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Best Horror Movies of the 2000s, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
89 horror films from the 2000s are in our catalog; the 50 best are ranked below. Top of the list is Shaun of the Dead (2004), at 7.8 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 6.9. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Pandorum, 6.7 on IMDb against 28 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shaun of the Dead '2004 | Horror / Comedy | 7.8 | 92% | 76 | 7.5 | Edgar Wright |
| 2 | Saw '2004 | Horror / Mystery / Crime | 7.6 | 50% | 46 | 7.4 | James Wan |
| 3 | Coraline '2009 | Animation / Fantasy / Horror | 7.8 | 91% | 80 | 7.9 | Henry Selick |
| 4 | The Others '2001 | Horror / Mystery / Thriller | 7.6 | 85% | 74 | 7.6 | Alejandro Amenábar |
| 5 | 28 Days Later '2002 | Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi | 7.5 | 87% | 73 | 7.2 | Danny Boyle |
| 6 | Zombieland '2009 | Comedy / Horror | 7.5 | 89% | 73 | 7.3 | Ruben Fleischer |
| 7 | Let the Right One In '2008 | Horror / Drama | 7.8 | 98% | 82 | 7.5 | Tomas Alfredson |
| 8 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street '2007 | Drama / Horror | 7.3 | 86% | 83 | 7.2 | Tim Burton |
| 9 | [REC] '2007 | Horror / Mystery | 7.4 | 90% | 71 | 7.2 | Jaume Balagueró |
| 10 | Red Dragon '2002 | Crime / Thriller / Horror | 7.2 | 68% | 60 | 7.1 | Brett Ratner |
| 11 | The Orphanage '2007 | Horror / Drama / Thriller | 7.4 | 87% | 74 | 7.2 | J. A. Bayona |
| 12 | Dawn of the Dead '2004 | Horror / Action | 7.2 | 77% | 59 | 7.1 | Zack Snyder |
| 13 | The Ring '2002 | Horror / Mystery | 7.1 | 72% | 57 | 6.7 | Gore Verbinski |
| 14 | The Mist '2007 | Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller | 7.1 | 74% | 58 | 7.0 | Frank Darabont |
| 15 | Audition '2000 | Horror / Drama | 7.1 | 81% | 70 | 7.1 | Takashi Miike |
| 16 | The Descent '2005 | Horror | 7.2 | 87% | 71 | 7.0 | Neil Marshall |
| 17 | Planet Terror '2007 | Horror / Action / Thriller | 7.0 | 76% | - | 6.7 | Robert Rodriguez |
| 18 | The Host '2006 | Horror / Drama / Sci-Fi | 7.1 | 93% | 85 | 7.0 | Bong Joon Ho |
| 19 | Constantine '2005 | Fantasy / Action / Horror | 7.0 | 46% | 50 | 7.2 | Francis Lawrence |
| 20 | Orphan '2009 | Horror / Thriller | 7.0 | 59% | 42 | 7.0 | Jaume Collet-Serra |
| 21 | From Hell '2001 | Horror / Mystery / Thriller | 6.7 | 57% | 54 | 6.7 | Albert Hughes |
| 22 | Signs '2002 | Thriller / Sci-Fi / Horror | 6.8 | 76% | 59 | 6.7 | M. Night Shyamalan |
| 23 | 1408 '2007 | Horror / Mystery | 6.8 | 80% | 64 | 6.7 | Mikael Håfström |
| 24 | 28 Weeks Later '2007 | Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi | 6.8 | 73% | 78 | 6.6 | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo |
| 25 | What Lies Beneath '2000 | Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller | 6.6 | 49% | 51 | 6.4 | Robert Zemeckis |
| 26 | Final Destination '2000 | Horror | 6.7 | 50% | 39 | 6.7 | James Wong |
| 27 | Trick 'r Treat '2007 | Horror / Fantasy / Comedy | 6.7 | 84% | - | 7.0 | Michael Dougherty |
| 28 | Blade II '2002 | Fantasy / Horror / Action / Thriller | 6.7 | 57% | 52 | 6.6 | Guillermo del Toro |
| 29 | Martyrs '2008 | Horror / Drama / Thriller | 7.0 | 66% | - | 7.3 | Pascal Laugier |
| 30 | Triangle '2009 | Horror | 6.9 | 78% | - | 6.9 | Christopher Smith |
| 31 | Monster House '2006 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror | 6.7 | 75% | 68 | 6.7 | Gil Kenan |
| 32 | 30 Days of Night '2007 | Horror / Thriller | 6.6 | 51% | 53 | 6.4 | David Slade |
| 33 | Resident Evil '2002 | Horror / Action / Sci-Fi | 6.6 | 36% | 35 | 6.7 | Paul W. S. Anderson |
| 34 | Jeepers Creepers '2001 | Horror / Mystery | 6.3 | 47% | 49 | 6.5 | Victor Salva |
| 35 | Eden Lake '2008 | Horror / Thriller | 6.7 | 74% | 65 | 6.8 | James Watkins |
| 36 | Pandorum '2009 | Action / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller | 6.7 | 26% | 28 | 6.6 | Christian Alvart |
| 37 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose '2005 | Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller | 6.7 | 20% | 46 | 6.6 | Scott Derrickson |
| 38 | Dead Silence '2007 | Horror | 6.2 | 22% | 34 | 6.5 | James Wan |
| 39 | Silent Hill '2006 | Horror / Mystery | 6.5 | 34% | 31 | 6.6 | Christophe Gans |
| 40 | Saw II '2005 | Horror | 6.6 | 39% | 40 | 6.6 | Darren Lynn Bousman |
| 41 | Drag Me to Hell '2009 | Horror / Thriller | 6.6 | 92% | 83 | 6.5 | Sam Raimi |
| 42 | Thir13en Ghosts '2001 | Horror / Thriller | 5.7 | 19% | 30 | 6.2 | Steve Beck |
| 43 | Funny Games '2008 | Thriller / Horror | 6.5 | 53% | 44 | 6.5 | Michael Haneke |
| 44 | The Hills Have Eyes '2006 | Horror / Thriller | 6.4 | 51% | 52 | 6.5 | Alexandre Aja |
| 45 | [REC]² '2009 | Thriller / Horror | 6.5 | 67% | 52 | 6.6 | Paco Plaza |
| 46 | Hannibal Rising '2007 | Crime / Thriller / Horror | 6.1 | 16% | 35 | 6.3 | Peter Webber |
| 47 | The Skeleton Key '2005 | Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller | 6.5 | 38% | 47 | 6.6 | Iain Softley |
| 48 | The Last House on the Left '2009 | Crime / Thriller / Horror / Drama | 6.5 | 42% | 42 | 6.5 | Dennis Iliadis |
| 49 | The Invasion '2007 | Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller | 5.9 | 20% | 45 | 6.1 | Oliver Hirschbiegel |
| 50 | Antichrist '2009 | Drama / Horror / Thriller | 6.5 | 53% | 49 | 6.6 | Lars von Trier |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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