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Movies that feel like Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

If you loved Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the closest films we have are Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Godzilla (1954) and Seconds (1966). All three share Invasion of the Body Snatchers' cerebral and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Peacock Premium and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

🍅 97% Rotten Tomatoes7.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Don Siegelcerebraldreadunsettlingtense
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978 · dir. Philip Kaufman
🍅 93%7.4science fiction · horror

Common ground in both: alien and alien invasion

The difference: Not nearly as tense

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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Godzilla
1954 · dir. Ishirō Honda
🍅 94%7.6thriller · horror · science fiction

Common ground: black and white

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.

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

The same preoccupation in both: black and white

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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The Thing from Another World
1951 · dir. Christian Nyby
🍅 87%7drama · horror · science fiction

Both keep coming back to the same thing: alien invasion

The difference: Without the same tension

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

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

Both are built on the same subject: alien

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

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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Frankenstein
1931 · dir. James Whale
🍅 94%7.7drama · horror · science fiction

One thread runs through both: angry mob

The difference: Played as drama first

Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life. The mad scientist’s dreams are shattered by his monstrous creation awakening with rage to a world that hates and fears him.

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The Invisible Man
1933 · dir. James Whale
🍅 95%7.6horror · science fiction

Both land ideas and dread at once

The difference: 23 years apart, and the 1930s show

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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The Black Cat
1934 · dir. Edgar G. Ulmer
🍅 89%6.9horror · thriller

Both are built on the same subject: psychiatrist

After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.

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Son of Frankenstein
1939 · dir. Rowland V. Lee
🍅 95%7horror · science fiction

Science fiction with a pulse of unease, in both cases

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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Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · dir. James Whale
🍅 98%7.8horror · science fiction

Both lean on ideas more than on horror

Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with the creation of a new creature.

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

Dread-soaked thriller in both cases

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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The Fly
1958 · dir. Kurt Neumann
🍅 95%7.1science fiction · horror · drama

Science fiction built on unease, twice over

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.

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