Last Updated on 19 September 2026

The following list is a compilation of the 200 best folk horror movies of all time.

Folk horror is a subgenre of horror that invokes fear through elements of folklore, rural isolation, and communal rituals rooted in pagan, superstitious, or ancient traditions. Unlike other horror subgenres that focus on individual killers or external supernatural entities, folk horror centers on the terror of an outsider protagonist trapped within an isolated community whose collective beliefs and archaic customs pose an existential threat.

I found 30 different ranked lists online of “best folk 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 30 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print to track which ones you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list with links to IMDb.

1. The Wicker Man (1973)
2. The Witch (2015)
3. Midsommar (2019)
4. Kwaidan (1964)
5. The Wailing (2016)
6. Hereditary (2018)
7. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
8. The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
9. The Ritual (2017)
10. Witchfinder General (1968)
11. Häxan (1922)
12. Kill List (2011)
13. Apostle (2018)
14. Lamb (2021)
15. La Llorona (2019)
16. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
17. Onibaba (1964)
18. Viy (1967)
19. A Field in England (2013)
20. Kuroneko (1968)
21. Hagazussa (2017)
22. Tumbbad (2018)
23. The Noonday Witch (2016)
24. November (2017)
25. You Won’t Be Alone (2022)
26. The Medium (2021)
27. Noroi (2005)
28. Curse of the Demon (1957)
29. Impetigore (2019)
30. The Lighthouse (2019)
31. Gretel & Hansel (2020)
32. The White Reindeer (1952)
33. Children of the Corn (1984)
34. Men (2022)
35. The Company of Wolves (1984)
36. Candyman (1992)
37. The Devil Rides Out (1968)
38. The Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971)
39. Pet Sematary (1989)
40. Exhuma (2024)
41. Eve’s Bayou (1997)
42. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
43. Penda's Fen (1974)
44. Antlers (2021)
45. The Hallow (2015)
46. Candyman (2021)
47. The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
48. The Demon (1963)
49. Pumpkinhead (1988)
50. Get Out (2017)
51. The Devil's Bath (2024)
52. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
53. Eye of the Devil (1966)
54. Lake of the Dead (1958)
55. Ringu (1998)
56. Ravenous (1999)
57. Eyes of Fire (1983)
58. The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
59. Robin Redbreast (1970)
60. Moloch (2022)
61. Blood Quantum (2019)
62. Nosferatu (1922)
63. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
64. Good Manners (2017)
65. Pyewacket (2017)
66. The Queen of Black Magic (2019)
67. Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021)
68. Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022)
69. Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)
70. The Wicker Man (2006)
71. Night of the Eagle (1962)
72. Walkabout (1971)
73. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
74. Trollhunter (2010)
75. Final Prayer (2013)
76. Nanny (2022)
77. Alucarda (1977)
78. Matriarch (2022)
79. When Evil Lurks (2023)
80. In the Earth (2021)
81. Weird Woman (1944)
82. Mandrake (2022)
83. The Watchers (2024)
84. Mother Superior (2022)
85. What Josiah Saw (2021)
86. Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021)
87. Enys Men (2022)
88. Sang Krasue (2019)
89. Strigoi (2009)
90. The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
91. The Dark and the Wicked (2020)
92. Jug Face (2013)
93. Black Sunday (1960)
94. The Vigil (2019)
95. Evil Dead II (1987)
96. Marketa Lazarová (1967)
97. The Ugly Stepsister (2025)
98. Black Death (2010)
99. Hellbender (2021)
100. The Wicker Tree (2011)
101. Angel Heart (1987)
102. Possum (2018)
103. Stree (2018)
104. Pet Sematary (2019)
105. Them That Follow (2019)
106. Monstrum (2018)
107. Sinners (2025)
108. Under the Shadow (2016)
109. Sauna (2008)
110. You Are Not My Mother (2021)
111. Gwen (2018)
112. Censor (2021)
113. The Mist (2007)
114. Satan's Slaves (2017)
115. The Curse of La Llorona (2019)
116. All You Need Is Death (2023)
117. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
118. The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970)
119. The Shrine (2010)
120. The Shout (1978)
121. Hour of the Wolf (1968)
122. The Hole in the Ground (2019)
123. Errementari (2017)
124. Spell (2020)
125. The Old Ways (2020)
126. Bramayugam (2024)
127. A Dark Song (2016)
128. Sightseers (2012)
129. Unwelcome (2022)
130. In the Tall Grass (2019)
131. The Village (2004)
132. Weapons (2025)
133. Wrong Turn (2003)
134. Wake Wood (2009)
135. Keeper (2025)
136. Soul (2019)
137. Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)
138. Army of Darkness (1992)
139. Satanic Hispanics (2022)
140. Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (2009)
141. Sator (2019)
142. Krampus (2015)
143. Antichrist (2009)
144. Talk to Me (2022)
145. The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
146. The Field Guide to Evil (2018)
147. Lord of Misrule (2023)
148. Mark of the Devil (2020)
149. The Snow Woman (1968)
150. The Wolf House (2018)
151. Get Duked! (2019)
152. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
153. Celia (1989)
154. Influencer (2022)
155. Vampyr (1932)
156. Draug (2018)
157. Demon (2015)
158. Final Prayer (2013)
159. The Cursed (2021)
160. The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
161. The Voice in the Hollow (2022)
162. Bulbbul (2020)
163. The Severed Sun (2024)
164. A Warning to the Curious (1972)
165. Evil Dead Rise (2023)
166. Sister Death (2023)
167. Mystics in Bali (1981)
168. Gremlins (1984)
169. Boys from County Hell (2020)
170. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
171. Rabbit Trap (2025)
172. Village of the Damned (1960)
173. Whistle (2025)
174. The Wretched (2019)
175. The Painted Bird (2019)
176. Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026)
177. Bacurau (2019)
178. Little Otik (2000)
179. The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)
180. Wake in Fright (1971)
181. The Damned (2024)
182. Nocturne (2020)
183. Hellboy: The Crooked Man (2024)
184. A Classic Horror Story (2021)
185. House (1977)
186. The Virgin Spring (1960)
187. The Golem (2018)
188. The Woods (2006)
189. Out of Darkness (2022)
190. Bedevilled (2010)
191. The Last Wave (1977)
192. The Wind (2018)
193. Cat People (1942)
194. Freaky (2020)
195. Mr. Vampire (1985)
196. The Unkindness of Ravens (2016)
197. The Golem (1920)
198. Werewolves Within (2021)
199. Thale (2012)