Best movies — horreur on Netflix : our Top 20
At Stream Tracker, we have curated a selection of the best horror films currently available on Netflix. We focus on titles that stand out for atmosphere, storytelling and originality, covering classics, psychological suspense, supernatural scares and notable international entries. We verify availability regularly so the recommendations stay up to date. Browse the list to find a film that matches your mood, with concise notes to help you choose.
Updated on 12/03/2026
2024 · Michael Vaynberg
Desperate to give her child a chance, a mother living without legal papers accepts a caregiving job for a reclusive elderly man — only to discover, too late, that he is hiding a chilling and dangerous secret.
With Monte Bezell, Michael Doyle, Lorianna Izrailova, Karyna Kudzina, Chris LaPanta, Rebecca Packer and Tim Shelburne
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2025 · Dan Allen
À la suite d’un accident de voiture, une mère et son fils deviennent les proies de Bambi, un cerf mutant pris dans une frénésie meurtrière, déterminé à venger la mort de sa mère.
With Roxanne McKee, Tom Mulheron, Adrian Relph, Nicola Wright, Alex Cooke, Ewan Borthwick and Big Tobz
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2015 · Valeri Milev
Half a decade after the undead tore the world apart, members of R‑Division scour the ruins, rooting out and eliminating pockets of infection. When new signs suggest the plague is returning, they face the chilling possibility that humanity itself may not endure.
With Roger Cross, Bruce Payne, Scott Adkins, Daniella Alonso, Jesse Garcia, Dimiter Doichinov and Yo Santhaveesuk
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2004 · Edgar Wright
Shaun leads an almost painfully ordinary life, focused on his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, the neighborhood pub. That comfortable routine is shattered when the dead rise and begin hungrily preying on everyday Londoners.
With Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran, Penelope Wilton and Bill Nighy
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2013 · James Wan
Called to a secluded farmhouse where a family is besieged by a malevolent presence, paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren race to protect their clients and unravel the source of the terror. As the dark force grows stronger, the couple must confront an ancient, ruthless entity that pushes their expertise, faith, and resolve to the breaking point in the most harrowing case of their careers.
With Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston, Mackenzie Foy, Joey King and Shannon Kook
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2000 · Mary Harron
A successful, well-heeled investment banker in New York projects a flawless public image while secretly harboring a psychopathic alternate personality; as his detached, increasingly irrational impulses grow bolder and more gratuitous, he conceals the mounting danger from colleagues and friends.
With Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross and Bill Sage
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2009 · Ruben Fleischer
Columbus has spent the apocalypse learning to run from anything that unsettles him; caution keeps him alive. Tallahassee appears to know no fear — and if he did, he'd crush it without hesitation. In a world crawling with the undead, they’ve become an effective, if unlikely, survival team. But the dead aren’t their biggest problem now: the real danger is the collision between their opposing instincts.
With Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Amber Heard, Bill Murray and Derek Graf
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2021 · John Krasinski
After surviving the horrors at home, the Abbott family is driven out into a hostile, unfamiliar landscape. As they cross a windswept sand path, they quickly learn that the creatures drawn to sound are only one of many dangers lying in wait beyond their doorstep.
With Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Djimon Hounsou, John Krasinski and Wayne Duvall
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1983 · Gerald Kargl
A recently released killer forces his way into an isolated house, bent on murdering a mother, her son with a disability, and her beautiful daughter.
With Erwin Leder, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Silvia Rabenreither, Karin Springer, Edith Rosset, Josefine Lakatha and Rudolf Götz
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2016 · James Wan
Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to North London to help a single mother raising four children on her own, confronting a house besieged by malevolent spirits that increasingly threaten the family's safety.
With Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Madison Wolfe, Frances O'Connor, Simon McBurney, Lauren Esposito and Benjamin Haigh
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2012 · Clark Baker
amid the frozen, shell‑pocked expanse between opposing trenches, French and Scottish soldiers stand off against German troops. On Christmas Eve an astonishing incident occurs in that desolate no man's land — a fleeting, humane truce that interrupts the slaughter and forces enemies to recognize one another as men rather than targets. What begins as tentative curiosity blossoms into fragile acts of fellowship that will change those who take part.
With Brandon Bales, Brandy Maasch, Julie Mintz, Walter Phelan, Taylor Pigeon, Alan Pietruszewski and Whit Spurgeon
2006 · Hal Masonberg
A decade after a mysterious sleep overtook the world’s children, they suddenly awaken tonight—and chaos spreads fast. As the newly conscious youths reclaim streets and minds, a ruthless generational conflict erupts, forcing adults into a desperate race against the clock to regain control.
With James Van Der Beek, Ivana Miličević, Brad Hunt, Dee Wallace, Brittany Scobie, Joshua Close and John P. Connolly
2024 · Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
A massive platform piled with food travels down the levels of a towering, vertical complex; the people at the top gorge themselves while those below are left to scavenge for scraps. Humiliation and hunger fuse into solidarity among the neglected, and a coordinated uprising begins to take shape.
With Hovik Keuchkerian, Milena Smit, Deborah Ayorinde, Callum Keith Rennie, Natalia Tena and Óscar Jaenada
2014 · Jonathan Glazer
When a missile shatters Shideh’s apartment block during the Iran–Iraq War, a superstitious neighbor claims the blast carried a curse and awakened malevolent spirits. As strange phenomena intensify, Shideh becomes certain a dark force is trying to possess her daughter, Dorsa, and she must confront this supernatural threat—and the traumas of war—to save them both.
With Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Lynsey Taylor Mackay, Dougie McConnell, Kevin McAlinden, D. Meade and Andrew Gorman
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2007 · Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Six months after a virulent, rage-inducing pathogen appeared to have annihilated the entire population of the British Isles, a team of Americans crosses over, convinced the threat has passed. Their optimism is short-lived: they soon find the contagion still alive and lurking, ready to strike fresh prey.
With Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau, Catherine McCormack, Imogen Poots and Mackintosh Muggleton
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2024 · Alan Scott Neal
A remote roadside diner is thrown into a sudden, brutal killing spree, leaving a young waitress to deal with the fallout. Headstrong Nancy has just let the rest of the staff go and stays to cover the late shift at her father's place — unaware she's not alone. As the night unravels into chaos and past choices come back to threaten her, she must fight to survive through one long, harrowing night.
With Jessica Belkin, Jeremy Sisto, Taylor Kowalski, Tara Raani, Joji Otani Hansen, Glen Gould and Levon Panek
2020 · Tyler MacIntyre
Maggie adopts an emotional-support dog to help soothe her chronic anxiety, and the animal works even better than she hoped — but his way of protecting her is lethal. Oblivious to the fact that anyone who increases her stress mysteriously ends up dead, Maggie basks in a newfound calm as a string of unexplained fatalities circles ever closer.
With Judy Greer, Ellen Wong, McKinley Freeman, Steve Guttenberg, Elise Neal, María Conchita Alonso and Aaron Eisenberg
2011 ·
An ever-present force of mortality is unleashed when one man's sudden premonition prevents a horrifying suspension-bridge disaster, sparing a group of coworkers who, fate intended, should have perished. Having cheated their destined end, they soon find themselves targeted by a relentless, unseen design that claims lives in increasingly bizarre ways. In a desperate fight against time, the survivors must unravel the rules of this grim pattern and find a way to stay one step ahead before the inevitable catches up with them.
With Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell, Miles Fisher, Courtney B. Vance, David Koechner, Arlen Escarpeta and Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
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2011 · Steven Quale
Mortality looms relentlessly when one man's chilling premonition prevents a catastrophic suspension-bridge collapse, miraculously sparing a group of coworkers. But their narrow escape was never meant to happen, and now, pursued by an inexorable force, the terrified survivors scramble against the clock to find a way to outmaneuver Death’s relentless design.
With Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell, Miles Fisher, Ellen Wroe, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, P.J. Byrne and Arlen Escarpeta
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2009 · David R. Ellis
A chilling vision prompts a young man to pull his friends away from a catastrophic crash at the racetrack, narrowly sparing them from death — but escaping the wreck only ushers in a string of dark, inescapable consequences.
With Bobby Campo, Shantel VanSanten, Nick Zano, Haley Webb, Mykelti Williamson, Krista Allen and Andrew Fiscella
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