
Movies that feel likeThe Fly (1986)
If you loved The Fly, the closest films we have are Scanners (1981), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and Videodrome (1983). All three share The Fly's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991).
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If The Fly hit the spot, these will too

David Cronenberg working the same nerve twice

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

David Cronenberg directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Leans harder into mystery than The Fly does

Horror with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

Both are working the same pair: experiment, mutation
The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Fly does

Common ground in both: monster and halloween
The difference: Made in the 1930s, in a different era of the craft

One thread runs through both: scientist
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Both are built on the same subject: scientist

Both keep coming back to the same thing: monster

The same preoccupation in both: mutant

Common ground: creature

Dread-soaked science fiction in both cases
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