Best drama horror films - Charts
Best drama horror films
1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
USA, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins
3. The Sixth Sense (1999)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Bruce Willis, Toni Collette
4. The Shining (1980)
UK / USA, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall
5. Witchhammer (1969)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Otakar Vávra
Cast: Elo Romančík, Vladimír Šmeral
7. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
German Empire, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Robert Wiene
Cast: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt
8. Faust (1926)
German Empire, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Cast: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings
9. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Sweden, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Victor Sjöström
Cast: Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström
10. The Others (2001)
Spain / USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan
11. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Cast: Hideyuki Tanaka, Ichirō Nagai
12. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford
13. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes
14. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
USA, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: Jack Arnold
Cast: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart
17. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
USA, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: James Whale
Cast: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive
18. I Saw the Devil (2010)
South Korea, Thriller / Horror
Directed by: Jee-woon Kim
Cast: Byeong-heon Lee, Min-shik Choi
19. Morgiana (1972)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Juraj Herz
Cast: Iva Janžurová, Josef Abrhám
20. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins
21. Dracula (1992)
USA, Horror / Romance
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder
22. Signs (2002)
USA, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix
23. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
USA / France, Drama / Horror
Directed by: David Lynch
Cast: Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise
24. The Fly (1986)
USA / UK, Drama / Horror
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis
25. The Birds (1963)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor
26. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Cast: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt
28. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
USA / UK, Horror / Musical
Directed by: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter
29. Funny Games (1997)
Austria, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Michael Haneke
Cast: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe
30. Orphan (2009)
USA / Canada, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra
Cast: Isabelle Fuhrman, Vera Farmiga
31. I Am Legend (2007)
USA, Drama / Sci-fi
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Cast: Will Smith, Alice Braga
32. The Portrait (1947)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Jiří Slavíček
Cast: Otomar Krejča st., Luba Skořepová
33. The Man Who Laughs (1928)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Paul Leni
Cast: Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt
36. Jacob's Ladder (1990)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Adrian Lyne
Cast: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña
37. Cargo (2013)
Australia, Short / Drama
Directed by: Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke
Cast: Andy Rodoreda, Yolanda Ramke
38. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Victor Fleming
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman
39. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
UK / Japan, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh
41. Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014)
USA / France, Drama / Horror
Directed by: David Lynch
Cast: Chris Isaak, Kiefer Sutherland
42. Angel's Egg (1985)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Mamoru Oshii
Cast: Kei'ichi Noda, Jinpachi Nezu
43. Hour of the Wolf (1968)
Sweden, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann
45. Wild Flowers (2000)
Czech Republic, Drama / Horror
Directed by: F. A. Brabec
Cast: Linda Rybová, Bolek Polívka
46. Doctor Sleep (2019)
USA, Horror / Fantasy
Directed by: Mike Flanagan
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson
47. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
West Germany / France, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani
48. Let the Right One In (2008)
Sweden, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Tomas Alfredson
Cast: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson
49. Sleep Tight (2011)
Spain, Thriller / Horror
Directed by: Jaume Balagueró
Cast: Luis Tosar, Marta Etura
50. Red Dragon (2002)
USA / Germany, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Brett Ratner
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton
51. Holy Blood (1989)
Mexico / Italy, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Cast: Adán Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra
52. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Rupert Julian, Edward Sedgwick
Cast: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin
53. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
USA, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Laura Linney, Campbell Scott
54. Merry Little Christmas (2010)
Spain, Short / Drama
Directed by: Manuel Marini
Cast: Jan Cornet, Macarena Gómez
55. Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Takashi Yamazaki
Cast: Ryūnosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe
56. The Golden Glove (2019)
Germany, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Fatih Akin
Cast: Jonas Dassler, Margarete Tiesel
59. Bedevilled (2010)
South Korea, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Cheol-soo Jang
Cast: Yeong-hee Seo, Geum-hee Hwang
61. Repulsion (1965)
UK, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry
62. Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
Poland, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cast: Lucyna Winnicka, Mieczyslaw Voit
63. An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe (1970)
USA, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Kenneth Johnson
Cast: Vincent Price
64. The Orphanage (2007)
Spain, Horror / Drama
Directed by: J.A. Bayona
Cast: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo
65. The Mist (2007)
USA, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Frank Darabont
Cast: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden
67. Thesis (1996)
Spain, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
Cast: Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez
68. Variola Vera (1982)
Yugoslavia, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Goran Markovic
Cast: Rade Serbedzija, Erland Josephson
72. Twisted Nerve (1968)
UK, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Roy Boulting
Cast: Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett
73. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
France, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Jean Epstein
Cast: Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance
74. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
UK / Germany, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton
76. Viy or Spirit of Evil (1967)
Soviet Union, Fantasy / Drama
Directed by: Konstantin Yershov, Georgi Kropachyov
Cast: Leonid Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley
77. The Forbidden Room (1977)
Italy / France, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: Dino Risi
Cast: Danilo Mattei, Vittorio Gassman
79. Šílený lékař (1920)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Drahoš Želenský
Cast: Karel Želenský, Jaroslav Hurt
81. Wolf (1994)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer
83. Possession (1981)
France / West Germany, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: Andrzej Zulawski
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill
84. Fear (1983)
Austria, Crime / Horror
Directed by: Gerald Kargl
Cast: Erwin Leder, Robert Hunger-Bühler
85. The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Spain / Mexico, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Eduardo Noriega, Marisa Paredes
86. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
USA, Horror / Drama
Directed by: John S. Robertson
Cast: John Barrymore, Martha Mansfield
87. The Wolf House (2018)
Chile, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña
Cast: Amalia Kassai
88. Son of Frankenstein (1939)
USA, Sci-fi / Horror
Directed by: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff
89. A Quiet Place (2018)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: John Krasinski
Cast: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski
90. Eden Lake (2008)
UK, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: James Watkins
Cast: Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender
91. Magic (1978)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret
92. The Body Snatcher (1945)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Robert Wise
Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi
93. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
USA / Italy, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: George A. Romero
Cast: Ken Foree, Gaylen Ross
94. Bird Box (2018)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Susanne Bier
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes
95. Lunacy (2005)
Czech Republic / Slovakia, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Jan Švankmajer
Cast: Pavel Liška, Jan Tříska
97. The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Mark Pellington
Cast: Richard Gere, Laura Linney
98. The Arrival from the Darkness (1921)
Czechoslovakia, Mystery / Fantasy
Directed by: Jan S. Kolár
Cast: Theodor Pištěk, Anny Ondráková
100. Peeping Tom (1960)
UK, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Michael Powell
Cast: Karlheinz Böhm, Moira Shearer