The film beat 'Paranormal Activity' and 'The Descent' to finish on top of the Entertainment Weekly survey with 27 per cent.
'The Strangers', '28 Days Later', 'Saw' and 'The Orphanage' also made the list, Contactmusic reported.
'The Ring' directed by Gore Verbinski, is a remake of 1998 Japanese horror movie of same name and is based on Koji Suzuki's novel.
The story is focuses on a mysterious cursed videotape which contains a seemingly random series of disturbing images.
After watching the tape, the viewer receives a phone call in which a girl's voice announces that the viewer will die in seven days.