20 movies like The Thing, ordered by similarity : Frankenstein(2015), Digging Up the Marrow(2014), Outpost 11(2012), The Babadook(2014), Mimic(1997), The Endless(2017), The Rig(2010), The Quatermass Xperiment(1955), The Blob(1988), Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1956), Life(2017), Alien Hunter(2003) ...
Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA|UK
2011
103 Minutes
Mary Elizabeth Winstead Joel Edgerton Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Trond Espen Seim Ulrich Thomsen Eric Christian Olsen Jørgen Langhelle Jan Gunnar Røise Stig Henrik Hoff Kristofer Hivju Paul Braunstein
paleontologist scientist american pilot suspenseful thrilling brutal norway archaeological dig antarctica outpost alien life-forms shapeshifting scientific experiments monsters underdog metamorphosis discovery 1980s
At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada|USA
2015
90 Minutes
Carrie-Anne Moss Xavier Samuel Danny Huston Tony Todd Mckenna Grace Adam Nagaitis Maya Erskine Carol Anne Watts
monster husband wife mad scientist scientist frankenstein frankenstein's monster engaging shocking suspenseful sad powerful los angeles science creatures humanity life monsters discovery underdog
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.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2014
88 Minutes
movie producer monster stranger hunter suspenseful thrilling somber brutal underworld movie set horror movies monsters underworld experiments fantasy adventure discovery mystery pursuit
A documentary exploring genre based monster art takes an odd turn when the filmmakers are contacted by a man who claims he can prove that monsters are indeed real.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
UK
2012
92 Minutes
Luke Healy Billy Clarke Joshua Mayes-Cooper Bernard Hill Graham Till
soldier friend insect alien monster enemy thrilling engaging suspenseful intense shocking brutal arctic spaceship command center danger alien landing alien life-forms fear fighting
Set in an alternative past where steam power still rules the world, outpost 11 is the story of three soldiers manning a remote listening post in the Arctic Circle. One day the warning light... See full summary »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Australia|Canada
2014
93 Minutes
Essie Davis Daniel Henshall Noah Wiseman Hayley McElhinney Barbara West Cathy Adamek Benjamin Winspear Craig Behenna
widow son monster intense somber thrilling shocking suspenseful brutal house child's room bedroom depression children's book monsters mother/son relationship fear horror films transformation mystery
A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
1997
105 Minutes
Mira Sorvino Jeremy Northam Josh Brolin Giancarlo Giannini Charles S. Dutton Alexander Goodwin Alix Koromzay F. Murray Abraham
scientist colleague husband humanoid child transit worker suspenseful frightening melodramatic new york city subway train station laboratory underground apartment epidemic science disappearance unlikely allies evolution
Three years ago, entomologist Dr. Susan Tyler genetically created an insect to kill cockroaches carrying a virulent disease. Now, the insects are out to destroy their only predator, mankind.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2017
111 Minutes
Aaron Moorhead Aaron Moorhead Justin Benson Callie Hernandez Tate Ellington Lew Temple James Jordan Shane Brady Kira Powell Emily Montague Peter Cilella
brother cult leader cult member creature camper chilling dark thrilling intense suspenseful disturbing camp woods lake compound boat forest cult mystery mythical creatures
As kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces and brings them back to where they began.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2010
94 Minutes
Serah D'Laine William Forsythe Art LaFleur Marcus T. Paulk Stacey Hinnen Carmen Perez Robert Zachar Dennis LaValle Eric Bivens-Bush Dan Benson Scott Martin
monster sea creature sea captain sailor gory brutal suspenseful thrilling raw sea boat oil rig horror danger monsters fight to the death sea creatures rescue adventure metamorphosis
In the midst of a tropical storm, the crew of an offshore oil rig must survive the rampage of a creature after invading its undersea habitat.
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.
Horror, Sci-Fi
USA
1988
95 Minutes
Shawnee Smith Kevin Dillon Donovan Leitch Ricky Paull Goldin Billy Beck Candy Clark Joe Seneca Jeffrey DeMunn
high-school student scientist sheriff reverend friend assistant frightening gory unrestrained suspenseful california small town hospital theater sewer town hall meteorite monsters disaster military intervention
A deadly entity from space crashes near a small town and starts to consume anyone in its path. Panic ensues, as shady government scientists try to contain the horrific creature.
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, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA|France|Japan
2017
103 Minutes
Jake Gyllenhaal Rebecca Ferguson Ryan Reynolds Hiroyuki Sanada Ariyon Bakare Olga Dihovichnaya Alexandre Nguyen Camiel Warren-Taylor
astronaut crew member politician alien team leader scientist creepy dark intense space station mars research station bedroom cafeteria space alien life-forms possession danger survival mars
The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.
Sci-Fi
USA|Bulgaria
2003
100 Minutes
James Spader Janine Eser John Lynch Leslie Stefanson Aimee Graham Stuart Charno Carl Lewis Roy Dotrice
scientist alien government agent expert thrilling tense suspenseful gripping frightening antarctica laboratory discovery alien life-forms aliens mystery discovery 21st century
An alien black box is found in the South Pole, where a government agency is conducting botanical experiments.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA|UK
2017
122 Minutes
Michael Fassbender Katherine Waterston Billy Crudup Danny McBride Demián Bichir Carmen Ejogo Jussie Smollett Callie Hernandez Amy Seimetz Nathaniel Dean Alexander England
space traveler colonist robot alien chilling frightening gripping suspenseful spaceship alien planet space alien life-forms cyborgs space exploration space travel discovery mystery quest adventure future
The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a threat beyond their imagination, and must attempt a harrowing escape.
Sci-Fi, Animation, Action, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Japan
2012
100 Minutes
zombie sidekick brutal tense united states biological weapons saving the world discovery metamorphosis 2010s
Special Agent Leon S.Kennedy goes against his superior's orders and works to destroy a series of biological weapons being used in a war zone in Europe.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2006
88 Minutes
Brad Henke Adam Kaufman Catherine Mangan Paul McCarthy-Boyington James Gammon Michael C. Williams Joe Unger Misty Rosas
hunter alien alien abductee best friend girlfriend eerie brutal suspenseful small town woods house american south workshop alien abduction alien invasion scientific experiments torture memories underdog revenge
Fifteen years ago, a group of men's lives were forever changed by a strange occurrence. Now, the same group of men will spend a night together ... in terror.
Horror, Sci-Fi
USA|UK|Canada
1986
95 Minutes
Jeff Goldblum Geena Davis John Getz Joy Boushel Leslie Carlson George Chuvalo Michael Copeman David Cronenberg Carol Lazare Shawn Hewitt
scientist girlfriend reporter editor mutant creepy tense thrilling laboratory apartment clinic teleportation experiments mutation abortion relationships failure quest love fall
A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
Sci-Fi, Horror
USA
1997
109 Minutes
Sigourney Weaver Winona Ryder Ron Perlman Dominique Pinon Michael Wincott Dan Hedaya J.E. Freeman Brad Dourif Raymond Cruz Kim Flowers Gary Dourdan
scientist alien clone crew member astronaut dark disturbing gory thrilling space spaceship alien government ethics scientific experiments war showdown metamorphosis pursuit future
200 years after her death, Ellen Ripley is revived as a powerful human/alien hybrid clone. Along with a crew of space pirates, she must again battle the deadly aliens and stop them from reaching Earth.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2007
96 Minutes
David Chisum Kristen Kerr Kevin J. O'Connor Derek Webster Raymond J. Barry Dale Midkiff Erick Avari Richard Tyson
zombie woman pilot stewardess steward passenger bleak suspenseful thrilling brutal disturbing creepy airplane horror disaster undead killing spree panic fear escape
A mad scientist transferring a dead woman in a freezer with an armed guard on a plane to Paris. After a bit of turbulence, the freezer breaks down and she is awake, then turns into a zombie and starts to infect all on board.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Canada
2018
84 Minutes
Lora Burke Jack Foley Elitsa Bako Rachel VanDuzer Steve Kasan Sam White Bill Oberst Jr. Peter Higginson Adam Buller Brian Quintero Uche Ama
shapeshifter love interest detective narrator serial killer bartender thrilling frightful brutal creepy outlandish striking canada horror shapeshifting serial murders body-swapping death unusual romance discovery
A murderous shapeshifter sets out on a blood-soaked mission to make things right with the woman he loves.
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
UK|China|Japan|USA|Mexico
2018
111 Minutes
John Boyega Scott Eastwood Jing Tian Cailee Spaeny Rinko Kikuchi Burn Gorman Adria Arjona Jin Zhang Charlie Day Levi Meaden Rahart Adams
soldier robot scientist monster sister pilot brooding intense spectacular thrilling suspenseful brutal earth pacific ocean city ocean building military base fight to the death monsters
Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, reunites with Mako Mori to lead a new generation of Jaeger pilots, including rival Lambert and 15-year-old hacker Amara, against a new Kaiju threat.