Movies like Son of Frankenstein (1939)
The best movies like Son of Frankenstein (1939) are The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), The Invisible Man (1933) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935). If Son of Frankenstein 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 ratedFreaks (1932)7.8/10 from 1,361 votes
- NewestThe Evil of Frankenstein (1964)Released 1964
- Same seriesThe Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)Frankenstein (Universal)
The 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: Same series: Frankenstein (Universal) · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe 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: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies 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: Same series: Frankenstein (Universal) · both horror & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies 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 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 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 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: Same series: Frankenstein (Universal) · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisDracula (1931)
A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves and drives the agent to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFrankenstein (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: Same series: Frankenstein (Universal) · both horror & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies 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 Invisible Man Returns (1940)
The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men: one that is good and one that is evil. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFreaks (1932)
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
After a series of scientific experiments directed towards freeing the inner man and controlling human personalities, the kindly, generous Dr Henry Jekyll succeeds in freeing his own alter ego, Edward Hyde, a sadistic, evil creature whose pleasure is murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in the ice. He is brought back to life with the help of the hypnotist Zoltan who now controls the creature. Can Frankenstein break Zoltan's hypnotic spell that incites the monster to commit these horrific murders or will Zoltan induce the creature to destroy its creator?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Wolf Man (1941)
After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
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.
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: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisIsland of Lost Souls (1932)
An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
Rescued from the guillotine by his devoted dwarf Fritz, the Baron relocates to Carlsbruck, where he continues his gruesome experiments.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhite Zombie (1932)
A wealthy landowner living in Haiti convinces a sorcerer to lure the woman he has fallen for away from her fiancé. The madman later betrays their agreement by keeping the woman for himself…as a zombie.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
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 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 thisThe Devil Bat (1940)
Dr. Paul Carruthers is frustrated because he thinks his employers, Mary Heath and Henry Morton, have cheated him out of the company's profits. He decides to get revenge by altering bats to grow twice their normal size and training them to attack when they smell a perfume of his own making. He mixes the perfume into a lotion, which he offers as a gift to Mary and Henry. When they turn up dead, a newspaper reporter decides to investigate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisDrácula (1931)
A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves the agent and drives him to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race.
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 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
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Son of Frankenstein?
The closest matches to Son of Frankenstein are The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), The Invisible Man (1933) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Son of Frankenstein?
People who watched Son of Frankenstein most often go on to The Invisible Man (1933), House of Dracula (1945) and Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943).
What is the highest-rated movie like Son of Frankenstein?
Freaks (1932), rated 7.8/10 by 1,361 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Son of Frankenstein?
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Son of Frankenstein part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Frankenstein (Universal), which includes The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), House of Frankenstein (1944) and Frankenstein (1931).
Are there English movies like Son of Frankenstein?
Yes: The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), The Invisible Man (1933) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935).
How are movies similar to Son of Frankenstein chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Son of Frankenstein, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.