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. 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

2. Frankenstein (2025)

Obsession drives Victor Frankenstein to assemble and animate a being from corpses. Abandonment fuels the creature's rage; their clash of ambition, guilt and revenge leads to tragic ruin for both.

Genres: Science fiction, Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 6.9 /10 IMDB Rating 7.5 /10

3. 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

4. Late Night with the Devil (2023)

In 1977, a struggling late‑night show stages a live stunt to avoid cancellation, but a demonic force hijacks the broadcast, turning the telecast into escalating terror that spills into viewers' homes.

Genres: Independent, Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 6.5 /10 IMDB Rating 7.0 /10

5. 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

6. Insidious 2 (2013)

Josh and Renai Lambert have moved with their children to the house of Lorraine, Josh's mother, hoping to forget the past and start a new life. But soon the family begins to perceive strange visions and threatening phenomena that will force them to unravel a dark secret.

Genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 5.7 /10 IMDB Rating 6.6 /10

7. 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, Mystery, Drama, Fantasy

Filmaffinity Rating 5.8 /10 IMDB Rating 6.6 /10

8. 28 Years Later (2025)

Nearly 30 years after the rage virus, survivors on Lindisfarne watch a father and son leave to a changed mainland where evolved infected, warped humans and dark secrets threaten — filmed largely on an iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Genre: Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 5.7 /10 IMDB Rating 6.6 /10

9. 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

10. 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

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. Little Monsters (2019)

After a breakup, washed-up musician Dave chaperones his nephew’s kindergarten trip to woo teacher Miss Caroline. A nearby military lab unleashes zombies, forcing Dave, Miss Caroline and TV star Teddy McGiggle to protect the kids in gory, heartfelt chaos.

Genres: Comedy, Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 5.6 /10 IMDB Rating 6.3 /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. 1922 (2017)

In 1922 a proud rancher murdered his wife with the help of his teenage son. What he would never have imagined was that a group of rats would end up attacking them, reaching the point of convincing themselves that he was being stalked by his dead wife.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 5.4 /10 IMDB Rating 6.2 /10