IMDb's Horror Top 50
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Horror films are designed to frighten and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic experience. Horror films feature a wide range of styles, from the earliest silent Nosferatu classic, to today's CGI monsters and deranged humans. They are often combined with science fiction when the menace or monster is related to a corruption of technology, or when Earth is threatened by aliens. There are many sub-genres of horror: slasher, teen terror, serial killers, satanic, Dracula, Frankenstein, etc.
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Alien
1979, in 30 top lists Check -
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Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
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The Shining
1980, in 28 top lists Check -
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The Thing
1982, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Exorcist
1973, in 27 top lists Check -
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Les diaboliques
1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check -
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Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage
1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 16 top lists Check -
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Rosemary's Baby
1968, in 21 top lists Check -
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962, in 15 top lists Check -
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Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 31 top lists Check -
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Spalovac mrtvol
1969 — a.k.a. The Cremator, in 13 top lists Check -
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Körkarlen
1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check -
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Der letzte Mann
1924 — a.k.a. The Last Laugh, in 18 top lists Check -
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Shaun of the Dead
2004, in 13 top lists Check -
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King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
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Onibaba
1964, in 13 top lists Check -
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Kaidan
1964 — a.k.a. Kwaidan, in 13 top lists Check -
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Get Out
2017, in 16 top lists Check -
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Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check -
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Predator
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
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Låt den rätte komma in
2008 — a.k.a. Let the Right One In, in 14 top lists Check -
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Night of the Living Dead
1968, in 20 top lists Check -
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Dawn of the Dead
1978, in 15 top lists Check -
24 +1
Freaks
1932, in 19 top lists Check -
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Frankenstein
1931, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Bride of Frankenstein
1935 — a.k.a. Bride of Frankenstein, in 19 top lists Check -
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Le corbeau
1943 — a.k.a. The Raven, in 10 top lists Check -
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Gojira -1.0
2023 — a.k.a. Godzilla Minus One, in 3 top lists -
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Halloween
1978, in 17 top lists Check -
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Evil Dead II
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Innocents
1961, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Unknown
1927, in 11 top lists Check -
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American Psycho
2000, in 12 top lists Check -
35 +2
The Fly
1986, in 11 top lists Check -
36 -1
Saw
2004, in 6 top lists Check -
37 -1
Busanhaeng
2016 — a.k.a. Train to Busan, in 5 top lists Check -
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What We Do in the Shadows
2014, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Others
2001, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Birds
1963, in 18 top lists Check -
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Peeping Tom
1960, in 20 top lists Check -
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Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
2000, in 2 top lists Check -
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Les yeux sans visage
1960 — a.k.a. Eyes Without a Face, in 14 top lists Check -
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Repulsion
1965, in 17 top lists Check -
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The Invisible Man
1933, in 8 top lists Check -
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957, in 10 top lists Check -
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The Man Who Laughs
1928, in 10 top lists Check -
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A Quiet Place
2018, in 5 top lists -
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The Conjuring
2013, in 4 top lists Check
Last updated on Dec 5, 2024; source