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Best Horror Movies of the 2020s
#1 Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025) · ★ 8.6 · 1,207 votes · 1h 40m · action, comedy, fantasyIn a brutal war between devils, hunters, and secret enemies, a mysterious girl named Reze has stepped into Denji's world, and he faces his deadliest battle yet, fueled by love in a…
#2 Obsession (2026) · ★ 8.2 · 5,702 votes · 1h 49m · thriller, horrorAfter breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires c…
#3 Colony (2026) · ★ 8.1 · 893 votes · 2h 3m · action, thriller, horrorProfessor Se-jeong is thrust into a bloody nightmare when a rapidly mutating virus is released during a biotech conference causing authorities to seal the facility. Trapped inside…
#4 Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026) · ★ 7.8 · 2,751 votes · 2h 13m · horror, mysteryThe young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyf…
#5 Evil Dead Burn (2026) · ★ 7.8 · 1,376 votes · 1h 50m · thriller, horrorAfter her husband's abrupt death, Alice seeks solace with his remaining family — descendants of a leading researcher on demonic possession. As her in-laws transform one by one into…
#6 The Gorge (2025) · ★ 7.7 · 4,254 votes · 2h 8m · action, thriller, romanceTwo highly trained operatives grow close from a distance after being sent to guard opposite sides of a mysterious gorge. When an evil below emerges, they must work together to surv…
#7 Exhuma (2024) · ★ 7.7 · 826 votes · 2h 14m · thriller, horror, mysteryAfter tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family's ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the remains—and soon discovers wh…
#8 Frankenstein (2025) · ★ 7.6 · 3,843 votes · 2h 30m · fantasy, drama, horrorDr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his…
#9 Godzilla Minus One (2023) · ★ 7.6 · 3,204 votes · 2h 5m · action, horror, science-fictionIn postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in t…
#10 The Black Phone (2022) · ★ 7.5 · 6,117 votes · 1h 43m · thriller, drama, horrorFinney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on…
#11 Sinners (2025) · ★ 7.5 · 5,221 votes · 2h 18m · action, fantasy, thrillerTrying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.…
#12 Ready or Not: Here I Come (2026) · ★ 7.5 · 1,680 votes · 1h 48m · comedy, thriller, horrorMoments after surviving an all-out attack from the Le Domas family, Grace discovers she’s reached the next level of the nightmarish game — and this time with her estranged sister F…
#13 A Quiet Place Part II (2021) · ★ 7.4 · 7,663 votes · 1h 37m · thriller, horror, science-fictionFollowing the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound ar…
#14 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) · ★ 7.3 · 6,729 votes · 1h 51m · thriller, horror, mysteryParanormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them bey…
#15 Five Nights at Freddy's (2023) · ★ 7.3 · 5,206 votes · 1h 50m · thriller, horror, mysteryRecently fired and desperate for work, a troubled young man named Mike agrees to take a position as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant: Freddy Fazbear's Pizzer…
#16 Last Night in Soho (2021) · ★ 7.3 · 4,017 votes · 1h 57m · thriller, drama, horrorA young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it see…
#17 Weapons (2025) · ★ 7.3 · 3,999 votes · 2h 9m · thriller, horror, mysteryWhen all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance…
#18 Bring Her Back (2025) · ★ 7.3 · 1,911 votes · 1h 44m · horrorFollowing the death of their father, a brother and sister are sent to live with a foster mother, only to learn that she is hiding a terrifying secret.…
#19 Dracula (2025) · ★ 7.3 · 1,497 votes · 2h 10m · fantasy, romance, dramaIn late 15th-century Eastern Europe, Prince Vlad II’s bride is brutally murdered. As a result, he renounces God and damns Heaven itself. Cursed with eternal life, Vlad is reborn as…
#20 The Ugly Stepsister (2025) · ★ 7.3 · 1,340 votes · 1h 49m · comedy, fantasy, dramaIn a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira battles to compete with her incredibly beautiful stepsister, Agnes, and she will go to any length to catch the Pri…
#21 Resident Evil: Death Island (2023) · ★ 7.3 · 1,149 votes · 1h 31m · action, horror, science-fictionIn San Francisco, Jill Valentine is dealing with a zombie outbreak and a new T-Virus, Leon Kennedy is on the trail of a kidnapped DARPA scientist, and Claire Redfield is investigat…
#22 Passenger (2026) · ★ 7.3 · 919 votes · 1h 34m · adventure, thriller, horrorAfter a young couple witnesses a gruesome highway accident, they soon realize they did not leave the crash scene alone, as a demonic presence called the Passenger that won't stop u…
#23 The Menu (2022) · ★ 7.2 · 6,704 votes · 1h 47m · comedy, thriller, horrorA young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.…
#24 Alien: Romulus (2024) · ★ 7.2 · 4,921 votes · 1h 59m · action, thriller, horrorWhile scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.…
#25 Run (2020) · ★ 7.2 · 2,995 votes · 1h 30m · thriller, drama, horrorChloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring…
#26 Pearl (2022) · ★ 7.2 · 2,726 votes · 1h 42m · thriller, drama, horrorTrapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s see…
#27 Fear Street: 1978 (2021) · ★ 7.2 · 2,334 votes · 1h 51m · drama, horror, mysteryIn 1978, two rival groups at Camp Nightwing must band together to solve a terrifying mystery when horrors from their towns' history come alive.…
#28 #Alive (2020) · ★ 7.2 · 2,124 votes · 1h 38m · action, adventure, thrillerAs a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.…
#29 When Evil Lurks (2023) · ★ 7.2 · 1,542 votes · 1h 40m · thriller, horrorWhen brothers Pedro and Jimi discover that a demonic infection has been festering in a nearby farmhouse, they attempt to evict the victim from their land. Failing to adhere to the…
#30 The Substance (2024) · ★ 7.1 · 6,514 votes · 2h 21m · comedy, thriller, dramaA fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.…
#31 The Invisible Man (2020) · ★ 7.1 · 6,485 votes · 2h 4m · thriller, horror, science-fictionWhen Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she…
#32 Talk to Me (2023) · ★ 7.1 · 4,000 votes · 1h 35m · thriller, horrorWhen a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supern…
#33 Backrooms (2026) · ★ 7.1 · 3,145 votes · 1h 51m · horror, science-fiction, mysteryA strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.…
#34 Saw X (2023) · ★ 7.1 · 2,492 votes · 1h 58m · thriller, horror, mysteryBetween the events of 'Saw' and 'Saw II', a sick and desperate John Kramer travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cance…
#35 Speak No Evil (2024) · ★ 7.1 · 2,364 votes · 1h 50m · thriller, horrorWhen an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon…
#36 Late Night with the Devil (2024) · ★ 7.1 · 2,269 votes · 1h 33m · thriller, horrorA live broadcast of a late-night talk show in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.…
#37 Fear Street: 1666 (2021) · ★ 7.1 · 2,076 votes · 1h 55m · horror, mysteryIn 1666, a colonial town is gripped by a hysterical witch-hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come, and it's up to teenagers in 1994 to finally put an end to their t…
#38 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) · ★ 7.1 · 1,791 votes · 1h 49m · thriller, horror, science-fictionDr. Kelson finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's encounter with Jimmy Crystal becomes a nightma…
#39 M3GAN 2.0 (2025) · ★ 7.1 · 1,515 votes · 2h 0m · action, thriller, horrorAfter the underlying tech for M3GAN is stolen and misused by a powerful defense contractor to create a military-grade weapon known as Amelia, M3GAN's creator Gemma realizes that th…
#40 The Exorcism of God (2022) · ★ 7.1 · 1,177 votes · 1h 38m · fantasy, drama, horrorAn American priest working in Mexico is considered a saint by many local parishioners. However, due to a botched exorcism, he carries a secret that’s eating him alive until he gets…