Highest-Rated Movies about 'Frightening', Sort by Popularity

One Day in September (1999), The Ring (1998), Spider Baby (1964), Rogue (2013), Cure (1997), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), Terror at the Opera (1987), A Quiet Place Part II (2021) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Frightening movies.

#2. The Ring (1998)

Storyline: When her niece is found dead along with three friends after viewing a supposedly cursed videotape, reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima) sets out to investigate. Along with her ex-husband, Ryuji (Hiroyuki Sanada), Reiko finds the tape, watches it -- and promptly receives a phone call informing her that she'll die in a week. Determined to get to the bottom of the curse, Reiko and Ryuji discover the video's origin and attempt to solve an old murder that could break the spell.

Plot Keywords: reporter, ex-husband, teenager, niece, friend, creepy, frightening ...

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#6. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)

Storyline: Scientist Dr. Henry Jekyll (John Barrymore) is intelligent and diligent, but also uptight and extremely serious about his work. When his friend, Sir George Carew (Brandon Hurst), takes him to a show featuring the sensual Miss Gina (Nita Naldi), an aroused Jekyll sets out on a quest to separate man's saintly and sinful sides. His experiments succeed, and his evil alter ego, Mr. Hyde, is created. As the doctor uncontrollably alternates between Jekyll and Hyde, danger looms.

Plot Keywords: scientist, friend, dancer, colleague, mr. hyde, dr. jekyll, dark ...

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#8. A Quiet Place Part II (2021)

Storyline: With the newly acquired knowledge of the seemingly invincible creatures' weakness, grief-stricken Evelyn Abbott finds herself on her own, with two young teens, a defenceless newborn son, and with no place to hide. Now, 474 days after the all-out alien attack in A Quiet Place (2018), the Abbotts leave quietly their now-burned-to-the-ground farm, determined to expand beyond the boundaries on a peril-laden quest to find civilisation. Hoping for a miracle, the Abbotts have no other choice but to venture into eerily quiet, uncharted hostile territory, unaware that most of the remaining survivors have given up hope. And, this time, the enemy is everywhere.—Nick Riganas

Plot Keywords: mother, survivor, monster, father, deaf child, tense, bleak ...

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#10. The Dark Knight (2008)

Storyline: Set within a year after the events of Batman Begins (2005), Batman, Lieutenant James Gordon, and new District Attorney Harvey Dent successfully begin to round up the criminals that plague Gotham City, until a mysterious and sadistic criminal mastermind known only as "The Joker" appears in Gotham, creating a new wave of chaos. Batman's struggle against The Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to "confront everything he believes" and improve his technology to stop him. A love triangle develops between Bruce Wayne, Dent, and Rachel Dawes.

Plot Keywords: villain, superhero, criminal, gangster, batman, district attorney, dark ...

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#13. The Corporation (2003)

Storyline: This documentary begins with an unusual detail that came from the 14th Amendment: Under constitutional law, corporations are seen as individuals. So, filmmaker Mark Achbar asks, what type of person would a corporation be? The evidence, according to such political activists as Noam Chomsky and filmmaker Michael Moore and company heads like carpet magnate Ray Anderson, points to a bad one, as the film aims to expose IBM's Nazi ties and these large businesses' exploitation of human rights.

Plot Keywords: noam chomsky, activist, expert, ceo, michael moore, frightening, disheartening ...

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#14. Fight Club (1999)

Storyline: A nameless first person narrator (Edward Norton) attends support groups in attempt to subdue his emotional state and relieve his insomniac state. When he meets Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), another fake attendee of support groups, his life seems to become a little more bearable. However when he associates himself with Tyler (Brad Pitt) he is dragged into an underground fight club and soap making scheme. Together the two men spiral out of control and engage in competitive rivalry for love and power. When the narrator is exposed to the hidden agenda of Tyler's fight club, he must accept the awful truth that Tyler may not be who he says he is.

Plot Keywords: salesman, rebel, boss, love interest, friend, traveling salesman, dark ...

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