Top rated chilling movies with a straightforward narrative

Check out today’s highest ranked chilling movies with a straightforward narrative! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best chilling movies with a straightforward narrative, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 La Llorona (2019)

Accused of the genocide of Mayan people, retired general Enrique is trapped in his mansion by massive protests. Abandoned by his staff, the indignant old man and his family must face the devastating truth of his actions and the growing sense that a wrathful supernatural force is targeting them for his crimes.

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2019-07-25 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

María Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    haunting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    big boost to director
  3. Ranked #1 for
    slow and plodding

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La Llorona trailer
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2 Incantation (2022)

Inspired by a true story of a family who believed they were possessed by spirits, this film follows a woman who must protect her child from a curse. WARNING: This is a cursed video, it might contain certain risks to watch. For those who dares to follow, please solve the puzzle of my daughter's curse with me.

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2022-03-18 | Horror

Cast

Hsuan-yen Tsai, Kao Ying-Hsuan

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    most terrifying
  2. Ranked #1 for
    off balance
  3. Ranked #1 for
    scary

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Incantation trailer
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3 You Are Not My Mother (2022)

In a North Dublin housing estate Char's mother goes missing. When she returns Char is determined to uncover the truth of her disappearance and unearth the dark secrets of her family.

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2022-03-04 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Hazel Doupe, Carolyn Bracken

Rating

rating icon 5.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    payoff at ending
  2. Ranked #1 for
    slow burning
  3. Ranked #1 for
    dark and ominous

Trailer

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4 Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.

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2019-08-08 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Zoe Colletti, Dean Norris

Rating

rating icon 6.501
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    with creep factors
  2. Ranked #1 for
    scared to death
  3. Ranked #2 for
    visual representation

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trailer
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5 The Dark and the Wicked (2020)

On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family.

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2020-10-29 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr.

Rating

rating icon 6.141
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    skin crawling
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sense of dread
  3. Ranked #1 for
    genuinely eerie

Trailer

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6 Gretel & Hansel (2020)

A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.

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2020-01-30 | Fantasy / Horror

Cast

Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey

Rating

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    grim atmosphere
  2. Ranked #2 for
    visually rich
  3. Ranked #3 for
    stylish shooting

Trailer

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7 Inland Empire (2006)

An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.

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2006-12-06 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons

Rating

rating icon 7.023
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #60 for
    impressionistic
  2. Ranked #81 for
    opaque
  3. Ranked #170 for
    obtuse

Trailer

Inland Empire trailer
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8 The Devil's Backbone (2001)

Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.

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2001-04-20 | Fantasy / Drama

Cast

Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega

Rating

rating icon 7.289
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #81 for
    lovecraftian
  2. Ranked #174 for
    punching bag
  3. Ranked #217 for
    spine-tingling

Trailer

The Devil's Backbone trailer
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9 The Lighthouse (2019)

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

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2019-10-18 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe

Rating

rating icon 7.515
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    crazy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    lovecraftian
  3. Ranked #2 for
    berserk

Trailer

The Lighthouse trailer
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10 The Dead Center (2019)

When a mysterious "John Doe" wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted doctor and curious medical examiner must slowly uncover dark and sinister secrets about the man that reveal a more horrifying truth than they could have ever imagined.

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2019-10-11 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Shane Carruth, Poorna Jagannathan

Rating

rating icon 5.542
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    truly terrified
  2. Ranked #2 for
    convincing manner
  3. Ranked #2 for
    source of evil

Trailer

The Dead Center trailer
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