The Best Lin Shaye Movies, Ranked
99 credits from 1975 to 2026, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. House of Abraham (2025) comes out on top with a score of 88. The biggest box office hit is Insidious: The Red Door (2023) with $189M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Lin Shaye Movies
The 12 highest-rated films Lin Shaye is credited on. House of Abraham (2025) leads with 88, followed by The Call (2020) at 85. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 88 House of Abraham 2025 · Horror -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 85 The Call 2020 · Horror -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Room for Rent 2019 · Mystery -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 74 Frank and Penelope 2022 · Horror -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 64 Max Reload and the Nether Blasters 2020 · Sci-Fi -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 57 Insidious: The Last Key 2018 · Drama -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 54 Insidious: Out of the Further 2026 · Horror -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 50 Insidious: The Red Door 2023 · Mystery -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 47 The Grudge 2020 · Mystery -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 43 Darkness Falls 2020 · Drama -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 38 The Grudge 2019 · Horror -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 30 Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman 2021 · Crime
Biggest Lin Shaye Box Office Hits
Lin Shaye's films have made $1.03B worldwide in total. Insidious: The Red Door (2023) is the biggest hit at $189M, ahead of Insidious: The Last Key (2018) ($168M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 Insidious: The Red Door 2023 · Mystery $189M $82.2M dom.
- 2 Insidious: The Last Key 2018 · Drama $168M $67.7M dom.
- 3 Insidious: Out of the Further 2026 · Horror $165M $64.3M dom.
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Insidious: Chapter 2 2013 · Thriller $162M $83.6M dom. - 5
Insidious: Chapter 3 2015 · Drama $113M $52.2M dom. - 6
Ouija: Origin of Evil 2016 · Thriller $81.7M $35.1M dom. - 7 The Grudge 2020 · Mystery $49.5M $21.2M dom.
- 8 The Grudge 2019 · Horror $49.5M $21.2M dom.
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Corrina, Corrina 1994 · Family $20.2M $20.2M dom. - 10
The Temp 1993 · Drama $6.42M $6.42M dom.
The Best Lin Shaye Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Lin Shaye has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Comedy leads with 25 films, and Three of Hearts (1993) is the pick of them.
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Comedy 25 films Three of Hearts 1993 · as Operator - Horror 18 films House of Abraham 2025 · as Beatrice Movie Echo Score: 88
- Drama 10 films Insidious: The Last Key 2018 · as Elise Rainier Movie Echo Score: 57
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Thriller 10 films Get Gone 2020 · as Mama Maxwell Movie Echo Score: 24 -
Action 5 films Roadside Prophets 1992 · as Celeste - Crime 5 films Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman 2021 Movie Echo Score: 30
- Sci-Fi 5 films Max Reload and the Nether Blasters 2020 · as Mrs. Wylder Movie Echo Score: 64
- Mystery 3 films Room for Rent 2019 · as Joyce Movie Echo Score: 75
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Romance 3 films ManFast 2003 · as Marge
The Best Lin Shaye Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Lin Shaye's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
- 2020s 13 films House of Abraham 2025 · as Beatrice Movie Echo Score: 88
- 2010s 37 films Room for Rent 2019 · as Joyce Movie Echo Score: 75
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2000s 21 films Pledge This! 2006 · as Miss Prin - 1990s 15 films Corrina, Corrina 1994 · as Repeat Nanny
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1980s 6 films Jekyll and Hyde… Together Again 1982 · as Nurse with Telegram
The Latest Lin Shaye Movies
The most recent films Lin Shaye is credited on, newest first — starting with Insidious: Out of the Further (2026). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Insidious: Out of the Further 2026 · Elise Rainier
- House of Abraham 2025 · Beatrice
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The Last Stand of Ellen Cole 2024 · Ellen -
Scared to Death 2024 · Max - Insidious: The Red Door 2023 · Elise Rainier
- Frank and Penelope 2022 · Ophelia
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Pines 2022 · Julie (voice) - Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman 2021 · Crime
- The Call 2020 · Horror
- Max Reload and the Nether Blasters 2020 · Mrs. Wylder
- Darkness Falls 2020 · Angela Anderson
- Get Gone 2020 · Mama Maxwell
The Best Lin Shaye Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Lin Shaye films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Lin Shaye movie?
House of Abraham (2025) is the best-rated Lin Shaye film, with a Movie Echo Score of 88, ahead of The Call (2020) (85) and Room for Rent (2019) (75). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
House of Abraham: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Lin Shaye movie?
Insidious: The Red Door (2023) made the most at the box office, with $189M worldwide, followed by Insidious: The Last Key (2018) with $168M. Together, Lin Shaye's films with box office figures have made $1.03B.
What is the best Lin Shaye comedy movie?
Three of Hearts (1993) is the best-rated of Lin Shaye's comedy films. In other genres: House of Abraham (horror), Insidious: The Last Key (drama) and Get Gone (thriller).
What is the newest Lin Shaye movie?
The newest film on Lin Shaye's filmography is Insidious: Out of the Further (2026), with Lin Shaye as Elise Rainier.
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