Best fantasy horror films - Charts
Best fantasy horror films
1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
German Empire, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Robert Wiene
Cast: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt
2. Nosferatu (1922)
German Empire, Fantasy / Horror
Directed by: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Cast: Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim
3. Faust (1926)
German Empire, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Cast: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings
4. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Sweden, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Victor Sjöström
Cast: Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström
5. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
USA / Germany, Fantasy / Horror
Directed by: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci
6. King Kong (1933)
USA, Adventure / Fantasy
Directed by: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Cast: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong
7. Constantine (2005)
USA / Germany, Fantasy / Mystery
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz
8. The Addams Family (1991)
USA, Comedy / Mystery
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia
9. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Cast: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt
10. Vampyr (1932)
German Empire / France, Fantasy / Horror
Directed by: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cast: Julian West, Maurice Schutz
12. The Portrait (1947)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Jiří Slavíček
Cast: Otomar Krejča st., Luba Skořepová
14. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
UK / Japan, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh
15. Angel's Egg (1985)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Mamoru Oshii
Cast: Kei'ichi Noda, Jinpachi Nezu
16. What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
New Zealand / USA, Comedy / Horror
Directed by: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi
Cast: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi
17. Wild Flowers (2000)
Czech Republic, Drama / Horror
Directed by: F. A. Brabec
Cast: Linda Rybová, Bolek Polívka
18. Doctor Sleep (2019)
USA, Horror / Fantasy
Directed by: Mike Flanagan
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson
19. The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
USA, Comedy / Fantasy
Directed by: George Miller
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Cher
21. Blade (1998)
USA, Action / Fantasy
Directed by: Stephen Norrington
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff
22. Kuroshitsuji: Book of the Atlantic (2017)
Japan, Animation / Fantasy
Directed by: Noriyuki Abe
Cast: Maaya Sakamoto, Atsuko Tanaka
25. Viy or Spirit of Evil (1967)
Soviet Union, Fantasy / Drama
Directed by: Konstantin Yershov, Georgi Kropachyov
Cast: Leonid Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley
26. The Call of Cthulhu (2005)
USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Andrew Leman
Cast: Andrew Leman, Mona Weiss
27. The Dead Zone (1983)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Cast: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams
28. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Czechoslovakia, Horror / Poetic
Directed by: Jaromil Jireš
29. Army of Darkness (1992)
USA, Fantasy / Comedy
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Cast: Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz
30. The Woman Who Powders Herself (1972)
France, Short / Fantasy
Directed by: Patrick Bokanowski
Cast: Claus-Dieter Reents
31. The Lost World (1925)
USA, Adventure / Fantasy
Directed by: Harry O. Hoyt
Cast: Bessie Love, Lewis Stone
32. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
USA, Horror / Fantasy
Directed by: Chuck Russell
33. In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: John Carpenter
Cast: Sam Neill, Jürgen Prochnow
34. Kreator - Hallucinative Comas (1991)
West Germany, Documentary / Fantasy
Directed by: Andreas Marschall
Cast: Mille Petrozza
35. The Peanut Butter Solution (1985)
Canada, Comedy / Family
Directed by: Michael Rubbo
Cast: Mathew Mackay, Siluck Saysanasy
38. Heavy Metal (1981)
Canada / USA, Animation / Sci-fi
Directed by: Gerald Potterton, Julian Harris
Cast: Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy
39. The Arrival from the Darkness (1921)
Czechoslovakia, Mystery / Fantasy
Directed by: Jan S. Kolár
Cast: Theodor Pištěk, Anny Ondráková
40. A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)
Hong Kong, Action / Fantasy
Directed by: Tony Ching
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Jacky Cheung
41. Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010)
Japan / USA, Action / Animation
Directed by: Mike Disa, Shuko Murase
Cast: Mark Hamill, Grey Griffin
42. Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend 1 - Birth of the Overfiend (1987)
Japan, Animation / Adult
Directed by: Hideki Takayama
Cast: Hirotaka Suzuoki, Kōichi Yamadera
43. Death Becomes Her (1992)
USA, Fantasy / Comedy
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis
44. Spawn 3: Ultimate Battle (1999)
USA, Animation / Fantasy
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eric Roberts
45. Phantasm II (1988)
USA, Horror / Fantasy
Directed by: Don Coscarelli
Cast: James Le Gros, Reggie Bannister
46. The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
Poland, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: Wojciech Jerzy Has
Cast: Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat
47. The Golem (1920)
German Empire, Fantasy / Horror
Directed by: Paul Wegener, Carl Boese
Cast: Paul Wegener, Greta Schröder
48. Hansel & Gretel (2007)
South Korea, Thriller / Psychological
Directed by: Pil-sung Yim
Cast: Jeong-myeong Cheon, Won-jae Eun
52. Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight (2019)
Japan, Animation / Adventure
Cast: Miyu Tomita, Shiori Izawa
53. Wicked City (1987)
Japan, Animation / Fantasy
Directed by: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Cast: Ichirō Nagai, Takeshi Aono
55. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
USA, Adventure / Horror
Directed by: Jack Arnold
Cast: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams
56. A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)
Hong Kong, Action / Fantasy
Directed by: Tony Ching
Cast: Tony Chiu-wai Leung, Jacky Cheung
57. Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend 2 - Curse of the Overfiend (1988)
Japan, Animation / Adult
Directed by: Hideki Takayama
Cast: Hirotaka Suzuoki, Kōichi Yamadera
58. Prince of Darkness (1987)
USA, Horror / Fantasy
Directed by: John Carpenter
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker
59. xxxHolic - The Movie - A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005)
Japan, Animation / Fantasy
Directed by: Tsutomu Mizushima
Cast: Kazuya Nakai, Maaya Sakamoto
60. Waxworks (1924)
German Empire, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: Paul Leni, Lev Birinskij
Cast: Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt
61. Dracula (1931)
USA, Horror / Drama
Directed by: George Melford, Enrique Tovar Ávalos
Cast: Lupita Tovar, Barry Norton
62. Fright Night (1985)
USA, Horror / Fantasy
Directed by: Tom Holland
Cast: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale
63. The Ninth Heart (1978)
Czechoslovakia, Fairytale / Fantasy
Directed by: Juraj Herz
Cast: Ondřej Pavelka, Anna Maľová
64. Bubba Ho-tep (2002)
USA, Comedy / Horror
Directed by: Don Coscarelli
Cast: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis
65. I Married a Witch (1942)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: René Clair
Cast: Fredric March, Veronica Lake
66. Dracula's Daughter (1936)
USA, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Lambert Hillyer
Cast: Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden
69. Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975)
Japan, Fantasy / Historical
Directed by: Masahiro Shinoda
70. The Eye (2002)
Hong Kong / Singapore, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang
Cast: Angelica Lee, Lawrence Chou
71. Behind (2016)
Spain, Short / Drama
Directed by: Angel Gómez Hernández
Cast: Javier Botet, Ruth Díaz
72. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
USA, Sci-fi / Fantasy
Directed by: Roy William Neill
Cast: Ilona Massey, Patric Knowles
73. Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn (2019)
Japan, Animation / Adventure
Cast: Miyu Tomita, Shiori Izawa
75. Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend 3 - Final Inferno (1989)
Japan, Animation / Adult
Directed by: Hideki Takayama
Cast: Hirotaka Suzuoki, Kōichi Yamadera
76. The Spook House (2003)
Spain, Short / Fantasy
Directed by: Koldo Serra
Cast: Jon Ariño, Nacho Vigalondo
77. Creepshow (1982)
USA, Comedy / Horror
Directed by: George A. Romero
Cast: Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau
78. Alice in Borderland (2014)
Japan, Animation / Horror
Directed by: Hideki Tachibana
Cast: Tsubasa Yonaga, Yoshimasa Hosoya
79. Waxwork (1988)
USA / West Germany, Comedy / Horror
Directed by: Anthony Hickox
Cast: Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman
80. Celia: Child of Terror (1989)
Australia, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Ann Turner
Cast: Rebecca Smart, Nicholas Eadie
81. They Have Changed Their Face (1971)
Italy, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Corrado Farina
Cast: Adolfo Celi, Francesca Modigliani
82. Horns (2013)
USA / Canada, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Alexandre Aja
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple
83. The Beautiful Prisoner (1983)
France, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: Alain Robbe-Grillet
Cast: Daniel Mesguich, Cyrielle Clair
84. The Gorgon (1964)
UK, Fantasy / Horror
Directed by: Terence Fisher
Cast: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
86. Santo vs. the She-Wolves (1976)
Mexico, Horror / Action
Directed by: Rubén Galindo, Jaime Jiménez Pons
Cast: Santo, Carlos Suárez
87. The Ninth Gate (1999)
Spain / France, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Johnny Depp, Frank Langella
88. Dante's Inferno (1911)
Italy, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan
Cast: Giuseppe de Liguoro
89. Lokis, the Manuscript of Professor Wittembach (1970)
Poland, Fantasy / Horror
Directed by: Janusz Majewski
Cast: Józef Duriasz, Edmund Fetting
90. Daydream (1964)
Japan, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: Tetsuji Takechi
Cast: Akira Ishihama, Kanako Michi
91. Thelma (2017)
Norway / France, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: Joachim Trier
Cast: Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins
93. The Raven (1963)
USA, Comedy / Fantasy
Directed by: Roger Corman
Cast: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre
94. Malpertuis: The Legend of Doom House (1971)
France / West Germany, Fantasy / Horror
Directed by: Harry Kümel
Cast: Orson Welles, Susan Hampshire
96. The Spine of Night (2021)
USA, Animation / Fantasy
Directed by: Philip Gelatt, Morgan Galen King
Cast: Richard E. Grant, Lucy Lawless
97. The Monster Squad (1987)
USA, Fantasy / Comedy
Directed by: Fred Dekker
Cast: Andre Gower, Robby Kiger
98. Blade II (2002)
USA / Germany, Action / Fantasy
Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson
99. Final Destination 2 (2003)
USA / Canada, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: David R. Ellis
Cast: Ali Larter, A.J. Cook
100. Urotsukidoji II: Legend of the Demon Womb Part One - A Prayer for the Resurrection of the Lord of Chaos (1990)
Japan, Animation / Adult
Directed by: Hideki Takayama
Cast: Hirotaka Suzuoki, Kōichi Yamadera