The Love Witch
2016 · MovieElaine is a modern-day witch who uses spells and potions to make men fall in love with her. The men keep ending up dead, which isn't exactly what she had in mind.
Ranked by HorroRated · Updated October 28, 2026
Best Horror Movies of 2016
HorroRated has reviewed 11 horror movies released in 2016, ranked here best first. The Love Witch, The Conjuring 2 and Green Room lead the list.
Spells, potions and saturated 1960s color fill Anna Biller's The Love Witch. Elsewhere in 2016, a punk band plays the wrong club in Green Room, an underground bunker turns into a pressure cooker in 10 Cloverfield Lane, and the Warrens cross the Atlantic for the Enfield case in The Conjuring 2.
2016 horror movies, best first
11 films- Pick
PickThe Conjuring 2
2016 · MovieEd and Lorraine Warren investigate the Enfield Poltergeist case in 1977 England, involving a single mother and her children in a council house.
Green Room
2016 · MovieA broke punk band takes a gig at a backwoods skinhead bar and witnesses a murder in the green room afterward. The owner has a very specific plan for making sure nobody talks.
10 Cloverfield Lane
2016 · MovieMichelle wakes up in Howard's underground bunker after a car accident and is told something catastrophic has happened outside that makes returning impossible.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
2016 · MovieTommy and Austin Tilden perform an autopsy on an unidentified young woman with no visible cause of death. The examination reveals something not in any textbook.
Morgan
2016 · MovieA corporate risk consultant arrives at a remote research facility in the woods to decide the fate of Morgan, a lab-grown young woman who recently attacked one of her caretakers.
The Purge: Election Year
2016 · MovieVowing to abolish the yearly bloodbath has made one presidential candidate the most wanted woman in Washington, D.C., and when Purge night arrives, her head of security has to keep her alive on the streets until morning.
The Invitation
2016 · MovieYears after a tragedy split them apart, Will accepts his ex-wife's invitation to a dinner party at the house they once shared, and her strange calm and new friends set him on edge.
The Boy
2016 · MovieGreta Evans takes a nannying job at an English country estate caring for a porcelain doll that the grieving Heelshire family treats as their deceased son.
Blair Witch
2016 · MovieJames has spent years wondering what happened to his sister Heather, so when a video posted online seems to show her in the Black Hills woods, he heads into the forest with friends and a bag full of cameras.
Cabin Fever (2016)
2016 · MovieA 2016 remake of Eli Roth's Cabin Fever uses the same screenplay with a different cast and director.
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2016 in Horror, by the Numbers
- Reviewed
- 11 films: 2 Legendary, 2 Highly Recommended, 5 Recommended and 2 Worth a Look
- Average score
- 3.4 of 5 tapes, against 3.3 across all 519 movies in the archive
- Leading subgenres
- Isolation (6 films), Psychological (5)
- HorroRated Picks
- The Love Witch and The Conjuring 2
- Streaming in the US
- 9 of 11, 6 of them free, as of November 10, 2026
Ranked by HorroRated score, then Picks, then newest release. How the year lists work
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Frequently Asked Questions About 2016 Horror Movies
What is the best horror movie of 2016?
Two films from 2016 share HorroRated's top verdict, Legendary, and all are HorroRated Picks: The Love Witch and The Conjuring 2. They're tied, so the list shows the newest first, starting with The Love Witch.
Which 2016 horror movies can you watch for free?
The Love Witch (Tubi), Green Room (Tubi) and 10 Cloverfield Lane (Pluto TV), plus 3 more: they stream free in the US as of November 10, 2026, with ads or a library card.
How does 2016 compare with other horror years?
Among the 20 years with their own HorroRated list, 2016 ties for 9th by average score, 3.4 of 5 tapes, with two rated Legendary. The highest-rated year is 2022, at 3.9.