top 100 horror movies to watch

Creating a definitive list of the top 100 horror movies is quite subjective, as tastes in horror films can vary widely among audiences. However, here’s a selection of 20 highly regarded horror movies across different subgenres, spanning from classic to contemporary:

1. Psycho (1960) – Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
2. The Exorcist (1973) – Directed by William Friedkin
3. The Shining (1980) – Directed by Stanley Kubrick
4. Halloween (1978) – Directed by John Carpenter
5. Night of the Living Dead (1968) – Directed by George A. Romero
6. Rosemary’s Baby (1968) – Directed by Roman Polanski
7. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) – Directed by Tobe Hooper
8. Alien (1979) – Directed by Ridley Scott
9. Jaws (1975) – Directed by Steven Spielberg
10. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) – Directed by Jonathan Demme
11. The Thing (1982) – Directed by John Carpenter
12. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) – Directed by Wes Craven
13. The Babadook (2014) – Directed by Jennifer Kent
14. Get Out (2017) – Directed by Jordan Peele
15. Hereditary (2018) – Directed by Ari Aster
16. The Blair Witch Project (1999) – Directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez
17. It Follows (2014) – Directed by David Robert Mitchell
18. The Sixth Sense (1999) – Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
19. The Conjuring (2013) – Directed by James Wan
20. Suspiria (1977) – Directed by Dario Argento
21. The Wicker Man (1973) – Directed by Robin Hardy
22. Don’t Look Now (1973) – Directed by Nicolas Roeg
23. The Omen (1976) – Directed by Richard Donner
24. The Others (2001) – Directed by Alejandro Amenábar
25. 28 Days Later (2002) – Directed by Danny Boyle
26. The Descent (2005) – Directed by Neil Marshall
27. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) – Directed by Guillermo del Toro
28. Let the Right One In (2008) – Directed by Tomas Alfredson
29. Martyrs (2008) – Directed by Pascal Laugier
30. Paranormal Activity (2007) – Directed by Oren Peli
31. The Orphanage (2007) – Directed by J.A. Bayona
32. REC (2007) – Directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza
33. Sinister (2012) – Directed by Scott Derrickson
34. The Babadook (2014) – Directed by Jennifer Kent
35. A Quiet Place (2018) – Directed by John Krasinski
36. Train to Busan (2016) – Directed by Yeon Sang-ho
37. The Cabin in the Woods (2012) – Directed by Drew Goddard
38. Under the Shadow (2016) – Directed by Babak Anvari
39. Creep (2014) – Directed by Patrick Brice
40. The Witch (2015) – Directed by Robert Eggers
41. The Fly (1986) – Directed by David Cronenberg
42. Poltergeist (1982) – Directed by Tobe Hooper
43. Scream (1996) – Directed by Wes Craven
44. The Ring (2002) – Directed by Gore Verbinski
45. The Sixth Sense (1999) – Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
46. The Others (2001) – Directed by Alejandro Amenábar
47. Candyman (1992) – Directed by Bernard Rose
48. The Host (2006) – Directed by Bong Joon-ho
49. The Ritual (2017) – Directed by David Bruckner
50. Donnie Darko (2001) – Directed by Richard Kelly
51. In the Mouth of Madness (1994) – Directed by John Carpenter
52. REC 2 (2009) – Directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza
53. Bone Tomahawk (2015) – Directed by S. Craig Zahler
54. Midsommar (2019) – Directed by Ari Aster
55. Green Room (2015) – Directed by Jeremy Saulnier
56. The Conjuring 2 (2016) – Directed by James Wan
57. Insidious (2010) – Directed by James Wan
58. The Devil’s Backbone (2001) – Directed by Guillermo del Toro
59. The Haunting (1963) – Directed by Robert Wise
60. Black Swan (2010) – Directed by Darren Aronofsky
61. Evil Dead II (1987) – Directed by Sam Raimi
62. The Babysitter (2017) – Directed by McG
63. The Invitation (2015) – Directed by Karyn Kusama
64. The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) – Directed by André Øvredal
65. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010) – Directed by Eli Craig
66. The House of the Devil (2009) – Directed by Ti West
67. The Loved Ones (2009) – Directed by Sean Byrne
68. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) – Directed by Kim Jee-woon
69. Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971) – Directed by John D. Hancock
70. The Changeling (1980) – Directed by Peter Medak
71. Lake Mungo (2008) – Directed by Joel Anderson
72. The Vanishing (1988) – Directed by George Sluizer
73. May (2002) – Directed by Lucky McKee
74. Session 9 (2001) – Directed by Brad Anderson
75. The Devil’s Rejects (2005) – Directed by Rob Zombie
76. The Mist (2007) – Directed by Frank Darabont
77. It Comes at Night (2017) – Directed by Trey Edward Shults
78. The Fly (1958) – Directed by Kurt Neumann
79. The Sentinel (1977) – Directed by Michael Winner
80. The Witch in the Window (2018) – Directed by Andy Mitton
81. As Above, So Below (2014) – Directed by John Erick Dowdle
82. Frailty (2001) – Directed by Bill Paxton
83. Noroi: The Curse (2005) – Directed by Kôji Shiraishi
84. The Devil’s Backbone (2001) – Directed by Guillermo del Toro
85. Bone Tomahawk (2015) – Directed by S. Craig Zahler
86. The Others (2001) – Directed by Alejandro Amenábar
87. The Woman in Black (2012) – Directed by James Watkins
88. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) – Directed by Philip Kaufman
89. The Mist (2007) – Directed by Frank Darabont
90. A Dark Song (2016) – Directed by Liam Gavin
91. Inside (À l’intérieur) (2007) – Directed by Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury
92. Audition (Ôdishon) (1999) – Directed by Takashi Miike
93. The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) – Directed by André Øvredal
94. The Wailing (Goksung) (2016) – Directed by Na Hong-jin
95. Gerald’s Game (2017) – Directed by Mike Flanagan
96. The Blackcoat’s Daughter (February) (2015) – Directed by Oz Perkins
97. We Are What We Are (2013) – Directed by Jim Mickle
98. The Canal (2014) – Directed by Ivan Kavanagh
99. The Hallow (2015) – Directed by Corin Hardy
100. The Endless (2017) – Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead/

These films delve into various aspects of horror, from supernatural and psychological terror to visceral and suspenseful experiences.