Best Cult Horror Films on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Cult Horror Films on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 37 titles in category code 10944. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. The Shining (1980)
Rated 8.4/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1980, 1h 59m. Jack Torrance descends into madness -- terrorizing his wife and young son -- after living at a deserted and eerie hotel during its off season.
2. Beetlejuice (1988)
Rated 7.5/10 on IMDb, from 1988, 1h 32m. A young couple who drowned return to their house as poltergeists but must enlist the help of a goofy ghost to put a scare in the rude new owners.
3. [REC] (2007)
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Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 2007, 1h 15m. Trapped in a quarantined building with a horde of ravenous zombies, a television reporter and her cameraman record the brutal events that transpire.
4. Suspiria (1977)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 1977, 1h 40m. A naive American girl enrolled in an illustrious European ballet academy learns that the school has been a meeting place for witches for many years.
5. Gremlins (1984)
Rated 7.3/10 on IMDb, from 1984, 1h 46m. A man brings home a cute creature as a Christmas present for his son that spawns a horrifying army of devilish -- and dangerous -- little beasts.
6. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Rated 7.3/10 on IMDb, from 2004, 1h 40m. In the wake of a plague, America is overrun by millions of cannibalistic zombies.
7. Poltergeist (1982)
Rated 7.3/10 on IMDb, from 1982, 1h 54m. Malevolent otherworldly forces invade a suburban home and transform the house into a supernatural sideshow centered on the family's young daughter.
8. Cube (1997)
Rated 7.2/10 on IMDb, from 1997, 1h 30m. Clueless as to how they got there or why they were chosen, six people are caught in a maze of interlocking cubes with no apparent way out.
9. The Descent (2005)
Rated 7.2/10 on IMDb, from 2005, 1h 39m. Six girlfriends on a spelunking trip become trapped under the earth, where they start to suffer from limited oxygen and delusions -- or are they?
10. Day of the Dead (1985)
Rated 7.2/10 on IMDb, from 1985, 1h 40m. A contentious group of scientists and soldiers hides in an underground bunker to escape a world overrun by the flesh-eating undead.