PFCC, StLFCA Wolfwalkers (7) - BOFCA, CFCA, COFCA, GWNYFCA, LAFCA, NYFCC, SDFCS Josep - EFA The Wolf House - BSFC BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM Another Round (7) - AWFJ, CFCA, EFA, IFJA, MCFCA, NCFCA, StLFCA Bacurau (2) - BOFCA, NYFCC The Life Ahead (2) - HFCS, SDFCS Minari (2) - COFCA, GWNYFCA And Then We Danced - NDFS Beanpole - LAFCA Collective - NSFC His House - CIC Identifying Features - GOTHAM Jumbo - PFCC La Llorona - BSFC Los Fuertes - FFCC Martin Eden - OFCC BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Time (6) - GOTHAM, GWNYFCA, LAFCA, NYFCC, PFCC, SDFCS Dick Johnson Is Dead (5) - CCA, CFCA, COFCA, IFJA, NCFCA Collective (3) - BSFC, EFA, StLFCA All In: The Fight For Democracy (2) - AWFJ, NDFS Boys State (2) - CIC, OFCC The Painter And The Thief (2) - AWFJ, BOFCA Beastie Boys Story - HFCS Crip Camp - IDA The Social Dilemma - MCFCA A Thousand Cuts - GOTHAM You Don't Nomi - FFCC AuthorsNicole Ackman Archives
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