| # | Rank ▲ | Film | Year | Director | Country | Genre | Keywords | Votes | IMDb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 107 | El espinazo del diablo | 2001 | Guillermo del Toro | Spain | Supernatural | Drama, Magical Realism, Gothic, Period Drama, War | 223 | IMDb ↗ |
| 2 | 110 | Gremlins | 1984 | Joe Dante | USA | Comedy | Black Comedy, Low Fantasy, Christmas, Horror Comedy, Family, Puppetry, Slapstick, Satire, Pets, Magical Realism | 180 | IMDb ↗ |
| 3 | 143 | Picnic at Hanging Rock | 1975 | Peter Weir | Australia | Mystery | Australian New Wave, Drama, Psychological Drama, Coming-of-Age, Psychological Horror, Period Drama, Magical Realism, Low Fantasy | 70 | IMDb ↗ |
| 4 | 201 | Santa Sangre | 1989 | Alejandro Jodorowsky | Mexico | Psychological | Psychological Thriller, Drama, Surrealism, Psychological Horror, Giallo, Coming-of-Age, Splatter, Magical Realism, Family Drama | 70 | IMDb ↗ |
| 5 | 241 | El laberinto del fauno | 2006 | Guillermo del Toro | Mexico | Fantasy | Fairy Tale, Drama, Portal Fantasy, Gothic, War, Magical Realism, Supernatural, Tragedy | 103 | IMDb ↗ |
| 6 | 405 | Phantom of the Paradise | 1974 | Brian De Palma | USA | Comedy | Satire, Rock Opera, New Hollywood, Music, Tragedy, Black Comedy, Gothic, Magical Realism, Postmodernism, Horror Comedy | 38 | IMDb ↗ |
| 7 | 475 | Vuelven | 2017 | Issa López | Mexico | Psychological | Magical Realism, Crime, Hood Film, Psychological Drama, Supernatural, Coming-of-Age, Fairy Tale, Dark Fantasy | 49 | IMDb ↗ |
| 8 | 686 | Titane | 2021 | Julia Ducournau | France | Body Horror | New French Extremity, Psychological Drama, Family Drama, Magical Realism, LGBTQ, Crime, Black Comedy, Queer Cinema | 46 | IMDb ↗ |
| 9 | 769 | The Reflecting Skin | 1990 | Philip Ridley | UK | Drama | Mystery, Coming-of-Age, Psychological Drama, Surrealism, Magical Realism, Psychological Horror, Southern Gothic, Vampire | 19 | IMDb ↗ |
| 10 | 790 | The Killing of a Sacred Deer | 2017 | Yorgos Lanthimos | Ireland | Psychological | Psychological Thriller, Tragedy, Family Drama, Psychological Horror, Psychological Drama, Black Comedy, Greek Weird Wave, Mystery, Magical Realism | 37 | IMDb ↗ |
| 11 | 1286 | Beau Is Afraid | 2023 | Ari Aster | USA | Surrealism | Psychological Drama, Black Comedy, Family Drama, Psychological Horror, Absurdist Comedy, Postmodernism, Live-Action Animation, Adventure, Satire, Cringe Comedy, Romance, Magical Realism | 15 | IMDb ↗ |
| 12 | 1400 | Eve’s Bayou | 1997 | Kasi Lemmons | USA | Drama | Melodrama, Family Drama, Southern Gothic, Period Drama, Coming-of-Age, Magical Realism, Psychological Drama | 16 | IMDb ↗ |
| 13 | 1401 | Dýrið | 2021 | Valdimar Jóhannsson | Iceland | Supernatural | Magical Realism, Family Drama, Folk Horror, Slow Cinema | 15 | IMDb ↗ |
| 14 | 1585 | You Won’t Be Alone | 2022 | Goran Stolevski | Australia | Fantasy | Folk Horror, Magical Realism, Period Drama, Body Horror, Coming-of-Age, Supernatural, Psychological Drama | 13 | IMDb ↗ |
| 15 | 1603 | Taxidermia | 2006 | György Pálfi | Hungary | Comedy | Black Comedy, Body Horror, Surrealism, Gross-Out Comedy, Satire, Hyperlink Cinema, Food, Magical Realism | 14 | IMDb ↗ |
| 16 | 1655 | November | 2017 | Rainer Sarnet | Estonia | Fantasy | Fairy Tale, Magical Realism, Period Drama, Dark Fantasy, Romance, Folk Horror, Black Comedy, Surrealism | 13 | IMDb ↗ |
| 17 | 1706 | Det sjunde inseglet | 1957 | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden | Drama | Period Drama, Low Fantasy, Medieval, Psychological Drama, Religious Film, Magical Realism, Road Movie, Black Comedy, Gothic, Epidemic, Dark Fantasy | 6 | IMDb ↗ |
| 18 | 1865 | Pahanhautoja | 2022 | Hanna Bergholm | Finland | Body Horror | Supernatural, Magical Realism, Psychological Horror, Family Drama, Coming-of-Age, Satire | 9 | IMDb ↗ |
| 19 | 1907 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | 2006 | Tom Tykwer | Germany | Thriller | Drama, Crime, Period Drama, Low Fantasy, Magical Realism | 8 | IMDb ↗ |
| 20 | 2020 | Papurika | 2006 | Satoshi Kon | Japan | Science Fiction | Anime, Surrealism, Psychological Thriller, Mystery, Virtual Reality, Postmodernism, Magical Realism, Police Procedural, Computer Animation | 6 | IMDb ↗ |
| 21 | 2104 | Beloved | 1998 | Jonathan Demme | USA | Drama | Period Drama, Magical Realism, Gothic, Haunted House, Psychological Horror | 8 | IMDb ↗ |
| 22 | 2301 | A Ghost Story | 2017 | David Lowery | USA | Drama | Low Fantasy, Haunted House, Romance, Slow Cinema, Psychological Drama, Magical Realism, Postmodernism, Time Travel | 6 | IMDb ↗ |
| 23 | 2458 | Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie | 1965 | Wojciech Has | Poland | Drama | Period Drama, Comedy, Gothic, Surrealism, Fantasy, Adventure, Low Fantasy, Hyperlink Cinema, Satire, Folk Horror, Mystery, Time Loop, Epic, Magical Realism, Black Comedy | 5 | IMDb ↗ |
| 24 | 2590 | Borgman | 2013 | Alex van Warmerdam | Netherlands | Psychological | Psychological Thriller, Magical Realism, Satire, Black Comedy, Home Invasion, Mystery, Family Drama, Dark Fantasy, Absurdist Comedy | 5 | IMDb ↗ |
| 25 | 2813 | El conde | 2023 | Pablo Larraín | Chile | Vampire | Satire, Gothic, Horror Comedy, Black Comedy, Alternate History, Magical Realism, Political Drama, Family Drama, Chamber Film, Supernatural, Folk Horror, Postmodernism | 4 | IMDb ↗ |
| 26 | 3390 | Nightbitch | 2024 | Marielle Heller | USA | Body Horror | Magical Realism, Family Drama, Satire, Werewolf, Horror Comedy, Cringe Comedy, Psychological Drama | 3 | IMDb ↗ |
| 27 | 4650 | Rashomon | 1950 | Akira Kurosawa | Japan | Mystery | Jidaigeki, Crime, Chambara, Legal Drama, Chamber Film, Magical Realism | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 28 | 6118 | All of Us Strangers | 2023 | Andrew Haigh | UK | Psychological | Psychological Drama, LGBTQ, Magical Realism, Family Drama, Romance, Melodrama, Surrealism, Low Fantasy | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 29 | 7369 | Innocence | 2004 | Lucile Hadzihalilovic | France | Mystery | Coming-of-Age, Magical Realism, Psychological Drama, Dystopian | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
Keyword data is still being added, so some films have incomplete or missing keywords.