20 movies like The Whip Hand, ordered by similarity : The Man From Planet X(1951), Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1956), The Day the Earth Stood Still(1951), The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms(1953), Tarantula(1955), The Quatermass Xperiment(1955), The Blob(1958), Fantastic Voyage(1966), Invaders From Mars(1953), The Machine(2013), The Fabulous World of Jules Verne(1958), Higher Power(2018) ...
Sci-Fi
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Carla Balenda Elliott Reid Raymond Burr Edgar Barrier Otto Waldis Michael Steele Lurene Tuttle Peter Brocco
journalist old man store owner scientist doctor townsperson campy melodramatic patriotic suspenseful moscow soviet union wisconsin lake small town lodge communism espionage cold war biological warfare
Matt Corbin, a vacationing magazine writer, takes a fishing trip to Minnesota, and stumbles across a lake in which all the fish have mysteriously died. The locals are tight-lipped about it,... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
USA
1951
70 Minutes
Robert Clarke Margaret Field Raymond Bond William Schallert Roy Engel Charles Davis Gilbert Fallman David Ormont
alien scientist professor doctor reporter eerie thrilling suspenseful scotland island observatory tower moor village saving the planet alien landing alien/human relationship mind control deception race against time
As a mysterious planet hurls itself toward Earth, an enigmatic extraterrestrial scout arrives on a remote Scottish island with unknown intentions.
Sci-Fi, Horror
USA
1956
80 Minutes
Kevin McCarthy Dana Wynter Carolyn Jones Larry Gates King Donovan Jean Willes Ralph Dumke Virginia Christine Tom Fadden Kenneth Patterson Guy Way
alien doctor patient ex-girlfriend psychiatrist townsperson creepy gripping suspenseful thrilling small town california aliens epidemic conformity unusual behavior invasion pursuit metamorphosis discovery
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Sci-Fi
USA
1951
92 Minutes
Michael Rennie Patricia Neal Hugh Marlowe Sam Jaffe Billy Gray Frances Bavier Lock Martin Frank Conroy Carleton Young Fay Roope Edith Evanson
alien robot scientist single mother son powerful inspiring engaging washington, d.c. earth cold war aliens morality discovery sacrifice 1950s
An alien lands and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
Sci-Fi
USA
1953
80 Minutes
Paul Hubschmid Paula Raymond Cecil Kellaway Kenneth Tobey Donald Woods Jack Pennick Lee Van Cleef Steve Brodie Ross Elliot Ray Hyke Mary Hill
professor researcher doctor scientist corporal colonel campy outlandish spectacular thrilling arctic canada maine massachusetts new york city coney island nuclear weapons testing dinosaurs uncontrollable experiment radiation
A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City.
Sci-Fi
USA
1955
80 Minutes
John Agar Mara Corday Leo G. Carroll Nestor Paiva Ross Elliot Edwin Rand Raymond Bailey Hank Patterson Bert Holland Steve Darrell Ed Parker
professor scientist spider monster victim animal shocking fascinating suspenseful engaging thrilling intense desert city village science science fiction animal attack giant animals animals attacking
A spider escapes from an isolated Arizona desert laboratory experimenting in giantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants.
Sci-Fi
UK|Japan
1955
78 Minutes
Brian Donlevy Jack Warner Margia Dean Richard Wordsworth David King-Wood Thora Hird Gordon Jackson Harold Lang Lionel Jeffries Maurice Kaufman Frank Phillips
astronaut mutant monster construction worker scientist shocking thrilling gory raw suspenseful brooding space center space shuttle space laboratory space exploration crash mutation monsters alien life-forms
Professor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate.
Sci-Fi
USA
1958
82 Minutes
Steve McQueen Aneta Corseaut Earl Rowe Olin Howland Stephen Chase John Benson Vincent Barbi Julie Cousins Diane Tabben
teen boy teen girl police officer old man friend doctor creepy thrilling small town police station movie theater alien landing killer substance survival generation gap teenage rebellion destruction discovery escape rescue
An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows.
Sci-Fi
USA
1966
100 Minutes
Stephen Boyd Raquel Welch Edmond O'Brien Donald Pleasence Arthur O'Connell William Redfield Arthur Kennedy Jean Del Val Barry Coe Ken Scott Shelby Grant
doctor saboteur scientist surgeon pilot secret agent incredible suspenseful thrilling human body submarine russia survival journey weird science cold war miniaturization adventure escape rescue
A scientist is nearly assassinated. In order to save him, a submarine is shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream with a small crew. Problems arise almost as soon as they enter it.
Sci-Fi
USA
1953
73 Minutes
Helena Carter Arthur Franz Jimmy Hunt Morris Ankrum Leif Erickson Hillary Brooke Max Wagner Milburn Stone Walter Sande Janine Perreau John Eldredge
young boy astronomer doctor alien father police officer suspenseful campy house woods small town office alien invasion family science escape mystery 1950s
A young boy learns that space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
UK
2013
91 Minutes
Caity Lotz Toby Stephens Denis Lawson Lee Nicholas Harris Sam Hazeldine Helen Griffin Sule Rimi Jonathan Byrne Ben McGregor Jade Croot Pooneh Hajimohammadi
scientist soldier researcher cyborg android mother brutal disturbing patriotic suspenseful tense uneasy military base secret location underground office ocean laboratory cyborgs artificial intelligence
In efforts to construct perfect android killing machines in a war against China, UK scientists exceed their goal and create a sentient robot.
Sci-Fi
1958
83 Minutes
Louis Tock Ernest Navara Milo Holl
scientist assistant pirate captive amusing campy creative outlandish island volcano balloon submarine pirate ship science pirates kidnapping self-sacrifice world domination inventions escape
Pirates kidnap a bomb inventor (Ernest Navara) and his helper (Louis Tock) in a story with puppets and animation.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
93 Minutes
Ron Eldard Colm Feore Jordan Hinson Marielle Jaffe Austin Stowell Jade Tailor Mei Melancon
scientist father detective daughter wife bleak disturbing frenetic gripping wild united states town city street abuse of power unexplained phenomenon saving the planet science gone awry family unlikely hero
When the Universe decides what it wants, it's pointless to resist. With his family's life at stake, Joseph Steadman finds himself the unwilling test subject of a maniacal scientist in a battle that could save the world, or destroy it.
Sci-Fi
USA
1958
70 Minutes
Robert Loggia Ellen Parker Larry Kerr
scientist fiancée doctor general commander secretary of state melodramatic tense gripping wild new york city ottawa, ontario earth's atmosphere laboratory world destruction nuclear weapons atomic age cold war national emergency career vs. love
Three Indians are murdered. Each was wearing a medallion when he died. Together the medallions form a puzzle whose solution points to gold.
Sci-Fi
1954
98 Minutes
Takashi Shimura Momoko Kochi Akira Takarada Akihiko Hirata Sachio Sakai Fuyuki Murakami Ren Yamamoto
godzilla japanese man japanese woman japanese soldier child scientist brooding emotional intense ocean japan tokyo laboratory street car atomic bomb monsters destruction survival danger
A fire-breathing behemoth terrorizes Japan after an atomic bomb awakens it from its centuries-old sleep.
Sci-Fi
USA
1957
81 Minutes
Grant Williams Randy Stuart April Kent Paul Langton William Schallert Billy Curtis Diana Darrin Helene Marshall
husband wife doctor dwarf spider cat fascinating emotional campy dark boat house doctor's office circus dollhouse basement science radiation marriage mutation
When Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him.
Sci-Fi
USA
1983
94 Minutes
Paul Le Mat Nancy Allen Diana Scarwid Michael Lerner Louise Fletcher Wallace Shawn Fiona Lewis Kenneth Tobey June Lockhart Charles Lane
professor wife alien newspaper reporter campy unrestrained outlandish suspenseful centerville, ill. new york city small town alien abduction aliens tabloid journalism invasion missing persons marriage discovery metamorphosis mystery
Charlie's ex-wife disappears, and he travels to where she grew up--a rural town in the Midwest--to look for her. But, surprisingly, nobody knows about her or any of her many relatives, the ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
USA
1933
72 Minutes
Diana Wynyard Lewis Stone Phillips Holmes May Robson Ruth Selwyn Robert Young Robert Greig Hedda Hopper
nurse sweetheart secretary of state son fiancée soldier patriotic melodramatic tense manhattan, n.y. brooklyn bridge hospital penthouse patriotism pacifism grief mother/son relationship war military service rivalry
Laura is a nurse at the Front in World War I. She meets and falls for a young flyer named Geoffrey. On his first mission, Geoffrey is shot down and taken to the hospital where Laura works. ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Comedy
USA
2007
88 Minutes
Brian Howe Dan Conroy Andrew Parks Fay Masterson Alison Martin Jennifer Blaire Larry Blamire Betty Garrett Dick Miller Daniel Roebuck Susan McConnell
scientist alien priest colleague sailor townsperson creepy campy hilarious laboratory small town alien invasion research experimental medicine science gone awry mass hysteria metamorphosis escape pursuit 1950s
A small town infestation of crawling alien foreheads that begin attaching to people and taking them over collides with a scientist's experiments to extract foreheadazine and things go horribly horribly wrong.
Sci-Fi
USA
1965
96 Minutes
Dana Andrews Janette Scott Kieron Moore Alexander Knox Peter Damon Gary Lasdun Mike Steen Todd Martin Jim Gillen
scientist terminally ill person geologist doctor ambassador dying person outlandish engaging suspenseful tense striking intense africa scientific experiments geology science fiction science gone awry doomsday device apocalypse discovery
A dying scientist pushes forward his project to tap through to the Earth's magma layer, with results that threaten to destroy the Earth as we know it.
Horror, Sci-Fi
UK|USA
1966
90 Minutes
Andre Morell Diane Clare John Carson Alex Davion Jacqueline Pearce Brook Williams Michael Ripper Marcus Hammond Dennis Chinnery Roy Royston
zombie villager doctor squire engaging suspenseful brooding creepy cornwall cornwall, england village mine english countryside zombies voodoo black magic ritual kidnapping rescue escape
Young workers are dying because of a mysterious epidemic in a little village in Cornwall. Doctor Thompson is helpless and asks professor James Forbes for help. The professor and his ... See full summary »