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Best movies and shows on Shudder right now, ranked
The highest-rated movies and TV shows included with Shudder in the US right now. 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. Otherwise we use TMDB’s user rating weighted by how many people voted, so a title with a handful of votes can’t outrank an established favorite. Community ratings are still sparse for Shudder, so most scores below are the weighted TMDB signal (marked “TMDB, weighted”); green scores come from Wochly users. Availability comes from JustWatch via TMDB and is re-checked every few hours.
Best movies on Shudder
- 1
The Others (2001)
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 2
Halloween (1978)
Horror, Thriller
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 3
Deep Red (1975)
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his psychic neighbor. With the help of a tenacious young reporter, he tries to discover the killer using very unconventional methods. The two are soon drawn into a shocking web of dementia and violence.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 4
Lady Vengeance (2005)
Drama, Thriller
Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 5
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
Action, Drama, Thriller
A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 6
One Cut of the Dead (2017)
Comedy, Horror, Drama
Real zombies arrive and terrorize the crew of a zombie film being shot in an abandoned warehouse, said to be the site of military experiments on humans.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 7
Exhuma (2024)
Mystery, Horror, Thriller
After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family's ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the remains—and soon discovers what happens to those who dare to mess with the wrong grave.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 8
Thesis (1996)
Horror, Thriller
While working on a thesis about audiovisual violence, film student Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that she was a former student in her university, and that the authors of the video are not very far either.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 9
Enter the Void (2010)
Fantasy, Drama
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police during a bust gone bad, his spirit journeys from the past -- where he sees his parents before their deaths -- to the present -- where he witnesses his own autopsy -- and then to the future, where he looks out for his sister from beyond the grave.
7.1TMDB, weighted
- 10
The Ugly Stepsister (2025)
Horror, Comedy, Drama
In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira battles to compete with her incredibly beautiful stepsister, Agnes, and she will go to any length to catch the Prince’s eye.
7.1TMDB, weighted
- 11
Possession (1981)
Horror
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.
7.1TMDB, weighted
- 12
The House That Jack Built (2018)
Drama, Horror, Crime
Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.
7.0TMDB, weighted
- 13
When Evil Lurks (2023)
Horror, Thriller
When brothers Pedro and Jimi discover that a demonic infection has been festering in a nearby farmhouse, they attempt to evict the victim from their land. Failing to adhere to the proper rites of exorcism, their reckless actions inadvertently trigger an epidemic of possessions across their rural community.
7.0TMDB, weighted
- 14
Black Sunday (1960)
Horror
A vengeful witch, Asa Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant: Katia. Only a handsome doctor with the help of family members stand in her way.
7.0TMDB, weighted
- 15
Late Night with the Devil (2024)
Horror
A live broadcast of a late-night talk show in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.
7.0TMDB, weighted
- 16
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018)
Horror, Mystery
The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast, but they encounter much more than expected as they move deeper inside the nightmarish old building.
7.0TMDB, weighted
- 17
Insidious (2011)
Horror, Thriller
A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
7.0TMDB, weighted
- 18
The Descent (2005)
Adventure, Horror
After a personal tragedy, Sarah joins her friends on a caving expedition in the Appalachian Mountains. But when a rockfall traps them deep underground, their adventure turns into a nightmare. As they search for a way out, the group discovers they are not alone—lurking in the darkness are savage, cave-dwelling creatures. With rising tension and dwindling trust, the women must fight to survive against both the predators and each other.
6.9TMDB, weighted
- 19
The Haunting (1963)
Horror
Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…
6.9TMDB, weighted
- 20
Mary Shelley (2017)
Romance, Drama
The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”
6.8TMDB, weighted
- 21
Odd Thomas (2013)
Mystery, Thriller
In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.
6.8TMDB, weighted
- 22
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Drama, Horror, Western
During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.
6.8TMDB, weighted
- 23
Exit 8 (2025)
Mystery, Thriller, Horror
A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?
6.8TMDB, weighted
- 24
The Medium (2021)
Horror, Mystery
A shaman's family learn that their goddess is supposedly controlling one of them. However, their lives take a frightening turn when they realise the goddess has nothing to do with the possession.
6.8TMDB, weighted
- 25
Black Christmas (1974)
Horror, Mystery, Crime
As the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone calls.
6.8TMDB, weighted
- 26
The Nightingale (2018)
Drama, Thriller, Western
In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
6.8TMDB, weighted
- 27
Strange Darling (2024)
Crime, Thriller, Horror
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
6.8TMDB, weighted
- 28
The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
Horror, Mystery
Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.
6.8TMDB, weighted
- 29
The Innocents (2021)
Horror, Drama, Fantasy
Four children become friends during the summer holidays, and out of sight of the adults they discover they have hidden powers. While exploring their newfound abilities in the nearby forests and playgrounds, their innocent play takes a dark turn and strange things begin to happen.
6.8TMDB, weighted
- 30
The Sadness (2021)
Horror, Thriller
A young couple is pushed to the limits of sanity as they attempt to be reunited amid the chaos of a pandemic outbreak. The streets erupt into violence and depravity, as those infected are driven to enact the most cruel and ghastly things imaginable.
6.8TMDB, weighted
Best TV shows on Shudder
- 1
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (2023)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
After washing ashore in France, Daryl struggles to piece together how he got there and why, as he navigates a fractured, walker-infested landscape to find his way home. During his journey, Daryl has to protect a young boy, Laurent, who is seen as a messiah, while facing new, dangerous walker variants and the "Power of the Living" paramilitary group, as the connections he forms along the way complicate his plan to return home.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 2
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 3
The Strain (2014)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 4
Preacher (2016)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama
A preacher sets out on a mission to make the almighty himself confess his sin of abandoning the world. With his best friend Cassidy, an alcoholic Irish vampire, his love Tulip, a red blooded gun towing Texan, and the power of genesis, an unholy child born from an angel and a devil, Jesse gives up everything to set the world straight with its creator.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 5
The Terror (2018)
Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A chilling anthology series featuring stories of people in terrifying situations inspired by true historical events.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 6
The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020)
Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A heroic group of teens sheltered from the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world receive a message that inspires them to leave the safety of the only home they have ever known and embark on a cross-country journey to find the one man who can possibly save the world.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 7
Z Nation (2014)
Mystery, Action & Adventure, Drama
Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood.
7.1TMDB, weighted
- 8
Creepshow (2019)
Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A young boy's horror comic book comes to life in this anthology series of terrifying tales.
7.0TMDB, weighted
- 9
NOS4A2 (2019)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
A young Victoria "Vic" McQueen discovers she has the power to unlock portals that help her find lost objects. As she delves further into this hidden universe, she encounters many other "inscape travelers" - some benevolent, and some who have been corrupted by their power. When Vic encounters Charlie Manx, an immortal who stays that way by feeding off of the souls of children, she makes a sworn enemy of Manx.
7.0TMDB, weighted
- 10
Salem (2014)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama
Set in the volatile world of 17th century Massachusetts, 'Salem' explores what really fueled the town's infamous witch trials and dares to uncover the dark, supernatural truth hiding behind the veil of this infamous period in American history. In Salem, witches are real, but they are not who or what they seem.
7.0TMDB, weighted
- 11
Hemlock Grove (2013)
Mystery, Drama
One cannot quench his all-consuming thirst. The other cannot tame the beast clawing its way out. In the sleepy Pennsylvania village of Hemlock Grove, two young men struggle to accept painful truths: about family, themselves, the mystery of the White Tower - and a terrifying new threat so powerful it will turn them from predators into prey.
6.9TMDB, weighted
- 12
Dracula (2013)
Drama
It's the late 19th century, and the mysterious Dracula has arrived in London, posing as an American entrepreneur who wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. He's especially interested in the new technology of electricity, which promises to brighten the night - useful for someone who avoids the sun. But he has another reason for his travels: he hopes to take revenge on those who cursed him with immortality centuries earlier. Everything seems to be going according to plan... until he becomes infatuated with a woman who appears to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.
6.8TMDB, weighted
- 13
Bitten (2014)
Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Elena Micheals thought she left the world of supernatural behind when she left Stonehaven behind 'for good this time' she thought. Until the night she got the mysterious call from her pack leader asking her to come back. So now she is heading back, leaving her life as a normal photographer in Toronto for the moment to re-enter the world of werewolves, rules about protect the pack and a man she has spent years trying to get out of her system. Oh and did she mention she was the only living female werewolf in existence?
6.8TMDB, weighted
- 14
6.8TMDB, weighted
- 15
Slasher (2016)
Mystery, Crime, Drama
Thirty years ago, in the sleepy community of Waterbury, a killer known as “The Executioner” murdered Sarah Bennett's parents. Now Sarah and her husband Dylan have returned to town, only to find herself the centerpiece in a series of horrifying murders centered around the seven deadly sins.
6.6TMDB, weighted
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