1. The Shining (1980)
The single greatest horror movie ever made. Stanley Kubrick has made multiple masterpieces, but The Shining is his crowning achievement (alongside sci-fi masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey and war comedy Dr. Strangelove). The Shining is one of the most intricate films ever made and it lends itself to dozens of re-watches and hours of analysis. The Shining is immensely terrifying due to the unrelenting atmosphere that Kubrick gives it the element of mystery that pervades the whole film and stays with the audience long after the movie is actually over. The film is filled with one iconic moment after another and features some of the most quotable lines in all of horror. Even if you haven't seen the film (watch it now if you haven't!), I guarantee that you've heard "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" and the infamous "here's Johnny" by Jack Nicholson's deranged ax-murderer. This film is a somewhat of a technicality, since it's more of Kubrick's vision than King's, with King even declaring it one of his least favorite adaptations of his own work. Still, it's a movie based on a story by Stephen King, and remains one of the best movies ever made.
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