Best TV shows — horreur on Netflix : our Top 20
At Stream Tracker, we’ve put together a concise selection of the best horror series currently available on Netflix. We focus on shows that deliver atmosphere, strong characters, and effective scares—whether you prefer slow-burning psychological dread or supernatural frights. The list is updated regularly to reflect current availability and to help you find the right series for your mood. Explore the picks below to see what’s worth streaming tonight.
Updated on 02/01/2026
2020 · Han Woo-ri · 1 season
Nam Ji-Ah est une productrice de télévision désireuse de prouver l'existence des créatures surnaturelles grâce à son émission spécialisée dans le paranormal. Cependant, quand une créature légendaire apparaît en ville, Nam Ji-Ah va tout mettre en œuvre pour révéler sa véritable nature, même si cela implique de se rapprocher beaucoup plus près du renard à neuf queues.
With Lee Dong-wook, Jo Bo-ah, Kim Bum, Kim Yong-ji, Hwang Hee, Kim Jung-nan and Ahn Kil-kang
2010 · Frank Darabont · 11 seasons
When sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma, he finds a shattered world overrun by ravenous undead. Determined to reunite with his family, he sets out across the ruins, encountering other survivors and facing constant, deadly threats.
With Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Andrew Lincoln, Christian Serratos and Josh McDermitt
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2010 · Frank Darabont · 1 season
In 1960s Mexico, the Baladro sisters—infamously dubbed "Las Poquianchis"—prey on the vulnerable to assemble a vast prostitution empire. What starts as a relentless pursuit of power and profit soon spirals into calculated violence and a string of cold-blooded murders.
With Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Andrew Lincoln, Christian Serratos and Josh McDermitt
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2009 · Julie Plec, Kevin Williamson · 8 seasons
Centuries after losing the woman who defined their dark existence, two vampire brothers become dangerously fixated on a modern-day woman whose eerie resemblance to the seductive, ruthless lover they shared in 1864 reignites old rivalries, buried loyalties, and long-buried sins.
With Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham, Candice King, Zach Roerig and Michael Trevino
2020 · Benjamin Dupas, Isaure Pisani-Ferry, Anne Cissé · 1 season
In the shadowed corners of Paris, a teenager of human and vampire blood must learn to control newly awakened powers and navigate a crumbling family life while a covert vampire cabal closes in to claim her.
With Juliette Cardinski, Oulaya Amamra, Pierre Lottin, Aliocha Schneider, Kate Moran, Mounir Amamra and Dylan Robert
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2020 · Takashi Shimizu · 1 season
A paranormal researcher becomes obsessed with tracking down a reputedly cursed house tied to a decades-old tragedy that befell a mother and her child.
With Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Yuina Kuroshima, Kohki Osamura, Seiko Iwaido, Kai Inowaki, Ryushin Tei and Yuya Matsuura
2019 · Dennis Heaton, Shelley Eriksen · 2 seasons
A college student bent on avenging his mother's murder infiltrates a covert order, only to be plunged into a brutal clash between feral werewolves and practitioners of forbidden sorcery; as secrets unravel and alliances shift, his quest for revenge forces him to confront what he’s willing to sacrifice to stop the rising darkness.
With Jake Manley, Sarah Grey, Devery Jacobs, Thomas Elms, Katharine Isabelle, Louriza Tronco and Adam DiMarco
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2017 · Victor Fresco · 3 seasons
A seemingly ordinary husband-and-wife real estate team live a quiet life until the wife undergoes a startling transformation that drags them into a thrilling spiral of violence and ruin—one they embrace with unexpected relish.
With Drew Barrymore, Timothy Olyphant, Liv Hewson, Skyler Gisondo, Richard T. Jones, Alan Tudyk and Natalie Morales
2022 · Neil Gaiman, David S. Goyer, Allan Heinberg · 2 seasons
Freed after years of captivity, Morpheus—the sovereign of dreams—undertakes a perilous odyssey across shifting realms to recover what was taken from him and reclaim the power that once sustained his realm.
With Tom Sturridge, Boyd Holbrook, Vivienne Acheampong, Patton Oswalt, Vanesu Samunyai, David Thewlis and Razane Jammal
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2020 · Amr Salama · 1 season
Sian Eleri, Radio 1 presenter, embarks on a series that probes eerie and unexplained phenomena—visiting haunted locations, interviewing witnesses, skeptics and experts, and piecing together chilling accounts to explore where belief ends and explanation begins.
With Ahmed Amin, Razane Jammal, Aya Samaha, Reem Abdel Qader, Samaa Ibrahem, Rushdi Al-Shami and Ahmed Dash
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2018 · Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa · 2 seasons
Sabrina, caught between her human upbringing and a witch-born destiny, must juggle ordinary teenage life—school, friends, first love—with the dark traditions and demands of her family's Church of Night.
With Kiernan Shipka, Ross Lynch, Lucy Davis, Miranda Otto, Chance Perdomo, Michelle Gomez and Jaz Sinclair
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2019 · Kim Eun-hee · 2 seasons
In Venice, California’s gritty MMA world, a fierce family drama plays out at Navy St. MMA, where owner Alvey Kulina and his partner Lisa Prince fight to keep their fighters afloat. Alvey’s readiness to cross lines to protect those who depend on him brings success but also heavy consequences, unraveling his personal life. His relationships with his sons, Jay and Nate, are strained and complex as each struggles to claim an identity and a role inside their father’s gym and life.
With Ju Ji-hoon, Ryu Seung-ryong, Bae Doona, Kim Sang-ho, Kim Sung-kyu, Jun Suk-ho and Kim Hye-jun
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2020 · Carlton Cuse, Aron Eli Coleite, Meredith Averill · 3 seasons
After their father is murdered, a grieving mother and her three children move into his ancestral manor and uncover a set of enchanted keys that grant them strange abilities and pull back the curtain on long-buried family secrets.
With Darby Stanchfield, Emilia Jones, Jackson Robert Scott, Connor Jessup, Petrice Jones, Hallea Jones and Brendan Hines
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2020 · 3 seasons
When ordinary people become ruthless predators and society collapses into widespread panic, a small group of survivors struggle not only to stay alive but to preserve the compassion and moral code that keep them human.
With Song Kang, Lee Jin-wook, Lee Si-young, Lee Do-hyun, Go Min-si, Kim Nam-hee and Park Gyu-young
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2022 · Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese · 1 season
In 1899, an immigrant vessel bound for New York is thrown off course by inexplicable phenomena, plunging its passengers into a disorienting mystery that forces them to question reality and one another.
With Emily Beecham, Andreas Pietschmann, Aneurin Barnard, Isabella Wei, Maciej Musiał, Yann Gael and Miguel Bernardeau
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2021 · Nick Antosca, David Kirschner, Don Mancini · 3 seasons
A vintage Chucky doll unearthed at a suburban yard sale plunges a seemingly perfect American town into turmoil, as a rash of brutal murders strips away the community’s polished veneer to reveal buried lies and moral rot. When foes — and unexpected allies — from the doll’s history reappear, they threaten to unravel who is behind the killings and to lay bare the sinister, long-hidden origins of the malevolent toy.
With Brad Dourif, Zackary Arthur, Björgvin Arnarson, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Jennifer Tilly, Carina Battrick and Teo Briones
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2020 · Pieter Kuijpers · 1 season
After a strange accident injures her friend, Rosa uncovers that the clandestine student society they just joined is founded on occult rites and demonic pacts tied to the darker chapters of Dutch history.
With Jade Olieberg, Tobias Kersloot, Lisa Smit, Frieda Barnhard, Hans Kesting, Rifka Lodeizen and Robin Boissevain
2016 · Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer · 5 seasons
A missing child plunges a tight-knit town into a dangerous web of clandestine experiments, unsettling supernatural phenomena, and a peculiar young girl whose secrets could either explain—or intensify—the unfolding horrors.
With Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin and Natalia Dyer
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2018 · Mike Flanagan · 1 season
Alternating between past and present, a family torn apart must face the lingering shadows of their former home and the terrifying incident that drove them away.
With Michiel Huisman, Elizabeth Reaser, Kate Siegel, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Victoria Pedretti, Timothy Hutton and Carla Gugino
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2022 · Guillermo del Toro · 1 season
Eight uncanny episodes, assembled under Guillermo del Toro’s guidance, unleash surreal, nightmarish visions in a gorgeously filmed anthology that dazzles the eye while chilling the soul.
With Guillermo del Toro, Lize Johnston, Kevin Keppy, Tim Blake Nelson, Elpidia Carrillo, Demetrius Grosse and Sebastian Roché
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Best TV shows Netflix by genre
At Stream Tracker, we hope this selection helps you find your next Netflix scare. If these picks hit the right note, take a look at our other genre selections on Netflix to discover more series that suit your mood. We keep our lists updated as availability changes, so feel free to come back or use the site to explore further.