Movies like The Giant Scorpion (2016)
The best movies like The Giant Scorpion (2016) are Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) and Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956). If The Giant Scorpion 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 ratedPredator: Killer of Killers (2025)7.8/10 from 1,388 votes
- NewestPredator: Killer of Killers (2025)Released 2025
Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959)
A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCreature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGodzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call 'Godzilla'. The only hope for both Japan and the world lies on a secret weapon, which may prove more destructive than the monster itself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIsland of Terror (1966)
When a small island community becomes overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters that liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures, the community struggles to fight back.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisIt! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
The first manned expedition to Mars is invaded by an unknown life form, which stows away on the rescue ship.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
A crack test pilot lands to find the planet has been devastated by unknown forces. There are a few survivors, so he organizes them in a plan to ward off control by a group of killer robots.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisX: The Unknown (1956)
Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on energy and proceeds to terrorise a remote Scottish village. An American research scientist at a nearby nuclear plant joins with a British investigator to discover why the victims were radioactively burned and why, shortly thereafter, a series of radiation-related incidents are occurring in an ever-growing straight line away from the fissure.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCranston Academy: Monster Zone (2020)
An intelligent 15-year-old high school student is unexpectedly transferred to a boarding school where he opens a portal of monsters from another dimension.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIt Came from Outer Space (1953)
Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona. Putnam becomes a local object of scorn when, after examining the object up close, he announces that it is a spacecraft, and that it is inhabited...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like this20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save Colonel Robert Calder, the mission commander. A young boy also recovers what turns out to be a specimen of an alien creature. Growing at a fantastic rate, it manages to escape and eventually threatens the city of Rome.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & horror
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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMonsters vs Aliens (2009)
When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to a covert government compound. She is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group of Monsters...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTitan A.E. (2000)
A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Drej are bent on mankind's destruction.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMaster of the World (1961)
A mad genius tries to bomb the world into peace.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBabylon 5: A Call to Arms (1999)
Allies of the Shadows seek revenge against humanity. This movie sets up the series, "Crusade," the sequel to "Babylon 5."
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDigimon: The Movie (2000)
When a powerful new Internet Digimon hatches and begins to consume data at an alarming rate, the Digidestined - kids chosen to save the digital world - must put an end to the destruction before the damage becomes irreversible and worldwide communication halts forever. As computer-based missiles are launched, and a wayward Digimon kidnaps the Digidestined, only the combined efforts of a worldwide network of kids and a new group of "Digidestined" can rescue the others and stop global disaster.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dark Mirror (1946)
A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhen Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)
An ancient tribe attempts to sacrifice Sanna as an offering to the Sun god to save their tribe from dinosaurs. Tara, a young man from another tribe, saves Sanna and takes her along with him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKing Kong (1933)
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRising Boas in a Girl's School (2022)
A dangerous horde of venomous snakes together with a giant boa escapes from a leather factory. Meanwhile, at a local girl's school, everyone is preparing for a graduation. However, it is suddenly stopped, after snakes attack schoolgirls. Will they escape and survive the monster's attack?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & science fiction
The Cretaceous World (2022)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction & horror
Gila! (2012)
A giant lizard terrorizes a rural mid west community with a group of heroic young people led by Chase Winstead attempting to destroy the creature.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction & horror
Predator: Killer of Killers (2025)
While three of the fiercest warriors in human history—a Viking raider, a ninja in feudal Japan, and a WWII pilot—are killers in their own right, they are merely prey for their new opponent: the ultimate killer of killers.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBakuryuu Sentai Abaranger Dino Guts Video: AbareMax's Great Rampage!! (2003)
Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger Dino Guts Video: AbareMax's Great Rampage!! is a special video of Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger that came bundled with Sentai Hero Series AbareMax.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger Super Video: All Bakuryuu Roaring Laughter Battle (2003)
Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger Super Video: All Bakuryuu Roaring Laughter Battle is the Televi Super Video of Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
Engine Sentai Go-Onger Special DVD: It's a Seminar! Everyone GO-ON!! (2008)
A special DVD in which Bomper lets each of the Go-Ongers do their own special seminar on ecology and also tie into the three Gaiark Pollution Ministers.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger Super Video: Showdown! Gaoranger vs. Gao Silver (2001)
The five GaoJewels of the Gaorangers are pulled into the Holy Spring. GaoSilver appears and his GaoJewel also flies into it. He challenges the five Gaorangers, wanting them to tell him what the five "Gao Teachings" were.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
Juken Sentai Gekiranger: Gyun-Gyun! Fist Sage Great Athletic Meet (2007)
After their latest win, the three Gekirangers find the Kensei stretching for their annual Kensei Great Athletic Meet. Jan, wanting to win the gold medal and a year's supply of Televi magazines, joins the Red Team to go against the White Team. With Retsu as judge and Ran as moderator, the contest starts...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
Beauty Never Fades (2024)
Anti-social vampire Edith processes her life in limbo as a hired assassin, but through all her years of bloodshed, she can’t forget the one life she shouldn’t have taken.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Giant Scorpion?
The closest matches to The Giant Scorpion are Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) and Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Giant Scorpion?
Start with Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959), the closest match to The Giant Scorpion.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Giant Scorpion?
Predator: Killer of Killers (2025), rated 7.8/10 by 1,388 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Giant Scorpion?
Predator: Killer of Killers (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Giant Scorpion?
Yes: Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) and Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956).
How are movies similar to The Giant Scorpion chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Giant Scorpion, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.