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Movies that feel like The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

If you loved The Incredible Shrinking Man, the closest films we have are Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Fantastic Voyage (1966) and The Thing from Another World (1951). All three share The Incredible Shrinking Man's cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Paramount Plus Premium and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.

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Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 Β· dir. Jack Arnold
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.9adventure Β· horror Β· science fiction

Both are Jack Arnold's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Lighter on dream logic

When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a β€œmissing 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 fiancΓ©e, Kay.

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Fantastic Voyage
1966 Β· dir. Richard Fleischer
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.8science fiction Β· adventure

Both are working the same pair: shrinking, radioactivity

In order to save an assassinated scientist, a submarine and its crew are shrunk to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream.

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The Thing from Another World
1951 Β· dir. Christian Nyby
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7drama Β· horror Β· science fiction

Both are built on the same subject: black and white

The difference: Played as drama first

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

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Eraserhead
1977 Β· dir. David Lynch
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.2horror Β· science fiction

The same preoccupation in both: surrealism

The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

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Son of Frankenstein
1939 Β· dir. Rowland V. Lee
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7horror Β· science fiction

One thread runs through both: black and white

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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The Fly
1958 Β· dir. Kurt Neumann
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.1science fiction Β· horror Β· drama

The same mix in both: ideas, then dread

Industrialist FranΓ§ois 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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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 Β· dir. Don Siegel
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.7science fiction Β· horror Β· thriller

Both lean on unease more than on science fiction

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

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Seconds
1966 Β· dir. John Frankenheimer
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.6science fiction Β· thriller Β· horror

Horror with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

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 Invisible Man
1933 Β· dir. James Whale
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.6horror Β· science fiction

Adventure built on dread, twice over

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 Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949 Β· dir. Clyde Geronimi
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.8horror Β· fantasy Β· animation

Dreamlike horror in both cases

The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car. This desire for the very latest lands him in much trouble with the wrong crowd, and it is up to his friends, Mole, Rat and Badger to save him from himself. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Retelling of Washington Irving's story set in a tiny New England town. Ichabod Crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, and the town Bully Brom Bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs "convincing" that Katrina is not for him.

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Kwaidan
1965 Β· dir. Masaki Kobayashi
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.9horror Β· fantasy Β· drama

Unsettling science fiction, and it commits to that

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931 Β· dir. Rouben Mamoulian
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.6horror Β· science fiction Β· drama

Adventure built on ideas, twice over

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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