Movies Like The Creature Walks Among Us

If you liked The Creature Walks Among Us (1956), a horror and science fiction movie directed by John Sherwood, 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
Underwater (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and science fiction
After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
2
Phase IV (1974)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and science fiction
Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.
3
The Meg (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and horror
A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.
4
Island of Terror (1966)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction
When a small island community becomes overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters that liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures, the community struggles to fight back.
5
Return of the Fly (1959)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and science fiction
Fifteen years after his father's experiments with matter transmission fail, Philippe Delambre and his uncle François attempt to create a matter transmission device on their own. However, their experiments have…
6
Orca (1977)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at the hands of a reckless Irish captain, a vengeful killer whale rampages through the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, the…
7
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction
After finding a host body in investigative reporter Eddie Brock, the alien symbiote must face a new enemy, Carnage, the alter ego of serial killer Cletus Kasady.
8
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction
In order to save an assassinated scientist, a submarine and its crew are shrunk to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream.
9
Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction
Four years after Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to…
10
Rampage (2018)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction
Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle…
11
The Creeping Flesh (1973)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction
A Victorian scientist returns to London with his paleontological bag-of-bones discovery from Papua New Guinea. Unfortunately, when exposed to water, flesh returns to the bones, unleashing a malevolent entity on the…
12
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction
Three years after Jurassic World was destroyed, Isla Nublar now sits abandoned. When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this…
13
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction
Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate…
14
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction
After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
15
Them! (1954)
★ 6.8/10Also science fiction and horror
As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists join forces with the state police officer who first discovers their…
16
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and science fiction
Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.
17
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fiction
Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in…
18
Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction and horror
An exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean of a daring research team spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival.
19
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
★ 7/10Also science fiction
Following their explosive showdown, Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own.
20
The Blob (1958)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fiction
A drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane, as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to…