Top 40 Vampire Movies of All Time

Silent-era shadows, 80s teen gangs, arthouse loners and blockbuster hunters make up a century of bloodsuckers on one board.

1. 1
   Nosferatu (1922)

   F. W. Murnau's silent German Expressionist classic with Max Schreck as Count Orlok.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Stake Land

   Jim Mickle's 2010 post-apocalyptic road movie about a vampire hunter and his protégé.
   789pts
3. 3
   Cronos

   Guillermo del Toro's 1993 debut about a clockwork device that grants eternal life.
   721pts
4. 4
   The Addiction

   Abel Ferrara's 1995 black-and-white philosophical vampire drama.
   714pts
5. 5
   Fright Night (2011)

   The 2011 remake with Colin Farrell as the predatory neighbour Jerry.
   636pts
6. 6
   30 Days of Night

   The 2007 siege thriller set in an Alaskan town plunged into a month of darkness.
   636pts
7. 7
   The Lost Boys

   Joel Schumacher's 1987 teen vampire gang movie set in a California boardwalk town.
   636pts
8. 8
   Let the Right One In

   Tomas Alfredson's 2008 Swedish tale of a bullied boy and the vampire girl next door.
   584pts
9. 9
   Underworld

   The 2003 leather-clad action film about a war between vampires and werewolves.
   584pts
10. 10
    Sinners

    Ryan Coogler's 2025 Mississippi Delta blues-and-vampires epic starring Michael B. Jordan.
    584pts
11. 11
    Dracula (1931)

    Tod Browning's Universal horror landmark with Bela Lugosi's definitive Count.
    524pts
12. 12
    Thirst

    Park Chan-wook's 2009 Korean tale of a priest turned vampire.
    524pts
13. 13
    What We Do in the Shadows

    Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement's 2014 mockumentary about vampire flatmates in Wellington.
    454pts
14. 14
    Daughters of Darkness

    Harry Kümel's 1971 Belgian art-horror film about Countess Báthory.
    454pts
15. 15
    Twilight

    Catherine Hardwicke's 2008 YA romance that made Edward and Bella a phenomenon.
    454pts
16. 16
    Blade II

    Guillermo del Toro's 2002 sequel pitting Blade against the mutant Reapers.
    454pts
17. 17
    Bram Stoker's Dracula

    Francis Ford Coppola's lavish 1992 gothic romance with Gary Oldman.
    454pts
18. 18
    Let Me In

    Matt Reeves' 2010 American remake of Let the Right One In.
    454pts
19. 19
    Fright Night

    Tom Holland's 1985 horror comedy about a teen whose new neighbour is a vampire.
    372pts
20. 20
    A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

    Ana Lily Amirpour's 2014 black-and-white Iranian vampire western.
    372pts
21. 21
    Only Lovers Left Alive

    Jim Jarmusch's 2013 melancholy romance with Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston.
    372pts
22. 22
    Interview with the Vampire

    Neil Jordan's 1994 Anne Rice adaptation with Tom Cruise as Lestat and Brad Pitt as Louis.
    372pts
23. 23
    Martin

    George A. Romero's 1977 study of a troubled young man who believes he is a vampire.
    372pts
24. 24
    Shadow of the Vampire

    The 2000 film imagining Max Schreck as a real vampire on the set of Nosferatu.
    372pts
25. 25
    Blade

    Wesley Snipes' 1998 half-vampire hunter in a stylish Marvel action-horror hit.
    272pts
26. 26
    Nosferatu (2024)

    Robert Eggers' 2024 gothic remake with Bill Skarsgård and Lily-Rose Depp.
    272pts
27. 27
    Nosferatu the Vampyre

    Werner Herzog's 1979 remake with Klaus Kinski as a mournful Count.
    272pts
28. 28
    The Hunger

    Tony Scott's 1983 erotic vampire drama with Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie.
    272pts
29. 29
    Byzantium

    Neil Jordan's 2012 tale of a mother-daughter vampire pair on the run.
    272pts
30. 30
    Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

    Yoshiaki Kawajiri's lush 2000 anime of the dhampir hunter D.
    272pts
31. 31
    From Dusk till Dawn

    Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's 1996 crime flick that turns into a vampire bar siege.
    272pts
32. 32
    Vampyr

    Carl Theodor Dreyer's dreamlike 1932 early sound horror film.
    272pts
33. 33
    Daybreakers

    The Spierig brothers' 2009 sci-fi thriller set in a world run by vampires.
    272pts
34. 34
    Horror of Dracula

    Hammer's 1958 Technicolor Dracula with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.
    0pts
35. 35
    Queen of the Damned

    The 2002 Anne Rice sequel with Aaliyah as the ancient vampire queen Akasha.
    0pts
36. 36
    Hotel Transylvania

    The 2012 animated comedy about Dracula's hotel for monsters.
    0pts
37. 37
    Blacula

    The 1972 blaxploitation horror with William Marshall as an African prince cursed by Dracula.
    0pts
38. 38
    Lifeforce

    Tobe Hooper's 1985 sci-fi horror about space vampires loose in London.
    0pts
39. 39
    Abigail

    Radio Silence's 2024 kidnapping thriller whose hostage is a ballerina vampire.
    0pts
40. 40
    John Carpenter's Vampires

    Carpenter's 1998 neo-western with James Woods leading a Vatican vampire-slaying crew.
    0pts

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