Rolling Stone: 101 Best Horror Movies of All Time
Curated by the horror codex · From Rolling Stone · 101 films · Last updated Apr 26, 2026
Rolling Stone's 2022 ranking of the 101 best horror films of all time, compiled by the magazine's film and culture critics — leans heavily on canonical and contemporary American/British titles with select international entries.
1The Exorcist
1973 ★ 4.2
2Psycho
1960 ★ 4.5
3Ring
1998 ★ 3.8
4Don't Look Now
1973 ★ 3.8
5Halloween
1978 ★ 4.6
6Inside
2007 ★ 4.0
7Get Out
2017 ★ 4.2
8Dawn of the Dead
1978 ★ 4.1
9The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974 ★ 4.6
10Hereditary
2018 ★ 4.4
11The Shining
1980 ★ 4.2
12The Blair Witch Project
1999 ★ 4.1
13Rosemary's Baby
1968 ★ 4.4
14An American Werewolf in London
1981 ★ 4.3
15Bride of Frankenstein
1935 ★ 3.9
16The Devil Rides Out
1968 ★ 4.0
17Nosferatu
1922 ★ 4.4
18Kwaidan
1965 ★ 5.0
19The Wicker Man
1973 ★ 4.3
20Dracula
1931 ★ 3.8
21Alien
1979 ★ 4.9
22Night of the Living Dead
1968 ★ 4.5
23The Thing
1982 ★ 4.5
24Peeping Tom
1960 ★ 4.2
25The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920 ★ 4.3
26Deep Red
1975 ★ 4.1
27The Brood
1979 ★ 4.3
28Frankenstein
1931 ★ 4.5
29Raw
2017 ★ 3.6
30The Haunting
1963 ★ 4.1
31The Fly
1986 ★ 4.4
32The Witch
2016 ★ 4.1
33Evil Dead II
1987 ★ 4.5
34King Kong
1933 ★ 3.9
3528 Days Later
2002 ★ 4.3
36Dead of Night
1945 ★ 3.9
37The Howling
1981 ★ 3.5
38The Phantom of the Opera
1925 ★ 3.8
39Godzilla
1954 ★ 4.0
40Vampyr
1932 ★ 3.7
41Suspiria
1977 ★ 4.1
42The Babadook
2014 ★ 3.8
43Dracula
1958 ★ 4.1
44Carrie
1976 ★ 4.5
45Train to Busan
2016 ★ 3.8
46The Devils
1971 ★ 4.3
47Island of Lost Souls
1932 ★ 4.2
48The Silence of the Lambs
1991 ★ 4.2
49Jaws
1975 ★ 4.3
50Near Dark
1987 ★ 4.0
51Cat People
1942 ★ 3.9
52Audition
2000 ★ 3.9
53It Follows
2015 ★ 4.0
54Village of the Damned
1960 ★ 3.7
55Carnival of Souls
1962 ★ 3.9
56Freaks
1932 ★ 4.0
57The Curse of Frankenstein
1957 ★ 4.0
58Eyes Without a Face
1960 ★ 4.3
59Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978 ★ 4.1
60The Mummy
1932 ★ 3.5
61The Birds
1963 ★ 3.8
62Possession
1981 ★ 4.2
63The Innocents
1961 ★ 4.3
64The Masque of the Red Death
1964 ★ 3.9
65A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984 ★ 3.9
66Black Sunday
1960 ★ 3.8
67Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931 ★ 3.6
68Midsommar
2019 ★ 4.2
69Repulsion
1965 ★ 4.1
70Let the Right One In
2008 ★ 4.3
71The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
1970 ★ 3.3
72Night of the Demon
1957 ★ 4.1
73Scream
1996 ★ 4.5
74A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
2014 ★ 3.4
75The Last House on the Left
1972 ★ 3.3
76Candyman
1992 ★ 4.1
77Häxan
1922 ★ 4.2
78House of Wax
1953 ★ 3.5
79Martyrs
2008 ★ 4.0
80Poltergeist
1982 ★ 4.3