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1
Ridley Scott • Starring: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm
Body Horror • Cyborg / Android / Robot • Horror
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Stanley Kubrick • Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Ghost Film • Haunted House Film
3
James Cameron • Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn
Action • Body Horror • Cyborg / Android / Robot
4
Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror • Psychological Horror
5
Steven Spielberg • Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss
Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror
6
Edgar Wright • Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield
Apocalyptic Film • Comedy • Horror Comedy
7
John Carpenter • Starring: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter
Alien Invasion Films • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Body Horror
8
James Whale • Starring: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Gothic Film • Horror
9
John McTiernan • Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo
Action • Alien Invasion Films • Horror
10
William Friedkin • Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Mercedes McCambridge
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Horror
11
Dario Argento • Starring: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci
Fantasy • Gothic Film • Horror
12
Jack Clayton • Starring: Deborah Kerr, Megs Jenkins, Martin Stephens
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • British New Wave • Ghost Film
13
Roman Polanski • Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser
Horror • Psychological Horror • Psychological Thriller
14
Tomas Alfredson • Starring: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar
Childhood Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama
15
James Whale • Starring: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles
16
Roman Polanski • Starring: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror • New Hollywood
17
Sam Raimi • Starring: Bruce Campbell, Kassie Wesley, Lou Hancock
Black Comedy • Haunted House Film • Horror Comedy
18
Georges Franju • Starring: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Edith Scob
Body Horror • Drama • Foreign Language Film
19
F.W. Murnau • Starring: Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder
Costume Horror • Foreign Language Film • German Expressionist Film
20
John Landis • Starring: Jenny Agutter, John Woodvine, Griffin Dunne
Black Comedy • Body Horror • Horror Comedy
21
Robert Wiene • Starring: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher
Costume Horror • German Expressionist Film • Gothic Film
22
Sam Raimi • Starring: Bruce Campbell, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie
Comedy • Fantasy • Horror Comedy
23
Jordan Peele • Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener
24
Danny Boyle • Starring: Megan Burns, Christopher Eccleston, Cillian Murphy
Dystopian Film • Horror • Monster Film
25
George A. Romero • Starring: Duane Jones, Karl Hardman, Keith Wayne
Apocalyptic Film • Horror • Monster Film
26
Victor Sjöström • Starring: Victor Sjostrom, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg
Drama • Fairy Tales and Legends • Fantasy
27
James Whale • Starring: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Horror • Sci-Fi Horror
28
Robert Aldrich • Starring: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono
Drama • Gothic Film • Horror
29
David Cronenberg • Starring: James Woods, Sonja Smits, Deborah Harry
Body Horror • Cyberpunk / Tech Noir • Horror
30
Satoshi Kon • Starring: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji
Animation • Anime • Crime Thriller
31
Tod Browning • Starring: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova
Drama • Horror • Melodrama
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Dario Argento • Starring: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia
Foreign Language Film • Giallo • Horror
33
Sam Raimi • Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker
Haunted House Film • Horror • Monster Film
34
Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette, Rod Taylor
Horror • Natural Horror
35
Ruben Fleischer • Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone
Comedy • Girls-with-Guns • Horror Comedy
36
Nicolas Roeg • Starring: Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror • Mindbender
37
George A. Romero • Starring: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger
Horror • Monster Film • Post-Apocalyptic Film
38
David Lynch • Starring: Jack Nance, Jeanne Bates, Judith Anna Roberts
Avant-garde / Experimental • Body Horror • Dystopian Film
39
Don Siegel • Starring: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates
Alien Invasion Films • Apocalyptic Film • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
40
Andrzej Zulawski • Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen
Avant-garde / Experimental • Drama • Horror
41
Masaki Kobayashi • Starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Keiko Kishi
Anthology Film • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Costume Horror
42
John Carpenter • Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes
Horror • Slasher Film • Teen Movie
43
Stuart Gordon • Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Black Comedy • Body Horror
44
Nobuhiko Ôbayashi • Starring: Kimiko Ikegami, Kumiko Ohba, Yôko Minamida
Avant-garde / Experimental • Comedy • Fantasy Comedy
45
Jee-woon Kim • Starring: Byung-hun Lee, Min-sik Choi, Gook-hwan Jeon
Crime Thriller • Crime • Foreign Language Film
46
Tod Browning • Starring: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Based-on-Theatre • Gothic Film
47
Guillermo del Toro • Starring: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi
Foreign Language Film • Ghost Film • Gothic Film
48
Robin Hardy • Starring: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Folk Horror • Horror
49
Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi • Starring: Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, Jonathan Brugh
Black Comedy • Comedy • Horror Comedy
50
Philip Kaufman • Starring: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright
51
Kaneto Shindô • Starring: Taiji Tonoyama, Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura
Costume Horror • Drama • Folk Horror
52
Joe Dante • Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Corey Feldman
Comedy • Holiday Film • Horror Comedy
53
David Cronenberg • Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Body Horror • Horror
54
Robert Wise • Starring: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Ensemble Film • Ghost Film
55
Kathryn Bigelow • Starring: Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen
Chase Movie • Female-Directed Film • Horror
56
Jacques Tourneur • Starring: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway
Horror • Mystery • Romance
57
Bob Clark • Starring: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder
Canuxploitation • Holiday Film • Horror
58
Robert Rodriguez • Starring: Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino
Action Thriller • Action • Crime Thriller
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Dan O'Bannon • Starring: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa
Comedy • Horror Comedy • Horror
60
F.W. Murnau • Starring: Emil Jannings, Gosta Ekman, Camilla Horn
Drama • Fantasy • Foreign Language Film
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Tobe Hooper • Starring: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke
Ghost Film • Haunted House Film • Horror
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Tobe Hooper • Starring: Marilyn Burns, Jim Siedow, Paul A. Partain
Cannibal Film • Exploitation Film • Horror
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Drew Goddard • Starring: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Richard Jenkins
Black Comedy • Fantasy • Horror Comedy
64
Peter Jackson • Starring: Timothy Balme, Diana Penalver, Elizabeth Moody
65
Carl Theodor Dreyer • Starring: Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Foreign Language Film • German Expressionist Film
66
Merian C. Cooper • Starring: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot
Adventure • Horror • Jungle Film
67
Joel Schumacher • Starring: Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Kiefer Sutherland
Horror Comedy • Horror • Monster Film
68
Neil Jordan • Starring: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Christian Slater
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Costume Horror • Costume Romance
69
Werner Herzog • Starring: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz
Costume Horror • Foreign Language Film • Gothic Film
70
Benjamin Christensen • Starring: Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan, Elith Pio
Docudrama • Documentary • Drama
71
Brian De Palma • Starring: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Coming-of-Age • Horror
72
Dario Argento • Starring: Anthony Franciosa, Christian Borromeo, Mirella D'Angelo
73
Ken Russell • Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Historical Film
74
Ingmar Bergman • Starring: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Gothic Film
75
Ari Aster • Starring: Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff
Drama • Horror • Psychological Drama
76
Sang-ho Yeon • Starring: Yoo Gong, Dong-seok Ma, Yu-mi Jeong
Action Thriller • Action • Foreign Language Film
77
Ishirô Honda • Starring: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Horror
78
Fritz Lang • Starring: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Oscar Beregi Sr.
Crime • Foreign Language Film • Horror
79
Wes Craven • Starring: John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp
Horror • Slasher Film • Supernatural Horror
80
Richard Donner • Starring: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner
Horror • Religious Horror • Supernatural Horror
81
George Waggner • Starring: Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy
Horror • Monster Film • Werewolf Film
82
Terence Fisher • Starring: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Costume Horror • Gothic Film
83
Roman Polanski • Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Jo Van Fleet, Shelley Winters
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Black Comedy • Comedy
84
Tom Holland • Starring: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse
85
George A. Romero • Starring: Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato
86
Erle C. Kenton • Starring: Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Body Horror • Horror
87
Dario Argento • Starring: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno
Detective Film • Foreign Language Film • Giallo
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Takashi Miike • Starring: Ryo Ishibashi, Miyuki Matsuda, Eihi Shiina
Foreign Language Film • Horror • Sadistic Horror
89
Robert Eggers • Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie
Costume Horror • Folk Horror • Gothic Film
90
Brian De Palma • Starring: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen
Erotic Thriller • Horror • Mystery
91
Robert Eggers • Starring: Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson, Valeriia Karaman
Costume Horror • Folk Horror • Horror
92
David Robert Mitchell • Starring: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto
Chase Movie • Horror • Psychological Horror
93
Ari Aster • Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Will Poulter
Folk Horror • Horror
94
Jacques Tourneur • Starring: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis
Folk Horror • Gothic Film • Horror
95
Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza • Starring: Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Jorge-Yamam Serrano
Foreign Language Film • Found Footage Film • Horror
96
John Carpenter • Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong
Apocalyptic Film • Horror • Religious Horror
97
Rupert Julian • Starring: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Costume Horror • Gothic Film
98
Eli Craig • Starring: Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden
Black Comedy • Canuxploitation • Comedy of Errors
99
Fred Dekker • Starring: Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow
Alien Invasion Films • Body Horror • Comedy
100
John Carpenter • Starring: Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow
Apocalyptic Film • Fantasy • Horror
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