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. 8 -

    Black Christmas

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 11 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  3. 21 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  4. 39 -

    Tenebre

    1982 — a.k.a. Tenebrae, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 41 -

    Cat People

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  6. 45 -

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  7. 60 -

    Gojira

    1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check
  8. 64 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  9. 68 -

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  10. 71 -

    Ôdishon

    1999 — a.k.a. Audition, in 11 top lists Check
  11. 77 -

    The Hitcher

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 80 -

    The Body Snatcher

    1945, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 81 -

    Communion

    1976 — a.k.a. Alice Sweet Alice, in 1 top list Check
  14. 86 -

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  15. 87 -

    Duel

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 102 -

    Drag Me to Hell

    2009, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 105 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  18. 107 -

    May

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 111 -

    6 donne per l'assassino

    1964 — a.k.a. Blood and Black Lace, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 113 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  21. 118 -

    The Mist

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 120 -

    The Spiral Staircase

    1946, in 6 top lists Check
  23. 125 -

    The City of the Dead

    1960, in 1 top list Check
  24. 129 -

    Misery

    1990, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 134 -

    Near Dark

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 137 -

    Friday the 13th Part 2

    1981, in 1 top list Check
  27. 138 -

    Jungfrukällan

    1960 — a.k.a. The Virgin Spring, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 139 -

    Non si sevizia un paperino

    1972 — a.k.a. Don't Torture a Duckling, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 141 -

    Cloverfield

    2008, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 142 -

    Saw

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  31. 144 -

    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    1939, in 1 top list Check
  32. 148 -

    Opera

    1987, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 149 -

    Gin gwai

    2002 — a.k.a. The Eye, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 150 -

    Child's Play

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 151 -

    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    1957, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 155 -

    Le locataire

    1976 — a.k.a. The Tenant, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 156 -

    The Dead Zone

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  38. 161 -

    The Exorcist III

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  39. 162 -

    La residencia

    1969 — a.k.a. The House That Screamed, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 167 -

    The Skull

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 168 -

    Cosa avete fatto a Solange?

    1972 — a.k.a. What Have You Done to Solange?, in 1 top list Check
  42. 180 -

    Targets

    1968, in 6 top lists Check
  43. 181 -

    Ils

    2006 — a.k.a. Them, in 1 top list Check
  44. 185 -

    The Ring

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 187 -

    The Sadist

    1963, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 188 -

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  47. 195 -

    Mystery of the Wax Museum

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 197 -

    El espejo de la bruja

    1962 — a.k.a. The Witch's Mirror, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 201 -

    The Leopard Man

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 202 -

    La casa dalle finestre che ridono

    1976 — a.k.a. The House with Laughing Windows, in 4 top lists Check
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