The 20 Best Vampire Movies For Your Bloodsucking Halloween Season

Vampire movies suck. Every single one of them. Stupid puns aside, the vampire is an almost-universal part of supernatural lore across the world, and 1922’s Nosferatu is one of the very first horror movies, telling the story of the terrifying Count Orlok. Since then, hundreds of vampire movies have hit theaters all across the world, covering not just horror but other genres, too.

Vampires are an enchanting idea for so many reasons. They live forever, often in decadent, gothic castles. They drink blood, representing the life force of human beings. They can transform into bats, wolves, and mist. They control the undead and hypnotize the living. Sometimes they have really sick sword fights. Sometimes they bring about the end of the world. They can be the oldest of the old as in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, or appear as children like in Let the Right One In. They can be hunters or the hunted. They can be cool like Blade or a bunch of dorks like the protagonists of What We Do In The Shadows.

With vampires and vampire-like beings coming from all over the world, we’ve also tried to bring in those influences, with vampire films hailing from Japan, Korea, China, Germany, Sweden, and more, alongside many of the expected American films. They also range from that 1922 movie above up to the 2020s–pretty much the entirety of the history of film.

If you’re looking for other spooky movie recommendations, check out some of our other horror lists, including the best horror movies of all time according to Metacritic, the most disturbing and disgusting horror films, the best horror movie “final girls” ever, and the best slow-burn horror movies.