14 Best Anthology Movies of All Time

By Vlad Zakh · August 30, 2026

An anthology film is only as good as its weakest segment, and the ones here mostly dodge that problem. Some hang on a shared place, like Paris, je t’aime, with eighteen shorts set in different corners of the city. Others share nothing but a mood: Kwaidan’s four painterly Japanese ghost stories, or the six pushed-past-breaking-point tales of Wild Tales. Even Pulp Fiction counts, if you squint, and Dead of Night, from 1945, is still a proper chiller.

Pulp Fiction (1994)

IMDb ★ 8.8 RT 92% Metacritic 95

Two hitmen, a boxer and a gangster's wife weave through a nonlinear crime saga in Los Angeles.

Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 2h 34m · Rated R

Won 1 Oscar69 wins & 72 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, YouTube TV · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Dead of Night (1945)

IMDb ★ 7.5 RT 96%

An architect's recurring nightmare is echoed by his dinner guests' own unsettling supernatural stories.

Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti & Charles Crichton · 1h 43m · Rated NR

2 wins & 3 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Philo, YouTube TV, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, IndieFlix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Paris, je t'aime (2006)

IMDb ★ 7.2 RT 85% Metacritic 66

Eighteen short films, each set in a different Parisian neighbourhood, explore love in all its forms.

Directed by Olivier Assayas & Frédéric Auburtin · 2h 00m · Rated R

3 wins & 2 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Howdy Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home

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Wild Tales (2014)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 94% Metacritic 77

Six standalone stories of ordinary people pushed past their breaking point, each sharper than the last.

Directed by Damián Szifron · 2h 02m · Rated R

Nominated for 1 Oscar51 wins & 58 nominations

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Kwaidan (1964)

IMDb ★ 7.9 RT 91%

Four traditional Japanese ghost stories told with a meticulous, painterly visual style.

Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · 3h 03m · Rated PG-13

Nominated for 1 Oscar5 wins & 3 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

IMDb ★ 6.4 RT 57% Metacritic 44

Four stories adapted from the classic anthology series, one overshadowed by a real on-set tragedy.

Directed by John Landis & Joe Dante · 1h 41m · Rated PG

1 win & 8 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

IMDb ★ 7.2 RT 90% Metacritic 79

Six standalone tales of the American West, ranging from slapstick to genuinely bleak.

Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen · 2h 12m · Rated R

Nominated for 3 Oscars7 wins & 44 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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If These Walls Could Talk (1996)

IMDb ★ 7.0 RT 86%

Three women in three different decades face the same house and the same difficult decision.

Directed by Cher Bono & Nancy Savoca · 1h 37m · Rated R

Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys4 wins & 15 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max

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New York Stories (1989)

IMDb ★ 6.4 RT 77%

Three directors each contribute a short film about very different corners of New York City life.

Directed by Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola · 2h 04m · Rated PG

1 win

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Southbound (2015)

IMDb ★ 5.9 RT 81% Metacritic 58

Five interconnected stories follow travellers along the same stretch of desert highway who can't seem to escape it.

Directed by Roxanne Benjamin & David Bruckner · 1h 29m · Rated NR

1 nomination

Where to watch

Stream: AMC Plus Apple TV channel, History Vault · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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V/H/S (2012)

IMDb ★ 5.8 RT 56% Metacritic 54

A group of criminals discover a stack of cursed videotapes, each one worse than the last.

Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & David Bruckner · 1h 56m · Rated R

5 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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4bia (2008)

IMDb ★ 6.5

Four separate horror stories, linked only by dread, in a single Thai anthology.

Directed by Yongyoot Thongkongtoon & Parkpoom Wongpoom · 1h 55m

1 win & 5 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Apple TV Store

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Creepshow (1982)

IMDb ★ 6.8 RT 66% Metacritic 59

Five gleefully gruesome tales pay direct homage to classic horror comics.

Directed by George A. Romero · 2h 00m · Rated R

2 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Trick 'r Treat (2007)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Five interwoven Halloween-night stories all share the same small-town setting and a mischievous trick-or-treater.

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

14 Best Anthology Movies of All Time

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Dead of Night (1945)

Paris, je t'aime (2006)

Wild Tales (2014)

Kwaidan (1964)

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

If These Walls Could Talk (1996)

New York Stories (1989)

Southbound (2015)

V/H/S (2012)

4bia (2008)

Creepshow (1982)

Trick 'r Treat (2007)

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