Movies Like Valley of the Dragons

If you liked Valley of the Dragons (1961), a science fiction movie directed by Edward Bernds, 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
Mysterious Island (1961)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction
During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to…
2
The Dark Tower (2017)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction
A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower.
3
The Last House (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also science fiction
A family suddenly sealed inside their home must work together to survive against dwindling resources and the ominous threat keeping them trapped.
4
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.
5
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…
6
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction
An ancient tribe attempts to sacrifice Sanna as an offering to the Sun god to save their tribe from dinosaurs. Tara, a young man from another tribe, saves Sanna and takes her along with him.
7
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also science fiction
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic…
8
Planet of the Apes (1968)
★ 7.7/10Also science fiction
Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent…
9
Godzilla (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction
Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when an ancient…
10
Dune: Part Two (2024)
★ 8.1/10Also science fiction
Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate…
11
Underwater (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also 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.
12
The Blob (1988)
★ 6.9/10Also science fiction
In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.
13
The Day of the Triffids (1963)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction
After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.
14
The Lost World (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction
This Lost World is a splendid BBC TV dramatisation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous adventure story. Bob Hoskins makes an unusually genial Professor Challenger, far less of a bully than Doyle's character, but his…
15
Phase IV (1974)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction
Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.
16
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also science fiction
A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.
17
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction
Survivalist Burt Gummer returns home to Perfection, to find that the little town has been shaken up again by morphing, man-eating Graboids.
18
Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also science fiction
Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the…
19
Moonfall (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction
A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.
20
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
★ 7.5/10Also science fiction
In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spectacular battle…