Best mystery horror films - Charts
Best mystery horror films
1. The Sixth Sense (1999)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Bruce Willis, Toni Collette
2. Psycho (1960)
USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles
3. The Thing (1982)
USA, Sci-fi / Horror
Directed by: John Carpenter
Cast: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley
5. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
German Empire, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Robert Wiene
Cast: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt
6. The Medusa Touch (1978)
UK / France, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Jack Gold
Cast: Richard Burton, Lino Ventura
7. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Sweden, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Victor Sjöström
Cast: Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström
8. The Others (2001)
Spain / USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan
9. The Omen (1976)
USA / UK, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cast: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick
11. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
USA / Germany, Fantasy / Horror
Directed by: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci
12. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes
13. The Conjuring (2013)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: James Wan
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson
14. Constantine (2005)
USA / Germany, Fantasy / Mystery
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz
15. Safe Haven (2013)
Indonesia, Short / Horror
Directed by: Gareth Evans, Timo Tjahjanto
Cast: Oka Antara
16. Morgiana (1972)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Juraj Herz
Cast: Iva Janžurová, Josef Abrhám
17. The Ring (2002)
USA / Japan, Thriller / Horror
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Cast: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson
19. Diabolique (1955)
France, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Cast: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot
20. Angel Heart (1987)
USA / Canada, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Alan Parker
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro
21. Signs (2002)
USA, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix
22. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
USA / France, Drama / Horror
Directed by: David Lynch
Cast: Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise
23. The Birds (1963)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor
24. The Addams Family (1991)
USA, Comedy / Mystery
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia
25. The Conjuring 2 (2016)
USA / Canada, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: James Wan
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson
27. Orphan (2009)
USA / Canada, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra
Cast: Isabelle Fuhrman, Vera Farmiga
28. The Portrait (1947)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Jiří Slavíček
Cast: Otomar Krejča st., Luba Skořepová
30. The Wicker Man (1973)
UK, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Robin Hardy
Cast: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee
31. Domovoi (2017)
Czech Republic, Short / Fairytale
Directed by: Pavel Soukup
Cast: Eva Kozderková, Jan Přeučil
32. Jacob's Ladder (1990)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Adrian Lyne
Cast: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña
33. The X-Files (1998)
USA, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: Rob Bowman
Cast: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson
34. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
UK, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, André Morell
36. Scream of Fear (1961)
UK, Thriller / Mystery
Directed by: Seth Holt
Cast: Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis
37. Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014)
USA / France, Drama / Horror
Directed by: David Lynch
Cast: Chris Isaak, Kiefer Sutherland
38. Angel's Egg (1985)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Mamoru Oshii
Cast: Kei'ichi Noda, Jinpachi Nezu
39. Wild Flowers (2000)
Czech Republic, Drama / Horror
Directed by: F. A. Brabec
Cast: Linda Rybová, Bolek Polívka
40. Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)
USA, Animation / Family
Directed by: Jim Stenstrum, Kazumi Fukushima
Cast: Billy West, Frank Welker
41. Get Out (2017)
USA / Japan, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Jordan Peele
Cast: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams
42. Identity (2003)
USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: James Mangold
Cast: John Cusack, Alfred Molina
43. Let the Right One In (2008)
Sweden, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Tomas Alfredson
Cast: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson
44. Holy Blood (1989)
Mexico / Italy, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Cast: Adán Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra
45. Suspiria (1977)
Italy, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Dario Argento
Cast: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini
46. Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Italy / France, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Mario Bava
Cast: Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok
48. Felidae (1994)
Germany, Animation / Horror
Directed by: Michael Schaack
Cast: Ulrich Tukur, Mario Adorf
49. From Hell (2001)
USA, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes
Cast: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham
50. Sinister (2012)
USA / UK, Mystery / Horror
Directed by: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance
51. Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
Poland, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cast: Lucyna Winnicka, Mieczyslaw Voit
52. An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe (1970)
USA, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Kenneth Johnson
Cast: Vincent Price
53. The Orphanage (2007)
Spain, Horror / Drama
Directed by: J.A. Bayona
Cast: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo
54. Thesis (1996)
Spain, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
Cast: Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez
55. The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow (2008)
Canada, Short / Animation
Directed by: Rodrigo Gudiño, Vincent Marcone
Cast: Julian Richings
57. Addams Family Values (1993)
USA, Comedy / Mystery
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia
58. Shutter: They Are Around Us (2004)
Thailand, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom
60. The Forbidden Room (1977)
Italy / France, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: Dino Risi
Cast: Danilo Mattei, Vittorio Gassman
62. The Call of Cthulhu (2005)
USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Andrew Leman
Cast: Andrew Leman, Mona Weiss
63. The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
UK, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: André Øvredal
Cast: Brian Cox, Emile Hirsch
64. The Dead Zone (1983)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Cast: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams
65. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
USA, Crime / Horror
Directed by: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Richard Greene, Basil Rathbone
66. Julia's Eyes (2010)
Spain, Mystery / Horror
Directed by: Guillem Morales
Cast: Belén Rueda, Lluís Homar
67. Stir of Echoes (1999)
USA, Thriller / Horror
Directed by: David Koepp
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe
68. Cube (1997)
Canada, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Vincenzo Natali
Cast: Maurice Dean Wint, Nicole de Boer
69. Possession (1981)
France / West Germany, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: Andrzej Zulawski
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill
70. Spellbound (2011)
South Korea, Romance / Mystery
Directed by: In-ho Hwang
Cast: Ye-jin Son, Min-ki Lee
71. House of Wax (1953)
USA, Crime / Horror
Directed by: André De Toth
Cast: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy
72. Night Watch (1973)
UK / USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Brian G. Hutton
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey
73. The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Spain / Mexico, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Eduardo Noriega, Marisa Paredes
74. In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: John Carpenter
Cast: Sam Neill, Jürgen Prochnow
75. Deep Red (1975)
Italy, Mystery / Crime
Directed by: Dario Argento
Cast: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi
76. The Call (2020)
South Korea, Mystery / Horror
Directed by: Chung-hyun Lee
Cast: Shin-hye Park, Jong-seo Jun
77. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Philip Kaufman
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams
78. Blade of the Ripper (1971)
Italy / Spain, Mystery / Horror
Directed by: Sergio Martino
Cast: George Hilton, Edwige Fenech
79. Ring (1998)
Japan, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Hideo Nakata
Cast: Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada
80. The Cat and the Canary (1927)
USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Paul Leni
Cast: Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale
82. The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Mark Pellington
Cast: Richard Gere, Laura Linney
83. The Arrival from the Darkness (1921)
Czechoslovakia, Mystery / Fantasy
Directed by: Jan S. Kolár
Cast: Theodor Pištěk, Anny Ondráková
84. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
Italy / West Germany, Mystery / Horror
Directed by: Dario Argento
Cast: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall
85. Cure (1997)
Japan, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Cast: Kōji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara
86. Summer of 84 (2018)
Canada / USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: François Simard, Anouk Whissell
Cast: Graham Verchere, Judah Lewis
87. The Sinister Monk (1965)
West Germany, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Harald Reinl
Cast: Karin Dor, Harald Leipnitz
88. The City of the Dead (1960)
UK, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: John Llewellyn Moxey
Cast: Dennis Lotis, Christopher Lee
89. The Stepford Wives (1975)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Bryan Forbes
Cast: Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss
90. The Black Cat (1941)
USA, Crime / Comedy
Directed by: Albert S. Rogell
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert
91. Cloverfield (2008)
USA, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: Matt Reeves
Cast: Michael Stahl-David, Lizzy Caplan
93. Curse of the Demon (1957)
UK, Mystery / Horror
Directed by: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins
94. The Lighthouse (2019)
USA / Canada, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Robert Eggers
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe
95. A Haunting in Venice (2023)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Tina Fey
96. Eraserhead (1977)
USA, Mystery / Horror
Directed by: David Lynch
Cast: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart
97. Deliver Us from Evil (2014)
USA, Mystery / Horror
Directed by: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Eric Bana, Edgar Ramirez
98. The Cat and the Canary (1939)
USA, Comedy / Mystery
Directed by: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard
99. Dark Eyes of London (1961)
West Germany, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal
100. Dead of Night (1945)
UK, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton
Cast: Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver