Dario Argento's Best Movies

Italy's horror auteur inspires devotion. How would you rank his one-of--a-kind movies?

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1 Suspiria
A ballet student finds terror in a German dance school run by witches. 78 112

2 Deep Red
An English pianist in Rome gets caught up in the search for a vicious serial killer. 34 80

3 Tenebre
A series of murders rock Rome when a horror novelist comes to town to promote his book. 20 76

4 Phenomena
A boarding school student who can control insects faces off against a killer. 18 74

5 Inferno
A musician in search of his sister uncovers a dark secret in an NYC apartment building. 17 73

6 Opera
A psychopath torments a young opera singer by making her watch him kill. 9 73

7 The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
An American writer in Rome witnesses an assault and gets caught up in a web of death. 3 69

8 The Cat O' Nine Tails
A little girl unwitting holds the key to a series of killings at a high-tech lab. -5 61

9 Quattro Mosche di Velluto Grigio
A murderous blackmailer targets a jazz musician -- but why? -13 57