Best Horror Movies of All Time — Yourlist

Best Horror Movies of All Time

a Yourlist ranking · the crowd decides the order

From slow-burn dread to slasher icons, which horror film reigns supreme? Vote for your picks and see how they stack up.

What counts: Ranking based on cultural impact, critical acclaim, box office success, and lasting influence on the genre. Box office and rating figures are approximate and drawn from general public consensus.

The film that made audiences faint and defined possession horror forever.
Release Year: 1973Director: Audience Rating: 9/10
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John Carpenter's slasher blueprint that launched a thousand imitators.
Release Year: 1978Director: Audience Rating: 8.5/10
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Hitchcock's shower scene redefined suspense and horror cinema.
Release Year: 1960Director: Audience Rating: 9/10
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Kubrick's eerie Overlook Hotel still haunts viewers decades later.
Release Year: 1980Director: Audience Rating: 9/10
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Sci-fi horror perfection with a xenomorph that still terrifies.
Release Year: 1979Director: Audience Rating: 9/10
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Freddy Krueger turned dreams into a nightmare franchise.
Release Year: 1984Director: Audience Rating: 8/10
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Raw, gritty terror that birthed the slasher subgenre.
Release Year: 1974Director: Audience Rating: 8/10
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Paranoia and dread simmer in this satanic pregnancy classic.
Release Year: 1968Director: Audience Rating: 8.5/10
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Hannibal Lecter's chilling intelligence won an Oscar for Best Picture.
Release Year: 1991Director: Audience Rating: 9/10
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Night of the Living Dead
George Romero's zombie apocalypse that started it all.
Release Year: 1968Director: Audience Rating: 8/10
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Jordan Peele's razor-sharp social horror reinvented the genre.
Release Year: 2017Director: Audience Rating: 8.5/10
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Family trauma spirals into one of modern horror's most unsettling films.
Release Year: 2018Director: Audience Rating: 8/10
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The Conjuring
Modern haunted house horror done with masterful craft.
Release Year: 2013Director: Audience Rating: 8/10
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Suburban haunting classic with unforgettable supernatural chaos.
Release Year: 1982Director: Audience Rating: 7.5/10
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Meta slasher that revived and satirized the genre in the 90s.
Release Year: 1996Director: Audience Rating: 8/10
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It Follows
A creeping, unstoppable curse makes for indie horror brilliance.
Release Year: 2014Director: Audience Rating: 7.5/10
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The original summer blockbuster that made people fear the water.
Release Year: 1975Director: Audience Rating: 8.5/10
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Paranoid Antarctic body-horror with practical effects still unmatched.
Release Year: 1982Director: Audience Rating: 9/10
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Grief personified as a storybook monster in acclaimed indie horror.
Release Year: 2014Director: Audience Rating: 7.5/10
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The Blair Witch Project
Found-footage horror that terrified audiences with minimal budget.
Release Year: 1999Director: Audience Rating: 7/10
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