Just in time for Halloween, here’s my list of the 50 best horror, mystery, thriller and/or suspense films of all time. While most Halloween lists focus just on horror, mine includes all types of spooky and mysterious movies, from slasher to classic mystery to film noir. Not surprisingly, the director with the most films on this list is Alfred Hitchcock, with seven.

1. Psycho (1960)

2. The Third Man (1949)

3. Dead of Night (1945)

4. The Exorcist (1973)

5. The Stranger (1946)

6. Les Diaboliques (The Devils)  (1955)

7. Vertigo (1958)

8. Duel (1971)

9. Jaws (1975)

10. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

11. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

12. The Prestige (2006)

13. The Sixth Sense (1999)

14. Unbreakable (2000)

15. Rebecca (1940)

16. Sleuth (1972)

17. The Shining (1980)

18. Jacob’s Ladder (1990)

19. North by Northwest (1959)

20. The Others (2001)

21. The Maltese Falcon (1940)

22. Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

23. Frankenstein (1931)

24. Dial M for Murder (1954)

25. Chinatown (1974)

26. Jurassic Park (1993)

27. Z (1969)

28. Inception (2010)

29. Cape Fear (1962)

30. Vampyr (1932)

31. Don’t Look Now (1973)

32. The Omen (1976)

33. Strangers on a Train (1951)

34. The Fugitive (1993)

35. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)

36. Michael Clayton (2007)

37. L.A. Confidential (1997)

38. Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1965)

39. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

40. Cape Fear (1991)

41. Black Swan (2010)

42. Alien (1979)

43. The Birds (1963)

44. Bullitt (1968)

45. Los Cronocrimines (Timecrimes)  (2007)

46. The Collector (1965)

47. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

48. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

49. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

50. The Unknown (1927)