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. The Exorcist (1973)

Regan, a twelve-year-old girl, is the victim of paranormal phenomena such as levitation or the manifestation of superhuman strength. Her mother, terrified after submitting her daughter to multiple medical tests that yield no results, turns to a priest with psychiatric studies. Probably the most popular horror movie of all time.

Genre: Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 7.7 /10 IMDB Rating 8.1 /10

2. Jaws (1975)

A shark attack ends with the life of a bather. When terror seizes everyone, a veteran shark hunter, an oceanographer and the head of the local police come together to capture the squalus.

Genres: Horror, Action/Adventure

Filmaffinity Rating 7.1 /10 IMDB Rating 8.1 /10

3. The Skin I Live In (2011)

Ledgard's wife suffered burns all over her body as a result of a car accident. He developed a new skin with which he could have saved her. But, moreover, he needs a human guinea pig and an accomplice.

Genres: Thriller, Drama, Horror, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 6.6 /10 IMDB Rating 7.6 /10

4. The Others (2001)

Alone in an isolated Victorian house on the island of Jersey, Grace raises her children within rigid religious norms. Children suffer from a strange disease: they cannot receive direct daylight. But when three new servants join the family things will get beyond her control.

Genres: Horror, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 7.5 /10 IMDB Rating 7.6 /10

5. The Orphanage (2007)

Laura moves back to the orphanage where she grew up with her family to start a residence for disabled children. Her son's imagination is sparked by the old, mysterious atmosphere, leading to strange occurrences that unsettle Laura and make her fear for her family's safety.

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Documentary

Filmaffinity Rating 6.7 /10 IMDB Rating 7.4 /10

6. Hereditary (2018)

Annie Graham, a married gallery owner with two children, believes that the death of her mother can make her move on. But things get complicated when her youngest daughter begins to see ghostly figures, which also begin to appear before her brother.

Genres: Horror, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 6.6 /10 IMDB Rating 7.3 /10

7. It (2017)

When children begin to disappear in the town of Derry, Maine, a gang of friends face their greatest fears as they take on an evil clown named Pennywise, whose history of murder and violence goes back centuries.

Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 6.4 /10 IMDB Rating 7.3 /10

8. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

When she wakes up, she is locked in a cell underground, kidnapped by a strange man who claims to have saved her from the day of final judgment.

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

Filmaffinity Rating 6.4 /10 IMDB Rating 7.2 /10

9. I Am Legend (2007)

Robert Neville is the last living man on earth, but he is not alone. Other human beings have become vampires and they all crave his blood. He has survived because he's immune to the virus; every day he sends messages.

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

Filmaffinity Rating 6.5 /10 IMDB Rating 7.2 /10

10. 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

11. Don't Breathe (2016)

Young thieves believe they have found the opportunity to commit the perfect robbery. Their goal will be a lone blind man, possessing thousands of hidden dollars. But as soon as they enter their home they will be aware of their mistake.

Genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Crime

Filmaffinity Rating 6.4 /10 IMDB Rating 7.1 /10

12. The Mist (2007)

In a small town in Maine, a violent storm suddenly breaks out, ending as abruptly as it began. Then a thick mist arises that gets into houses and supermarkets, trapping and killing everyone who is enveloped by darkness.

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

Filmaffinity Rating 6.4 /10 IMDB Rating 7.1 /10

13. The Platform (2019)

The future, in a dystopia. Two people per level. An unknown number of levels. If you discover it too late, you will not come out alive from “The hole”.

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

Filmaffinity Rating 6.4 /10 IMDB Rating 7.0 /10

14. Orphan (2009)

When Kate and John Coleman lose the baby they were waiting for, everything collapses around them. To try to get normal again, the couple goes to a local orphanage with the intention of adopting a child. They are strangely attracted to Esther, a girl with an angelic face.

Genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 6.1 /10 IMDB Rating 7.0 /10

15. World War Z (2013)

When the world begins to be invaded by a legion of the waiting, Gerry Lane, a United Nations research expert, will try to avoid the end of civilization in a career against time and destiny. The destruction to which the human race is subjected leads to travel the entire world looking for the solution to stop that horrible epidemic.

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

Filmaffinity Rating 6.1 /10 IMDB Rating 7.0 /10

16. The Trip (2021)

A dysfunctional couple heads to a remote cabin to reconnect, but each has intentions to kill the other. Before they can carry out their plans, unexpected visitors arrive and they face greater danger.

Genres: Comedy, Horror

IMDB Rating 6.9 /10

17. Warm Bodies (2013)

A, a zombie with existential problems, establishes a strange friendship with the bride of one of his victims. This unusual relationship provokes a chain reaction that changes his life, that of his peers and, probably, that of the whole planet.

Genres: Comedy, Horror, Romance

Filmaffinity Rating 5.2 /10 IMDB Rating 6.8 /10

18. Annihilation (2018)

Biologist Lena joins an expedition to a mysterious region cordoned off by the U.S. government. The group investigates zone X, controlled by a powerful alien force.

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

Filmaffinity Rating 6.0 /10 IMDB Rating 6.8 /10

19. 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 5.9 /10 IMDB Rating 6.6 /10

20. 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