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1. Victor Frankenstein (2015)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Told from Igor's perspective, we see the troubled young assistant's dark origins, his redemptive friendship with the young medical student Viktor Von Frankenstein, and become eyewitnesses to the emergence of how Frankenstein became the man - and the legend - we know today.
Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott
Votes: 60,231 | Gross: $5.78M
2. Frankenstein (2025)
Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | Filming
Dr. Pretorius, who needs to track down Frankenstein's monster who is believed to have died in a fire forty years before in order to continue the experiments of Dr. Frankenstein.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Mia Goth, Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Christoph Waltz
3. Young Frankenstein (1974)
PG | 106 min | Comedy
An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle
Votes: 168,866 | Gross: $86.30M
4. The Bride (2025)
Drama, Horror, Romance | Pre-production
In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein asks Dr. Euphronius to help create a companion. They give life to a murdered woman as the Bride, sparking romance, police interest, and radical social change.
Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal | Stars: Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Annette Bening, Penélope Cruz
5. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
R | 123 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Hulce
Votes: 59,320 | Gross: $22.01M
6. Frankenstein (1931)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, John Boles
Votes: 79,687
7. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama
An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Henry Silva, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman
Votes: 96,931 | Gross: $3.31M
8. I, Frankenstein (2014)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Frankenstein's creature finds himself caught in an all-out, centuries-old war between two immortal clans.
Director: Stuart Beattie | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Miranda Otto, Virginie Le Brun
Votes: 83,914 | Gross: $19.08M
9. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson
Votes: 53,235 | Gross: $4.36M
10. Wishbone (1995–1998)
TV-Y | 30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
An intelligent and witty dog imagines himself in the role of characters from classic books and gets involved in similar real-life adventures.
Stars: Larry Brantley, Jordan Wall, Christie Abbott, Adam Springfield
Votes: 4,380
11. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
Directors: Charles Barton, Walter Lantz | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi
Votes: 19,563 | Gross: $4.80M
12. Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)
R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Baron Frankenstein creates two "zombies" - one male, one female - planning to mate them in order to create a master race.
Directors: Paul Morrissey, Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Monique van Vooren
Votes: 6,918 | Gross: $10.25M
13. Frankenstein (II) (2015)
R | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A married couple of scientists create a modern-day monster.
Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Xavier Samuel, Carrie-Anne Moss, Danny Huston, Matthew Jacobs
Votes: 3,041 | Gross: $0.25M
14. The Bride (1985)
PG-13 | 118 min | Fantasy, Horror, Romance
After years of research, the doctor finally succeeds in creating the perfect woman, who gets the name "Eva".
Director: Franc Roddam | Stars: Sting, Jennifer Beals, Anthony Higgins, Clancy Brown
Votes: 3,557 | Gross: $3.60M
15. Bride of Re-Animator (1990)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Doctors Herbert West and Dan Cain discover the secret to creating human life and proceed to create a perfect woman from dead tissue.
Director: Brian Yuzna | Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Claude Earl Jones, Fabiana Udenio
Votes: 17,573
16. Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Returning to the ancestral castle long after the death of the monster, the son of Dr. Frankenstein meets a mad shepherd who is hiding the comatose creature. To clear the family name, he revives the creature and tries to rehabilitate him.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill
Votes: 11,690
17. Creature (2023)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
When tragedy befalls a reckless scientist in Ottoman-era Istanbul, his student uses untested methods to finish his work with devastating consequences.
Stars: Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Taner Ölmez, Sifanur Gül, Bülent Sakrak
Votes: 4,182
18. National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011)
130 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the Creature determines to track down his creator.
Directors: Danny Boyle, Tim Van Someren | Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andreea Paduraru, Ella Smith
Votes: 4,229 | Gross: $0.42M
19. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Approved | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
While awaiting execution for murder, Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought to life - only for it to behave not as he intended.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart, Christopher Lee
Votes: 12,640 | Gross: $17.44M
20. Frankenstein: The True Story (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 185 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: James Mason, Leonard Whiting, David McCallum, Jane Seymour
Votes: 1,961
21. Frankenstein's Army (2013)
R | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In the dying days of WWII, a battalion of Russian soldiers is lured into the secret lab of a deranged scientist and forced to face off against an army of horrific flesh-and-metal war machines.
Director: Richard Raaphorst | Stars: Robert Gwilym, Hon Ping Tang, Alexander Terentyev, Luke Newberry
Votes: 9,198
22. Lady Frankenstein (1971)
R | 99 min | Horror
Baron Frankenstein's daughter and his assistant/her lover continue his experiments in an attempt to rebuild his legacy after he is killed by his psychotic, murderous first monster.
Directors: Mel Welles, Aureliano Luppi | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Rosalba Neri, Paul Muller, Riccardo Pizzuti
Votes: 2,451
23. Depraved (I) (2019)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A disillusioned field surgeon suffering from PTSD makes a man out of body parts and brings him to life in a Brooklyn loft.
Director: Larry Fessenden | Stars: David Call, Joshua Leonard, Alex Breaux, Ana Cruz Kayne
Votes: 1,955
24. Frankenstein (2004)
TV-14 | 177 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and swears revenge.
Stars: Luke Goss, Alec Newman, Nicole Lewis, Dan Stevens
Votes: 1,574
25. Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)
Unrated | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Near the end of WWII, Germans transport the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster to Japan, where it is seeming lost in the bombing of Hiroshima. Years later a wild boy is found, born from the immortal heart.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Nick Adams, Kumi Mizuno, Tadao Takashima, Yoshio Tsuchiya
Votes: 2,426
26. Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
R | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Baron Frankenstein works with a mental patient to reanimate the dead.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith, David Prowse
Votes: 4,350 | Gross: $0.12M
27. Tales of Tomorrow (1951–1953)
TV-G | 25 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
"Tales of Tomorrow" was a hosted science fiction anthology series running from 1951 until 1953.
Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Cameron Prud'Homme, Edgar Stehli, Theo Goetz
Votes: 455
28. The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein (1973)
Not Rated | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Dr. Frankenstein and his assistant Morpho are killed just as they bring their creation to life. The monster is taken by Cagliostro and he now controls the monster and plans to have it mate and create the perfect master race.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Alberto Dalbés, Dennis Price, Howard Vernon, Beatriz Savón
Votes: 882
29. Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972)
85 min | Horror
Dracula kills another innocent victim and Dr. Seward decides it's time to wipe him off the face of the earth. Armed with a hammer and a wooden stake, he arrives at Castle Dracula and duly ... See full summary »
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Dennis Price, Howard Vernon, Paca Gabaldón, Alberto Dalbés
Votes: 817
30. Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999 Video)
G | 78 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Get ready for a terribly funny adventure as Alvin and the Chipmunks come face to face with Dr. Frankenstein and his monster in the theme park of a world-famous studio.
Director: Kathi Castillo | Stars: Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, Michael Bell, Jim Meskimen
Votes: 1,700
31. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Baron Frankenstein, with the aid of a young doctor and his fiancée, kidnaps the mentally sick Dr. Brandt in order to perform the first brain transplant operation.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward
Votes: 5,289 | Gross: $0.10M
32. Frankenstein General Hospital (1988)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A mad doctor puts together a new body by using body parts he steals from a mortuary at the hospital where he works.
Director: Deborah Romare | Stars: Mark Blankfield, Leslie Jordan, Jonathan Farwell, Kathy Shower
Votes: 402
33. Frankenstein (1984 TV Movie)
81 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A scientist who is obsessed with creating life finally does it, with tragic results.
Director: James Ormerod | Stars: Robert Powell, David Warner, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud
Votes: 208
34. Frankenstein 1970 (1958)
Not Rated | 83 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Needing money, the last member of the Frankenstein family leases his family's castle out to a film company as he tries to continue his ancestor's gruesome experiments to create life.
Director: Howard W. Koch | Stars: Boris Karloff, Tom Duggan, Jana Lund, Don 'Red' Barry
Votes: 1,544
35. Frankenstein (2023)
107 min | Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi
Having lost his mother at a young age, Victor Frankenstein seeks to end human mortality and arrogantly enters territory beyond his control. While he enjoys unconditional love from Elizabeth, he grants none to his creation.
Director: Joe Lobianco | Stars: Daniel Robert Burns, Marc Christopher, Grace Hwoang, Tim Bacskai
36. The Frankenstein Theory (2013)
Unrated | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
What if the most chilling novel of all time was actually based on account of a horrific experiment gone awry?
Director: Andrew Weiner | Stars: Joe Egender, Haydyn Foster, Brian Henderson, Luke Geissbuhler
Votes: 3,405
37. Frankenstein (2004 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
When a detective begins investigating a series of horrific murders, she is lead to a mad doctor who has sustained his creature and himself for over 200 years through genetic experimentation.
Director: Marcus Nispel | Stars: Parker Posey, Vincent Perez, Thomas Kretschmann, Adam Goldberg
Votes: 2,031
38. The Wide World of Mystery (1973–1976)
90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A 90 minute late-night mystery and suspense anthology series which ran on ABC (American Broadcasting Company), between 1973 and 1978.
Stars: John Karlen, Michael Parks, Susan Strasberg, Robert Symonds
Votes: 134
39. Frankenstein (1910)
Unrated | 16 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
The first filmed version of Frankenstein. The young doctor discovers the secret of life, which he uses to create a perfect human. Things do not go according to plan.
Director: J. Searle Dawley | Stars: Mary Fuller, Charles Ogle, Augustus Phillips
Votes: 4,736
40. The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Brilliant but arrogant scientist Victor Frankenstein builds a man from spare body parts, only for the monster to come alive and wreak havoc.
Director: Jimmy Sangster | Stars: Ralph Bates, Kate O'Mara, Veronica Carlson, Dennis Price
Votes: 2,935
41. Bikini Frankenstein (2010 Video)
Unrated | 81 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Convinced that the average male couldn't tell the difference between a living woman and a corpse, the nefarious Dr. Frankenstein creates an undead sex-kitten named Eve.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Jayden Cole, Brandin Rackley, Frankie Cullen, Christine Nguyen
Votes: 272
42. Monica and Friends (1976–2022)
TV-G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Monica, the leader of the crew and 'ruler of the street,' is a little girl with a strong personality, not one to overlook any insult. She absolutely loves her stuffed bunny, Samson, and ... See full summary »
Stars: Angélica Santos, Marli Bortoletto, Paulo Cavalcante, Elza Gonçalves
Votes: 169
43. Monster Mash: The Movie (1995)
PG | 82 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical
Two teenagers get trapped in a house with Dr. Frankenstein who wants to transfer one of their brains to his creature.
Directors: Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow | Stars: Ian Bohen, Candace Cameron Bure, Sarah Douglas, John Kassir
Votes: 256
44. Mystery and Imagination (1966–1970)
75 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
"Mystery and Imagination" was a UK hosted horror anthology series running from 1966 until 1970 with host David Buck as "Richard Beckett". who was a romantic young Victorian adventurer always had a tale to tell.
Stars: David Buck, Mark Moss, Freddie Jones, Robert Hunter
Votes: 111
45. Frankenstein (1992 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Dr. Victor von Frankenstein (Patrick Bergin) creates his creature (Randy Quaid), who escapes into the countryside to find that humanity has only pain and sorrow for him. But a psychic link ... See full summary »
Director: David Wickes | Stars: Patrick Bergin, Randy Quaid, John Mills, Lambert Wilson
Votes: 652
46. Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A daily anthology show, featuring original material, as well as adaptations of literary classics.
Stars: John Conte, Peter Hansen, Sarah Churchill, Johnny Crawford
Votes: 132
47. Terror of Frankenstein (1977)
Not Rated | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Victor Frankenstein's search for the secret of life leads to the creation of a monster that consumes his life and family.
Director: Calvin Floyd | Stars: Leon Vitali, Per Oscarsson, Nicholas Clay, Stacy Dorning
Votes: 327
48. Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez (1972–2004)
145 min | Comedy, Family, Game-Show
This was a three-part contest. In the first part, three male/female couples had to give the most correct answers to the questions they were given. The more answers they gave in 45 seconds, ... See full summary »
Stars: Paloma Hurtado, Teresa Hurtado, Fernanda Hurtado, Mayra Gómez Kemp
Votes: 170
49. The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964–1965)
30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Animated series featuring Jim Backus's Mr. Magoo character in half-hour adaptations of classic stories for children. Praised by both critics and educators, and well-remembered by fans, the ... See full summary »
Stars: Jim Backus, Joan Gardner, Marvin Miller, Paul Frees
Votes: 666
50. Sherlock Holmes vs. Frankenstein
123 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery | Announced
In 1898, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson travel to Germany to investigate a strange case in the village of Darmstadt near castle Frankenstein.
Director: Gautier Cazenave | Stars: Eric Godon, John Lebar, Shane Briant, Nicolas Robin