🏷 Discover The Best Fear Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

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Uncover the Thrills: Top Movies and TV Shows that Explore the Depths of Fear

Immerse yourself in a world of suspense, terror, and unease with our curated selection of the best movies and TV shows that delve into the complexities of fear. From psychological thrillers to supernatural horrors, we've got you covered. Whether you're a seasoned horror fan or just looking to test your nerves, our list has something for everyone.

Cast

Aaron LaPlante

Primal (2019) TV Show

8.7 1.6K votes

Genre: Action, Animation

Country: France, United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 30

Audience: TV-14

Story: A caveman forms a bond with a dinosaur as they struggle to survive in a hostile world.

Style: tense, intense, thrilling, brutal

Plot: fight, magic, trauma, primal fear, gore, survival, prehistory, food, ...

Piper (2016)

8.1 1.7K votes

Genre: Animation, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 6 min.

Audience: G

Story: A mother bird tries to teach her little one how to find food by herself. In the process, she encounters a traumatic experience that she must overcome in order to survive.

Plot: fear, anxious, playful, short film, 3d animation, assertive, shorebird, fledgling

Cast

Amy Poehler

Phyllis Smith

Richard Kind

Bill Hader

Inside Out (2015)

7.9 23.6K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: PG

Story: When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness get lost, they must journey through unfamiliar places to get back home.

Plot: dreams, minnesota, sadness, cartoon, disgust, ice hockey, imaginary friend, elementary school, ...

Place: san francisco, california

Higurashi: When They Cry (2006) TV Show

7.7 234 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 50

Audience: TV-MA

Story: After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem.

Style: psychological

Plot: mass murder, trauma, baseball bat, sadism, village, supernatural, murder, rampage, ...

Time: 1980s

Cast

Natalie Portman

Mila Kunis

Vincent Cassel

Barbara Hershey

Black Swan (2010)

7.7 15.7K votes

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: R

Story: A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."

Plot: new york city, dance, nightmare, obsession, insanity, paranoia, hallucination, ballet dancer, ...

Cast

Humphrey Bogart

Gloria Grahame

Frank Lovejoy

Carl Benton Reid

In a Lonely Place (1950)

7.6 668 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.

Plot: beach, screenwriter, assault, film noir, murder, hollywood, black and white, fear, ...

Cast

Amy Poehler

Maya Hawke

Kensington Tallman

Liza Lapira

Inside Out 2 (2024)

7.5 6.8K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone.

Style: witty

Plot: sadness, disgust, sequel, computer animation, teenage girl, fear, anger, envy, ...

Cast

Toni Collette

Alex Wolff

Gabriel Byrne

Milly Shapiro

Hereditary (2018)

7.3 8.7K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 128 min.

Audience: R

Story: Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.

Plot: daughter, funeral, parent child relationship, loss of loved one, ritual, supernatural, possession, dysfunctional family, ...

Cast

Robert De Niro

Nick Nolte

Jessica Lange

Juliette Lewis

Cape Fear (1991)

7.3 3.9K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 128 min.

Audience: R

Story: Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

Plot: prison, small town, child abuse, rape, houseboat, cigar smoking, remake, revenge, ...

Cast

Jaeden Martell

Jeremy Ray Taylor

Sophia Lillis

Finn Wolfhard

It (2017)

7.2 20.4K votes

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 135 min.

Audience: R

Story: In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.

Plot: small town, based on novel or book, haunted house, clown, bullying, abandoned house, coming of age, flashback, ...

Time: 1980s

Cast

Monica Bellucci

Vincent Cassel

Albert Dupontel

Jo Prestia

Irreversible (2002)

7.2 3.3K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: France

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. Because some acts can’t be undone. Because man is an animal. Because the desire for vengeance is a natural impulse. Because most crimes remain unpunished.

Plot: prostitute, rape, paris, france, police, nihilism, homophobia, homicide, ...

Cast

James McAvoy

Mackenzie Davis

Scoot McNairy

Aisling Franciosi

Speak No Evil (2024)

7.1 2.2K votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: R

Story: When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.

Plot: husband wife relationship, paranoia, remake, weekend getaway, europe vacation, children in danger, psychological horror, dangerous escalation, ...

Cast

Lupita Nyong'o

Winston Duke

Elisabeth Moss

Tim Heidecker

Us (2019)

6.9 8.1K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: R

Story: Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

Plot: mask, boardwalk, murder, psychological thriller, fear, family vacation, home invasion, amusement park, ...

Time: 1980s

Cast

Simone Simon

Kent Smith

Tom Conway

Jane Randolph

Cat People (1942)

6.9 675 votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 73 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.

Plot: work, jealousy, love triangle, isolation, cat, smoking, office, zoo, ...

Time: 1940s

Cast

N.T. Rama Rao Jr.

Saif Ali Khan

Prakash Raj

Srikanth

Devara: Part 1 (2024)

6.9 218 votes

Genre: Action, Drama

Country: India

Duration: 175 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Devara, a fearless man from a coastal region, embarks on a perilous journey into the treacherous world of the sea to safeguard the lives of his people. Unbeknownst to him, his brother Bhaira is plotting a conspiracy against him. As events unfold, Devara passes on his legacy to his mild-mannered and timid son, Varada.

Plot: sea, ship, red sea, boat, fear, battle, unassuming, swords, ...

Cast

Jessica Chastain

James McAvoy

Bill Hader

Isaiah Mustafa

It Chapter Two (2019)

6.8 9.7K votes

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 169 min.

Audience: R

Story: 27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.

Plot: suicide, based on novel or book, haunted house, clown, carnival, sequel, maine, creature, ...

Time: 1980s, 2010s

Cast

Kelly Reilly

Michael Fassbender

Jack O'Connell

Finn Atkins

Eden Lake (2008)

6.8 2.1K votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: R

Story: When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. Rowdiness quickly turns to rage as the teens terrorize the couple in unimaginable ways, and a weekend outing becomes a bloody battle for survival.

Plot: lake, beach, husband wife relationship, sadism, camping, rottweiler, bullying, forest, ...

Place: united kingdom

Cast

Marilyn Monroe

Joseph Cotten

Jean Peters

Max Showalter

Niagara (1953)

6.8 443 votes

Genre: Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is amiss between Rose and George, and her suspicions grow when she sees Rose in the arms of another man. While Ray initially thinks Polly is overreacting, things between George and Rose soon take a shockingly dark turn.

Plot: infidelity, husband wife relationship, clock tower, honeymoon, self-defense, postcard, morgue, delirium, ...

Cast

Yu00fbrei Yanagi

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Ryu00f4ta Koyama

Takako Fuji

Hitomi Miwa

Ju-on: The Curse (2000)

6.8 310 votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Country: Japan

Duration: 70 min.

Story: When elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of an anonymous suburban house that harbours a horrible secret, and into which all who enter are doomed.

Plot: haunted house, stalker, curse, fear, vengeful ghost, occult, ghost

Place: japan