The Films of Sidney Lumet

Spanning over a century of filmmaking, and tracing the gamut from slasher to psychological to supernatural, TheBrownees ranks the 135 greatest horror movies from 1920 to 2026. The top 15 are: Psycho, Midsommar, The Exorcist, The Shining, Alien, The Road, Dead Ringers, Take Shelter, Under the Skin, Carrie, Halloween, Rosemary’s Baby, The Substance, Hereditary and Don’t Look Now. Directors Tod Browning, Robert Eggers, Roman Polanski, George A. Romero and James Whale are each listed three times. Fourteen directors are represented twice – Ari Aster, John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Zach Cregger, David Cronenberg, Brian De Palma, Coralie Fargeat, Alfred Hitchcock, Tobe Hooper, Jordan Peel, Ken Russell, Steven Spielberg, Jacques Tourneur and Robert Wise. Fargeat, is one of five female directors on the list and the only one to be represented twice. The others are fellow French director Julia Ducoumau, British director Rose Glass and American filmmakers Kathryn Bigelow and Karyn Kusama. Be afraid! Be very afraid!