15 Best 2010s Horror Movies

By Vlad Zakh · May 5, 2025

United States Horror intense

Get Out proved horror could win screenplay Oscars and still terrify a mass audience, while Hereditary and The Witch built the elevated-horror movement. Split has James McAvoy carrying a whole film on range, Don’t Breathe flips who you should fear, and Midsommar is daylight horror that’s more unsettling than anything at night. Annabelle: Creation, The Babadook, It, Us, Insidious, The Conjuring, Sinister and A Quiet Place round out the list.

Split (2016)

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Split (2016)

IMDb ★ 7.3 RT 79% Metacritic 63

Three girls are abducted by a man whose 23 distinct personalities each want something different.

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan · 1h 57m · Rated PG-13

10 wins & 27 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Annabelle: Creation (2017)

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Annabelle: Creation (2017)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A rare horror prequel that improves on its predecessor.

Directed by David F. Sandberg · 1h 50m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max · 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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Don't Breathe (2016)

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Don't Breathe (2016)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Three young thieves break into a blind veteran's home and discover he is far more dangerous than they expected.

Directed by Fede Álvarez · 1h 29m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · 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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Midsommar (2019)

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Midsommar (2019)

IMDb ★ 7.1 RT 83% Metacritic 72

A grieving woman's trip to a Swedish festival reveals a cult's escalating rituals.

Directed by Ari Aster · 2h 27m · Rated R

27 wins & 74 nominations

Where to watch

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

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The Babadook (2014)

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The Babadook (2014)

IMDb ★ 6.8 RT 98% Metacritic 86

A widowed mother's grief takes the shape of a monster from her son's pop-up book.

Directed by Jennifer Kent · 1h 34m · Rated NR

56 wins & 64 nominations

Where to watch

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

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It (2017)

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It (2017)

IMDb ★ 7.3 RT 85% Metacritic 69

A group of kids confront a shape-shifting entity that has been terrorising their town for decades.

Directed by Andy Muschietti · 2h 15m · Rated R

12 wins & 49 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, AMC, HBO Max · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Us (2019)

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Us (2019)

IMDb ★ 6.8 RT 93% Metacritic 81

A family holiday is interrupted by their own violent doppelgangers.

Directed by Jordan Peele · 1h 56m · Rated R

87 wins & 135 nominations

Where to watch

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

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Insidious (2010)

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Insidious (2010)

IMDb ★ 6.8 RT 66% Metacritic 52

A family's comatose son is being targeted by something from beyond ordinary sleep.

Directed by James Wan · 1h 42m · Rated PG-13

8 wins & 16 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, YouTube TV, MGM Plus · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Conjuring (2013)

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The Conjuring (2013)

IMDb ★ 7.5 RT 86% Metacritic 68

Paranormal investigators are called in to help a family terrorised in their new farmhouse.

Directed by James Wan · 1h 52m · Rated R

15 wins & 22 nominations

Where to watch

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

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Sinister (2012)

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Sinister (2012)

IMDb ★ 6.8 RT 64% Metacritic 53

A true-crime writer discovers a box of home movies documenting a family's murder.

Directed by Scott Derrickson · 1h 50m · Rated R

3 wins & 14 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Hulu, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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A Quiet Place (2018)

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A Quiet Place (2018)

IMDb ★ 7.5 RT 96% Metacritic 82

A family survives in near-total silence to avoid creatures that hunt by sound.

Directed by John Krasinski · 1h 31m · Rated PG-13

Nominated for 1 Oscar38 wins & 129 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Philo, Paramount+ Amazon Channel · Rent: JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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It Follows (2014)

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It Follows (2014)

IMDb ★ 6.8 RT 95% Metacritic 83

A sexually transmitted curse stalks its victims with an unhurried, unstoppable walk.

Directed by David Robert Mitchell · 1h 41m · Rated R

25 wins & 44 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Peacock Premium, Philo, Paramount+ Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Witch (2015)

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The Witch (2015)

IMDb ★ 7.0 RT 91% Metacritic 84

A Puritan family's exile to the edge of the woods invites a supernatural evil.

Directed by Robert Eggers · 1h 32m · Rated R

43 wins & 72 nominations

Where to watch

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

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Hereditary (2018)

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Hereditary (2018)

IMDb ★ 7.3 RT 90% Metacritic 87

A family's grief unravels into a hidden, generations-deep occult conspiracy.

Directed by Ari Aster · 2h 08m · Rated R

52 wins & 112 nominations

Where to watch

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

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Get Out (2017)

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Get Out (2017)

IMDb ★ 7.8 RT 98% Metacritic 85

Jordan Peele's directorial debut turns a weekend meeting the girlfriend's parents into a nightmare.

Directed by Jordan Peele · 1h 44m · Rated R

Won 1 Oscar154 wins & 214 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Peacock Premium, YouTube TV, FXNow, Peacock Premium Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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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.