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Movies that feel like Frankenstein (2025)

If you loved Frankenstein, the closest films we have are The Devil's Backbone (2001), Nosferatu (2024) and November (2017). All three share Frankenstein's dreamlike and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu and Shudder and others, checked against today's data.

Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.

πŸ… 85% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Guillermo del Torocontemplativedreamlikedreadunsettling
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If Frankenstein hit the spot, these will too

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The Devil's Backbone
2001 Β· dir. Guillermo del Toro
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.4fantasy Β· drama Β· horror

Guillermo del Toro directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Frankenstein does

Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa LucΓ­a orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.

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Nosferatu
2024 Β· dir. Robert Eggers
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.1horror Β· fantasy

Common ground: gothic horror

The difference: None of the stillness Frankenstein is built on

A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

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November
2017 Β· dir. Rainer Sarnet
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.1drama Β· fantasy Β· romance

Both land stillness and dream logic at once

In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.

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Tumbbad
2018 Β· dir. Rahi Anil Barve
πŸ… 87%β˜… 8.2fantasy Β· horror

Both are built on the same subject: fathers and sons

India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secret of an ancestral treasure that Vinayak gets obsessed with.

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Viy
1967 Β· dir. Georgi Kropachyov
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.2drama Β· fantasy Β· horror

The same preoccupation in both: gothic horror

The difference: Made in the 1960s, in a different era of the craft

A seminary student on monastery holiday kills an old witch in a remote village. The hag then transforms into a beautiful young woman whose dying wish is for him to watch over her wake for three nights. With terrors occurring and his faith waning, he reads prayers on the overnight watch and tries to survive the supernatural encounters.

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Hokum
2026 Β· dir. Damian McCarthy
β˜… 7.3horror

One thread runs through both: supernatural

When novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents' ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past.

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Interview with the Vampire
1994 Β· dir. Neil Jordan
πŸ… 66%β˜… 7.5horror Β· drama Β· fantasy

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

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Oculus
2014 Β· dir. Mike Flanagan
πŸ… 75%β˜… 6.6horror

Both keep coming back to the same thing: supernatural

A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

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Tigers Are Not Afraid
2017 Β· dir. Issa LΓ³pez
πŸ… 97%β˜… 6.9fantasy Β· horror

Dreamlike fantasy in both cases

When her mother suddenly disappears with no one to care for her, young Estrella ends up on the street and joins a gang of children, triggering a dangerous and tragic chain of events.

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Blade II
2002 Β· dir. Guillermo del Toro
πŸ… 57%β˜… 6.7fantasy Β· horror Β· action

Both are Guillermo del Toro's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires.

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mother!
2017 Β· dir. Darren Aronofsky
πŸ… 68%β˜… 6.6horror Β· drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

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Crimson Peak
2015 Β· dir. Guillermo del Toro
πŸ… 72%β˜… 6.5horror Β· mystery Β· romance

Both lean on dread more than on horror

In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.

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