60 best horror films of the XXI century

60. not breathe

• Director: Federico Alvarez.
• United States, 2016.
• Duration: 88 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,3.

The story of three young robbers who decide to rob the house of a blind veteran of the Iraq war. Criminals count on an easy bait, but their sacrifice is much more dangerous than you might think.

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59. Sinister

• Directed by Scott Derrickson.
• US, UK, 2012.
• Duration: 105 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,8.

Author detectives with his wife and children moved into the house, where a year ago, was brutally murdered by the family of the previous owners. Writer accidentally finds a video, which are the key to solving the tragedy. But after that the house begin to happen terrible and inexplicable things.

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58. Saw 2

• Director: Darren Lynn Bousman.
• USA, Canada, 2005.
• Duration: 93 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,6.

The decision about the filming of the sequel about a maniac, forcing their victims to participate in the game of survival, was taken immediately after the start of rolling the first "Saw." However, many critics agreed that the continuation was even more exciting than the beginning of the horror saga. This is supported by at least the fact that in the "Saw 2" players are no longer two, but eight people ...

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57. May

• Directed by Lucky McKee.
• United States, 2002.
• Duration: 93 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,7.

This film - a visual representation of what a girl can bring loneliness and love failures. The main character named Mei from lonely child grows up in a strange veterinarian doctor. She falls in love with handsome Adam, but he rejects her feelings. Then May decided to create their own ideal friend. Using a scalpel.

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56. Good night, Mom

• Directed by: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz.
• Austria, 2014.
• Duration: 99 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,7.

A successful symbiosis of thriller and auteur cinema, has received five awards of the Austrian Academy Award and a nomination for the award "Oscar".

The film tells the story of two twin brothers and their mother, who returned home after the plastic surgery. women face hide bandages, and she behaves unusually cold. This behavior causes the boys to doubt that this is really their mother. And they decide to find out the truth very unusual ways.

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55. Reportage

• Directed by: Jaume Balaguero, Paco Plaza.
• Spain, 2007.
• Duration: 75 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,5.

This horror movie imitates documentary filming and begins with the fact that a young television reporter comes to the house, where the police on duty. Residents infected terrible virus that turns them into zombies. But the girl, still do not understand this and thirsty sensation penetrates. And everything that happens is part of her story.

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54. Destination

• Director: James Wong.
• USA, Canada, 2000.
• Duration: 98 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,7.

The film is based on a scenario unexpunged episode "X-Files" and tells the story of a group of people who were able to escape the plane crash, but then began to die because of absurd accidents. Supernatural component of the story, the idea of ​​fatalism and naturalistic scenes made "Destination" popular and have allowed him to become the beginning of a series of films.

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53. dawn of the dead

• Director: Zack Snyder.
• USA, Canada, Japan, France, 2004.
• Duration: 109 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,4.

A remake of the eponymous 1978 film of the year, a story about a group of people who are trying to survive in a shopping center after the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. Snyder tried to rethink the classics, and he succeeded: the audience and critics generally praised the film, highlighting its dynamism.

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52. Paranormal Activity

• Director: Oren Peli.
• United States, 2007.
• Duration: 86 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,3.

The painting has spawned five sequels and numerous parodies. But neither the time nor the variations on the theme have not made this film about the seemingly ordinary pair of seemingly ordinary house, less scary.

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51. American Psycho

• Director: Mary Herron.
• United States, 2000.
• Duration: 102 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,6.

In just a few years before becoming Batman, Christian Bale played the role of another character who lives a double life. And I must say, did it brilliantly. They played an exemplary citizen of Patrick Bateman, who secretly gives vent to his dark desires, truly terrifies and fear.

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50. Judgment Night 2

• Director: James DeMonaco.
• France, USA, 2014.
• Duration: 103 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,5.

In the first "Judgment Night" creators gave the audience an unusual idea of ​​a society in which every year legalized violence, and told the story of one family's survival. In the second film, they went on: significantly expanded the scale of the universe, to show the life of the entire city and make the action more dynamic. The result - an incredible commercial success and one more (at the moment) continue.

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49. survivor

• Director: Coralie Farzhea.
• France, Belgium, 2017.
• Duration: 108 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,3.

Young American Jennifer resting with her boyfriend in a comfortable house. For men come two friends. She begins to flirt with one of them becoming a victim of crime. Her attempt to kill him, but she survives and begins to take revenge.

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48. call

• Director: Gore Verbinski.
• USA, Japan, 2002.
• Duration: 115 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,1.

Cult film about a girl ghost and killer videotape, forcing afraid of phone calls and long hair. And yet gave us the immortal phrase "You're seven days."

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47. ninth session

• Director: Brad Anderson.
• United States, 2001.
• Duration: 97 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,5.

The film is about what kind of force can have someone else's madness. In the story of a team of workers is taken to clean up the old psychiatric hospital of asbestos. But the eerie atmosphere of hospitals gradually affect the state of mind of these men.

By the way, the shooting took place in a real thriller psychiatric hospital in the city of Danvers.

46. Mandy

• Director: Panos Kosmatos.
• United States, 2018.
• Duration: 121 min.
• IMDb: 6,6.

Woodman Red and his girlfriend Mandy quietly and happily live in a secluded house near the lake. But one girl kidnapped by the leader of a local religious cult. Failing to get the favor, he executes Mandy. Ed almost going crazy. But then she throws a drink, forges himself ax and sent to destroy the villains.

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45. piranha 3D

• Directed by Alexandre Aja.
• United States, 2010.
• Duration: 85 minutes.
• IMDb: 5,5.

Despite the fact that the movie sounds like "the horror comedy" cause for fear in it a lot. Still, a giant school of prehistoric piranhas trying to kill 20 thousand carefree teenagers. And it is a lot of blood.

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44. The devil's Rejects

• Director: Rob Zombie.
• USA, Germany, 2005.
• Duration: 107 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,9.

Continuation of the film "House of 1000 Corpses", filmed in the style of traditional horror films and larded black humor. In the story, the sheriff decides to take revenge for the murder of a clan killers brother, but not applying the law, and their own weapons - terrible torture.

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43. Werewolf

• Director: John Fawcett.
• Canada, USA, 2000.
• Duration: 108 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,8.

Canadian horror film about two sisters rogue, flirting with death. The game ends when one of the girls attacked by a werewolf and begins to change rapidly. The second to decide: stay close with my sister and leave her for his own safety.

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42. real vampires

• Directed by: Jemaine Clement, Taika Vaytiti.
• New Zealand, USA, 2014.
• Duration: 85 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,6.

Mockumentary about three vampires who are trying to survive in modern society. They pay the rent, use the internet and go to nightclubs. All this is more funny than scary, but definitely worth to see.

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41. She returned home one night

• Director: Ana Lily Amirpur.
• United States, 2014.
• Duration: 101 min.
• IMDb: 7,1.

The film was released under the slogan "The first Iranian vampire Western". The plot unfolds in Iran did the town, though fictional. It is inhabited by vampires, prostitutes, drug addicts, pimps and other unpleasant personality. But, in spite of the terrible situation, there is a place for love.

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40. Bitterness

• Directed by: Helen Catto, Bruno Fortsani.
• France, Belgium, in 2009.
• Duration: 90 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,3.

The film is made in the Italian genre Jalla, combining elements of thriller and erotic. The plot is structurally divided into three time periods, which is home to one character. The film consists of vivid images and fragments from which the viewer is invited to collect the history of their own.

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39. Cloverfield

• Director: Matt Reeves.
• United States, 2008.
• Duration: 81 min.
• IMDb: 7,1.

The film is about a giant monster attack on New York until the end keeps the tension. And could it be otherwise, if the producer of the picture made himself JJ Abrams?

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38. You're in deep trouble!

• Director: Adam Wingard.
• US, UK, 2013.
• Duration: 94 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,5.

A gang of maniacs in animal masks attacked a country house Davidson family. Relatives are trapped and become part of a sophisticated hunting.

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37. Antichrist

• Director: Lars von Trier.
• Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Poland, in 2009.
• Duration: 108 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,6.

The famous director-provocateur created a thriller in which the cutting of the genitals-and-drop the baby out of the window is not the most terrible scene. The atmosphere of madness and despair, coupled with excellent staging frame - that is worth to watch "Antichrist."

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36 Halloween

• Director: David Gordon Green.
• United States, 2018.
• Duration: 106 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,6.

The picture continues to the very first part of the famous franchise. Maniac Michael Myers, who killed many innocent teen, returns 40 years after the bloody Halloween 1978. The offender escapes from an asylum and again looking for his main victim - Laurie Strode.

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35. martyr

• Directed by Pascal Laugier.
• France, Canada, 2008.
• Duration: 99 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,1.

Are the sophisticated torture to solve the mystery of life? The answer to this question you can look in the film of Pascal Laugier. Just do not expect to see on the screen a silent existential drama "Martyrs" - is not a sight for the faint of heart.

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34. Strangers

• Director: Bryan Bertino.
• United States, 2008.
• Duration: 86 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,2.

The film is about a young couple who, alone in the forest house undergoes an unexpected invasion. Despite in everyday story, the director was able to make a truly terrible picture, the atmosphere in which is pumped to the limit.

Incidentally, the film was released with the note "Based on a true story", but the story is completely fictional and contains only a few references to the actions of Charles Manson gang.

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33. Solstice

• Director: Ari Aster
• USA, Sweden, in 2019.
• Duration: 147 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,3.

After the tragic death of a student of native Danny goes with her fiance, Christian and his friends on a journey. They go on holiday solstice Swedish settlement in an unusual Kharga. But on the ground it is that the philosophy of the inhabitants of the village is very different from the accepted norms.

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32. Curse

• Director: Takashi Shimizu.
• Japan, 2002.
• Duration: 92 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,7.

The Japanese are very fond of spirits and ghosts. Here and in the film "The Curse" we are talking about them. The plot is put a legend that if a person dies in a state of rage, a curse is born and the spirit of the deceased begins to take revenge.

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31. Every day, the trouble

• Director: Claire Denis.
• France, Germany, Japan, 2001.
• Duration: 97 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,1.

Unusual film about cannibalism and desire. The plot revolves around just marrying Shane Brown, which is due to experiments on sexual desire dreaming eat your spouse. But unexpectedly meets his wife unfortunate experimenter, which is subject to a similar ailment.

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30. I Saw the Devil

• Director: Kim Ji-un.
• South Korea, 2010.
• Duration: 141 min.
• IMDb: 7,8.

South Korean thriller with a complex plot. After the murder of his wife's secret service agent decides to take revenge maniac. But do not just put in jail or kill, and to implant in his body bug and constant attacks torment, seeking to bring the killer to the point of exhaustion.

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29. take me to hell

• Director: Sam Raimi.
• United States, 2009.
• Duration: 99 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,6.

A film about how dangerous can be the work of a bank employee. Christine Brown, a bank employee, denies one of the clients to postpone payment of the loan. That in response to the girl imposes a terrible curse that threatens eternal torments of hell.

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28. Inside

• Directed by: Alexander Bustillo, Julien Maury.
• France, 2007.
• Duration: 75 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,9.

The painting is considered one of the most daring, cruel and merciless horror films ever made in France. Pregnant heroine Sarah loses her husband in a car accident. But this woman's misfortune is just beginning. Now she will have to go through hell to save his life and that of her child.

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27. death list

• Director: Ben Wheatley.
• United Kingdom, 2011.
• Duration: 95 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,3.

The film begins as a drama, and gradually turns into a thriller. The plot is built around a British soldier who after the injury turns into a hitman. But to execute the order is not so easy for him ...

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26. invasion of the dinosaur

• Director: Mon Jun-ho.
• South Korea, 2006.
• Duration: 120 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,0.

A variation on the theme of "Godzilla", but with a more intelligent and dramatic approach. In the story Mutated river monster attacks the city and drags with a little granddaughter grocer. The family can not accept the loss, and goes in search of the girl.

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25. Crimson peak

• Director: Guillermo del Toro.
• USA, Canada, 2015.
• Duration: 120 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,6.

Very beautiful Gothic thriller with an old castle, haunted and liters of blood. And of course, a drop of fabulousness: still picture shot by Guillermo del Toro, director of "Pan's Labyrinth."

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24. other

• Director: Alejandro Amenábar.
• USA, Spain, France, Italy, 2001.
• Duration: 104 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,6.

Cult movie with Nicole Kidman in the main role tells the story of a strange house and its strange inhabitants. Eight awards "Goya" and three "Saturn" award.

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23. recording "Berberian" Studio

• Director: Peter Strickland.
• United Kingdom, 2012.
• Duration: 92 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,2.

Scoring a horror movie can be really intimidating process. This is the hard way will experience the main hero, humble sound engineer named Gilderoy.

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22. bloody harvest

• Directed by Alexandre Aja.
• France, Italy, Romania, 2003.
• Duration: 91 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,8.

Country house, two young friends and a bloodthirsty killer. This picture begins as a standard American horror film, but gradually develops into a psychotic thriller.

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21. Shelter

• Director: Juan Antonio Bayona.
• Spain, 2007.
• Duration: 105 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,5.

To find a missing son, the main character, Laura will have to solve the mystery of the old orphanage. But the truth may be too shocking ...

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20. A Tale of Two Sisters

• Director: Kim Ji-un.
• South Korea, 2003.
• Duration: 115 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,3.

Psychological horror film, inspired by the ancient Korean tale. In the story of two sisters returned from a psychiatric clinic and begin to notice the oddities that are happening in their home and with their stepmother.

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19. Quiet place

• Director: John Krasinski.
• United States, 2018.
• Duration: 90 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,5.

Evelyn Abbott and Lee with their children live on a remote farm. They are forced to spend all the time in silence, because somewhere near home to a monster that responds to any sound. But children find it difficult to be quiet all the time, especially as the young Regan deaf from birth.

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18. It

• Director: David Robert Mitchell.
• United States, 2014.
• Duration: 100 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,9.

Sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancy - is not the most terrible consequences of casual sex. The main character Jay gets through it the curse: it is now pursuing an entity, and if it will catch up, then kill.

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17. we

• Director: Jordan Peele.
• United States, 2019.
• Duration: 116 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,9.

As a child, the little Adelaide lost on the beach, got a room with mirrors and was scared of his reflection. Years later, she was back with his family on the same beach. And soon in her house there are twins of all family members. In particular, most of Adelaide.

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16. devil house

• Director: Ty West.
• United States, 2009.
• Duration: 95 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,4.

Retro-story, filmed in the spirit of the 80s, tells the story of a naive girl who got a job as a nanny. In the house of Satanists. In the full moon. And instead of her prize shines forced participation in a diabolical ritual.

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15. devil's ridge

• Director: Guillermo del Toro.
• Spain, Mexico, France, Argentina, 2001.
• Duration: 106 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,5.

The script of this mysterious drama del Toro wrote 15 years before the shooting, still in college, based on their own memories and experiences. The plot is built around the boy Carlos, entering the shelter and face it with strange phenomena. The film won many awards, and the director considers it the most personal of his creation.

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14. Annihilation

• Directed by Alex Garland.
• United States, 2018.
• Duration: 115 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,9.

It falls to the Earth from the unknown object space and creates an enigmatic zone "flicker." There people go missing, not working relationship, and change the very laws of nature. A group of women scientists sent there to conduct research. And the main character at the same time want to understand why it has changed her husband after visiting the area.

13. Under the Skin

• Director: Jonathan Glazer.
• UK, USA, Switzerland, 2013.
• Duration: 108 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,3.

Fi thriller with inimitable Scarlett Johansson tells the story of a mysterious girl who goes on a Scottish road and seduces men. However, not for sexual pleasures.

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12. down

• Director: Neil Marshall.
• United Kingdom, 2005.
• Duration: 99 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,2.

Long before the "Game of Thrones" British director Neil Marshall earned a place in the pantheon of horror is this film. He tells about a group of girls trying to survive in a deep cave, where they are not the only inmates.

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11. Shaun of the Dead

• Director: Edgar Wright.
• Britain, France, 2004.
• Duration: 100 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,0.

Hilarious comedy zombie horror of mediocre sellers who together with the other suits the hunt for the walking dead.

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10. raw

• Director: Julie Dyukorno.
• France, Belgium, Italy, 2016.
• Duration: 99 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,0.

Vegetarian Justine goes to study in veterinary school. The local students have a strange rite of passage: a beginner should try raw meat. And soon, Justine begins to feel constant hunger and desire to eat someone's flesh.

9. Witch

• Director: Robert Eggers.
• US, UK, Canada, Brazil, 2015.
• Duration: 92 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,7.

Action brilliant directorial debut of Robert Eggers takes place in New England XVII century. Family farmers driven out of the community, living in seclusion on the edge of the forest. The measured course of events violates the loss of their child, even a baby, in which blame is not an ordinary man or a wild beast.

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8. Pulse

• Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
• Japan, 2001.
• Duration: 118 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,6.

horror film about ghosts, trying to take over the world with the help of modern technology. In some ways prophetic and undoubtedly frightening, beautiful and memorable.

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7. Shed in a woods

• Director: Drew Goddard.
• United States, 2012.
• Duration: 95 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,0.

Group of young people having a party in the forest lodge and faces a real nightmare. Sounds like a string of banal horror movie, but it makes fun of the genre "Cabin in the Woods". In fact, in the film it's much confusing.

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6. paternoster

• Director: James Wan.
• United States, 2013.
• Duration: 112 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,5.

The film is based on real events and describes the worst case study paranormal investigator Ed and Lorraine Warren. The couple are trying to help the family whose house is inhabited by ghosts.

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5. The Babadook

• Director: Jennifer Kent.
• Australia, Canada, 2014.
• Duration: 93 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,8.

In his directorial debut of actress Jennifer Kent described how terrible can be children's fairy tales and how strong - parental love and hate.

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4. let me in

• Director: Tomas Alfredson.
• Sweden, 2008.
• Duration: 115 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,0.

This melodramatic thriller came from Sweden. Children's cruelty, Scandinavian melancholy and did not "twilight" vampirism - all this is present in the film history of friendship between the 12-year-old boy and the girl-vampire.

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3. reincarnation

• Rezhssor: Ari Aster.
• United States, 2018.
• Duration: 127 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,3.

Three leaders opens directorial debut Ari Aster. In the family of Graham's grandmother died - closed and imperious woman. Each family member is going through its own demise. But soon all the family members begin to happen strange things.

Despite the typical surroundings of a horror movie, the plot of this drama closer to, or even classical tragedy. After all, the main problem are the heroes of their family ties.

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2. 28 Days Later

• Director: Danny Boyle.
• United Kingdom, 2002.
• Duration: 113 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,6.

In second place ranking - post-apocalyptic picture of "28 Days Later." This is both a horror, thriller and drama. The creators also consider it a tribute to the zombie genre, although the classic zombies in the film.

In the center of the plot - London covered an epidemic that turns people into insane killers and four noninfected characters trying to survive.

"28 Days Later" not only gives the viewer a lot of emotions, but also makes us think about the problem of increasing aggression in society. And also gives the opportunity to admire views of the deserted London.

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1. Away

• Director: Jordan Peele.
• United States, 2017.
• Duration: 103 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,7.

Finally, the leader of a rating - social horror former comedian Jordan Saw. Black photographer Chris Washington goes on a visit to the parents of his white girl Rose. A couple are friendly, but the guy seems to be that the relatives of his fiancée, servants and even the guests behave very strangely.

Satirical horror film not only scares sudden plot twists and scary scenes. In the story the author has reflected important social topics. In particular, the "other" with unexpected side shows the problems of racism and consumerism in the modern society.

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