Best Horror Movies of 2020
2020 gave us a lot of horror movies and not all of them were worth the ticket. These 20 are the ones that landed, ranked by the score real viewers gave them rather than by opening weekend. Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! sits at the top with 7.7, and the list averages 6.8 across the board.
20 titles · average score 6.8 ·
The top 5 picks
- 1
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! (2020)
★ 7.7 · 259 ratingsScooby-Doo and the gang team up with their pals, Bill Nye The Science Guy and Elvira Mistress of the Dark, to solve this mystery of gigantic proportions and save Crystal Cove!
- 2
Run (2020)
★ 7.2 · 2,948 ratingsChloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.
- 3
#Alive (2020)
★ 7.2 · 2,097 ratingsAs a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.
- 4
The Closet (2020)
★ 7.2 · 206 ratingsAfter moving into a new house, a young girl begins displaying strange and disturbing behavior until, one day, she disappears behind a closet. While the devastated father is left with no clue about his daughter's…
- 5
The Invisible Man (2020)
★ 7.1 · 6,398 ratingsWhen Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can…
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How this list is ranked
Nothing on this page is hand-picked to hit a word count. We pull films matching this list's criteria from TMDB, require a real audience behind each score, and rank by that score — 20 titles averaging 6.8. The page rebuilds daily, so new releases appear here as soon as enough people have rated them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best horror movie of 2020?
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! is the highest-rated horror film of 2020 with a 7.7 audience score from 259 ratings. Run and #Alive follow closely behind.
How are these 2020 movies ranked?
By average audience score on TMDB, restricted to films with at least 150 ratings so that a handful of votes cannot push an obscure title to the top. The list averages 6.8.
Is this list updated?
Yes — it rebuilds every day from TMDB, so newly released movies appear as soon as enough people have rated them. You do not need an account to browse it, and there is no paywall on anything at MovieAI.