The 30 best Horror movies of the 2020s

1. 1

   Obsession (2026)

   directed by Curry Barker · 100 min · 8.2 5,354 votes

2. 2

   Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026)

   directed by Lee Cronin · 133 min · 7.9 2,624 votes

3. 3

   Frankenstein (2025)

   directed by Guillermo del Toro · 149 min · 7.6 3,811 votes

4. 4

   Godzilla Minus One (2023)

   directed by Takashi Yamazaki · 125 min · 7.6 3,383 votes

5. 5

   The Black Phone (2022)

   directed by Scott Derrickson · 103 min · 7.5 6,050 votes

6. 6

   Sinners (2025)

   directed by Ryan Coogler · 138 min · 7.5 5,131 votes

7. 7

   A Quiet Place Part II (2021)

   directed by John Krasinski · 97 min · 7.4 7,612 votes

8. 8

   Evil Dead Burn (2026)

   directed by Sébastien Vaniček · 117 min · 7.7 1,457 votes

9. 9

   Colony (2026)

   directed by Yeon Sang-ho · 122 min · 8.1 707 votes

10. 10

    Ready or Not: Here I Come (2026)

    directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin · 108 min · 7.6 1,585 votes

11. 11

    The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

    directed by Michael Chaves · 111 min · 7.3 6,692 votes

12. 12

    Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)

    directed by Emma Tammi · 110 min · 7.3 5,171 votes

13. 13

    Last Night in Soho (2021)

    directed by Edgar Wright · 116 min · 7.3 3,995 votes

14. 14

    Weapons (2025)

    directed by Zach Cregger · 129 min · 7.3 3,887 votes

15. 15

    The Menu (2022)

    directed by Mark Mylod · 107 min · 7.2 6,607 votes

16. 16

    Exhuma (2024)

    directed by Jang Jae-hyun · 133 min · 7.7 801 votes

17. 17

    Alien: Romulus (2024)

    directed by Fede Álvarez · 119 min · 7.2 4,855 votes

18. 18

    Bring Her Back (2025)

    directed by Michael Philippou · 114 min · 7.3 1,909 votes

19. 19

    Run (2020)

    directed by Aneesh Chaganty · 90 min · 7.2 2,969 votes

20. 20

    Pearl (2022)

    directed by Ti West · 103 min · 7.2 2,721 votes

21. 21

    The Invisible Man (2020)

    directed by Leigh Whannell · 124 min · 7.1 6,437 votes

22. 22

    The Substance (2024)

    directed by Coralie Fargeat · 140 min · 7.1 6,421 votes

23. 23

    Saw X (2023)

    directed by Kevin Greutert · 118 min · 7.2 2,456 votes

24. 24

    Fear Street: 1978 (2021)

    directed by Leigh Janiak · 111 min · 7.2 2,308 votes

25. 25

    #Alive (2020)

    directed by Cho Il · 98 min · 7.2 2,111 votes

26. 26

    The Ugly Stepsister (2025)

    directed by Emilie Blichfeldt · 109 min · 7.3 1,304 votes

27. 27

    Talk to Me (2023)

    directed by Michael Philippou · 95 min · 7.1 3,942 votes

28. 28

    Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)

    directed by Eiichiro Hasumi · 90 min · 7.3 1,137 votes

29. 29

    Backrooms (2026)

    directed by Kane Parsons · 110 min · 7.1 3,163 votes

30. 30

    When Evil Lurks (2023)

    directed by Demián Rugna · 99 min · 7.2 1,535 votes

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Method: TMDb audience rating weighted by vote count, with a vote floor per list. No position is editorial opinion; it is the catalogue, ordered.

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