If you are a horror and scary movies fan, you are in the right place! Below is a list of 20 of the scariest and horror movies of all time. Just prepare yourself to be haunted by thrilling scenes and unforgettable stories from the horror world on Netflix and other streaming platforms.
List All Top 20 Movies
| Sr.no | Movie Name & Year | IMDB Rating |
| 1 | The Exorcist (1973) | 8.1/10 |
| 2 | The Shining (1980) | 8.4/10 |
| 3 | Psycho (1960) | 8.5/10 |
| 4 | Halloween (1978) | 7.7/10 |
| 5 | A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) | 7.4/10 |
| 6 | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) | 7.4/10 |
| 7 | Jaws (1975) | 8.1/10 |
| 8 | The Ring (2002) | 7.1/10 |
| 9 | Rosemary’s Baby (1968) | 8.0/10 |
| 10 | Get Out (2017) | 7.8/10 |
| 11 | Hereditary (2018) | 7.3/10 |
| 12 | The Conjuring (2013) | 7.5/10 |
| 13 | It (2017) | 7.3/10 |
| 14 | The Babadook (2014) | 6.8/10 |
| 15 | Paranormal Activity (2007) | 6.3/10 |
| 16 | Insidious (2010) | 6.8/10 |
| 17 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 8.6/10 |
| 18 | The Blair Witch Project (1999) | 6.5/10 |
| 19 | Sinister (2012) | 6.8/10 |
| 20 | Don’t Breathe (2016) | 7.1/10 |
The Exorcist (1973)
- Lead actors: Linda Blair
- Supporting Artist: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, and Jason Miller
- Director: William Friedkin
- Release date: December 26, 1973
- Run Time: 2h 2m
- IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
- Revenue: $441.3 million
- Language: English
- Streaming on: Catchplay
The Exorcist told the story of a mother who noticed the dangerous changes in the behavior and physical appearance of her 12-year-old daughter. He meets a young priest who begins to doubt his faith and an elderly priest to save her daughter's lives.
The Shining (1980)
- Lead actors: Jack Nicholson
- Supporting Artist: Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd
- Director: Stanley Kubrick
- Release date: May 23, 1980
- Run Time: 2h 26m
- IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
- Revenue: $47.2 million
- Language: English
- Streaming on: Apple TV
The Shining focuses on a family that heads to an isolated hotel where an evil influenced the father into violence and the son sees horrific forebodings from past and future.
Psycho (1960)
- Lead actors: Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins
- Supporting Artist: Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam
- Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- Release date: September 8, 1960
- Run Time: 2h 17m
- IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
- Revenue: $33.4 million
- Language: English
- Streaming on: -
Psycho told the story of a phoenix secretary who embezzled $40,000 from her employer's client and runs into a remote motel, owned by a young man under the domination of his mother.
Halloween (1978)
- Lead actors: Tony Moran
- Supporting Artist: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes
- Director: John Carpenter
- Release date: October 27, 1978
- Run Time: 1h 31m
- IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
- Revenue: $47.2 million
- Language: English
- Streaming on: Catchplay, Prime Video
Halloween told the story about Michael Myers after murdering his sister on Halloween night fifteen years ago and escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield to kill again.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- Lead actors: Robert Englund
- Supporting Artist: Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley
- Director: Wes Craven
- Release date: November 16, 1984
- Run Time: 1h 31m
- IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
- Revenue: $25.7 million
- Language: English
- Streaming on: Google Play
A Nightmare on Elm Street focuses on a teenager, Nancy Thompson, who must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
- Lead actors: Marilyn Burns
- Supporting Artist: Edwin Neal, Gunnar Hansen, Paul A. Partain
- Director: Tobe Hooper
- Release date: October 11, 1974
- Run Time: 1h 23m
- IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
- Revenue: $30.9 million
- Language: English
- Streaming on: -
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre follows a group of friends who head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house. Shockingly, they discover something sinister armed with a chainsaw.
Jaws (1975)
- Lead actors: Roy Scheider
- Supporting Artist: Murray Hamilton, Richard Dreyfuss
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- Release date: June 20, 1975
- Run Time: 2h 4m
- IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
- Revenue: $476.5 million
- Language: English
- Streaming on: Netflix, Prime Video
Jaws told the story when a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod. After that, a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer hunt the beast down.
The Ring (2002)
- Lead actors: Naomi Watts
- Supporting Artist: Martin Henderson, Brian Cox
- Director: Gore Verbinski
- Release date: October 18, 2002
- Run Time: 1h 55m
- IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
- Revenue: $249.3 million
- Language: English
- Streaming on: Catchplay
The Ring focuses on a journalist who must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
- Lead actors: Mia Farrow
- Supporting Artist: John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, and Sidney Blackmer
- Director: Roman Polanski
- Release date: June 12, 1968
- Run Time: 2h 17m
- IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
- Revenue: $33.4 million
- Language: English
- Streaming on: Apple TV
Rosemary’s Baby pictured the story of a young couple who tried for a baby and moved into an aging apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.
Get Out (2017)
- Lead actors: Daniel Kaluuya
- Supporting Artist: Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener
- Director: Jordan Peele
- Release date: January 23, 2017
- Run Time: 1h 44m
- IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
- Revenue: $255.7 million
- Language: English
- Streaming on: HBO
Get Out told the story of an African American who visited his white girlfriend's family. But, after the weekend progresses, an disturbing discovery leads him to a truth that he never could have imagined.
Hereditary (2018)
- Lead actors: Toni Collette
- Supporting Artist: Milly Shapiro, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff
- Director: Ari Aster
- Release date: January 21, 2018
- Run Time: 2h 7m
- IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
- Revenue: $82.8 million
- Language: English
- Streaming on: -
Hereditary was a psychological horror film that told the story of a terrible family curse and its effects on other members of the Graham family. More they tried to find out, the more they were threatened by this terrible fate.
The Conjuring (2013)
- Lead actors: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga
- Supporting Artist: Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor
- Director: James Wan
- Release date: June 8, 2013
- Run Time: 1h 52m
- IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
- Revenue: $320.4 million
- Language: English
- Streaming on: Catchplay
The Conjuring was based on a true story about a paranormal couple, Ed and Lorraine Warren, who investigate a terrifying haunted house to help the Perron family, who experienced mystical events at their home in Harrisville.
It (2017)
- Lead actors: Bill Skarsgård.
- Supporting Artist: Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis
- Director: Andy Muschietti
- Release date: September 5, 2017
- Run Time: 2h 15m
- IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
- Revenue: $701.8 million
- Language: English
- Streaming on: Catchplay
It follows the story of The Losers Club, a group of children who were haunted by the dancing clown named Pennywise who terrorized Derry city and made every child disappear.
The Babadook (2014)
- Lead actors: Essie Davis
- Supporting Artist: Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall
- Director: Jennifer Kent
- Release date: January 17, 2014
- Run Time: 1h 34m
- IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
- Revenue: $10.5 million
- Language: English
- Streaming on: -
The Babadook told the story of a single mother and her son who became paranoid when the character from a mysterious book called the Chronicle, Mister Babadook, haunted their house.
Paranormal Activity (2007)
- Lead actors: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat
- Supporting Artist: Ashley Palmer
- Director: Oren Peli
- Release date: October 14, 2007
- Run Time: 1h 26m
- IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
- Revenue: $193.4 million
- Language: English
- Streaming on: -
Paranormal Activity was a found footage horror movie that follows a young couple named Katie and Micah, who lived in a haunted house and recorded paranormal activity in their house..
Insidious (2010)
- Lead actors: Patrick Wilson
- Supporting Artist: Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins, Lin Shaye
- Director: James Wan
- Release date: September 14, 2010
- Run Time: 1h 43m
- IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
- Revenue: $100.1 million
- Language: English
- Streaming on: -
Insidious told about the Lambert family who experienced a supernatural disturbance when their son, Dalton, mysteriously entered a comatose state and became a vessel for various demonic entities in the astral plane. To save him, the family must deal with the astral world.
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- Lead actors: Robert Englund
- Supporting Artist: Jodie Foster, Scott Glenn
- Director: Jonathan Demme
- Release date: January 30, 1991
- Run Time: 1h 58m
- IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
- Revenue: $272.7 million
- Language: English
- Streaming on: Apple TV
The SIlence of The Lambs featured a genius psychopath, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, who helps an FBI agent to catch a serial killer. But, a top student at the FBI's training academy believes that Dr. Hannibal Lecter may have insight into a case.
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
- Lead actors: Heather Donahue
- Supporting Artist: Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard
- Director: Daniel Mrick and Eduardo Sanchez
- Release date: July 30, 1999
- Run Time: 1h 21m
- IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
- Revenue: $248.6 million
- Language: English
- Streaming on: Apple TV
The Blair Witch Project follows three college students who went on a journey to investigate the legend of the demonic Blair Witch. But, the project turned to fear when they investigated the demon in the woods and began hearing horrific noises when they lost their way.
Sinister (2012)
- Lead actors: Ethan Hawke
- Supporting Artist: Juliet Rylance, James Ransone
- Director: Scott Derrickson
- Release date: October 5, 2012
- Run Time: 1h 50m
- IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
- Revenue: $82.5 million
- Language: English
- Streaming on: -
Sinister was about a crime writer who has trouble with ideas for his latest book. But, he found a box containing videos of another family that was brutally murdered. When he tries to find out what happened by watching the videos, he realizes that his family was in danger.
Don't Breathe (2016)
- Lead actors: Stephen Lang
- Supporting Artist: Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto
- Director: Fede Alvarez
- Release date: March 12, 2016
- Run Time: 1h 28m
- IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
- Revenue: $157.8 million
- Language: English
- Streaming on: Netflix, Catchplay
Don’t Breathe told the story of a group of teenagers who decide to rob the rich house of a blind man. However, they discovered that the man was not an easy victim and his house harbors an unimaginably dark secret while they were trapped in that house.