Genre: Horror

Find the best movies, series, and documentaries in the Horror genre. Discover the most popular titles among fans and critics.


The Sixth Sense

1999 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction M. Night Shyamalan

Cast Haley Joel Osment · Bruce Willis · Toni Collette · Olivia Williams

Synopsis In The Sixth Sense (1999), a child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe takes on the case of a troubled young boy, Cole Sear, who claims to see and communicate with the dead. Struggling with his own personal demons, Malcolm tries to...

7.6

160K votes

7.6

160K votes

The Others

2001 · Movie · 104 min. · Spain

Direction Alejandro Amenábar

Cast Nicole Kidman · Fionnula Flanagan · Christopher Eccleston · Alakina Mann

Synopsis The Others (2001) is a haunting psychological thriller set in a secluded mansion on the Isle of Jersey in 1945. Grace, a devoutly religious mother, lives with her two photosensitive children, Anne and Nicholas, who must avoid sunlight. When strange...

7.5

147K votes

7.5

147K votes

The Shining

1980 · Movie · 146 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Stanley Kubrick

Cast Jack Nicholson · Shelley Duvall · Danny Lloyd · Scatman Crothers

Synopsis Writer Jack Torrance takes a job as a winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel in the remote Colorado mountains. He moves in, along with his wife Wendy and son Danny, in the hope that the isolation will cure his writer’s...

8.2

145K votes

8.2

145K votes

Alien

1979 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Ridley Scott

Cast Sigourney Weaver · John Hurt · Yaphet Kotto · Tom Skerritt

Synopsis When commercial towing vehicle Nostromo, heading back to Earth, intercepts an SoS signal from a nearby unexplored planet, the crew are under obligation to investigate. After a bad landing on the planet, some crew members leave the ship to explore...

8.0

120K votes

8.0

120K votes

Jaws

1975 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction Steven Spielberg

Cast Roy Scheider · Robert Shaw · Richard Dreyfuss · Lorraine Gary

Synopsis In Jaws (1975), a small coastal town is terrorized by a massive great white shark attacking swimmers during the busy summer season. The local police chief, a marine biologist, and a seasoned shark hunter team up to hunt the predator....

7.1

119K votes

7.1

119K votes

Scary Movie

2000 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Keenen Ivory Wayans

Cast Anna Faris · Jon Abrahams · Carmen Electra · Shannon Elizabeth

Synopsis Scary Movie (2000) is a satirical horror-comedy that parodies popular slasher films. The story follows a group of high school friends who become targets of a mysterious killer after a tragic accident involving one of their classmates. As the body...

5.2

109K votes

5.2

109K votes

Psycho

1960 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast Anthony Perkins · Janet Leigh · John Gavin · Vera Miles

Synopsis Psycho (1960) follows Marion Crane, a secretary who embezzles money and flees to start a new life. Exhausted during her journey, she stops at the secluded Bates Motel, run by the enigmatic Norman Bates and his overbearing mother. As Marion...

8.4

106K votes

8.4

106K votes

Gremlins

1984 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Joe Dante

Cast Zach Galligan · Phoebe Cates · Hoyt Axton · Frances Lee McCain

Synopsis Gremlins (1984) follows a young man who receives a mysterious creature called a Mogwai as a pet. He is given three crucial rules to follow: avoid bright light, never get it wet, and never feed it after midnight. When these...

6.6

104K votes

6.6

104K votes

Saw

2004 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction James Wan

Cast Cary Elwes · Leigh Whannell · Danny Glover · Monica Potter

Synopsis A young man named Adam (LEIGH WHANNELL) wakes to find himself chained to a rusty pipe inside a decrepit subterranean chamber. Chained to the opposite side of the room is another bewildered captive, Dr. Lawrence Gordon (CARY ELWES). Between them...

7.2

104K votes

7.2

104K votes

I Am Legend

2007 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Francis Lawrence

Cast Will Smith · Alice Braga · Salli Richardson-Whitfield · Paradox Pollack

Synopsis I Am Legend (2007) follows Dr. Robert Neville, the last man in a desolate New York City after a virus wipes out humanity, turning survivors into nocturnal mutants. Immune to the virus, Neville dedicates his days to searching for a...

6.5

104K votes

6.5

104K votes

The Nightmare Before Christmas

1993 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Henry Selick

Synopsis The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) follows Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, who grows tired of the same annual routine. After stumbling upon Christmas Town, he becomes enchanted by the holiday's joy and decides to take over Christmas....

7.7

102K votes

7.7

102K votes

The Exorcist

1973 · Movie · 121 min. · United States

Direction William Friedkin

Cast Linda Blair · Max von Sydow · Ellen Burstyn · Jason Miller

Synopsis The Exorcist (1973) follows the harrowing tale of a young girl, Regan, who begins exhibiting disturbing and inexplicable behavior. Her desperate mother seeks medical and psychiatric help, but when all rational explanations fail, she turns to two priests for assistance....

7.6

99K votes

7.6

99K votes

Corpse Bride

2005 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Tim Burton · Mike Johnson

Synopsis In Corpse Bride (2005), a shy young man named Victor accidentally marries a mysterious deceased bride while practicing his wedding vows in the woods. Dragged into the vibrant Land of the Dead, he discovers a world filled with lively spirits...

7.2

98K votes

7.2

98K votes

The Blair Witch Project

1999 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Daniel Myrick · Eduardo Sánchez

Cast Heather Donahue · Michael C. Williams · Joshua Leonard · Patricia DeCou

Synopsis The Blair Witch Project (1999) follows three student filmmakers—Heather, Josh, and Mike—as they venture into the Black Hills Forest near Burkittsville, Maryland, to document the local legend of the Blair Witch. Armed with cameras, they interview townspeople and explore eerie...

5.1

96K votes

5.1

96K votes

The Orphanage

2007 · Movie · 100 min. · Spain

Direction J.A. Bayona

Cast Belén Rueda · Fernando Cayo · Roger Príncep · Geraldine Chaplin

Synopsis The Orphanage (2007) follows Laura, who returns to her childhood home, a former orphanage, with her husband and son, Simón, to reopen it as a facility for disabled children. Soon, Simón begins interacting with imaginary friends, and strange occurrences unfold....

6.7

93K votes

6.7

93K votes

Blade

1998 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Stephen Norrington

Cast Wesley Snipes · Stephen Dorff · Kris Kristofferson · Sanaa Lathan

Synopsis In Blade (1998), a half-human, half-vampire hybrid known as Blade wages a relentless war against the vampire race that killed his mother. Armed with unique abilities, advanced weaponry, and the guidance of his mentor Whistler, he hunts down vampires in...

6.0

92K votes

6.0

92K votes

Bram Stoker's Dracula

1992 · Movie · 130 min. · United States

Direction Francis Ford Coppola

Cast Gary Oldman · Winona Ryder · Anthony Hopkins · Keanu Reeves

Synopsis In 1462, Elisabeta, the wife of Vlad Dracula, the ruler of Transylvania, throws herself to her death, wrongly believing that her husband has been killed while defending against the Turks. But when the church he has been defending condemns her...

7.6

86K votes

7.6

86K votes

Sleepy Hollow

1999 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Tim Burton

Cast Johnny Depp · Christina Ricci · Miranda Richardson · Michael Gambon

Synopsis In Sleepy Hollow (1999), a young constable, Ichabod Crane, is sent to the secluded village of Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of gruesome murders. The villagers believe the killings are the work of a supernatural headless horseman. As Crane...

6.9

84K votes

6.9

84K votes

[•REC]

2007 · Movie · 76 min. · Spain

Direction Jaume Balagueró · Paco Plaza

Cast Manuela Velasco · Ferrán Terraza · Jorge Serrano · Pablo Rosso

Synopsis [•REC] (2007) follows a television reporter and her cameraman as they document the night shift of a local fire station. Their routine assignment takes a terrifying turn when they respond to a call at an apartment building. As they investigate,...

6.6

84K votes

6.6

84K votes

War of the Worlds

2005 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Steven Spielberg

Cast Tom Cruise · Dakota Fanning · Justin Chatwin · Tim Robbins

Synopsis War of the Worlds (2005) follows Ray Ferrier, a divorced dockworker, as he struggles to protect his children during a sudden and catastrophic alien invasion. Mysterious tripod machines emerge from beneath the Earth, unleashing destruction and chaos. As society collapses,...

5.7

79K votes

5.7

79K votes