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| Scene from Let the Right One In (2000) ranked number one vampire movie. |
Welcome to our Reel
Fives pre-launch movie rankings for the
best vampire films of all time. Our Reel Fives team found 83 ranked lists of
the top vampire films published online and ended up with 50 movies that made
the list. For each ranked list of greatest movies for the genre, we have taken
the top five ranked films. The movie rankings of top vampire films we
aggregated are included at the bottom of this post and include the best movies
in the genre as ranked by movie experts and polling sites, such as ranker.com.
Vampires are immortal, undead
creatures who must feed on the living. Though vampires have experienced a
recent surge in popularity because of TV shows like True Blood and Vampire
Diaries—and the Twilight series—they
have been interesting for centuries. Vampire films challenge notions of morality
and mortality. In Swedish film Let the
Right One In (2000), the all-time best vampire movie, bullied 12-year-old Oskar’s
relationship with his mysterious new neighbor Eli is tested when he learns Eli is
a vampire. The Lost Boys (1987),
ranked third, follows brothers Michael and Sam, who have just moved to a town renowned
for mysterious deaths. With the help of a couple new friends, they soon discover
the town is riddled with vampires, and become obsessed with finding a cure for
the town … and for Michael. Interview
with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), ranked fourth, stars a
young Brad Pitt as Louis, who loses his will to live following the loss of his
wife and child. When a vampire offers him an escape from his torment, he accepts,
becoming a vampire himself and living through the centuries to tell his tale. Vampires live outside the norm because
they feed on humans, but some vampires are able to blend into society. Can
vampires and humans coexist?
The novel Dracula, written by Irish author Bram Stoker in 1897, introduced the
world to Count Dracula, who wishes to move from Transylvania to England to
spread his curse and have new blood to feast on. The book continues to inspire
not only early vampire films but the vampire cannon as a whole. Transylvania
remains a point of interest in the vampire genre. Nosferatu (1922), ranked second, is a German Expressionist’s
(unauthorized) twist on Dracula. Directed by the famed F.W. Murnau, the film
features some of the most influential shots in all of cinema. Murnau’s technique
of suggesting horror with shadows and few words remains in practice to this
day. Dracula (1931), ranked eighth, tells
the story Nosferatu could not tell.
With Stoker’s permission, the film adapts his novel—in which Professor Abraham
Van Helsing attempts to save Mina after she is bitten by Dracula—for mass
audiences. In 1992, Dracula hit the theaters again in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, ranked fifth, under the direction of Francis
Ford Coppola. Coppola decided to follow the novel as closely as he could, but
made it scarier. This version of Dracula
is as much horror film as it is vampire film. Dracula continues to be relevant and influential in the vampire
genre and that is unlikely to change.
The rankings slightly favor films
made in the 1980s and 1990s, but the classics and some relative newcomers are
represented as well, resulting in a balanced list. Dracula-type films take three of the top ten rankings, showing the
stamina of the seminal vampire novel. Vampires have remained relevant for
centuries, much as the film genre about them seems poised to do. Each decade
has its share of vampire films that both pay homage to its German Expressionist
roots and push the genre into the next decade. We don’t think the vampire genre
will be gone anytime soon as each generation becomes fascinated by it. You might
say it’s immortal.
| Top 50 Vampire Movies Based on 83 Published Rankings | |
| Percent of online top fives movies appear in shown | |
| 1 . Let the Right One In (2008): 51.8% | |
| 2 . Nosferatu (1922): 48.1% | |
| 3 . The Lost Boys (1987): 46.9% | |
| 4 . Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994): 46.9% | |
| 5 . Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992): 42.1% | |
| 6 . Near Dark (1987): 37.3% | |
| 7 . From Dusk Till Dawn (1996): 32.5% | |
| 8 . Dracula (1931): 25.3% | |
| 9 . Fright Night (1985): 20.4% | |
| 10 . Blade (1998): 14.4% | |
| 11 . Horror of Dracula (1958): 10.8% | |
| 12 . Underworld (2003): 10.8% | |
| 13 . Shadow of the Vampire (2000): 9.63% | |
| 14 . Let Me In (2010): 7.22% | |
| 15 (tied). Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979): 7.22% | |
| 15 (tied). Martin (1977): 7.22% | |
| 17 . Thirst (2009): 7.22% | |
| 18 . 30 Days of Night (2007): 6.02% | |
| 19 . Only Lovers Left Alive (2013): 6.02% | |
| 20 . Vampyr (1932): 4.81% | |
| 21 . Night Watch (2004): 4.81% | |
| 22 . The Hunger (1983): 3.61% | |
| 23 . Salem's Lot (1979): 3.61% | |
| 24 . Blade II (2002): 3.61% | |
| 25 . Cronos (1993): 2.40% | |
| 26 (tied). Dracula Untold (2014): 2.40% | |
| 26 (tied). Daybreakers (2009): 2.40% | |
| 26 (tied). Dracula 2000 (2000): 2.40% | |
| 29 . Fright Night (2011): 2.40% | |
| 30 (tied). Twilight (2008): 2.40% | |
| 30 (tied). Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992): 2.40% | |
| 32 . Van Helsing (2004): 2.40% | |
| 33 (tied). The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967): 1.20% | |
| 33 (tied). Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter (1974): 1.20% | |
| 35 (tied). Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995): 1.20% | |
| 35 (tied). We Are the Night (2010): 1.20% | |
| 35 (tied). Higanjima (2009): 1.20% | |
| 35 (tied). Ravenous (1999): 1.20% | |
| 39 (tied). The Addiction (1995): 1.20% | |
| 39 (tied). Stake Land (2010): 1.20% | |
| 39 (tied). Planet Of The Vampires (1965): 1.20% | |
| 42 (tied). Vampire Circus (1972): 1.20% | |
| 42 (tied). Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966): 1.20% | |
| 42 (tied). Vampire’s Kiss (1988): 1.20% | |
| 45 (tied). The Last Man on Earth (1964): 1.20% | |
| 45 (tied). The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012): 1.20% | |
| 45 (tied). Love at First Bite (1979): 1.20% | |
| 45 (tied). Fascination (1979): 1.20% | |
| 45 (tied). Ganja & Hess (1973): 1.20% | |
| 45 (tied). Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012): 1.20% | |
| Vampire Movie Ranking Sources | |
| Ranker | List of top 111 (link) |
| Crave | List of top 50 (link) |
| Movie Pilot | List of top 10 (link) |
| Movie Review Query Engine | List of top 40 (link) |
| Slant Magazine | List of top 10 (link) |
| Flickchart | List of top 479 (link) |
| Forbes | List of top 10 (link) |
| HorrorMovies.ca | List of top 20 (link) |
| Watch Mojo | List of top 10 (link) |
| Screen Rant | List of top 15 (link) |
| One Room With A View | List of top 10 (link) |
| Film School WTF | List of top 40 (link) |
| About Entertainment | List of top 10 (link) |
| Wonders LIst | List of top 10 (link) |
| Epic Wildlife | List of top 5 (link) |
| iHorror | List of top 10 (link) |
| Top 10 For | List of top 10 (link) |
| L. M. Justus Author Page | List of top 10 (link) |
| Compelling Beasts Blog | List of top 5 (link) |
| Stu Loves Film | List of top 10 (link) |
| AMC | List of top 10 (link) |
| Hell Horror | List of top 10 (link) |
| KCRA Home | List of top 5 (link) |
| The Celebrity Cafe | List of top 10 (link) |
| 105.7 The Hawk | List of top 5 (link) |
| Sofa King News | List of top 5 (link) |
| Tasha's Thinkings | List of top 20 (link) |
| Pop Culture Crunch | List of top 10 (link) |
| Entertainment Weekly | List of top 5 (link) |
| Killer Reviews | List of top 10 (link) |
| Nonsensical Ramblings | List of top 10 (link) |
| Listverse | List of top 10 (link) |
| Pop Crunch | List of top 15 (link) |
| Creo Fire | List of top 10 (link) |
| Ehipassiko | List of top 20 (link) |
| This Is Horror | List of top 10 (link) |
| Taste of Cinema | List of top 20 (link) |
| AZCentral | List of top 10 (link) |
| The #FeedArt Network | List of top 6 (link) |
| What Culture | List of top 10 (link) |
| Film Spotting | List of top 5 (link) |
| Screen Crave | List of top 10 (link) |
| Extra TV | List of top 10 (link) |
| 411 Mania | List of top 10 (link) |
| The Orange County Register | List of top 20 (link) |
| China.org.cn | List of top 10 (link) |
| Screen Picks | List of top 5 (link) |
| The Monster Guys | List of top 20 (link) |
| Mana Pop | List of top 10 (link) |
| Salon | List of top 10 (link) |
| Finn's Wake | List of top 5 (link) |
| Film Racket | List of top 10 (link) |
| Heavy | List of top 10 (link) |
| Tim Kane Books | List of top 10 (link) |
| The FilmFellas | List of top 12 (link) |
| Something Else! | List of top 10 (link) |
| Diply | List of top 12 (link) |
| Pop Horror | List of top 10 (link) |
| HQ Grande Prairie | List of top 10 (link) |
| NOLA | List of top 26 (link) |
| Heckler Spray | List of top 26 (link) |
| Movies.com | List of top 5 (link) |
| Sorry I'm Late | List of top 10 (link) |
| Culture Brats | List of top 14 (link) |
| Tuff Gnarl | List of top 5 (link) |
| Top5 | List of top 5 (link) |
| Death By Films | List of top 10 (link) |
| Buzzfeed | List of top 10 (link) |
| Blast | List of top 10 (link) |
| The Lighter Side | List of top 10 (link) |
| Lucas Tetrault Blog | List of top 5 (link) |
| Mirror | List of top 5 (link) |
| Super Forty | List of top 5 (link) |
| TV3 | List of top 5 (link) |
| Screen Invasion | List of top 10 (link) |
| Horror Cult Films | List of top 5 (link) |
| The Horror Hothouse | List of top 13 (link) |
| GO | List of top 8 (link) |
| Pop Optiq | List of top 14 (link) |
| Cinema Crazed | List of top 5 (link) |
| The List | List of top 10 (link) |
| Mr. Movie | List of top 5 (link) |
| Needless Things | List of top 13 (link) |
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