Top 500 Horror Movies

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The top 500 horror movies as selected by votes of users on the IMDb horror boards. Movies from virtually all decades are included in this list.

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  1. 347 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  2. 64 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  3. 105 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  4. 68 -

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  5. 32 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  6. 21 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  7. 384 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
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    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  9. 186 -

    Shaun of the Dead

    2004, in 13 top lists Check
  10. 322 -

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  11. 11 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  12. 46 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  13. 95 -

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  14. 106 -

    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 142 -

    Saw

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 185 -

    The Ring

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 37 -

    28 Days Later...

    2002, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 247 -

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    2007, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 152 -

    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  20. 371 -

    Signs

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 252 -

    Sleepy Hollow

    1999, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 428 -

    Beetlejuice

    1988, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 20 -

    Scream

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 58 -

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  25. 117 -

    The Others

    2001, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 228 -

    Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 299 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  28. 14 -

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
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    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 174 -

    Predator

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 38 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  32. 141 -

    Cloverfield

    2008, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 346 -

    Gremlins

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 34 -

    A Nightmare on Elm Street

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 3 -

    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  36. 96 -

    Låt den rätte komma in

    2008 — a.k.a. Let the Right One In, in 14 top lists Check
  37. 18 -

    Dawn of the Dead

    1978, in 15 top lists Check
  38. 381 -

    Young Frankenstein

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  39. 92 -

    Final Destination

    2000, in 1 top list Check
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    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
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    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  42. 42 -

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
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    From Dusk Till Dawn

    1996, in 2 top lists Check
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    Poltergeist

    1982, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 26 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  47. 372 -

    Resident Evil

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  48. 211 -

    28 Weeks Later

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 282 -

    Batoru rowaiaru

    2000 — a.k.a. Battle Royale, in 9 top lists Check
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    Evil Dead II

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
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