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. Zombieland (2009)

In a world plagued by zombies, Columbus is a young man who lives in terror. But fear and cowardice have allowed him to survive. When he meets Tallahasse, a hooligan hunter, they will have to choose between trusting them or succumbing to zombies.

Actors: Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson

Director: Ruben Fleischer

Runtime: 88 min

Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Fantasy, Science fiction

Filmaffinity Rating 6.6 /10 IMDB Rating 7.6 /10

2. Stree (2018)

Chanderi village is haunted for years by a witch called Stree. She abducts men in dark leaving their clothes behind during the four day annual festival.

Actors: Rajkummar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi

Director: Amar Kaushik

Runtime: 128 min

Genres: Comedy, Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 5.2 /10 IMDB Rating 7.5 /10

3. Sleepy Hollow (1999)

The legend of a headless rider terrorizes the locals in Sleepy Hollow, North America. A New York researcher is sent to find out what is really in the legend.

Actors: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson

Director: Tim Burton

Runtime: 105 min

Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 6.9 /10 IMDB Rating 7.3 /10

4. 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.

Actors: Jesse Eisenberg, Common, Mark Ruffalo

Director: Louis Leterrier

Runtime: 116 min

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 6.0 /10 IMDB Rating 7.2 /10

5. 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.

Actors: Nickole Atkinson, Jim Benemann, Luke Epple

Director: Jenny Popplewell

Runtime: 83 min

Genres: Documentary, Mystery, Crime, Drama, Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 6.2 /10 IMDB Rating 7.2 /10

6. 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.

Actors: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Shane Brolly

Director: Len Wiseman

Runtime: 122 min

Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Action/Adventure

Filmaffinity Rating 5.7 /10 IMDB Rating 7.0 /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.

Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman

Director: Ridley Scott

Runtime: 131 min

Genres: Horror, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 6.4 /10 IMDB Rating 6.8 /10

8. 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.

Actors: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich

Director: Jonathan Levine

Runtime: 97 min

Genres: Romance, Horror, Comedy

Filmaffinity Rating 5.2 /10 IMDB Rating 6.8 /10

9. 1408 (2007)

A horror novel writer is dedicated to discrediting paranormal phenomena occurring in so-called haunted houses. Although he does not believe in the existence of life beyond death, his ideas about it will change when he enters room 1408 of the Dolphin Hotel.

Actors: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack

Director: Mikael Håfström

Runtime: 104 min

Genres: Horror, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 5.8 /10 IMDB Rating 6.8 /10

10. 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.

Actors: Sarah Paulson, Kiera Allen, Sara Sohn

Director: Aneesh Chaganty

Runtime: 90 min

Genres: Horror, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 6.0 /10 IMDB Rating 6.7 /10

11. The Skeleton Key (2005)

Caroline is hired to care for an elderly man who has suffered a stroke, though her wife (Rowlands) greets her with some suspicion. The marriage lives in a sinister southern mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans and Caroline decides to explore the house until she discovers an attic that holds a terrible secret.

Actors: Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard, Joy Bryant

Director: Iain Softley

Runtime: 104 min

Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 5.7 /10 IMDB Rating 6.5 /10

12. Escape Room (2019)

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

Actors: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Jay Ellis

Director: Adam Robitel

Runtime: 100 min

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

Filmaffinity Rating 5.4 /10 IMDB Rating 6.4 /10

13. 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.

Actors: Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush

Director: Rob Letterman

Runtime: 103 min

Genres: Horror, Action/Adventure, Comedy

Filmaffinity Rating 5.2 /10 IMDB Rating 6.3 /10

14. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)

Our favorite monster family embarks on a luxury cruise so that Drac can finally take a break. But the dream vacations become a nightmare when Mavis realizes that Drac has fallen in love with the mysterious captain of the ship, Ericka, who hides a dangerous secret that could destroy all the monsters.

Actors: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

Runtime: 97 min

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

Filmaffinity Rating 5.3 /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.

Actors: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs

Director: Oren Peli

Runtime: 86 min

Genres: Horror, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 5.4 /10 IMDB Rating 6.3 /10

16. 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.

Actors: Renée Zellweger, Ian McShane, Jodelle Ferland

Director: Christian Alvart

Runtime: 109 min

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 5.2 /10 IMDB Rating 6.2 /10

17. Before I Wake (2016)

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

Actors: Kate Bosworth, Oleksandr Reshetilov, Thomas Jane

Director: Mike Flanagan

Runtime: 97 min

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

Filmaffinity Rating 5.3 /10 IMDB Rating 6.2 /10

18. Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)

Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to get in touch with the dead to help a teenager who has become the target of a dangerous supernatural entity.

Actors: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey

Director: James Wan

Runtime: 97 min

Genres: Horror, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 5.6 /10 IMDB Rating 6.1 /10

19. Tremors II: Aftershocks (1996)

The subterranean creatures that terrorized a small town are now making their way through the Mexican fields. Again, the population is once again on the lookout, hoping that this situation will end soon.

Actors: Fred Ward, Chris Gartin, Helen Shaver

Director: S.S. Wilson

Runtime: 100 min

Genres: Horror, Science fiction, Comedy

Filmaffinity Rating 3.8 /10 IMDB Rating 5.9 /10

20. Jigsaw (2017)

Jigsaw is back. On this occasion he will catch five people and face them in a series of bloody games as punishment for their crimes. At the same time an investigation takes place in which Forensic scientists try to find and capture the murderer, with the suspicion that someone from the team can be responsible.

Actors: Matt Passmore, Tobin Bell, Callum Keith Rennie

Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig

Runtime: 92 min

Genres: Horror, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 5.0 /10 IMDB Rating 5.7 /10