The Perfect Host is a 2010 American black comedy psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Nicholas Tomnay in his feature directorial debut, and starring David Hyde Pierce and Clayne Crawford.

Fugitive John Taylor flees initially unspecified from a crime scene, with a wounded foot (with flashbacks and news reports revealing that he has robbed a bank, in collusion with a teller).

The store's CCTV identifies John and his car, so he quickly abandons it, proceeding on foot into an expensive neighborhood.

John makes small talk and drinks red wine while trying to figure out his next move, and how to keep his lies from being found out.

Warwick takes a Polaroid picture of John and reveals a scrapbook of his past dinner parties, featuring similarly captive guests arranged in a timeline of increasing distress and injury which culminates in death.

Meanwhile, John becomes suspicious of Simone, the bank teller he conspired with, and discovers she made alternate travel arrangements out of Los Angeles that don't include him.

John confronts Simone in a parking garage over her betrayal and faking illness which motivated him to rob the bank to pay for her medical treatment.