20 movies like Attack of the Puppet People, ordered by similarity : Tarantula(1955), Rampage(2018), Morgan(2016), The Blob(1958), Godzilla(1954), The Quatermass Xperiment(1955), The Incredible Shrinking Man(1957), Jurassic Park(1993), At First Light(2018), The Invisible Boy(1957), Invaders From Mars(1953), Mothra(1961) ...
Sci-Fi
USA
1958
79 Minutes
John Agar John Hoyt June Kenney Michael Mark Jack Kosslyn Marlene Willis Ken Miller Laurie Mitchell Scott Peters Susan Gordon June Jocelyn
mad scientist secretary boyfriend prisoner boss striking wild thrilling laboratory office dollhouse abduction science gone awry shrinking giant animals survival loneliness escape discovery 1950s
A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police don't believe them.
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, Action, Adventure
USA
2018
107 Minutes
Dwayne Johnson Naomie Harris Malin Akerman Jeffrey Dean Morgan Jake Lacy Joe Manganiello Marlee Shelton P.J. Byrne Demetrius Gross Jack Quaid Breanne Hill
gorilla wolf scientist giant crocodile mutant engineer amusing wild witty thrilling brutal heartwarming wildlife preserve florida laboratory forest airplane los angeles giant animals experiments
When three different animals become infected with a dangerous pathogen, a primatologist and a geneticist team up to stop them from destroying Chicago.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2016
88 Minutes
Kate Mara Anya Taylor-Joy Toby Jones Rose Leslie Boyd Holbrook Michelle Yeoh Jennifer Jason Leigh Paul Giamatti Michael Yare Chris Sullivan Vinette Robinson
synthetic human troubleshooter staff member handler scientist child brooding emotional intense thrilling frightening brutal laboratory office park cell yard classroom science escape
A corporate risk-management consultant must decide whether or not to terminate an artificially created humanoid being.
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
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
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
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, 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.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Canada
2018
91 Minutes
Stefanie Scott Théodore Pellerin Saïd Taghmaoui James Wotherspoon Kate Burton Josh Cruddas
high-school student superhuman friend stranger scientist government agent thrilling uneasy tense brooding house trailer car store desert abduction running friendship mysterious strangers mystery
Alex is floating unconscious in a lake when light from a UFO of light saves her by enhancing her abilities such as telekinesis and healing power. Her friend Sean helps her. The authorities want her - not just for stealing a police car.
Kids & Family, Sci-Fi
USA
1957
85 Minutes
Richard Eyer Philip Abbott Diane Brewster Harold J. Stone Robert H. Harris Dennis McCarthy Alexander Lockwood John O'Malley
boy father scientist robot computer suspenseful fascinating endearing laboratory house science gone awry world domination technology experiments father/son relationship friendship discovery quest growing up 1950s
A ten-year-old boy and Robby the Robot team up to prevent a Super Computer from controlling the Earth from a satellite.
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
Japan
1961
101 Minutes
Frankie Sakai Hiroshi Koizumi Kyoko Kagawa Ken Uehara Jerry Ito Emi Ito Yumi Ito Takashi Shimura Akihiko Hirata Yoshifumi Tajima Hiroshi Akitsu
monster japanese man japanese woman princess politician police officer brooding emotional intense island japan vaudeville show street house laboratory monsters princess japan destruction danger
A giant, ancient moth begins to attack Japan when coming to the rescue of its two, foot-tall worshippers who were taken by shipwreck survivors.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Action
USA
2018
142 Minutes
Dylan O'Brien Thomas Brodie-Sangster Kaya Scodelario Giancarlo Esposito Rosa Salazar Aidan Gillen Walton Goggins Ki Hong Lee Barry Pepper Will Poulter Patricia Clarkson
friend leader officer monster young man young woman brooding dark intense thrilling suspenseful bleak field desert city maze camp train escape survival
Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as "The Flare".
Sci-Fi, Horror
Canada|France|USA|Germany
2009
107 Minutes
Adrien Brody Sarah Polley Delphine Chaneac Simona Maicanescu David Hewlett Abigail Chu Brandon McGibbon Jonathan Payne
scientist creature husband wife brother boss thrilling offbeat melodramatic playful laboratory farm apartment woods barn science experiments unusual romance marriage evolution
Genetic engineers Clive Nicoli and Elsa Kast hope to achieve fame by successfully splicing together the DNA of different animals to create new hybrid animals for medical use.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
France
2008
88 Minutes
Lambert Wilson Linh Dan Pham Simona Maicanescu Dominique Pinon Bruno Lochet François Levantal Gérald Laroche Francois Hadji-Lazaro Lotfi Yahya-Jedidi Yann Collette Dominique Bettenfeld
prison guard prisoner doctor ship captain survivor scientist dark thrilling striking space station spacecraft prison outer space survival alien invasion superhuman abilities infectious disease psychiatry experiments discovery
A prisoner is brought to psychiatric detention space station orbiting a prison planet. He was exposed to aliens and gained healing power. A new doctor wants to experiment on the 7 prisoners/patients.
Sci-Fi
USA|UK|France
1989
105 Minutes
Eric Stoltz Daphne Zuniga Lee Richardson John Getz Frank C. Turner Ann Marie Lee Garry Chalk Saffron Henderson Harley Cross Matthew Moore
scientist orphan ceo son alcoholic friend creepy gory frightening fascinating laboratory teleportation mutation ethics deformity friendship science metamorphosis escape love
The almost-human son of "Brundlefly" searches for a cure to his mutated genes while being monitored by a nefarious corporation that wishes to continue his father's experiments.
Horror, Comedy, Sci-Fi
USA
1978
87 Minutes
David Miller George Wilson Sharon Taylor Jack Riley Rock Peace Eric Christmas Al Sklar Ernie Meyers Jerry Anderson Ron Shapiro
scientist mutant victim police officer president soldier cheeky creative hilarious laboratory street warehouse hotel field car mutation science survival fear saving the planet
A group of scientists band together to save the world from mutated killer tomatoes.
Action, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
2017
95 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Sarah Lind Hugh Dillon Jakob Davies Vicellous Shannon Kurt Max Runte Destee Klyne Nikolas Filipovic
outcast agent investigator single mother son senior citizen bleak thrilling disheartening tense suspenseful disturbing american midwest house wasteland warehouse office car global warming outcasts
Thieves attempt a massive heist against the U.S. Treasury as a Category 5 hurricane approaches one of its Mint facilities.
Sci-Fi
USA
1953
85 Minutes
Gene Barry Ann Robinson Les Tremayne Lewis Martin Robert Cornthwaite Sandro Giglio Bill Phipps Jack Kruschen Vernon Rich Paul Birch
scientist pastor sheriff alien marine suspenseful creepy los angeles farmhouse church laboratory alien invasion showdown survival discovery revenge 1950s
A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.
Sci-Fi
UK|USA
1963
79 Minutes
Ray Milland Diana Van der Vlis Harold J. Stone John Hoyt Don Rickles Morris Ankrum Lorie Summers Dick Miller Kathryn Hart Jonathan Haze John Dierkes
scientist friend colleague pastor murderer creepy dark laboratory carnival church casino science experiments alienation madness sight discovery transformation fall 1960s
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.