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The Official Top 50 Horror Films of 2022

The list was updated monthly and concluded on January 31st, 2023. It was ranked by average Letterboxd member rating. See also the official Horrorville top 50 horror films of 2021.

Eligibility rules:
• Feature-length narrative films included only.
• Shorts, documentaries, and TV are excluded.
• Films must have their first national release in any country in 2022. Festival premieres only are excluded.
• There is a 1,000 minimum view threshold.

Curated by Letterboxd Head of Platform Content Jack Moulton. See also the top 50 of the year so far, the official mid-way top 25 of 2022, and the official Year In Review Top 10 Horror Films of 2022.

  • Pearl

    1

  • Nope

    2

  • Mad God

    3

  • Bones and All

    4

  • The Menu

    5

  • Barbarian

    6

  • Prey

    7

  • Werewolf by Night

    8

  • The Unholy

    9

  • You Won't Be Alone

    10

  • X

    11

  • The House

    12

  • Fresh

    13

  • Wendell & Wild

    14

  • Bodies Bodies Bodies

    15

  • Saloum

    16

  • Bhoothakaalam

    17

  • Final Cut

    18

  • The Black Phone

    19

  • Unicorn Wars

    20

  • Watcher

    21

  • Resurrection

    22

  • Deadstream

    23

  • Scream

    24

  • Sacred 2

    25

  • Speak No Evil

    26

  • All My Friends Hate Me

    27

  • 15 Ways to Kill Your Neighbour

    28

  • Medusa

    29

  • Crimes of the Future

    30

  • Satan's Slaves 2: Communion

    31

  • What Josiah Saw

    32

  • Flux Gourmet

    33

  • Masooda

    34

  • The Righteous

    35

  • Something in the Dirt

    36

  • Masking Threshold

    37

  • Sissy

    38

  • Adult Swim Yule Log

    39

  • Nocebo

    40

  • Hatching

    41

  • Hellbender

    42

  • A Wounded Fawn

    43

  • Decibel

    44

  • Nanny

    45

  • M3GAN

    46

  • Piggy

    47

  • Moloch

    48

  • Soft & Quiet

    49

  • You Are Not My Mother

    50