Horror Movies of the 2020s
The highest-rated horror movies from the 2020s, curated and ranked by horror fans on Horrorometer. Discover classics, cult favorites, and forgotten gems from the decade.
376 titles ranked by community ratings.

When a rogue squad of genetically engineered super soldiers break loose in the desert, a badass Army sniper must unleash hell to protect her young daughter.
Onslaught

A daughter unravels her father's dark past after his body, missing for 36 years, is found at a horrific crime scene.
The Cycle

The Last Sacrifice delves into the real-life 1945 witchcraft killing of Charles Walton—the terrifying event that inspired The Wicker Man and birthed the folk horror genre. This unsettling true-crime interrogation probes into the eerie, enigmatic cultural undercurrents that shaped 1970's folk horror genre, leaving an indelible mark on cinema and public psyche.
The Last Sacrifice

Two parents enter a race against time when they receive a distressing late-night phone call from their daughter after she caused a tragic car accident.
Hallow Road

An aspiring vlogger goes on a wilderness retreat to a cabin in the woods, where he is held captive by an ancient, natural force.
Loner

A couple's phones secretly recorded their camping trip in Pinelands National Reserve on April 4, 2022, capturing fragmented audio/video of what happened. The blackouts remain as found in the footage.
Don't Look in the Dark

Pulled in by a series of strange and unexplainable video clips, a brother and sister team up to investigate the events captured in the footage, only to discover a shocking secret that’s overtaking their small-town Texas community.
Man Finds Tape

After a young man is separated from his friends in the woods, he falls into a ten-foot deep pit of spikes, impaling him through his leg and leaving him trapped. He quickly learns that his fall was not an accident.
Pitfall

A musician recording an album in the woods finds mysterious cassette tapes being left for him. On them, a woman researching an urban legend was being terrorised by a man and his vicious dog. Now, those same things are happening to the musician...
Distort

Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child's puppet to abuse the home's residents with deadly consequences.
The Rule of Jenny Pen

A clairvoyant therapist confronts her own personal demons while trying to save a young girl who believes a malevolent entity is feeding on her.
It Feeds

Unearthed from a landfill, a YouTuber discovers a sealed envelope marked "CONFIDENTIAL" - inside are four unmarked DVDs. Each disc reveals terrifying footage that was never meant to be seen. What he uncovers exposes a government cover-up too horrifying to ignore.
D/V/D-Redacted

A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex, lies, and manipulation, bringing terrifying secrets to light and triggering a bloody battle for survival.
Bone Lake

A troubled man starts working at a retirement home and realizes its residents and caretakers harbor sinister secrets. As he investigates the building and its forbidden fourth floor, he starts to uncover connections to his own past and upbringing as a foster child.
The Home

A filmmaker documents her boyfriend's violent parasomnia during their holiday at a remote cabin in the woods.
Dream Eater

In a family-owned funeral home, a young mortician finds herself confronted with the supernatural as she works on the deceased body of a serial killer.
The Decedent

At a secluded summer camp, timid and introverted 12-year-old Morgan is thrust into a waking nightmare when a once-fabled campfire tale becomes real. As a mysterious figure descends upon the camp, Morgan and his newfound friends must embark on a treacherous journey and uncover a sinister reality buried beneath the surface.
Marshmallow

When Sam vanishes mid-video call, her friends race to uncover what happened. As they dig online, they vanish one by one. A sinister force is at play - can they solve the mystery before they're next?
Don't Log Off

When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.
Vicious

Foxhollow tells the story of Tom, a struggling filmmaker that's hired to make a nature documentary by a local eccentric, but once they get deep in the woods, their film devolves into a desperate fight for survival.
Foxhollow

A young artist gets stranded in an extensive, immaculate forest in western Ireland, where, after finding shelter, she becomes trapped alongside three strangers, stalked by mysterious creatures each night.
The Watchers

A boy and his stepmother fear for their safety after an eerie creature resembling the boy's recently deceased father visits them.
Daddy's Head

After raising an unnervingly talented spider in secret, 12-year-old Charlotte must face the truth about her pet and fight for her family's survival.
Sting

Arum and Pica, who wanted to complete their internship at Lembayung hospital, had to face mysterious terror from a woman satan who was suspected of hanged herself in the bathroom. The situation became even more tense after they asked others for help to the point where they threatened their own lives and those closest to them.