Last Updated on 14 February 2025

The following list is a snapshot of society’s current opinions of the 250 best B movies of all time. Not “favorites,” really, but “best” B movies.

I found 22 different ranked lists online of “best B movies of all time” and pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to all 22 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print to track which ones you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list with links to IMDb.

1. The Evil Dead (1981)
2. Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)
3. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
4. Army of Darkness (1992)
5. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
6. Dead Alive (1992)
7. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
8. Re-Animator (1985)
9. The Blob (1958)
10. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
11. The Room (2003)
12. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
13. Evil Dead II (1987)
14. The Toxic Avenger (1984)
15. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)
16. Friday the 13th (1980)
17. Troll 2 (1990)
18. Carnival of Souls (1962)
19. Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
20. Sleepaway Camp (1983)
21. Chopping Mall (1986)
22. Class of Nuke ‘Em High (1986)
23. Eraserhead (1977)
24. Them! (1954)
25. Forbidden Planet (1956)
26. Last Shift (2014)
27. Silent Running (1972)
28. Piranha (1978)
29. Frankenhooker (1990)
30. Samurai Cop (1991)
31. From Beyond (1986)
32. Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)
33. To Die Is Hard (2010)
34. C.H.U.D. (1984)
35. House on Haunted Hill (1959)
36. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
37. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
38. It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
39. Invaders from Mars (1953)
40. Tremors (1990)
41. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
42. Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
43. Night of the Demons (1988)
44. Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
45. Foxy Brown (1974)
46. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
47. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
48. Pink Flamingos (1972)
49. Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
50. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
51. Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told (1967)
52. The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
53. The Void (2016)
54. Crippled Avengers (1978)
55. Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
56. Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988)
57. Basket Case (1982)
58. Night of the Comet (1984)
59. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
60. ThanksKilling (2008)
61. Sharknado (2013)
62. Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
63. A Bucket of Blood (1959)
64. They Live (1988)
65. Barbarella (1968)
66. Day of the Dead (1985)
67. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
68. Alligator (1980)
69. Christine (1983)
70. Society (1989)
71. Space Truckers (1996)
72. Splinter (2008)
73. The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
74. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
75. The Thing (1982)
76. The Raven (1963)
77. The Gingerdead Man (2005)
78. Black Samurai (1976)
79. The Stuff (1985)
80. I Am Here… Now (2009)
81. Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)
82. The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001)
83. Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
84. Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
85. Night of the Creeps (1986)
86. Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002)
87. Demons (1985)
88. 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
89. Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
90. Cat People (1942)
91. Destroy All Monsters (1968)
92. Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
93. Escape from New York (1981)
94. Hush (2016)
95. Maximum Overdrive (1986)
96. Neon Maniacs (1986)
97. Starcrash (1978)
98. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
99. Death Race 2000 (1975)
100. Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977)
101. Alone in the Dark (2005)
102. FDR: American Badass! (2012)
103. Slither (2006)
104. Willy’s Wonderland (2021)
105. Miami Connection (1987)
106. Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)
107. The Barbarians (1987)
108. Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
109. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
110. Glen or Glenda (1953)
111. Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009)
112. Spree (2020)
113. The Fly (1958)
114. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
115. The Tingler (1959)
116. Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965)
117. Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)
118. Ben & Arthur (2002)
119. Prophecy (1979)
120. Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
121. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
122. Future War (1997)
123. Brain Damage (1988)
124. The Evil Dead (1981)
125. House of Usher (1960)
126. Mad Max (1979)
127. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
128. Horror Express (1972)
129. Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things (1972)
130. Mac and Me (1988)
131. Babes in Toyland (1986)
132. The Wild Women of Wongo (1959)
133. It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
134. Night of the Lepus (1972)
135. Machete (2010)
136. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
137. Krull (1983)
138. 2010: Moby Dick (2010)
139. Rubber (2010)
140. Five Elements Ninjas (1982)
141. Ninja Terminator (1986)
142. Gorgo (1961)
143. Matango (1963)
144. She Woke Up Pregnant (1996)
145. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
146. The First Turn On! (1983)
147. The Blob (1988)
148. I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (1990)
149. Robot Monster (1953)
150. Hobgoblins (1988)
151. Leprechaun 3 (1995)
152. Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
153. Blacula (1972)
154. I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
155. Street Trash (1987)
156. The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
157. The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
158. Flash Gordon (1980)
159. Manson Family Movies (1984)
160. My Boyfriend’s Back (1993)
161. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
162. Dolemite (1975)
163. Hercules in New York (1970)
164. Battle Royale (2000)
165. Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (2001)
166. The Amazing Spider-Man (1977)
167. Dinosaur Island (1994)
168. Swamp Thing (1982)
169. The Gore Gore Girls (1972)
170. Dark and Stormy Night (2009)
171. Blood Beach (1980)
172. Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
173. Foreplay (1975)
174. The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
175. It’s Alive (1974)
176. Murder à la Mod (1968)
177. The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)
178. Zombeavers (2014)
179. Iron Sky (2012)
180. Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
181. Enter the Ninja (1981)
182. The Brood (1979)
183. Death Spa (1988)
184. Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)
185. Tank Girl (1995)
186. Blue Sunshine (1977)
187. Moron Movies (1983)
188. The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
189. I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)
190. Mars Attacks! (1996)
191. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
192. She-Devils on Wheels (1968)
193. The Terror of Tiny Town (1938)
194. You’re Next (2011)
195. Danger: Diabolik (1968)
196. Witchery (1989)
197. Kitten with a Whip (1964)
198. Ben (1972)
199. Blackenstein (1973)
200. It Came from Outer Space (1953)
201. Psycho Beach Party (2000)
202. Puppet Master (1989)
203. Microwave Massacre (1979)
204. She Killed in Ecstasy (1971)
205. Forbidden World (1982)
206. Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
207. Laser Mission (1989)
208. Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
209. Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)
210. The Thing from Another World (1951)
211. More (1969)
212. Motorpsycho! (1965)
213. Sssssss (1973)
214. Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
215. The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)
216. The Roller Blade Seven (1991)
217. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
218. Elves (1989)
219. Manborg (2011)
220. The Giant Behemoth (1959)
221. Undefeatable (1993)
222. Ginger Snaps (2000)
223. Riot on Sunset Strip (1967)
224. The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
225. The Haunted Palace (1963)
226. Blades (1988)
227. Shocker (1989)
228. The Devil Came from Akasava (1971)
229. Time Chasers (1994)
230. Valley of the Gwangi (1969)
231. I Was a Zombie for the F.B.I. (1982)
232. The Deadly Mantis (1957)
233. The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
234. Transmorphers (2007)
235. Fair Game (1995)
236. Galactic Gigolo (1987)
237. Screamers (1995)
238. Higher and Higher (1970)
239. Monsturd (2003)
240. The Old Dark House (1932)
241. The Pleasure Drivers (2006)
242. The Video Dead (1987)
243. Y’ur Height Only (1981)
244. The Last House on the Left (1972)
245. The Lawnmower Man (1992)
246. Ghoulies (1984)
247. Space Mutiny (1988)
248. The Last Man on Earth (1964)
249. Weasels Rip My Flesh (1979)
250. The House with Laughing Windows (1976)