Movies like Frankenstein
Frankenstein (2025) is a fantasy movie directed by Guillermo del Toro. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Frankenhooker (1990)
★ 6.3 · 409 votes · Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident and decides to bring her back to life. Unfortunately, he was only able to save her head, so he goes to the red light district in the city and lures prostitutes into a hotel room so he can collect body parts to reassemble her.
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2. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
★ 6.8 · 363 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi
Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.
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3. Re-Animator (1985)
★ 7.1 · 1,748 votes · Sci-Fi, Comedy, Horror
Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.
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4. Van Helsing (2004)
★ 6.4 · 6,901 votes · Horror, Adventure, Action
Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family.
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5. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
★ 7.5 · 1,153 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi
After recovering from injuries sustained in the mob attack upon himself and his creation, Dr. Henry Frankenstein falls under control of his former mentor, Dr. Pretorius, who insists the now-chastened doctor resume his experiments in creating new life. Meanwhile, the Monster remains on the run from those who wish to destroy him.
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6. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
★ 7.7 · 14,110 votes · Fantasy, Drama, Romance
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
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7. Psycho (1960)
★ 8.4 · 11,336 votes · Horror, Thriller, Mystery
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
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8. The Mist (2007)
★ 7.0 · 6,137 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.
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9. Dracula Untold (2014)
★ 6.5 · 6,660 votes · Horror, Action, Fantasy
Vlad Tepes is a great hero, but when he learns the Sultan is preparing for battle and needs to form an army of 1,000 boys, he vows to find a way to protect his family. Vlad turns to dark forces in order to get the power to destroy his enemies and agrees to go from hero to monster as he's turned into the mythological vampire, Dracula.
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10. Ghostbusters (1984)
★ 7.5 · 10,067 votes · Comedy, Fantasy
After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.
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11. Beetlejuice (1988)
★ 7.4 · 8,750 votes · Fantasy, Comedy
A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
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12. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
★ 7.7 · 21,342 votes · Adventure, Fantasy
When a new professor's methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches students how to defend against the dark arts.
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13. It (2017)
★ 7.2 · 20,770 votes · Horror, Thriller, Drama
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
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14. The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
★ 6.7 · 2,059 votes · Horror, Fantasy
The crew of the merchant ship Demeter attempts to survive the ocean voyage from Carpathia to London as they are stalked each night by a merciless presence onboard the ship.
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15. Ginger Snaps (2000)
★ 6.9 · 1,046 votes · Horror, Fantasy
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.
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16. Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
★ 6.5 · 1,671 votes · Horror, Mystery, Fantasy
A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?
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17. Dust Bunny (2025)
★ 6.7 · 423 votes · Fantasy, Horror
Ten-year-old Aurora asks her hitman neighbor to kill the monster under her bed that she claims ate her family. To protect her, he must battle an onslaught of assassins while accepting that some monsters are real.
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18. Candyman (1992)
★ 6.7 · 1,892 votes · Drama, Horror, Thriller
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
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19. Nightbreed (1990)
★ 6.4 · 569 votes · Horror, Fantasy
A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
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20. Pumpkinhead (1988)
★ 6.4 · 574 votes · Fantasy, Horror
When a group of teenagers inadvertently kill his only son, Ed Harley seeks the powers of a backwoods witch to bring the child back to life.
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