Movies like The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
The best movies like The Invisible Man Returns (1940) are The Invisible Man (1933), Man-Made Monster (1941) and Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943). If The Invisible Man Returns hooked you with its horror and science fiction, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Invisible Man (1933)7.5/10 from 1,013 votes
- NewestReturn of the Fly (1959)Released 1959
- Same seriesThe Invisible Man (1933)The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man (1933)
After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.
Why it matches: Same series: The Invisible Man · both horror & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMan-Made Monster (1941)
Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFrankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
After being resurrected by grave robbers, Larry Talbot searches for Dr. Frankenstein in the hopes of being cured of his lycanthropy. The mad scientist may turn out to be dead, but his monster is just waiting to be found…
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
A fugitive, dangerous madman reaches an English village where he confronts his former partner who left him for dead in the jungle after their discovery of a diamond mine. When the former partner also claims to have since lost the mine and all its wealth, which he took all for himself, and though the partner is still living in a state of luxury , the madman takes up an offer from a crazed scientist to make him invisible, something the scientist has already done with experimental animals, so that he can take revenge.
Why it matches: Same series: The Invisible Man · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Invisible Woman (1940)
Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her invisibility to exact revenge on her ex-boss.
Why it matches: Same series: The Invisible Man · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
Frankenstein's unscrupulous colleague, Dr. Bohmer, plans to transplant Ygor's brain so he can rule the world using the monster's body, but the plan goes sour when he turns malevolent and goes on a rampage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisBride of Frankenstein (1935)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Mummy's Curse (1944)
After being buried in quicksand for the past 25 years, Kharis is set free to roam the rural bayous of Louisiana, as is the soul of his beloved Princess Ananka, still housed in the body of Amina Mansouri, who seeks help and protection at a swamp draining project.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHouse of Dracula (1945)
A scientist working on cures for rare afflictions, such as a bone softening agent made from molds to allow him to correct the spinal deformity of his nurse, finds the physical causes of lycanthropy in wolf-man Larry Talbot and of vampirism in Count Dracula, but himself becomes afflicted with homicidal madness while exchanging blood with Dracula.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Mummy's Hand (1940)
A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka. After receiving funding from an eccentric magician and his beautiful daughter, they set out into the desert only to be terrorized by a sinister high priest and the living mummy Kharis who are the guardians of Ananka’s tomb.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisWerewolf of London (1935)
A strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSon of Dracula (1943)
Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young heiress. Her boyfriend and local officials are suspicious of the newcomer, who is interested in the "virile" soil of the new world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Body Snatcher (1945)
Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInvisible Agent (1942)
Frank Raymond, grandson of the original Invisible Man, uses his family's secret chemical formula to become invisible and volunteer as an Allied spy following the attack on Pearl Harbor. He infiltrates Nazi Germany to outwit Axis agents, recover a stolen spy list, and thwart a planned aerial attack on New York City.
Why it matches: Same series: The Invisible Man · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisMonster on the Campus (1958)
A college paleontology professor acquires a newly discovered specimen of a coelacanth, but while examining it, he is accidentally exposed to its blood, and finds himself periodically turning into a murderous Neanderthal man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Invisible Ray (1936)
Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has already started affecting Rukh. Consumed by paranoia, he begins to suspect that his wife is having an affair. Wild for revenge, Rukh hatches a deadly plot...using his own poisoned body as a weapon to kill.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisReturn of the Fly (1959)
Fifteen years after his father's experiments with matter transmission fail, Philippe Delambre and his uncle François attempt to create a matter transmission device on their own. However, their experiments have disastrous results, turning Philippe into a horrible half-man, half-fly creature.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSon of Frankenstein (1939)
One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and revives him, only to find out the monster is controlled by Ygor who is bent on revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHouse of Frankenstein (1944)
Deranged scientist, Gustav Niemann, escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a traveling chamber of horrors, soon reviving the infamous Count Dracula, the frozen Frankenstein Monster, and the Wolf Man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDracula's Daughter (1936)
A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Black Cat (1941)
Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Mad Ghoul (1943)
A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul as part of a plan to steal his lover.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Frankenstein (1931)
Obsessed scientist Dr. Henry Frankenstein attempts to create life by assembling a creature from deceased body parts. Aided by his loyal misshapen assistant, Fritz, Frankenstein succeeds in animating his monster, but it flees into the countryside and begins to wreak havoc.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Mummy's Tomb (1942)
A high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill all those who had desecrated the tomb of the Egyptian princess Ananka thirty years earlier.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHouse of Horrors (1946)
An unsuccessful sculptor saves a madman named "The Creeper" from drowning. Seeing an opportunity for revenge, he tricks the psycho into murdering his critics.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAbbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
As American policemen in London, Bud and Lou meet up with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Black Cat (1934)
After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Devil-Doll (1936)
Respected Parisian banker Paul Lavond is framed for robbery and murder by crooked associates and sent to prison. Years later, he escapes with a friend, a scientist who was working on a method to reduce humans to a height of mere inches (all for the good of humanity, of course). Lavond, however, is consumed with hatred for those who betrayed him, and takes the scientist's methods back to Paris to exact painful revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Invisible Man Returns?
The closest matches to The Invisible Man Returns are The Invisible Man (1933), Man-Made Monster (1941) and Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Invisible Man Returns?
People who watched The Invisible Man Returns most often go on to Man-Made Monster (1941), Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) and The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Invisible Man Returns?
The Invisible Man (1933), rated 7.5/10 by 1,013 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Invisible Man Returns?
Return of the Fly (1959) is the most recent release on this list.
Is The Invisible Man Returns part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to The Invisible Man, which includes The Invisible Man (1933), The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944), The Invisible Woman (1940) and Invisible Agent (1942).
Are there English movies like The Invisible Man Returns?
Yes: The Invisible Man (1933), Man-Made Monster (1941) and Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943).
How are movies similar to The Invisible Man Returns chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Invisible Man Returns, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.