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1. Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An outcast secretly pays the most popular girl in school one thousand dollars to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month.
Director: Steve Rash | Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Courtney Gains, Tina Caspary
Votes: 41,734 | Gross: $31.62M
2. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
PG-13 | 108 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
In 1968, the night of Halloween brings mayhem in a small town when a group of friends discovers a notebook written by a mysterious girl that foretells terrifying events.
Director: André Øvredal | Stars: Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Abrams
Votes: 84,977 | Gross: $68.95M
3. Halloween Kills (2021)
R | 105 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
Surviving victims of Michael Myers form a vigilante mob and vow to end his reign of terror.
Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney
Votes: 97,929 | Gross: $92.00M
4. Hubie Halloween (2020)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Despite his devotion to his hometown of Salem (and its Halloween celebration), Hubie Dubois is a figure of mockery for kids and adults alike. But this year, something is going bump in the night, and it's up to Hubie to save Halloween.
Director: Steven Brill | Stars: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Julie Bowen, Ray Liotta
Votes: 58,373
5. Trick 'r Treat (2007)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Horror
Five interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband; and a mean old man meets his match with a demonic, supernatural trick-or-treater.
Director: Michael Dougherty | Stars: Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Dylan Baker, Rochelle Aytes
Votes: 104,439
6. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece. Can Dr. Loomis stop him?
Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, George P. Wilbur
Votes: 58,465 | Gross: $17.77M
7. Hell Night (1981)
R | 101 min | Horror, Thriller
Four college pledges are forced to spend the night in a deserted old mansion, where they are stalked by the monstrous survivor of a family massacre years earlier.
Director: Tom DeSimone | Stars: Linda Blair, Vincent Van Patten, Peter Barton, Kevin Brophy
Votes: 8,712
8. Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Madea lands in the midst of mayhem when she spends a haunted Halloween fending off killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls, and zombies while keeping a watchful eye on her wild teenage great-niece.
Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Tyler Perry, Cassi Davis, Patrice Lovely, Yousef Erakat
Votes: 9,290 | Gross: $73.21M
9. Tales of Halloween (2015)
R | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Ten stories are woven together by their shared theme of Halloween night in an American suburb, where ghouls, imps, aliens and axe murderers appear for one night only to terrorize unsuspecting residents.
Directors: Darren Lynn Bousman, Axelle Carolyn, Adam Gierasch, Andrew Kasch, Neil Marshall, Lucky McKee, Mike Mendez, Dave Parker, Ryan Schifrin, John Skipp, Paul Solet | Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Hunter Smit, Cameron Easton, Caroline Williams
Votes: 14,295
10. Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (2017)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Madea, Bam, and Hattie venture to a haunted campground and the group must run for their lives when monsters, goblins, and the boogeyman are unleashed.
Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Tyler Perry, Cassi Davis, Patrice Lovely, Yousef Erakat
Votes: 5,241 | Gross: $47.32M
11. Monster High: Ghouls Rule! (2012 TV Movie)
TV-Y7 | 71 min | Animation, Family
When the freaky-fab guys and ghouls of Monster High get wrongly accused of Halloween high jinx by a group of normies, things get spooky. But can they prove their innocence in time for a spooktacular celebration?
Directors: Mike Fetterly, Steve Sacks | Stars: Erin Fitzgerald, Steve Staley, Ogie Banks, Salli Saffioti
Votes: 1,117
12. The Barn (2016)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror
It's Halloween 1989, best friends Sam and Josh are trying to enjoy what's left of their final Devil's Night before graduating high school. But trouble arises when the two pals and a group ... See full summary »
Director: Justin M. Seaman | Stars: Mitchell Musolino, Will Stout, Lexi Dripps, Cortland Woodard
Votes: 1,886
13. The Terror of Hallow's Eve (2017)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
After a fifteen-year-old is brutally beaten up by High School bullies, his wish for revenge unknowingly unleashes the Terror of Halloween.
Director: Todd Tucker | Stars: Caleb Thomas, Sarah Lancaster, Annie Read, JT Neal
Votes: 1,098
14. Kenny & Company (1976)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
A coming-of-age story about the lives of a teenage boy and his friend as they traverse the highs and lows of boyhood in the run-up to Halloween.
Director: Don Coscarelli | Stars: Dan McCann, A. Michael Baldwin, Jeff Roth, Ralph Richmond
Votes: 786
15. The Night Before Halloween (2016 TV Movie)
90 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
On the night before Halloween, seventeen year-old Megan and her group of friends are conned into taking part in a prank that accidentally lands their friend Beth in a coma. What Megan and ... See full summary »
Director: Sheldon Wilson | Stars: Bailee Madison, Justin Kelly, Jahmil French, Kiana Madeira
Votes: 650
16. The Clown Murders (1976)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Four men kidnap an old girlfriend on Halloween night as a joke to ruin a real estate deal, only to have a very real clown-masked killer stalk them seeking revenge.
Director: Martyn Burke | Stars: Stephen Young, Susan Keller, Lawrence Dane, John Candy
Votes: 477
17. The Pumpkin Karver (2006)
R | 90 min | Horror
After mistaking him for a masked killer, Jonathan fatally stabbed his sister's boyfriend on Halloween. One year later to the day, the siblings find themselves fighting for their lives against a very familiar masked murderer.
Director: Robert Mann | Stars: Michael Zara, Amy Weber, Brian Kary, Bryan Jamerson
Votes: 1,629
18. Halloween Night (2006 Video)
TV-14 | 85 min | Horror
The film follows Chris Vale (Scot Nery), a young man who was wrongly convicted of murdering his family in 1982, and admitted into an insane asylum based largely on the fact that Chris had ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Atkins | Stars: Derek Osedach, Rebekah Kochan, Scot Nery, Sean Durrie
Votes: 1,158
19. Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade (2003 Video)
G | 62 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Wow - fifth grade. But what good is practically being a grown-up when the teacher's a big sourpuss?
Director: Howy Parkins | Stars: Rickey D'Shon Collins, Jason Davis, Myles Jeffrey, Ashley Johnson
Votes: 2,357
20. The Mine (2012)
PG-13 | 95 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Five school friends seek adventure on Halloween night in an abandoned, haunted mine, only to find to their horror that the ghostly rumors may be true as they fight for survival.
Director: Jeff Chamberlain | Stars: Reiley McClendon, Adam Hendershott, Valerie C. Walker, Jordan Chamberlain
Votes: 1,342
21. Mischief Night (2014)
R | 88 min | Horror
The night before Halloween, a teenage babysitter is stalked by a masked killer, but in an unusual turn of events, victim and victimizer begin to develop romantic feelings for each other.
Director: Travis Baker | Stars: Brooke Anne Smith, Marc Valera, Nikki Limo, Matt Angel
Votes: 891
22. House of Purgatory (2016)
75 min | Horror, Thriller
Four teenagers go looking for a legendary haunted house that gives you money back for every floor you can complete. Once finding it, they realize the house is much more terrifying than a ... See full summary »
Director: Tyler Christensen | Stars: Torey Adkins, Laura Coover, Marika Engelhardt, Brad Fry
Votes: 746
23. Casper the Friendly Ghost: He Ain't Scary, He's Our Brother (1979 TV Movie)
TV-G | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Casper tries to pass as a human child so they can trick or treat, but their ghost roommates keep haunting every person Casper tries to obtain candy from. Casper then runs into some poor, costume-less orphans who accept Casper as a ghost.
Directors: Carl Urbano, Carl Urbano, Chris Cuddington | Stars: Greg Alter, Lucille Bliss, Diana McCannon, Julie McWhirter
Votes: 149
24. Devil's Night (2015)
80 min | Horror, Thriller
On the night before Halloween, four high school friends choose to bail on the big costume party in favor of some holiday vandalizing, a choice with dire consequences.
Director: Nathan Bucar | Stars: Massimo Lista, Joe Grimes, Will McMahon, Barret Hackney
Votes: 171
25. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Trick or Treason (1994 TV Short)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Anxious to join the Monster Club, precocious singing chipmunk Alvin undergoes a grueling trick-or-treat initiation.
Director: Walt Kubiak | Stars: Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, Vanessa Bagdasarian, Michael Bagdasarian
Votes: 98
26. Rimoldigno (2017– )
Comedy, Reality-TV
A channel with a comedic touch of many pranks.
Stars: Simone Rimoldi, Stefano Rimoldi, Papà Rimo, Chiara Rimoldi
27. Arthur and the Haunted Tree House (2017 TV Movie)
G | 57 min | Animation
While trick-or-treating, Francine meets an elderly woman with a very mysterious past; Binky finds himself at Mr. Ratburn's amazing haunted house; and Arthur, Buster and Ladonna fear the tree house may be haunted.
Director: Marc Brown | Stars: Melissa Altro, Sonja Ball, Ada Balon, Daniel Brochu
Votes: 53
28. Honeyspider (2014)
Not Rated | 76 min | Horror, Thriller
It's Halloween day in 1989 and college student Jackie Blue wants to enjoy a quiet birthday in the midst of a chaotic semester at school. Her friend Amber has other ideas and persuades ... See full summary »
Director: Josh Hasty | Stars: Frank J. Aard, Anjali Alm-Basu, Brad Baker, Katie Bearden
Votes: 177
29. The Fat Albert Halloween Special (1977 TV Movie)
30 min | Animation, Family
While attempting their Halloween mischief, the kids get the ultimate scare from the lady who lives in the spooky house by the graveyard. When some of the kids do not return from ... See full summary »
Director: Hal Sutherland | Stars: Bill Cosby, Jan Crawford, Gerald Edwards, Eric Suter
Votes: 217
30. How My Dad Killed Dracula (2008)
PG | 14 min | Short, Comedy, Family
A Halloween practical joke turns a family tradition into a night of comic terror when two young teens don't believe their cousin's dad killed Dracula. Insisting on proving it, Dad picks up a shovel and starts to dig.
Director: Sky Soleil | Stars: Daniel Roebuck, Neil Hopkins, Victor Bonavida, Cooper Green
Votes: 57
31. No Costume No Candy (2017)
12 min | Short, Comedy
Two long time friends go on their last night of Halloween trick or treating while in pursuit of a high school crush.
Director: Keith Bearden | Stars: Sophia Sage Speringo, Kassidy Keirstead, Alec Bandzes, Paula T. Lin
Votes: 11
32. The Witch's Cat (1948)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short
A witch and her really-stupid cat try to disrupt a Halloween celebration by the mice. They swoop down on the mice as they are parading around a bonfire. But the cat burns its tail, is ... See full summary »
Director: Mannie Davis
Votes: 63
33. First Halloween (2012)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
Raised in a strict conservative household as a child, a grown man is reluctantly taken out by his friend to experience Halloween trick or treating for the first time.
Director: Andrew Patrick Ralston | Stars: Brian Konowal, Brenna Lampson, Jay Lewis, Alex Skuby
Votes: 8
34. Penguin Halloween Panic (2015 TV Short)
22 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Everyone is in the spirit for Halloween treats, except for Blizzard, who feels that tricks are the treat. Blizzard befriends a specter named Polter-Gus and accidentally unleash a swarm of unfriendly ghosts who terrorize the island.
Director: Tobias Fouracre | Stars: Wallace Shawn, Mikey Kelley, Eric Bauza, Chris Diamantopoulos
Votes: 16
35. Happy Halloween (2007)
5 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
Chad and Rob take their Halloween celebration a little bit too far.
Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin | Stars: Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Rob Polonsky
Votes: 23
36. Skypemare (2013 Video)
8 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
Alison is left home alone on Halloween night, but while chatting with her best friend Jenna over Skype, something terrifying happens to Jenna, leaving Alison helpless on the other side of the computer screen, watching in horror.
Director: John Fitzpatrick | Stars: Cerina Vincent, Annika Marks, Ryan Dillon, Adam J. Yeend
Votes: 434
37. Goodbye Walt (2012)
Not Rated | 30 min | Short, Crime, Drama
She thought her Halloween prank would go unnoticed until it backfired.
Director: Heather Robinson | Stars: Frances Denne, Rocco Guirlanda, Sherri Nelson-Jones, Najib Aljumail
Votes: 11
38. Scary Time (1960)
16 min | Short
In this suppressed UNICEF-sponsored polemic, Shirley Clarke juxtaposes school children in creepy Halloween costumes with scenes of poverty outside the USA.
Director: Shirley Clarke
Votes: 86
39. Hearty Treats (2014)
5 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
When two teens ruin an elderly woman's carefully crafted treats in the name of a Halloween prank, they learn much too late that the last laugh may be on them.
Director: Richard Griffin | Stars: Mary DeBerry, Josh Fontaine, Paul Lucenti
40. Scared Stiff: Tiny's Halloween 2 (2010)
13 min | Short, Horror
It's Halloween night once again, and Tiny is out going door to door. This year, is he out for more treats, or will he be forced to hand out more tricks of his own?
Director: Douglas A. Plomitallo | Stars: Chris Cafero, J.J. Durand, Hilma Falkowski, Jon Geter
41. All Hallowe'en Eve (2005)
6 min | Short, Horror
It's Laurie birthday which is Halloween and she is being stalked by "The Angel of Death" or is she?
Director: Christopher De Stefano | Stars: Merly Cuza, Massimo Messina, Casey O'Connor
42. The Halloween Pranksta (2014 TV Short)
13 min | Animation, Short
A mischievous nine year old boy who plays pranks on innocent people, learns a lesson that he will never forget on Halloween.
Director: Carl Paolino | Stars: John Mariano, Jeannie Elias, Mark Hamill, Jocelyne O'Toole
Votes: 11
43. Dulces de Halloween (2011)
8 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
One Halloween night, three brothers go knocking on the doors of houses shouting, "Trick or treat!" Though, the neighbors have no money to buy goodies. However, the boys will not return home with the empty baskets.
Director: Ingrid López | Stars: Àlex de la Cruz, Anna De La Cruz, Xavi de la Cruz, Txema Lorente
44. Saturday Night Live: Halloween Special (1991 TV Special)
90 min | Comedy, Horror
Compilation of Halloween themed sketches from various seasons of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Wayne's World's Wayne and Garth.
Directors: Beth McCarthy-Miller, Dave Wilson | Stars: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey
Votes: 31
45. Spurs TV Halloween Prank 2.0 (2015 TV Short)
6 min | Short, Comedy
It's Halloween again and Kyle Walker couldn't stay put. This time, he took the role of the puppeteer, pulling the strings, pushing the buttons and co-ordinating from behind the scenes. ... See full summary »
Director: Kyle Walker | Stars: Mousa Dembélé, Eric Dier, Harry Kane, Ryan Mason
46. The Unown (2017)
14 min | Short, Adventure, Horror
A Psychological thriller about a Halloween prank in the woods turns out more than it was supposed to be. A ex-Drug Peddler, curious girl and a crazy family of father and kids get tangled up in 'THE UNOWN'.
Director: Vivek Narayan | Stars: Jenny Allen, Natalie Borba, Joshua Thies, JonPaul Tilleman
47. Safeword: Youtube Halloween Speciál 2016 (2016)
12 min | Game-Show, Horror, Reality-TV
Stars: Daniel Strauch, Nikola Cechová, Karel Kovár, Jan Macák
Votes: 12
48. The Hallway (2022)
Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Horror
On Halloween night, Bailey wants to keep working on her class project, but her partner is ready to call it quits in favor of a party. After one Halloween prank, Bailey is ready for another.
Director: CJ Scott | Stars: Bryan Arvello, Aaron Ballesteros, Tuesday Poling
49. Knask OG Knep aka Trick AND Treat (2017)
9 min | Short, Horror
A couple's Halloween night takes a bit of a nasty turn.
Director: Severin Eskeland | Stars: Ståle Eskeland, Martin Gerhardsen, Marita Fjeldheim Wierdal
Votes: 23
50. Happy Halloween (II) (2017)
8 min | Short, Comedy
Dennis loves Halloween but his flatmate Frank doesn't share his enthusiasm which leads to tragic consequences.
Director: Core Of Monkos | Stars: Amy Barnes, Belal Ladkani, Jon Price