Collider ranks six horror films released since 2000 that it considers especially accomplished, arguing that the period has refreshed the genre through international influence, greater diversity and new approaches to familiar scares. The article presents the choices as films that not only frighten audiences but also reshaped expectations of horror.

– ‘28 Days Later’ (2002) is ranked first for reinvigorating zombie horror with fast-moving people infected by a Rage virus, its desolate digital-shot London and its focus on the cruelty of surviving humans.
– The film follows courier Jim, played by Cillian Murphy, after he wakes from a coma into an infected and near-empty London; survivors travel towards a military blockade led by Major Henry West.
– Collider says the film reflected early-2000s concerns about outbreaks, biological warfare and social collapse, and helped launch a franchise.
– ‘Get Out’ (2017) is listed second, although the supplied article text does not include Collider’s explanation of that selection or the remaining entries.