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| 1 |  | Island of Lost Souls (1933) |  3.2053 18 reviews | NA | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Romance | N/A | After his ship goes down, Edward Parker is rescued at sea. Parker gets into a fight with Captain ...more about Island of Lost Souls starring Charles Laughton and Richard Arlen |
| 2 |  | Bride of Frankenstein (1935) | 3.1701 73 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$12.95
| As Dr. Frankenstein is on his deathbed a colleague forces him to help create another monster, this ...more about Bride of Frankenstein starring Colin Clive and Valerie Hobson |
| 3 |  | Frankenstein (1931) | 3.1514 82 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$12.95
| Scientist Dr. Frankenstein creates and reanimates a creature compiled from various parts of the ...more about Frankenstein starring Colin Clive and Mae Clarke |
| 4 |  | Invisible Man, The (1933) | 3.0934 41 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$15.69
| A scientist turns himself invisible. However, the formula slowly drives him insane, causing him to ...more about Invisible Man starring Claude Rains and Gloria Stuart |
| 5 |  | Son of Frankenstein (1939) | 2.9618 15 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$8.89
| Wolf Frankenstein, son of Henry Frankenstein, returns with his wife, to his fathers estate to claim ...more about Son of Frankenstein starring Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff |
| 6 |  | Mask of Fu Manchu, The (1932) | 2.8127 18 reviews | NA | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$25.98
| Englishmen race to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan. They have to get there fast, as the evil genius ...more about Mask of Fu Manchu starring Boris Karloff and Lewis Stone |
| 7 |  | Devil-Doll, The (1936) | 2.7792 20 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$25.98
| Paul Lavond was a respected banker in Paris when he was framed for robbery and murder by crooked ...more about Devil-Doll starring Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan |
| 8 |  | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) | 2.7733 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$6.24
| Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct ...more about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde starring Miriam Hopkins and Rose Hobart |
| 9 |  | Invisible Ray, The (1936) |  2.6452 6 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$17.91
| Visionary scientist Janos Rukh convinces a group of scientists and supporters to mount an ...more about Invisible Ray starring Bela Lugosi and Frances Drake |
| 10 |  | Things to Come (1936) | 2.6222 13 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi |
$5.85
| A global war begins in 1940. This war drags out over many decades until most of the people still ...more about Things to Come starring Edward Chapman and Ralph Richardson |
| 11 |  | Man Who Changed His Mind, The (1936) | 2.5679 5 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$14.04
| Dr. Laurence, a once-respectable scientist, begins to research the origin of the mind and the soul. ...more about Man Who Changed His Mind starring Boris Karloff and Anna Lee |
| 12 |  | Man Who Could Work Miracles, The (1936) | 2.5095 10 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy | N/A | ...more about Man Who Could Work Miracles starring Roland Young and Ralph Richardson |
| 13 |  | Men Must Fight (1933) | 2.4976 2 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Sci-Fi | N/A | Laura is a nurse at the Front in World War I. She meets and falls for a young flyer named Geoffrey. ...more about Men Must Fight starring Diana Wynyard and Lewis Stone |
| 14 |  | Flash Gordon (1936) | 2.4949 5 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi |
$14.14
| A rogue planet is 'rushing madly toward the earth.' Impending doom creates worldwide pandemonium. ...more about Flash Gordon starring Buster Crabbe and Jean Rogers |
| 15 |  | Walking Dead, The (1936) | 2.4656 4 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Crime | N/A | A gang of racketeers frames down-on-his-luck John Elman for murder. After a trial finds him guilty, ...more about Walking Dead starring Boris Karloff and Ricardo Cortez |
| 16 | | Just Imagine (1930) | 2.4510 8 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi, Musical | N/A | New York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced ...more about Just Imagine starring Hobart Bosworth and El Brendel |
| 17 |  | Undersea Kingdom (1936) | 2.3469 2 reviews | NA | Adventure, Sci-Fi |
$5.14
| Crash Corrigan, a recent graduate of Annapolis, and Diana, a go-getting reporter, join Professor ...more about Undersea Kingdom starring Ray Corrigan and Lois Wilde |
| 18 | | F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1932) | 2.3013 1 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi | N/A | Urged by famous airman Ellissen the Lennartz Company puts into reality the project proposed by his ...more about F.P.1 Doesn't Answer starring Hans Albers and Paul Hartmann |
| 19 |  | Life Returns (1935) | 2.3013 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Sci-Fi, Crime |
$4.99
| ...more about Life Returns starring Onslow Stevens and George MacQuarrie |
| 20 |  | Trapped by Television (1936) | 2.2830 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Sci-Fi |
$5.16
| An inventor looking for backing for his television invention gets involved with a crooked ...more about Trapped by Television starring Mary Astor and Lyle Talbot |
| 21 |  | Man They Could Not Hang, The (1939) |  2.2282 3 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Crime |
$8.41
| Mad Scientist, Dr. Henryk Savaard, is obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. The police are ...more about Man They Could Not Hang starring Boris Karloff and Lorna Gray |
| 22 |  | Lost City, The (1935/I) | 2.2191 1 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi |
$4.99
| After a series of electrical storms disrupts the world, electrical engineer Bruce Gordon develops a ...more about Lost City starring Kane Richmond and Claudia Dell |
| 23 |  | Lost Horizon (1937) | 2.2145 9 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$14.84
| British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash land in the Himalayas, and are ...more about Lost Horizon starring Jane Wyatt and Isabel Jewell |
| 24 | | Lost City, The (1935/II) | 2.2099 1 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi |
$13.29
| ...more about Lost City starring William 'Stage' Boyd and Kane Richmond |
| 25 |  | Murder by Television (1935) | 2.1095 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$3.48
| James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent ...more about Murder by Television starring Bela Lugosi and June Collyer |
| 26 | | Mars Attacks the World (1938) | 2.1095 1 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi | N/A | As a deadly ray from space hits the Earth, Flash Gordon travels to its source, the planet Mars, ...more about Mars Attacks the World starring Buster Crabbe and Jean Rogers |
| 27 |  | Night Key (1937) | 2.0912 1 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi, Crime |
$17.37
| ...more about Night Key starring Boris Karloff and Jean Rogers |
| 28 |  | Phantom Creeps, The (1939) | 2.0867 3 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$3.30
| "The Phantom Creeps" was Universal's 44th sound-era serial (between "The Oregon Trail" and "The ...more about Phantom Creeps starring Bela Lugosi and Robert Kent |
| 29 | | Air Hawks (1935) | 2.0547 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Sci-Fi | N/A | ...more about Air Hawks starring Ralph Bellamy and Tala Birell |
| 30 |  | Chandu the Magician (1932) | 2.0547 3 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | N/A | Megalomaniac and would-be world dominator Roxor has kidnaped Robert Regent, along with his death ...more about Chandu the Magician starring Edmund Lowe and Irene Ware |
| 31 | | Shadow of Chinatown (1936/II) | 2.0456 1 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Crime | N/A | ...more about Shadow of Chinatown |
| 32 | | Deluge (1933) | 2.0456 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Sci-Fi | N/A | New York City awaits a massive series of tidal waves which has already struck the North American ...more about Deluge starring Sidney Blackmer and Lois Wilson |
| 33 | | Television Spy (1939) | 2.0456 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Sci-Fi | N/A | ...more about Television Spy starring William Collier Sr. and William Henry |
| 34 |  | S.O.S. Coast Guard (1937) | 2.0273 1 reviews | NA | Adventure, Sci-Fi |
$9.10
| ...more about S.O.S. Coast Guard starring Ralph Byrd and Bela Lugosi |
| 35 | | Non-Stop New York (1937) | 2.0090 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Crime, Romance | N/A | ...more about Non-Stop New York starring John Loder and Anna Lee |
| 36 | | Tunnel, The (1935) | 1.9999 3 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi | N/A | ...more about Tunnel starring Richard Dix and Leslie Banks |
| 37 | | Six Hours to Live (1932) | 1.9999 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Sci-Fi | N/A | ...more about Six Hours to Live starring Warner Baxter and Miriam Jordan |
| 38 |  | Buck Rogers (1939) | 1.9908 4 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Family |
$9.27
| A pilot and his young passenger crash-land on a mountaintop and are put into suspended animation by ...more about Buck Rogers starring Constance Moore |
| 39 |  | Shadow of Chinatown (1936) | 1.9634 1 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Crime |
$6.99
| Released both as a 15-chapter serial and as a condensed feature version (for theatres that didn't ...more about Shadow of Chinatown starring Bela Lugosi and Joan Barclay |
| 40 | | Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1939) | 1.9542 1 reviews | NA | Adventure, Sci-Fi | N/A | ...more about Arrest Bulldog Drummond starring John Howard and Heather Angel |
| 41 | | S.O.S. Tidal Wave (1939) | 1.8081 1 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi, Crime | N/A | ...more about S.O.S. Tidal Wave starring Ralph Byrd and George Barbier |
| 42 |  | Phantom Empire, The (1935) |  1.7351 1 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi, Western, Musical, Family |
$5.14
| When the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in caverns ...more about Phantom Empire starring Gene Autry and Frankie Darro |
| 43 |  | Return of Doctor X, The (1939) | 1.2785 5 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$25.98
| New York newspaper reporter Walter Barnett finds himself out of a job after he claims to have found ...more about Return of Doctor X starring Rosemary Lane and Humphrey Bogart |
| 44 | | Sky Racket (1937) |  No Score 0 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi |
$5.16
| Virtually an exact remake of Tim McCoy's 1936 western, "Ghost Patrol", with the difference being ...more about Sky Racket starring Joan Barclay and Duncan Renaldo |
| 45 | | Chinatown Nights (1938) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi | N/A | ...more about Chinatown Nights starring H. Agar Lyons and Anne Grey |
| 46 | | F.P.1 (1933) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Sci-Fi | N/A | ...more about F.P.1 starring Leslie Fenton and Conrad Veidt |
| 47 | | Dancing on the Moon (1935) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi, Comedy, Animation, Short | N/A | ...more about Dancing on the Moon |
| 48 | | Ghost Patrol (1936) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi, Western |
$3.48
| A Professor has an invention that will bring down planes causing them to crash and Dawson is ...more about Ghost Patrol starring Claudia Dell and Wheeler Oakman |
| 49 | | Girl from Scotland Yard, The (1937) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi, Mystery | N/A | ...more about Girl from Scotland Yard starring Karen Morley and Robert Baldwin |
| 50 | | Flight to Fame (1938) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi | N/A | ...more about Flight to Fame starring Charles Farrell and Hugh Sothern |
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