The Best Urban Legend Movies

Updated October 3, 2019 1.3k votes 159 voters 24.1k views30 items

A list of the best urban legend movies ever made, ranked by film fans' votes. This list is ordered by popularity, so only the greatest movies about urban legends are at the top of the list. If there are any great films you think we missed, please feel free to add them yourself.

The films on this list are the most famous Hercules movies of all time, so use it to find some movies that you haven't seen already if you're a fan of creepy tales.

This list answers the questions, "What are the best urban legend movies?" and contains items like The Mothman Prophecies and Pom Poko.

Various bits of information are included with these popular urban legend movies, such as who directed them, when they were released and who starred in the films. So whether you're watching these movies on DVD, Blu-ray or streaming, these are some good urban legend movies to creep you out.

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When a Stranger Calls
Camilla Belle, Katie Cassidy
Released: 2006
Directed by: Simon West
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House of 1000 Corpses
Rob Zombie, Chris Hardwick
Released: 2003
Directed by: Rob Zombie
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Candyman
Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd
Released: 1992
Directed by: Bernard Rose
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Christine
Kelly Preston, Alexandra Paul
Released: 1983
Directed by: John Carpenter
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Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
Kate Mara, Rooney Mara
Released: 2005
Directed by: Mary Lambert
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary is a 2005 horror film starring Kate Mara, Robert Vito, Tina... more
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Maximum Overdrive
Carrie Fisher, Stephen King
Released: 1986
Directed by: Stephen King
Maximum Overdrive is a 1986 American science fiction action horror film written and directed... more
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Boogeyman
Emily Deschanel, Lucy Lawless
Released: 2005
Directed by: Stephen T. Kay
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Videodrome
Debbie Harry, James Woods
Released: 1983
Directed by: David Cronenberg
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The Mothman Prophecies
Richard Gere, Debra Messing
Released: 2002
Directed by: Mark Pellington
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The Blair Witch Project
Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard
Released: 1999
Directed by: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
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Alligator
Dean Jagger, Sydney Lassick
Released: 1980
Directed by: Jon Hess, Lewis Teague
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Gremlins
Steven Spielberg, Corey Feldman
Released: 1984
Directed by: Joe Dante
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Harry and the Hendersons
John Lithgow, Don Ameche
Released: 1987
Directed by: William Dear
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The Wraith
Charlie Sheen, Brooke Burke-Charvet
Released: 1986
Directed by: Mike Marvin
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Urban Legend
Jared Leto, Tara Reid
Released: 1998
Directed by: Jamie Blanks
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The Curse of La Llorona
Linda Cardellini, Patricia Velasquez
Released: 2019
Directed by: Michael Chaves
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I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer
Brooke Nevin, Torrey DeVitto
Released: 2006
Directed by: Sylvain White
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I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jack Black
Released: 1998
Directed by: Danny Cannon
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Dead Man on Campus
Alyson Hannigan, Poppy Montgomery
Released: 1998
Directed by: Alan Cohn
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The Tall Man
Jessica Biel, Jodelle Ferland
Released: 2012
Directed by: Pascal Laugier
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Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien
Released: 2000
Directed by: Joe Berlinger
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Black Christmas
Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin
Released: 1974
Directed by: Bob Clark
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Deathdream
John Marley, Henderson Forsythe
Released: 1974
Directed by: Bob Clark
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The Legend of Gator Face
Charlotte Sullivan, Paul Winfield
Released: 1996
Directed by: Vic Sarin
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