This is a personal list, unattached to any specific challenge, but hopefully a way for me to try to catch some of the more well-received horror flicks that I've missed.
I used the films section and sorted horror films by "film popularity" which seemed to be a better metric than "average rating". Starting with the 1920s and through the 1950s I selected the top ten films that I haven't seen. From 1960 on I chose the top ten from each year that I haven't seen. I will continue to update the list and replace anything watched with the next film down. I'm sure there will be some fluctuation in popularity for some films, especially with the newer ones, so it's…
This is a personal list, unattached to any specific challenge, but hopefully a way for me to try to catch some of the more well-received horror flicks that I've missed.
I used the films section and sorted horror films by "film popularity" which seemed to be a better metric than "average rating". Starting with the 1920s and through the 1950s I selected the top ten films that I haven't seen. From 1960 on I chose the top ten from each year that I haven't seen. I will continue to update the list and replace anything watched with the next film down. I'm sure there will be some fluctuation in popularity for some films, especially with the newer ones, so it's not a perfect system of course but should be fun and help me prioritize some movies.
Movies I've seen and subsequently removed have been tagged with blindspots: horror.
Rankings of each film are recorded in the notes.
Average per Decade (updated 5/10/2026)
1950s - 50.8
1980s - 41.6
1930s - 39.0
1940s - 37.3
2000s - 32.0
2010s - 29.1
1990s - 28.5
1970s - 28.1
1920s - 25.3
1960s - 21.5
2020s - 20.1
Top 5 Years (updated 12/16/2025)
1981 - 55.3
1988 - 55.1
1986 - 50.2
1990 - 47.7
2007 - 43.8
Already Watched
In 2017 - 38 films
In 2018 - 107 films
In 2019 - 141 films
In 2020 - 234 films
In 2021 - 179 films
In 2022 - 163 films
In 2023 - 128 films
In 2024 - 115 films
In 2025 - 92 films
In 2026
