Ranking the Top 100 by Their Core Components
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This section breaks the Top 100 into its core components, separating each film by the individual scoring categories that shaped the final list.
By isolating each metric, the list reshapes itself, revealing which films rise through sheer critical acclaim, which endure through cultural impact, and which built their reputation through industry prestige.
Quantitative Score highlights the titles that earned the strongest response from critics and audiences.
Legacy Score uncovers the films that history refuses to forget — the ones that echo across major “Best of All Time” lists.
Awards Score showcases the works that impressed the institutions: the Academy, major festivals, genre awards, and the tastemakers who decide what counts as cinematic achievement.
Taken together, these rankings show the full anatomy of the Top 100 — not just what made the list, but why each film earned its place.
QS: TOP 100
QS: TOP 100
1 - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
2 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
3 - Bride of Frankenstein
4 - M
5 - Diabolique
6 - Nosferatu
7 - Repulsion
8 - The Silence of the Lambs
9 - The Vanishing (Spoorloos)
10 - The Invisible Man (1933)
11 - Freaks
12 - Frankenstein
13 - King Kong
14 - Psycho
15 - Eyes Without a Face
16 - The Innocents
17 - Rosemary's Baby
18 - Alien
19 - Cat People
20 - The Wailing
21 - Let the Right One In
22 - Don't Look Now
23 - Shaun of the Dead
24 - Pan's Labyrinth
25 - Häxan
26 - Train to Busan
27 - Evil Dead II
28 - The Babadook
29 - Jaws
30 - Halloween
31 - Night of the Living Dead
32 - Get Out
33 - House (Hausu)
34 - The Night of the Hunter
35 - The Wolf Man
36 - Peeping Tom
37 - The Birds
38 - The Fly
39 - Carnival of Souls
40 - The Mummy
41 - The Haunting
42 - Re-Animator
43 - The Wicker Man
44 - It Follows
45 - Dead of Night
46 - The Phantom of the Opera
47 - Onibaba
48 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
49 - Talk to Me
50 - Dracula
51 - A Nightmare on Elm Street
52 - Carrie
53 - A Quiet Place
54 - The Lighthouse
55 - An American Werewolf in London
56 - Deep Red
57 - Dawn of the Dead
58 - 28 Days Later
59 - Hereditary
60 - Near Dark
61 - The Invisible Man (2020)
62 - The Evil Dead
63 - The Witch
64 - Misery
65 - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
66 - Black Sabbath
67 - The Tenant
68 - [Rec]
69 - The Descent
70 - Eraserhead
71 - Suspiria
72 - Us
73 - Poltergeist
74 - Black Swan
75 - The Thing
76 - The Shining
77 - Barbarian
78 - Ringu (Ring)
79 - Audition
80 - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
81 - The Conjuring
82 - The Exorcist
83 - Midsommar
84 - The Blair Witch Project
85 - The Changeling
86 - Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
87 - A Tale of Two Sisters
88 - Videodrome
89 - The Orphanage
90 - Scream
91 - The Others
92 - The Omen
93 - Black Christmas
94 - The Ring
95 - Candyman
96 - The Sixth Sense
97 - Phantasm
98 - The Fog
99 - Martyrs
100 - Saw
LS: TOP 100
LS: TOP 100
1 - The Exorcist
2 - Psycho
3 - Alien
4 - The Shining
5 - Halloween
6 - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
7 - Night of the Living Dead
8 - Jaws
9 - The Thing
10 - Rosemary's Baby
11 - Get Out
12 - Nosferatu
13 - The Silence of the Lambs
14 - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
15 - King Kong
16 - Dawn of the Dead
17 - Bride of Frankenstein
18 - The Blair Witch Project
19 - Frankenstein
20 - Suspiria
21 - A Nightmare on Elm Street
22 - Evil Dead II
23 - Carrie
24 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
25 - Repulsion
26 - Peeping Tom
27 - Diabolique
28 - Audition
29 - Let the Right One In
30 - Freaks
31 - The Wicker Man
32 - An American Werewolf in London
33 - The Innocents
34 - Don't Look Now
35 - Hereditary
36 - Scream
37 - Eyes Without a Face
38 - The Haunting
39 - The Birds
40 - The Fly
41 - The Evil Dead
42 - 28 Days Later
43 - Ringu (Ring)
44 - Poltergeist
45 - Black Christmas
46 - The Babadook
47 - Videodrome
48 - Shaun of the Dead
49 - Pan's Labyrinth
50 - Eraserhead
51 - Cat People
52 - It Follows
53 - The Conjuring
54 - The Omen
55 - Re-Animator
56 - Dracula
57 - Deep Red
58 - Black Swan
59 - The Changeling
60 - Häxan
61 - The Descent
62 - Martyrs
63 - The Phantom of the Opera
64 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
65 - The Witch
66 - The Invisible Man (1933)
67 - The Night of the Hunter
68 - The Sixth Sense
69 - The Mummy
70 - Midsommar
71 - M
72 - Misery
73 - Onibaba
74 - [Rec]
75 - Us
76 - Candyman
77 - The Wailing
78 - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
79 - Saw
80 - The Wolf Man
81 - The Lighthouse
82 - Train to Busan
83 - A Quiet Place
84 - The Fog
85 - The Vanishing (Spoorloos)
86 - House (Hausu)
87 - The Others
88 - Phantasm
89 - Near Dark
90 - The Tenant
91 - A Tale of Two Sisters
92 - Carnival of Souls
93 - Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
94 - The Ring
95 - Dead of Night
96 - Black Sabbath
97 - The Orphanage
98 - The Invisible Man (2020)
99 - Barbarian
100 - Talk to Me
AS: TOP 100
AS: TOP 100
1 - The Silence of the Lambs
2 - Get Out
3 - The Exorcist
4 - Psycho
5 - Rosemary's Baby
6 - Jaws
7 - Alien
8 - Black Swan
9 - The Shining
10 - Pan's Labyrinth
11 - The Sixth Sense
12 - King Kong
13 - An American Werewolf in London
14 - The Conjuring
15 - Misery
16 - The Lighthouse
17 - Nosferatu
18 - Night of the Living Dead
19 - The Others
20 - The Thing
21 - Carrie
22 - Hereditary
23 - A Quiet Place
24 - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
25 - Repulsion
26 - The Innocents
27 - The Fly
28 - The Witch
29 - Frankenstein
30 - Diabolique
31 - The Babadook
32 - Bride of Frankenstein
33 - Let the Right One In
34 - Saw
35 - Poltergeist
36 - Shaun of the Dead
37 - 28 Days Later
38 - Halloween
39 - Freaks
40 - Midsommar
41 - Scream
42 - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
43 - Audition
44 - The Omen
45 - Us
46 - It Follows
47 - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
48 - Dawn of the Dead
49 - Martyrs
50 - Suspiria
51 - The Wicker Man
52 - The Birds
53 - Peeping Tom
54 - Don't Look Now
55 - Eraserhead
56 - Evil Dead II
57 - Eyes Without a Face
58 - Ringu (Ring)
59 - The Ring
60 - A Nightmare on Elm Street
61 - The Changeling
62 - The Descent
63 - Re-Animator
64 - The Orphanage
65 - The Haunting
66 - The Blair Witch Project
67 - Dracula
68 - Videodrome
69 - The Fog
70 - A Tale of Two Sisters
71 - Black Christmas
72 - [Rec]
73 - The Wailing
74 - Candyman
75 - Barbarian
76 - Phantasm
77 - Deep Red
78 - Train to Busan
79 - The Evil Dead
80 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
81 - Talk to Me
82 - Near Dark
83 - The Invisible Man (2020)
84 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
85 - Cat People
86 - The Mummy
87 - The Invisible Man (1933)
88 - The Night of the Hunter
89 - The Wolf Man
90 - M
91 - Onibaba
92 - Carnival of Souls
93 - The Tenant
94 - Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
95 - Black Sabbath
96 - The Vanishing (Spoorloos)
97 - The Phantom of the Opera
98 - Dead of Night
99 - House (Hausu)
100 - Häxan
Numbers Breakdown
FILMS BY DECADE
FILMS BY DECADE
1970s - 18
1980s - 15
1960s - 13
2010s - 13
2000s - 12
1930s - 8
1990s - 8
1920s - 4
1940s - 3
1950s - 3
2020s - 3
FILMS BY COUNTRY
FILMS BY COUNTRY
USA - 63
UK - 14
Canada - 7
Italy - 6
France - 6
Japan - 5
Spain - 4
Australia - 4
South Korea - 3
Germany - 3
Sweden - 3
Mexico - 2
Denmark - 1
Netherlands - 1
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