Here are the best horror films from the 21st century, according to critics

How many of these have you seen?

If you’re in search of a good horror film to watch over Halloween, these Netflix picks should do it, but if you fancy expanding your horizons, we’ve taken a look at those scary movies that thrilled critics and audiences alike.

Granted, Rotten Tomatoes isn’t always the most accurate source for a fair review – Home Alone only has 56% – but it’s generally a fair reflection of what audiences can expect.

With this in mind, here are the 20 horror films from the 21st century that have impressed critics the most. FYI, we included a brief plot description for those films that might not be as well known.

Note: Shaun of the Dead. This is the End and Zombieland made the list but we didn’t include them as they’re more comedies than horrors.

35. Spring

Plot: A young man in a personal tailspin flees from US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.

34. Grindhouse

33.The Autopsy of Jane Doe 

Plot: A father and son, both coroners, are pulled into a complex mystery while attempting to identify the body of a young woman, who was apparently harboring dark secrets.

32. A Field In England

Plot: Amid the Civil War in 17th-century England, a group of deserters flee from battle through an overgrown field. Captured by an alchemist, the men are forced to help him search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field.

31. Ginger Snaps

Plot: Two death-obsessed sisters, outcasts in their suburban neighborhood, must deal with the tragic consequences when one of them is bitten by a deadly werewolf.

30. Slither

Plot: A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.

29. The Descent

28.Goodnight Mommy

Plot: Twin boys move to a new home with their mother after she has face changing cosmetic surgery, but under her bandages is someone the children don’t recognize.

27. Gerald’s Game 

26. The Orphanage

25. Bone Tomahawk

Plot: Four men set out in the Wild West to rescue a group of captives from cannibalistic cave dwellers.

24. 28 Days Later 

23. The Conjuring

22. Don’t Breathe

21. Let Me In

Plot: A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian.

20. We Are Still Here 

Plot: In the cold, wintery fields of New England, a lonely old house wakes up every thirty years – and demands a sacrifice.

19. Raw

Plot: When a young vegetarian undergoes a carnivorous hazing ritual at vet school, an unbidden taste for meat begins to grow in her.

18. It

17. Train to Busan

Plot: While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.

16. The Host 

Plot: A monster emerges from Seoul’s Han River and focuses its attention on attacking people. One victim’s loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.

15. Green Room

14. It Comes At Night

13. The Love Witch

Plot: A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing a murder at a neo-Nazi skinhead bar.

12. Room 237 

Plot: An exploration of various interpretations of Stanley Kubrick’s horror film, The Shining

11. The Loved Ones 

Plot: When Brent turns down his classmate Lola’s invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge.

10.Drag Me to Hell

9. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

Plot: In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.

8. Under The Shadow 

Plot: As a mother and daughter struggle to cope with the terrors of the post-revolution, war-torn Tehran of the 1980s, a mysterious evil begins to haunt their home.

7. The Cabin in the Woods 

6. The Witch

Plot: A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.

5. Pan’s Labyrinth 

4. Let the Right One In

Plot: Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.

3. It Follows 

2. The Babadook 

1. Get Out 

If you’re looking for a few other great horror titles that are relatively new, check out The Wailing, The Devil’s Backbone, Under the Skin, The Gift, Housebound, Creep 2 and Audition.