Movies Like Black Friday

If you liked Black Friday (1940), a science fiction and crime movie directed by Arthur Lubin, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
★ 6/10Also horror and mystery
Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a gruesome set of murders take place and her friends are the ones who are falling prey. Could it be…
2
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and science fiction
Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment…
3
Possessor (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and science fiction
Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped…
4
Scanners (1981)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction and horror
A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-Scanners.
5
Man-Made Monster (1941)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and science fiction
Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.
6
Blood Work (2002)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and mystery
Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.
7
Crimes of the Future (2022)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and horror
With his partner Caprice, celebrity performance artist Saul Tenser publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. An investigator from the National Organ Registry obsessively tracks…
8
Face/Off (1997)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and science fiction
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
9
Victor Frankenstein (2015)
★ 6/10Also drama and science fiction
While searching for animal body parts at a London circus, radical scientist Victor Frankenstein meets gifted surgeon Igor Strausman. Not only does the brilliant doctor offer Strausman his friendship, but also a chance…
10
Limitless (2011)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and science fiction
The life of an unsuccessful writer is transformed by a top-secret 'smart drug' that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that…
11
Trance (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and mystery
A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.
12
Dark City (1998)
★ 7.3/10Also mystery and science fiction
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
13
Doctor X (1932)
★ 6/10Also horror and mystery
A wisecracking reporter investigates the cannibalistic 'Moon Killer' murders tied to a medical academy, culminating in a chilling reenactment experiment.
14
Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and horror
An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.
15
Tau (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and horror
Held captive in a futuristic smart house, a woman hopes to escape by befriending the A.I. program that controls the house.
16
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and science fiction
Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum. On route the abductee dies and the Baron and his assistant…
17
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and science fiction
Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.
18
Anon (2018)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and crime
Set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In trying to solve a series of unsolved murders, Sal Frieland stumbles…
19
Corridors of Blood (1958)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and horror
In 1840s London, Dr. Thomas Bolton [Boris Karloff] dares to dream the unthinkable: experimenting with anesthesia gases to make surgery pain-free. While doing so, his demonstration before a panel of his peers ends in a…
20
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
★ 6/10Also horror and science fiction
Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more…