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. 9 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  2. 21 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  3. 25 -

    The Wolf Man

    1941, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 38 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 45 -

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  6. 48 -

    Ginger Snaps

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 51 -

    Candyman

    1992, in 1 top list Check
  8. 54 -

    Witchfinder General

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
  9. 59 -

    Janghwa, Hongryeon

    2003 — a.k.a. A Tale of Two Sisters, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 64 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  11. 68 -

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  12. 71 -

    Ôdishon

    1999 — a.k.a. Audition, in 11 top lists Check
  13. 73 -

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 84 -

    Jacob's Ladder

    1990, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 85 -

    Les yeux sans visage

    1960 — a.k.a. Eyes Without a Face, in 14 top lists Check
  16. 96 -

    Låt den rätte komma in

    2008 — a.k.a. Let the Right One In, in 14 top lists Check
  17. 98 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  18. 105 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  19. 106 -

    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 107 -

    May

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 113 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  22. 117 -

    The Others

    2001, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 122 -

    The Curse of the Werewolf

    1961, in 1 top list Check
  24. 127 -

    Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage

    1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check
  25. 134 -

    Near Dark

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 138 -

    Jungfrukällan

    1960 — a.k.a. The Virgin Spring, in 10 top lists Check
  27. 140 -

    Martin

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 147 -

    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 149 -

    Gin gwai

    2002 — a.k.a. The Eye, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 151 -

    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    1957, in 10 top lists Check
  31. 157 -

    El espinazo del diablo

    2001 — a.k.a. The Devil's Backbone, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 158 -

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  33. 175 -

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 178 -

    The Unknown

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  35. 188 -

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  36. 191 -

    Werewolf of London

    1935 — a.k.a. Unholy Hour, in 1 top list Check
  37. 194 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  38. 200 -

    The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  39. 205 -

    The Tomb of Ligeia

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  40. 207 -

    Christine

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  41. 212 -

    Son of Frankenstein

    1939, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 217 -

    Santa Sangre

    1989, in 7 top lists Check
  43. 219 -

    Bedlam

    1946, in 1 top list Check
  44. 220 -

    The Bad Seed

    1956, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 222 -

    Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  46. 224 -

    Maniac

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  47. 233 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  48. 247 -

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    2007, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 248 -

    The Other

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  50. 252 -

    Sleepy Hollow

    1999, in 4 top lists Check
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