20 movies like The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, ordered by similarity : The Giant Behemoth(1959), The Lost World: Jurassic Park(1997), The Man From Planet X(1951), Tarantula(1955), It Came From Beneath the Sea(1955), 20 Million Miles to Earth(1957), Star Trek(2009), The Incredible Shrinking Man(1957), Shin Godzilla(2016), When Worlds Collide(1951), The Killer Shrews(1959), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea(1961) ...
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
UK|USA
1959
80 Minutes
Gene Evans Andre Morell Leigh Madison Henry Vidon John Turner Jack MacGowran Maurice Kaufman Leonard Sachs
dinosaur marine biologist monster professor doctor submarine officer thrilling gripping striking suspenseful london ocean sea city england united kingdom atomic age atomic bomb marine life dinosaurs
Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur that threatens London.
Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1997
134 Minutes
Jeff Goldblum Julianne Moore Pete Postlethwaite Arliss Howard Richard Attenborough Vince Vaughn Vanessa Lee Chester Peter Stormare Harvey Jason Richard Schiff Thomas F. Duffy
doctor paleontologist engineer documentarian daughter dinosaur suspenseful spectacular thrilling intense engaging island jungle san diego city dinosaurs survival corruption father/daughter relationship stranded
A research team is sent to the Jurassic Park Site B island to study the dinosaurs there, while an InGen team approaches with another agenda.
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
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
USA
1955
80 Minutes
Kenneth Tobey Faith Domergue Donald Curtis Ian Keith Harry Lauter Dean Maddox Del Courtney
naval officer professor scientist giant octopus suspenseful emotional submarine ocean hawaii pearl harbor san francisco mindanao deep monsters sea nuclear weapons disaster love pursuit mystery rescue
A giant, radioactive octopus rises from the Philippine Trench to terrorize the North American Pacific Coast.
Sci-Fi
USA
1957
82 Minutes
William Hopper Joan Taylor Frank Puglia John Zaremba Thomas B. Henry Tito Vuolo Jan Arvan Arthur Space Bart Braverman George Pelling George Khoury
alien zoologist medical student colonel major scientist campy rousing outlandish incredible mediterranean coast sicily colosseum rome tiber river alien invasion extraterrestrial life moral dilemma playing god monsters
The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. A dangerous, lizard-like creature comes with it and quickly grows gigantic.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|Germany
2009
126 Minutes
Chris Pine Zachary Quinto Leonard Nimoy Eric Bana Bruce Greenwood Karl Urban Zoe Saldana Simon Pegg John Cho Anton Yelchin Ben Cross
captain kirk spock cadet friend father alien spirited engaging intricate rousing thrilling amusing space earth spaceship starship enterprise alien planet black hole exploration mystery
The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time.
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, Action
Japan
2016
120 Minutes
Shinji Higuchi Shin'ya Tsukamoto Satomi Ishihara Jun Kunimura Hiroki Hasegawa Takahiro Miura Kengo Kôra Mikako Ichikawa Issei Takahashi Kanji Tsuda Kimiko Yo
godzilla monster prime minister coast guard officer professor savior bleak thrilling tense frenetic disturbing wild japan tokyo city street government offices sea terror monsters
Japan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.
Sci-Fi
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Richard Derr Barbara Rush Peter Hansen Larry Keating John Hoyt Rachel Ames Stephen Chase Frank Cady Hayden Rorke Sandro Giglio James Congdon
astronomer daughter pilot doctor assistant wealthy man creative engaging thrilling south africa observatory laboratory new york city spaceship world destruction space travel relocation love triangle disaster discovery
As a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home.
Sci-Fi, Horror
USA
1959
69 Minutes
James Best Ingrid Goude Baruch Lumet Ken Curtis Gordon McLendon Alfredo DeSoto
mad scientist ship captain fiancé daughter researcher cook creepy outlandish offbeat island compound laboratory boat uncontrollable experiment animal attack love triangle survival trapped man vs. beast escape
On an isolated island, a small group of people are terrorized by giant voracious shrews in the midst of a hurricane.
Sci-Fi
USA
1961
105 Minutes
Walter Pidgeon Joan Fontaine Barbara Eden Peter Lorre Robert Sterling Michael Ansara Frankie Avalon Regis Toomey John Litel Howard McNear Henry Daniell
admiral psychiatrist lieutenant captain scientist congressman thrilling tense creative submarine deep sea arctic ocean pacific ocean mariana islands fire nuclear weapons race against time sabotage showdown global disaster
When the Earth is threatened by a burning Van Allen Radiation Belt, U.S. Navy Admiral Harriman Nelson plans to shoot a nuclear missile at the Belt, using his experimental atomic submarine, the Seaview.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Action
USA
2018
128 Minutes
Chris Pratt Bryce Dallas Howard Jeff Goldblum Ted Levine James Cromwell Toby Jones BD Wong Rafe Spall Daniella Pineda Geraldine Chaplin Justice Smith
scientist dinosaur politician businesswoman geneticist animal trainer intense brooding fascinating incredible suspenseful thrilling abandoned amusement park island disaster area forest coast volcano dinosaurs extinction
When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.
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
1954
94 Minutes
James Whitmore Edmund Gwenn Joan Weldon James Arness Onslow Stevens Sean McClory Chris Drake Sandy Descher Mary Alan Hokanson Fess Parker William Schallert
police officer partner fbi agent entomologist general young girl frightening gripping outlandish creepy new mexico desert los angeles monsters radiation uncontrollable experiment animals attacking rescue quest 1950s
The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization.
Sci-Fi
Canada
1981
102 Minutes
Stephen Lack Jennifer O'Neill Patrick McGoohan Lawrence Dane Adam Ludwig Michael Ironside Victor Desy Mavor Moore Robert A. Silverman
psychic brother girlfriend doctor scientist killer dark intense spectacular passionate canada shopping mall farm corporate headquarters doctor's office street psychic phenomena science corporate greed secret society
A scientist sends a man with extraordinary psychic powers to hunt others like him.
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
UK
1936
95 Minutes
Raymond Massey Ralph Richardson Margueretta Scott Cedric Hardwicke Maurice Braddell Edward Chapman Ann Todd
businessman doctor war lord daughter pilot sculptor intricate campy creative outlandish city everytown nuclear weapons technology war dystopia fall rise transformation future
The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Action
USA
1993
126 Minutes
Sam Neill Laura Dern Jeff Goldblum Richard Attenborough Bob Peck Martin Ferrero BD Wong Joseph Mazzello Ariana Richards Samuel L. Jackson Wayne Knight
paleontologist mathematician billionaire grandchild grandfather employee engaging thrilling frightening intense island theme park isla nublar jurassic park wilderness jungle dinosaurs survival scientific experiments man vs. nature
A pragmatic paleontologist visiting an almost complete theme park is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Canada|New Zealand|USA
2015
95 Minutes
Munro Chambers Anouk Whissell Laurence Leboeuf Edwin Wright Aaron Jeffery Romano Orzari Michael Ironside Orphée Ladouceur Steeve Léonard
scavenger hero mysterious girl war lord cowboy henchmen outlandish offbeat amusing witty madcap thrilling post-apocalyptic wasteland post-apocalypse courage unlikely hero saving the world weapons friendship adventure
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland in 1997, a comic book fan adopts the persona of his favourite hero to save his enthusiastic friend and fight a tyrannical overlord.