Best thriller horror films - Charts
Best thriller horror films
1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
USA, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins
2. Aliens (1986)
USA / UK, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: James Cameron
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn
4. The Sixth Sense (1999)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Bruce Willis, Toni Collette
5. Psycho (1960)
USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles
6. The Shining (1980)
UK / USA, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall
7. The Thing (1982)
USA, Sci-fi / Horror
Directed by: John Carpenter
Cast: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley
8. Wait Until Dark (1967)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Terence Young
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin
10. The Medusa Touch (1978)
UK / France, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Jack Gold
Cast: Richard Burton, Lino Ventura
11. The Others (2001)
Spain / USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan
12. The Omen (1976)
USA / UK, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cast: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick
14. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford
15. The Invisible Man (1933)
USA, Sci-fi / Horror
Directed by: James Whale
Cast: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart
16. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes
17. The Conjuring (2013)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: James Wan
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson
18. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
USA, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: Jack Arnold
Cast: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart
20. Constantine (2005)
USA / Germany, Fantasy / Mystery
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz
21. The Lodger (1927)
UK, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney
22. I Saw the Devil (2010)
South Korea, Thriller / Horror
Directed by: Jee-woon Kim
Cast: Byeong-heon Lee, Min-shik Choi
23. The Ring (2002)
USA / Japan, Thriller / Horror
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Cast: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson
25. Diabolique (1955)
France, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Cast: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot
26. Angel Heart (1987)
USA / Canada, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Alan Parker
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro
27. Dracula (1992)
USA, Horror / Romance
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder
28. Signs (2002)
USA, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix
29. Halloween (1978)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: John Carpenter
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis
30. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
USA / France, Drama / Horror
Directed by: David Lynch
Cast: Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise
31. The Birds (1963)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor
32. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
USA, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Don Siegel
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter
33. The Conjuring 2 (2016)
USA / Canada, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: James Wan
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson
34. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
USA / UK, Horror / Musical
Directed by: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter
35. Funny Games (1997)
Austria, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Michael Haneke
Cast: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe
36. Orphan (2009)
USA / Canada, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra
Cast: Isabelle Fuhrman, Vera Farmiga
37. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
USA / Canada, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Cast: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames
38. I Am Legend (2007)
USA, Drama / Sci-fi
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Cast: Will Smith, Alice Braga
39. Sudden Fear (1952)
USA, Film-Noir / Horror
Directed by: David Miller
Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance
40. Split (2016)
USA / Japan, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy
43. The Evil Dead (1981)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Cast: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss
44. The Wicker Man (1973)
UK, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Robin Hardy
Cast: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee
45. The X-Files (1998)
USA, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: Rob Bowman
Cast: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson
46. Scream of Fear (1961)
UK, Thriller / Mystery
Directed by: Seth Holt
Cast: Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis
47. The Innocents (1961)
UK, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Jack Clayton
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde
48. [Rec] (2007)
Spain, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Cast: Manuela Velasco, Javier Botet
50. Doctor Sleep (2019)
USA, Horror / Fantasy
Directed by: Mike Flanagan
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson
51. Get Out (2017)
USA / Japan, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Jordan Peele
Cast: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams
52. Identity (2003)
USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: James Mangold
Cast: John Cusack, Alfred Molina
53. World War Z (2013)
USA / Malta, Horror / Action
Directed by: Marc Forster
Cast: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos
54. Sleep Tight (2011)
Spain, Thriller / Horror
Directed by: Jaume Balagueró
Cast: Luis Tosar, Marta Etura
55. Red Dragon (2002)
USA / Germany, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Brett Ratner
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton
56. Holy Blood (1989)
Mexico / Italy, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Cast: Adán Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra
57. Saw (2003)
Australia, Short / Horror
Directed by: James Wan
Cast: Leigh Whannell, Katrina Mathers
58. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
USA, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Laura Linney, Campbell Scott
59. Rings (2005)
USA, Short / Thriller
Directed by: Jonathan Liebesman
Cast: Ryan Merriman, Emily VanCamp
60. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Wes Craven
Cast: John Saxon, Ronee Blakley
61. The Golden Glove (2019)
Germany, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Fatih Akin
Cast: Jonas Dassler, Margarete Tiesel
62. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
USA, Action / Horror
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino
63. Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Italy / France, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Mario Bava
Cast: Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok
64. Pitch Black (2000)
USA, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: David Twohy
Cast: Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell
65. Felidae (1994)
Germany, Animation / Horror
Directed by: Michael Schaack
Cast: Ulrich Tukur, Mario Adorf
66. Final Destination (2000)
USA / Canada, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: James Wong
Cast: Devon Sawa, Ali Larter
67. From Hell (2001)
USA, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes
Cast: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham
68. Bedevilled (2010)
South Korea, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Cheol-soo Jang
Cast: Yeong-hee Seo, Geum-hee Hwang
69. Repulsion (1965)
UK, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry
70. Sinister (2012)
USA / UK, Mystery / Horror
Directed by: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance
71. An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe (1970)
USA, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Kenneth Johnson
Cast: Vincent Price
72. The Orphanage (2007)
Spain, Horror / Drama
Directed by: J.A. Bayona
Cast: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo
73. Flatliners (1990)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts
74. The Mist (2007)
USA, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Frank Darabont
Cast: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden
75. Thesis (1996)
Spain, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
Cast: Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez
76. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Roger Corman
Cast: Vincent Price, John Kerr
80. Twisted Nerve (1968)
UK, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Roy Boulting
Cast: Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett
81. Halloween II (1981)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence
82. Insidious (2010)
USA / Canada, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: James Wan
Cast: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne
83. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger
84. Shutter: They Are Around Us (2004)
Thailand, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom
86. The Call of Cthulhu (2005)
USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Andrew Leman
Cast: Andrew Leman, Mona Weiss
87. The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
UK, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: André Øvredal
Cast: Brian Cox, Emile Hirsch
88. The Dead Zone (1983)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Cast: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams
90. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
USA, Crime / Horror
Directed by: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Richard Greene, Basil Rathbone
91. Julia's Eyes (2010)
Spain, Mystery / Horror
Directed by: Guillem Morales
Cast: Belén Rueda, Lluís Homar
92. Stir of Echoes (1999)
USA, Thriller / Horror
Directed by: David Koepp
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe
93. Prey (2022)
USA, Action / Horror
Directed by: Dan Trachtenberg
Cast: Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers
94. House of Usher (1960)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Roger Corman
Cast: Vincent Price, Mark Damon
95. Cube (1997)
Canada, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Vincenzo Natali
Cast: Maurice Dean Wint, Nicole de Boer
96. Wolf (1994)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer
97. The Hitcher (1986)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Robert Harmon
Cast: Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell
98. Possession (1981)
France / West Germany, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: Andrzej Zulawski
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill
99. Fear (1983)
Austria, Crime / Horror
Directed by: Gerald Kargl
Cast: Erwin Leder, Robert Hunger-Bühler
100. House of Wax (1953)
USA, Crime / Horror
Directed by: André De Toth
Cast: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy