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1. Supernatural (2005–2020)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Two brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons, and gods that roam the earth.
Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Misha Collins
Votes: 483,022
2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
R | 91 min | Horror
Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, John Saxon
Votes: 262,419 | Gross: $25.50M
3. The Cursed (2021)
R | 111 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
In rural 19th-century France, a mysterious, possibly supernatural menace threatens a small village. John McBride, a pathologist, comes to town to investigate the danger - and exorcise some of his own demons in the process.
Director: Sean Ellis | Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie, Roxane Duran
Votes: 16,584
4. The Nightmare (II) (2015)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Horror
A look at a frightening condition that plagues thousands; sleep paralysis.
Director: Rodney Ascher | Stars: Stephen Joseph, Estrella Cristina, Siegfried Peters, Nicole Bosworth
Votes: 7,171
5. Silent Hill (2006)
R | 125 min | Horror, Mystery
A woman, Rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called Silent Hill.
Director: Christophe Gans | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Laurie Holden, Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger
Votes: 243,983 | Gross: $46.98M
6. Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
R | 97 min | Action, Horror
Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.
Director: Ronny Yu | Stars: Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Kelly Rowland, Monica Keena
Votes: 127,257 | Gross: $82.62M
7. The Day After (1983 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 127 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas.
Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum
Votes: 18,152
8. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
R | 96 min | Fantasy, Horror
A psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.
Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Craig Wasson, Patricia Arquette
Votes: 90,270 | Gross: $44.79M
9. Threads (1984 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 112 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.
Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May
Votes: 20,074
10. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The spectre of a disfigured man haunts the children of the parents who murdered him, stalking and killing them in their dreams.
Director: Samuel Bayer | Stars: Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, Katie Cassidy
Votes: 107,446 | Gross: $63.08M
11. You Should Have Left (2020)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A former banker, his actress wife, and their spirited daughter book a vacation at an isolated modern home in the Welsh countryside where nothing is quite as it seems.
Director: David Koepp | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried, Avery Tiiu Essex, Colin Blumenau
Votes: 25,752
12. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
R | 87 min | Horror
A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.
Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Robert Englund, Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler
Votes: 77,398 | Gross: $30.00M
13. Paprika (2006)
R | 90 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.
Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tôru Furuya
Votes: 96,840 | Gross: $0.88M
14. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
R | 93 min | Horror
Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Robert Englund, Rodney Eastman, John Beckman, Kisha Brackel
Votes: 61,621 | Gross: $49.37M
15. A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)
R | 89 min | Fantasy, Horror
The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world.
Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Kelly Jo Minter, Danny Hassel
Votes: 50,649 | Gross: $22.17M
16. Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
R | 89 min | Fantasy, Horror
Dream-haunting Freddy Krueger returns once again to prowl the nightmares of Springwood's last surviving teenager, and of a woman whose personal connection to Krueger may mean his doom.
Director: Rachel Talalay | Stars: Robert Englund, Lisa Zane, Shon Greenblatt, Lezlie Deane
Votes: 50,970 | Gross: $34.87M
17. Sphere (1998)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A spaceship is discovered under three hundred years' worth of coral growth at the bottom of the ocean.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Coyote
Votes: 112,502 | Gross: $37.02M
18. Fail Safe (1964)
Approved | 112 min | Drama, Thriller
A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 24,403
19. Dead of Night (1945)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, Horror
Guests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig, who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer | Stars: Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Roland Culver, Mary Merrall
Votes: 14,209
20. Boogeyman (2005)
PG-13 | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young man tries to deal with the childhood terror that has never stopped haunting him.
Director: Stephen Kay | Stars: Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Lucy Lawless, Skye McCole Bartusiak
Votes: 32,594 | Gross: $46.75M
21. Demon Wind (1990)
R | 96 min | Horror
With the need to investigate the mysterious death of his grandparents, Cory and his friends assemble back to the old farm where it all began, sixty years earlier.
Director: Charles Philip Moore | Stars: Eric Larson, Francine Lapensée, Jack Forcinito, Stephen Quadros
Votes: 3,249
22. The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
R | 115 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 3,267
23. An Imperfect Murder (2017)
R | 71 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An actress's nightmare about killing her ex-boyfriend somehow becomes a reality.
Director: James Toback | Stars: Sienna Miller, Alec Baldwin, Charles Grodin, Colleen Camp
Votes: 2,085
24. The Theatre Bizarre (2011)
Not Rated | 114 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A modern horror omnibus inspired by the over-the-top shocks of Paris' early 20th century 'Theatre du Grand Guignol'. Enola Penny sneaks into an abandoned theater and witnesses six bizarre tales.
Directors: Douglas Buck, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Jeremy Kasten, Tom Savini, Richard Stanley | Stars: Udo Kier, Virginia Newcomb, Amanda Marquardt, Amelia Gotham
Votes: 4,472
25. King of Thorn (2009)
TV-MA | 120 min | Animation, Adventure, Horror
A virus begins to grip the Earth's population and a group of hopeful survivors are cryogenically frozen in attempt to find a cure. But when the group awakens they are flung into a horrifying situation.
Director: Kazuyoshi Katayama | Stars: Kana Hanazawa, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Eri Sendai, Sayaka Ôhara
Votes: 2,908
26. Slaughterhouse Rock (1987)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror
A man visits Alcatraz prison after having dreams about all the people who died there. When he gets there, his brother is possessed by an evil cannibal demon. The ghost of a female heavy ... See full summary »
Director: Dimitri Logothetis | Stars: Toni Basil, Nicholas Celozzi, Tom Reilly, Donna Denton
Votes: 1,490
27. Kill Game (2016)
Not Rated | 102 min | Horror
Five years after a high school prank gone horribly wrong, a group of good looking, shallow, and at times cruel pranksters find themselves on the wrong end of the joke.
Director: Robert Mearns | Stars: Joe Adler, Laura Ashley Samuels, Pierson Fode, Mouzam Makkar
Votes: 894
28. The I Inside (2004)
R | 90 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An amnesiac discovers himself leaping through time between 2000 and 2002 as his past returns to him.
Director: Roland Suso Richter | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Polley, Piper Perabo, Robert Sean Leonard
Votes: 11,382
29. The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral (2008)
TV-MA | 114 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A teenage demon hunter uses her mystical powers to investigate supernatural events.
Director: Takayuki Hirao | Stars: Maaya Sakamoto, Ken'ichi Suzumura, Takako Honda, Ayumi Fujimura
Votes: 2,099
30. Retribution (2006)
R | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An experienced police detective has to investigate the murder of an unknown woman dressed in a scarlet dress.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Manami Konishi, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Hiroyuki Hirayama
Votes: 3,259
31. Curse of the Puppet Master (1998 Video)
R | 78 min | Fantasy, Horror, Romance
A scientist attempts to master the art of transferring people's souls into puppets.
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: George Peck, Emily Harrison, Josh Green, Michael Guerin
Votes: 3,140
32. Beyond Dream's Door (1989)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Ben hasn't been able to dream since the deaths of his parents, but as he attempts to make human connections, his nightmares begin to spill over into all of their waking lives.
Director: Jay Woelfel | Stars: Nick Baldasare, Rick Kesler, Susan Pinsky, Norm Singer
Votes: 886
33. Tomb of Torture (1963)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror
A woman is tormented by dreams that she is the reincarnation of a dead countess. Her father, trying to get her to stop the dreams, takes her to a village near the castle of the late ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Boccaci | Stars: Annie Alberti, Adriano Micantoni, Marco Mariani, Flora Carosello
Votes: 287
34. Flight to Hell (2003 Video)
85 min | Horror
Don's nightmare comes true as his fellow passengers on a private 'plane are transformed into flesh-eating monsters.
Director: Alvaro Passeri | Stars: Eric Bassanesi, Basia Wajs, Rory Amadeus, Sinne Mutsaers
Votes: 117
35. Krueger: The Legend of Elm Street (2016)
14 min | Short, Drama, Horror
A short look at the history of Freddy Krueger.
Director: Chris R. Notarile | Stars: Roberto Lombardi, Jessica Buda, Shannon McDermott, Christian Chase
Votes: 144
36. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1989 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Horror
A teen sets out searching the houses on Elm Street for Freddy Krueger's bones. Once they are all collected, they must be thrown into the high school furnace to destroy Freddy once and for all.
Director: Brett Sperry
Votes: 256
37. The Star Light Motel (2021)
8 min | Short, Horror
A troubled woman spends the night in a haunted motel room.
Director: Nicholas Kleban | Stars: Kristi Everard, Concetta Roche
39. The Hypnotic Murders (1998)
80 min | Drama
A beautiful woman is hypnotized into having bloody nightmares that end in her death.
Director: Gary Whitson | Stars: Tina Krause, Pamela Sutch, G.W. Lawrence, Dakotah
40. The Oval Portrait
Short, Drama, Horror | Pre-production
Director: Martin Horlacher | Stars: Martin Horlacher, Gareth James
41. Whispers of Carcosa
Short, Horror, Mystery | Pre-production
Following mysterious voices who beckon him, a traveler finds himself lost in a seaside town. Upon calling out to a stranger, he discovers some questions best left unanswered.
Director: Pete Yagmin
42. Let Us Go and Burn Her Body; or, the Devil Done Let Out (2005)
Not Rated | 112 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A young female paranormalist is pursued by a man claiming to be the devil in human form.
Director: Damon Blalack | Stars: Erika O'Bar, Carl Buffington, Johnathan Prince, Jimi Fleming
Votes: 254
43. Magenta (2020 TV Short)
12 min | Short, Crime, Horror
«Elementary, my dear Cthulhu!». Sara stole an archaeological find, "The Magenta eye". When she realizes the stone has paranormal properties, the only men who can help her are a mystery consultant and his assistant.
Director: Gabriele Tacchi | Stars: Gianfranco Miranda, Alessandro Budroni, Valentina Greco
44. Where Nightmares Feed (2008)
Unrated | 3 min | Animation, Short, Horror
A 3-minute animation about a woman trapped in an Eastern European hotel when her nightmare comes to feed.
Director: Pete Sleeper | Star: Pete Sleeper
45. Visitas (2006)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
Elements from melodrama, the absurd, tragedy and suspense find themselves in this trilogy to draw a psychological sketch of violence. Through the subtle relationship of three stories and ... See full summary »
Director: Pedro Lange | Stars: Mayil Georgi, Luz Stella Luengas, Enrique Giordano, Álvaro Rodríguez
Votes: 28
46. Feberdrømme (2015)
13 min | Short, Horror
A bestselling author is struggling with writing her new book as well as a bad case of fever. Is the mysterious masked man in her dreams the key to her new novel or does he represent something far darker?
Director: Nicklas Tägtström Møller | Stars: Klaus Birkebæk, Anders Weinreich Gregersen, Sisse Engsig Karlsson, Andreas Sjølund Pedersen
47. Jammed (2007)
6 min | Short, Horror
On a cold winter night, a man encounters a disturbing bellboy in a cheap motel.
Director: Eric Piccoli | Stars: Julien Deschamps Jolin, Didier Egle, Michel Valliéres
Votes: 23
48.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Treehouse of Horror VI
(1995)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
A lightning storm causes giant advertising mascots to come to life; The children are terrorized by Groundskeeper Willie in their dreams; Homer finds himself trapped in another dimension.
Directors: Bob Anderson, David Mirkin | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 3,759
49.
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990–2000)
Episode:
The Tale of the Crimson Clown
(1994)
Not Rated | 22 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A little boy who gets away with everything gets taught a lesson of right and wrong.
Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Michael Barry, Christopher Redman, Susan Almgren, Wally Martin
Votes: 716
50.
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990–2000)
Episode:
The Tale of the Twisted Claw
(1990)
Not Rated | 22 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In a twist of "The Monkey's Paw" story, two boys harass a little old lady the night before Halloween. The next night, she gives them a wooden vulture foot that grants wishes - and curses.
Director: D.J. MacHale | Stars: Noah Plener, Maxwell Medeiros, Ann Page, Linda E. Smith
Votes: 1,037