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The Best Horror Movies Of The 2010s, Ranked
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Vote up your favorite horror films that were released between 2010-2019.
These horror films from the 2010s have got the best scares, screams, and monsters of the decade. Jordan Peele came onto the horror movie scene in the late twenty-tens with two truly frightening films, Get Out and Us. Most of the movies on this list are straight-up horror movies with only enough humor to strategically break up the tension but there are some horror comedies on this list as well. If you like to laugh a little along with your jump scares and gore, be sure to check out Tucker and Dale vs. Evil or Little Monsters (2019) with Lupita Nyong'o who was also in the aforementioned Us. There are also a lot of top horror movies that came during the 2010s that will go down in history as some of the best horror movies of all time.
Other good scary movies of the decade include The Conjuring, It (2019), Halloween (2019), and Hereditary. You will also find a lot of these directors on the greatest horror movie directors of all time. But which horror movie from the 2010s will make it to the top of this list? You get to help decide! Vote up all your favorite horror flicks on the list below and add any that we have may have missed. Be sure to check back to see how other users rate your additions.
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- 1Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, James Ransone
- Released: 2012
- Directed by: Scott Derrickson
True-crime writer Ellison Oswald (Ethan Hawke) is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence ...more - 2Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor
- Released: 2013
- Directed by: James Wan
In 1970, paranormal investigators and demonologists Lorraine (Vera Farmiga) and Ed (Patrick Wilson) Warren are summoned to the home of Carolyn (Lili Taylor) and Roger (Ron Livingston) Perron. The ...more - 3Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye
- Released: 2010
- Directed by: James Wan
Parents (Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne) take drastic measures when it seems their new home is haunted and their comatose son (Ty Simpkins) is possessed by a malevolent entity. - 4Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Madison Wolfe
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: James Wan
In 1977, paranormal investigators Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren come out of a self-imposed sabbatical to travel to Enfield, a borough in north London. There, they meet Peggy Hodgson, an ...more - 5Emile Hirsch, Brian Cox, Ophelia Lovibond
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: André Øvredal
When father and son coroners investigate the death of a beautiful "Jane Doe," they find increasingly bizarre clues. - 6Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis
- Released: 2017
- Directed by: Andy Muschietti
Seven young outcasts in Derry, Maine, are about to face their worst nightmare -- an ancient, shape-shifting evil that emerges from the sewer every 27 years to prey on the town's children. Banding ...more - 7Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds
- Released: 2018
- Directed by: John Krasinski
If they hear you, they hunt you. A family must live in silence to avoid mysterious creatures that hunt by sound. Knowing that even the slightest whisper or footstep can bring death, Evelyn and Lee ...more - 8Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey
- Released: 2013
- Directed by: James Wan
Soon after their showdown with evil spirits that possessed their son, the Lamberts, Renai (Rose Byrne) and Josh (Patrick Wilson), are ready for their lives to return to normal. However, something ...more - 9Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener
- Released: 2017
- Directed by: Jordan Peele
Now that Chris and his girlfriend, Rose, have reached the meet-the-parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend getaway with Missy and Dean. At first, Chris reads the family's overly ...more - 10Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci
- Released: 2013
- Directed by: Fede Alvarez
Mia (Jane Levy), a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David (Shiloh Fernandez), his girlfriend, Natalie (Elizabeth Blackmore) and their friends Olivia ...more - 11Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison
- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Drew Goddard
When five college friends (Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams) arrive at a remote forest cabin for a little vacation, little do they expect the horrors that ...more - 12James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Though Kevin (James McAvoy) has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley), there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all of ...more - 13Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Fede Alvarez
Rocky (Jane Levy), Alex and Money are three Detroit thieves who get their kicks by breaking into the houses of wealthy people. Money gets word about a blind veteran who won a major cash settlement ...more - 14Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson
- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Breck Eisner
Anarchy reigns when an unknown toxin turns the peaceful citizens of Ogden Marsh into bloodthirsty lunatics. In an effort to contain the spread of the infection, authorities blockade the town and use ...more - 15John Gallagher, Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Mike Flanagan
A deaf woman is stalked by a killer in her home. - 16Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge
- Released: 2014
- Directed by: John Erick Dowdle
Archaeologist Scarlett Marlowe (Perdita Weeks) has devoted her whole life to finding one of history's greatest treasures: Flamel's Philosopher's Stone. According to legend, the artifact can grant ...more - 17Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien
- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Grace couldn't be happier after she marries the man of her dreams at his family's luxurious estate. There's just one catch -- she must now hide from midnight until dawn while her new in-laws hunt her ...more - 18Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak
- Released: 2018
- Directed by: David Gordon Green
It's been 40 years since Laurie Strode survived a vicious attack from crazed killer Michael Myers on Halloween night. Locked up in an institution, Myers manages to escape when his bus transfer goes ...more - 19Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Alexander DiPersia
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: David F. Sandberg
When Rebecca (Teresa Palmer) left home, she thought that her childhood fears were behind her. As a young girl growing up, she was never really sure of what was real when the lights went out at night. ...more - 20Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier
- Released: 2013
- Directed by: Andy Muschietti
On the day that their parents die, sisters Lilly and Victoria vanish in the woods, prompting a frantic search by their Uncle Lucas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and his girlfriend, Annabel (Jessica ...more - 21Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff
- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Ari Aster
When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter and grandchildren begin to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry, trying to outrun the sinister ...more - 22Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan
- Released: 2015
- Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Becca (Olivia DeJonge) and younger brother Tyler (Ed Oxenbould) say goodbye to their mother as they board a train and head deep into Pennsylvania farm country to meet their maternal grandparents for ...more - 23Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader
- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Andy Muschietti
Defeated by members of the Losers' Club, the evil clown Pennywise returns 27 years later to terrorize the town of Derry, Maine, once again. Now adults, the childhood friends have long since gone ...more - 24Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane
- Released: 2013
- Directed by: James DeMonaco
In an America ravaged by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government sanctions an annual 12-hour period during which all criminal activity -- including murder -- is legal. James Sandin (Ethan ...more - 25Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff
- Released: 2013
- Directed by: Mike Flanagan
Haunted by the violent demise of their parents 10 years earlier, adult siblings Kaylie (Karen Gillan) and Tim (Brenton Thwaites) are now struggling to rebuild their relationship. Kaylie suspects that ...more
