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The Rules
- THE list is a list of horror movies. Some thrillers that are borderline horror were included. Misery (1990) and Se7en (1995) are a couple examples.
- The movies are from 1900 - 1999. I'm still considering whether or not to include movies from this century.
- THE list is truly global. All movies from all countries were considered.
- The movies must be fictional. Documentaries will NOT be included.
- Each year must include a minimum of 1 to a maximum of 10 movies.
- Only 1 movie per franchise and it must be the 1st in the franchise.
- No TV shows or podcast episodes, only movies. Shorts, movies made for TV and certain shorter series' with single overarching narratives are eligible. It (1990) is an example of a mini-series that made THE list.
- The criteria needed to remain fluid as the industry dramatically changed over the years but a combination of ratings, box office revenue, cultural impact, cult status and longevity was used. For most years, the most popular horror movies, movies that made more than $10-50 million dollars at the box office or had a rating of 7.0 with at least 100-1,000 votes made THE list.
- If you've found an error, let us know.
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| Year | Prefix | English Title | Country | Original Title |
| 1900 | Faust and Marguerite | USA | ||
| 1901 | Bluebeard | France | Barbe-Bleue | |
| 1902 | The | Devil’s Seven Castles | France | Les sept châteaux du diable |
| 1903 | The | Infernal Cauldron | France | Le Chaudron infernal |
| 1904 | A | Miracle Under the Inquisition | France | Un miracle sous l'inquisition |
| 1905 | The | Black Imp | France | Le Diable noir |
| 1906 | The | 400 Tricks of the Devil | France | Les quatre cents farces du diable |
| 1906 | The | Haunted House | France | La maison ensorcelée |
| 1907 | The | Doll’s Revenge | UK | |
| 1908 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | USA | ||
| 1909 | Traveller's Nightmare | France | Une excursion incohérente | |
| 1910 | Frankenstein | USA | ||
| 1910 | The | Picture of Dorian Gray | Denmark | Dorian Grays Portræt |
| 1911 | Dante’s Inferno | Italy | L'Inferno | |
| 1912 | The | Conquest of the Pole | France | À la conquête du pôle |
| 1913 | The | Student of Prague | Germany | Der Student von Prag |
| 1913 | Suspense | USA | ||
| 1914 | The | Avenging Conscience | USA | |
| 1914 | The | Golem | Germany | Der Golem |
| 1914 | The | Hound of the Baskervilles | Germany | Der Hund von Baskerville |
| 1915 | After Death | Russia | Posle smerti | |
| 1915 | Life Without Soul | USA | ||
| 1916 | The | Queen of Spades | Russia | Pikovaya dama |
| 1917 | Satan's Rhapsody | Italy | Rapsodia satanica | |
| 1918 | The | Eyes of the Mummy | Germany | Die Augen der Mumie Ma |
| 1919 | Eerie Tales | Germany | Unheimliche Geschichten | |
| 1919 | I Accuse | France | J'accuse | |
| 1919 | The | Plague in Florence | Germany | Die Pest in Florenz |
| 1920 | The | Cabinet of Dr. Caligari | Germany | Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari |
| 1920 | The | Penalty | USA | |
| 1921 | Destiny | Germany | Der müde Tod | |
| 1921 | The | Phantom Carriage | Sweden | Körkarlen |
| 1922 | Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages | Sweden | Häxan | |
| 1922 | Nosferatu | Germany | Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens | |
| 1923 | The | Hunchback of Notre Dame | USA | |
| 1924 | The | Hands of Orlac | Austria | Orlacs Hände |
| 1924 | Waxworks | Germany | Das Wachsfigurenkabinett | |
| 1925 | The | Phantom of the Opera | USA | |
| 1926 | A | Page of Madness | Japan | Kurutta ippêji |
| 1927 | The | Cat and the Canary | USA | |
| 1927 | The | Hypnotist | USA | |
| 1927 | The | Lodger | UK | |
| 1927 | The | Unknown | USA | |
| 1928 | The | Fall of the House of Usher | France | La chute de la maison Usher |
| 1928 | The | Man Who Laughs | USA | |
| 1929 | An | Andalusian Dog | France | Un chien andalou |
| 1929 | The | Skeleton Dance | USA | |
| 1930 | The | Bat Whispers | USA | |
| 1930 | The | Cat Creeps | USA | |
| 1931 | Dracula | USA | ||
| 1931 | M | Germany | M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder | |
| 1932 | Freaks | USA | ||
| 1932 | Island of Lost Souls | USA | ||
| 1932 | The | Most Dangerous Game | USA | |
| 1932 | The | Mummy | USA | |
| 1932 | The | Old Dark House | USA | |
| 1932 | Vampyr | Germany | Vampyr – Der Traum des Allan Gray | |
| 1932 | White Zombie | USA | ||
| 1933 | The | Invisible Man | USA | |
| 1933 | King Kong | USA | ||
| 1933 | The | Mystery of the Wax Museum | USA | |
| 1934 | The | Black Cat | USA | |
| 1934 | Two Monks | Mexico | Dos monjes | |
| 1935 | The | Eternal Mask | Austria | Die ewige Maske |
| 1935 | Mad Love | USA | ||
| 1936 | Death of the Maiden | Germany | Fährmann Maria | |
| 1936 | The | Devil-Doll | USA | |
| 1936 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | UK | ||
| 1937 | SOS Coast Guard | USA | ||
| 1938 | I Accuse | France | J'accuse | |
| 1939 | Every Madman to His Specialty | Mexico | Cada loco con su tema | |
| 1940 | The | Ghost Breakers | USA | |
| 1940 | The | Mad Monk | Mexico | El monje loco |
| 1941 | Behind the Mask | USA | ||
| 1941 | Hold That Ghost | USA | ||
| 1941 | Suspicion | USA | ||
| 1941 | The | Wolf Man | USA | |
| 1942 | Cat People | USA | ||
| 1943 | The | Devil’s Hand | France | La main du diable |
| 1943 | I Walked With a Zombie | USA | ||
| 1944 | The | Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks | Spain | La torre de los siete jorobados |
| 1944 | The | Uninvited | USA | |
| 1945 | The | Ambassador of Hell | Egypt | Safeer gohannam |
| 1945 | The | Body Snatcher | USA | |
| 1945 | Dead of Night | UK | ||
| 1946 | The | Spiral Staircase | USA | |
| 1947 | Fireworks | USA | ||
| 1948 | They Caught the Ferry | Denmark | De nåede færgen | |
| 1949 | The | Legend of Sleepy Hollow | USA | |
| 1949 | The | Queen of Spades | UK | |
| 1950 | The | Faceless Man | Mexico | El hombre sin rostro |
| 1950 | I Am the Past | Egypt | Ana el-Madhi | |
| 1950 | Satan’s Hand | Philippines | Kamay ni Satanas | |
| 1950 | The | Skeleton | India | Kankal |
| 1951 | Iron Claw | Japan | Tetsu no tsume | |
| 1951 | Satur | Philippines | Satur | |
| 1951 | The | Thing from Another World | USA | |
| 1952 | Ghost Ship | UK | ||
| 1952 | Torticola versus Frankensberg | France | Torticola contre Frankensberg | |
| 1952 | The | White Reindeer | Finland | Valkoinen peura |
| 1953 | Ghost of Saga Mansion | Japan | Kaidan Saga yashiki | |
| 1953 | House of Wax | USA | ||
| 1953 | The | Tell-Tale Heart | USA | |
| 1954 | Creature from the Black Lagoon | USA | ||
| 1954 | Godzilla | Japan | Gojira | |
| 1954 | Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome | USA | ||
| 1954 | Rear Window | USA | ||
| 1954 | Return to Youth | Mexico | Retorno a la juventud | |
| 1954 | Them! | USA | ||
| 1955 | Diabolique | France | Les Diaboliques | |
| 1956 | The | Bad Seed | USA | |
| 1956 | Curse of the Oily Man | Singapore | Sumpah orang minyak | |
| 1956 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | USA | ||
| 1956 | Whistle and I'll Come to You! | UK | ||
| 1957 | The | Incredible Shrinking Man | USA | |
| 1957 | It Was Not in Vain | Yugoslavia | Nije bilo uzalud | |
| 1957 | Night of the Demon | UK | ||
| 1957 | Plan 9 from Outer Space | USA | ||
| 1957 | The | Vampire | Mexico | El vampiro |
| 1958 | The | Blob | USA | |
| 1958 | The | Fly | USA | |
| 1959 | The | Ghost of Yotsuya | Japan | Tôkaidô Yotsuya kaidan |
| 1959 | House on Haunted Hill | USA | ||
| 1960 | 13 Ghosts | USA | ||
| 1960 | Black Sunday | Italy | La maschera del demonio | |
| 1960 | Eyes Without a Face | France | Les yeux sans visage | |
| 1960 | Little Shop of Horrors | USA | ||
| 1960 | Masterworks of Terror | Argentina | Obras maestras del terror | |
| 1960 | Never Take Sweets from a Stranger | UK | ||
| 1960 | Peeping Tom | UK | ||
| 1960 | Psycho | USA | ||
| 1960 | Skeleton of Mrs. Morales | Mexico | El esqueleto de la señora Morales | |
| 1960 | Village of the Damned | UK | ||
| 1961 | Concert of Death | Philippines | Konsiyerto ng kamatayan | |
| 1961 | The | Innocents | UK | |
| 1961 | Mother Joan of the Angels | Poland | Matka Joanna od Aniolów | |
| 1961 | The | Pit and the Pendulum | USA | |
| 1961 | Southern Storm | Indonesia | Badai Selatan | |
| 1961 | Taste of Fear | UK | ||
| 1961 | Three Daughters | India | Teen Kanya | |
| 1962 | Cape Fear | USA | ||
| 1962 | Carnival of Souls | USA | ||
| 1962 | Cybernetic Grandmother | Czechoslovakia | Kybernetická babicka | |
| 1962 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | USA | ||
| 1963 | The | Birds | USA | |
| 1963 | Black Sabbath | Italy | I tre volti della paura | |
| 1963 | The | Devil | Italy | Il demonio |
| 1963 | The | Girl Who Knew Too Much | Italy | La ragazza che sapeva troppo |
| 1963 | The | Haunting | UK | |
| 1964 | Blood and Black Lace | Italy | 6 donne per l'assassino | |
| 1964 | The | Crime of Aldeia Velha | Portugal | O Crime de Aldeia Velha |
| 1964 | Demon Hag | Japan | Onibaba | |
| 1964 | The | Earth Dies Screaming | UK | |
| 1964 | The | Hangman | USA | |
| 1964 | The | House of Bhargavi | India | Bhargavi Nilayam |
| 1964 | Kwaidan | Japan | Kaidan | |
| 1964 | The | Last Man on Earth | USA | |
| 1964 | The | Masque of the Red Death | USA | |
| 1965 | Empty Dreams | South Korea | Chunmong | |
| 1965 | The | Hand | Czechoslovakia | Ruka |
| 1965 | Repulsion | UK | ||
| 1966 | The | Face of Another | Japan | Tanin no kao |
| 1966 | Manos: The Hands of Fate | USA | ||
| 1966 | Punch and Judy | Czechoslovakia | Rakvickarna | |
| 1967 | The | Big Shave | USA | |
| 1967 | The | Fearless Vampire Killers | UK | |
| 1967 | Pedro Páramo | Mexico | Pedro Páramo | |
| 1967 | Spirit of Evil | Soviet Union | Viy | |
| 1967 | This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse | Brazil | Esta Noite Encarnarei no Teu Cadáver | |
| 1968 | The | Black Cat | Japan | Yabu no naka no kuroneko |
| 1968 | Even the Wind Is Afraid | Mexico | Hasta el viento tiene miedo | |
| 1968 | The | Flat | Czechoslovakia | Byt |
| 1968 | Hour of the Wolf | Sweden | Vargtimmen | |
| 1968 | Night of the Living Dead | USA | ||
| 1968 | Rosemary's Baby | USA | ||
| 1968 | The | Scapular | Mexico | El escapulario |
| 1968 | Toby Dammit | Italy | Toby Dammit | |
| 1968 | The | Woman of the Snow | Japan | Kaidan yukijorô |
| 1969 | Blind Beast | Japan | Môjû | |
| 1969 | The | Book of Stone | Mexico | El libro de piedra |
| 1969 | The | Cremator | Czechoslovakia | Spalovac mrtvol |
| 1969 | The | Lottery | USA | |
| 1969 | The | Oiwa Phantom | Japan | Yotsuya kaidan - Oiwa no borei |
| 1970 | An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe | USA | ||
| 1970 | The | Bird with the Crystal Plumage | Italy | L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo |
| 1970 | The | Grandmother | USA | |
| 1970 | Valerie and Her Week of Wonders | Czechoslovakia | Valerie a týden divu | |
| 1970 | The | Vampire Lovers | UK | |
| 1970 | Witchhammer | Czechoslovakia | Kladivo na carodejnice | |
| 1971 | The | Abominable Dr. Phibes | UK | |
| 1971 | A | Bay of Blood | Italy | Ecologia del delitto |
| 1971 | The | Blood on Satan's Claw | UK | |
| 1971 | Demons | Japan | Shura | |
| 1971 | Duel | USA | ||
| 1971 | Mist | India | Kuheli | |
| 1971 | The | Third Part of the Night | Poland | Trzecia czesc nocy |
| 1971 | Willard | USA | ||
| 1972 | Blacula | USA | ||
| 1972 | The | Devil | Poland | Diabel |
| 1972 | Don’t Torture a Duckling | Italy | Non si sevizia un paperino | |
| 1972 | Images | UK | ||
| 1972 | The | Last House of the Left | USA | |
| 1972 | Morgiana | Czechoslovakia | Morgiana | |
| 1972 | The | Night Stalker | USA | |
| 1972 | The | Telephone Box | Spain | La cabina |
| 1972 | A | Warning to the Curious | UK | |
| 1972 | The | Woman Who Powders Herself | France | La femme qui se poudre |
| 1973 | Don't Look Now | UK | ||
| 1973 | The | Exorcist | USA | |
| 1973 | The | Hourglass Sanatorium | Poland | Sanatorium pod Klepsydra |
| 1973 | The | Night Strangler | USA | |
| 1973 | Theatre of Blood | UK | ||
| 1973 | Torso | Italy | I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale | |
| 1973 | The | Wicker Man | UK | |
| 1974 | Black Christmas | Canada | ||
| 1974 | Phantom of the Paradise | USA | ||
| 1974 | The | Texas Chain Saw Massacre | USA | |
| 1975 | Deep Red | Italy | Profondo rosso | |
| 1975 | Jaws | USA | ||
| 1975 | Race with the Devil | USA | ||
| 1975 | The | Rocky Horror Picture Show | UK | |
| 1975 | The | Stepford Wives | USA | |
| 1975 | Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees | Japan | Sakura no mori no mankai no shita | |
| 1976 | Carrie | USA | ||
| 1976 | The | House of the Laughing Windows | Italy | La casa dalle finestre che ridono |
| 1976 | The | Inugami Family | Japan | Inugami-ke no ichizoku |
| 1976 | The | Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane | Canada | |
| 1976 | The | Omen | UK | |
| 1976 | The | Signalman | UK | |
| 1976 | Would You Kill a Child? | Spain | ¿Quién puede matar a un niño? | |
| 1977 | Desperate Living | USA | ||
| 1977 | Eraserhead | USA | ||
| 1977 | The | Hills Have Eyes | USA | |
| 1977 | House | Japan | Hausu | |
| 1977 | The | Island of Dr. Moreau | USA | |
| 1977 | Kingdom of the Spiders | USA | ||
| 1977 | Martin | USA | ||
| 1977 | Orca | USA | ||
| 1977 | Suspiria | Italy | Suspiria | |
| 1978 | Beauty and the Beast | Czechoslovakia | Panna a netvor | |
| 1978 | The | Dark Secret of Harvest Home | USA | |
| 1978 | Empire of Passion | Japan | Ai no bôrei | |
| 1978 | Halloween | USA | ||
| 1978 | I Spit on Your Grave | USA | ||
| 1978 | Magic | USA | ||
| 1978 | The | Sorcerer’s Apprentice | Czechoslovakia | Carodejuv ucen |
| 1979 | Alien | UK | ||
| 1979 | The | Amityville Horror | USA | |
| 1979 | The | Brood | Canada | |
| 1979 | Harpya | Belgium | Harpya | |
| 1979 | Legend of the Mountain | Taiwan | Shan zhong zhuan qi | |
| 1979 | Love at First Bite | USA | ||
| 1979 | Phantasm | USA | ||
| 1979 | Prophecy | USA | ||
| 1979 | Salem's Lot | USA | ||
| 1979 | When a Stranger Calls | USA | ||
| 1980 | Cannibal Holocaust | Italy | Cannibal Holocaust | |
| 1980 | The | Changeling | Canada | |
| 1980 | Encounters of the Spooky Kind | Hong Kong | Gui da gui | |
| 1980 | Friday the 13th | USA | ||
| 1980 | The | Shining | UK | |
| 1980 | Zigeunerweisen | Japan | Tsigoineruwaizen | |
| 1981 | An | American Werewolf in London | UK | |
| 1981 | The | Day of the Triffids | UK | |
| 1981 | The | Evil Dead | USA | |
| 1981 | The | Howling | USA | |
| 1981 | Possession | France | Possession | |
| 1982 | Poltergeist | USA | ||
| 1982 | Smallpox | Yugoslavia | Variola vera | |
| 1982 | Tenebrae | Italy | Tenebre | |
| 1983 | The | Boxer's Omen | Hong Kong | Mo |
| 1983 | The | Dead Zone | USA | |
| 1983 | Down to the Cellar | Czechoslovakia | Do pivnice | |
| 1983 | Fear | Austria | Angst | |
| 1983 | Possibly in Michigan | USA | ||
| 1983 | Sleepaway Camp | USA | ||
| 1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | USA | ||
| 1983 | Videodrome | Canada | ||
| 1984 | Frankenweenie | USA | ||
| 1984 | Ghostbusters | USA | ||
| 1984 | Ghoulies | USA | ||
| 1984 | Gremlins | USA | ||
| 1984 | A | Nightmare on Elm Street | USA | |
| 1984 | Strangler vs. Strangler | Yugoslavia | Davitelj protiv davitelja | |
| 1985 | Fright Night | USA | ||
| 1985 | Lifeforce | UK | ||
| 1985 | Mr. Vampire | Hong Kong | Geung see sin sang | |
| 1985 | Re-Animator | USA | ||
| 1985 | Vampire Hunter D | Japan | Kyûketsuki hantâ D | |
| 1986 | Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | USA | ||
| 1986 | The | Pied Piper | Czechoslovakia | Krysar |
| 1986 | Poison for the Fairies | Mexico | Veneno para las hadas | |
| 1987 | Angel Heart | UK | ||
| 1987 | A | Chinese Ghost Story | Hong Kong | Sien lui yau wan |
| 1987 | Fatal Attraction | USA | ||
| 1987 | The | Hidden | USA | |
| 1987 | The | Lost Boys | USA | |
| 1987 | Neo Tokyo | Japan | Meikyû monogatari | |
| 1987 | Predator | USA | ||
| 1987 | Reflections | Yugoslavia | Vec vidjeno | |
| 1987 | The | Witches of Eastwick | USA | |
| 1988 | Alice | Czechoslovakia | Neco z Alenky | |
| 1988 | Beatlejuice | USA | ||
| 1988 | Child's Play | USA | ||
| 1988 | Dead Ringers | Canada | ||
| 1988 | They Live | USA | ||
| 1988 | Virile Games | Czechoslovakia | Muzné hry | |
| 1989 | Holy Blood | Mexico | Santa Sangre | |
| 1989 | Kitchen Sink | New Zealand | ||
| 1989 | Pet Sematary | USA | ||
| 1989 | Visitor of a Museum | Soviet Union | Posetitel muzeya | |
| 1989 | The | Woman in Black | UK | |
| 1990 | Arachnophobia | USA | ||
| 1990 | Darkman | USA | ||
| 1990 | Flatliners | USA | ||
| 1990 | A | Holy Place | Yugoslavia | Sveto mesto |
| 1990 | It | USA | ||
| 1990 | Jacob's Ladder | USA | ||
| 1990 | Misery | USA | ||
| 1990 | Tremors | USA | ||
| 1991 | The | People Under the Stairs | USA | |
| 1991 | The | Sandman | UK | |
| 1991 | The | Silence of the Lambs | USA | |
| 1992 | Basic Instinct | USA | ||
| 1992 | Braindead | New Zealand | ||
| 1992 | Candyman | USA | ||
| 1992 | Death Becomes Her | USA | ||
| 1992 | The | Hand That Rocks the Cradle | USA | |
| 1992 | The | Lawnmower Man | UK | |
| 1992 | Night | India | Raat | |
| 1992 | Sleepwalkers | USA | ||
| 1992 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | France | ||
| 1993 | Alferd Packer: The Musical | USA | ||
| 1993 | The | Good Son | USA | |
| 1993 | The | Halloween Tree | USA | |
| 1993 | Hocus Pocus | USA | ||
| 1993 | The | Ornate Lock | India | Manichitrathazhu |
| 1993 | Shhh! | India | Shhh! | |
| 1994 | Cemetery Man | Italy | Dellamorte dellamore | |
| 1994 | The | Crow | USA | |
| 1994 | Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy | France | La cité de la peur | |
| 1994 | Giorgino | France | Giorgino | |
| 1994 | In the Mouth of Madness | USA | ||
| 1994 | Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles | USA | ||
| 1994 | The | Stand | USA | |
| 1995 | Copycat | USA | ||
| 1995 | The | Day of the Beast | Spain | El día de la bestia |
| 1995 | Se7en | USA | ||
| 1995 | Species | USA | ||
| 1996 | The | Frighteners | New Zealand | |
| 1996 | From Dusk Till Dawn | USA | ||
| 1996 | Ghosts | USA | ||
| 1996 | Scream | USA | ||
| 1996 | Thesis | Spain | Tesis | |
| 1997 | Anaconda | USA | ||
| 1997 | Cube | Canada | ||
| 1997 | Cure | Japan | Kyua | |
| 1997 | The | Devil’s Advocate | USA | |
| 1997 | Event Horizon | UK | ||
| 1997 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | USA | ||
| 1997 | Intensity | USA | ||
| 1997 | Mimic | USA | ||
| 1997 | The | Relic | USA | |
| 1997 | Spawn | USA | ||
| 1998 | Blade | USA | ||
| 1998 | The | Faculty | USA | |
| 1998 | Pi | USA | ||
| 1998 | The | Quiet Family | South Korea | Choyonghan kajok |
| 1998 | Ring | Japan | Ringu | |
| 1998 | Urban Legend | Canada | ||
| 1999 | Audition | Japan | Ôdishon | |
| 1999 | The | Blair Witch Project | USA | |
| 1999 | Deep Blue Sea | USA | ||
| 1999 | End of Days | USA | ||
| 1999 | Lake Placid | USA | ||
| 1999 | Pet Shop of Horrors | Japan | Petto shoppu obu horazu | |
| 1999 | The | Sixth Sense | USA | |
| 1999 | Stigmata | USA | ||
| 1999 | Storm of the Century | USA |
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