20 best movies like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)


List of the best movies like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941): Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dracula 3D, Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde, Frenzy, The Body Snatcher, 404: Error Not Found, Phantom of the Opera, Great Expectations, Stonehearst Asylum, The Ward.

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Markimdb: 7.6
Genrehorror, fantastic
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.

Markimdb: 3.5
Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama
CountryItaly, France, Spain
Duration01:50

When Englishman Jonathan Harker visits the exotic castle of Count Dracula, he is entranced by the mysterious aristocrat. But upon learning that the count has sinister designs on his wife, Mina, Harker seeks help from vampire slayer Van Helsing.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUnited Kingdom

In foggy London Dr Jekyll experiments on newly deceased women determined to discover an elixir for immortal life. Success enables his spectacular transformation into the beautiful but psychotic Sister Hyde who stalks the dark alleys of Whitechapel for young, innocent, female victims, ensuring continuation of the bloodstained research. With each transformation Sister Hyde becomes the more dominant personality, determined to eventually suppress the frail, ineffectual Dr Jekyll forever.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrethriller
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:56

After a serial killer strangles several women with a necktie, London police identify a suspect—but he's the wrong man.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:17

Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryIndia

A brilliant student starts hallucinating after moving into a room that was occupied by another who committed suicide.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:32

Pit violinist Claudin hopelessly loves rising operatic soprano Christine Dubois (as do baritone Anatole and police inspector Raoul) and secretly aids her career. But Claudin loses both his touch and his job, murders a rascally music publisher in a fit of madness, and has his face etched with acid. Soon, mysterious crimes plague the Paris Opera House, blamed on a legendary "phantom".

Markimdb: 6.4
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:08

Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip's "Uncle Pumblechook" (who is actually Joe's uncle) to find a boy to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Pip begins to visit Miss Havisham and Estella, with whom he falls in love,then Pip a humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:52

A Harvard 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.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:29

    A thriller centered on an institutionalized young woman who becomes terrorized by a ghost.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountrySerbia, Hungary, USA
    Duration01:47

    In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching Madame play dominos with an eclectic group. After she meets her husband’s alluring friend, Laurent, she embarks on an illicit affair that leads to tragic consequences. Based on Emile Zola’s novel, Thérèse Raquin.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:50

    When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrehorror, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Hungary
    Duration01:33

    A darker version of the classic Gaston Leroux novel. A young soprano becomes the obsession of a horribly disfigured composer who has plans for those oppose himself or the young singer.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrehorror, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:27

    When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrehorror
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:46

    A grotesquely disfigured composer known as "The Phantom" haunts Paris' opera house, where he's secretly grooming Christine Daae to be an opera diva. Luring her to his remote underground lair, The Phantom declares his love. But Christine loves Raoul de Chagny and plans to elope with him. When The Phantom learns this, he abducts Christine.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrehorror, drama
    CountrySpain, West Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, United Kingdom
    Duration01:38

    Jess Franco's version of the Bram Stoker classic has Count Dracula as an old man who grows younger whenever he dines on the blood of young maidens.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryFrance

    Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Mme Tellier taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's communion - pleasure and purity. And lastly, Jean the painter falling in love with his model - pleasure and death.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:44

    A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genremelodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:44

    Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in London to study Randolph Henry Ash, now best-known for a collection of poems dedicated to his wife. When Maud and Roland discover a cache of love letters that appear to be from Ash to La Motte, they follow a trail of clues across England, echoing the journey of the couple over a century earlier.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance

    The lives of numerous people over the course of 20 years in 19th century France, weaved together by the story of an ex-convict named Jean Valjean on the run from an obsessive police inspector, who pursues him for only a minor offense.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:02

    An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find greater inspiration.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantasy, drama, detective
    CountryRussia, Germany, Japan, Italy, France, USA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:20

    Faust inhabits an earthy, 19th-century world of primitive autopsies and medical rituals. He becomes obsessed with the beautiful Margarete and desperately turns to a physically grotesque moneylender to conjure their union.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:38

    A university student and some classmates are recruited to carry out a private experiment -- to create a poltergeist. Their subject: an alluring, but dangerously disturbed young woman. Their quest: to explore the dark energy that her damaged psyche might manifest. As the experiment unravels along with their sanity, the rogue PHD students, led by their determined professor, are soon confronted with a terrifying reality: they have triggered an unspeakable force with a power beyond all explanation.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
    Duration01:37

    The City of Salem, Massachusetts is visited by a coven of ancient witches.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

    British Prime Minister Winston Churchill suffers from a stroke in the summer of 1953 that's kept a secret from the rest of the world.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrethriller, fantasy, drama
    CountrySweden

    A teenager is assaulted and killed, but returns as a ghost to find his killer.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:09

    A poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy. Based on the classic novel by Emily Bronte.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:01

      Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:27

      Three suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrehorror, fantastic, drama, detective
      CountryUSA

      Sixteen year old Jude discovers each and every one of his fears is true.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genremelodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:57

      In 1831, Irishman Charles Adare travels to Australia to start a new life with the help of his cousin who has just been appointed governor. When he arrives he meets powerful landowner and ex-convict, Sam Flusky, who wants to do a business deal with him. Whilst attending a dinner party at Flusky's house, Charles meets Flusky's wife Henrietta who he had known as a child back in Ireland. Henrietta is an alcoholic and seems to be on the verge of madness.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genremelodrama, drama, western, military
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:40

      In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryItaly, France

      A lonely city transplant, and a sheltered girl haunted by a lover’s promise, meet by chance on a canal bridge and begin a tentative romance that quickly entangles them in a web of longing and self-delusion.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:20

        Medical researcher Frank, his fiancee Zoe and their team have achieved the impossible: they have found a way to revive the dead. After a successful, but unsanctioned, experiment on a lifeless animal, they are ready to make their work public. However, when their dean learns what they've done, he shuts them down. Zoe is killed during an attempt to recreate the experiment, leading Frank to test the process on her. Zoe is revived -- but something evil is within her.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, France, USA
        Duration01:53

        Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most posh hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrethriller, drama, detective
        CountryFrance
        Duration02:06

        A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in France where the previous tenant committed suicide, and begins to suspect his landlord and neighbors are trying to subtly change him into the last tenant so that he too will kill himself.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genredrama, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:05

        Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face real danger in the bullring.

        Markimdb: 4.6
        Genrethriller, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain
        Duration01:26

        A teenager finds her perfect life upended when she's stalked by a mysterious doppelganger who has her eyes set on assuming her identity.

        Markimdb: 4.9
        Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:40

        Trevor Blackburn is accused of murdering his girlfriend, Faith, in a brutal ritual. He's sentenced to live in an experimental rehabilitation community and falls into a coma. When he wakes up, he meets the mysterious Dr. Elk, who tortures Trevor in an attempt to learn the whereabouts of a powerful occult book. As other patients start to disappear, Trevor begins to wonder who and where he really is.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrehorror, fantastic
        CountryUSA

        When a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, only one thing is certain: if you see it, you take your life. Facing the unknown, Malorie finds love, hope and a new beginning only for it to unravel. Now she must flee with her two children down a treacherous river to the one place left that may offer sanctuary. But to survive, they'll have to undertake the perilous two-day journey blindfolded.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:43

          A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrefantasy, drama
          CountryBrazil
          Duration01:43

          The selfish Dr. André Luiz dies and awakes in the limbo called "Umbral". After a painful period in the gruesome swamp, he is rescued and brought in a white light to "Nosso Lar" (meaning "Our Home"). He finds a place of harmony, where people live in peace awaiting

          Markimdb: 7
          Genredrama, history, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:09

          The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genredrama, history
          CountryPoland, Sweden
          Duration01:32

          What would it be like to step inside a great work of art, have it come alive around you, and even observe the artist as he sketches the very reality you are experiencing? From Lech Majewski, one of Poland's most acclaimed filmmakers, The Mill and the Cross is a cinematic re-staging of Pieter Bruegel's masterpiece "Procession to Calvary," presented alongside the story of its creation.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA, China, Japan, United Kingdom
          Duration02:28

          Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genredrama
          CountryFrance, Germany, Belgium

          Suzanne Simonin describes her life of suffering in letters. As a young woman she is sent to a convent against her will. Since her parents cannot afford the dowry required for a marriage befitting her rank they decide she must instead become a nun. Although a kind and understanding Mother Superior helps her to learn the convent’s daily routine, Suzanne’s desire for freedom remains unabated. When the Mother Superior dies, Suzanne finds herself faced with reprisals, humiliation and harassment at the hands of the new Abbess and the other Sisters. For many years, Suzanne is subjected to bigotry and religious fanaticism. (Berlinale.de)

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

          A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chronicles the life of its iconic title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. From his unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and writer, David’s journey is by turns hilarious and tragic, but always full of life, colour and humanity.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genrehorror, thriller, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:26

          Set in the Aokigahara Forest, a real-life place in Japan where people go to end their lives. Against this backdrop, a young American woman comes in search of her twin sister, who has mysteriously disappeared.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genrehorror, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:41

          A man descends into paranoia after trapping what he believes to be the devil in his basement, but things take a dark turn when his family unexpectedly arrive for Christmas.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrehorror, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:19

          After a long journey, Philip arrives at the Usher mansion seeking his loved one, Madeline. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Madeline and her brother Roderick Usher have been afflicted with a mysterious malady: Roderick's senses have become painfully acute, while Madeline has become catatonic. That evening, Roderick tells his guest of an old Usher family curse: any time there has been more than one Usher child, all of the siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths. As the days wear on, the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax.




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