Long flights are actually one of the best excuses to finally watch films you've been putting off, these make the hours disappear. Horror that understands the genre, building dread, not just delivering jump scares. All from the 2020s, proving that great cinema is still being made right now. Sometimes you need to feel something deeply, these create that space without apology.
Loading films from the archive…
Every horror film on this list was chosen for tonight because it actually delivers. no safe picks, no obligation watches - just films that are worth watching. If one doesn't land, the next one will. Bookmark this and come back whenever the mood calls for it.
The horror on this list earns its place. From the current decade, so the conversation around some of these is still open. Moviepiq has more lists broken down by genre, occasion, and mood.