One great horror film
from each year (2023-1918). Obviously there are more then one
great horror film each year and some years were very difficult
to decide just one!! There are also films not included such as
personal all-time favorites (The Night of the Hunter or
Coraline for example that might not be deemed as much a
"horror" film as the choice made here). This is mostly
just fun and want to bring attention to a great and long underappreciated
genre of filmmaking.
Horror has seen a tremendous
rise in the number of great films the last decade or so. To me
the golden peak of quintessential horror is the era of 1965-1980.
2023
The Outwaters
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13259610/
Robbie Banfitch, United States
2022
X
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13560574/
Ti West, United States
2021
Come True
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7026488/
Anthony Scott Burns, Canada
2020
Alone
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7711170/
John Hyams, United States
2019
Us
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6857112
Jordan Peele, United States
2018
Before I Wake
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3174376
Mike Flanagan, United States
2017
The Blackcoat's
Daughter
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3286052/
Oz Perkins, Canada / United States
2016
The Witch
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4263482/
Robert Eggers, United States / United Kingdom
2015
Crimson Peak
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2554274/
Guillermo
del Toro, United States / Canada
2014
The Babadook
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2321549/
Jennifer Kent,
Australia
2013
The Lords of
Salem
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731697
Rob
Zombie, United States
2012
The Innkeepers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1594562
Ti West, United States
2011
Absentia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1610996
Mike
Flanagan, United States
2010
The Crazies
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455407
Breck
Eisner, United States
2009
The House of
the Devil
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172994
Ti West,
United States
2008
Let the Right
One In
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797
Tomas Alfredson,
Sweden
2007
Bug
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470705
William
Friedkin, United States / Germany
2006
The Descent
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435625
Neil Marshall,
United Kingdom
2005
The Devil's
Rejects
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395584
Rob Zombie, United States
2004
Wolf Creek
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416315
Greg
Mclean, Australia
2003
House of 1000
Corpses
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251736
Rob Zombie,
United States
2002
Trouble Every
Day
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204700
Claire Denis,
France
2001
Pulse
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286751/
Kiyoshi
Kurosawa, Japan
2000
Audition
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235198/
Takashi
Miike, Japan
1999
The Blair Witch
Project
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185937
Daniel
Myrick / Eduardo Sánchez , United States
1998
Beloved
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120603
Jonathan Demme,
United States
1997
The Cure
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123948/
Kiyoshi
Kurosawa, Japan
1996
Scream
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117571/
Wes Craven,
United States
1995
Safe
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114323
Todd Haynes,
United States
1994
In the Mouth
of Madness
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113409
John Carpenter,
United States
1993
The Dark Half
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106664
George Romero,
United States
1992
Candyman
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103919
Bernard Rose,
United States / United Kingdom
1991
The Silence
of the Lambs
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102926
Jonathan Demme,
United States
1990
Gremlins 2:
The New Batch
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099700
Joe Dante,
United States
1989
The Church
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094860
Michele
Soavi, Italy
1988
The Vanishing
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096163
George
Sluizer, Netherlands / France / West Germany
1987
Opera
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093677
Dario Argento,
Italy
1986
The Fly
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091064/
David Cronenberg,
United States / United Kingdom / Canada
1985
Day of the
Dead
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088993
George Romero,
United States
1984
Body Double
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086984
Brian
De Palma, United States
1983
Videodrome
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086541
David Cronenberg,
Canada
1982
The Thing
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787
John Carpenter, United States
1981
The Evil Dead
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083907
Sam
Raimi, United States
1980
The Shining
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/
Stanley Kubrick,
United States / United Kingdom
1979
The Brood
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078908
David Cronenberg,
Canada
1978
Dawn of the
Dead
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077402/
George Romero,
United States
1977
Suspiria
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076786/
Dario Argento,
Italy
1976
Carrie
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074285
Brian
De Palma, United States
1975
Deep Red
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073582
Dario Argento,
Italy
1974
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072271
Tobe
Hooper, United States
1973
Don't Look
Now
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069995
Nicolas
Roeg, United Kingdom / Italy
1972
The Last House
on the Left
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068833
Wes Craven,
United States
1971
A Bay of Blood
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067656/
Mario Bava,
Italy
1970
Frankenstein
Must Be Destroyed
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065738
Terence
Fisher, United Kingdom
1969
The Oblong
Box
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064747/
Gordon
Hessler, United Kingdom
1968
Rosemary's
Baby
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063522
Roman Polanski,
United States
1967
Even the Wind
is Afraid
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061752
Carlos
Enrique Taboada, Mexico
1966
Kill, Baby,
Kill
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060794
Mario Bava,
Italy
1965
Repulsion
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059646
Roman Polanski,
United Kingdom
1964
Onibaba
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058430
Kaneto
Shindô, Japan
1963
The Whip and
the Body
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057078
Mario Bava,
Italy
1962
What Ever Happened
to Baby Jane?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056687
Robert
Aldrich, United States
1961
Eyes Without a Face
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053459
Georges Franju, France / Italy
1960
Psycho
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215
Alfred Hitchcock,
United States
1959
The Tingler
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053363
William Castle,
United States
1958
Fiend Without
a Face
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050393/
Arthur
Crabtree, United Kingdom
1957
The Incredible
Shrinking Man
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050539
Jack Arnold,
United States
1956
Invasion of
the Body Snatchers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049366
Don Siegel,
United States
1955
Diabolique
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046911
Henri-Georges
Clouzot, France
1954
Them!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047573
Gordon Douglas,
United States
1953
It Came From
Outer Space
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045920
Jack Arnold,
United States
1952
Sudden Fear
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045205
David Miller,
United States
1951
The Thing From
Another World
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044121
Christian
Nyby / Howard Hawks, United States
1950
Outrage
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042824
Ida Lupino,
United States
1949
The Yotsuda
Phantom
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042059
Keisuke
Kinoshita, Japan
1948
Sorry, Wrong Number
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040823
Anatole
Litvak, United States
1947
Fireworks
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039383
Kenneth
Anger, United States
1946
The Beast With Five Fingers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038338
Robert
Florey, United States
1945
Hangover Square
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037761
John
Brahm, United States
1944
The Curse of
the Cat People
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036733
Robert Wise / Gunther von
Fritsch,
United States
1943
The 7th Victim
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036341
Mark Robson,
United States
1942
Cat People
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034587
Jacques
Tourneur, United States
1941
The Devil and Daniel Webster
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033532
William
Dieterle, United States
1940
The Son of
Ingagi
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033075
Richard
C. Kahn, United States
1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031455
William
Dieterle, United States
1938
Sexton Blake
and the Hooded Terror
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030734
George King,
United Kingdom
1937
Song at Midnight
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206442
Ma-Xu
Weibang,
China
1936
The Walking Dead
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028478
Michael
Curtiz, United States
1935
Bride of Frankenstein
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026138
James Whale,
United States
1934
The Black Cat
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024894
Edgar
G. Ulmer, United States
1933
Vampyr
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023649
Carl
Theodor Dreyer, Germany / France
1932
Freaks
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022913
Tod Browning,
United States
1931
M
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022100
Fritz
Lang, Germany
1930
The Cat Creeps
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020748
Rupert
Julian / John Willard, United States
1929
Un Chien Andalou
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020530
Luis
Buñuel, France
1928
The Fall of
the House of Usher
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018873
James
Sibley Watson / Melville Webber, United States
1927
The Unknown
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018528
Tod
Browning, United States
1926
A Page of Madness
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017048
Teinosuke
Kinugasa, Japan
1925
Phantom of
the Opera
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016220
Rupert Julian / Lon Chaney, United States
1924
Waxworks
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014586
Leo
Birinsky / Paul Leni, Germany
1923
N/A
1922
Nosferatu
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013442
F.W.
Murnau, Germany
1921
The Phantom Carriage
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012364
Victor
Sjöström, Sweden
1920
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010323
Robert
Wiene, Germany
1919
J'accuse
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010307
Abel
Gance, France
1918
The Eyes of the Mummy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008854
Ernst
Lubitsch, Germany
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