1. Repulsion
Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia . When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.
It has an average vote of 7.418 on TMDB.
2. Chinatown
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
It has an average vote of 7.916 on TMDB.
3. The Exorcist
When a charming 12-year-old girl takes on the characteristics and voices of others, doctors say there is nothing they can do. As people begin to die, the girl's mother realizes her daughter has been possessed by the devil--and that her daughter's only possible hope lies with two priests and the ancient rite of demonic exorcism.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
4. The Tenant
A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in France where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
It has an average vote of 7.652 on TMDB.
5. Carrie
An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home. When her tormentors pull a humiliating prank at the senior prom, she unleashes a horrifying chaos on everyone, leaving nothing but destruction in her wake.
It has an average vote of 7.312 on TMDB.
6. Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)
Set in 1982 in the suburb of Blackeberg, Stockholm, twelve-year-old Oskar is a lonely outsider, bullied at school by his classmates; at home, Oskar dreams of revenge against a trio of bullies. He befriends his twelve-year-old, next-door neighbor Eli, who only appears at night in the snow-covered playground outside their building.
It has an average vote of 7.536 on TMDB.
7. Dog Day Afternoon
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
8. The Ninth Gate
An all-expenses-paid international search for a rare copy of the book 'The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows' brings an unscrupulous book dealer deep into a world of murder, double-dealing and Satanic worship.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
9. Strangers on a Train
Two strangers meet on a train. They’ve never met before. Both of whom have someone they’d like to murder. So, they swap murders. A psychopath shares this concept with tennis star Guy Haines, whose wife refuses to get a divorce. He agrees, thinking it is a joke. But now his wife is dead, Haines finds himself a prime suspect and the man wants Guy to kill his father.
It has an average vote of 7.68 on TMDB.
10. Night of the Living Dead
A group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse find themselves fending off a horde of recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls.
It has an average vote of 7.619 on TMDB.
11. The Fearless Vampire Killers
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
12. Venus in Fur (La Vénus à la fourrure)
An enigmatic actress may have a hidden agenda when she auditions for a part in a misogynistic writer's play.
It has an average vote of 7.284 on TMDB.
13. Carnage
After 11-year-old Zachary Cowan strikes his classmate across the face with a stick after an argument, the victim's parents invite Zachary's parents to their Brooklyn apartment to deal with the incident in a civilized manner.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
14. Frantic
The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris and, to find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.
It has an average vote of 6.728 on TMDB.
15. The Omen
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.
It has an average vote of 7.399 on TMDB.
16. 2001: A Space Odyssey
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
It has an average vote of 8.1 on TMDB.
17. The Haunting
Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity.
It has an average vote of 7.124 on TMDB.
18. Macbeth
Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant, betrays his good king and his brothers in arms and sinks into the bloody mud of a path with no return, sown with crime and suspicion.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
19. Transfer
A psychiatrist and his needy patient discuss their relationship in a snow-covered field.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
20. Nosferatu (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens)
In this highly influential silent horror film, the mysterious Count Orlok summons Thomas Hutter to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen . After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok's servant, Knock , prepares for his master to arrive at his new home.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.