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Best Horror Movies

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Filmaffinity's Ranking of the best Horror Movies in the history of film with +1000 votes

1

Psycho Psycho

1960

Alfred Hitchcock

Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Vera Miles, John McIntire ...

8.4

111,448
2

The Silence of the Lambs The Silence of the Lambs

1991

Jonathan Demme

Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald ...

8.2

178,122
3

Freaks Freaks

1932

Tod Browning

Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates, Henry Victor ...

8.2

24,166
4

The Shining The Shining

1980

Stanley Kubrick

Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson ...

8.2

150,785
5

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1920

Robert Wiene

Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

8.1

21,411
6

Faust: A German Folk Legend Faust: A German Folk Legend

1926

F.W. Murnau

Emil Jannings, Gösta Ekman, Camilla Horn, William Dieterle, Yvette Guilbert ...

8.1

6,610
7

Alien Alien

1979

Ridley Scott

Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Yaphet Kotto, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright ...

8.1

126,700
8

Diabolique Diabolique

1955

H.G. Clouzot

Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Jean Brochard ...

8.0

11,341
9

Nosferatu Nosferatu

1922

F.W. Murnau

Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröeder, Georg H. Schnell ...

8.0

32,253
10

The Birds The Birds

1963

Alfred Hitchcock

Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Veronica Cartwright ...

7.8

57,888
11

Rosemary's Baby Rosemary's Baby

1968

Roman Polanski

Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Ralph Bellamy, Sidney Blackmer ...

7.7

63,744
12

The Unknown The Unknown

1927

Tod Browning

Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford, Norman Kerry, Nick de Ruiz, John George ...

7.7

3,334
13

Kwaidan Kwaidan

1964

Masaki Kobayashi

Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentarô Mikuni, Katsuo Nakamura, Kenjiro Ishiyama, Kei Sato ...

7.7

4,242
14

Onibaba Onibaba

1964

Kaneto Shindô

Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato, Taiji Tonoyama, Jûkichi Uno ...

7.7

4,251
15

The Innocents The Innocents

1961

Jack Clayton

Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Pamela Franklin, Martin Stephens, Michael Redgrave

7.7

9,724
16

The Nightmare Before Christmas The Nightmare Before Christmas

1993

Henry Selick

Animation, Voice: Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix ...

7.7

106,427
17

The Exorcist The Exorcist

1973

William Friedkin

Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Ellen Burstyn, Jason Miller, Lee J. Cobb ...

7.7

103,844
18

The Sixth Sense The Sixth Sense

1999

M. Night Shyamalan

Haley Joel Osment, Bruce Willis, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, Trevor Morgan ...

7.6

165,398
19

Invasion of the Body Snatchers Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956

Don Siegel

Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, Carolyn Jones, King Donovan ...

7.6

17,412
20

Skeleton of Mrs. Morales Skeleton of Mrs. Morales

1960

Rogelio A. González

Arturo de Córdova, Amparo Rivelles, Elda Peralta, Guillermo Orea, Luis Aragón ...

7.6

1,653
21

Bram Stoker's Dracula Bram Stoker's Dracula

1992

Francis Ford Coppola

Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves, Richard E. Grant ...

7.6

90,837
22

Young Frankenstein Young Frankenstein

1974

Mel Brooks

Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr ...

7.6

37,408
23

Perfect Blue Perfect Blue

1997

Satoshi Kon

Animation

7.5

16,543
24

Frankenstein Frankenstein

1931

James Whale

Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Edward Van Sloan ...

7.5

19,253
25

The Others The Others

2001

Alejandro Amenábar

Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston, Alakina Mann, James Bentley ...

7.5

152,612
26

The Tenant The Tenant

1976

Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Shelley Winters, Jo Van Fleet ...

7.5

14,304
27

Misery Misery

1990

Rob Reiner

Kathy Bates, James Caan, Frances Sternhagen, Richard Farnsworth, Lauren Bacall, Graham Jarvis

7.5

43,187
28

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1931

Rouben Mamoulian

Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Holmes Herbert, Halliwell Hobbes ...

7.4

1,983
29

Repulsion Repulsion

1965

Roman Polanski

Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, Patrick Wymark, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux ...

7.4

13,040
30

Eyes Without a Face Eyes Without a Face

1960

Georges Franju

Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel, Edith Scob, François Guérin ...

7.4

6,628

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