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We went down into the crypt, opened the coffin, and summoned the 75 best-reviewed horror films of all time. Behold -- it's RT's Horror Countdown, a compendium of horror shows to keep your spine tingling!
Critics Consensus: Well-crafted and gleefully creepy, The Conjuring ratchets up dread through a series of effective old-school scares.
Synopsis: Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. 'The Conjuring' tells the true story of Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga),...[More]
Starring:Vera Farmiga,Patrick Wilson,Ron Livingston,Lili Taylor
Critics Consensus: Elevated by standout performances from James Caan and Kathy Bates, this taut and frightening film is one of the best Stephen King adaptations to date.
Synopsis: Adapted from a Stephen King novel, Rob Reiner's Misery cast James Caan as a writer at a career crossroads. The film opens with Paul Sheldon (Caan)...[More]
Starring:Kathy Bates,James Caan,Richard Farnsworth,Frances Sternhagen
Critics Consensus: Scary, strange, and maybe a little silly, House of Usher represents an early high mark for Vincent Price and a career triumph for director Roger Corman.
Synopsis: This adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's terrifying gothic tale of the last members of the ancient race of the Ushers features the work of Roger Corman...[More]
Starring:Vincent Price,Mark Damon,Myrna Fahey,Harry Ellerbe
Critics Consensus:Fright Night deftly combines thrills and humor in this ghostly tale about a man living next to a vampire.
Synopsis: Classic Vampire film about a teenager who learns that his next door neighbor is a vampire, and no one will believe him.[More]
Starring:Chris Sarandon,Roddy McDowall,William Ragsdale,Amanda Bearse
Critics Consensus: Combining a deadly thriller plot with the stylized violence that would become his trademark, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage marked an impressive horror debut for Dario Argento.
Synopsis: This trend-setting thriller put its director, Dario Argento, on the international map and began a flood of imitative mystery-horror hybrids which...[More]
Starring:Tony Musante,Suzy Kendall,Eva Renzi,Mario Adorf
Critics Consensus: Smartly filmed, tightly scripted, and -- most importantly -- consistently frightening, Poltergeist is a modern horror classic.
Synopsis: With Poltergeist, directed by Tobe Hooper, Steven Spielberg had his first great success as a producer. Released around the same time as Spielberg's...[More]
Starring:JoBeth Williams,Craig T. Nelson,Beatrice Straight,Dominique Dunne
Critics Consensus:The Exorcist rides its supernatural theme to magical effect, with remarkable special effects and an eerie atmosphere, resulting in one of the scariest films of all time.
Synopsis: Novelist William Peter Blatty based his best-seller on the last known Catholic-sanctioned exorcism in the United States. Blatty transformed the little...[More]
Starring:Linda Blair,Jason Miller,Max von Sydow,Ellen Burstyn
Critics Consensus:The Dead Zone combines taut direction from David Cronenberg and and a rich performance from Christopher Walken to create one of the strongest Stephen King adaptations.
Synopsis: A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic detective ability.[More]
Starring:Christopher Walken,Brooke Adams,Tom Skerritt,Herbert Lom
Critics Consensus: Full of creepy campfire scares, mock-doc The Blair Witch Project keeps audiences in the dark about its titular villain -- thus proving that imagination can be as scary as anything onscreen.
Synopsis: Combining Hi-8 video with black-and-white 16 mm film, this film presents a raw look at what can happen when college students forego common sense and...[More]
Starring:Heather Donahue,Michael C. Williams,Joshua Leonard,Bob Griffith
Critics Consensus: Similar to the original in all the right ways -- but with enough changes to stand on its own -- Let Me In is the rare Hollywood remake that doesn't add insult to inspiration.
Synopsis: Twelve-year old Owen is viciously bullied by his classmates and neglected by his divorcing parents. Achingly lonely, Owen spends his days plotting...[More]
Starring:Kodi Smit-McPhee,Chloë Grace Moretz ,Richard Jenkins,Cara Buono
Critics Consensus: Effortlessly mixing scares, laughs, and social commentary, Attack the Block is a thrilling, brisky-paced sci-fi yarn with a distinctly British flavor.
Synopsis: From the producers of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, Attack the Block follows a gang of tough inner-city kids who try to defend their turf against an...[More]
Starring:John Boyega,Jodie Whittaker,Alex Esmail,Franz Drameh
Critics Consensus: Decades later, it still retains its ability to scare -- and Lon Chaney's performance remains one of the benchmarks of the horror genre.
Synopsis: Lon Chaney stars as Erik, the Phantom, in what is probably his most famous and certainly his most horrifying role. Produced by Universal, the film...[More]
Starring:Lon Chaney,Mary Philbin,Norman Kerry,Snitz Edwards
Directed By:Lon Chaney Jr,Rupert Julian,Edward Sedgwick
Critics Consensus: Trading gore for grandeur, Horror of Dracula marks an impressive turn for inveterate Christopher Lee as the titular vampire, and a typical Hammer mood that makes aristocracy quite sexy.
Synopsis: This Hammer Studios classic is far closer to the letter (and spirit) of the Bram Stoker novel than the Bela Lugosi version of Dracula. The premise...[More]
Starring:Christopher Lee,Peter Cushing,Michael Gough,Melissa Stribling
Critics Consensus: This intelligent horror film is subtle in its thrills and chills, with an ending that is both shocking and truly memorable.
Synopsis: A righteous police officer investigating the disappearance of a young girl comes into conflict with the unusual residents of a secluded Scottish isle...[More]
Starring:Edward Woodward,Britt Ekland,Diane Cilento,Ingrid Pitt
Critics Consensus: One of the most compelling and entertaining zombie films ever, Dawn of the Dead perfectly blends pure horror and gore with social commentary on material society.
Synopsis: Viewers who haven't seen George Romero's low-budget horror masterpiece Night of the Living Dead, might be at a loss during the first sequences of Dawn...[More]
Starring:David Emge,Ken Foree,Scott Reiniger,Gaylen Ross
Critics Consensus: Creepily atmospheric and haunting, The Devil's Backbone is both a potent ghost story and an intelligent political allegory.
Synopsis: The mournful fable of the Santa Lucia School during the last days of the Spanish Civil War. An imposing stone building set on a desolate plateau, the...[More]
Starring:Eduardo Noriega,Marisa Paredes,Fernando Tielve,Federico Luppi
Critics Consensus: Thanks to a smart script and documentary-style camerawork, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre achieves start-to-finish suspense, making it a classic in low-budget exploitation cinema.
Synopsis: Just as Hitchcock's Psycho was based on the life of deeply disturbed farmer Ed Gein, so is this little story of depravity and dementia. When a sister...[More]
Starring:Gunnar Hansen,Marilyn Burns,Allen Danziger,Teri McMinn
Critics Consensus: George A. Romero's contribution to vampire lore contains the expected gore and social satire -- but it's also surprisingly thoughtful, and boasts a whopper of a final act.
Synopsis: One of horror filmmaker George Romero's many 'small' 1970s films, Martin was fortunate enough to foster a cult following that has enabled it to take...[More]
Starring:John Amplas,Lincoln Maazel,Elyane Nadeau,Christine Forrest
Critics Consensus: David Cronenberg combines his trademark affinity for gore and horror with strongly developed characters, making The Fly a surprisingly affecting tragedy.
Synopsis: Considered fairly gruesome in its day, the original 1958 The Fly looks like Mister Rogers' Neighborhood compared to this 1986 remake. Jeff Goldblum...[More]
Starring:Jeff Goldblum,Geena Davis,John Getz,Joy Boushel
Critics Consensus: Wickedly funny and featuring plenty of gore, Zombieland is proof that the zombie subgenre is far from dead.
Synopsis: A cowardly shut-in named Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is forced to join up with a seasoned zombie slayer named Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) in order to...[More]
Starring:Woody Harrelson,Jesse Eisenberg,Emma Stone,Abigail Breslin
Critics Consensus: A classic. The definitive version of the Robert Louis Stevenson novella from 1931, with innovative special effects, atmospheric cinematography and deranged overacting.
Synopsis: The good Doctor Jekyll invents a drug that unleashes Mr. Hyde, the incarnation of his uncontrollable evil side, with devastating consequences. The...[More]
Starring:Fredric March,Miriam Hopkins,Rose Hobart,Holmes Herbert
Critics Consensus: David Lynch's surreal Eraserhead uses detailed visuals and a creepy score to create a bizarre and disturbing look into a man's fear of parenthood.
Synopsis: This surreal nightmare examines male paranoia. Our hero and title character, Henry, faces a number of horrifying obstacles in meeting someone of the...[More]
Starring:Jack Nance,Charlotte Stewart,Allan Joseph,Jeanne Bates
Critics Consensus: The kinetic camerawork and brutal over-the-top gore that made Dario Argento famous is on full display, but the addition of a compelling, complex story makes Deep Red a masterpiece.
Synopsis: The film that has become the master work in Italian horror maestro Dario Argento's canon, Deep Red holds up brilliantly despite the plethora of...[More]
Starring:David Hemmings,Daria Nicolodi,Gabriele Lavia,Clara Calamai
Critics Consensus: Bela Lugosi's timeless portrayal of Dracula in this creepy and atmospheric 1931 film has set the standard for major vampiric roles since.
Synopsis: 'I am....Drac-u-la. I bid you velcome.' Thus does Bela Lugosi declare his presence in the 1931 screen version of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Director Tod...[More]
Starring:Bela Lugosi,Helen Chandler,David Manners,Dwight Frye
Critics Consensus: Relying more on mood and atmosphere than the thrills typical of modern horror fare, Universal's The Mummy sets a masterful template for mummy-themed films to follow.
Synopsis: Brought back to life after nearly 3,700 years, Egyptian high priest Imhotep wreaks havoc upon the members of a British field exposition. While...[More]
Starring:Boris Karloff,Zita Johann,David Manners,Edward Van Sloan
Critics Consensus: The blood pours freely in Argento's classic Suspiria, a giallo horror as grandiose and glossy as it is gory.
Synopsis: An innocent American ballet dancer's excitement at being accepted to a prestigious European dance school turns to terror when she discovers that the...[More]
Starring:Jessica Harper,Stefania Casini,Joan Bennett,Alida Valli
Critics Consensus:Shaun of the Dead cleverly balances scares and witty satire, making for a bloody good zombie movie with loads of wit.
Synopsis: It's often said that the true character of a man is only revealed in times of dire crisis, and for likable, lovelorn loser Shaun (Simon Pegg), that...[More]
Starring:Simon Pegg,Kate Ashfield,Nick Frost,Lucy Davis
Critics Consensus: Though it deviates from Stephen King's novel, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is a chilling, often baroque journey into madness -- exemplified by an unforgettable turn from Jack Nicholson
Synopsis: 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy' -- or, rather, a homicidal boy in Stanley Kubrick's eerie 1980 adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel....[More]
Starring:Jack Nicholson,Shelley Duvall,Danny Lloyd,Scatman Crothers
Critics Consensus: Evocative direction by Jacques Tourneur collides with the low-rent production values of exploitateer Val Lewton in I Walked with a Zombie, a sultry sleeper that's simultaneously smarmy, eloquent and fascinating.
Synopsis: RKO producer Val Lewton seemed to thrive upon taking the most lurid film titles and coming up with pocket-edition works of art. Saddled with the...[More]
Starring:James Ellison,Frances Dee,Tom Conway,Edith Barrett
Critics Consensus: Wes Craven's intelligent premise, combined with the horrifying visual appearance of Freddy Krueger, still causes nightmares to this day.
Synopsis: A group of teenagers are terrorized by 'Freddy Krueger', an evil being from another world who gets to his victims by entering their dreams and killing...[More]
Starring:Robert Englund,Heather Langenkamp,John Saxon,Ronee Blakely
Critics Consensus: Perfectly mixing humor and horror, the only thing more effective than Re-Animator's gory scares are its dry, deadpan jokes.
Synopsis: Scientist Herbert West has discovered a fluid which brings living tissue back to life. After the death of his professor, West moves to a new...[More]
Starring:Jeffrey Combs,Bruce Abbott,Barbara Crampton,Robert Sampson
Critics Consensus:Carrie is a horrifying look at supernatural powers, high school cruelty, and teen angst -- and it brings us one of the most memorable and disturbing prom scenes in history.
Synopsis: This classic horror movie based on Stephen King's first novel stars Sissy Spacek as Carrie White, a shy, diffident teenager who is the butt of...[More]
Starring:Sissy Spacek,Piper Laurie,John Travolta,Amy Irving
Critics Consensus: Scary, suspenseful, and viscerally thrilling, Halloween set the standard for modern horror films.
Synopsis: A young boy kills his sister on Halloween of 1963, and is sent to a mental hospital. 15 years later he escapes and returns to his home town in order...[More]
Starring:Donald Pleasence,Jamie Lee Curtis,Nancy Kyes,P.J. Soles
Critics Consensus: Stunning visuals from Werner Herzog and an intense portrayal of the famed bloodsucker from Klaus Kinski make this remake of Nosferatu a horror classic in its own right.
Synopsis: For Werner Herzog's 1979 remake of F.W. Murnau's classic 1922 silent horror-fest Nosferatu, star Klaus Kinski adopts the same makeup style used by...[More]
Starring:Klaus Kinski,Isabelle Adjani,Bruno Ganz,Roland Topor
Critics Consensus:Ringu combines supernatural elements with anxieties about modern technology in a truly frightening and unnerving way.
Synopsis: In this psychological horror story from Japan, a legend circulates among teenagers that if one watches a certain video at a certain time of the night,...[More]
Starring:Nanako Matsushima,Miki Nakatani,Hitomi Sato,Yuko Takeuchi
Critics Consensus: Campy by modern standards but spooky and atmospheric, House on Haunted Hill is a fun, well-executed cult classic featuring a memorable performance from genre icon Vincent Price.
Synopsis: A very wealthy man gives a haunted house party, offering to give each of his guests $10,000 - if they can survive the night.[More]
Starring:Vincent Price,Carol Ohmart,Annabelle Ohmart,Alan Marshal
Critics Consensus: Deliciously campy and wonderfully funny, Theater of Blood features Vincent Price at his melodramatic best.
Synopsis: A Shakespearean actor becomes enraged after losing a prominent acting award and decides to seek revenge on the critics responsible, and he does so...[More]
Starring:Vincent Price,Diana Rigg,Ian Hendry,Milo O'Shea
Critics Consensus: Chilling performances and a restrained, eerie atmosphere make this British horror both an unnerving parable of its era and a timeless classic.
Synopsis: In this film, a supernatural force causes residents of a small British town to fall asleep. They wake up to find every woman of childbearing age is...[More]
Starring:George Sanders,Barbara Shelley,Michael Gwynn,Laurence Naismith
Critics Consensus: Successfully mixing the conventions of the teen and horror genres with a twist, Australian director Sean Byrne makes a striking directorial debut.
Synopsis: Lola Stone asked Brent Mitchell to the prom, but Brent said no, and now he's screwed. What happens when Lola doesn't get what she wants? She enlists...[More]
Starring:Xavier Samuel,Robin McLeavy,John Brumpton,Richard Wilson
Critics Consensus: Influential noir director Jacques Tourneau infused this sexy, moody horror film with some sly commentary about the psychology and the taboos of desire.
Synopsis: Handed the exploitive title Cat People, RKO producer Val Lewton opted for a thinking man's thriller--a psychological mood piece, more reliant on...[More]
Starring:Simone Simon,Kent Smith,Tom Conway,Jane Randolph
Critics Consensus: Employing gritty camerawork and evocative sound effects, Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a powerful remake that expands upon themes and ideas only lightly explored in the original.
Synopsis: In this elaborate remake of the 1956 horror classic, health inspector Donald Sutherland is dispatched to investigate the curious behavior of several...[More]
Starring:Donald Sutherland,Brooke Adams,Leonard Nimoy,Veronica Cartwright
Critics Consensus: A handsomely told tale with an affecting performance from Lon Chaney, Jr., The Wolf Man remains one of the classics of the Universal horror stable.
Synopsis: 'Even a man who is pure at heart/And says his prayers by night/May become a wolf when the wolf-bane blooms/And the moon is full and bright.' Upon...[More]
Starring:Lon Chaney Jr,Creighton Chaney,Claude Rains,Evelyn Ankers
Critics Consensus: Sam Raimi returns to top form with Drag Me to Hell, a frightening, hilarious, delightfully campy thrill ride.
Synopsis: Evil Dead director Sam Raimi takes the helm for this 'spook-a-blast' shocker about an ambitious L.A. loan officer who incurs the wrath of a malevolent...[More]
Starring:Alison Lohman,Justin Long,David Paymer,Reggie Lee
Critics Consensus: Deliciouly funny to some and eerily presicient to others, The Fly walks a fine line between shlocky fun and unnerving nature parable.
Synopsis: Wealthy Helene Delambre (Patricia Owens) is discovered late at night in the factory owned by her husband Andre (David Hedison). Helene stands beside a...[More]
Starring:Patricia Owens,Vincent Price,Herbert Marshall,Kathleen Freeman
Critics Consensus: With four accomplished directors contributing, Dead of Night is a classic horror anthology that remains highly influential.
Synopsis: A phone rings. Architect Mervyn Johns is wakened from a nightmare and summoned to the country estate of Roland Culver. Here he meets several...[More]
Starring:Michael Redgrave,Mervyn Johns,Googie Withers,Roland Culver
Directed By:Alberto Cavalcanti,Charles Crichton,Basil Dearden,Robert Hamer
Critics Consensus:House of Wax is a 3-D horror delight that combines the atmospheric eerieness of the wax museum with the always chilling presence of Vincent Price.
Synopsis: Ever been creeped out by the life-like statues at a wax museum? Yes? But have you ever recognized your old roommate behind the glass? Vincent Price...[More]
Starring:Vincent Price,Carolyn Jones,Frank Lovejoy,Phyllis Kirk
Critics Consensus: This classic low budget horror film combines just the right amount of gore and black humor, giving The Evil Dead an equal amount of thrills and laughs.
Synopsis: This auspicious feature debut from Sam Raimi -- shot on 16mm in the woods of Tennesse for around $350,000 -- secured the young director's cult status...[More]
Starring:Bruce Campbell,Ellen Sandweiss,Betsy Baker,Hal Delrich
Critics Consensus: Director Jonathan Demme's smart, taut thriller teeters on the edge between psychological study and all-out horror, and benefits greatly from stellar performances by Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster.
Synopsis: In this multiple Oscar-winning thriller, Jodie Foster stars as Clarice Starling, a top student at the FBI's training academy whose shrewd analyses of...[More]
Starring:Jodie Foster,Anthony Hopkins,Scott Glenn,Ted Levine
Critics Consensus:The Cabin in the Woods is an astonishing meta-feat, capable of being funny, strange, and scary -- frequently all at the same time.
Synopsis: Five friends go to a remote cabin in the woods. Bad things happen. If you think you know this story, think again. From fan favorites Joss Whedon and...[More]
Starring:Kristen Connolly,Chris Hemsworth,Anna Hutchison,Fran Kranz
Critics Consensus: Creepily atmospheric, The Innocents is a stylishly crafted, chilling British ghost tale with Deborah Kerr at her finest.
Synopsis: In this lugubrious but brilliantly realized adaptation of Henry James' classic novella The Turn of the Screw, 19th century British governess Miss...[More]
Starring:Deborah Kerr,Michael Redgrave,Peter Wyngarde,Megs Jenkins
Critics Consensus:Don't Look Now patiently builds suspense with haunting imagery and a chilling score -- causing viewers to feel Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie's grief deep within.
Synopsis: A married couple is haunted by a series of mysterious occurrences after the death of their young daughter in this enigmatic chiller. Based on a story...[More]
Starring:Julie Christie,Donald Sutherland,Hilary Mason,Clelia Matania
Critics Consensus: George A. Romero's debut set the template for the zombie film, and features tight editing, realistic gore, and a sly political undercurrent.
Synopsis: A group of people hide from bloodthirsty zombies in a farmhouse.[More]
Starring:Judith O'Dea,Russell Streiner,Duane Jones,Keith Wayne
Critics Consensus:Peeping Tom is a chilling, methodical look at the psychology of a killer, and a classic work of voyeuristic cinema.
Synopsis: Mark Lewis, assistant cameraman at a London film studio, aspiring movie director, part-time taker of pornographic pictures, and amateur documentary...[More]
Starring:Moira Shearer,Anna Massey,Maxine Audley,Esmond Knight
Critics Consensus: Proving once again that build-up is the key to suspense, Alfred Hitchcock successfully turned birds into some of the most terrifying villains in horror history.
Synopsis: The story begins as an innocuous romantic triangle involving wealthy, spoiled Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren), handsome Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor), and...[More]
Starring:Rod Taylor,Tippi Hedren,Suzanne Pleshette,Jessica Tandy
Critics Consensus:Evil Dead 2's increased special effects and slapstick-gore makes it as good -- if not better -- than the original.
Synopsis: This sequel is better, funnier, scarier and superior to the first indie gore-fest. Never before has there been such an originally funny and unique...[More]
Starring:Bruce Campbell,Sarah Berry,Dan Hicks,Kassie Wesley DePaiva
Critics Consensus: Time has been kind to this horror legend: Freaks manages to frighten, shock, and even touch viewers in ways that contemporary viewers missed.
Synopsis: Real sideshow performers star in Tod Browning's infamous cult classic, a grotesque revenge drama set against a circus backdrop. Trapeze artist...[More]
Starring:Harry Earles,Olga Baclanova,Wallace Ford,Leila Hyams
Critics Consensus: Smart, original, and above all terrifying, It Follows is the rare modern horror film that works on multiple levels -- and leaves a lingering sting.
Synopsis: After a strange sexual encounter, a teenager finds herself haunted by nightmarish visions and the inescapable sense that something is after her. (C)...[More]
Starring:Maika Monroe,Keir Gilchrist,Daniel Zovatto,Lili Sepe
Critics Consensus: A horrific tale of guilt and obsession, Eyes Without a Face is just as chilling and poetic today as it was in 1959.
Synopsis: A brilliant but crazed surgeon resorts to horrifying measures to restore the beauty of his daughter's disfigured face.[More]
Starring:Pierre Brasseur,Edith Scob,Alida Valli,François Guérin
Critics Consensus: While Alien was a marvel of slow-building, atmospheric tension, Aliens packs a much more visceral punch, and features a typically strong performance from Sigourney Weaver.
Synopsis: Big-budget special effects, swiftly paced action, and a distinct feminist subtext from writer/director James Cameron turned what should have been a...[More]
Starring:Sigourney Weaver,Carrie Henn,Michael Biehn,Paul Reiser
Critics Consensus: One of the best political allegories of the 1950s, Invasion of the Body Snatchers is an efficient, chilling blend of sci-fi and horror.
Synopsis: Director Don Siegel's thinly-veiled examination of McCarthy-era hysteria stars Kevin McCarthy (no relation) as Miles Bennell, a California doctor who...[More]
Starring:Kevin McCarthy,Dana Wynter,Larry Gates,Carolyn Jones
Critics Consensus:Let the Right One In reinvigorates the seemingly tired vampire genre by effectively mixing scares with intelligent storytelling.
Synopsis: A 12-year-old boy befriends a mysterious young girl whose appearance in town suspiciously coincides with a horrifying series of murders in director...[More]
Starring:Kåre Hedebrant,Lina Leandersson,Per Ragnar,Henrik Dahl
Critics Consensus:The Babadook relies on real horror rather than cheap jump scares -- and boasts a heartfelt, genuinely moving story to boot.
Synopsis: Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a loss. She struggles to discipline her 'out of control' 6 year-old,...[More]
Starring:Essie Davis,Barbara West,Daniel Henshall,Hayley McElhinney
Critics Consensus: Full of disorienting visual effects, Carl Theodor Dreyer's Vampyr is as theoretically unsettling as it is conceptually disturbing.
Synopsis: Vampyr ranks in many circles as one of the greatest horror films of all time. Inspired by Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla, the story concerns a mysterious...[More]
Starring:Sybille Schmitz,Henriette Gerard,Rena Mandel,Julian West
Critics Consensus: Compelling, well-crafted storytelling and a judicious sense of terror ensure Steven Spielberg's Jaws has remained a benchmark in the art of delivering modern blockbuster thrills.
Synopsis: Based on Peter Benchley's best-selling novel, Steven Spielberg's 1975 shark saga set the standard for the New Hollywood popcorn blockbuster while...[More]
Starring:Roy Scheider,Robert Shaw,Richard Dreyfuss,Lorraine Gary
Critics Consensus: Still unnerving to this day, Frankenstein adroitly explores the fine line between genius and madness, and features Boris Karloff's legendary, frightening performance as the monster.
Synopsis: 'Frankenstein' is a film about a mad, obsessed scientist, Dr. Henry Frankenstein', who creates a monster, by taking body parts from dead people. Upon...[More]
Starring:Colin Clive,Boris Karloff,Mae Clarke,John Boles
Critics Consensus: A frightening tale of Satanism and pregnancy that is even more disturbing than it sounds thanks to convincing and committed performances by Mia Farrow and Ruth Gordon.
Synopsis: In Roman Polanski's first American film, adapted from Ira Levin's horror bestseller, a young wife comes to believe that her offspring is not of this...[More]
Starring:Mia Farrow,John Cassavetes,Ruth Gordon,Maurice Evans
Critics Consensus: James Whale's classic The Invisible Man features still-sharp special effects, loads of tension, a goofy sense of humor, and a memorable debut from Claude Rains.
Synopsis: A mysterious stranger, his face swathed in bandages and his eyes obscured by dark spectacles, has taken a room at a cozy inn in the British village of...[More]
Starring:Claude Rains,Gloria Stuart,Henry Travers,William Harrigan
Critics Consensus: Featuring Robert Mitchum's formidable performance as a child-hunting preacher, The Night of the Hunter is a disturbing look at good and evil.
Synopsis: Adapted by James Agee from a novel by Davis Grubb, The Night of the Hunter represented legendary actor Charles Laughton's only film directing effort....[More]
Starring:Robert Mitchum,Shelley Winters,Billy Chapin,Sally Jane Bruce
Critics Consensus: A modern classic, Alien blends science fiction, horror and bleak poetry into a seamless whole.
Synopsis: 'In space, no one can hear you scream.' A close encounter of the third kind becomes a Jaws-style nightmare when an alien invades a spacecraft in...[More]
Starring:Sigourney Weaver,Tom Skerritt,Veronica Cartwright,Harry Dean Stanton
Critics Consensus: Infamous for its shower scene, but immortal for its contribution to the horror genre. Because Psycho was filmed with tact, grace, and art, Hitchcock didn't just create modern horror, he validated it.
Synopsis: In 1960, Alfred Hitchcock was already famous as the screen's master of suspense (and perhaps the best-known film director in the world) when he...[More]
Starring:Anthony Perkins,Janet Leigh,Vera Miles,John Gavin
Critics Consensus: An eccentric, campy, technically impressive, and frightening picture, James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein has aged remarkably well.
Synopsis: Dr. Frankenstein is forced to tempt fate once again by creating a suitable mate for his monster.[More]
Starring:Boris Karloff,Colin Clive,Valerie Hobson,Elsa Lanchester
Critics Consensus:King Kong explores the soul of a monster -- making audiences scream and cry throughout the film -- in large part due to Kong's breakthrough special effects.
Synopsis: 'How would you like to star opposite the tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood?' Enticed by these words, brunette leading lady Fay Wray dyed her...[More]
Starring:Fay Wray,Robert Armstrong,Bruce Cabot,Sam Hardy
Critics Consensus: Roman Polanski's first English film follows a schizophrenic woman's descent into madness, and makes the audience feel as claustrophobic as the character.
Synopsis: When Carol, a shy young Belgian, is left alone for a few days in the Kensington flat she shares with her sister, she begins to withdraw into a...[More]
Starring:Catherine Deneuve,Ian Hendry,John Fraser,Patrick Wymark
Critics Consensus: One of the silent era's most influential masterpieces, Nosferatu's eerie, gothic feel -- and a chilling performance from Max Schreck as the vampire -- set the template for the horror films that followed.
Synopsis: F. W. Murnau's landmark vampire film begins in the Carpathian mountains, where real estate agent Hutter has arrived to close a sale with the reclusive...[More]
Starring:Max Schreck,Alexander Granach,Gustav von Wangenheim,Greta Schröder
Critics Consensus: Arguably the first true horror film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari set a brilliantly high bar for the genre -- and remains terrifying nearly a century after it first stalked the screen.
Synopsis: In one of the most influential films of the silent era, Werner Krauss plays the title character, a sinister hypnotist who travels the carnival circuit...[More]
Starring:Werner Krauss,Conrad Veidt,Lil Dagover,Friedrich Feher
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The Guardian/Observer greatest films of all time are being revealed and you can follow the whole lot here.
Each day, our top 25 movies will be released, and each day here on the Datablog we will add them to our and the sortable table below.
Today is the horror 25. We're led by Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. What films would you add to the list? Here's what Peter Bradshaw says today:
Horror crashes through boundaries and challenges the prohibitions of taste and thinkability in a way few other genres can match. Classics of the genre were produced in cinema's very earliest days – the vampire nightmare Nosferatu and The Cabinet of Dr Caligari from the world of German Expressionism.
We've added loads of extra info to the spreadsheet, including the key Guardian and IMDB links, plus the country of origin. At the end of the week we'd like to visualise the whole lot, and we want you to help us. So, let us know what you can do with the data.
The full list - so far
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1 | Horror | Psycho | Alfred Hitchcock | Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles | 1960 | USA | |
2 | Horror | Rosemary’s Baby | Roman Polanski | John Cassavetes, Mia Farrow, Ruth Gordon | 1968 | 1 | USA |
3 | Horror | Don’t Look Now | Nicholas Roeg | Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason, Julie Christie | 1973 | UK | |
4 | Horror | The Wicker Man | Robin Hardy | Britt Ekland, Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward | 1973 | UK | |
5 | Horror | The Shining | Stanley Kubrick | Danny Lloyd, Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duval | 1980 | USA | |
6 | Horror | The Exorcist | William Friedkin | Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow | 1973 | 2 | USA |
7 | Horror | Nosferatu (1922) | FW Mernau | Alexander Granach, Greta Schroder, Gustav von Wangenheim, Max Schreck | 1922 | Germ - any | |
8 | Horror | Let the Right One In | Tomas Alfredson | Henrik Dahl, Kare Hedebrant, Karin Bergquist, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Peter Carlberg | 2008 | Sweden | |
9 | Horror | Vampyr | Carl Theodor Dreyer | Henriette Gérard, Henriette Gerard, Julian West, Sybille Schmitz | 1932 | Germ - any | |
10 | Horror | Peeping Tom | Michael Powell | Anna Massey, Carl Boehm, Esmond Knight, Karl Bohm, Maxine Audley, Moira Shearer | 1960 | UK | |
11 | Horror | The Innocents | Jack Clayton | Clytie Jessop, Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave, Peter Wyngarde | 1961 | USA | |
12 | Horror | Ringu | Hideo Nakata | Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rikiya Otaka | 1998 | Japan | |
13 | Horror | The Haunting | Robert Wise | Claire Bloom, Julie Harris, Richard Johnson | 1963 | USA | |
14 | Horror | Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Tobe Hooper | Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, Marilyn Burns, Paul A Partain | 1974 | USA | |
15 | Horror | Dead of Night | Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton | Googie Withers, Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave | 1945 | UK | |
16 | Horror | The Cabinet of Dr Caligari | Robert Wiene | Conrad Veidt, Lil Dagover, Werner Krauss | 1920 | Germ - any | |
17 | Horror | Halloween | John Carpenter | Donald Pleasance, Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis, Tony Moran | 1978 | USA | |
18 | Horror | Bride of Frankenstein | James Whale | Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester | 1935 | USA | |
19 | Horror | Les Diaboliques | Henri-Georges Clouzot | Paul Meurisse, Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot | 1955 | France | |
20 | Horror | Audition | Miike Takashi | Eihi Shiina, Ishibashi Renji, Ishibashi Ryo, Matsuda Miyuki, Renji Ishibashi, Ryo Ishibashi, Shiina Eihi | 1999 | Korea | |
20 | Horror | Dracula (1958) | Terence Fisher | Christopher Lee, Melissa Stribling, Michael Gough, Peter Cushing | 1958 | UK | |
22 | Horror | The Blair Witch Project | Daniel Myrick, E Sanchez | Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams | 1999 | USA | |
23 | Horror | Evil Dead/Evil Dead II | Sam Raimi | Betsy Baker, Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss | 1981/ 1987 | USA | |
24 | Horror | Carrie | Brian De Palma | John Travolta, Piper Laurie, Sissy Spacek | 1976 | USA | |
25 | Horror | Les Vampires (1915) | Louis Feuillade | Edouard Mathe, Marcel Levesque | 1915 | France | |
1 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | 2001 | Stanley Kubrick | Daniel Richter, Gary Lockwood, Keir Dullea, William Sylvester | 1968 | 1 | USA |
2 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | Metropolis | Fritz Lang | Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, Gustav Frohlich, Gustav Fruhlich | 1927 | Germ - any | |
3 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | Blade Runner | Ridley Scott | Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young | 1982 | USA | |
4 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | Alien | Ridley Scott | Ian Holm, John Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt | 1979 | 1 | USA |
5 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | The Wizard of Oz | Victor Fleming | Bert Lahr, Frank Morgan, Jack Haley, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger | 1939 | 2 | USA |
6 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | ET | Steven Spielberg | Dee Wallace, Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote | 1982 | 4 | USA |
6 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | Solaris | Andrei Tarkovsky | Donatas Banionis, Juri Jarvet, Nataly Bondarchuk, Natalya Bondarchuk | 1972 | Soviet Union | |
8 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | Spirited Away | Hayao Miyazaki | Daveigh Chase, Jason Marsden, Jason Marsdon, Mari Natsuki, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiragi, Suzanne Pleshette | 2001 | 1 | Japan |
9 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | Star Wars (1977) | George Lucas | Alec Guinness, Carrie Fisher, David Prowse, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Peter Cushing, Peter Mayhew | 1977 | 6 | USA |
10 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | Close Encounters | Steven Spielberg | Melinda Dillon, Richard Dreyfuss | 1977 | 1 | USA |
10 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | King Kong | Ernest B Schoedsack, Merian C Cooper | Bruce Cabot, Ernest B Schoedsack, Fay Wray, Frank Reicher, James Flavin, John Armstrong, Noble Jhonson, Robert Armstrong | 1933 | USA | |
12 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | Terminator/ Terminator 2 | James Cameron | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn | 1984/1991 | 4 altogether | USA |
13 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | The Matrix | Andy & Larry Wachowski | Carrie-Anne Moss, Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne | 1999 | 4 | USA |
14 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | Alphaville | Jean Luc-Godard | Anna Karina, Eddie Constantine | 1965 | France | |
15 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | Back to the Future | Robert Zemeckis | Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson, Michael J Fox, Michael J. Fox | 1985 | 1 | USA |
16 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | Planet of the Apes | Franklin J Schaffner | Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter, Roddy McDowell | 1968 | 1 | USA |
17 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | Brazil | Terry Gilliam | Jonathan Pryce, Michael Palin, Robert De Niro | 1985 | UK | |
18 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | The Lord of the Rings trilogy | Peter Jackson | Cate Blanchett, Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, John Rhys-Davies, Liv Tyler, Miranda Otto, Orlando Bloom, Sean Astin, Sir Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, William Boyd | 2001-2003 | 17 altogether | New Zealand |
19 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | Dark Star | John Carpenter | Brian Narelle, Dan O'Bannon, Dre Pahich | 1974 | USA | |
20 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | Day the Earth Stood Still | Robert Wise | Hugh Marlowe, Lock Martin, Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal | 1951 | USA | |
21 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | Edward Scissorhands | Tim Burton | Dianne Wiest, Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder | 1990 | USA | |
22 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | Akira | Katsuhiro Otomo | Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tessho Genda | 1988 | Japan | |
23 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | Princess Bride | Rob reiner | Billy Crystal, Carty Elwes, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Peter Falk, Robin Wright | 1987 | USA | |
24 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | Pan’s Labyrinth | Guillermo del Toro | Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones, Ivana Baquero, Maribel Verdu, Sergi Lopez | 2006 | 3 | Spain |
25 | Sci-fi and Fantasy | Starship Troopers | Paul Verhoeven | Casper Van Dien, Clancy Brown, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey, Michael Ironside | 1997 | USA | |
1 | Arthouse and Drama | Andrei Rublev | Andrei Tarkovsky | Anatoli Solonitsyn, Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky, Andrei Tarkovsky, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko | 1966 | Soviet Union | |
2 | Arthouse and Drama | Mulholland Dr | David Lynch | Justin Theroux, Laura Harring, Naomi Watts | 2001 | France | |
3 | Arthouse and Drama | L’Atalante | Jean Vigo | Dita Parlo, Jean Daste, Michel Simon | 1934 | France | |
4 | Arthouse and Drama | Tokyo Story | Yasujiro Ozu | Chieko Higashiyama, Chishu Ryu, Setsuko Hara, Toru Abu | 1953 | Japan | |
5 | Arthouse and Drama | Citizen Kane | Orson Welles | Dorothy Comingore, Everett Sloane, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles | 1941 | 1 | USA |
6 | Arthouse and Drama | A Clockwork Orange | Stanley Kubrick | Adrienne Corri, Malcolm McDowell, Michael Bates, Patrick Magee, Warren Clarke | 1971 | USA | |
7 | Arthouse and Drama | Days of Heaven | Terrence Malik | Brooke Adams, Richard Gere, Sam Shepard | 1978 | 1 | USA |
8 | Arthouse and Drama | Wild Strawberries | Ingmar Bergman | Bibi Anderson, Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Ingrid Thulin, Victor Sjostrom | 1957 | Sweden | |
9 | Arthouse and Drama | White Ribbon | Michael Haneke | Burghart Klaussner, Christian Friedel, Josef Bierbichler, Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Tukur | 2009 | Germ- any | |
10 | Arthouse and Drama | The Gospel According to St Matthew | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso | 1964 | Italy | |
11 | Arthouse and Drama | Aguirre Wrath of God | Werner Herzog | Cecilia Rivera, Klaus Kinski, Ruy Guerra | 1972 | Germ- any | |
11 | Arthouse and Drama | Pather Panchali | Satyajit Ray | Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Uma Das Gupta | 1955 | India | |
13 | Arthouse and Drama | The Conformist | Bernado Bertolucci | Dominique Sanda, Gastone Moschin, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli | 1970 | Italy | |
14 | Arthouse and Drama | Death in Venice | Luchino Visconti | Bjorn Andresen, Dirk Bogarde, Marisa Berensen, Silvana Mangano | 1971 | Italy | |
15 | Arthouse and Drama | The Godfather Parts I and II | Francis Ford Coppola | Al Lettieri, Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, James Caan, John Cazale, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Talia Shire | 1972 | 9 altogether | USA |
16 | Arthouse and Drama | The Graduate | Mike Nichols | Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels | 1967 | 1 | USA |
16 | Arthouse and Drama | There Will Be Blood | Paul Thomas Anderson | Daniel Day Lewis, Daniel Day-Lewis, Dillon Freasier, Kevin J O'Connor, Paul Dano | 2007 | 2 | USA |
18 | Arthouse and Drama | Battleship Potemkin | Sergei Eisenstein | A Antonov, Alexandr Antonov, Grigori Alexandrov, Midhail Gomorov, Vladimir Barsky | 1925 | Soviet Union | |
19 | Arthouse and Drama | Rules of the Game | Jean Renoir | Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parely. | 1939 | USA | |
19 | Arthouse and Drama | Shadows | |||||
21 | Arthouse and Drama | Distant Voices Still Lives | Terence davies | Angela Walsh, Dean Williams, Freda Dowie, Lorraine Ashbourne, Pete Postlethwaite | 1988 | UK | |
22 | Arthouse and Drama | Passion of Joan of Arc | Carl Theodor Dreyer | Eugene Silvain, Maria Falconetti, Michael Simon, Michel Simon, Renee Falconetti | 1928 | France | |
23 | Arthouse and Drama | La Dolce Vita | Federico Fellini | Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimee, Marcello Mastroianni | 1960 | 1 | Italy |
24 | Arthouse and Drama | Breaking the Waves | Lars Von Trier | Emily Watson, Katrin Cartlidge, Stellan Skarsgard | 1996 | Denmark | |
25 | Arthouse and Drama | Spirit of the Beehive | Victor Erice | Ana Torrent, Fernando Fernan, Fernando Fernan Gomez, Fernando Fernan Gomez, Isabel Telleria | 1973 | Spain | |
1 | Action | Apocalypse Now | Francis Coppola | Dennis Hopper, Frederic Forrest, Laurence Fishburne, Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Rpobert Duvall | 1979 | 2 | USA |
2 | Action | North by Northwest | Alfred Hitchcock | Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G Carroll, Martin Landau | 1959 | USA | |
3 | Action | Once Upon a Time in the West | Sergio Leone | Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards | 1968 | Italy | |
4 | Action | The Wild Bunch | Sam Pekinpah | Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, William Holden | 1969 | USA | |
5 | Action | Deliverance | John Boorman | Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ned Beatty | 1972 | USA | |
6 | Action | City of God | Fernando Meirelles | Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Matheus Nachtergaele, Phelipe Haagensen | 2002 | Brazil | |
7 | Action | Paths of Glory | Stanley Kubrick | Adolphe Menjou, Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker | 1957 | USA | |
7 | Action | The Wages of Fear | Henri-Georges Clouzot | Charles Vanel, Folco Lulli, Yves Montand | 1953 | France | |
9 | Action | Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon | Ang Lee | Chang Chen, Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Ziyi Zhang | 2000 | 4 | Taiwan |
10 | Action | The Thin Red Line | Terrence Malik | Adrien Brody, Ben Chaplin, Nick Nolte, Sean Penn | 1998 | USA | |
11 | Action | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Steven Spielberg | Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey | 1981 | 4 | USA |
12 | Action | Bullitt | Peter Yates | Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn, Steve McQueen | 1968 | 1 | USA |
12 | Action | Ran | Akira Kurosawa | Akira Terao, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada, Tatsuya Nakadai | 1985 | 1 | Japan |
14 | Action | Die Hard | John McTeirnan | Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Willis | 1988 | Japan | |
15 | Action | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Michael Curtiz, William Keighley | Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Olivia de Havilland, William Keighley | 1938 | 3 | USA |
16 | Action | The Searchers | John Ford | Jeffrey Hunter, John Wayne, Natalie Wood, Vera Miles, Ward Bond | 1956 | USA | |
17 | Action | Goldfinger | Guy Hamilton | Bernard Lee, Gert Frobe, Harold Sakata, Honor Blackman, Lois Maxwell, Sean Connery, Shirley Eaton, Tania Mallet | 1964 | 1 | UK |
18 | Action | Full Metal Jacket | Stanley Kubrick | Adam Baldwin, Lee Ermey, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio | 1987 | USA | |
18 | Action | Last of the Mohicans | Michael Mann | Daniel Day-Lewis, Jodhi May, Madeleine Stowe | 1992 | 1 | |
20 | Action | Deer Hunter | Michael Cimino | Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro | 1978 | 5 | USA |
21 | Action | Gladiator | Ridley Scott | Connie Nielsen, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed, Russell Crowe | 2000 | 5 | USA |
22 | Action | Rome Open City | Roberto Rossellini | Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero | 1945 | Italy | |
23 | Action | Butch Cassidy | George Roy Hill | Katharine Ross, Paul Newman, Robert Redford | 1969 | 4 | USA |
23 | Action | Where Eagles Dare | Brian G. Hutton | Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Richard Burton | 1968 | USA | |
25 | Action | The Incredibles | Brad Bird | Craig T Nelson, Holly Hunter, Jason Lee, Samuel L Jackson | 2004 | 2 | USA |
1 | Comedy | Annie Hall | Woody Allen | Carol Kane, Diane Keaton, Paul Simon, Tony Roberts, Woody Allen | 1977 | 4 | USA |
2 | Comedy | Borat | Larry Charles | Ken Davitian, Pamela Anderson , Sacha Baron Cohen | 2006 | USA | |
3 | Comedy | Some Like it Hot | Billy Wilder | George Raft, Jack Lemmon, Joe E Brown, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis | 1959 | 1 | USA |
4 | Comedy | Team America | Trey Parker | Kristen Miller, Matt Stone, Trey Parker | 2004 | USA | |
5 | Comedy | Dr Strangelove | Stanley Kubrick | George C Scott, Peter Sellers, Sterling Hayden | 1964 | UK | |
5 | Comedy | The Ladykillers | Alexander Mackendrick | Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers | 1955 | UK | |
7 | Comedy | Duck Soup | Leo McCarey | Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Margaret Dumont, The Marx Brothers, Zeppo Marx | 1933 | USA | |
7 | Comedy | Rushmore | Wes Anderson | Bill Murray, Brian Cox, Jason Schwartzman, Olivia Williams | 1998 | USA | |
9 | Comedy | Kind Hearts & Coronets | Robert Hamer | Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood | 1949 | UK | |
10 | Comedy | Monty Python’s Life of Brian | Terry Jones | Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones | 1979 | UK | |
11 | Comedy | Airplane! | Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker | Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Hays | 1980 | USA | |
12 | Comedy | Election | Alexander Payne | Chris Klein, Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon | 1999 | USA | |
12 | Comedy | His Girl Friday | Howard Hawkes | Cary Grant, Gene Lockhart, Ralph Bellamy, Rosalind Russell | 1940 | USA | |
12 | Comedy | The Big Lebowski | Joel Coen | Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi | 1998 | USA | |
15 | Comedy | This Is Spinal Tap | Rob Reiner | Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, Rob Reiner | 1984 | USA | |
16 | Comedy | Bringing Up Baby | Howard Hawkes | Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Katherine Hepburn | 1938 | USA | |
17 | Comedy | There’s Something About Mary | Peter & Bob Farrelly | Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Lee Evans, Matt Dillon | 1998 | USA | |
18 | Comedy | Dazed and Confused | Richard Linklater | Adam Goldberg, Jason London, Joey Lauren Adams, Joey Lauren Adams, Milla Jovovich, Rory Cochrane, Shawn Andrew | 1993 | USA | |
18 | Comedy | MASH | Robert Altman | Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Sally Kellerman | 1970 | 1 | USA |
20 | Comedy | Groundhog Day | Harold Ramis | Andie MacDowell, Bill Murray, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky | 1993 | USA | |
21 | Comedy | Clueless | Amy Heckerling | Alicia Silverstone, Dan Hedaya, Stacey Dash | 1995 | USA | |
22 | Comedy | The Great Dictator | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Jack Oakie, Paulette Goddard | 1940 | USA | |
23 | Comedy | Clerks | Kevin Smith | Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti | 1994 | USA | |
24 | Comedy | The Jerk | Carl Reiner | Steve Martin | 1979 | USA | |
25 | Comedy | Shaun of the Dead | Edgar Wright | Dylan Moran, Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg | 2004 | UK | |
1 | Crime | Chinatown | Roman Polanski | Faye Dunaway, Jack Nicholson, John Huston | 1974 | 1 | USA |
2 | Crime | Touch of Evil | Orson Welles | Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Marlene Dietrich, Orson Welles, Zsa Zsa Gabor | 1958 | USA | |
3 | Crime | Vertigo | Alfred Hitchcock | Barbara Bel Geddes, James Stewart, Kim Novak | 1958 | USA | |
4 | Crime | Badlands | Terrence Malik | Alan Vint, Martin Sheen, Ramon Bieri, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates | 1973 | USA | |
5 | Crime | Rashomon | Akira Kurosawa | Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Toshiro Mifune | 1950 | Japan | |
6 | Crime | Double Indemnity | Billy Wilder | Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Byron Barr, Richard Gaines, John Philliber, Edward G. Robinson, Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck | 1944 | USA | |
7 | Crime | Get Carter | Mike Hodges | Brian Mosley, Britt Ekland, Geraldine Moffatt, John Osborne, Michael Caine | 1971 | UK | |
8 | Crime | Pulp Fiction | Quentin Tarantino | Amanda Plummer, Bruce Willis, Eric Stoltz, Harvey Keitel, John Travolta, Rosanna Arquette, Samuel L Jackson, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth, Uma Thurman | 1994 | 1 | USA |
9 | Crime | Hidden | Michael Haneke | Annie Girardot, Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Benichou | 2005 | France | |
10 | Crime | Goodfellas | Martin Scorsese | Frank Vincent, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro | 1990 | 1 | USA |
11 | Crime | The Conversation | Francis Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola | Allen Garfield, Gene Hackman, John Cazale | 1974 | USA | |
12 | Crime | Bonnie & Clyde | Arthur Penn | Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, Michael J Pollard, Warren Beatty | 1967 | 2 | USA |
13 | Crime | The Killing | Stanley Kubrick | Coleen Gray, Elisha Cook Junior, Jay C Flippen, Sterling Hayden, Vince Edwards | 1956 | USA | |
14 | Crime | French Connection | William Friedkin | Fernando Rey, Gene Hackman, Roy Schieder, Tony Lo Bianco | 1971 | 5 | USA |
15 | Crime | The Big Sleep | Howard Hawkes | Bob Steele, Elisha Cook Jr, Elisha Cook Jr., Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall | 1946 | USA | |
16 | Crime | La Ceremonie | Claude Chabrol | Isabelle Huppert, Jacqueline Bisset, Sandrine Bonnaire | 1995 | France | |
17 | Crime | Point Blank | John Boorman | Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Lee Marvin | 1967 | USA | |
18 | Crime | Hard Boiled | John Woo | Chow Yun Fat, Tony Leung | 1992 | Hong Kong | |
19 | Crime | Long Good Friday | John McKenzie | Bob Hoskins, Bryan Marshall, Dave King, Helen Mirren | 1980 | UK | |
20 | Crime | A Prophet | Jacques Audiard | Adel Bencherif, Niels Arestrup, Tahar Rahim, Tahar Ramin | 2009 | France | |
20 | Crime | Heat | Michael Mann | Al Pacino, Ashley Judd, Jon Voight, Robert De Niro, Tom Sizemore, Val Kilmer | 1995 | USA | |
20 | Crime | Scarface (1983) | Brian De Palma | Al Pacino, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert Loggia, Steven Bauer | 1983 | USA | |
23 | Crime | Miller’s Crossing | Joel Coen | Albert Finney, Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden | 1990 | USA | |
24 | Crime | Postman Always Rings Twice (1942) | Tay Garnett | Cecil Kellaway, John Garfield, Lana Turner | 1946 | USA | |
25 | Crime | Jour Se Leve | Marcel Carne | Annabella, Arletty, Jean Gabin | 1939 | France | |
1 | Romance | Brief Encounter | David Lean | Celia Johnson, Cyril Raymond, Stanley Holloway, Trevor Howard | 1945 | UK | |
2 | Romance | Casablanca | Michael Curtiz | Claude Rains, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid | 1942 | 3 | USA |
3 | Romance | Before Sunrise | Richard Linklater | Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | 1995 | USA | |
3 | Romance | Before Sunset | Richard Linklater | Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy | 2004 | USA | |
4 | Romance | Breathless | Jean-Luc Godard | Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo | 1960 | France | |
5 | Romance | In the Mood for Love | Kar Wai Wong | Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk, Rebecca Pan, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai | 2000 | Hong Kong | |
6 | Romance | The Apartment | Billy Wilder | Fred MacMurray, Jack Lemmon, Ray Walston, Shirley MacLaine | 1960 | USA | |
7 | Romance | Hannah & Her Sisters | Woody Allen | Barbara Hershey, Carrie Fisher, Dianne Wiest, Julie Kavner, Mia Farrow, Michael Caine, Woody Allen | 1986 | 3 | USA |
8 | Romance | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Michel Gondry | Elijah Wood, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Wilkinson | 2004 | 1 | USA |
9 | Romance | Room With a View | James Ivory | Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Maggie Smith | 1985 | 3 | UK |
10 | Romance | Jules et Jim | François Truffaut | Henri Serre, Jeanne Moreau, Oscar Werner, Oskar Werner | 1962 | France | |
11 | Romance | All That Heaven Allows | Douglas Sirk | Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson | 1955 | USA | |
12 | Romance | Gone with the Wind | Victor Fleming | Anne Rutherford, Clark Gable, Hattie McDaniel, Leslie Howard, Olivia De Havilland, Vivien Leigh | 1939 | 8 | USA |
13 | Romance | An Affair to Remember | Leo McCarey | Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning | 1957 | USA | |
14 | Romance | Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Jaques Demy | Anne Vernon, Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo | 1964 | France | |
15 | Romance | Lost in Translation | Sofia Coppola | Bill Murray, Giovanni Ribisi, Scarlett Johansson | 2003 | 1 | USA |
15 | Romance | Roman Holiday | William Wyler | Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck | 1953 | 3 | USA |
15 | Romance | Wall-E | Andrew Stanton | Ben Burtt, Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Kathy Najimy, Sigourney Weaver | 2008 | 1 | USA |
18 | Romance | My Night With Maud | Eric Rohmer | Francoise Fabian, Jean-Louis Trintignant | 1969 | France | |
19 | Romance | Voyage to Italy | Roberto Rossellini | Ingrid Bergman | 1954 | Italy | |
20 | Romance | Dr Zhivago | David Lean | Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Omar Sharif | 1965 | 5 | USA |
21 | Romance | Harold & Maude | Hal Ashby | Bud Cort, Cyril Cusack, Ruth Gordon, Vivian Pickles | 1971 | USA | |
22 | Romance | When Harry Met Sally | Rob Reiner | Billy Crystal, Bruno Kirby, Carrie Fisher, Meg Ryan | 1989 | USA | |
23 | Romance | Say Anything.... | Cameron crowe | John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney | 1989 | USA | |
24 | Romance | Fabulous Baker Boys | Steve Kloves | Beau Bridges, Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer | 1989 | USA | |
25 | Romance | A Matter of Life & Death | Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell | David Niven, Kim Hunter, Raymond Massey, Richard Attenborough, Roger Livesey | 1946 | UK |
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