Movies like Frankenfish (2004)
The best movies like Frankenfish (2004) are Buried Alive (1990), The Descent (2005) and Airwolf: The Movie (1984). If Frankenfish hooked you with its tv movie and adventure, these 27 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Defiant Ones (1958)7.2/10 from 347 votes
- NewestRemiendo (2026)Released 2026
Buried Alive (1990)
A married woman and her lover plot to kill her husband to make off with the insurance money. However, their attempt to murder him using poisonous fish toxins backfires in surprising ways.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Descent (2005)
After a personal tragedy, Sarah joins her friends on a caving expedition in the Appalachian Mountains. But when a rockfall traps them deep underground, their adventure turns into a nightmare. As they search for a way out, the group discovers they are not alone—lurking in the darkness are savage, cave-dwelling creatures. With rising tension and dwindling trust, the women must fight to survive against both the predators and each other.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAirwolf: The Movie (1984)
Airwolf is capable of supersonic speeds, invisible to radar and armed with ultra state-of-the-art hardware. Airwolf is the most awesome aerial weapon ever developed. When the helicopter is stolen by Libyan mercenaries, Michael Archangel, Project director for the CIA, enlists the help of Vietnam veteran Stringfellow Hawke and his closest friend Dominic Santini, to attempt to recover the Airwolf. The mission throws them into the midst of Middle Eastern violence and destruction, where they come face to face with danger, romance and intrigue in their battle to re-possess the deadliest aerial weapon ever used.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisWhen a Stranger Calls Back (1993)
Jill Johnson, now a crisis center counselor, reunites with retired detective John Clifford to hunt a killer stalking a coed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDevil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978)
A canine minion of Satan terrorizes an unsuspecting suburban family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIvanhoe (1982)
Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, and finds England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds himself being involved in the power-struggle for the throne of England.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOutpost (2008)
In a seedy bar in a town ravaged by war, scientist and businessman Hunt hires mercenary and former Royal Marine D.C. to assemble a crack team of ex-soldiers to protect him on a dangerous journey into no-man's land. Their mission is to scope out an old military bunker in Eastern Europe. It should be easy – 48 hours at the most. Lots of cash for little risk. Or so he says...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisAnaconda (2025)
A group of friends facing mid-life crises head to the rainforest with the intention of remaking their favorite movie from their youth, only to find themselves in a fight for their lives against natural disasters, giant snakes and violent criminals.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisAnacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
A scientific expedition sets out for Borneo to seek a flower called the Blood Orchid, which could grant extended life. Meanwhile, they run afoul of snakes and each other.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBeware the Horror Ghost (2014)
An ordinary man must save the world from the powers of the evil Horror Ghost while an insane priest, some eccentric vampires and a small child suffer its wrath on Halloween night.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & adventure
Tarantula (1955)
A rogue scientist near a small desert town arouses the suspicion of the town's doctor when his lab assistant is found dead from a case of acromegaly, which took only four days to develop. As the doctor investigates, aided by the scientist's new female assistant, they discover that something is devouring local cattle and humans in increasingly large quantities.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHager (2020)
After his colleague Schweitzer goes missing during a drug raid, undercover cop Till Hager is tasked with tracking down a mysterious new drug called "Abaddon" - a substance which supposedly drags it's users down the deepest depths of hell.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Pet Sematary (1989)
After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeep Blue Sea (1999)
Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFatal Influence: Like. Follow. Survive. (2022)
A social-media ambassador assembles a class of rising influencers. To gain followers they enter into a dangerous game of chance with a mysterious shadowy power, until all that remains is the content they were willing to do.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Them! (1954)
As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists join forces with the state police officer who first discovers their existence, an FBI agent and, eventually, the US Army to eradicate the menace, before it spreads across the continent — and the world.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScratch: The New Sound of Terror (2004)
Frank and Katrin return to Frankfurt to stop the scientist responsible for unleashing the plague of genetically mutated vermin upon the city.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
Just when you thought it was safe to sleep, Freddy Krueger returns in this sixth installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, as psychologist Maggie Burroughs, tormented by recurring nightmares, meets a patient with the same horrific dreams. Their quest for answers leads to a certain house on Elm Street -- where the nightmares become reality.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Howling (1981)
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNapoleon's Curse (2009)
When Paul and Monet host a weekend get together at the old Broussard mansion, what begins as a fun time quickly turns deadly when an ancient family curse is awakened.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Scary Tales (1993)
An independent, shot on video horror anthology featuring three stories that aim to shock and terrify: Satan's Necklace, Sliced in Coldblood, and Level 21.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVenom (2005)
A group of teenagers fear for their lives in the swamps of Louisiana, chased by Mr. Jangles, a man possessed by 13 evil souls, and now relentless in his pursuit of new victims.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisOpen Season (2006)
Boog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely friendship and must quickly rally other forest animals if they are to form a rag-tag army against the hunters.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWolfsong (2013)
A mother wolf breaks into a hunter's den and takes back her cub, only to find it a motionless trophy. She sings a lullaby hoping that the cub would finally sleep. Little does she know that a young hunter stalks them back from the den.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
Shark River (1953)
Nobody has an easy time of it in the costume actioner Shark River. Wanted for murder, Clay Webley (Warren Stevens) and his wounded cellmate Curtis Parker (Robert Cunningham) hack their way through the Florida swampland. With the help of Clay's brother Dan (Steve Cochran), Clay is able to elude the authorities, but Parker dies of a snakebite. Subsisting on alligator meat, Dan and Clay make their way to the tiny cabin inhabited by widowed Jane Daughterty (Carole Mathews), her mother-in-law, and her son Johnny (Spencer Fox). The brothers rest here awhile, formulating plans to cross the Gulf of Mexico and head for Cuba.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Frankenfish?
The closest matches to Frankenfish are Buried Alive (1990), The Descent (2005) and Airwolf: The Movie (1984). Below are 24 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Frankenfish?
Start with Buried Alive (1990), the closest match to Frankenfish.
What is the highest-rated movie like Frankenfish?
The Defiant Ones (1958), rated 7.2/10 by 347 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Frankenfish?
Remiendo (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Frankenfish?
Yes: Buried Alive (1990), The Descent (2005) and Airwolf: The Movie (1984).
How are movies similar to Frankenfish chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Frankenfish, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.