Top 10 Best Horror Movies by Year 2010-2019

Criteria: These Top 10 Best Horror Movies for each year 2010 through 2019 are ranked by Impact, Influence, and Popularity in the Horror movie genre.

Title (Director) (Leading Actors)

10 Best Horror Movies of 2019


1. The Lighthouse
(Robert Eggers) (Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman)
2. Midsommar
(Ari Aster) (Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren)
3. Us
(Jordan Peele) (Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss)
4. Ready or Not
(Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett) (Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien)
5. Doctor Sleep
(Mike Flanagan) (Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran)
6. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
(André Øvredal) (Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza)
7. The Perfection
(Richard Shepard) (Allison Williams, Steven Weber, Alaina Huffman)
8. The Hole In The Ground
(Lee Cronin) (Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, Kati Outinen)
9. Crawl
(Alexandre Aja) (Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark)
10. It: Chapter Two
(Andy Muschietti) (Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader)

10 Best Horror Movies of 2018


1. Hereditary
(Ari Aster) (Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Gabriel Byrne)
2. Mandy
(Panos Cosmatos) (Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache)
3. A Quiet Place
(John Krasinski) (Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds)
4. Apostle
(Gareth Evans) (Dan Stevens, Richard Elfyn, Paul Higgins)
5. Suspiria
(Luca Guadagnino) (Chloë Grace Moretz, Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson)
6. The Endless
(Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead) (Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead)
7. Halloween
(David Gordon Green) (Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak)
8. Cam
(Daniel Goldhaber) (Madeline Brewer, Patch Darragh, Melora Walters)
9. Unfriended: Dark Web
(Stephen Susco) (Colin Woodell, Stephanie Nogueras, Betty Gabriel)
10. The Clovehitch Killer
(Duncan Skiles) (Charlie Plummer, Dylan McDermott, Samantha Mathis)

10 Best Horror Movies of 2017


1. It
(Andy Muschietti) (Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard)
2. Get Out
(Jordan Peele) (Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford)
3. Annabelle: Creation
(David F. Sandberg) (Anthony LaPaglia, Samara Lee, Miranda Otto)
4. Gerald's Game
(Mike Flanagan) (Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Chiara Aurelia)
5. Split
(M. Night Shyamalan) (James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Haley Lu Richardson)
6. Raw
(Julia Ducournau) (Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella)
7. The Ritual
(David Bruckner) (Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali, Robert James-Collier)
8. Still/Born
(Brandon Christensen) (Christie Burke, Jesse Moss, Rebecca Olson )
9. 47 Meters Down
(Johannes Roberts) (Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine)
10. Leatherface
(Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury) (Finn Jones, Lili Taylor, Stephen Dorff)

10 Best Horror Movies of 2016


1. Under the Shadow
(Babak Anvari) (Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi)
2. 10 Cloverfield Lane
(Dan Trachtenberg) (John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead)
3. Evolution
(Lucile Hadzihalilovic) (Max Brebant, Roxane Duran, Julie-Marie Parmentier)
4. The Love Witch
(Anna Biller) (Samantha Robinson, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Laura Waddell)
5. Train to Busan
(Sang-ho Yeon) (Yoo Gong, Soo-an Kim, Yu-mi Jung)
6. Don't Breathe
(Fede Alvarez) (Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette)
7. The Monster
(Bryan Bertino) (Zoe Kazan, Ella Ballentine, Aaron Douglas)
8. The Autopsy of Jane Doe
(André Øvredal) ( Emile Hirsch, Brian Cox, Ophelia Lovibond)
9. The Eyes of My Mother
(Nicolas Pesce) (Kika Magalhaes, Will Brill, Olivia Bond)
10. The Conjuring 2
(James Wan) (Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Madison Wolfe)

10 Best Horror Movies of 2015


1. The Witch
(Robert Eggers) (Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie)
2. Green Room
(Jeremy Saulnier) (Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat)
3. The Invitation
(Karyn Kusama) (Logan Marshall-Green, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michiel Huisman)
4. Insidious: Chapter 3
(Leigh Whannell) (Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, Angus Sampson)
5. Baskin
(Can Evrenol) (Mehmet Cerrahoglu, Gorkem Kasal, Ergun Kuyucu)
6. The Hallow
(Corin Hardy) (Joseph Mawle, Bojana Novakovic, Michael McElhatton)
7. Emelie
(Michael Thelin) (Sarah Bolger, Carly Adams, Carl Bailey)
8. Maggie
(Henry Hobson) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Joely Richardson)
9. Curse of the Witching Tree
(James Crow) (Sarah Rose Denton, Lucy Clarvis, Lawrence Weller)
10. We Are Still Here
(Ted Geoghegan) (Barbara Crampton, Andrew Sensenig, Lisa Marie)

10 Best Horror Movies of 2014


1. The Babadook
(Jennifer Kent) (Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall)
2. Housebound
(Gerard Johnstone) (Morgana O'Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru)
3. The Taking of Deborah Logan
(Adam Robitel) ( Jill Larson, Anne Ramsay, Michelle Ang)
4. It Follows
(David Robert Mitchell) (Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Luccardi)
5. The Canal
(Ivan Kavanagh) (Rupert Evans, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra)
6. Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead
(Tommy Wirkola) (Vegar Hoel, Ørjan Gamst, Martin Starr)
7. Starry Eyes
(Kevin Kolsch, Dennis Widmyer) (Alex Essoe, Amanda Fuller, Noah Segan)
8. 13 Sins
(Daniel Stamm) (Mark Webber, Devon Graye, Tom Bower)
9. Unfriended
(Leo Gabriadze) (Heather Sossaman, Matthew Bohrer, Courtney Halverson)
10. Honeymoon
(Leigh Janiak) (Rose Leslie, Harry Treadaway, Ben Huber)

10 Best Horror Movies of 2013


1. The Conjuring
(James Wan) (Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston)
2. We Are What We Are
(Jim Mickle) (Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner)
3. You're Next
(Adam Wingard) (Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen)
4. Dark Touch
(Marina de Van) (Missy Keating, Marcella Plunkett, Padraic Delaney)
5. World War Z
(Marc Forster) (Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz)
6. Stoker
(Chan-wook Park) (Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode)
7. Jug Face
(Chad Crawford Kinkle) (Sean Bridgers, Lauren Ashley Carter, Kaitlin Cullum)
8. Evil Dead
(Fede Alvarez) (Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Jessica Lucas)
9. MAMA
(Andrés Muschietti) (Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier)
10. 100 Bloody Acres
(Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes) (Damon Herriman, Anna McGahan)

10 Best Horror Movies of 2012


1. The Cabin in the Woods
(Drew Goddard) (Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth)
2. Sinister
(Scott Derrickson) (Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance)
3. The Bay
(Barry Levinson) (Kristen Connolly, Jane McNeill)
4. The Woman in Black
(James Watkins) (Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer)
5. The Collection
(Marcus Dunstan) (Josh Stewart, Emma Fitzpatrick)
6. V/H/S
(Matt Bettinelli-Olpin) (Calvin Reeder, Lane Hughes

7. The Possession
(Ole Bornedal) (Natasha Calis, Jeffrey Dean Morgan)
8. [Rec]3 Génesis
(Paco Plaza) (Leticia Dolera, Diego Martín)
9. Paranormal Activity 4
(Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman) (Katie Featherston, Kathryn Newton)
10. Chernobyl Diaries
(Bradley Parker) (Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski)

10 Best Horror Movies of 2011



1. You're Next
(Adam Wingard) (Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen)
2. The Innkeepers
(Ti West) (Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis)
3. The Woman
(Lucky McKee) (Pollyanna McIntosh, Brandon Gerald Fuller, Lauren Ashley Carter)
4. Paranormal Activity 3
(Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman) (Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown)
5. Scream 4
(Wes Craven) (Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette)
6. The Caller
(Matthew Parkhill) (Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer, Lorna Raver)
7. Final Destination 5
(Steven Quale) (Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell, Arlen Escarpeta)
8. The Thing
(Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.) (Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton)
9. Silent House
(Chris Kentis, Laura Lau) (Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens)
10. The Monitor
(Pål Sletaune) (Noomi Rapace, Kristoffer Joner, Vetle Qvenild Werring)

10 Best Horror Movies of 2010


1. Insidious
(James Wan) (Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins)
2. The Crazies
(Breck Eisner) (Radha Mitchell, Timothy Olyphant, Danielle Panabaker)
3. Stake Land
(Jim Mickle) (Connor Paolo, Nick Damici, Kelly McGillis)
4. Paranormal Activity 2
(Tod Williams) (Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Molly Ephraim)
5. Hatchet II
(Adam Green) (Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder, Tony Todd)
6. The Wolfman
(Joe Johnston) (Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt)
7. 6 Souls
(Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein) (Julianne Moore, Jonathan Rhys Meyers)
8. I Spit on Your Grave
(Steven R. Monroe) (Sarah Butler, Jeff Branson, Andrew Howard)
9. The Ward
(John Carpenter) (Amber Heard, Mamie Gummer, Danielle Panabaker)
10. A Nightmare on Elm Street
(Samuel Bayer) (Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner)

Last Updated: 2022-10-26