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TopTenREVIEWS top Sci-Fi movie of all time is Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein.

Top 1940's Sci-Fi Movies

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1Movie reviews for Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)Movie critics combined give Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein a score of 3.0202 out of 4
3.0202
57
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NAHorror, Sci-Fi, Comedy $12.82 The world of freight handlers Wilbur Grey and Chick Young is turned upside down when the remains of ...more about Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein  starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
2Movie reviews for Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)Movie critics combined give Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man a score of 2.9181 out of 4
2.9181
40
reviews
NAHorror, Sci-Fi $8.89 Graverobbers open the grave of the Wolfman and awake him. He doesn't like the idea of being ...more about Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man  starring Ilona Massey and Patric Knowles
3Movie reviews for Batman and Robin (1949)Batman and Robin (1949)Movie critics combined give Batman and Robin a score of 2.9165 out of 4
2.9165
8
reviews
NAAction, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Crime $12.20 Antisocial Prof. Hammil's Remote Control device, which enables the user to take over any motor ...more about Batman and Robin  starring Robert Lowery and Johnny Duncan
4Movie reviews for Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943)Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943)Movie critics combined give Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon a score of 2.9017 out of 4
2.9017
11
reviews
NAThriller, Sci-Fi, Crime, Mystery $5.16 Starting in Switzerland, Sherlock Holmes rescues the inventor of a bomb-sight which the allies want ...more about Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon  starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce
5Movie reviews for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)Movie critics combined give Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde a score of 2.8623 out of 4
2.8623
23
reviews
NADrama, Horror, Sci-Fi $6.24 Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone. Experiments reveal his evil side, named Hyde. ...more about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde  starring Spencer Tracy and Ingrid Bergman
6Movie reviews for Invisible Man Returns, The (1940)Invisible Man Returns, The (1940)Movie critics combined give Invisible Man Returns a score of 2.8409 out of 4
2.8409
11
reviews
NADrama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery $19.60 Framed for the murder of his brother, Geoffrey Radcliffe is scheduled to hang. After a visit from ...more about Invisible Man Returns  starring Cedric Hardwicke and Vincent Price
7Movie reviews for Corpse Vanishes, The (1942)Corpse Vanishes, The (1942)Movie critics combined give Corpse Vanishes a score of 2.8045 out of 4
2.8045
9
reviews
NAHorror, Sci-Fi $4.99 Dr. Lorenz, a mad scientist, wants to keep his elderly wife young. He does this by kidnapping young ...more about Corpse Vanishes  starring Bela Lugosi and Luana Walters
8Movie reviews for Ghost of Frankenstein, The (1942)Ghost of Frankenstein, The (1942)Movie critics combined give Ghost of Frankenstein a score of 2.7913 out of 4
2.7913
19
reviews
NAFantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi $8.89 Ygor resurrects Frankenstein's monster and brings him to the original doctor's son, Ludwig, for ...more about Ghost of Frankenstein  starring Cedric Hardwicke and Lon Chaney Jr.
9Movie reviews for Man with Nine Lives, The (1940)Man with Nine Lives, The (1940)Movie critics combined give Man with Nine Lives a score of 2.7700 out of 4
2.7700
9
reviews
NASci-Fi, Mystery $4.79 Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an ...more about Man with Nine Lives  starring Boris Karloff and Roger Pryor
10Movie reviews for Before I Hang (1940)Before I Hang (1940)Movie critics combined give Before I Hang a score of 2.7292 out of 4
2.7292
8
reviews
NAHorror, Sci-Fi, Crime $8.41 A demented scientist kills a man while experimenting with an aging serum. He is quickly arrested, ...more about Before I Hang  starring Boris Karloff and Evelyn Keyes
11Movie reviews for Invisible Agent (1942)Invisible Agent (1942)Movie critics combined give Invisible Agent a score of 2.7031 out of 4
2.7031
5
reviews
NAAdventure, War, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy $19.60 Frank Raymond, grandson of the original Invisible Man, still has the old formula but considers it ...more about Invisible Agent  starring Peter Lorre and Cedric Hardwicke
12Movie reviews for Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)Movie critics combined give Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe a score of 2.6771 out of 4
2.6771
14
reviews
NAAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi $9.10 A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his ...more about Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe  starring Buster Crabbe and Beatrice Roberts
13Movie reviews for Devil Bat, The (1940)Devil Bat, The (1940)Movie critics combined give Devil Bat a score of 2.6534 out of 4
2.6534
13
reviews
NAHorror, Sci-Fi, Crime, Mystery, Comedy $2.87 Dr. Carruthers feels bitter at being betrayed by his employers, Heath and Morton, when they became ...more about Devil Bat  starring Bela Lugosi and Suzanne Kaaren
14Movie reviews for Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)Movie critics combined give Adventures of Captain Marvel a score of 2.6483 out of 4
2.6483
8
reviews
NAAdventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi $9.99 On a scientific expedition to Siam young Billy Batson is given the ability to change himself into ...more about Adventures of Captain Marvel  starring Tom Tyler and John Bagni
15Movie reviews for House of Frankenstein (1944)House of Frankenstein (1944)Movie critics combined give House of Frankenstein a score of 2.6186 out of 4
2.6186
12
reviews
NAFantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi $8.89 After escaping from an asylum the mad Dr. Niemann (Boris Karloff) and his hunch back assistant (J. ...more about House of Frankenstein  starring Boris Karloff and John Carradine
16Movie reviews for Bowery at Midnight (1942)Bowery at Midnight (1942)Movie critics combined give Bowery at Midnight a score of 2.5817 out of 4
2.5817
11
reviews
NAThriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Crime $4.99 Kindly soup kitchen operator and professor of criminology Bela Lugosi uses his soup kitchen as a ...more about Bowery at Midnight  starring Bela Lugosi and John Archer
17Movie reviews for House of Dracula (1945)House of Dracula (1945)Movie critics combined give House of Dracula a score of 2.5554 out of 4
2.5554
13
reviews
NAFantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi $21.99 Dracula arrives at Dr. Edelman's office asking for a cure to his vampirism. However, this is a ruse ...more about House of Dracula  starring John Carradine and Martha O'Driscoll
18Movie reviews for Unknown Island (1948)Unknown Island (1948)Movie critics combined give Unknown Island a score of 2.5131 out of 4
2.5131
5
reviews
NAAdventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Romance $7.99 Adventure-seeker Ted Osborne has convinced his finacee Carole to finance his expedition to an ...more about Unknown Island  starring Virginia Grey and Barton MacLane
19Movie reviews for Dr. Cyclops (1940)Dr. Cyclops (1940)Movie critics combined give Dr. Cyclops a score of 2.4711 out of 4
2.4711
7
reviews
NAAdventure, Horror, Sci-FiN/AFour explorers are summoned to Peru by the brilliant physicist Dr Thorkel. They discover a rich ...more about Dr. Cyclops  starring Albert Dekker and Thomas Coley
20Movie reviews for Mad Monster, The (1942)Mad Monster, The (1942)Movie critics combined give Mad Monster a score of 2.3804 out of 4
2.3804
3
reviews
NAHorror, Sci-Fi $4.95 Dr. Cameron (George Zucco) has succeeded in his expierments with a serum which will turn a man into ...more about Mad Monster  starring Johnny Downs and George Zucco
21Movie reviews for One Million B.C. (1940)One Million B.C. (1940)Movie critics combined give One Million B.C. a score of 2.3621 out of 4
2.3621
3
reviews
NAAdventure, Sci-FiN/ATumak, member of the prehistoric Rock tribe, is exiled and makes his way to the more peaceful Shell ...more about One Million B.C.  starring Victor Mature and Carole Landis
22Movie reviews for Black Friday (1940)Black Friday (1940)Movie critics combined give Black Friday a score of 2.3309 out of 4
2.3309
7
reviews
NADrama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Crime $21.22 When his friend Professor Kingsely (Ridges) is at deaths door, brain surgeon Dr. Sovac (Karloff) ...more about Black Friday  starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi
23Movie reviews for Ape Man, The (1943)Ape Man, The (1943)Movie critics combined give Ape Man a score of 2.2800 out of 4
2.2800
7
reviews
NAHorror, Sci-Fi $1.99 Conducting weird scientific experiments, crazed Dr. James Brewster, aided by his colleague Dr. ...more about Ape Man  starring Bela Lugosi and Louise Currie
24Movie reviews for Black Dragons (1942)Black Dragons (1942)Movie critics combined give Black Dragons a score of 2.2586 out of 4
2.2586
3
reviews
NAThriller, Horror, Sci-Fi $1.99 A cabal of American industrialists, all fifth-columnists intent on sabotaging the war effort, are ...more about Black Dragons  starring Bela Lugosi and Joan Barclay
25Movie reviews for Fiddlers Three (1944)Fiddlers Three (1944)Movie critics combined give Fiddlers Three a score of 2.2373 out of 4
2.2373
1
reviews
NAFantasy, Sci-Fi, ComedyN/A ...more about Fiddlers Three  starring Tommy Trinder and Frances Day
26Movie reviews for Time Flies (1944)Time Flies (1944)Movie critics combined give Time Flies a score of 2.2282 out of 4
2.2282
1
reviews
NASci-Fi, ComedyN/A ...more about Time Flies  starring Tommy Handley and Evelyne Dall
27Movie reviews for Superman (1941)Superman (1941)Movie critics combined give Superman a score of 2.1856 out of 4
2.1856
5
reviews
NAAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Family, Animation, Short $4.03 When Lois is kidnapped by a mad scientist, she is given a demonstration of his energy cannon as he ...more about Superman
28Movie reviews for Ape, The (1940)Ape, The (1940)Movie critics combined give Ape a score of 2.1716 out of 4
2.1716
9
reviews
NADrama, Horror, Sci-Fi $1.99 Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly mad scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs ...more about Ape  starring Boris Karloff and Maris Wrixon
29Movie reviews for Man Made Monster (1941)Man Made Monster (1941)Movie critics combined give Man Made Monster a score of 2.1689 out of 4
2.1689
5
reviews
NAHorror, Sci-FiN/A ...more about Man Made Monster  starring Lionel Atwill and Lon Chaney Jr.
30Movie reviews for It Happens Every Spring (1949)It Happens Every Spring (1949)Movie critics combined give It Happens Every Spring a score of 2.1620 out of 4
2.1620
5
reviews
NASci-Fi, Comedy, SportsN/AA college professor is working on a long term experiment when a baseball comes through the window ...more about It Happens Every Spring  starring Jean Peters and Paul Douglas
31Movie reviews for Queen of the Amazons (1947)Queen of the Amazons (1947)Movie critics combined give Queen of the Amazons a score of 2.1552 out of 4
2.1552
3
reviews
NAAdventure, Sci-Fi $6.70 ...more about Queen of the Amazons  starring Robert Lowery and Patricia Morison
32Movie reviews for Mad Doctor of Market Street, The (1942)Mad Doctor of Market Street, The (1942)Movie critics combined give Mad Doctor of Market Street a score of 2.1278 out of 4
2.1278
1
reviews
NADrama, Horror, Sci-FiN/AA mad scientist is forced to leave San Francisco when his experiments become known. He lands on a ...more about Mad Doctor of Market Street  starring Una Merkel and Lionel Atwill
33Movie reviews for Crimson Ghost, The (1946)Crimson Ghost, The (1946)Movie critics combined give Crimson Ghost a score of 2.1232 out of 4
2.1232
2
reviews
NAAction, Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Crime, MysteryN/A ...more about Crimson Ghost  starring Charles Quigley and Linda Stirling
34Movie reviews for Batman, The (1943)Batman, The (1943)Movie critics combined give Batman a score of 2.1095 out of 4
2.1095
5
reviews
NAAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Crime $5.99 In his first screen appearance, the Caped Crusader of Gotham City (belying the lethargic facade of ...more about Batman  starring Douglas Croft
35Movie reviews for Captain America (1944)Captain America (1944)Movie critics combined give Captain America a score of 2.1004 out of 4
2.1004
1
reviews
NAAdventure, Sci-FiN/A ...more about Captain America  starring Dick Purcell and Lorna Gray
36Movie reviews for Superman (1948)Superman (1948)Movie critics combined give Superman a score of 2.0958 out of 4
2.0958
2
reviews
NASci-Fi $28.49 ...more about Superman  starring Kirk Alyn and Noel Neill
37Movie reviews for Invisible Woman, The (1940)Invisible Woman, The (1940)Movie critics combined give Invisible Woman a score of 2.0608 out of 4
2.0608
3
reviews
NAHorror, Sci-Fi, Comedy $19.60 Eccentric Professor Gibbs, brilliant but impractical, invents an invisibility machine and ...more about Invisible Woman  starring Virginia Bruce and Donald MacBride
38Movie reviews for Black Widow, The (1947)Black Widow, The (1947)Movie critics combined give Black Widow a score of 2.0182 out of 4
2.0182
2
reviews
NAAdventure, Sci-FiN/AThe Daily Clarion hires detective story writer Steve Colt to investigate the deaths of a group of ...more about Black Widow  starring Bruce Edwards and Anthony Warde
39Movie reviews for Monster and the Girl, The (1941)Monster and the Girl, The (1941)Movie critics combined give Monster and the Girl a score of 1.9816 out of 4
1.9816
1
reviews
NAHorror, Sci-Fi, Crime, Film-NoirN/AScot Webster tries to save his sister Susan from the clutches of gangster W.S. Bruhl. When Scot ...more about Monster and the Girl  starring Ellen Drew and Robert Paige
40Movie reviews for Voodoo Man (1944)Voodoo Man (1944)Movie critics combined give Voodoo Man a score of 1.9816 out of 4
1.9816
2
reviews
NAHorror, Sci-Fi, Crime, MysteryN/ADr. Richard Marlowe uses a combination of voodoo rite and hypnotic suggestion to attempt to ...more about Voodoo Man  starring Bela Lugosi and John Carradine
41Movie reviews for Purple Monster Strikes, The (1945)Purple Monster Strikes, The (1945)Movie critics combined give Purple Monster Strikes a score of 1.9542 out of 4
1.9542
1
reviews
NAAction, Sci-FiN/AA Martian spacecraft crash-lands near the observatory of Cyrus Layton, designer of Earth's first ...more about Purple Monster Strikes  starring Dennis Moore and Linda Stirling
42Movie reviews for Lady and the Monster, The (1944)Lady and the Monster, The (1944)Movie critics combined give Lady and the Monster a score of 1.9451 out of 4
1.9451
1
reviews
NAThriller, Horror, Sci-FiN/A ...more about Lady and the Monster  starring Richard Arlen and Erich von Stroheim
43Movie reviews for Bruce Gentry (1949)Bruce Gentry (1949)Movie critics combined give Bruce Gentry a score of 1.9177 out of 4
1.9177
1
reviews
NASci-FiN/A ...more about Bruce Gentry  starring Judy Clark and Charles King
44Movie reviews for Magnetic Telescope, The (1942)Magnetic Telescope, The (1942)Movie critics combined give Magnetic Telescope a score of 1.9177 out of 4
1.9177
1
reviews
NASci-Fi, Animation, Short $22.33 An experimental "magnetic telescope" draws down a fireball from space. Despite warnings, the ...more about Magnetic Telescope
45Movie reviews for Mad Ghoul, The (1943)Mad Ghoul, The (1943)Movie critics combined give Mad Ghoul a score of 1.9177 out of 4
1.9177
1
reviews
NAHorror, Sci-FiN/ACurious about the effects of an ancient Mayan nerve gas on humans, a scientist exposes his young ...more about Mad Ghoul  starring David Bruce and Evelyn Ankers
46Movie reviews for Japoteurs (1942)Japoteurs (1942)Movie critics combined give Japoteurs a score of 1.9086 out of 4
1.9086
1
reviews
NAAction, Drama, War, Sci-Fi, Animation, Short $15.52 American industry builds a gigantic new bomber and Lois Lane stows away on the test flight; little ...more about Japoteurs
47Movie reviews for Men with Steel Faces (1940)Men with Steel Faces (1940)Movie critics combined give Men with Steel Faces a score of 1.8903 out of 4
1.8903
1
reviews
NAAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi, WesternN/A ...more about Men with Steel Faces  starring Gene Autry and Frankie Darro
48Movie reviews for Flying Serpent, The (1946)Flying Serpent, The (1946)Movie critics combined give Flying Serpent a score of 1.8903 out of 4
1.8903
3
reviews
NAHorror, Sci-Fi $5.85 The demented archaeologist Dr. Andrew Forbes (George Zucco) discovers a living, breathing serpent ...more about Flying Serpent  starring George Zucco and Ralph Lewis
49Movie reviews for White Pongo (1945)White Pongo (1945)Movie critics combined give White Pongo a score of 1.8538 out of 4
1.8538
2
reviews
NAAdventure, Sci-Fi $5.00 Suspecting that a safari guide is a wanted killer, undercover policeman Geoffrey Bishop (Richard ...more about White Pongo  starring Richard Fraser and Maris Wrixon
50Movie reviews for Brick Bradford (1947)Brick Bradford (1947)Movie critics combined give Brick Bradford a score of 1.8447 out of 4
1.8447
1
reviews
NASci-FiN/A ...more about Brick Bradford  starring Kane Richmond and Rick Vallin
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