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- 'The Exorcist' (1973) Directed by William Friedkin. When young Regan (Linda Blair) becomes possessed by a demon, her family calls for an exorcism to vanquish the evil.
- The Shining (1980) Directed by Stanley Kubrick. As one of the most renowned horror movies of all time, The Shining has endured for decades as a genre-defining masterpiece capable of generating an immense and weighted sense of dread that hangs heavy over the audience.
- 'Hereditary' (2018) Directed by Ari Aster. A groundbreaking debut from modern horror maestro Ari Aster, Hereditary became an instant classic with a startling reputation as being one of the greatest and scariest movies ever made.
- 'The Blair Witch Project' (1999) Directed by Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick. Still standing as the magnum opus of the found-footage subgenre over two decades after its release, The Blair Witch Project remains one of the most viscerally terrifying movies ever made.
- The Conjuring. Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor. 2,801 votes. The Conjuring masterfully presents an unsettling tale of the supernatural, anchored by the lives of real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.
- The Exorcist. Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow. 2,160 votes. The Exorcist is an iconic masterpiece that revolutionized supernatural horror, creating enduring terror through its portrayal of a tenacious battle between otherworldly forces and unwavering human faith.
- Insidious. Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey. 2,031 votes. Insidious revitalizes the supernatural horror genre with its unique combination of otherworldly entities and chillingly familiar domestic settings.
- The Conjuring 2. Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Madison Wolfe. 2,123 votes. The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist solidifies the franchise's reputation for spine-chilling supernatural horror through its chilling reimagining of one of the most documented paranormal events in history.
- Lady in White
- Personal Shopper
- Juliet of The Spirits
- The Fog
- The Changeling
- The Eye
- Extra Ordinary
- The Devil and Daniel Webster
- The Autopsy of Jane Doe
- The Witches of Eastwick
Director:Frank LaLoggia A victim of meanspirited Halloween prank, a young boy named Frankie (Lukas Haas) meets the ghost a girl his age, murdered 10 years prior by a mysterious killer. The killer is still very much alive, and Frankie soon discovers that his new ghost friend Melissa (Joelle Jacobi) was not their only victim. There is a strong murder...
Director:Olivier Assayas The depths of sorrow for a lost loved one, to say nothing of the longing to reconnect with them in some way, is something most of us can relate to. You don’t have to believe in the notion of an afterlife to be impacted by the moving and impressively unsettling Personal Shopper. With a brilliant performance by Kristen Stewar...
Director:Federico Fellini You don’t need to be an expert or even a fan of arthouse films or world cinema to enjoy Juliet of the Spirits, one of Federico Fellini’s best for its stunning cinematography and deft blend of absurdist humor and sometimes tragic human desire. The film tells the story of a middle-aged woman named Giulietta (Giulietta Masina...
Director:John Carpenter An ancient grudge against the settlers who murdered them and took their gold sets the stage for one of John Carpenter’s best movies. Vengeful ghosts were nothing new in 1980, when Carpenter and co-writer/producer Debra Hill crafted the story of a glowing green fog that overtakes a small California town on the eve of its 100t...
Director:Peter Medak George C. Scott rarely worked in horror, yet the two most notable films in the genre featuring the Oscar-winning actor are among the best horror movies of all time. One is The Exorcist III, the other is the definitive word on atmospheric horror and cinematic ghost stories, The Changeling. A ghost story wrapped in political scan...
Directors:Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang Phat A young blind violinist named Wong Kar Mun (Angelica Lee, billed here as Lee Sin-Je) is given the ability to see again through an eye cornea transplant. The elation soon gives way to dread and the fear of something powerful and utterly unknowable that exists alongside her every waking moment, as her tra...
Directors:Enda Loughman and Michael Ahern An unhappy woman working as a driving instructor in Ireland has the ability to communicate with ghosts. Extra Ordinary doesn’t spend a lot of time setting this up, as the film moves quickly to establish its main characters, particularly Maeve Higgins as Rose Dooley. The rest of the film builds on its princi...
Director:William Dieterle The fun of the 1941 adaptation of the short story The Devil and Daniel Webster some 80 years after its release still comes down to an electric, influential performance by the great Walter Huston as Mr. Scratch. Obviously the Devil himself, Mr. Scratch makes a deal with a local struggling farmer named Jabez Stone to restore...
Director:André Øvredal Good chemistry between a father-and-son coroner team (Emile Hirsch and the outstanding Brian Cox) sets us up for the sparse, void-black humor present in The Autopsy of Jane Doe. With a simple setup of the pair investigating an increasingly strange death of a young woman, and an impressive supporting cast, including Ophelia Lo...
Director:George Miller It’s fun to see someone with energy as bold and relentless as George Miller (director of every Mad Max movie) doing one of the strangest big budget fantasy comedies of its decade. There’s something heightened to not only this story and its energy, as well as the performances of Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Cher as t...
Sort by List order. 1. The Conjuring. 2013 1h 52m R. 7.5 (560K) Rate. 68 Metascore. Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Director James Wan Stars Patrick Wilson Vera Farmiga Ron Livingston.
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24 titles. Sort by List order. 1. The Conjuring. 2013 1h 52m R. 7.5 (560K) Rate. 68 Metascore. Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Director James Wan Stars Patrick Wilson Vera Farmiga Ron Livingston. 2. The Conjuring 2. 2016 2h 14m R. 7.3 (304K) Rate. 65 Metascore.
Quite a few ghost films (especially English-speaking ones) didn't make my cut of the 50 best, so here are some other recommendations of good (but not great) ghost films: Pulse (2001), Wind Chill, The Uninvited (2009), The Bunker, Grave Encounters 2, A Tale Of Two Sisters, They Wait, Ghost Ship, The Haunted (1991), White Noise, Paranormal ...
Top 37 must-see best paranormal movies from 109 paranormal movies, including Poltergeist, The Shining, The Sixth Sense, The Conjuring, The Orphanage, Ghostbusters, Beetlejuice, Resolution, Ghost, and Ouija 2 ranked and rated by score. Top 37 Best Paranormal Movies of All Time. Click any of the movies in this paranormal list below to see that ...
