One great horror film
from each year (2023-1918). Obviously there are more then one
great horror film each year and some years were very difficult
to decide just one!! There are also films not included such as
personal all-time favorites (The Night of the Hunter or
Coraline for example that might not be deemed as much a
"horror" film as the choice made here). This is mostly
just fun and want to bring attention to a great and long underappreciated
genre of filmmaking.
Horror has seen a tremendous
rise in the number of great films the last decade or so. To me
the golden peak of quintessential horror is the era of 1965-1980.
![](outwaters.jpg)
2023
The Outwaters
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13259610/
Robbie Banfitch, United States
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2022
X
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13560574/
Ti West, United States
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2021
Come True
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7026488/
Anthony Scott Burns, Canada
![](alone.jpg)
2020
Alone
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7711170/
John Hyams, United States
![](us.jpg)
2019
Us
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6857112
Jordan Peele, United States
![](beforeiwake.jpg)
2018
Before I Wake
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3174376
Mike Flanagan, United States
![](blackcoat.jpg)
2017
The Blackcoat's
Daughter
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3286052/
Oz Perkins, Canada / United States
![](The_Witch.jpg)
2016
The Witch
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4263482/
Robert Eggers, United States / United Kingdom
![](crimson_peak_still.jpg)
2015
Crimson Peak
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2554274/
Guillermo
del Toro, United States / Canada
![](babadook.jpg)
2014
The Babadook
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2321549/
Jennifer Kent,
Australia
![](lordsofsalem.jpg)
2013
The Lords of
Salem
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731697
Rob
Zombie, United States
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2012
The Innkeepers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1594562
Ti West, United States
![](absentia.jpg)
2011
Absentia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1610996
Mike
Flanagan, United States
![](crazies.jpg)
2010
The Crazies
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455407
Breck
Eisner, United States
![](houseofdevil.jpg)
2009
The House of
the Devil
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172994
Ti West,
United States
![](lettherightonin.jpg)
2008
Let the Right
One In
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797
Tomas Alfredson,
Sweden
![](bug.jpg)
2007
Bug
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470705
William
Friedkin, United States / Germany
![](descent1.jpg)
2006
The Descent
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435625
Neil Marshall,
United Kingdom
![](devilsrejects.png)
2005
The Devil's
Rejects
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395584
Rob Zombie, United States
![](wolfcreek.jpg)
2004
Wolf Creek
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416315
Greg
Mclean, Australia
![](house1000.jpg)
2003
House of 1000
Corpses
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251736
Rob Zombie,
United States
![](trouble-every-day.jpg)
2002
Trouble Every
Day
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204700
Claire Denis,
France
![](pulse.jpg)
2001
Pulse
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286751/
Kiyoshi
Kurosawa, Japan
![](audition.jpg)
2000
Audition
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235198/
Takashi
Miike, Japan
![](blairwitchj.jpg)
1999
The Blair Witch
Project
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185937
Daniel
Myrick / Eduardo Sánchez , United States
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1998
Beloved
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120603
Jonathan Demme,
United States
![](cure.jpg)
1997
The Cure
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123948/
Kiyoshi
Kurosawa, Japan
![](scream.jpg)
1996
Scream
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117571/
Wes Craven,
United States
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1995
Safe
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114323
Todd Haynes,
United States
![](IN-THE-MOUTH-OF-MADNESS.jpg)
1994
In the Mouth
of Madness
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113409
John Carpenter,
United States
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1993
The Dark Half
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106664
George Romero,
United States
![](candyman.jpg)
1992
Candyman
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103919
Bernard Rose,
United States / United Kingdom
![](sildenceoflambs.jpg)
1991
The Silence
of the Lambs
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102926
Jonathan Demme,
United States
![](gremlins2.png)
1990
Gremlins 2:
The New Batch
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099700
Joe Dante,
United States
![](thechurch.jpg)
1989
The Church
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094860
Michele
Soavi, Italy
![](vanishing.jpg)
1988
The Vanishing
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096163
George
Sluizer, Netherlands / France / West Germany
![](opera.jpg)
1987
Opera
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093677
Dario Argento,
Italy
![](fly.jpg)
1986
The Fly
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091064/
David Cronenberg,
United States / United Kingdom / Canada
![](Day-of-the-Dead.png)
1985
Day of the
Dead
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088993
George Romero,
United States
![](body-double.png)
1984
Body Double
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086984
Brian
De Palma, United States
![](videodrome.jpg)
1983
Videodrome
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086541
David Cronenberg,
Canada
![](thething.jpg)
1982
The Thing
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787
John Carpenter, United States
![](Evil-Dead.jpg)
1981
The Evil Dead
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083907
Sam
Raimi, United States
![](shining.jpg)
1980
The Shining
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/
Stanley Kubrick,
United States / United Kingdom
![](brood.jpg)
1979
The Brood
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078908
David Cronenberg,
Canada
![](dawn-of-the-dead.jpg)
1978
Dawn of the
Dead
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077402/
George Romero,
United States
![](Suspiria.jpg)
1977
Suspiria
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076786/
Dario Argento,
Italy
![](carrie.jpg)
1976
Carrie
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074285
Brian
De Palma, United States
![](deep-red.jpg)
1975
Deep Red
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073582
Dario Argento,
Italy
![](texaschainsawmassacre.jpg)
1974
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072271
Tobe
Hooper, United States
![](dontlooknow.jpg)
1973
Don't Look
Now
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069995
Nicolas
Roeg, United Kingdom / Italy
![](lasthouse.jpg)
1972
The Last House
on the Left
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068833
Wes Craven,
United States
![](bayofblood.jpg)
1971
A Bay of Blood
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067656/
Mario Bava,
Italy
![](frakensteinmustbedestryoed.jpg)
1970
Frankenstein
Must Be Destroyed
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065738
Terence
Fisher, United Kingdom
![](oblongbox.jpg)
1969
The Oblong
Box
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064747/
Gordon
Hessler, United Kingdom
![](rosemarysbaby.jpg)
1968
Rosemary's
Baby
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063522
Roman Polanski,
United States
![](evenwindafraid.jpg)
1967
Even the Wind
is Afraid
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061752
Carlos
Enrique Taboada, Mexico
![](killbabykill.png)
1966
Kill, Baby,
Kill
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060794
Mario Bava,
Italy
![](repulsion.jpg)
1965
Repulsion
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059646
Roman Polanski,
United Kingdom
![](Onibaba.jpg)
1964
Onibaba
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058430
Kaneto
Shindô, Japan
![](whipandthebody.png)
1963
The Whip and
the Body
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057078
Mario Bava,
Italy
![](whatever_happened_to_baby_jane.jpg)
1962
What Ever Happened
to Baby Jane?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056687
Robert
Aldrich, United States
![](eyes_without_a_face.jpg)
1961
Eyes Without a Face
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053459
Georges Franju, France / Italy
![](pyscho.jpg)
1960
Psycho
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215
Alfred Hitchcock,
United States
![](the-tingler.jpg)
1959
The Tingler
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053363
William Castle,
United States
![](fiend-face.jpg)
1958
Fiend Without
a Face
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050393/
Arthur
Crabtree, United Kingdom
![](incredibleshrinkingman1.jpg)
1957
The Incredible
Shrinking Man
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050539
Jack Arnold,
United States
![](Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers.jpg)
1956
Invasion of
the Body Snatchers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049366
Don Siegel,
United States
![](diabolique3.jpg)
1955
Diabolique
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046911
Henri-Georges
Clouzot, France
![](them-1954.jpg)
1954
Them!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047573
Gordon Douglas,
United States
![](itcamefromouterspace.jpg)
1953
It Came From
Outer Space
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045920
Jack Arnold,
United States
![](sudden-fear.jpg)
1952
Sudden Fear
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045205
David Miller,
United States
![](the-thing.jpg)
1951
The Thing From
Another World
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044121
Christian
Nyby / Howard Hawks, United States
![](outrage.jpg)
1950
Outrage
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042824
Ida Lupino,
United States
![](the-yotsuda-phantom.jpg)
1949
The Yotsuda
Phantom
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042059
Keisuke
Kinoshita, Japan
![](sorrywrong.jpg)
1948
Sorry, Wrong Number
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040823
Anatole
Litvak, United States
![](Fireworks.jpg)
1947
Fireworks
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039383
Kenneth
Anger, United States
![](beastwith5.jpg)
1946
The Beast With Five Fingers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038338
Robert
Florey, United States
![](hangoversqure.jpg)
1945
Hangover Square
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037761
John
Brahm, United States
![](curseofcatpeople.jpg)
1944
The Curse of
the Cat People
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036733
Robert Wise / Gunther von
Fritsch,
United States
![](7thvictim.jpg)
1943
The 7th Victim
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036341
Mark Robson,
United States
![](cat_people.jpg)
1942
Cat People
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034587
Jacques
Tourneur, United States
![](devil_webster.jpg)
1941
The Devil and Daniel Webster
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033532
William
Dieterle, United States
![](sonofig.jpg)
1940
The Son of
Ingagi
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033075
Richard
C. Kahn, United States
![](hunchbackofnotre.jpg)
1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031455
William
Dieterle, United States
![](sextonblake.jpg)
1938
Sexton Blake
and the Hooded Terror
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030734
George King,
United Kingdom
![](songatmidnight.jpg)
1937
Song at Midnight
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206442
Ma-Xu
Weibang,
China
![](walking_dead.jpg)
1936
The Walking Dead
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028478
Michael
Curtiz, United States
![](brideoffrankenstein.jpg)
1935
Bride of Frankenstein
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026138
James Whale,
United States
![](blackcat2.jpg)
1934
The Black Cat
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024894
Edgar
G. Ulmer, United States
![](vampyr.jpg)
1933
Vampyr
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023649
Carl
Theodor Dreyer, Germany / France
![](freaks.jpg)
1932
Freaks
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022913
Tod Browning,
United States
![](m.jpg)
1931
M
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022100
Fritz
Lang, Germany
![](the-cat-creeps-1930.jpg)
1930
The Cat Creeps
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020748
Rupert
Julian / John Willard, United States
![](Un_Chien_Andalou2.jpg)
1929
Un Chien Andalou
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020530
Luis
Buñuel, France
![](fallofthehouse.jpg)
1928
The Fall of
the House of Usher
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018873
James
Sibley Watson / Melville Webber, United States
![](unknown.jpg)
1927
The Unknown
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018528
Tod
Browning, United States
![](pageofmadness.jpg)
1926
A Page of Madness
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017048
Teinosuke
Kinugasa, Japan
![](phantomofopera.jpg)
1925
Phantom of
the Opera
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016220
Rupert Julian / Lon Chaney, United States
![](waxworks.jpg)
1924
Waxworks
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014586
Leo
Birinsky / Paul Leni, Germany
![](na.jpg)
1923
N/A
![](nosferatu.jpg)
1922
Nosferatu
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013442
F.W.
Murnau, Germany
![](Phantom_carriagw.jpg)
1921
The Phantom Carriage
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012364
Victor
Sjöström, Sweden
![](cabinetofcaligari.jpg)
1920
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010323
Robert
Wiene, Germany
![](jccuse.jpg)
1919
J'accuse
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010307
Abel
Gance, France
![](eyesofmummy.jpg)
1918
The Eyes of the Mummy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008854
Ernst
Lubitsch, Germany
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