Bela Lugosi Movie Rankings
1
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 3.2476 out of 4 stars for Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
3.2476
It seems that Count Dracula, in league with a beautiful but diabolical lady scientist, need a "simple, pliable" brain with which to reactivate Frankenstein's creature. ... more about Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
DVD from $10.80 
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2
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 3.2053 out of 4 stars for Island of Lost Souls
3.2053
This first film version of H.G. Wells' Island of Dr. Moreau stars Charles Laughton as Dr.Moreau, a dedicated but sadly misguided scientist who rules the roost on a remote island. ... more about Island of Lost Souls
Not Available on DVD
3
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 3.1446 out of 4 stars for Black Cat
3.1446
Honeymooning in Hungary, Joan and Peter Allison share their train compartment with Dr. Vitus Verdegast, a courtly but tragic man who is returning to the remains of the town he defended before becoming a prisoner of war for fifteen years. ... more about Black Cat
DVD from $13.88 
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4
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 3.0558 out of 4 stars for Murders in the Rue Morgue
3.0558
In 19th Century Paris, the maniacal Dr. Mirakle abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship. He constantly meets failure as the abducted women die. ... more about Murders in the Rue Morgue
DVD from $13.88 
(5 sellers)
5
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 3.0347 out of 4 stars for Dracula
3.0347
After a harrowing ride through the Carpathian mountains in eastern Europe, Renfield enters castle Dracula to finalize the transferral of Carfax Abbey in London to Count Dracula, who is in actuality a vampire. ... more about Dracula
DVD from $7.99 
(6 sellers)
6
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 3.0251 out of 4 stars for White Zombie
3.0251
Young couple Madeleine and Neil are coaxed by acquaintance Monsieur Beaumont to get married on his Haitian plantation. Beaumont's motives are purely selfish as he makes every attempt to convince the beautiful young girl to run away with him. ... more about White Zombie
DVD from $1.90 
(3 sellers)
7
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.9968 out of 4 stars for Plan 9 from Outer Space
2.9968
Aliens try to take over the world by raising the dead and marching on all its major cities. However, so far they've only managed to resurrect three bodies. ... more about Plan 9 from Outer Space
DVD from $2.99 
(6 sellers)
8
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.9633 out of 4 stars for Ninotchka
2.9633
Only the royal suite at the grandest hotel in Paris has a safe large enough for the jewels of the Grand Duchess Swana. ... more about Ninotchka
DVD from $3.99 
(6 sellers)
9
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.9618 out of 4 stars for Son of Frankenstein
2.9618
Wolf Frankenstein, son of Henry Frankenstein, returns with his wife, to his fathers estate to claim his inheritance. When he arrives with his family he recieves a hostile reception from locals. ... more about Son of Frankenstein
DVD from $7.93 
(6 sellers)
10
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.9314 out of 4 stars for Wolf Man
2.9314
In this horror classic, Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney, Jr.) returns to his father's castle in Wales to join a beautiful woman (Evelyn Ankers). ... more about Wolf Man
DVD from $8.90 
(6 sellers)
11
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.9181 out of 4 stars for Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
2.9181
Graverobbers open the grave of the Wolfman and awake him. He doesn't like the idea of being immortal and killing people when the moon is full, so he tries to find Dr. ... more about Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
DVD from $6.65 
(6 sellers)
12
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.9157 out of 4 stars for Body Snatcher
2.9157
In Edinburgh, renowned surgeon and now teacher of anatomy Dr. MacFarlane, has been paying John Gray, a cabman, to clandestinely bring him exhumed bodies of the recently deceased for classroom demonstration purposes. ... more about Body Snatcher
DVD from $7.49 
(6 sellers)
13
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.8727 out of 4 stars for Scared to Death
2.8727
From a slab in the morgue, a dead young woman tells the bizarre tale of how she got there, through a maze of murder involving a hypnotist, a midget and a mysterious figure in a blue mask. ... more about Scared to Death
DVD from $0.01 
(4 sellers)
14
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.8045 out of 4 stars for Corpse Vanishes
2.8045
Dr. Lorenz, a mad scientist, wants to keep his elderly wife young. He does this by kidnapping young females and extracting fluid from them. He then injects this fluid into his wife. ... more about Corpse Vanishes
DVD from $0.77 
(5 sellers)
15
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.7913 out of 4 stars for Ghost of Frankenstein
2.7913
Ygor resurrects Frankenstein's monster and brings him to the original doctor's son, Ludwig, for help. ... more about Ghost of Frankenstein
DVD from $7.93 
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16
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.7836 out of 4 stars for Mark of the Vampire
2.7836
Sir Karell Borotyn appears to have been killed by Count Mora, a vampire believed to haunt the local village. Now his daughter Irena is the count's next target. Enter Professor Zelen, an expert on vampires who's sent in to prevent her death. ... more about Mark of the Vampire
DVD from $25.55 
(5 sellers)
17
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.6534 out of 4 stars for Devil Bat
2.6534
Dr. Carruthers feels bitter at being betrayed by his employers, Heath and Morton, when they became rich as a result of a product he devised. ... more about Devil Bat
DVD from $0.43 
(5 sellers)
18
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.6496 out of 4 stars for Bride of the Monster
2.6496
Dr. Varnoff captures twelve men for his experiment: to turn them into supermen using atomic energy. Newspaperwoman Lawton gets too snoopy for her own good. ... more about Bride of the Monster
DVD from $4.95 
(5 sellers)
19
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.6452 out of 4 stars for Invisible Ray
2.6452
Visionary scientist Janos Rukh convinces a group of scientists and supporters to mount an expedition to the African continent to locate and study an ancient meteorite of great significance. ... more about Invisible Ray
DVD from $13.88 
(5 sellers)
20
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.6026 out of 4 stars for Zombies on Broadway
2.6026
Two inept press agents are ordered to the island of St. Sebastian to get a zombie for an opening night publicity stunt of a nightclub. They find a likely source in Dr. Paul Renault, who has spent much time studying (and experimenting) on the subject. ... more about Zombies on Broadway
Not Available on DVD
21
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.5817 out of 4 stars for Bowery at Midnight
2.5817
Kindly soup kitchen operator and professor of criminology Bela Lugosi uses his soup kitchen as a front for a criminal gang who commit a series of daring robberies and murders. ... more about Bowery at Midnight
DVD from $1.94 
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23
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.5661 out of 4 stars for Broadminded
2.5661
Jack's father is sending Jack away to keep him from the gambling, booze, girls and late nights. He has Ossie go as Jack's companion, not knowing that Ossie does the same things as Jack. ... more about Broadminded
Not Available on DVD
24
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.4656 out of 4 stars for Death Kiss
2.4656
While filming the closing scene of "The Death Kiss", leading man Myles Brent is actually killed. Having played around with, or been married to, most of the women connected with the movie studio, there are lots of suspects. ... more about Death Kiss
DVD from $1.42 
(4 sellers)
25
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.4506 out of 4 stars for Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
2.4506
Entertainers Mitchell and Petrillo (Martin & Lewis clones) parachute into the jungles of the Pacific island of Cola-Cola, where they meet primitive tribesmen, the chief's sarong-clad daughter Nona, and mad scientist Dr. ... more about Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
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26
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.4443 out of 4 stars for Spooks Run Wild
2.4443
The boys are sent to a mountain camp. Stranded in a small rural town, they hear about a "monster killer" roaming the countryside. At night, they sneak out. Peewee is shot by a grave-digger, and they are forced to seek aid at an old mansion. ... more about Spooks Run Wild
DVD from $2.16 
(1 sellers)
27
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.4034 out of 4 stars for Glen or Glenda
2.4034
Upon discovering the suicide of a known transvestite, the police inspector seeks enlightenment from a psychiatrist familiar with the phenomenom. The psychiatrist tells him two tales. ... more about Glen or Glenda
DVD from $5.97 
(5 sellers)
28
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.3591 out of 4 stars for One Body Too Many
2.3591
Insurance salesman Albert Tuttle arrives at the Cyrus J. Rutherford estate to sell the millionaire some life insurance. Rutherford is already dead and his heirs have gathered at the mansion to hear the reading of the will. ... more about One Body Too Many
DVD from $2.39 
(3 sellers)
29
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.3488 out of 4 stars for Dark Eyes of London
2.3488
A series of strange deaths takes place in London. All are accidents but the victims are single men with no family and they all have a link to a life insurance company run by the mysterious Dr. Orloff. ... more about Dark Eyes of London
DVD from $1.57 
(4 sellers)
30
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.3309 out of 4 stars for Black Friday
2.3309
When his friend Professor Kingsely (Ridges) is at deaths door, brain surgeon Dr. Sovac (Karloff) saves his life by means of an illegal operation that transplants part of injured gangster Red Cannon's brain. ... more about Black Friday
DVD from $13.88 
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31
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.2807 out of 4 stars for International House
2.2807
Professor Wong has invented a television machine and invites everyone to see it at China's International House Hotel. ... more about International House
DVD from $37.80 
(5 sellers)
32
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.2800 out of 4 stars for Ape Man
2.2800
Conducting weird scientific experiments, crazed Dr. James Brewster, aided by his colleague Dr. Randall, has managed to transform himself into a hairy, stooped-over ape-man. ... more about Ape Man
DVD from $0.01 
(4 sellers)
33
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.2586 out of 4 stars for Black Dragons
2.2586
A cabal of American industrialists, all fifth-columnists intent on sabotaging the war effort, are methodically murdered by the malevolent Monsieur Colomb. ... more about Black Dragons
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(3 sellers)
34
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.2236 out of 4 stars for Black Cat
2.2236
Greedy heirs gather to wait for the death of Henrietta Winslow. Murder, thunder claps, howling cats, gun shots, screams in the night, hidden passages -- all the proper ingredients. ... more about Black Cat
Not Available on DVD
35
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.2099 out of 4 stars for Chandu on the Magic Island
2.2099
On the mystic island of Lemuria, the cult of Ubasti seek the Egyptian Princess Nadji to sacrifice so that their goddess Ossana, whose soul resides in Nadji's body, may be resurrected by Black Magic. ... more about Chandu on the Magic Island
DVD from $4.26 
(3 sellers)
36
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.1734 out of 4 stars for Black Camel
2.1734
Movie star Sheila Fayne is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won't marry him without consulting famed psychic Tanaverro first. ... more about Black Camel
Not Available on DVD
37
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.1095 out of 4 stars for Murder by Television
2.1095
James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to television companies, who then send agents to acquire the invention any way they can. ... more about Murder by Television
DVD from $4.00 
(2 sellers)
38
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.0867 out of 4 stars for Phantom Creeps
2.0867
"The Phantom Creeps" was Universal's 44th sound-era serial (between "The Oregon Trail" and "The Green Hornet")and was re-issued to theatres in 1949 by Commonwealth Pictures Corporation, a distribution set-up handling primarily Universal re-issues. ... more about Phantom Creeps
DVD from $1.17 
(1 sellers)
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Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.0547 out of 4 stars for Chandu the Magician
2.0547
Megalomaniac and would-be world dominator Roxor has kidnaped Robert Regent, along with his death ray invention, in hopes of using it to degenerate humanity into mindless brutes, leaving himself as Earth's supreme intelligence. ... more about Chandu the Magician
Not Available on DVD
42
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.0486 out of 4 stars for Mysterious Mr. Wong
2.0486
Investigating a series of murders in Chinatown, wise-guy reporter Jason Barton is captured by the megalomaniacal Mr. ... more about Mysterious Mr. Wong
DVD from $1.91 
(4 sellers)
44
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.0090 out of 4 stars for Whispering Shadow
2.0090
A mysterious criminal known as The Whispering Shadow commits crimes by means of a gang he controls by television and radio rays. ... more about Whispering Shadow
DVD from $1.75 
(2 sellers)
45
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 2.0045 out of 4 stars for Gorilla
2.0045
When a wealthy man (Atwill) is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. A real escaped gorilla shows up at the mansion just as the investigators arrive. ... more about Gorilla
DVD from $2.39 
(4 sellers)
46
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 1.9999 out of 4 stars for Night Monster
1.9999
Dr. Lynn Harper, psychologist, has been called out to the old Ingston Mansion, a dark and mysterious place with a very bad reputation, in order to make an assessment of the sanity of Margaret Ingston, daughter of patriarch Kurt Ingston. ... more about Night Monster
Not Available on DVD
47
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 1.9816 out of 4 stars for Voodoo Man
1.9816
Not Available on DVD
48
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 1.9725 out of 4 stars for Saint's Double Trouble
1.9725
When a lookalike for The Saint smuggles diamonds into the U.S. from Egypt, the real Saint has his hands full proving his own innocence and getting the diamonds back. ... more about Saint's Double Trouble
Not Available on DVD
49
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 1.9725 out of 4 stars for Thirteenth Chair
1.9725
Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel a true "bounder" Edward Wales is determined to trap his killer by staging a seance using a famous medium. ... more about Thirteenth Chair
Not Available on DVD
50
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 1.9634 out of 4 stars for Shadow of Chinatown
1.9634
Released both as a 15-chapter serial and as a condensed feature version (for theatres that didn't use serials) which means that all of the cast and crew would one day be credited in some sources with a misleading extra film appearance added to their ... more about Shadow of Chinatown
DVD from $0.98 
(2 sellers)
52
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 1.9177 out of 4 stars for Return of the Vampire
1.9177
In 1918, an English family are terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. ... more about Return of the Vampire
DVD from $6.88 
(5 sellers)
53
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 1.8455 out of 4 stars for Black Sleep
1.8455
England, 1872. The night before he is to be hanged for a murder he did not commit, young Dr. Gordon Ramsey is visited in his cell by his old mentor, eminent surgeon Sir Joel Cadmund. ... more about Black Sleep
Not Available on DVD
54
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 1.5068 out of 4 stars for Raven
1.5068
A wealthy judge coaxes the brilliant but eccentric neurological surgeon Dr. Vollin (Lugosi), who also has an obsessive penchant for Edgar Allen Poe, out of retirement to save the life of his daughter, a dancer crippled and brain damaged in an auto wreck. ... more about Raven
DVD from $13.88 
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55
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 1.3546 out of 4 stars for You'll Find Out
1.3546
An uproarious comedy spoof which mixes sinister dealings with funny happenings. the combination of Lorre, Karloff and Lugosi makes this film a nostalgic rarity. Academy Award Nominations: Best Song ("I'd Know You Anywhere"). ... more about You'll Find Out
Not Available on DVD
56
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Best Man Wins
0.0001
A diver saves his best friend's life but loses his own arm in doing so. Later, unable to find work because of his missing arm, he is forced to go to work for a criminal searching for lost treasures. ... more about Best Man Wins
Not Available on DVD
57
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Daughters Who Pay
0.0001
Subito dopo la Rivoluzione d'Ottobre, in Russia, si scatenano agitazione e propaganda contro il governo degli Stati Uniti. Bela Lugosi è Serge Oumansky, agente comunista che cerca di organizzare delle azioni terroristiche contro gli stessi Stati Uniti. ... more about Daughters Who Pay
Not Available on DVD
61
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Ghosts on the Loose
0.0001
Glimpy's surprisingly beautiful sister is getting married to Jack, a young engineer, and moving to a 'bargain' suburban house neither has ever seen. During the honeymoon, the East Side Kids decide to fix up the house for the newlyweds... ... more about Ghosts on the Loose
DVD from $0.35 
(5 sellers)
62
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Gift of Gab
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
63
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Two-Faced Man
0.0001
In this uncredited and apparently lost version of Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" the protagonist is Dr. Warren, who indulges his evil nature by periodically turning himself into the depraved Mr. O'Connor. ... more about Two-Faced Man
Not Available on DVD
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Bela Lugosi scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Oh
0.0001
Carlotta Manson is a young and beautiful opera star who wants some spice in her personal life. She threatens to forsake opera for a wild, romantic fling. ... more about Oh
Not Available on DVD
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Bela Lugosi scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Prisoners
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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Bela Lugosi scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Punchinello
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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Bela Lugosi scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Renegades
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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Bela Lugosi scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Return of Chandu
0.0001
The Black Magic cult of Ubasti, based on the isle of Lemuria, believes that Nadji, a princess of Egypt, is a reincarnation of their long-dead goddess, Ossana, and intend to sacrifice Nadji so that Ossana may be resurrected. ... more about Return of Chandu
DVD from $7.89 
(4 sellers)
72
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Return of the Ape Man
0.0001
While on an Arctic expedition, two scientists find the frozen body of a prehistoric caveman. ... more about Return of the Ape Man
Not Available on DVD
74
Bela Lugosi scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Silent Command
0.0001
Si stanno organizzando i piani per costruire il canale di Panama. Bela Lugosi è Hisston, un agente segreto che cerca di scoprire e di rubare gli stessi piani. Durante una tempesta, a bordo di una nave, avviene lo scontro finale. ... more about Silent Command
Not Available on DVD
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Bela Lugosi scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Wild Company
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
 
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Bela Lugosi
Birthdate:
October 20, 1882
Death date:
August 16, 1956

Bela Lugosi

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1920s
12
total ranking of 0.6739  0.6739
1930s
35
total ranking of 4.0000  4.0000
1940s
27
total ranking of 2.8879  2.8879
1950s
6
total ranking of 2.5609  2.5609
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
2.7884
Bela Lugosi is ranked overall as 2.7884 of of 4 stars
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