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Best horror movies on Max right now, ranked
The highest-rated horror movies you can stream with a standard Max plan in the US today: 25 movies, checked title by title. Titles that need a paid add-on channel, a rental or a purchase aren’t counted.
How this is ranked: when a title has at least 5 ratings from Wochly users, its score is their average (green). Otherwise we use TMDB’s user rating weighted by how many people voted (marked “TMDB, weighted”), so a title with a handful of votes can’t outrank an established favorite. TMDB has no horror genre for TV, so this page covers movies only. Availability comes from JustWatch via TMDB and is re-checked every few hours.
Best horror movies on Max
- 1
The Shining (1980)
Horror, Thriller
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
8.2TMDB, weighted
- 2
Coraline (2009)
Animation, Family, Fantasy
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.
7.9TMDB, weighted
- 3
The Exorcist (1973)
Horror
When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 4
Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026)
Horror, Mystery
The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare.
7.6TMDB, weighted
- 5
The Conjuring (2013)
Horror, Thriller
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 6
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Horror, Science Fiction
A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 7
Freaks (1932)
Drama, Horror
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 8
Sinners (2025)
Horror, Action, Thriller
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 9
Evil Dead II (1987)
Horror, Comedy, Fantasy
Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda's body.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 10
Evil Dead Burn (2026)
Horror
After her husband's abrupt death, Alice seeks solace with his remaining family — descendants of a leading researcher on demonic possession. As her in-laws transform one by one into creatures that feed on fear, she comes to discover that the vows she took in life survive even in death.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 11
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Horror, Drama, Fantasy
A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 12
Godzilla (1954)
Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 13
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Horror
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 14
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 15
Zombieland (2009)
Comedy, Horror
Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 16
Carrie (1976)
Horror, Thriller
Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 17
Hereditary (2018)
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about her ancestry.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 18
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Horror
Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 19
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
Drama, Mystery, Horror
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 20
It (2017)
Horror, Thriller, Drama
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 21
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane's.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 22
Eraserhead (1977)
Horror, Science Fiction
First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 23
Weapons (2025)
Horror, Mystery
When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 24
Constantine (2005)
Fantasy, Action, Horror
John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 25
Bring Her Back (2025)
Horror
Following the death of their father, a brother and sister are sent to live with a foster mother, only to learn that she is hiding a terrifying secret.
7.2TMDB, weighted
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