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. Psycho (1960)
Marion Crane, a young secretary, steals money from her company and runs away. She ends up at a house next door and decides to stay there with its owner, who turns out to be her mother.
Genres: Drama, Horror
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2. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
When the dead rise and feed on the living, strangers barricade themselves in a Pennsylvania farmhouse. As supplies and tempers run low, they must unite to survive the night.
Genres: Drama, Cult, Horror
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3. 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.
Genres: Horror, Comedy
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4. 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
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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.
Genres: Documentary, Mystery, Crime, Drama, Horror
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6. 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
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7. 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
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8. Under the Shadow (2016)
While a woman and her little daughter try to cope with the terror of Islamist Tehran in1980s, a mysterious being begins to appear at home.
Genres: Horror, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
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9. 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
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10. What Lies Beneath (2000)
Former cellist Claire and husband Norman settle in a Vermont lake house. Claire sees ghostly reflections, hears voices and experiences poltergeist activity; a Ouija-led probe reveals a secret that threatens their marriage and reality.
Genres: Horror, Mystery
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11. 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
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12. 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
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13. 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
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14. Host (2020)
Six friends stuck in lockdown hire a medium for a Zoom séance; a prank about a boy who hanged himself seems to summon a real, malevolent spirit that attacks them through their screens and homes, turning fun into survival.
Genres: Independent, Horror
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15. Better Watch Out (2016)
On a suburban Christmas night, babysitter Ashley’s routine care of 12-year-old Luke becomes a nightmare when intruders break in. A tense, twisty thriller as Ashley fights to protect the boy and expose suburban darkness.
Genre: Horror
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16. Shaitaan (2022)
Kabir, wife Jyoti and children Jhanvi, Dhruv retreat to farmhouse. Stranger Vanraj intrudes, stalks them, then uses dark rituals to possess Jhanvi. Family fights to save her and banish the evil.
Genres: Comedy, Horror
17. 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
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18. 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
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19. The Babysitter (2017)
Cole loves his babysitter Bee. She is hot, funny, and popular. One night, in a moment of defiance, Cole secretly stays past her bedtime to discover that she is actually a cold-blooded assassin who is in league with the Devil.
Genres: Horror, Comedy
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20. Deadstream (2022)
A disgraced influencer livestreams a stunt—spending a night alone in a notorious haunted house—to regain followers. After enraging a vengeful spirit, the publicity ploy becomes a desperate, live fight for survival.
Genres: Comedy, Independent, Horror
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