The best horror movies of all time

TOPICAL scores 452 films listed as horror; here are the top 250, best first. The top three are Psycho (1960), Alien (1979), The Exorcist (1973). A film can be in more than one genre. The last column is each film's rank among all 6,624 films.

Rank	Film	Year	Score	All-time rank
1	Psycho	1960	93.5	47
2	Alien	1979	93.1	52
3	The Exorcist	1973	89.3	115
4	Rosemary's Baby	1968	88.8	124
5	Jaws	1975	88.3	135
6	Get Out	2017	85.4	202
7	Coraline	2009	83.7	247
8	The Shining	1980	81.6	305
9	Black Swan	2010	81.5	308
10	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?	1962	81.5	310
11	Halloween	1978	80.8	332
12	The Birds	1963	79.4	374
13	Night of the Living Dead	1968	76.9	463
14	Sinners	2025	76.4	480
15	Bram Stoker's Dracula	1992	76.4	482
16	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre	1974	75.9	501
17	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	2007	74.4	557
18	Nosferatu	1922	74.1	571
19	Carrie	1976	73.9	579
20	Bride of Frankenstein	1935	73.8	580
21	The Others	2001	73.2	606
22	Freaks	1932	73.2	607
23	King Kong	1933	72.8	623
24	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	1956	71.9	659
25	Frankenstein	1931	70.8	707
26	Let the Right One In	2008	70.2	732
27	Eraserhead	1977	69.9	746
28	The Fly	1986	69.7	758
29	The Rocky Horror Picture Show	1975	69.3	777
30	Come and See	1985	68.9	793
31	The Skin I Live In	2011	68.9	795
32	The Thing	1982	68.0	837
33	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari	1920	66.4	913
34	Repulsion	1965	65.9	939
35	The Substance	2024	65.2	975
36	A Quiet Place	2018	64.9	988
37	Train to Busan	2016	64.8	993
38	Obsession	2025	64.2	1,023
39	The Invisible Man	1933	64.2	1,025
40	Interview with the Vampire	1994	64.2	1,026
41	Dawn of the Dead	1978	63.7	1,049
42	A Nightmare on Elm Street	1984	62.9	1,094
43	Godzilla Minus One	2023	62.8	1,100
44	Shaun of the Dead	2004	61.8	1,153
45	28 Days Later	2002	61.8	1,155
46	Dracula	1931	60.8	1,206
47	Eyes Without a Face	1960	60.8	1,210
48	The Omen	1976	60.5	1,223
49	Zombieland	2009	60.5	1,224
50	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	1931	60.3	1,238
51	The Incredible Shrinking Man	1957	60.2	1,241
52	Scream	1996	59.9	1,256
53	The Devil's Advocate	1997	59.0	1,309
54	Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte	1964	58.8	1,324
55	Don't Look Now	1973	58.7	1,329
56	The Picture of Dorian Gray	1945	58.5	1,339
57	Death Becomes Her	1992	58.4	1,343
58	Frenzy	1972	58.1	1,366
59	Wait Until Dark	1967	57.9	1,374
60	An American Werewolf in London	1981	57.7	1,388
61	Peeping Tom	1960	57.5	1,399
62	Sleepy Hollow	1999	57.4	1,402
63	The Evil Dead	1981	57.4	1,405
64	Frankenstein	2025	57.1	1,425
65	The Phantom of the Opera	1925	56.9	1,434
66	mother!	2017	56.8	1,440
67	Godzilla	1954	56.7	1,449
68	Dead Ringers	1988	56.4	1,467
69	Hereditary	2018	56.2	1,478
70	The Invisible Man	2020	55.7	1,509
71	Titane	2021	55.0	1,554
72	Prometheus	2012	54.9	1,561
73	Poltergeist	1982	54.8	1,566
74	[REC]	2007	54.5	1,582
75	Red Dragon	2002	54.4	1,591
76	The Orphanage	2007	53.8	1,630
77	Evil Dead II	1987	53.7	1,633
78	The Black Phone	2021	53.3	1,658
79	Angel Heart	1987	53.3	1,662
80	The Wicker Man	1973	53.1	1,674
81	The Conjuring	2013	52.8	1,693
82	The Menu	2022	52.5	1,709
83	Kwaidan	1964	52.5	1,710
84	Suspiria	1977	52.3	1,722
85	Frankenweenie	2012	52.3	1,727
86	The Witch	2015	52.2	1,734
87	The Witches of Eastwick	1987	51.3	1,789
88	Ring	1998	50.8	1,823
89	Seconds	1966	50.5	1,844
90	Split	2016	50.3	1,858
91	It	2017	50.1	1,876
92	Gremlins	1984	50.0	1,882
93	The Phantom Carriage	1921	49.8	1,890
94	A Quiet Place Part II	2020	49.4	1,921
95	Monster House	2006	49.3	1,929
96	Dead Calm	1989	49.3	1,930
97	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	1939	49.0	1,950
98	The Ugly Stepsister	2025	48.8	1,964
99	Us	2019	48.1	2,014
100	The Host	2006	48.0	2,017
101	Nosferatu the Vampyre	1979	47.6	2,045
102	It Follows	2014	47.2	2,073
103	Weapons	2025	47.0	2,087
104	Hour of the Wolf	1968	46.5	2,126
105	Midsommar	2019	46.3	2,140
106	The Conjuring 2	2016	46.1	2,154
107	10 Cloverfield Lane	2016	46.0	2,165
108	M3GAN	2022	45.9	2,169
109	Braindead	1992	45.7	2,183
110	From Dusk Till Dawn	1996	45.6	2,191
111	The Cabin in the Woods	2012	45.2	2,219
112	Manhunter	1986	43.9	2,313
113	Shadow of the Vampire	2000	43.8	2,326
114	Videodrome	1983	43.4	2,355
115	The Descent	2005	43.0	2,383
116	Tremors	1990	43.0	2,388
117	The Thing from Another World	1951	42.9	2,394
118	World War Z	2013	42.8	2,403
119	The Lost Boys	1987	42.7	2,411
120	Funny Games	1997	42.0	2,464
121	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me	1992	41.8	2,474
122	Evil Dead Rise	2023	41.8	2,477
123	The Dead Zone	1983	41.5	2,498
124	Final Destination Bloodlines	2025	41.5	2,502
125	Little Shop of Horrors	1986	41.4	2,511
126	Inland Empire	2006	41.2	2,526
127	Don't Breathe	2016	41.1	2,533
128	Audition	1999	40.4	2,585
129	Army of Darkness	1992	40.4	2,589
130	Constantine	2005	40.2	2,600
131	Nope	2022	40.2	2,605
132	28 Weeks Later	2007	40.1	2,610
133	Phantom of the Paradise	1974	39.7	2,644
134	The Ring	2002	39.7	2,645
135	The Blair Witch Project	1999	39.6	2,650
136	Cat People	1942	39.6	2,651
137	Barbarian	2022	39.4	2,663
138	Companion	2025	39.4	2,668
139	House of Wax	1953	39.2	2,679
140	Zombieland: Double Tap	2019	39.2	2,683
141	The Lost World	1925	39.1	2,692
142	1408	2007	38.9	2,705
143	Last Night in Soho	2021	38.8	2,713
144	Signs	2002	38.8	2,717
145	Doctor Sleep	2019	38.7	2,721
146	28 Years Later	2025	38.5	2,739
147	It Chapter Two	2019	38.4	2,745
148	Saw	2003	38.2	2,763
149	Annihilation	2018	37.4	2,829
150	Drácula	1931	37.3	2,833
151	Fright Night	1985	37.3	2,834
152	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	1941	37.3	2,839
153	Let Me In	2010	37.2	2,847
154	Ready or Not	2019	37.1	2,850
155	Heretic	2024	37.0	2,862
156	The Witches	1990	36.9	2,871
157	Dracula	1958	36.8	2,876
158	Sinister	2012	36.7	2,888
159	Dawn of the Dead	2004	36.6	2,896
160	The Golem: How He Came into the World	1920	36.5	2,899
161	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein	1948	36.5	2,902
162	The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad	1949	36.4	2,912
163	Backrooms	2026	36.3	2,916
164	The Wolf Man	1941	36.3	2,920
165	Hellraiser	1987	35.4	2,990
166	Smile	2022	35.4	2,993
167	The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It	2021	35.3	2,999
168	Scream VI	2023	35.1	3,017
169	Faust	1926	35.0	3,028
170	The Mummy	1932	34.7	3,055
171	Antichrist	2009	34.6	3,059
172	Day of the Dead	1985	34.4	3,078
173	28 Years Later: The Bone Temple	2026	34.3	3,091
174	Drag Me to Hell	2009	34.2	3,099
175	X	2022	34.1	3,103
176	House of Usher	1960	33.8	3,131
177	Them!	1954	33.6	3,144
178	Bird Box	2018	33.6	3,145
179	Alien: Romulus	2024	33.5	3,154
180	Nosferatu	2024	33.3	3,176
181	Brotherhood of the Wolf	2001	32.9	3,206
182	Dressed to Kill	1980	32.8	3,216
183	The Spiral Staircase	1946	32.3	3,256
184	Alien³	1992	32.1	3,278
185	Crimson Peak	2015	32.1	3,280
186	King Kong	1976	31.9	3,294
187	Eden Lake	2008	31.7	3,311
188	The Hound of the Baskervilles	1959	31.7	3,316
189	Phantom of the Opera	1943	31.6	3,320
190	Annabelle: Creation	2017	31.5	3,327
191	The Mist	2007	31.4	3,340
192	Insidious	2010	31.3	3,351
193	Suspiria	2018	31.1	3,362
194	Killer Klowns from Outer Space	1988	30.8	3,395
195	Saw X	2023	30.4	3,427
196	Blade	1998	30.4	3,428
197	Happy Death Day	2017	30.2	3,444
198	Longlegs	2024	30.2	3,450
199	Black Christmas	1974	29.6	3,497
200	Halloween	2018	29.6	3,504
201	Altered States	1980	29.4	3,514
202	Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom	1975	29.3	3,531
203	Scream	2022	29.1	3,547
204	Orphan	2009	28.9	3,561
205	Child's Play	1988	28.8	3,574
206	The House That Jack Built	2018	28.6	3,589
207	Invaders from Mars	1953	28.4	3,607
208	Paranormal Activity	2007	28.4	3,612
209	Evil Dead	2013	28.3	3,620
210	Stoker	2013	28.1	3,640
211	Candyman	1992	27.9	3,651
212	The Bad Seed	1956	27.7	3,671
213	Gerald's Game	2017	27.6	3,679
214	From Hell	2001	27.6	3,682
215	Send Help	2026	27.6	3,687
216	Alien Resurrection	1997	27.2	3,718
217	Arachnophobia	1990	27.1	3,729
218	Christine	1983	27.1	3,734
219	The Frighteners	1996	27.0	3,739
220	The Uninvited	1944	26.9	3,752
221	In the Mouth of Madness	1994	26.7	3,767
222	Mary Shelley's Frankenstein	1994	26.6	3,776
223	Alien: Covenant	2017	26.5	3,783
224	Life	2017	26.5	3,785
225	The Fog	1980	26.3	3,802
226	The Wolfman	2010	26.2	3,810
227	Creature from the Black Lagoon	1954	26.1	3,824
228	Warm Bodies	2013	26.1	3,825
229	Scream 2	1997	26.0	3,834
230	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	2005	25.8	3,848
231	Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark	2019	25.7	3,860
232	Blade II	2002	25.3	3,901
233	The Fearless Vampire Killers	1967	24.8	3,950
234	Goosebumps	2015	24.4	3,989
235	Resident Evil: Degeneration	2008	24.3	3,993
236	Smile 2	2024	24.3	3,996
237	The Pope's Exorcist	2023	24.2	3,999
238	The Skeleton Key	2005	24.0	4,023
239	Mama	2013	23.9	4,028
240	Splice	2009	23.9	4,029
241	Dog Soldiers	2002	23.6	4,058
242	Gremlins 2: The New Batch	1990	23.3	4,089
243	Salomé	1922	23.2	4,100
244	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	1987	22.9	4,127
245	Roald Dahl's The Witches	2020	22.7	4,150
246	The Babysitter	2017	22.6	4,158
247	The Shallows	2016	22.6	4,163
248	Oculus	2013	22.5	4,165
249	The Visit	2015	22.4	4,174
250	The Conjuring: Last Rites	2025	22.3	4,184