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. 32 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  3. 384 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  4. 7 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  5. 64 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  6. 21 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  7. 299 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  8. 105 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  9. 322 -

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  10. 58 -

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  11. 194 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  12. 347 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  13. 95 -

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  14. 46 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  15. 233 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  16. 38 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
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    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
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    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  19. 69 -

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
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    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  21. 6 -

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  22. 119 -

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  23. 68 -

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  24. 14 -

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  25. 186 -

    Shaun of the Dead

    2004, in 13 top lists Check
  26. 96 -

    Låt den rätte komma in

    2008 — a.k.a. Let the Right One In, in 14 top lists Check
  27. 72 -

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  28. 63 -

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  29. 28 -

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  30. 158 -

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  31. 82 -

    Suspiria

    1977, in 17 top lists Check
  32. 26 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  33. 18 -

    Dawn of the Dead

    1978, in 15 top lists Check
  34. 42 -

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  35. 106 -

    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
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    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 113 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  38. 9 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  39. 188 -

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  40. 285 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
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    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 381 -

    Young Frankenstein

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  43. 61 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  44. 98 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  45. 34 -

    A Nightmare on Elm Street

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 86 -

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  47. 67 -

    Evil Dead II

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 37 -

    28 Days Later...

    2002, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 328 -

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  50. 20 -

    Scream

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
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