Showing 1–100 of 349 films
| # | Rank ▲ | Film | Year | Director | Country | Genre | Keywords | Votes | IMDb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Psycho | 1960 | Alfred Hitchcock | USA | Thriller | Psychological Thriller, Mystery, Slasher, Gothic | 615 | IMDb ↗ |
| 2 | 8 | Rosemary’s Baby | 1968 | Roman Polanski | USA | Psychological | Mystery, Psychological Horror, New Hollywood, Psychological Thriller, Psychological Drama, Supernatural, Surrealism, Gothic | 550 | IMDb ↗ |
| 3 | 9 | Night of the Living Dead | 1968 | George A. Romero | USA | Zombie | Siege Film, Survival, Epidemic, Chamber Film, Gothic, Cosmic Horror | 522 | IMDb ↗ |
| 4 | 12 | Suspiria | 1977 | Dario Argento | Italy | Giallo | Supernatural, Mystery, Gothic, Psychological Horror, Low Fantasy | 452 | IMDb ↗ |
| 5 | 16 | Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens | 1922 | F.W. Murnau | Germany | Vampire | Gothic, German Expressionism | 356 | IMDb ↗ |
| 6 | 17 | Bride of Frankenstein | 1935 | James Whale | USA | Gothic | Science Fiction, Comedy, Drama | 314 | IMDb ↗ |
| 7 | 21 | The Haunting | 1963 | Robert Wise | UK | Supernatural | Haunted House, Psychological Horror, Gothic | 317 | IMDb ↗ |
| 8 | 24 | Frankenstein | 1931 | James Whale | USA | Gothic | Science Fiction, Zombie, Drama | 284 | IMDb ↗ |
| 9 | 28 | The Innocents | 1961 | Jack Clayton | UK | Gothic | Haunted House, Psychological Horror, Mystery, Psychological Drama, Slice of Life | 262 | IMDb ↗ |
| 10 | 29 | The Omen | 1976 | Richard Donner | UK | Supernatural | Thriller, Gothic, Psychological Horror, Psychological Drama, Religious Film | 332 | IMDb ↗ |
| 11 | 35 | Les yeux sans visage | 1960 | Georges Franju | France | Psychological | Psychological Horror, Body Horror, Psychological Drama, Gothic, Tragedy | 240 | IMDb ↗ |
| 12 | 37 | Hellraiser | 1987 | Clive Barker | UK | Supernatural | Body Horror, Splatter, Sadistic Horror, Cosmic Horror, Gothic | 308 | IMDb ↗ |
| 13 | 38 | Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari | 1920 | Robert Wiene | Germany | Psychological | German Expressionism, Mystery, Psychological Horror, Gothic, Whodunit | 236 | IMDb ↗ |
| 14 | 41 | Cat People | 1942 | Jacques Tourneur | USA | Mystery | Psychological Horror, Romance, Gothic, Supernatural, Film noir, German Expressionism | 207 | IMDb ↗ |
| 15 | 43 | Dracula | 1931 | Tod Browning | USA | Vampire | Gothic | 219 | IMDb ↗ |
| 16 | 47 | Dracula | 1958 | Terence Fisher | UK | Vampire | Gothic | 172 | IMDb ↗ |
| 17 | 48 | Candyman | 1992 | Bernard Rose | USA | Supernatural | Mystery, Psychological Horror, Hood Film, Gothic, Psychological Thriller, Slasher, Folk Horror | 262 | IMDb ↗ |
| 18 | 51 | The Changeling | 1980 | Peter Medak | Canada | Supernatural | Haunted House, Mystery, Gothic, Psychological Horror, Thriller | 186 | IMDb ↗ |
| 19 | 55 | Carnival of Souls | 1962 | Herk Harvey | USA | Psychological | Psychological Horror, Supernatural, Mystery, Surrealism, Gothic | 183 | IMDb ↗ |
| 20 | 56 | The Black Cat | 1934 | Edgar G. Ulmer | USA | Gothic | Crime, Psychological Horror | 118 | IMDb ↗ |
| 21 | 67 | I Walked with a Zombie | 1943 | Jacques Tourneur | USA | Zombie | Mystery, Voodoo Zombie, Supernatural, Psychological Drama, Gothic, Psychological Horror, Romance, Melodrama, Folk Horror | 141 | IMDb ↗ |
| 22 | 68 | La maschera del demonio | 1960 | Mario Bava | Italy | Gothic | Vampire, Romance, Supernatural | 190 | IMDb ↗ |
| 23 | 74 | Vampyr | 1932 | Carl Theodor Dreyer | France | Vampire | Supernatural, Gothic, Psychological Horror, Surrealism, Experimental, Slow Cinema, Mystery | 149 | IMDb ↗ |
| 24 | 77 | Eraserhead | 1977 | David Lynch | USA | Psychological | Surrealism, Psychological Horror, Body Horror, Experimental, Absurdist Comedy, Dystopian, Family Drama, Black Comedy, Slow Cinema, Gothic, Chamber Film | 171 | IMDb ↗ |
| 25 | 78 | Dracula | 1992 | Francis Ford Coppola | USA | Vampire | Gothic, Romance | 203 | IMDb ↗ |
| 26 | 81 | …E tu vivrai nel terrore! L’aldilà | 1981 | Lucio Fulci | Italy | Supernatural | Splatter, Zombie, Southern Gothic, Haunted House, Cosmic Horror, Gothic, Body Horror, Surrealism | 155 | IMDb ↗ |
| 27 | 86 | The Night of the Hunter | 1955 | Charles Laughton | USA | Thriller | Southern Gothic, Crime, Drama, Film noir, Gothic, Period Drama, Coming-of-Age | 106 | IMDb ↗ |
| 28 | 87 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | 1931 | Rouben Mamoulian | USA | Gothic | Drama, Science Fiction, Crime, Romance | 120 | IMDb ↗ |
| 29 | 90 | The Old Dark House | 1932 | James Whale | USA | Gothic | Chamber Film, Comedy, Mystery | 100 | IMDb ↗ |
| 30 | 91 | The Wolf Man | 1941 | George Waggner | USA | Werewolf | Gothic | 162 | IMDb ↗ |
| 31 | 92 | The Others | 2001 | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain | Supernatural | Haunted House, Mystery, Psychological Horror, Gothic, Psychological Drama | 292 | IMDb ↗ |
| 32 | 94 | The Babadook | 2014 | Jennifer Kent | Australia | Psychological | Psychological Horror, Psychological Drama, Family Drama, Gothic | 399 | IMDb ↗ |
| 33 | 95 | The Phantom of the Opera | 1925 | Rupert Julian | USA | Gothic | Melodrama | 120 | IMDb ↗ |
| 34 | 96 | The Mummy | 1932 | Karl Freund | USA | Supernatural | Mummy, Romance, Gothic | 133 | IMDb ↗ |
| 35 | 98 | Le locataire | 1976 | Roman Polanski | France | Psychological | Psychological Thriller, Mystery, Psychological Horror, Surrealism, Black Comedy, Gothic, Postmodernism | 80 | IMDb ↗ |
| 36 | 107 | El espinazo del diablo | 2001 | Guillermo del Toro | Spain | Supernatural | Drama, Magical Realism, Gothic, Period Drama, War | 223 | IMDb ↗ |
| 37 | 108 | In the Mouth of Madness | 1994 | John Carpenter | USA | Psychological | Psychological Horror, Cosmic Horror, Supernatural, Mystery, Postmodernism, Surrealism, Body Horror, Gothic | 144 | IMDb ↗ |
| 38 | 111 | Dellamorte Dellamore | 1994 | Michele Soavi | Italy | Zombie | Black Comedy, Surrealism, Horror Comedy, Gothic, Splatter, Romance, Absurdist Comedy, Supernatural, Psychological Horror | 146 | IMDb ↗ |
| 39 | 112 | The Fog | 1980 | John Carpenter | USA | Supernatural | Gothic, Zombie | 135 | IMDb ↗ |
| 40 | 114 | Pet Sematary | 1989 | Mary Lambert | USA | Supernatural | Pets, Psychological Horror, Gothic, Tragedy, Zombie, Family Drama, Folk Horror, Surrealism | 150 | IMDb ↗ |
| 41 | 115 | Vargtimmen | 1968 | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden | Psychological | Psychological Drama, Surrealism, Psychological Horror, Gothic, Chamber Film | 93 | IMDb ↗ |
| 42 | 119 | Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht | 1979 | Werner Herzog | Germany | Vampire | Gothic, New German Cinema, Psychological Horror, Melodrama | 121 | IMDb ↗ |
| 43 | 121 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | 1962 | Robert Aldrich | USA | Psychological | Psychological Thriller, Psychological Horror, Gothic, Family Drama, Black Comedy | 113 | IMDb ↗ |
| 44 | 124 | Cronos | 1993 | Guillermo del Toro | Mexico | Vampire | Body Horror, Gothic, Low Fantasy, Drama, Thriller | 112 | IMDb ↗ |
| 45 | 125 | The Conjuring | 2013 | James Wan | USA | Supernatural | Haunted House, Thriller, Family Drama, Southern Gothic, Gothic, Period Drama | 338 | IMDb ↗ |
| 46 | 129 | El orfanato | 2007 | J.A. Bayona | Spain | Supernatural | Haunted House, Mystery, Drama, Psychological Horror, Gothic | 283 | IMDb ↗ |
| 47 | 134 | Inferno | 1980 | Dario Argento | Italy | Giallo | Supernatural, Gothic, Haunted House, Dark Fantasy | 72 | IMDb ↗ |
| 48 | 139 | Les lèvres rouges | 1971 | Harry Kümel | Belgium | Vampire | Gothic, Erotica, Queer Cinema, Psychological Thriller, Erotic Thriller, Psychological Drama | 80 | IMDb ↗ |
| 49 | 140 | The Body Snatcher | 1945 | Robert Wise | USA | Gothic | Thriller, Psychological Drama, Tragedy, Crime, Period Drama, Melodrama | 67 | IMDb ↗ |
| 50 | 141 | Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein | 1948 | Charles Barton | USA | Comedy | Slapstick, Vampire, Werewolf, Buddy, Horror Comedy, Parody, Science Fiction, Gothic | 77 | IMDb ↗ |
| 51 | 142 | The Uninvited | 1944 | Lewis Allen | USA | Supernatural | Haunted House, Mystery, Gothic | 86 | IMDb ↗ |
| 52 | 144 | The Devil Rides Out | 1968 | Terence Fisher | UK | Supernatural | Folk Horror, Gothic, Mystery | 80 | IMDb ↗ |
| 53 | 147 | White Zombie | 1932 | Victor Halperin | USA | Zombie | Gothic, Voodoo Zombie, Supernatural | 106 | IMDb ↗ |
| 54 | 148 | I tre volti della paura | 1963 | Mario Bava | Italy | Anthology | Gothic, Supernatural, Vampire, Giallo, Psychological Thriller | 94 | IMDb ↗ |
| 55 | 157 | The Abominable Dr. Phibes | 1971 | Robert Fuest | UK | Comedy | Black Comedy, Mystery, Horror Comedy, Gothic, Police Procedural | 92 | IMDb ↗ |
| 56 | 159 | Operazione paura | 1966 | Mario Bava | Italy | Gothic | Supernatural, Surrealism | 67 | IMDb ↗ |
| 57 | 164 | The Masque of the Red Death | 1964 | Roger Corman | USA | Gothic | Medieval, Epidemic, Supernatural, Period Drama, Melodrama | 104 | IMDb ↗ |
| 58 | 170 | The Curse of Frankenstein | 1957 | Terence Fisher | UK | Gothic | Science Fiction | 84 | IMDb ↗ |
| 59 | 175 | The Legend of Hell House | 1973 | John Hough | UK | Supernatural | Haunted House, Mystery, Gothic, Christmas | 80 | IMDb ↗ |
| 60 | 176 | House of Wax | 1953 | André De Toth | USA | Gothic | Crime, Black Comedy | 95 | IMDb ↗ |
| 61 | 177 | Häxan | 1922 | Benjamin Christensen | Sweden | Documentary | Docudrama, Folk Horror, Gothic, Supernatural, Essay Film, Medieval, Religion Documentary, Medical Documentary | 96 | IMDb ↗ |
| 62 | 183 | Sleepy Hollow | 1999 | Tim Burton | USA | Mystery | Gothic, Folk Horror, Thriller, Slasher, Police Procedural, Low Fantasy, Black Comedy, Whodunit, Supernatural, Period Drama, Halloween | 99 | IMDb ↗ |
| 63 | 193 | Young Frankenstein | 1974 | Mel Brooks | USA | Comedy | Parody, Horror Comedy, Gothic, Science Fiction, Absurdist Comedy | 60 | IMDb ↗ |
| 64 | 206 | Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles | 1994 | Neil Jordan | USA | Vampire | Drama, Southern Gothic, Gothic, Period Drama | 115 | IMDb ↗ |
| 65 | 207 | Mad Love | 1935 | Karl Freund | USA | Psychological | Psychological Thriller, Science Fiction, Romance, Body Horror, Gothic | 60 | IMDb ↗ |
| 66 | 215 | Son of Frankenstein | 1939 | Rowland V. Lee | USA | Gothic | Science Fiction, Thriller | 57 | IMDb ↗ |
| 67 | 216 | The Hunger | 1983 | Tony Scott | UK | Vampire | Romance, Gothic, Erotica, LGBTQ | 101 | IMDb ↗ |
| 68 | 219 | The Company of Wolves | 1984 | Neil Jordan | UK | Werewolf | Fairy Tale, Gothic, Dark Fantasy, Coming-of-Age, Folk Horror, Anthology, Surrealism | 77 | IMDb ↗ |
| 69 | 221 | The Brides of Dracula | 1960 | Terence Fisher | UK | Vampire | Gothic, Dark Fantasy | 48 | IMDb ↗ |
| 70 | 223 | Pit and the Pendulum | 1961 | Roger Corman | USA | Gothic | Mystery, Medieval, Psychological Horror | 66 | IMDb ↗ |
| 71 | 226 | Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told | 1967 | Jack Hill | USA | Comedy | Black Comedy, Gothic, Cannibal, Southern Gothic, Hixploitation | 63 | IMDb ↗ |
| 72 | 241 | El laberinto del fauno | 2006 | Guillermo del Toro | Mexico | Fantasy | Fairy Tale, Drama, Portal Fantasy, Gothic, War, Magical Realism, Supernatural, Tragedy | 103 | IMDb ↗ |
| 73 | 242 | The Curse of the Werewolf | 1961 | Terence Fisher | UK | Werewolf | Gothic | 63 | IMDb ↗ |
| 74 | 245 | Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage | 1926 | F.W. Murnau | Germany | Fantasy | German Expressionism, Tragedy, Medieval, Gothic, Romance, Supernatural, Trick Film, Melodrama, Religious Film, Epidemic | 47 | IMDb ↗ |
| 75 | 246 | Beetle Juice | 1988 | Tim Burton | USA | Fantasy | Comedy, Haunted House, Horror Comedy, Gothic, Black Comedy, Stop-Motion, Absurdist Comedy, Body Horror, Family Drama | 93 | IMDb ↗ |
| 76 | 255 | Viy | 1967 | Konstantin Ershov, Georgi Kropachyov | Russia | Supernatural | Folk Horror, Fairy Tale, Gothic, Comedy, Ukrainian Poetic Cinema, Dark Fantasy | 47 | IMDb ↗ |
| 77 | 257 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 1975 | Jim Sharman | UK | Musical | Rock Opera, Parody, LGBTQ, Horror Comedy, Science Fiction, Sex Comedy, Black Comedy, Gothic, Absurdist Comedy, Queer Cinema, Extraterrestrial, Postmodernism | 70 | IMDb ↗ |
| 78 | 259 | Paura nella città dei morti viventi | 1980 | Lucio Fulci | Italy | Zombie | Supernatural, Splatter, Cosmic Horror, Gothic | 63 | IMDb ↗ |
| 79 | 262 | Valerie a týden divu | 1970 | Jaromil Jires | Czechia | Vampire | Czechoslovak New Wave, Surrealism, Coming-of-Age, Gothic, Fairy Tale, Folk Horror, Erotica, Dark Fantasy | 48 | IMDb ↗ |
| 80 | 264 | The Craft | 1996 | Andrew Fleming | USA | Supernatural | Teen Movie, Low Fantasy, Black Comedy, Gothic, Psychological Thriller | 84 | IMDb ↗ |
| 81 | 267 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | 1945 | Albert Lewin | USA | Gothic | Drama, Low Fantasy, Psychological Drama | 48 | IMDb ↗ |
| 82 | 269 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | 1993 | Henry Selick | USA | Musical | Christmas, Puppet Animation, Halloween, Fantasy, Portal Fantasy, Gothic, Dark Fantasy, Romance, Horror Comedy | 77 | IMDb ↗ |
| 83 | 275 | The Frighteners | 1996 | Peter Jackson | New Zealand | Supernatural | Comedy, Horror Comedy, Thriller, Mystery, Crime, Slapstick, Slasher, Gothic, Haunted House | 62 | IMDb ↗ |
| 84 | 279 | Tales from the Crypt | 1972 | Freddie Francis | UK | Anthology | Supernatural, Gothic, Black Comedy | 71 | IMDb ↗ |
| 85 | 285 | Hellbound: Hellraiser II | 1988 | Tony Randel | UK | Supernatural | Body Horror, Cosmic Horror, Dark Fantasy, Splatter, Sadistic Horror, Gothic, Portal Fantasy | 62 | IMDb ↗ |
| 86 | 294 | The Cat and the Canary | 1927 | Paul Leni | USA | Mystery | Haunted House, Horror Comedy, Comedy, Gothic, German Expressionism, Whodunit | 37 | IMDb ↗ |
| 87 | 301 | Körkarlen | 1921 | Victor Sjöström | Sweden | Fantasy | Low Fantasy, Melodrama, Gothic, Religious Film | 48 | IMDb ↗ |
| 88 | 303 | Flesh for Frankenstein | 1973 | Paul Morrissey | USA | Splatter | Black Comedy, Exploitation, Gothic, Sexploitation, Body Horror, Satire, Science Fiction | 29 | IMDb ↗ |
| 89 | 315 | La casa dalle finestre che ridono | 1976 | Pupi Avati | Italy | Giallo | Psychological Horror, Psychological Thriller, Gothic | 37 | IMDb ↗ |
| 90 | 316 | The Seventh Victim | 1943 | Mark Robson | USA | Mystery | Film noir, Thriller, Gothic | 54 | IMDb ↗ |
| 91 | 320 | The Blood on Satan’s Claw | 1971 | Piers Haggard | UK | Gothic | Folk Horror, Period Drama, Supernatural, Dark Fantasy | 66 | IMDb ↗ |
| 92 | 324 | Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas | 1977 | Juan López Moctezuma | Mexico | Gothic | Nunsploitation, Supernatural, LGBTQ | 42 | IMDb ↗ |
| 93 | 334 | The Spiral Staircase | 1946 | Robert Siodmak | USA | Mystery | Thriller, Gothic, Home Invasion, Film Noir, Whodunit, Chamber Film | 36 | IMDb ↗ |
| 94 | 341 | House of Usher | 1960 | Roger Corman | USA | Gothic | Haunted House, Psychological Horror, Melodrama, Family Drama, Tragedy | 56 | IMDb ↗ |
| 95 | 352 | The Mummy | 1959 | Terence Fisher | UK | Supernatural | Mummy, Gothic, Adventure | 37 | IMDb ↗ |
| 96 | 366 | A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night | 2014 | Ana Lily Amirpour | Iran | Vampire | Romance, Psychological Drama, Neo-Noir, Gothic, Crime | 129 | IMDb ↗ |
| 97 | 369 | Histoires extraordinaires | 1968 | Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim | France | Anthology | Gothic, Surrealism, Satire, Mystery, Psychological Horror | 26 | IMDb ↗ |
| 98 | 376 | The Other | 1972 | Robert Mulligan | USA | Mystery | Psychological Horror, Thriller, New Hollywood, Psychological Drama, Gothic, Evil Children | 29 | IMDb ↗ |
| 99 | 377 | La noche del terror ciego | 1972 | Amando de Ossorio | Spain | Zombie | Gothic, Exploitation, Folk Horror | 48 | IMDb ↗ |
| 100 | 379 | The Plague of the Zombies | 1966 | John Gilling | UK | Zombie | Gothic, Voodoo Zombie, Supernatural | 50 | IMDb ↗ |
Showing 1–100 of 349 films
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