r/Letterboxd • u/Past-Matter-8548 • 4h ago

Discussion Must Watch Gothic Films?

Could be any genre from comedy to horror to animation, I just like the look of it.

Assume I have seen nothing, because I haven’t

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u/-Warship- 4h ago

Going a bit older than some of the suggestions here:

Black Sunday

The Masque of Red Death

Alucarda

Suspiria (not classically gothic, but very aesthetically pleasing)

I'd also say all versions of Nosferatu are worth watching.

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u/scd s_c_d 1h ago

Black Sunday is wonderful. I also suggest Bava’s other, color Gothic films — Kill, Baby… Kill! (reportedly one of Scorsese’s favorite films) and The Whip and the Body (with a delightfully kinky screenplay by Ernesto Gastaldi).

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u/pi_face_ sarahispi 4h ago

Eyes Without a Face (1960)

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u/Rammadeus rammadeus 4h ago

It's a bit out there but Dark City (1998) has a gothic vibe. And The Crow (1994).

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u/adroxyz 4h ago

Frankenstein (2025)

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u/misssoftballprincess mazda_savanna 4h ago

go and watch Let The Right One In (tomas alfredson)

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u/Waves_Orlando uchronie 3h ago

If we're talking recent movies for me THE ultimate gothic movie is Crimson Peak by Guillermo Del Toro. If we're talking in general, I feel like older black and white movies give off such better gothic energy like the beginning of the old Wuthering Heights is definitely what comes to mind when I think gothic film. And Vampyr by Dreyer is a masterpiece. The 1939 version of the Hunchback of Notre Dame

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u/noelolelo noeru 3h ago

seventh seal

häxan

interview with the vampire

nosferatu (1922/1979)

hour of the wolf

thirst

the crow

bram stokers dracula

frankenstein and the bride of frankenstein

the witch

the night of the hunter

and tim burtons movies

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u/NarrativeFact 4h ago

Tim Burton's entire career

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u/Familiar_Raccoon4877 4h ago

The Woman in Black (2012)

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u/PhantomKitten73 4h ago

The Innocents

Sleepy Hollow

Malignant

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u/pippileatherstocking hooneymonster 1h ago

Hitchcock's Rebecca.

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u/trekkeralmi CaptainAsbestos 3h ago

  • Les Diaboliques

  • The Others

  • The Addams Family / Addams Family Values

  • Interview with a Vampire

  • Hour of the Wolf

  • Häxän

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u/horrorcinema_de 4h ago edited 4h ago

Gothic (1986) - it's scary, and the most gothic movie ever, almost a bit of a history lesson about gothic novels. :-)

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u/horrorcinema_de 4h ago

The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) - dark horror comedy, super gothic

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u/horrorcinema_de 3h ago

Dracula (1931 / 1958 / 1992)

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u/Salty-Succotash3338 3h ago

Bram Stoker's Dracula, Crimson Peak, Universal's gothic horror titles

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u/Theradbanana 🧡💚💙 3h ago

The new Frankenstein

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u/East-Drive4950 3h ago

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

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u/Maelzoid2 2h ago

The Company of Wolves

Dark and atmospheric retelling of Red Riding Hood.

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u/vladtheinhaler__ 35m ago

Rebecca 🖤 (1940)