Top 10: Best ghost horror movies

 

1. The Shining (1980) - Stanley Kubrick

 

 

2. Dark Water/ 仄暗い水の底から (Honogurai Mizu no Soko Kara) (2002) - Hideo Nakata  

 

3. The Abandoned/Los Abandonados (2006) - Nacho Cerdà

 

 

4. The Devil's Backbone/El Espinoza del Diablo (2001) - Guillermo del Toro

 

 

5. Lake Mungo (2008) - Joel Anderson

 

 

6. Insidious (2010) - James Wan 

 

 

7. The Conjuring (2013) - James Wan  

8. Black Sabbath/I Tre Volti Della Paura (1963) - Mario Bava

 

 

9. Silent House (2011) - Chris Kentis, Laura Lau

 

 

10. Mama (2013) - Andy Muschietti  

Selected from 23 titles labeled 'ghost horror'

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Best action movies
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Best adventure movies
Best 'big flop' movies
Best B/W movies
Best true story movies
Best 'big hit' movies
Best biopic movies
Best 'box office success' movies
Best car chases in movies
Best comedies
Best cop movies       
Best crime movies 
Best debut movies   
Best Danish movies
Best Disney movies 
Best documentaries 
Best dramas
Best drama-thrillers
Best dramedies

Best drug-themed movies

Best UK movies

Best epic movies

Best erotic movies

Best family movies

Best fantasy movies

Best films about filmmaking 

Best first-of-franchise movies 

Best 'flop' rank movies

Best Twentieth Century Fox titles 

Best French movies

Best franchise movies 

Best future-set movies 

Best gangster movies

Best gay-themed titles

Best German movies 

What do you think of the list?
Which ghost horror films would make your personal Top 10?