Top 1000 Greatest Horror films, Hidden Horror Gems, and Disturbing Films

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A list of the Top 1000 horror films and/or disturbing movies of all time. After looking at a lot of lists like They Shoot Zombies Don't They and Horror, I thought about how there are films that are on the list that are amazing, yet there are so many that are terrible. So in an attempt to focus only on films that are still amazing or disturbing (but well made) and are worth seeing. Some of these films will be familiar to people and some have gone underappreciated or overlooked.

Yet all will be worth your time. But be warned some are hard to watch or stomach.

NOTE: I will be trying to update this list as I see new movies and it is a work in progress as I am going to complete They Shoot Zombies Don't They before I get to 1000 films.

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  1. 3 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 2 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  3. 363 +13

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  4. 10 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  5. 42 +1

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  6. 562 +14

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  7. 26 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  8. 115 +3

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  9. 167 +8

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  10. 12 -

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  11. 249 +10

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  12. 404 +13

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  13. 325 +13

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  14. 11 -

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
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    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  16. 433 +14

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  17. 440 +14

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 13 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  19. 254 +10

    Black Swan

    2010, in 12 top lists Check
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    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  21. 14 -

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  22. 7 -

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  23. 87 +1

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  24. 40 +1

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  25. 59 -

    Shaun of the Dead

    2004, in 13 top lists Check
  26. 27 -

    Låt den rätte komma in

    2008 — a.k.a. Let the Right One In, in 14 top lists Check
  27. 44 +1

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  28. 81 -

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  29. 45 +1

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  30. 339 +13

    Ghostbusters

    1984, in 13 top lists Check
  31. 426 +14

    Shutter Island

    2010, in 8 top lists Check
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    Suspiria

    1977, in 17 top lists Check
  33. 4 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  34. 15 -

    Dawn of the Dead

    1978, in 15 top lists Check
  35. 41 +1

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  36. 158 +5

    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  37. 28 -

    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  38. 382 +13

    The Nightmare Before Christmas

    1993, in 16 top lists Check
  39. 499 +14

    Zodiac

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
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    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  41. 611 +14

    Gone Girl

    2014, in 12 top lists Check
  42. 676 +14

    Get Out

    2017, in 16 top lists Check
  43. 30 +1

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  44. 43 +1

    Young Frankenstein

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  45. 79 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  46. 20 -

    A Nightmare on Elm Street

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  48. 31 +1

    Evil Dead II

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 34 +1

    28 Days Later...

    2002, in 9 top lists Check
  50. 277 +10

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
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Last updated on Nov 1, 2023 by samoan;