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100 Years of Genre Defining Horror Films

From the 1920s to the 2010s, these 170 horror movies are among the most genre defining across the decades, tracking the genre's evolution from the silent era and landmark films of German Expressionism through Universal Classic Monsters to landmark films like Psycho and The Exorcist and into the rise of the flasher flick and beyond into the modern day.
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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The Golem: How He Came Into the World (1920)
The Golem: How He Came Into the World (1920)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Häxan (1922)
Häxan (1922)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
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Nosferatu (1922)
Nosferatu (1922)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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The Hands of Orlac (1924)
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
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The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
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The Unknown (1927)
The Unknown (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
9
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
10
Dracula (1931)
Dracula (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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Frankenstein (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
12
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
13
The Mummy (1932)
The Mummy (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
14
The Old Dark House (1932)
The Old Dark House (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
15
Vampyr (1932)
Vampyr (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
16
White Zombie (1932)
White Zombie (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
17
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
18
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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The Black Cat (1934)
The Black Cat (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
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Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
21
Mad Love (1935)
Mad Love (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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The Devil-Doll (1936)
The Devil-Doll (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
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Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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The Wolf Man (1941)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
25
Cat People (1942)
Cat People (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
27
The Seventh Victim (1943)
The Seventh Victim (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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The Uninvited (1944)
The Uninvited (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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Dead of Night (1945)
Dead of Night (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
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The Body Snatcher (1945)
The Body Snatcher (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
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The Thing From Another World (1951)
The Thing From Another World (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
32
House of Wax (1953)
House of Wax (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
33
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
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Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
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Godzilla (1954)
Godzilla (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
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Them! (1954)
Them! (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
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Dementia (1955)
Dementia (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   60%
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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Night of the Demon (1957)
Night of the Demon (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
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