# The best scary movies for kids

Coco, Spirited Away, Ghostbusters, Monsters, Inc., The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Witches, Coraline and ParaNorman: frights sized for little ones, according to Rotten Tomatoes.

- 32 votes · 15 items
- Apr 13, 2023 · Andrés Moreno Díaz
- https://even.best/en/l/4872/the-best-scary-movies-for-kids

## Top 15

1. **Spirited Away (2001)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 97% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
2. **Ghostbusters (1984)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 97% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
3. **Coco (2017)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 97% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
4. **Monsters, Inc. (2001)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
5. **Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 95% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
6. **The Witches (1990)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 93% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
7. **Gremlins (1984)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 86% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
8. **Coraline (2009)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 90% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
9. **Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 84% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
10. **The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 95% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
11. **Frankenweenie (2012)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 87% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
12. **The Secret of NIMH (1982)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 93% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
13. **Poltergeist (1982)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 87% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
14. **ParaNorman (2012)** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — 89% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
15. **Beetlejuice (1988)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 85% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

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