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Movies that feel likeThe Fly (1958)

Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed her husband. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that he invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber.

If you loved The Fly, the closest films we have are The Thing from Another World (1951), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and Son of Frankenstein (1939). All three share The Fly's cerebral and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Island of Lost Souls (1932).

🍅 95% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Kurt Neumanncerebraldreadunsettlingcontemplative
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The Thing from Another World
1951 · dir. Christian Nyby
🍅 87%★ 7drama · horror · science fiction

The same mix in both: ideas, then dread

Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931 · dir. Rouben Mamoulian
🍅 91%★ 7.6horror · science fiction · dramaMax

Both land unease and stillness at once

The difference: 27 years apart, and the 1930s show

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.

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Son of Frankenstein
1939 · dir. Rowland V. Lee
🍅 95%★ 7.1horror · science fiction

Cerebral science fiction, and it commits to that

The difference: Easier on the stillness than The Fly

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.

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Plan 9 from Outer Space
1957 · dir. Edward D. Wood Jr.
🍅 66%★ 3.9science fiction · horror

Both lean on dread more than on horror

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife, and dies the day after she is buried. However, the space soldier Eros and his mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both, alongside the strong Inspector Clay, who was murdered by the alien-controlled dead couple. When the populations of Hollywood and Washington D.C. see flying saucers on the sky, a colonel, a police lieutenant, a commercial pilot, his wife, and a policeman try to stop the aliens.

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Island of Lost Souls
1932 · dir. Erle C. Kenton
🍅 88%★ 7.3science fiction · horror

Drama built on unease, twice over

An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.

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Phantasm
1979 · dir. Don Coscarelli
🍅 72%★ 6.6horror · science fictionPrime Video

Cerebral science fiction in both cases

A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.

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Phase IV
1974 · dir. Saul Bass
🍅 50%★ 6.4horror · science fiction

Both are built on the same subject: scientist

Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.

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The Invisible Man
1933 · dir. James Whale
🍅 95%★ 7.6horror · science fictionPrime VideoPeacock

The same preoccupation in both: scientist

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.

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Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 · dir. Jack Arnold
🍅 81%★ 6.9adventure · horror · science fictionPrime VideoPeacock

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into adventure than The Fly does

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.

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Scanners
1981 · dir. David Cronenberg
🍅 69%★ 6.7science fiction · horrorMax

Both lean on unease more than on drama

A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-Scanners.

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Seconds
1966 · dir. John Frankenheimer
🍅 79%★ 7.6science fiction · thriller · horror

Both know what they want from science fiction

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than The Fly does

An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity; one that comes with its own price.

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978 · dir. Philip Kaufman
🍅 93%★ 7.4science fiction · horror

Both working the same horror territory

The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers uncover the horrifying truth.

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