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Best Horror Movies of All Time

This collection ranks 38,032 Horror movies. The list is ranked using a weighted combination of audience ratings, vote volume and popularity data, so movies with only a handful of votes never outrank widely acclaimed films. At the top of the list is Psycho.

38,032 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data

  1. 1

    Psycho

    1960· 1h 49m· en

    8.411.2K
  2. 2

    The Shining

    1980· 2h 24m· en

    8.219.3K
  3. 3

    Alien

    1979· 1h 57m· en

    8.216.7K
  4. 4

    The Thing

    1982· 1h 49m· en

    8.18.2K
  5. 5

    Obsession

    2026· 1h 49m· en

    8.25.1K
  7. 7

    Jaws

    1975· 2h 4m· en

    7.711.8K
  10. 10

    Black Swan

    2010· 1h 48m· en

    7.715.8K
  11. 11

    Get Out

    2017· 1h 44m· en

    7.619.2K
  14. 14

    Halloween

    1978· 1h 31m· en

    7.66.3K
  17. 17

    Frankenstein

    2025· 2h 30m· en

    7.63.8K
  18. 18

    The Others

    2001· 1h 41m· en

    7.67.4K
  19. 19

    Sinners

    2025· 2h 18m· en

    7.55.1K
  22. 22

    Saw

    2004· 1h 43m· en

    7.410.3K
  24. 24

    Scream

    1996· 1h 52m· en

    7.48.2K
  25. 25

    A Quiet Place

    2018· 1h 31m· en

    7.415.6K
  27. 27

    Colony

    2026· 2h 3m· ko

    8.1615
  28. 28

    The Fly

    1986· 1h 36m· en

    7.45.1K
  31. 31

    Weapons

    2025· 2h 9m· en

    7.33.8K
  32. 32

    28 Days Later

    2002· 1h 53m· en

    7.28.8K
  33. 33

    Hereditary

    2018· 2h 8m· en

    7.38.8K
  36. 36

    It

    2017· 2h 15m· en

    7.220.6K
  39. 39

    Godzilla

    1954· 1h 36m· ja

    7.61.1K
  40. 40

    Nosferatu

    1922· 1h 34m· de

    7.72.5K
  41. 41

    Split

    2017· 1h 57m· en

    7.318.6K
  46. 46

    The Substance

    2024· 2h 21m· en

    7.16.4K
  49. 49

    The Birds

    1963· 1h 59m· en

    7.54.5K
  50. 50

    Evil Dead II

    1987· 1h 24m· en

    7.53.6K

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Frequently asked questions

How many qualifyingmovies are in this list?

38,032 movies with real rating data match this collection.

How are these movies ranked?

By a weighted score combining audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. Movies with very few votes are statistically shrunk toward the global average, so they cannot dominate the top of the list.

Which movie is ranked #1?

Psycho currently holds the top position in this collection.

How often is this list updated?

Rankings are recalculated whenever the underlying movie data changes.