| 100 Years of Terror's DarkForest's 13 Backwood-Horrorfilme, die ihr gesehen haben solltet [Backwoods Horror films you should have seen] | 2018 | Ranked | #6 |
| 100 Years of Terror's Top 139 Die besten Horrorfilme aller Zeiten [Best Horror Films of All Time] | 2020 | Ranked | #65 |
| 1428 Elm's Alexandria Ingham's 50 greatest horror movies of all-time | 2018 | Ranked | #41 |
| 24 Frames Per Second's My Top 15 Horror Films Since 2000 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| 247Sports' Dan Bova's The Best Horror Movies of the 2000s | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| 365 Horror Movie's Top 10 Horror Movies of 2006 | 2010 | Ranked | #1 |
| 365 Horror Movie's Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2011 | Ranked | #7 |
| 500 Days Of Film's 31 Days Of Horror Over 31 Years Of Scary Movies! | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| 501 Must-See Movies - Horror | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Adam Robitel's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #9 |
| Addicted to Horror Movies' The 100 Scariest Horror Films of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #22 |
| AFPL Journal's Sean Farrell's The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #37 |
| Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #8 |
| Alice Cooper lists his 20 favourite horror films of all time | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Allocine's 200 films pour Halloween | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| Allocine's Vos plus grosses flippes ciné - Le Top 20 de la peur… | 2009 | Ranked | #7 |
| AMC Filmsite's Greatest Horror Films | | Unranked | — |
| Andrea Subissati's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #8 |
| Anything Horror's Scott's 10 Best Horror Flicks of the Decade (2000-2009) | 2009 | Ranked | #3 |
| AskMen's Stephen Lambrechts' Top 10 Scariest Movies of the Decade | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Audiences Everywhere's The 100 Best Horror Movies of the 2000s | 2017 | Ranked | #1 |
| Aullidos' Las 100 Mejores Películas de Terror | 2009 | Ranked | #32 |
| AwardsCircuit.com's Terence Johnson's Top 100 Horror Films | 2012 | Ranked | #18 |
| BBC's Ali Plumb's Five Best 21st Century Horror Movies | 2020 | Ranked | #4 |
| BDCwire's Tyler Cumella's Beyond the Remakes, Sequels, and Franchises - The Best Horror Movies of This Millennium | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Best Life's Bob Larkin's 40 Best Horror Movies for Totally Freaking Yourself Out | 2018 | Ranked | #23 |
| Between the Reel's Top 100 Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #25 |
| BFI's 10 great horror films of the 21st century | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| BFI's A great horror film from every year, from 1922 to now | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Bizarro Central's Jeff Burk's 23 Favorite Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #21 |
| Bloody Disgusting's Best Horror Movies of All Time - 2000s | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Bloody Disgusting's Top 10 Horror Movies From Manchester Orchestra's Andy Hull | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Bloody Disgusting's Top 20 Films of the Decade (2000s) | 2009 | Ranked | #3 |
| Bloody Disgusting's Trace Thurman's The 100 Best Horror Movies Ever Made | 2018 | Ranked | #35 |
| Bloody Good Horror's Top 25 Horror Films of the Decade [the 2000s] | 2009 | Ranked | #2 |
| Bloody Terror's 21st Century Horror | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| BoardGameGeek's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2009 | Ranked | #24 |
| Boston.com's The top 60 scariest movies of all time | 2019 | Ranked | #29 |
| Box Office Prophet's Best Horror Movies Since 2002 | 2010 | Ranked | #2 |
| BrainofBMW's Blade Brown's Top 10 Horror Movies | 2014 | Ranked | #9 |
| Bramble & Thorn's The 15 Best Horror Films Since 2000 | 2015 | Ranked | #3 |
| Brian Collins' Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #8 |
| British Horror Revival's Modern British Horror Survey | 2014 | Ranked | #2 |
| But Why Tho's Kate Sánchez' Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #14 |
| Buzzfeed's Anna Kopsky's 24 Of The Most Fucked-Up Horror Movies Of All Time | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Buzzfeed's Ben Henry's 26 Horror Movies You Forgot Were Released In The '00s | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Buzzfeed's Louis Peitzman's 32 Horror Films You'll Wish You Hadn't Watched | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Buzzfeed's Michele Bird's 38 Horror Movies Guaranteed To Scare The Shit Out Of You | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| CBR's Daniel Kurland's 10 Best Survival Horror Films Of All Time, Ranked | 2024 | Ranked | #2 |
| CBS Baltimore's 100 Scariest Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #48 |
| Chris Duck's The Horror. . . The Horror | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Cinema Blend's Ryan LaBee's The 15 Best Horror Movies Of The 2000s | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Cleveland.com's Troy L. Smith's 30 best horror movie scenes of the 21st century | 2020 | Ranked | #13 |
| Collider's Daniel Boyer's The 10 Most Twisted Horror Movies of the Last 25 Years, Ranked | 2026 | Ranked | #6 |
| Collider's Daniela Gama's 25 Terrifying Horror Movies That Perfectly Explore Trauma | 2024 | Ranked | #15 |
| Collider's Haleigh Foutch's The 40 Best Horror Movies of the 2000s | 2016 | Ranked | #2 |
| Collider's Hannah Saab, Alyssa De Leo & Robert Lee III's 80 Scariest Horror Movies That Are Too Disturbing to Rewatch | 2025 | Ranked | #51 |
| Collider's Maximilian Leunig's 11 Must-Watch British Horror Movies, Ranked | 2025 | Ranked | #6 |
| Collider's The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2023 | Ranked | #72 |
| Combustible Celluloid's Essential Horror Movies | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Comic Book's Ben Hathaway's The Greatest Horror Movie From Every Year of the 2000s So Far | 2026 | Unranked | — |
| ComingSoon's Ryan Turek's Top 25 Horror Films of the Decade | 2009 | Ranked | #1 |
| Complex's Best Horror Movies Every Year Since Psycho | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Complex's The 50 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #16 |
| Consequence of Sound's 100 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #18 |
| Cosmopolitan's Anna Lewis' 100+ of the best horror movies to add to your must-watch list | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| CraveOnline's William Bibbiani's The 50 Best Horror Movies of the Century (So Far) | 2015 | Ranked | #21 |
| Cricket's top 100 horror movies | 2014 | Ranked | #58 |
| CriterionForum Lists Project - Horror | | Ranked | #185 |
| Crooks and Liars' John Amato's Top 60 Horror Movies | 2015 | Ranked | #37 |
| Cult Labs Forum's Best Horror Films Year by Year | | Unranked | — |
| Cult Labs' Community Top 100 Horror Films of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #141 |
| Culture Trip's Cassam Looch's Greatest Horror Films of the 21st Century | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Culture Trip's Cassam Looch's Scariest Horror Films from Around the World | 2017 | Ranked | #1 |
| Culture Trip's Graham Fuller's 100 Screen Screams To Give You Nightmares | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Cultured Vultures' Jimmy Donnellan's 67 Best Modern Horror Movies of the 21st Century | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Danny Isn't Here, Mrs. Torrance's Top 50 Horror Movies of the Decade | 2009 | Unranked | — |
| Decider's Olivia Armstrong's The 15 Best Horror Films Of The New Millennium | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Den of Geek's Don Kaye's Best Modern Horror Movies | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Den of Geek's Sarah Dobbs & Rosie Fletcher's The Best Creepy Horror Movies | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Den of Geek's Tony Sokol's 13 Movies That Scared Us | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Den of Geeks' Best Horror Movies of the 21st Century | 2023 | Ranked | #15 |
| Derek Vinyard's Top 75 Horror movies | 2014 | Ranked | #39 |
| Dexerto's Cameron Frew's 104 best horror movies ever made | 2025 | Ranked | #32 |
| Diablo Cody's Top 10 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Diego Carrera's A History of Horror | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Digital Spy's Ian Sandwell, Gabriella Geisinger & Mireia Mullor's 61 Best Horror Movies That Are Actually Good and Terrifying | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Digital Spy's Simon Reynolds' Top 25 Scariest Movies | 2011 | Ranked | #10 |
| Digital Trend's Jacob O'Gara's Top 10 horror movies for Halloween | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| DigitalDreamDoor's 250 Greatest Horror Movies | 2022 | Ranked | #92 |
| Dog's Movie House's Ten Frightful Horror Films For Halloween | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Don Coscarelli's Top 10 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Don Sumner's Horror Movie Freak | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Dr-Faustus' GREATEST HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Dread Central's Steve Barton's Best Horror Films of the Decade | 2010 | Ranked | #8 |
| Dreadit's Top 100 Horror Films, 10th Anniversary Edition | 2022 | Ranked | #11 |
| Dreadit's Top 20 British & Irish Horror Films | 2017 | Ranked | #2 |
| Dreadit's Top 20 Horror Movies, 2000-2009 | 2019 | Ranked | #3 |
| Drew Goddard's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #8 |
| Dustin Putnam's The Fright File - 150 Films to See Before Halloween | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Ebony's Best Horror Movies Ever | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| EcranLarge's Laurent Pecha's Les 31 meilleurs films d'horreur du monde | 2012 | Ranked | #29 |
| Edgar Wright's 100 Favorite Horror Movies | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| El antepenultimo mohicano's Las 100 mejores películas de terror | 2016 | Ranked | #80 |
| elantepenultimomohicano.com's José Martín León's El terror en el siglo XXI - Las 100 mejores películas de terror del siglo | 2021 | Ranked | #34 |
| Elle's Adam Schubak, Madison Feller & Amy Mackelden's The 50 Scariest Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| EMP Museum's 100 Horror Films to See Before You Die | | Unranked | — |
| Empire's The 50 Best Horror Movies | 2024 | Ranked | #25 |
| Empire's The 50 Best Horror Movies Of The 21st Century | 2024 | Ranked | #6 |
| Empire's Top 400 Horrors Results | 2012 | Ranked | #31 |
| Enfemenino's Las 101 Mejores Películas de Terror para Halloween | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| ent13's Tom's My Top 30 “Horror” Movies From 2000-2009 | 2009 | Ranked | #1 |
| Entertainment Weekly's Chris Nashawaty's 31 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #28 |
| Espinof's Jorge Loser's 27 películas de terror imprescindibles en lo que llevamos de siglo XXI [27 essential horror films of the 21st century] | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Espinof's Victor Lopez G.'s Las 37 mejores películas de terror de todos los tiempos [The 37 best horror films of all time] | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| ESplatter's Best of 2006 | 2007 | Ranked | #1 |
| Esquire's Josh Rosenberg, Emma Carey & Bria McNeal's The 100 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Esurance's Alex Glenn's 13 Terrifyingly Good Horror Movies You Haven't Seen | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| European Nightmares - Horror Cinema in Europe since 1945 - Filmography | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| EW's Owen Gleiberman's 20 Top Horror Films of the Past 20 Years | 2009 | Ranked | #16 |
| F This Movie's Patrick Bromley's 13 Great Horror Movies of the 2000s | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| FANGORIA's 300 Best Horror Movies | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| FANGORIA's The Dreadful Ten MONSTER PARTY's Top 10 British Horror Films! | 2015 | Ranked | #9 |
| Far Out Magazine's Calum Russell's The 10 best horror films of the 2000s | 2020 | Ranked | #5 |
| Far Out Magazine's Calum Russell's The 50 greatest horror films of all time | 2022 | Ranked | #31 |
| Federico Zampaglione's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #6 |
| Fiction Horizon's Hrvoje Milakovic's 50 Best Psychological Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Film Junk's Jay C.'s Top 10 Horror Movies of the Past Decade (2005-2015) | 2015 | Ranked | #7 |
| Film School Rejects' Rob Hunter's The 15 Best Horror Films of the Millennium, So Far | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Film School Rejects' Robert Fure's Top 15 Horror Movies of the Decade | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Film School Rejects' The 50 Best Horror Movies Ever | 2017 | Ranked | #28 |
| Film.com's The Top 50 Horror Movies of All Time | 2012 | Ranked | #34 |
| Film4's 50 Must-See Horror Films Of The 21st Century | 2015 | Ranked | #3 |
| Film4's Top 50 Horror Films | | Ranked | #33 |
| filmsactu's TOP 20 des meilleurs films d'horreur de tous les temps! | 2012 | Ranked | #15 |
| FilmschoolWTF's Top 100 Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #17 |
| FilmschoolWTF's Top 50 Best Halloween Movies Ever Made | 2015 | Ranked | #30 |
| FILMSTARTS' The 80 best horror movies of all time | 2019 | Ranked | #53 |
| FilmWalrus' My Top 200 Favorite Horror Films | 2013 | Ranked | #32 |
| Final Girl Shocktoberfest Poll | 2017 | Ranked | #11 |
| Flashy Magazine's List Of Best Top 100 Horror Movies Of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #34 |
| Floating Heads' My Top 10 Horror Films of The Decade | 2010 | Ranked | #8 |
| Forbes' Mark Hughes' The Top 50 Horror Films Of The Past 20 Years | 2019 | Ranked | #36 |
| Forbes' Mark Hughes' Top 10 Best Monster Horror Movies Of All Time | 2012 | Ranked | #5 |
| Fotogramas's Las 100 mejores películas de terror de la historia del cine buenas, recomendadas y aclamadas por la crítica (2025 | | Ranked | #65 |
| Galway Bay Blog's Donal McNamera's Top 10 Horror Films | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| GameSpot's Mat Elfring's The Best Horror Films From The Past 20 Years | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| GamesRadar+'s Becky Darke & Louise Blain's The 30 best horror movies that will haunt you long after the credits roll | 2024 | Ranked | #22 |
| GamesRadar+'s Josh Winning's 25 scariest '00s horror movies | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| GamesRadar+'s Louise Blain's The 30 best horror movies | 2021 | Ranked | #18 |
| Gateway Film Center's Horror 101 | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Gavin Heffernan's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #8 |
| Gear Patrol's The 50 Best Horror Movies | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Ghouls Magazine's Kim Morrison's 15 of the Best Horror Films of the 2000s | 2022 | Ranked | #10 |
| gingersnp's The Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Girlboss' Jerico Mandybar's The Best Feminist Horror Movies You HAVE To Watch This Halloween | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Gizmodo's Meredith Woerner's 16 Devastatingly Beautiful Horror Movies | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Glamour's Abby Gardner and Christopher Rosa's 50 Scary Movies Starring Women You Must Watch This Halloween | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Glamour's The 18 Most Feminist Horror Movies of All Time | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Glenn of the Strip's TOP 100 HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME! | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Goregirl's 100 Favourite Horror Films of All Time | 2009 | Ranked | #63 |
| Goregirl's 25 Favourite Horror Films of the Decade | 2009 | Ranked | #1 |
| GotchaMovies' Top 50 Horror Movies | 2014 | Ranked | #19 |
| Grazia's Alessandro Alicandri's 50 film horror più belli di sempre | 2013 | Ranked | #39 |
| GreenGoblin's My top 200 horror movies | 2007 | Ranked | #111 |
| Harpers BAZAAR's DeAnna Janes' The Scariest Horror Movies of All Time | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Harpymarx' Top 100 greatest horror films of all time | 2009 | Ranked | #40 |
| Helen Mullane's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #1 |
| HerCampus' Elizabeth Tompkins' The 30 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #22 |
| HerCampus' Emily Schmidt's The Ultimate Guide to Feminist Movies - 13 Best Horror | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| HeyUGuys' Josh Wilding's 10 of Cinema's Greatest, Craziest Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #7 |
| HiConsumption's Sam Jordan's The 50 Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Hide.me's TOP 25 HORROR MOVIES OF 21ST CENTURY | 2015 | Ranked | #14 |
| HitFix's 13 best horror movies of the last 13 years | 2013 | Ranked | #5 |
| HitFix's Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #42 |
| HMV's 50 Greatest Horror Movies | 2008 | Ranked | #31 |
| Hollie Horror's 2000-2009 | 2019 | Ranked | #38 |
| Hollywood.com's The 16 Best Horror Movies Of The Past Decade | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Horror Film Trailer's Top 50 Horror Movies of All Time | 2011 | Ranked | #38 |
| Horror Freak News' Don Sumner's The Top 100 Best Horror Movies Ever | 2016 | Ranked | #16 |
| Horror Freak News' Joshua Millican's The 25 Best Horror Movies of the 21st Century So Far | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Horror Freak News' Joshua Millican's Top 15 Horror Movies You Should Never Watch Alone | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Horror Freak News' Martin Leggett's The Scariest Horror Movies of 2000 – 2015 | 2016 | Ranked | #3 |
| Horror Freak News' Michael Klug's The 25 Best Horror Films of the Century | 2016 | Ranked | #3 |
| Horror Movie Maven's My Top 25 Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #8 |
| Horror Noire - A History of Black Horror | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Horror.com's The Official HDC Selection from 100+ Years of Horror Cinema | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Horror.com's The Official HDC Top 200 Of The 2000s | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| Horror.com's The Sub-genres of Horror - Honourable Mentions | 2008 | Unranked | — |
| HorrorMovies.ca Forum's Top 300 horror films that MUST be seen before you die | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| HorrorMovies.ca's Goon's Top 10 Horror Films of 2006 | 2006 | Ranked | #2 |
| HorrorMovies.ca's Poppascotch's Top 50 Horror Movies | | Ranked | #41 |
| HubPages' gideon43's The 25 Greatest Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #9 |
| HubPages' iwritegood's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2009 | Ranked | #18 |
| Hugo Le Beller's 10 films d'horreur à voir absolument | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| I Love Halloween's Nate Morgan's The 13 Best Horror Movies of the Early 2000s | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Ian Rattray's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #6 |
| iCM Forum's Top 250 Favourite Horror Films | 2022 | Ranked | #49 |
| IGN's 100 Best Horror Movies | 2017 | Ranked | #50 |
| IGN's The 31 Best Modern Horror Movies | 2023 | Ranked | #8 |
| iiNet's Andrew Wassenaar's 5 Best horror movies since the year 2000 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| IMDb Horror Board Favorite 201 | 2014 | Ranked | #42 |
| imstillakid's The TEN Best Foreign Horror Films of the 21st Century! | 2015 | Ranked | #10 |
| IndieWire's Alison Foreman's The Scariest Horror Movies of the 2000s | 2024 | Ranked | #8 |
| IndieWire's David Ehrlich and Eric Kohn's The 20 Best Horror Movies Of The 21st Century | 2017 | Ranked | #20 |
| IndieWire's Michael Nordine and William Earl's The 20 Best British Horror Films of All Time | 2017 | Ranked | #17 |
| IndieWire's The 225 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| IndieWire's Wilson Chapman's The 100 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time | 2024 | Ranked | #99 |
| io9's Meredith Woerner's 50 Scariest Movies Of All Time | 2011 | Ranked | #10 |
| IsaacOvHeck's Top 200 Horror Movies | | Ranked | #69 |
| It's A Stampede!'s Alex Wiggan's 150 best horror movies you must watch | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| James Gunn's 50 Favorite Horror Movies Of All-Time | 2017 | Ranked | #30 |
| James Marriott and Kim Newman's Horror! 333 Films to Scare You to Death | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Jamie_Shannon's Best Horror Films | 2016 | Ranked | #24 |
| Jarvis City's 15 Best Horror Movies Of 2005 | 2018 | Ranked | #2 |
| Jarvis City's 50 Best Horror Movies Of The 2000s | 2018 | Ranked | #11 |
| Jason Coffman's 100 Favorite Horror Films 2000-2014 | 2015 | Ranked | #28 |
| John of the Dead's Top 100 Horror Movies of the Decade (honorable mentions) | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Jonathan Rigby's Studies in Terror (featured films) | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| khaleesi_101's Favourite Horror Movies | 2017 | Ranked | #50 |
| Kotaku's Patrick Klepek's 31 Movies For Horror Newcomers | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| LAmag's Aliza Abarbanel's 14 Utterly Terrifying Horror Films You Haven't Seen Yet | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Land Of Way's James Wayland's Top 20 Horror Movies | 2015 | Ranked | #11 |
| Large Popcorn, No Butter's Best Scary Movies of All Time -- Of ALL Time | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Latest Movies Lists' Top 100 Horror Movies | 2012 | Ranked | #92 |
| Listverse's Jamie Frater's Top 15 Horror Films Of The 2000s | 2009 | Ranked | #11 |
| Living Daylights Pictures' Dominick Bagnato's 30 Scariest Horror Movies to Watch This Halloween | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| LOLWOT's 20 Creepy Horror Movies You've Never Seen | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Looper's Jessica Ferri's The most underrated horror movies of the last 15 years | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Looper's Sezin Koehler's The Scariest Travel Horror Movies Of All Time | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| LouderSound's Metal Hammer's The 50 greatest horror movies of all time | 2022 | Ranked | #27 |
| Love Horror's Top 10 British Horror Films | 2018 | Ranked | #10 |
| MadameNoire's The Greatest Horror Movies Of The Last 15 Years | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Manic Expression's The Creature's Top 13 Modern Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #11 |
| Marginal_Crogeny's The Top 250 Horror Films of All Time | 2016 | Ranked | #48 |
| Marie Claire's Kate Robertson's 13 Feminist Horror Movies That Will Make You Appreciate the Genre in a Whole New Way | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| MasiMedia's The 50 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen | 2014 | Ranked | #6 |
| Matt Glasby's The Book of Horror - The Anatomy of Fear in Film | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Matt Glasby's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #4 |
| Maximum Film's Francesco Pinna's I film horror più paurosi di sempre | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Men's Health's Joshua Ocampo and Evan Romano's 41 of the Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Men's Health's The 21 Best Monster Movies of All Time | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Merry Jane's Sean Abrams' Smoke, Flicks, and Chill - Hollywood's Finest Horror Films | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Metro News' Adam Boult's The 100 Best Horror Films | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Michael Clawson's Top 10 Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #5 |
| Mouse's Por Paulo Quinteros' Las mejores películas de terror de este siglo para ver en Halloween | 2017 | Ranked | #14 |
| Movie Forums' Top 100 Horror Films | | Ranked | #24 |
| Moviefone's 14 Bloodiest Horror Movies Ever Made | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Moviefone's Best Horror Movies Ever | 2007 | Ranked | #28 |
| Moviefone's Gary Susman's The 30 Best Horror Movies of the Past 30 Years | 2014 | Ranked | #28 |
| MovieMeditation's His Top 50 Favorite Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #15 |
| MovieMeter's Top 300 Horror Films | 2020 | Ranked | #43 |
| Movies & Mania's Essential Horror Films | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Movies, Film & Flix's Reader Poll Results - The Top 21 Horror Films of the 21st Century! | 2015 | Ranked | #4 |
| Movieweb's Alex Arabian's 13 Scariest and Most Important Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #17 |
| Murray Leeder's Horror Film - A Critical Introduction | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Museum of Pop Culture's 100 Horror Films to See Before You Die | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Nerd Lists and Horror Movies' Steve Holland's 100 Favorite Horror Films | 2012 | Ranked | #68 |
| Nerd Reactor's Eddie Villanueva Jr.'s Top 10 Horror films of the last decade! | 2015 | Ranked | #7 |
| Nerdly's Giles Edwards' 5 Great British Horror Films | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| New Arena's Harris Ahmadzai's Ranking The 31 Best Horror Movies For Halloween | 2018 | Ranked | #24 |
| Nightmare on Film Street's Kimberley Elizabeth's 10 Trapped Horror Movies That Will Leave You Gasping for Air | 2023 | Ranked | #10 |
| NZ Herald's The 21 best horror movies since 2000 | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Osservatori Esterni's I Migliori Film Horror 2001 - 2010 | 2010 | Ranked | #7 |
| Otto's Movies' Ultimate Top 500 Horror Movies | | Ranked | #5 |
| Pajiba's Kristy Puchko's The Best Summer Vacation Horror Movies | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Pajiba's TK Burton's The Ten Best Horror Movies of the Aughts | 2013 | Ranked | #1 |
| Parade's Samuel R. Murrian's 152 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #97 |
| Paris Match's Yannick Vely's Top 10 des meilleurs films d'horreur contemporains | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Paste's Jim Vorel's 20 of the Best Wilderness Horror Movies | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Paste's Jim Vorel's A Century of Terror - The 100 Best Horror Movies of the Last 100 Years | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Paste's The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #44 |
| Paste's The 50 Best Monster Movies of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #9 |
| PennLive's Sean Adams' 13 scariest movies for your Friday the 13th | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Plugman's Top 100 Horror Films | | Ranked | #49 |
| Pop Culture's Patrick Cavanaugh's These Vacation Horror Movies Will Keep You Off The Road This Summer | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| PopOptiq's Ricky da Conceição's 200 Greatest Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #95 |
| Psychobabble's 150 Essential Horror Movies - The Complete List | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Pulse Nigeria's Joshua Ocampo's 21 of the Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Radio Times' 100 Greatest Horror Films Ever | 2010 | Ranked | #47 |
| Rage of Rayzor's Top 100 Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #36 |
| Raindance's Mikaela Cumbers' Top Ten British Horror Films | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Raindance's Stephanie Davis' Top 10 Horror Films of the Decade | 2011 | Ranked | #8 |
| Rank & File Top 250 HorrorThrillers of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #34 |
| Reader's Digest's The 9 Most Underrated Horror Movies of All Time | 2012 | Ranked | #5 |
| Reel Reviews' Frank Wilkins' Best Horror Films | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Reel World Matters' My Top 20 Horror Films Of The Last 20 Years | 2009 | Unranked | — |
| Retrospace's 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time | 2009 | Ranked | #96 |
| Robin Solsjö Höglund's Top Horror (2000 – 2017) | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Rolling Stone's 101 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #94 |
| Rolling Stone's 20 Scariest Horror Movies You've Never Seen | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Rolling Stone's 60 Greatest Horror Movies of the 21st Century | 2020 | Ranked | #13 |
| Rotten Tomatoes' The 200 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #127 |
| Saturn Award for Best Horror & Thriller Film | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Saturn Award for Best Horror & Thriller Film (All nominees) | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| ScoopWhoop's Ankit Subarno's 20 Of The Best Horror Movies Of All Time That Will Haunt You Long After The Credits Roll | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Screen Rant's Courtney Osteen's 10 Scariest Movies To Never Watch Alone | 2019 | Ranked | #3 |
| Screen Rant's Kayleena Pierce-Bohen, Colin McCormick & Shawn S. Lealos's 30 Hiking Horror Movies To Watch If You Love The Outdoors | 2024 | Ranked | #13 |
| ScreenCrush's The 25 Best Horror Movies of the Last 25 Years | 2015 | Ranked | #5 |
| SheKnows' Kristine Cannon's Top 10 scariest horror movies | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| Shock Till You Drop's The 50 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Shudder's The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #23 |
| Siachen Studios' Shraddha Sisodiya's 20 Best Horror Movies That Will Give You Goosebumps | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| Signal Horizon's Tracy Palmer's The 30 Best Horror Movies Every Women Should See | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Skraeg og Raedsel's 50 Greatest Horror Movies | 2010 | Ranked | #44 |
| Skraek og Raedsel's Readers' 50 Greatest Horror Movies | 2010 | Ranked | #22 |
| Sky Movies' Top 100 Horror Films | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Slant Magazine's The 100 Best Horror Movies of the 21st Century | 2025 | Ranked | #56 |
| Slant Magazine's The 25 Best Horror Films of the Aughts | 2011 | Ranked | #7 |
| SlashFilm's Bee Delores's The 14 Best Horror Movies About Grief | 2026 | Unranked | — |
| SlashFilm's David Court's The 20 Best 2000s Horror Movies Ranked | 2021 | Ranked | #13 |
| SlashFilm's The 106 Best Horror Movies Ever | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Spanish GQ's Noel Ceballos' Las 100 mejores películas de terror de la historia | 2021 | Ranked | #77 |
| Spectrum Culture's The Best 13 Horror Films of the 21st Century (So Far) | 2013 | Ranked | #10 |
| St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Kevin C. Johnson's 20 best horror films of the 2000s | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Stacker's Jacob Osborn & Madison Troyer's 100 best horror movies of all time | 2021 | Ranked | #92 |
| Stay at Home Mum's Jody Allen's 50 Scariest Horror Movies of All Time | 2017 | Ranked | #1 |
| Steven Jay Schneider's 101 Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die | 2007 | Unranked | — |
| Studio Binder's Mike Bedard's 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2020 | Ranked | #62 |
| Stylist's Kayleigh Dray's Best horror films - the 33 scariest movies of all time | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| SuperAficionado.com's David Alday's Las 107 mejores películas de terror de la historia | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Sybil Danning's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #9 |
| Taste of Cinema's Ashley Robak's 20 European Horror Films From The 21st Century You Must Watch | 2015 | Ranked | #3 |
| Taste of Cinema's BJ Thoray's The 20 Best Horror Movies of The 2000s | 2025 | Ranked | #2 |
| Taste of Cinema's Bryn Tilly's 25 Modern Horror Films That Are Genuinely Nightmarish | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Taste of Cinema's Dan Carmody's The 15 Best British Horror Films of the Past Decade | 2016 | Ranked | #2 |
| Taste of Cinema's Ethan Levinskas' The 30 Best Horror Films Of The 21st Century | 2014 | Ranked | #21 |
| Taste of Cinema's Gareth Lloyd's The 20 Best British Horror Movies of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #19 |
| Taste of Cinema's Kyle McDonnell's 15 Great Horror Movies That Play on Gendered Fears | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Taste of Cinema's Mike Gray's 10 Totally Awesome 2000s Horror Movies You Might Not Have Seen | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Taste of Cinema's Shane Scott-Travis' The 25 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #18 |
| Taste of Cinema's Vlad Stoiculescu's The 20 Best Isolation Horror Movies of All Time | 2017 | Ranked | #9 |
| TechGuru's Les 30 meilleurs films d'horreur du XXIème siècle | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Terry L. Vinson's The 25 Best Horror Films of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #56 |
| That Film Guy's Top 30 Horror Movies | 2011 | Ranked | #30 |
| The A. V. Club's The 25 Best Horror Movies Since 2000 | 2015 | Ranked | #7 |
| The Advocate's 16 Horror Films Only LGBTQ People Truly Understand | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| The Bedrock Blog's The Cutting Room Floor | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| The Blood Shed's Josh Millican's Top 12 Claustrophobic Horror Movies | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| The Brag's Joseph Earp's 50 greatest horror films of the 21st century | 2018 | Ranked | #46 |
| The Cinemen's Robert L. Castillo's Top 15 Horror from 2000-2015 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| The Daily Dot's John-Michael Bond's The 10 scariest movies of all time | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| The Digital Fix' Emma-Jane Bett's The 50 best horror movies of all time | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| The Dreamin' Demon's Morbid's Top 25 Horror Movies Of The Decade! | 2009 | Ranked | #4 |
| The Film Stage's Jack Giroux's The Best Horror Films of the 21st Century | 2009 | Ranked | #12 |
| The Filmske Recenzije's Siniša Stajić's Top 30 najboljih horora u ovom veku (Top 30 Horror Films of this Century) | 2014 | Ranked | #2 |
| The FrightFest Guide to Monster Movies | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| The Gunn Range's My Top 10 Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #1 |
| The Horror Syndicate's Top 100 Horror Movies Fan Vote 2019 | 2019 | Ranked | #66 |
| The Horror Syndicate's Top 100 Horror Movies of All-Time | 2017 | Ranked | #36 |
| The Independent's Jacob Stolworthy's 37 horror films that will actually scare you | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| The Irish Times' Darragh Geraghty's 50 scary films to watch at Halloween | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| The Jaded Viewer's Top 10 Horror & Underground Movies of 2006 | 2007 | Ranked | #1 |
| The Lineup's DeAnna Janes' 24 Good Horror Movies Worth Your Screams | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| The Lineup's Orrin Grey & DeAnna Janes 32 Scariest Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #14 |
| The Orlok's Top 5 of 2005 | 2016 | Ranked | #1 |
| The Peak's Mateo Fearn's Top 10 horror films of the last decade | 2014 | Ranked | #9 |
| The Pioneer Woman's Erin Cavoto & Nora Knoepflmacher's 40 Best Scary Halloween Movies That Will Give You Nightmares All October | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| The Playlist's The 50 Best Horror Movies Of The 21st Century So Far | 2016 | Ranked | #18 |
| The Ringer's Horror Oscars - The Best Scary Movies of Every Year Since 1978 | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| The Scariest Thing's The Top 500 Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #43 |
| The Scariest Things' Chris McInroy's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #24 |
| The Scariest Things' Deena Warner's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #19 |
| The Scariest Things' Elizabeth Williams' Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #22 |
| The Scariest Things' Joe Moe's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #10 |
| The Scariest Things' Willy Greer's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #18 |
| The Sci-Fi Slob's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2014 | Ranked | #45 |
| The Telegraph's The 75 best horror movies of all time for Hallowe'en | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| The Top 13's A. J.'s Horror Movies of the Decade | 2010 | Ranked | #10 |
| The Top 13's Horror Movies of the Decade (readers) | 2010 | Ranked | #4 |
| The Trend Spotter's Alex Linde's Scariest Horror Movies of All Time | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| The Undead Critic's The Ultimate 50 Horror Movies | 2012 | Ranked | #7 |
| The Vault of Horror's Top 20 Foreign Horror Films of All Time | 2009 | Ranked | #6 |
| The Vault of Horror's Top 25 Horror Films of the Modern Era | 2008 | Ranked | #1 |
| The Wandering Image's TOP 100 HORROR MOVIES OF THE 2000s | 2014 | Ranked | #6 |
| TheUsualSuspect's Top 50 Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #24 |
| Thought Catalog's Nico Lang's 13 Modern Horror Movies That Give The Genre A Good Name | 2013 | Ranked | #5 |
| Thought Catalog's Rob Fee's 20 Of The Best Horror Movies To Watch On Halloween | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Thought Catalog's Rob Fee's The Best Horror Movie Of The Year For The Last 40 Years | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Thrillist's Scott Weinberg's The 75 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #60 |
| Thrillist's Scott Weinberg's The Best Horror Movies of the 2000s | 2017 | Ranked | #2 |
| Time Out's Andy Kryza, Joshua Rothkopf & Matthew Singer's The best Halloween movies of all time | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Time Out's The 100 best horror movies of all time | 2026 | Ranked | #50 |
| Tobin Bell's Five Favorite Horror Films | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Today's Sarah Lemire's 68 of the scariest horror movies of all time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Too Scary To Watch's Best 2000's Horror Movies | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| Top 10 Films' Dan Stephens' Top 10 British Horror Films of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #7 |
| Top 10 Films' Josh Millican's 10 More Horror Movie Vacations From Hell | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Top 10 Lists' Top 10 Most Scary Horror Movies List of all Time | 2013 | Ranked | #6 |
| TOP 666 HORROR MOVIES (Freaky Fuckin Friday) | 2014 | Ranked | #164 |
| Topito's Top 15 des films les plus flippants de l'histoire du cinéma | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Total Sci-Fi's The 100 Greatest Horror Movies | 2009 | Ranked | #82 |
| Trailers From Hell's Terry Morgan's The 25 Greatest Horror Films of the Past Quarter Century | 2025 | Ranked | #4 |
| Trinikid's Moumita Basu's List Of 20 Of The Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| UK Mix Top 100 Horror Films | 2011 | Ranked | #15 |
| Ultimate Classic Rock's Michael Gallucci's The Best Horror Movie From Every Year - 1920-2022 | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Unbranded News' Chadwick Mixon's The 5 Best Horror Movies You've Never Heard Of | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| UNILAD's Cameron Frew's UNILAD's Top 50 Horror Films Of All Time | 2020 | Ranked | #21 |
| Unreality's Paul Tassi's Top 10 of 2000s | 2009 | Ranked | #7 |
| Vanity Fair's Les 50 films d'horreur à voir absolument | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Variety's 100 best horror films of all time | 2024 | Ranked | #75 |
| Variety's Owen Gleiberman's The 20 Best Horror Films of the Last 20 Years | 2018 | Ranked | #15 |
| Verge Campus' Kevin Johnson's Top 10 Horror Films of The 21st Century | 2015 | Ranked | #1 |
| VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever's Turk182's The 20 Best Horror Films of the 2000s | 2010 | Ranked | #15 |
| Vogue India's Asma Siddiqui's 66 best horror movies that'll haunt you—in the best way possible | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Vulture's Angelica Jade Bastién's The 30 Best Female-Led Horror Films of All Time | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Vulture's David Edelstein and Bilge Ebiri's The 25 Best Horror Movies Since The Shining | 2013 | Ranked | #22 |
| Vulture's Jordan Crucchiola's The 100 Scares That Shaped Horror | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| WBEZ 91.5's Maureen Searcy's Scariest Horror Movies | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| We Got This Covered's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #22 |
| WhatCulture's 100 Greatest Horror Movies Of All Time | 2018 | Ranked | #22 |
| WhatCulture's Andrew Dilks' 20 Best Horror Movies Since 2000 | 2019 | Ranked | #18 |
| WhatCulture's Ashleigh Millman's 10 Best British Horror Movies Since 2000 | 2018 | Ranked | #1 |
| WhatCulture's David Braga's 50 Most Essential Horror Movies Of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #8 |
| WhatCulture's Ian Watson's 15 Scariest Movies Of The 2000s | 2016 | Ranked | #6 |
| WhatCulture's Joe Sippy's 12 Best Horror Movies Since The Year 2000 | 2014 | Ranked | #10 |
| WhatCulture's Ramin Shabestari's Top 10 Scariest Movies of the 00s | 2012 | Ranked | #5 |
| WhatCulture's Robin Baxter's 50 Greatest Horror Movies Of The 21st Century | 2023 | Ranked | #46 |
| WhatCulture's Ross Miller's 10 Greatest Horror Movies Of The 21st Century | 2015 | Ranked | #1 |
| Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library's Dennis Campbell's Top Ten Horror Films | 2019 | Ranked | #2 |
| WondersList's Adriana John's Top 10 Psychological Horror Films You Can't Miss | 2016 | Ranked | #1 |
| xoJane's Kelly Dougher's Top 10 Favorite Feminist Horror Movies | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| xoJane's Louise Hung's 6 Scary Movies That Actually Scare Me | 2013 | Ranked | #2 |
| Yahoo Movies' The modern horror classics - Top 25 scary movies released this millennium | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Yahoo News' Miles Surrey's 10 Best Horror Movies of the 2000s | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Yardbarker's Jeremy Smith's The 25 most disturbing horror films ever made | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Yardbarker's Matt Sulem's Heat of the fright The 23 best summer horror films | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| You Wanna See Something Really Scary A 365 Day Guide to Must See Horror Films by W.P. Spence | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| ZekeFilm's Paul's TOP 100 HORROR MOVIES OF THE CENTURY | 2013 | Ranked | #29 |
