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1. Penny Dreadful (2014–2016)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Explorer Sir Malcolm Murray, American gunslinger Ethan Chandler, scientist Victor Frankenstein and medium Vanessa Ives unite to combat supernatural threats in Victorian London.

Stars: Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Reeve Carney

Votes: 131,135

2. Frankenstein (2025)

Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | Filming

Dr. Pretorius, who needs to track down Frankenstein's monster who is believed to have died in a fire forty years before in order to continue the experiments of Dr. Frankenstein.

Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Mia Goth, Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Christoph Waltz

3. Van Helsing (2004)

PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The famed monster hunter is sent to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula, who is using Dr. Frankenstein's research and a werewolf for nefarious purposes.

Director: Stephen Sommers | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, Shuler Hensley

Votes: 284,744 | Gross: $120.18M

4. Victor Frankenstein (2015)

PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

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.

Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott

Votes: 60,295 | Gross: $5.78M

5. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

R | 123 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Hulce

Votes: 59,363 | Gross: $22.01M

6. Frankenstein (1931)

Passed | 70 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.

Director: James Whale | Stars: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, John Boles

Votes: 79,745

7. I, Frankenstein (2014)

PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Frankenstein's creature finds himself caught in an all-out, centuries-old war between two immortal clans.

Director: Stuart Beattie | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Miranda Otto, Virginie Le Brun

Votes: 83,933 | Gross: $19.08M

8. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.

Director: James Whale | Stars: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson

Votes: 53,281 | Gross: $4.36M

9. Frankenweenie (2012)

PG | 87 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

When a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau

Votes: 117,153 | Gross: $35.29M

10. Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)

R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Baron Frankenstein creates two "zombies" - one male, one female - planning to mate them in order to create a master race.

Directors: Paul Morrissey, Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Monique van Vooren

Votes: 6,931 | Gross: $10.25M

11. National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011)

130 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the Creature determines to track down his creator.

Directors: Danny Boyle, Tim Van Someren | Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andreea Paduraru, Ella Smith

Votes: 4,235 | Gross: $0.42M

12. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

Approved | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

While awaiting execution for murder, Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought to life - only for it to behave not as he intended.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart, Christopher Lee

Votes: 12,649 | Gross: $17.44M

13. Frankenstein Unbound (1990)

R | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

The ultimate weapon which was meant to be safe for the mankind produces global side effects including time slides and disappearances.The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817's Switzerland.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: John Hurt, Raul Julia, Nick Brimble, Bridget Fonda

Votes: 4,136 | Gross: $0.33M

14. Frankenstein: The True Story (1973 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 185 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.

Director: Jack Smight | Stars: James Mason, Leonard Whiting, David McCallum, Jane Seymour

Votes: 1,963

15. Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999 Video)

G | 78 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Get ready for a terribly funny adventure as Alvin and the Chipmunks come face to face with Dr. Frankenstein and his monster in the theme park of a world-famous studio.

Director: Kathi Castillo | Stars: Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, Michael Bell, Jim Meskimen

Votes: 1,701

16. Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)

GP | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Dracula conspires with a mad doctor to resurrect the Frankenstein Monster.

Directors: Al Adamson, Samuel M. Sherman | Stars: J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney Jr., Zandor Vorkov, Anthony Eisley

Votes: 2,246

17. The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)

Passed | 67 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Dr. Frankenstein's plans to replace the brain of his monster are hijacked by his scheming and malevolent assistant Ygor.

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Cedric Hardwicke, Lon Chaney Jr., Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill

Votes: 7,097

18. Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

In this sequel, a couple must use a portal through time to defeat evil.

Director: Anthony Hickox | Stars: Zach Galligan, Monika Schnarre, Martin Kemp, Bruce Campbell

Votes: 4,954

19. Lady Frankenstein (1971)

R | 99 min | Horror

Baron Frankenstein's daughter and his assistant/her lover continue his experiments in an attempt to rebuild his legacy after he is killed by his psychotic, murderous first monster.

Directors: Mel Welles, Aureliano Luppi | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Rosalba Neri, Paul Muller, Riccardo Pizzuti

Votes: 2,450

20. Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)

Unrated | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

After being reanimated, Baron Frankenstein transfers the soul of an executed young man into the body of his lover, prompting her to kill the men who wronged them.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Susan Denberg, Thorley Walters, Robert Morris

Votes: 5,454

21. Frankenstein (2004)

TV-14 | 177 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and swears revenge.

Stars: Luke Goss, Alec Newman, Nicole Lewis, Dan Stevens

Votes: 1,575

22. Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

R | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Baron Frankenstein works with a mental patient to reanimate the dead.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith, David Prowse

Votes: 4,352 | Gross: $0.12M

23. Frankenstein's Daughter (1958)

Approved | 85 min | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi

Dr. Frankenstein's insane grandson attempts to create horrible monsters in modern-day L.A.

Director: Richard E. Cunha | Stars: John Ashley, Sandra Knight, Donald Murphy, Sally Todd

Votes: 1,260

24. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Baron Frankenstein, with the aid of a young doctor and his fiancée, kidnaps the mentally sick Dr. Brandt in order to perform the first brain transplant operation.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward

Votes: 5,290 | Gross: $0.10M

25. The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein (1973)

Not Rated | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Dr. Frankenstein and his assistant Morpho are killed just as they bring their creation to life. The monster is taken by Cagliostro and he now controls the monster and plans to have it mate and create the perfect master race.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Alberto Dalbés, Dennis Price, Howard Vernon, Beatriz Savón

Votes: 882

26. Mad Monster Party? (1967)

Unrated | 94 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

On the Isle of Evil, Baron Boris von Frankenstein reveals his imminent retirement and that he has refined the secret of total destruction, only to be upset when the other monsters try to steal the secret and kill his nephew, Felix Flanken.

Director: Jules Bass | Stars: Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Gale Garnett, Phyllis Diller

Votes: 3,563

27. The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)

R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Brilliant but arrogant scientist Victor Frankenstein builds a man from spare body parts, only for the monster to come alive and wreak havoc.

Director: Jimmy Sangster | Stars: Ralph Bates, Kate O'Mara, Veronica Carlson, Dennis Price

Votes: 2,937

28. Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)

Unrated | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Near the end of WWII, Germans transport the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster to Japan, where it is seeming lost in the bombing of Hiroshima. Years later a wild boy is found, born from the immortal heart.

Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Nick Adams, Kumi Mizuno, Tadao Takashima, Yoshio Tsuchiya

Votes: 2,428

29. The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)

Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Having escaped execution and assumed an alias, Baron Frankenstein transplants his deformed underling's brain into a perfect body, but the result proves to be mortally perilous.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Eunice Gayson, Michael Gwynn

Votes: 6,125

30. Monster High: Freaky Fusion (2014 TV Movie)

TV-Y7 | 73 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

At Monster High, ten cute ghoul girls are sent 200 years back in time to when the school started. Returning to 2014, the time machine has fused 8 of them into 4 bodies. Solutions?

Directors: William Lau, Sylvain Blais | Stars: Erin Fitzgerald, Haviland Stillwell, Geeg Friedman, Salli Saffioti

Votes: 983

31. Frankenstein Island (1981)

PG | 97 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

When a hot-air balloon crashes on a remote island, the crew discovers Dr. Frankenstein's ancestor carrying on the family work, along with a race of mutants and a population of Amazons.

Director: Jerry Warren | Stars: Robert Clarke, Steve Brodie, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Christopher

Votes: 1,302

32. Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972)

85 min | Horror

Dracula kills another innocent victim and Dr. Seward decides it's time to wipe him off the face of the earth. Armed with a hammer and a wooden stake, he arrives at Castle Dracula and duly ... See full summary »

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Dennis Price, Howard Vernon, Paca Gabaldón, Alberto Dalbés

Votes: 818

33. Frankenstein (2004 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

When a detective begins investigating a series of horrific murders, she is lead to a mad doctor who has sustained his creature and himself for over 200 years through genetic experimentation.

Director: Marcus Nispel | Stars: Parker Posey, Vincent Perez, Thomas Kretschmann, Adam Goldberg

Votes: 2,031

34. Frankenstein '80 (1972)

Not Rated | 85 min | Horror

A mad scientist creates a monster called "Mosaico," who breaks out of the laboratory to hunt down and kill beautiful women.

Director: Mario Mancini | Stars: John Richardson, Gordon Mitchell, Renato Romano, Xiro Papas

Votes: 534

35. Frankenstein 1970 (1958)

Not Rated | 83 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Needing money, the last member of the Frankenstein family leases his family's castle out to a film company as he tries to continue his ancestor's gruesome experiments to create life.

Director: Howard W. Koch | Stars: Boris Karloff, Tom Duggan, Jana Lund, Don 'Red' Barry

Votes: 1,544

36. Monster Mash: The Movie (1995)

PG | 82 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical

Two teenagers get trapped in a house with Dr. Frankenstein who wants to transfer one of their brains to his creature.

Directors: Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow | Stars: Ian Bohen, Candace Cameron Bure, Sarah Douglas, John Kassir

Votes: 256

37. Son of Dracula (1973)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Due to be crowned King of the Netherworld by his mentor Merlin the Magician (Sir Ringo Starr) at a monster's convention, Count Downe (Harry Nilsson), the son of Count Dracula, falls in love... See full summary »

Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Harry Nilsson, Ringo Starr, Freddie Jones, Suzanna Leigh

Votes: 441

38. Frankenstein General Hospital (1988)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A mad doctor puts together a new body by using body parts he steals from a mortuary at the hospital where he works.

Director: Deborah Romare | Stars: Mark Blankfield, Leslie Jordan, Jonathan Farwell, Kathy Shower

Votes: 402

39. Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1974)

PG | 89 min | Horror

Brazzi plays mad Dr. Frankenstein, Dunn is an evil dwarf and Lugosi (no relation to Bela) is a Neanderthal man. Add a monster named Hulk, and some nude women for sexploitation value.

Director: Dick Randall | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Michael Dunn, Edmund Purdom, Gordon Mitchell

Votes: 1,263

40. Frankenstein (2023)

107 min | Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi

Having lost his mother at a young age, Victor Frankenstein seeks to end human mortality and arrogantly enters territory beyond his control. While he enjoys unconditional love from Elizabeth, he grants none to his creation.

Director: Joe Lobianco | Stars: Daniel Robert Burns, Marc Christopher, Grace Hwoang, Tim Bacskai

41. Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)

Approved | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Western

Maria Frankenstein puts the brain of a monster into the body of one of Jesse James' sidekicks.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: John Lupton, Narda Onyx, Cal Bolder, Estelita Rodriguez

Votes: 2,078

42. Frankenstein (1910)

Unrated | 16 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror

The first filmed version of Frankenstein. The young doctor discovers the secret of life, which he uses to create a perfect human. Things do not go according to plan.

Director: J. Searle Dawley | Stars: Mary Fuller, Charles Ogle, Augustus Phillips

Votes: 4,743

43. Frankenstein (1984 TV Movie)

81 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A scientist who is obsessed with creating life finally does it, with tragic results.

Director: James Ormerod | Stars: Robert Powell, David Warner, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud

Votes: 209

44. I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)

Unrated | 74 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Professor Frankenstein creates a hulking teenager from the body of an accident victim; his "creation" awakens and goes on a killing spree.

Director: Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates, Robert Burton, Gary Conway

Votes: 1,038

45. Frankenstein (1992 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Dr. Victor von Frankenstein (Patrick Bergin) creates his creature (Randy Quaid), who escapes into the countryside to find that humanity has only pain and sorrow for him. But a psychic link ... See full summary »

Director: David Wickes | Stars: Patrick Bergin, Randy Quaid, John Mills, Lambert Wilson

Votes: 653

46. Terror of Frankenstein (1977)

Not Rated | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Victor Frankenstein's search for the secret of life leads to the creation of a monster that consumes his life and family.

Director: Calvin Floyd | Stars: Leon Vitali, Per Oscarsson, Nicholas Clay, Stacy Dorning

Votes: 326

47. Frankenstein 90 (1984)

100 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

An obsessed scientist assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses.

Director: Alain Jessua | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Eddy Mitchell, Fiona Gélin, Herma Vos

Votes: 396

48. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994 Video Game)

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Action platformer for SNES, Sega Genesis and Sega CD based on Kenneth Branagh's movie of the same name. The game starts Frankenstein's monster seeking revenge against his creator. The plot is conveyed through still images and text.

Votes: 17

49. Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein (1974)

95 min | Action, Horror, Adventure

El Santo and Blue Demon team up with a couple of detectives to stop the grandson of Dr Frankenstein from conducting fiendish brain transplant experiments.

Director: Miguel M. Delgado | Stars: Santo, Alejandro Moreno, Sasha Montenegro, Jorge Russek

Votes: 261

50. Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie (1984)

100 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

The descendants of Baron Frankenstein return to the family castle to search for the family fortune that is supposed to be hidden there.

Director: Myron J. Gold | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Yvonne Furneaux, June Wilkinson, Miguel Ángel Fuentes

Votes: 151