Last Updated on 24 March 2026

The following list is a compilation of the 100 best fairy tale horror movies of all time.

I found 22 different ranked lists online of “best fairy tale horror movies of all time” and pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation.  See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to all 122 lists that were averaged. Below is a ranked list with links to IMDb.

  1. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
  2. The Company of Wolves (1984)
  3. Gretel & Hansel (2020)
  4. The Lure (2015)
  5. Suspiria (1977)
  6. Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
  7. November (2017)
  8. Tale of Tales (2015)
  9. Black Swan (2010)
  10. Beauty and the Beast (1978)
  11. The Red Shoes (2005)
  12. Little Otik (2000)
  13. Good Manners (2017)
  14. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
  15. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
  16. Rumpelstiltskin (1995)
  17. The Hallow (2015)
  18. Viy (1967)
  19. Freeway (1996)
  20. The Witch (2015)
  21. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
  22. Return to Oz (1985)
  23. The Ugly Stepsister (2025)
  24. Hard Candy (2005)
  25. Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
  26. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
  27. Deadtime Stories (1986)
  28. The Pied Piper (1986)
  29. Wishmaster (1997)
  30. Leprechaun (1992)
  31. Hunted (2020)
  32. Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)
  33. The Brothers Grimm (2005)
  34. The Fall (2006)
  35. Big Bad Wolves (2013)
  36. The Green Knight (2021)
  37. Crimson Peak (2015)
  38. Labyrinth (1986)
  39. The Uninvited (2009)
  40. Red Riding Hood (2011)
  41. Bluebeard (1944)
  42. Mirrormask (2005)
  43. Snow White & the Huntsman (2012)
  44. Cinderella (2006)
  45. The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (2016)
  46. Darkness Falls (2003)
  47. Legend (1985)
  48. Tideland (2005)
  49. Cinderella’s Revenge (2024)
  50. Grimm (2003)
  51. Livid (2011)
  52. Pinocchio’s Revenge (1996)
  53. The Legend of Jack and Jill (2021)
  54. The Little Mermaid (1975)
  55. Nightbreed (1990)
  56. Mirror Mirror (1990)
  57. Little Dead Rotting Hood (2016)
  58. The Gingerdead Man (2005)
  59. Three Blind Mice (2023)
  60. Twixt (2011)
  61. Re-cycle (2006)
  62. The Madness of Humpty Dumpty (2023)
  63. Mary Had a Little Lamb (2023)
  64. Rigor Mortis (2013)
  65. Cinderella’s Curse (2024)
  66. The Mean One (2022)
  67. Maleficent (2014)
  68. School Mystery (1995)
  69. The Shape of Water (2017)
  70. Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural (1973)
  71. Tom Thumb (2001)
  72. Elizabeth Harvest (2018)
  73. Bluebeard (1901)
  74. Cronos (1992)
  75. Donkey Skin (1970)
  76. Dust Bunny (2025)
  77. Gale Stay Away from Oz (2023)
  78. The Blazing World (2021)
  79. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
  80. Spring (2014)
  81. Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare (2025)
  82. Hellions (2015)
  83. Hatching (2022)
  84. Meridian (1990)
  85. Coraline (2009)
  86. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
  87. Ink (2009)
  88. She Creature (2001)
  89. The Babadook (2014)
  90. Moon Garden (2022)
  91. Evil Eye (2022)
  92. Wildling (2018)
  93. The Haunting of Helena (2012)
  94. The City of Lost Children (1995)
  95. Hansel and Gretel (2007)
  96. Lady in the Water (2006)
  97. The Piper (2015)
  98. Errementari (2017)
  99. Paperhouse (1988)
  100. The Watchers (2024)

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