Best Scream movies: All 6 slashers ranked, from worst to best

Ranking the best Scream movies can feel like solving a mystery, and this list leans on the instincts of detective Dewey and horror fanatic Randy to sort Ghostface’s exploits. The franchise stretches across generations, from the meta-mad original that helped define a subgenre to later entries that divide fans, and it arrives ahead of Scream 7, which brings Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott back to face Ghostface once more.

At the bottom of the list sits Scream 3, which moves Sidney to Los Angeles and onto the set of the in‑movie Stab 3; its sunny setting, heightened meta approach and eccentric turns from Parker Posey and Patrick Dempsey make it the least classic-feeling entry. Next is Scream VI, the first film to exclude Sidney entirely, following Billy Loomis’s long-lost daughter Sam Carpenter and her sister in New York City — a bold change that includes a shocking opening and a city-set Ghostface with a cracked mask and a shotgun.

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