Top 100 Horror Movies

Top 100 Horror Movies

Few forms of cinema are able to capture imagination and instill fear in audiences like horror movies that play on primal fears and societal anxieties. Horror films have been around since the silent era and over time they just keep getting better (at least to a majority of people within those particular eras). Our ranked list of the best horror movies spans nearly a century.

Here are the list of Top 100 Horror Movies with Ranking 1 to 100:

1. Psycho (1960)
2. The Exorcist (1973)
3. Halloween (1978)
4. The Shining (1980)
5. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
6. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
7. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
8. The Ring (2002)
9. Get Out (2017)
10. Hereditary (2018)
11. Alien (1979)
12. Jaws (1975)
13. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
14. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
15. It (2017)
16. The Babadook (2014)
17. Paranormal Activity (2007)
18. The Conjuring (2013)
19. The Thing (1982)
20. Scream (1996)
21. Poltergeist (1982)
22. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
23. Carrie (1976)
24. Suspiria (1977)
25. Nosferatu (1922)
26. Dracula (1931)
27. Frankenstein (1931)
28. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
29. The Fly (1986)
30. The Others (2001)
31. Insidious (2010)
32. Sinister (2012)
33. The Sixth Sense (1999)
34. The Omen (1976)
35. Let the Right One In (2008)
36. Train to Busan (2016)
37. 28 Days Later (2002)
38. Rec (2007)
39. Midsommar (2019)
40. The Witch (2015)
41. The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
42. The Descent (2005)
43. It Follows (2014)
44. The Haunting (1963)
45. Audition (1999)
46. Evil Dead II (1987)
47. Candyman (1992)
48. Event Horizon (1997)
49. The Orphanage (2007)
50. House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
51. Black Christmas (1974)
52. The Wicker Man (1973)
53. The Devil’s Backbone (2001)
54. The Mist (2007)
55. The Grudge (2004)
56. The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
57. Under the Shadow (2016)
58. Oculus (2013)
59. The Lighthouse (2019)
60. Antichrist (2009)
61. Suspiria (2018)
62. Martyrs (2008)
63. Hellraiser (1987)
64. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
65. The Changeling (1980)
66. The Strangers (2008)
67. The Loved Ones (2009)
68. You’re Next (2011)
69. Hush (2016)
70. A Quiet Place (2018)
71. The Invisible Man (2020)
72. Drag Me to Hell (2009)
73. The Boy (2016)
74. Silent Hill (2006)
75. The Babadook (2014)
76. Don’t Breathe (2016)
77. Mama (2013)
78. Pet Sematary (1989)
79. Scanners (1981)
80. 13 Ghosts (1960)
81. The Amityville Horror (1979)
82. Freaks (1932)
83. The Innocents (1961)
84. I Saw the Devil (2010)
85. The Skin I Live In (2011)
86. Gerald’s Game (2017)
87. Raw (2016)
88. Dead Ringers (1988)
89. The Invitation (2015)
90. May (2002)
91. In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
92. Cube (1997)
93. The Ritual (2017)
94. The Tenant (1976)
95. Crimson Peak (2015)
96. Bird Box (2018)
97. Split (2016)
98. The Possession (2012)
99. Final Destination (2000)
100. The Eyes of My Mother (2016)

If you are a horror movie lover and got a mindset that you will watch Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time then this list is for you.

Every entry on this list is here because it left a mark – with its quality storytelling, special or practical effects that pushed the boundaries of what could be done in film at the time (or even today), and already-iconic performances from some truly memorable actors. Then it has your favorites: the originals of “Psycho” and ‘The Exorcist,’ both efficient at scaring one mentally with a knife or an evil demon, respectively (Image copyright Warner Bros. Home Video) Released during the same time period as John Carpenter’s Halloween and Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street, these slasher films introduced new villains who still give us nightmares today.

We see notable modern horror picks (“Get Out,” “Hereditary”) further centralizing their respective sub-genre content, each amplifying socio-political points while also embroiling in the swelling genre-indie scene. Fare like Sweden’s Let the Right One In and South Korea’s Train to Busan (looking forward-no pun intended!-to Peninsula) remind us that horror is a global genre capable of taking on many forms.