#8: The Devil’s Backbone – 2001
The Devil’s Backbone holds a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes for blending ghost-story chills with political allegory. Guillermo del Toro uses the supernatural to reveal how conflict and silence leave lasting scars on the innocent.

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The story follows Carlos, a young boy sent to an orphanage run by adults who claim to protect children from war. There, he begins seeing a ghost haunting the shadowy hallways, uncovering secrets that blur the line between the living and the dead.
