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The 20 best A24 horror movies, ranked

The best A24 horror movie is Hereditary, with The Witch and Talk to Me right behind. Talk to Me and X share A24's top horror score at 94% (Rotten Tomatoes), and Backrooms became the studio's biggest film ever in 2026 (Wikipedia).

By the Horror Planet editors · Updated November 9, 2026

  1. Hereditary (2018)

    90% on Rotten Tomatoes

    A24's defining horror film. Grief, a dollhouse and a family coming apart.

  2. The Witch (2015)

    91% on Rotten Tomatoes

    The film that made A24 a horror brand, and No. 1 on Entertainment Weekly's ranking.

  3. Talk to Me (2023)

    94% on Rotten Tomatoes

    A24's best-reviewed horror film. The hand, the party, the rules.

  4. Backrooms (2026)

    85% on Rotten Tomatoes · A24's biggest film ever (Wikipedia)

    Over $400 million for a liminal nightmare. A24's new ceiling.

  5. The Lighthouse (2019)

    90% on Rotten Tomatoes

    Black-and-white madness with Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson.

  6. X (2022)

    94% on Rotten Tomatoes

    Mia Goth, a Texas farm and a slasher with a soul.

  7. Pearl (2022)

    93% on Rotten Tomatoes

    The prequel to X. Even better.

  8. Midsommar (2019)

    83% on Rotten Tomatoes

    Folk horror in daylight. Bring a friend you trust.

  9. Saint Maud (2019)

    92% on Rotten Tomatoes

    A devout nurse and an ending that burns.

  10. Bring Her Back (2025)

    89% on Rotten Tomatoes

    The Philippou brothers' second film is darker than their first.

  11. Green Room (2015)

    90% on Rotten Tomatoes

    A punk band versus neo-Nazis. Unbearably tense.

  12. Heretic (2024)

    89% on Rotten Tomatoes

    Hugh Grant's best villain.

  13. Under the Skin (2013)

    84% on Rotten Tomatoes

    Scarlett Johansson as an alien hunting men in Scotland.

  14. It Comes at Night (2017)

    88% on Rotten Tomatoes

    A pandemic film that got scarier after 2020.

  15. I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

    85% on Rotten Tomatoes

    A haunted teen TV show and a cult classic in the making.

  16. Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

    85% on Rotten Tomatoes

    A Gen Z whodunit that plays mostly as comedy, and a very funny one.

  17. In Fabric (2018)

    92% on Rotten Tomatoes

    A cursed red dress from Peter Strickland. Gloriously strange.

  18. The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015)

    77% on Rotten Tomatoes

    Osgood Perkins' debut, years before Longlegs.

  19. Lamb (2021)

    86% on Rotten Tomatoes

    Icelandic farmers raise a lamb as their daughter.

  20. Undertone (2025)

    74% on Rotten Tomatoes

    A24's audio-haunting newcomer, now on HBO Max.

How we picked

Scores from Rotten Tomatoes' A24 horror ranking, which now includes Backrooms and Undertone. We also compared Entertainment Weekly's A24 ranking, which puts The Witch first. Our order favors films that changed the genre.

Next: best of the 2010s · psychological horror · Blumhouse ranked.

Questions

What is the best A24 horror movie?

We pick Hereditary. Talk to Me and X have the highest Rotten Tomatoes scores at 94%, and Entertainment Weekly ranks The Witch first.

What is A24's highest-grossing horror movie?

Backrooms (2026), at about $400 million worldwide, which is also A24's biggest film of any genre.

Is Talk to Me an A24 movie?

Yes. A24 released it in 2023, and Bring Her Back from the same directors in 2025.

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