Top 20 Halloween Movies of All Time

Gentle ghosts for kids' sleepovers, brutal slashers for the late shift. Every October couch has its own rules about what counts.

1. 1
   Scream

   Wes Craven's 1996 meta slasher set around a small-town murder spree.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Halloween (1978)

   John Carpenter's slasher classic that introduced Michael Myers.
   926pts
3. 3
   The Exorcist

   The 1973 possession horror film that terrified audiences.
   731pts
4. 4
   Halloweentown

   The 1998 Disney Channel movie about a family of witches.
   731pts
5. 5
   Beetlejuice

   Tim Burton's 1988 comedy about a ghost with a loud personality.
   694pts
6. 6
   Practical Magic

   The 1998 romantic fantasy about two witch sisters.
   679pts
7. 7
   A Nightmare on Elm Street

   The 1984 horror film that introduced Freddy Krueger.
   630pts
8. 8
   Hocus Pocus

   The 1993 Disney comedy about three witches revived in Salem.
   621pts
9. 9
   The Addams Family

   The 1991 film adaptation of the macabre family sitcom.
   621pts
10. 10
    Hereditary

    Ari Aster's 2018 family horror film.
    555pts
11. 11
    Casper

    The 1995 family film about a friendly ghost.
    481pts
12. 12
    The Nightmare Before Christmas

    Tim Burton's stop-motion musical about Jack Skellington.
    481pts
13. 13
    Psycho

    Hitchcock's 1960 thriller set at the Bates Motel.
    397pts
14. 14
    Corpse Bride

    Tim Burton's 2005 stop-motion tale of a groom and a dead bride.
    397pts
15. 15
    Get Out

    Jordan Peele's 2017 social horror thriller.
    397pts
16. 16
    Ghostbusters

    The 1984 comedy about paranormal exterminators in New York.
    299pts
17. 17
    The Shining

    Kubrick's 1980 horror film set in an isolated hotel.
    299pts
18. 18
    Trick 'r Treat

    The 2007 anthology of interlocking Halloween night stories.
    185pts
19. 19
    Coraline

    Laika's 2009 stop-motion fantasy about a girl and her Other Mother.
    0pts
20. 20
    It

    The 2017 adaptation of Stephen King's novel about Pennywise.
    0pts

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