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10 Best Horror Movies That Actually Scare You

February 07, 2026 5 min read

Horror is the most divisive genre. But these 10 films scared critics and audiences alike. Ranked by GoodScore — no jump-scare-only garbage allowed.

How GoodScore works: We combine ratings from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB into a single 0-100 score. Higher = better. No single platform bias.

1
Jaws

Jaws

1975 · 2h 4m · Dir. Steven Spielberg

Horror, Thriller, Adventure

86
GoodScore

When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before...

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2
Get Out

Get Out

2017 · 1h 44m · Dir. Jordan Peele

Mystery, Thriller, Horror

85
GoodScore

Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series...

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3
Manichitrathazhu

Manichitrathazhu

1993 · 2h 49m · Dir. Fazil

Fantasy, Thriller, Horror

84
GoodScore

A young couple, Ganga and Nakulan, arrives at the ancestral home called Madampalli of the latter. Hailing from a family that follows tradition and superstitions, Nakulan's uncle Thampi objects to the couple's idea of moving into the allegedly haunted mansion,...

Amazon Prime Video
4
Godzilla Minus One

Godzilla Minus One

2023 · 2h 4m · Dir. Takashi Yamazaki

Science Fiction, Horror, Action

84
GoodScore

In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.

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5
Tumbbad

Tumbbad

2018 · 1h 53m · Dir. Rahi Anil Barve

Fantasy, Horror

83
GoodScore

India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secret of an ancestral treasure that Vinayak gets obsessed...

Amazon Prime Video
6
Train to Busan

Train to Busan

2016 · 1h 58m

Horror, Thriller, Action

81
GoodScore

When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.

Amazon Prime Video
7
Hereditary

Hereditary

2018 · 2h 8m

Horror, Mystery, Thriller

80
GoodScore

Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving...

Amazon Prime Video
8
The Babadook

The Babadook

2014 · 1h 34m · Dir. Jennifer Kent

Drama, Horror

80
GoodScore

A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.

Amazon Prime Video
9
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1978 · 1h 56m · Dir. Philip Kaufman

Science Fiction, Horror

80
GoodScore

The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers uncover the horrifying truth.

Amazon Prime Video
10
Rangi Taranga

Rangi Taranga

2015 · 2h 29m · Dir. Anup Bhandari

Horror, Mystery, Thriller

78
GoodScore

Mysterious events begin to unfold after a reclusive novelist and his wife move back to her ancestral village, followed by a journalist.

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