Best Classic Horror Films on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Classic Horror Films on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 3 titles in category code 48303. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Rated 8.6/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1991, 1h 58m. FBI trainee Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned cannibal.
2. Psycho (1960)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1960, 1h 48m. When a larcenous real estate clerk goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel.
3. 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.