Netflix 2025: The 20 Best Horror Movies — Ranked from Mild Chills to Full-Blown Nightmares

Netflix’s catalog in 2025 includes a wide range of horror films. Below is a ranked list of 20 horror movies available on Netflix, ordered from least to most scary, with basic facts about each title.

• 1. 20 — Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
• 2. 19 — The Babysitter (2017)
• 3. 18 — Vampires vs. the Bronx (2020)
• 4. 17 — Jaws (1975)
• 5. 16 — The Blackening (2023)
• 6. 15 — Cargo (2017)
• 7. 14 — Till Death (2021)
• 8. 13 — Until Dawn (2025)
• 9. 12 — There’s Someone Inside Your House (2021)
• 10. 11 — Tarot (2024)
• 11. 10 — Fear Street Part One: 1994 (2021)
• 12. 9 — Apostle (2018)
• 13. 8 — 28 Years Later (2025)
• 14. 7 — Bird Box (2018)
• 15. 6 — Train to Busan (2016)
• 16. 5 — The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
• 17. 4 — The Perfection (2018)
• 18. 3 — Gerald’s Game (2017)
• 19. 2 — Smile (2022)
• 20. 1 — Creep (2014)

20 — Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

Director: Tim Burton. Leads: Winona Ryder, Jenna Ortega. Studio: Warner Bros.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a 2024 sequel that revisits characters from the 1988 original. The plot follows Lydia Deetz as an adult and her daughter Astrid, who opens a portal to the afterlife.

19 — The Babysitter (2017)

Director: McG. Leads: Judah Lewis, Samara Weaving. Year: 2017.

The Babysitter is a horror-comedy about a 12-year-old boy who discovers his babysitter is at the center of a murderous cult. The film blends humor with gore and uses a high-concept premise as its main device.

18 — Vampires vs. the Bronx (2020)

Director: Oz Rodriguez. Year: 2020.

Vampires vs. the Bronx is a horror-comedy set in the Bronx where a group of young residents confront vampires and the effects of neighborhood change. The film mixes social themes with genre beats.

17 — Jaws (1975)

Director: Steven Spielberg. Year: 1975. Studio: Universal Pictures.

Jaws centers on a great white shark that attacks beachgoers in a New England resort town. The film is known for its suspenseful score and for establishing key techniques in cinematic tension.

16 — The Blackening (2023)

Director: Tim Story. Year: 2023.

The Blackening follows a group of Black friends at a cabin who encounter a racially motivated serial killer. The film combines slasher rules with social commentary.

15 — Cargo (2017)

Director: Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke (feature adaptation). Lead: Martin Freeman. Year: 2017.

Cargo is a post-apocalyptic drama about a man who tries to secure care for his infant daughter after a zombie bite. The film adapts a 2013 short and emphasizes survival and community.

14 — Till Death (2021)

Director: S.K. Dale. Lead: Megan Fox. Year: 2021.

Till Death follows a woman who wakes handcuffed to her dead husband and must survive an assassination attempt. The film focuses on a single protagonist in an extended survival scenario.

13 — Until Dawn (2025)

Director: David F. Sandberg. Year: 2025. Origin: Adaptation of a 2015 video game by Supermassive Games.

Until Dawn follows a group of friends who become trapped at an isolated lodge and encounter time-loop elements and creatures. The film adapts the interactive game’s characters and premise into a linear narrative.

12 — There’s Someone Inside Your House (2021)

Director: Patrick Brice. Producers: James Wan, Shawn Levy. Year: 2021.

There’s Someone Inside Your House adapts Stephanie Perkins’ novel into a slasher set in a Nebraska high school town. The plot centers on a killer who reveals victims’ secrets before killing them.

11 — Tarot (2024)

Directors/Writers: Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg. Year: 2024.

Tarot is a supernatural horror film about friends who read a set of cards in a Catskills mansion and then experience deaths that mirror the cards. The film emphasizes stylized kills tied to fortune-telling motifs.

10 — Fear Street Part One: 1994 (2021)

Director: Leigh Janiak. Year: 2021. Source: R.L. Stine’s Fear Street novels.

Fear Street Part One: 1994 follows five teenagers who investigate a witch’s curse in their town. The film is the first installment of a Netflix trilogy that adapts the book series’ setting and themes.

9 — Apostle (2018)

Director: Gareth Evans. Lead: Dan Stevens. Year: 2018.

Apostle takes place in 1905 and follows a man who travels to a remote island to rescue his sister from a religious cult. The film includes elements of body horror and period production design.

8 — 28 Years Later (2025)

Director: Danny Boyle. Writer: Alex Garland. Year: 2025.

28 Years Later is the third film in the franchise that began with 28 Days Later (2002). The story follows island survivors and a father-son duo who return to the mainland, encountering new threats and environments.

7 — Bird Box (2018)

Director: Susanne Bier. Leads: Sandra Bullock, Sarah Paulson. Year: 2018.

Bird Box adapts Josh Malerman’s 2014 novel about unseen entities that cause people to harm themselves if looked at. The film centers on a mother who travels with two children while blindfolded to avoid the entities.

6 — Train to Busan (2016)

Director: Yeon Sang-ho. Lead: Gong-Yoo. Year: 2016.

Train to Busan is a South Korean zombie film set largely on a train en route to Busan. The plot follows a father and his daughter as an infection spreads among passengers, producing both action and human drama.

5 — The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Director: Tobe Hooper. Year: 1974.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre follows five teenagers who encounter a family of cannibals, including the character Leatherface. The film was marketed as inspired by true events and later spawned a franchise with sequels and spin-offs, including video games and comics.

4 — The Perfection (2018)

Director: Richard Shepard. Year: 2018.

The Perfection follows two cellists whose reunion leads to escalating and violent confrontations. The film focuses on manipulation, revenge, and shocking set-piece moments.

3 — Gerald’s Game (2017)

Director: Mike Flanagan. Leads: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood. Year: 2017. Source: Stephen King novel (1992).

Gerald’s Game adapts Stephen King’s 1992 novel about a woman left handcuffed to a bed after her husband dies. Previously considered “unfilmable”, the film translates much of its action into psychological and single-location drama; this status was reported in coverage such as that article.

2 — Smile (2022)

Director: Parker Finn. Lead: Sosie Bacon. Year: 2022.

Smile follows a therapist who experiences supernatural phenomena after witnessing a patient’s death. The film focuses on a contagion-like pattern in which affected people smile before harming themselves.

1 — Creep (2014)

Director: Patrick Brice. Lead: Mark Duplass. Year: 2014. Style: Found footage.

Creep is a found-footage film about a videographer who accepts a job to document an eccentric client’s final wishes. The film centers on escalating unease and the ambiguous relationship between the two men.

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