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. 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

2. Saw (2004)

Adam wakes up chained to a rusty tube next to another chained person, Dr. Lawrence Gordon, they are inside a decrepit underground chamber. Neither of them knows why he is there, but they only have a few hours to untangle the complicated puzzle in which they are immersed.

Genres: Crime, Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 7.2 /10 IMDB Rating 7.6 /10

3. Now You See Me (2013)

"The four riders" are a group of the best illusionists in the world. They rain the stolen money on the spectators, in the astonishing look of an elite FBI team.

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 6.0 /10 IMDB Rating 7.2 /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. Underworld (2003)

A vampire warrior discovers a conspiracy by the Lycans to kidnap a young doctor. Selene, a Vampire Warrior, stands between them and the doctor when they attack. This project, if made reality, would favor the Wolfmen.

Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Action/Adventure

Filmaffinity Rating 5.7 /10 IMDB Rating 7.0 /10

6. 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

7. Hannibal (2001)

Ten years have passed since Lecter escaped from the maximum security hospital in which he was confined. Mason Verger was a Lecter victim and decides to satisfy his desire for revenge, but soon realizes that in order to lure Lecter out of hiding from him, he must lay out an irresistible bait: Clarice Starling.

Genres: Horror, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 6.4 /10 IMDB Rating 6.8 /10

8. Run (2020)

There is something strange, in the relationship of Chloe and her mother, Diane. Diane has raised her daughter completely isolated, controlling each of her movements, but Chloe will soon begin to discover the dark secrets her mother holds.

Genres: Horror, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 6.0 /10 IMDB Rating 6.7 /10

9. Resident Evil (2002)

In a clandestine genetic research center, a viral outbreak occurs that contaminates the entire building. To contain the leak, the computer that controls the facility seals off the entire facility and initially all employees are believed to be killed, but in reality they have turned into vicious zombies...

Genres: Horror, Science fiction, Action/Adventure

Filmaffinity Rating 5.8 /10 IMDB Rating 6.6 /10

10. Life (2017)

Six members of The International Space Station crew are about to discover the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. As the team begins to investigate and their methods have unexpected consequences, the living form will prove to be more intelligent than anyone expected.

Genres: Horror, Science fiction, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 5.8 /10 IMDB Rating 6.6 /10

11. Saw II (2005)

After finding a murder victim linked to Jigsaw, he is easily apprehended by Detective Eric Matthews. However, Jigsaw has more victims in danger, and now Matthews must join in on the twisted game.

Genres: Mystery, Horror

IMDB Rating 6.6 /10

12. Red Eye (2005)

Lisa Reisert flies to Miami. Shortly after takeoff, Jackson, her seatmate, reveals the reason for her presence on board: he is the architect of a plot to kill the Commissioner of Homeland Security, and Lisa is the key to make it happen. If she refuses to cooperate, Jackson will order her father killed.

Genres: Horror, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 5.4 /10 IMDB Rating 6.5 /10

13. X (2022)

A group of filmmakers in 1979 Texas accidentally trespass and must fight for their lives against their elderly hosts.

Genres: Horror, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 6.1 /10 IMDB Rating 6.5 /10

14. Underworld: Awakening (2012)

After having spent fifteen years in a coma-like state, vampire Selene discovers that she has a fourteen-year-old daughter, half vampire and half-lycanthrope. When she finds her, she will have to stop Biocom from creating a race of Super-Licanthropists that would wipe them out.

Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Action/Adventure

Filmaffinity Rating 5.1 /10 IMDB Rating 6.3 /10

15. Paranormal Activity (2009)

A couple sees their lives tormented by a demonic spirit. She is a student who is about to graduate as a teacher, and he, a stockbroker. They have lived for three years in a house but, unexpectedly, strange paranormal phenomena begin to disturb their lives.

Genres: Horror, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 5.4 /10 IMDB Rating 6.3 /10

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

In the 1980s, Ed and Lorraine Warren tackle a new case involving Arne Cheyne Johnson, accused of murder while possessed by a demon. The paranormal investigators must confront this sinister phenomenon.

Genres: Horror, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 5.6 /10 IMDB Rating 6.3 /10

17. Scream (2022)

There's a new ghost face in town terrorizing teens, 25 years after Woodsboro's first murder spree, and the old friends must reunite to stop the killing spree.

Genres: Horror, Thriller, Family

Filmaffinity Rating 5.5 /10 IMDB Rating 6.3 /10

18. Case 39 (2009)

Emily Jenkins is a social service worker. She meets her new and most mysterious case: a problematic 10-year-old battered girl named Lilith Sullivan. Soon she will find that Lilith is not as innocent as she seems.

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 5.3 /10 IMDB Rating 6.2 /10

19. Before I Wake (2016)

Cody is an orphaned boy adopted by Jessie and Mark whose dreams and nightmares manifest physically when he sleeps.

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

Filmaffinity Rating 5.4 /10 IMDB Rating 6.2 /10

20. 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 5.3 /10 IMDB Rating 6.2 /10