Top 20 horror movies on Netflix

The horror genre is one with most passionate fans. There are a lot of imagination and creativity in this genre where the possibilities of creation are unlimited as is often mixed speculative fiction. Here there are the best horror movies you can watch today in Netflix. Aimed to frighten and scare you across all movie duration.

1. Get Out (2017)

Chris thinks that his girlfriend parents are nervous about their daughter's interracial relationship. But a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to discover an unimaginable truth.

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 6.8 /10 IMDB Rating 7.8 /10

2. American Psycho (2000)

Patrick Bateman is a superbly crafted specimen that meets all the requirements of Master of the Universe. The more anonymous he becomes, the less control he has over his terrible instincts and his thirst for blood. He is practically perfect, like almost everyone in his world and desperately tries to fit into it.

Genres: Crime, Cult, Drama, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 6.6 /10 IMDB Rating 7.6 /10

3. Carrie (1976)

Carrie White, a shy high-school senior raised by a fanatically religious mother, is humiliated at prom with pig's blood; the trauma unleashes her latent telekinetic powers, leading to a devastating, deadly vengeance.

Genres: Horror, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 7.0 /10 IMDB Rating 7.4 /10

4. American Murder: The Family Next Door (2020)

With unedited real images, this documentary delves deeper into the disappearance of Shanann Watts and his children, and the events that followed.

Genres: Documentary, Mystery, Crime, Drama, Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 6.2 /10 IMDB Rating 7.2 /10

5. Child's Play (1988)

Single mother Karen gifts son Andy a "Good Guy" doll possessed by killer Charles Lee Ray. Chucky kills to escape the toy; only Andy, Karen and a detective can stop him.

Genres: Horror, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 5.5 /10 IMDB Rating 6.7 /10

6. Bird Box (2018)

A mysterious supernatural presence led to suicide a large part of society. One of the survivors, Malorie Hayes and her two sons, desperately seek a way to save themselves.

Genres: Thriller, Drama, Science fiction, Mystery, Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 5.7 /10 IMDB Rating 6.6 /10

7. Event Horizon (1997)

In 2047, the rescue ship "Lewis and Clark" was sent to investigate the mysterious reappearance in Neptune's orbit of an experimental ship, the "Final Horizon", disappeared years earlier with its entire crew. While the rescue mission tries to find out what the fate of the disappeared has been, strange events take place on board the ship.

Genres: Horror, Science fiction, Thriller, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 5.9 /10 IMDB Rating 6.6 /10

8. Gerald's Game (2017)

Jessie and Gerald are a mature couple who travel to a remote cabin hoping to revitalize their deteriorating relationship. When he dies of a heart attack, Jessie will have to fight for her survival.

Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 5.6 /10 IMDB Rating 6.5 /10

9. I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

An unforeseen shortcut causes a woman, in search of a way to break up with her boyfriend, to have to reconsider her whole life.

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 5.8 /10 IMDB Rating 6.5 /10

10. Halloween (2018)

Forty years after surviving Michael Myers' Halloween massacre, Laurie Strode must face him again when he escapes custody, forcing a final, personal showdown to protect her loved ones.

Genre: Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 5.6 /10 IMDB Rating 6.5 /10

11. Creep 2 (2017)

Sara is a video artist whose main goal is to create intimacy with lonely men she finds on Craigslist. After seeing an online ad that said 'Video work', she goes to a house in the middle of the forest to meet a filmmaker who claims to be a serial killer.

Genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 5.6 /10 IMDB Rating 6.4 /10

12. His House (2020)

A couple of refugees from Sudan, a country devastated by war, try to survive in a small town in England until they discover that a dangerous evil awaits them there.

Genres: Horror, Drama, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 5.5 /10 IMDB Rating 6.4 /10

13. Escape Room (2019)

Six strangers are in a deadly room where they must use their wits to survive.

Genres: Horror, Thriller, Action/Adventure, Mystery, Science fiction, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 5.4 /10 IMDB Rating 6.4 /10

14. He Never Died (2015)

Jack is not like the rest of us, because he has the gift of immortality. Jack tries to cope with his day-to-day with discretion, but when his daughter Andrea interrupts her daily monotony, his whole world will shake. The most extreme violence will be unleashed when a group of individuals try to end their lives and those of their loved ones.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Fantasy, Thriller, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 5.6 /10 IMDB Rating 6.3 /10

15. Apostle (2018)

It's 1905. Thomas Richardson travels to a remote island to rescue his sister, who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult holding her for ransom. As he enters the community, Thomas will discover dangerous secrets.

Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 5.3 /10 IMDB Rating 6.3 /10

16. Creep (2014)

Desperate to get money, Aaron accepts a job that promises $1,000 a day for taking part in a shoot. In a cabin lost in the woods he will meet Josef, the subject of the film he must film. As the day progresses, things will get complicated.

Genres: Comedy, Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 5.8 /10 IMDB Rating 6.3 /10

17. Goosebumps (2015)

Teenager Zach Cooper reluctantly moves with his family from New York to Greendale. There he meets his neighbor, the beautiful Hannah. He also learns that Hannah's father is RL Stine, the bestselling author of the "Goosebumps" series. But Zach discovers that the creatures in his stories are real, and he keeps them locked away in his books.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 5.2 /10 IMDB Rating 6.3 /10

18. Incantation (2022)

Three friends who disassemble supernatural myths live a strange incident during the visit to a sect. Now, the survivor must save her daughter from a curse.

Genre: Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 5.4 /10 IMDB Rating 6.3 /10

19. #Alive (2020)

A city is thrown into chaos due to a mysterious infection. Amid the turmoil, one citizen manages to avoid getting infected. This is their personal account of surviving the outbreak.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 5.5 /10 IMDB Rating 6.3 /10

20. A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)

A Quiet Place: Day One follows hospice intern Sam on the first day of an alien invasion in Manhattan. Separated from her group, she and an ally, plus her cat, navigate silent, sound-hunting creatures and collapsing evacuations to survive.

Genre: Horror

IMDB Rating 6.3 /10