Movies like Matango
The best movies like Matango (1963) are Horrors of Malformed Men (1969), Mothra (1961) and Son of Godzilla (1967). If Matango 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 ratedGodzilla (1954)7.6/10 from 1,197 votes
- NewestSea Fever (2020)Released 2020
- In JapaneseHorrors of Malformed Men (1969)Also in Japanese
Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)
After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appears to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisMothra (1961)
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSon of Godzilla (1967)
Reporter Goro Maki stumbles upon scientists conducting weather experiments on Sollgel Island in the South Seas. He discovers the island is inhabited by giant mantis and a woman named Saeko who's been cast away since the death of her father. The pair soon find a helpless infant monster that Godzilla must adopt and learn to raise as one of his own.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpace Amoeba (1970)
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIeoh Island (1977)
A company hopes to open a spa hotel named after Ieodo, a mythical island inhabited by the souls of drowned sailors. During a study trip to the proposed location of the hotel, a journalist disappears under mysterious circumstances. One of the contractors goes to Ieodo's neighboring island, populated by widows of the dead sailors, to unravel the mystery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & drama
The Naked Island (1960)
A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisGodzilla (1954)
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, Sanda, descends from the mountains to defend his kin. A battle between good and evil ensues, leaving brothers divided and a city in ruins.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe X from Outer Space (1967)
The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking one of the specimens back to earth, it soon develops and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster that tramples Japan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe H-Man (1958)
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where she works.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisRodan (1956)
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mines. After an attack on the local village, Shigeru heads deeper into the mines only to make a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature. Soon a second monster appears as the two converge in Fukuoka.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGodzilla Raids Again (1955)
Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon that killed the original, authorities attempt to lure Godzilla away from the mainland. But Anguirus soon arrives and the two monsters make their way towards Osaka as Japan braces for tragedy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFrankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic bomb. Years later a wild boy is discovered wandering the streets of the city alone, born of the immortal heart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTerror Beneath the Sea (1966)
While covering a test of guided torpedoes, two reporters believe they see what appears to be a strange-looking swimming creature. They investigate the matter further and discover that there is a race of fish-men living under the sea. The fish-men capture the pair and keep them prisoner in their underwater city.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Varan (1958)
When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Varan, a giant monster, who decides to leave the valley and head straight for Tokyo.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
A group of scientists travel to a remote island to study the effects of nuclear weapons tests, only to get stranded when their airplane mysteriously explodes. The team soon discovers that the tests have given rise to crabs mutated into intelligent, impervious, telepathic giants intent on increasing their numbers by breeding, then travelling to populated areas to feed, and which do not intend to be stopped by their discoverers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThem! (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: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisReturn of Giant Majin (1966)
The tyrannical Lord Danjo Mikoshiba covets the rich, fertile lands surrounding Lake Yakumo. During a memorial ceremony for the late Chigusa lord, Mikoshiba launches an attack, overthrowing the honorable Lord Juro. Just when all seems lost, Daimajin rises from Lake Yakumo to settle a score of his own.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDogora (1964)
A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
Scientists surgically transform the Creature into an air-breather, but being able to live on land is not enough to make him comfortable with humans. Enraged, he turns his wrath on anyone who comes near as he desperately tries to return to the deep-water world where he truly belongs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisGoké, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)
The survivors of a plane crash in a remote area are attacked by blob-like alien creatures that turn their victims into blood-thirsty vampires.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisIt Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
A giant octopus, whose feeding habits have been affected by radiation from H-Bomb tests, rises from the Mindanao Deep to terrorize the California Coast.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Atomic Submarine (1959)
Ships disappear on route across the Arctic Sea, and a special submarine is sent to investigate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDaimajin (1966)
A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994)
James Earl Jones hosts this film based on two stories by the late Rod Serling, who wrote the stories of the original 'The Twilight Zone' (1959) series. In "The Theatre," a young woman attends a movie only to find that her life story is being revealed on the screen. In "Where the Dead Are," a Boston surgeon in 1868 searches for a scientist who may have the answer to a medical mystery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & thriller
Moon Child (2003)
Moon Child follows a group of childhood friends as they advance in a futuristic criminal underworld. Sho feels he is doomed to walk in his idol Kei's footsteps as a vampire with the gift of eternal life and the curse of blood thirst. Over time, their tight friendship becomes corrupted because of their rivalry and love for the same woman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Sea Fever (2020)
The crew of a West of Ireland trawler—marooned at sea—struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Silence (2019)
With the world under attack by deadly creatures who hunt by sound, a teen and her family seek refuge outside the city and encounter a mysterious cult.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCold Skin (2017)
A young man who arrives at a remote island finds himself trapped in a battle for his life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & fantasy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Matango?
The closest matches to Matango are Horrors of Malformed Men (1969), Mothra (1961) and Son of Godzilla (1967). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Matango?
People who watched Matango most often go on to Horrors of Malformed Men (1969), Mothra (1961) and Son of Godzilla (1967).
What is the highest-rated movie like Matango?
Godzilla (1954), rated 7.6/10 by 1,197 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Matango?
Sea Fever (2020) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Matango?
Yes: Horrors of Malformed Men (1969), Mothra (1961) and Son of Godzilla (1967).
How are movies similar to Matango chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Matango, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.