Best sci-fi horror films - Charts
Best sci-fi horror films
1. Alien (1979)
USA / UK, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt
2. Aliens (1986)
USA / UK, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: James Cameron
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn
4. The Thing (1982)
USA, Sci-fi / Horror
Directed by: John Carpenter
Cast: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley
5. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Cast: Hideyuki Tanaka, Ichirō Nagai
6. The Invisible Man (1933)
USA, Sci-fi / Horror
Directed by: James Whale
Cast: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart
7. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
USA, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: Jack Arnold
Cast: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart
9. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
USA, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: James Whale
Cast: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive
10. Still Life (2005)
Canada, Short / Sci-fi
Directed by: Jon Knautz
Cast: Trevor Matthews, Lee Demarbre
12. Signs (2002)
USA, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix
13. The Fly (1986)
USA / UK, Drama / Horror
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis
14. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
USA, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Don Siegel
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter
15. I Am Legend (2007)
USA, Drama / Sci-fi
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Cast: Will Smith, Alice Braga
17. The X-Files (1998)
USA, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: Rob Bowman
Cast: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson
18. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
UK / Japan, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh
19. Angel's Egg (1985)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Mamoru Oshii
Cast: Kei'ichi Noda, Jinpachi Nezu
20. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
UK / USA, Musical / Sci-fi
Directed by: Jim Sharman
Cast: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon
22. Zombieland (2009)
USA, Comedy / Horror
Directed by: Ruben Fleischer
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson
24. Bad Taste (1987)
New Zealand, Comedy / Action
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Cast: Terry Potter, Pete O'Herne
25. World War Z (2013)
USA / Malta, Horror / Action
Directed by: Marc Forster
Cast: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos
26. Pitch Black (2000)
USA, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: David Twohy
Cast: Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell
27. Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Takashi Yamazaki
Cast: Ryūnosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe
29. Flatliners (1990)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts
30. The Mist (2007)
USA, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Frank Darabont
Cast: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden
32. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
USA, Comedy / Sci-fi
Directed by: Frank Oz
Cast: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene
33. Prey (2022)
USA, Action / Horror
Directed by: Dan Trachtenberg
Cast: Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers
34. Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing (2017)
USA, Horror / Short
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace
35. Cube (1997)
Canada, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Vincenzo Natali
Cast: Maurice Dean Wint, Nicole de Boer
36. BlinkyTM (2011)
USA / Ireland, Short / Comedy
Directed by: Ruairi Robinson
Cast: Max Records, Skoti Collins
37. The Lost World (1925)
USA, Adventure / Fantasy
Directed by: Harry O. Hoyt
Cast: Bessie Love, Lewis Stone
38. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
UK, Sci-fi / Horror
Directed by: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Hazel Court
39. Son of Frankenstein (1939)
USA, Sci-fi / Horror
Directed by: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff
40. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Philip Kaufman
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams
41. A Quiet Place (2018)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: John Krasinski
Cast: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski
42. The Platform (2019)
Spain, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
Cast: Ivan Massagué, Antonia San Juan
43. Bird Box (2018)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Susanne Bier
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes
44. Heavy Metal (1981)
Canada / USA, Animation / Sci-fi
Directed by: Gerald Potterton, Julian Harris
Cast: Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy
45. Monsters (2015)
USA, Short / Horror
Directed by: Steve Desmond
Cast: Caitlin Carmichael, Ione Skye
46. Re-Animator (1985)
USA, Comedy / Horror
Directed by: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott
47. The Brood (1979)
Canada, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Cast: Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar
50. Gantz: O (2016)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Kei'ichi Satō, Yasushi Kawamura
Cast: Mao Ichimichi, Yūki Kaji
51. 28 Days Later (2002)
UK, Sci-fi / Horror
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris
52. Planet Terror (2007)
USA, Action / Horror
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodríguez
53. The Stepford Wives (1975)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Bryan Forbes
Cast: Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss
54. Cloverfield (2008)
USA, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: Matt Reeves
Cast: Michael Stahl-David, Lizzy Caplan
55. Frankenweenie (2012)
USA, Animation / Comedy
Directed by: Tim Burton
Cast: Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara
56. A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: John Krasinski
Cast: Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy
57. The Fly (1958)
USA, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Kurt Neumann
Cast: David Hedison, Patricia Owens
58. The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
UK, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews
62. Village of the Damned (1960)
UK, Sci-fi / Horror
Directed by: Wolf Rilla
Cast: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley
63. Island of Lost Souls (1932)
USA, Adventure / Horror
Directed by: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen
64. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
USA, Adventure / Horror
Directed by: Jack Arnold
Cast: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams
65. Wicked City (1987)
Japan, Animation / Fantasy
Directed by: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Cast: Ichirō Nagai, Takeshi Aono
66. The Blob (1988)
USA, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Chuck Russell
Cast: Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith
67. Videodrome (1983)
Canada, Sci-fi / Horror
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Cast: James Woods, Sonja Smits
68. The Tingler (1959)
USA, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: William Castle
Cast: Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn
69. Prince of Darkness (1987)
USA, Horror / Fantasy
Directed by: John Carpenter
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker
70. Neo Tokyo (1987)
Japan, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Rintarō, Katsuhiro Ōtomo
Cast: Hiroshi Ōtake, Iemasa Kayumi
72. Event Horizon (1997)
UK / USA, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill
73. The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
USA, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Joe May
Cast: Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price
75. Pandorum (2009)
USA / Germany, Sci-fi / Horror
Directed by: Christian Alvart
Cast: Ben Foster, Dennis Quaid
77. Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
UK, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Susan Denberg
79. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
USA, Sci-fi / Fantasy
Directed by: Roy William Neill
Cast: Ilona Massey, Patric Knowles
81. The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9! (2009)
USA, Short / Animation
Directed by: Jake Armstrong
Cast: Paul Villeco
82. Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
Japan, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Shin'ya Tsukamoto
Cast: Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara
83. Bride of Re-Animator (1990)
USA, Comedy / Horror
Directed by: Brian Yuzna
Cast: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott
84. The Walking Dead (1936)
USA, Crime / Horror
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez
85. I Am the Doorway (2017)
Czech Republic, Short / Horror
Directed by: Robin Kašpařík
Cast: Radim Vizváry, Eva Gorčicová
86. The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
UK, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Boris Karloff, Anna Lee
87. Resident Evil (2002)
UK / Germany, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez
90. Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
Japan, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: Yoshimitsu Banno
Cast: Kenpachiro Satsuma, 鈴木治夫
91. Dr. Cyclops (1940)
USA, Adventure / Sci-fi
Directed by: Ernest B. Schoedsack
Cast: Albert Dekker, Thomas Coley
92. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
USA, Comedy / Horror
Directed by: Charles Barton
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
93. The Phantom of Regular Size (1986)
Japan, Short / Horror
Directed by: Shin'ya Tsukamoto
Cast: Kei Fujiwara, Tomorowo Taguchi
94. The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
USA, Adventure / Horror
Directed by: Charles Brabin, Charles Vidor
Cast: Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone
95. eXistenZ (1999)
Canada / UK, Action / Sci-fi
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law
96. The Last Man on Earth (1964)
USA / Italy, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Ubaldo Ragona, Sidney Salkow
Cast: Vincent Price, Franca Bettoia
97. Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
USA, Horror / Musical
Directed by: Darren Lynn Bousman
Cast: Paul Sorvino, Alexa PenaVega
98. Shivers (1975)
Canada, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Cast: Paul Hampton, Lynn Lowry
99. The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001)
USA, Comedy / Horror
Directed by: Larry Blamire
Cast: Fay Masterson, Andrew Parks
100. Scanners (1981)
Canada, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Cast: Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan