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. 11 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 384 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 64 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  4. 194 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  5. 233 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  6. 322 -

    El laberinto del fauno

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

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  8. 69 -

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
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    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
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    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
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    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  12. 32 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  13. 46 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  14. 285 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
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    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
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    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
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    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
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    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  19. 158 -

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  20. 38 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  21. 119 -

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
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    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  23. 98 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  24. 68 -

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  25. 58 -

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
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    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  27. 9 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  28. 61 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  29. 14 -

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  30. 72 -

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  31. 203 -

    Vampyr

    1932, in 18 top lists Check
  32. 63 -

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  33. 113 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
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    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  35. 190 -

    Häxan

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  36. 188 -

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  37. 82 -

    Suspiria

    1977, in 17 top lists Check
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    Cat People

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
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    Dawn of the Dead

    1978, in 15 top lists Check
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    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
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    Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage

    1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check
  42. 289 -

    Picnic at Hanging Rock

    1975, in 15 top lists Check
  43. 402 -

    Spoorloos

    1988 — a.k.a. The Vanishing, in 15 top lists Check
  44. 26 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  45. 45 -

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  46. 152 -

    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  47. 96 -

    Låt den rätte komma in

    2008 — a.k.a. Let the Right One In, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 85 -

    Les yeux sans visage

    1960 — a.k.a. Eyes Without a Face, in 14 top lists Check
  49. 381 -

    Young Frankenstein

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
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    Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse

    1933 — a.k.a. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, in 13 top lists Check
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