Movies Like The Neanderthal Man

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Re-Animator

1985·1h 26m·★ 7.1·Stuart Gordon

Themes: laboratory, mad scientist, experimentFans also likedScience Fiction & Horror

From Beyond

1986·1h 25m·★ 6.6·Stuart Gordon

Themes: mad scientist, transformation, experimentFans also likedHorror & Science Fiction

Tarantula

1955·1h 20m·★ 6.4·Jack Arnold

Themes: laboratory, experimentFans also likedScience Fiction & Horror

Man-Made Monster

1941·1h·★ 6.1·George Waggner

Themes: laboratory, mad scientistFans also likedHorror & Science Fiction

The Kindred

1987·1h 33m·★ 5.7·Stephen Carpenter

Themes: laboratory, experimentFans also likedHorror & Science Fiction

Ice Age

2002·1h 21m·★ 7.5·Chris Wedge

Themes: neanderthal, saber-toothed tiger

Victor Frankenstein

2015·1h 50m·★ 6.0·Paul McGuigan

Themes: mad scientist, transformation, experimentFans also liked

The Fly

1986·1h 36m·★ 7.6·David Cronenberg

Themes: transformation, experimentFans also likedHorror & Science Fiction

Dark City

1998·1h 41m·★ 7.5·Alex Proyas

TMDB recommendsThemes: mad scientist, experiment

Sssssss

1973·1h 39m·★ 5.4·Bernard L. Kowalski

Themes: mad scientist, transformation, experimentHorror & Science Fiction

District 9

2009·1h 52m·★ 7.9·Neill Blomkamp

Themes: metamorphosis, transformation

Bride of Frankenstein

1935·1h 15m·★ 7.8·James Whale

TMDB recommendsHorror & Science Fiction

28 Days Later

2002·1h 53m·★ 7.5·Danny Boyle

TMDB recommendsHorror & Science Fiction

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1931·1h 36m·★ 7.6·Rouben Mamoulian

TMDB recommendsHorror & Science Fiction

Island of Lost Souls

1932·1h 11m·★ 7.3·Erle C. Kenton

TMDB recommendsHorror & Science Fiction

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1920·1h 19m·★ 6.9·John S. Robertson

TMDB recommendsHorror & Science Fiction

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1941·1h 53m·★ 6.8·Victor Fleming

TMDB recommendsHorror & Science Fiction

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

1960·1h 28m·★ 6.3·Terence Fisher

TMDB recommendsHorror & Science Fiction

Mimic

1997·1h 45m·★ 6.0·Guillermo del Toro

TMDB recommendsHorror & Science Fiction

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

1947·1h 43m·★ 6.3·Stuart Heisler

DP: Stanley CortezStarring Robert Shayne

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