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Best Horror Movies of the 2020s, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
176 horror films from the 2020s are in our catalog; the 50 best are ranked below. Top of the list is Obsession (2026), at 7.8 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 6.9. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Saint Maud, 6.6 on IMDb against 83 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Obsession '2026 | Horror / Thriller | 7.8 | 93% | 77 | 8.2 | Curry Barker |
| 2 | Resident Evil '2026 | Horror / Sci-Fi | - | 96% | - | 7.3 | Zach Cregger |
| 3 | Sinners '2025 | Horror / Action / Thriller | 7.5 | 97% | 84 | 7.5 | Ryan Coogler |
| 4 | Godzilla Minus One '2023 | Sci-Fi / Horror / Action | 7.6 | 99% | 81 | 7.6 | Takashi Yamazaki |
| 5 | Weapons '2025 | Horror / Mystery | 7.4 | 93% | 81 | 7.3 | Zach Cregger |
| 6 | Frankenstein '2025 | Drama / Fantasy / Horror | 7.4 | 85% | 78 | 7.6 | Guillermo del Toro |
| 7 | The Substance '2024 | Horror / Sci-Fi | 7.2 | 89% | 78 | 7.1 | Coralie Fargeat |
| 8 | A Quiet Place Part II '2021 | Sci-Fi / Thriller / Horror | 7.2 | 91% | 71 | 7.4 | John Krasinski |
| 9 | The Menu '2022 | Comedy / Horror | 7.1 | 88% | 71 | 7.2 | Mark Mylod |
| 10 | The Invisible Man '2020 | Thriller / Sci-Fi / Horror | 7.1 | - | 72 | 7.1 | Leigh Whannell |
| 11 | 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple '2026 | Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi | 7.2 | 91% | 81 | 7.1 | Nia DaCosta |
| 12 | Alien: Romulus '2024 | Horror / Sci-Fi | 7.1 | 80% | 64 | 7.2 | Fede Álvarez |
| 13 | Nosferatu '2024 | Horror / Fantasy | 7.1 | 85% | 78 | 6.7 | Robert Eggers |
| 14 | Talk to Me '2023 | Horror | 7.1 | - | 76 | 7.1 | Danny Philippou |
| 15 | Bring Her Back '2025 | Horror | 7.1 | 89% | 75 | 7.3 | Danny Philippou |
| 16 | Barbarian '2022 | Horror / Mystery / Thriller | 7.0 | 92% | 78 | 6.9 | Zach Cregger |
| 17 | Last Night in Soho '2021 | Horror / Mystery / Thriller | 7.0 | 75% | 65 | 7.3 | Edgar Wright |
| 18 | Heretic '2024 | Thriller / Horror | 7.0 | 89% | 71 | 7.0 | Scott Beck |
| 19 | Pearl '2022 | Horror / Drama | 7.0 | 93% | 76 | 7.2 | Ti West |
| 20 | The Black Phone '2022 | Horror / Thriller | 6.9 | 81% | 65 | 7.5 | Scott Derrickson |
| 21 | Companion '2025 | Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller | 6.9 | 93% | 70 | 7.0 | Drew Hancock |
| 22 | Late Night with the Devil '2024 | Horror | 7.0 | 97% | 72 | 7.1 | Cameron Cairnes |
| 23 | Werewolf by Night '2022 | Action / Fantasy / Horror | 7.1 | 90% | - | 7.0 | Michael Giacchino |
| 24 | Nope '2022 | Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller | 6.8 | 83% | 77 | 6.8 | Jordan Peele |
| 25 | The Ugly Stepsister '2025 | Horror / Comedy / Drama | 7.0 | 96% | 70 | 7.3 | Emilie Blichfeldt |
| 26 | Backrooms '2026 | Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi | 6.7 | 86% | 76 | 7.0 | Kane Parsons |
| 27 | Send Help '2026 | Horror / Thriller / Comedy | 6.7 | 92% | 75 | 7.0 | Sam Raimi |
| 28 | Strange Darling '2024 | Crime / Thriller / Horror | 7.0 | 96% | 80 | 6.9 | JT Mollner |
| 29 | Final Destination Bloodlines '2025 | Horror / Mystery | 6.7 | 92% | 73 | 7.0 | Adam Stein |
| 30 | When Evil Lurks '2023 | Horror / Thriller | 6.9 | 96% | 75 | 7.2 | Demián Rugna |
| 31 | Speak No Evil '2024 | Horror / Thriller | 6.8 | 83% | 66 | 7.1 | James Watkins |
| 32 | Together '2025 | Horror / Romance | 6.7 | 89% | 75 | 6.9 | Michael Shanks |
| 33 | Run '2020 | Thriller / Horror / Drama | 6.7 | 88% | 67 | 7.2 | Aneesh Chaganty |
| 34 | Bones and All '2022 | Horror / Romance / Drama | 6.8 | 82% | 74 | 7.0 | Luca Guadagnino |
| 35 | Hokum '2026 | Horror / Thriller | 6.6 | 90% | 76 | 6.8 | Damian McCarthy |
| 36 | 28 Years Later '2025 | Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi | 6.6 | 88% | 77 | 6.6 | Danny Boyle |
| 37 | The Long Walk '2025 | Sci-Fi / Thriller / Horror | 6.6 | 88% | 71 | 6.8 | Francis Lawrence |
| 38 | Smile 2 '2024 | Horror / Mystery | 6.7 | 86% | 67 | 6.6 | Parker Finn |
| 39 | Fresh '2022 | Horror / Thriller / Comedy | 6.7 | 82% | 67 | 6.9 | Mimi Cave |
| 40 | Fear Street: 1978 '2021 | Horror / Mystery / Drama | 6.7 | 88% | 61 | 7.2 | Leigh Janiak |
| 41 | Colony '2026 | Horror / Action / Sci-Fi | 6.5 | 82% | 57 | 8.2 | Yeon Sang-ho |
| 42 | The Hunt '2020 | Action / Thriller / Horror | 6.6 | 57% | 50 | 6.7 | Craig Zobel |
| 43 | Speak No Evil '2022 | Horror / Thriller / Drama | 6.7 | 83% | 78 | 6.6 | Christian Tafdrup |
| 44 | Ready or Not: Here I Come '2026 | Horror / Comedy | 6.5 | 75% | 58 | 7.5 | Matt Bettinelli-Olpin |
| 45 | Saw X '2023 | Horror / Mystery / Thriller | 6.6 | 81% | 60 | 7.1 | Kevin Greutert |
| 46 | The Pale Blue Eye '2022 | Thriller / Crime / Horror / Mystery | 6.6 | 62% | 56 | 6.8 | Scott Cooper |
| 47 | Insidious: Out of the Further '2026 | Horror / Thriller | 6.2 | 57% | 47 | 7.7 | Jacob Chase |
| 48 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice '2024 | Comedy / Fantasy / Horror | 6.6 | 76% | 62 | 6.9 | Tim Burton |
| 49 | Saint Maud '2020 | Horror / Mystery / Thriller | 6.6 | 92% | 83 | 6.5 | Rose Glass |
| 50 | The House '2022 | Animation / Drama / Comedy / Horror / Fantasy | 6.8 | - | - | 7.0 | Paloma Baeza |
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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