Movies like House Arrest (2012)
The best movies like House Arrest (2012) are Cherish (2002), Housebound (2014) and Night Always Comes (2025). If House Arrest hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Usual Suspects (1995)8.2/10 from 11,955 votes
- NewestNight Always Comes (2025)Released 2025
Cherish (2002)
After a martini-induced rampage, a fantasy-prone young woman is placed under house arrest.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHousebound (2014)
When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight Always Comes (2025)
Facing eviction in a city her family can no longer afford, a woman plunges into a desperate and increasingly dangerous all-night search to raise $25,000.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2010)
Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice young man arrived at such a dark place.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCucuy: The Boogeyman (2018)
When children start disappearing, a rebellious teen under house arrest starts to suspect that a legendary evil, a boogeyman known as the Cucuy, might be responsible.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDisturbia (2007)
Kale has a life most teenagers would envy. He spends his days endlessly playing video games, surfing the net, eating junk food and watching cable. He has complete free reign of the house, and a beautiful young hottie named Ashley has just moved in next door. There’s only one problem—he’s not allowed to leave the house. Kale’s under court-ordered house arrest for three months, and if he takes one step beyond a 100-foot perimeter of the house, his next confinement will be in a real prison.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOne of Them Days (2025)
When one roommate's boyfriend blows their rent money, two best friends embark on a chaotic race against time to avoid eviction while trying to keep their friendship intact.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisParental Guidance (2012)
Artie and Diane agree to look after their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents need to leave town for work. Problems arise when the kids' 21st-century behavior collides with Artie and Diane's old-school methods.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRaising Arizona (1987)
When a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their lives grow more complicated than anticipated.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe People Under the Stairs (1991)
Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple, a young boy quickly learns the true nature of the homicidal inhabitants, and secret creatures hidden deep within the walls.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTo Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Perfect Host (2010)
Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal. He’s just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. He finds himself on Warwick’s doorstep posing as a friend of a friend, new to Los Angeles, who’s been mugged and lost his luggage.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSucker Punch (2011)
A young woman, institutionalized by her abusive stepfather, retreats into a vivid fantasy world where she envisions a plan to escape. Gathering a group of fellow inmates, she embarks on a quest to collect five mystical items, blurring the lines between reality and imagination.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDon't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog, who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPlease Hold (2020)
A young man’s life is suddenly and inexplicably derailed, as he finds himself at the mercy of automated ‘justice’.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBreaking In (2018)
Shaun Russell takes her son and daughter on a weekend getaway to her late father's secluded, high-tech vacation home in the countryside. The family soon gets an unwelcome surprise when four men break into the house to find hidden money. After managing to escape, Shaun must now figure out a way to turn the tables on the desperate thieves and save her captive children.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRoman Polanski: A Film Memoir (2012)
An interview with film director Roman Polanski conducted during his period of house arrest, discussing his life and work.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBecky (2020)
A teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Usual Suspects (1995)
The lone survivor of an explosive heist gone wrong recounts for interrogators the events that began with five disparate criminals assembled for a police lineup - with alleged criminal mastermind Keyser Soze at the center of it all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like House Arrest?
The closest matches to House Arrest are Cherish (2002), Housebound (2014) and Night Always Comes (2025). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after House Arrest?
Start with Cherish (2002), the closest match to House Arrest.
What is the highest-rated movie like House Arrest?
The Usual Suspects (1995), rated 8.2/10 by 11,955 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like House Arrest?
Night Always Comes (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like House Arrest?
Yes: Cherish (2002), Housebound (2014) and Night Always Comes (2025).
How are movies similar to House Arrest chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside House Arrest, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.