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| 1 |  | Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) |  3.1461 58 reviews | NA | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$15.69
| On an expedition along the Amazon, a group of scientists discover and capture the pre-historic ...more about Creature from the Black Lagoon starring Richard Carlson and Richard Denning |
| 2 |  | Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) | 3.1353 95 reviews | G | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$4.86
| When an alien and his robot land on Earth to deliver a message to all it's world leaders they are ...more about Day the Earth Stood Still starring Michael Rennie and Patricia Neal |
| 3 |  | Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) | 3.0670 59 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$6.88
| Aliens try to take over the world by raising the dead and marching on all its major cities. ...more about Plan 9 from Outer Space starring Gregory Walcott and Mona McKinnon |
| 4 |  | War of the Worlds, The (1953) | 3.0598 79 reviews | PG | Action, Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$5.64
| H.G. Well's classic novel is brought to life is this tale of alien invasion. The resisdents of a ...more about War of the Worlds starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson |
| 5 |  | Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) | 3.0466 45 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| Dr Miles Bennel returns his small town practice to find several of his patients suffering the ...more about Invasion of the Body Snatchers starring Dana Wynter and Larry Gates |
| 6 |  | Tingler, The (1959) | 3.0421 24 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$3.92
| After much hard work, a pathologist discovers and captures a creature that lives in every ...more about Tingler starring Vincent Price and Judith Evelyn |
| 7 |  | Forbidden Planet (1956) | 3.0159 42 reviews | G | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$14.99
| When Adams and his crew are sent to investigate the silence from a planet inhabited by scientists, ...more about Forbidden Planet starring Walter Pidgeon and Anne Francis |
| 8 |  | Them! (1954) | 3.0096 44 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$8.63
| Nuclear tests in the desert result in the growth of gigantic mutant ants who menace cities in the ...more about Them! starring James Whitmore and Edmund Gwenn |
| 9 |  | Thing from Another World, The (1951) | 3.0088 54 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$6.26
| Scientist at an Arctic research station discover a spacecraft buried in the ice. Upon closer ...more about Thing from Another World starring Margaret Sheridan and Kenneth Tobey |
| 10 |  | On the Beach (1959) | 2.9826 23 reviews | NA | Drama, Sci-Fi |
$5.80
| In 1964, nuclear war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds ...more about On the Beach starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner |
| 11 |  | Curse of Frankenstein, The (1957) | 2.9803 33 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$5.99
| Baron Victor Frankenstein, in prison for murder and trying to evade the guillotine, tells a priest ...more about Curse of Frankenstein starring Peter Cushing and Hazel Court |
| 12 |  | It Came from Outer Space (1953) | 2.9540 40 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Teen |
$10.99
| A young astronomer and his wife witness a small being emerge from large object that has plummeted ...more about It Came from Outer Space starring Richard Carlson and Barbara Rush |
| 13 |  | Man in the White Suit, The (1951) | 2.9316 29 reviews | NA | Drama, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$8.11
| Sidney Stratton, a humble inventor, develops a fabric which never gets dirty or wears out. This ...more about Man in the White Suit starring Alec Guinness and Joan Greenwood |
| 14 |  | Abominable Snowman, The (1957) | 2.8967 23 reviews | NA | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi | N/A | A kindly English botanist and a gruff American scientist lead an expedition to the Himalayas in ...more about Abominable Snowman starring Forrest Tucker and Peter Cushing |
| 15 |  | 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) | 2.8932 35 reviews | PG | Sci-Fi |
$19.99
| The first spaceship to visit Venus crash lands in the sea, freeing a small native Venusian creature ...more about 20 Million Miles to Earth starring William Hopper and Frank Puglia |
| 16 |  | Destination Moon (1950) | 2.8666 22 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi |
$4.82
| A private businessman arranges for an expedition to the moon before the Russians get there first. ...more about Destination Moon starring John Archer and Warner Anderson |
| 17 |  | Fiend Without a Face (1958) | 2.8647 31 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$27.95
| A Scientist, experimenting with telekinetic powers enhanced by a nearby nuclear power plant ...more about Fiend Without a Face starring Marshall Thompson and Kynaston Reeves |
| 18 |  | Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) | 2.8646 22 reviews | G | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$7.50
| Prof. Lindenbrook leads his intrepid party on an expedition to the centre of the earth, via a ...more about Journey to the Center of the Earth starring Pat Boone and James Mason |
| 19 |  | Fly, The (1958) | 2.8564 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery | N/A | This is the original version of a scientist experimenting with matter transference accidentally ...more about Fly starring Patricia Owens and Vincent Price |
| 20 |  | I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) | 2.8549 22 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$13.49
| Aliens from Outer Space are slowly switching places with real humans -- one of the first being a ...more about I Married a Monster from Outer Space starring Tom Tryon and Gloria Talbott |
| 21 | | Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957) | 2.8442 14 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi | N/A | ...more about Daughter of Dr. Jekyll starring Gloria Talbott and John Agar |
| 22 |  | Blob, The (1958) | 2.8432 53 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Teen |
$25.46
| A giant, mysterious alien goo-like creature begins to terrorize a small town by consuming ...more about Blob starring Aneta Corsaut and Earl Rowe |
| 23 |  | Invaders from Mars (1953) | 2.8403 29 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi |
$7.06
| Little David MacLean has a problem--all the adults in town begin acting strangely shortly after he ...more about Invaders from Mars starring Helena Carter and Arthur Franz |
| 24 |  | Killer Shrews, The (1959) | 2.8403 17 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$2.99
| A disparate group are trapped on a remote island by a hurricane. On the island, a doctor works to ...more about Killer Shrews starring James Best and Ingrid Goude |
| 25 |  | Robot Monster (1953) | 2.8310 14 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi |
$4.82
| The Robot Monster has been sent to Earth as the advance party of an impending invasion. Ordered by ...more about Robot Monster starring Claudia Barrett and Selena Royle |
| 26 |  | It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) | 2.8246 24 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| In 1973, the first manned expedition to Mars is marooned; by the time a rescue mission arrives, ...more about It! The Terror from Beyond Space starring Marshall Thompson and Kim Spalding |
| 27 |  | Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) | 2.8225 33 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$6.88
| After local-moonshine swilling trapper Lem Sawyer (George Cisar) sees a giant creature, people ...more about Attack of the Giant Leeches starring Ken Clark and Yvette Vickers |
| 28 |  | Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) | 2.8153 50 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$16.99
| Dr. Russell Marvin heads up Operation Skyhook, which is tasked with sending rockets into the upper ...more about Earth vs. the Flying Saucers starring Joan Taylor and Donald Curtis |
| 29 |  | Creature Walks Among Us, The (1956) | 2.8051 17 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$19.94
| In this third Gill-Man feature, the Creature is captured and turned into an air-breather by a rich ...more about Creature Walks Among Us starring Rex Reason and Leigh Snowden |
| 30 |  | Incredible Shrinking Man, The (1957) | 2.8045 19 reviews | G | Horror, Sci-Fi | N/A | After an exposure to a strange mist, Scott Carey begins to shrink. After facing such trials as ...more about Incredible Shrinking Man starring Grant Williams and Randy Stuart |
| 31 |  | Brain from Planet Arous, The (1957) | 2.8024 23 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi |
$7.99
| A powerful criminal brain from the planet Arous, Gor, assumes the body of scientist Steve March. ...more about Brain from Planet Arous starring John Agar and Joyce Meadows |
| 32 |  | Night of the Blood Beast (1958) | 2.7969 7 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$5.00
| An astronaut returns from space dead. The base that recovered him is then cut off from the outside ...more about Night of the Blood Beast starring John Baer and Angela Greene |
| 33 |  | It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) | 2.7914 24 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi |
$19.99
| A giant stop-motion-animated octopus (with six arms) attacks San Francisco. A pair of scientists ...more about It Came from Beneath the Sea starring Kenneth Tobey and Faith Domergue |
| 34 | | Tarantula (1955) | 2.7714 14 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi | N/A | Professor Gerald Deemer has been working on a special nutrient to help ease a predicted food ...more about Tarantula starring John Agar and Mara Corday |
| 35 |  | Cosmic Man, The (1959) | 2.7693 13 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi |
$5.85
| The latest UFO, a white globe levitating in a California canyon, is investigated by the Air Force, ...more about Cosmic Man starring John Carradine and Bruce Bennett |
| 36 |  | Monkey Business (1952) | 2.7664 32 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$6.88
| Barnaby Fulton is a research chemist working on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. ...more about Monkey Business starring Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers |
| 37 |  | Man from Planet X, The (1951) | 2.7663 15 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$23.95
| To study a rogue planet heading for a near-miss with Earth, Prof. Elliot sets up an observatory on ...more about Man from Planet X starring Robert Clarke and Margaret Field |
| 38 |  | How to Make a Monster (1958) | 2.7659 10 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$5.00
| ...more about How to Make a Monster starring Robert H. Harris and Paul Brinegar |
| 39 |  | Earth vs the Spider (1958) | 2.7629 27 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| When a man doesn’t come home one night his daughter and her boyfriend go out searching and ...more about Earth vs the Spider starring Ed Kemmer and June Kenney |
| 40 |  | Monster That Challenged the World, The (1957) | 2.7561 15 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| An earthquake in the Salton Sea unleashes a horde of prehistoric mollusk monsters. Discovering the ...more about Monster That Challenged the World starring Tim Holt and Audrey Dalton |
| 41 |  | Devil Girl from Mars (1954) |  2.7488 13 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi |
$4.28
| An uptight, leather-clad female alien, armed with a raygun and accompanied by a menacing robot, ...more about Devil Girl from Mars starring Hazel Court and Peter Reynolds |
| 42 |  | Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The (1953) | 2.7419 30 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$5.59
| As a result of an arctic nuclear test, a carnivorous dinosaur thaws out and starts making its way ...more about Beast from 20 starring Paula Raymond and Kenneth Tobey |
| 43 |  | Beginning of the End (1957) | 2.7328 21 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi |
$14.06
| Audrey Ames, an enterprising journalist, tries to get the scoop on giant grasshoppers accidentally ...more about Beginning of the End starring Peter Graves and Peggie Castle |
| 44 |  | Kronos (1957) | 2.7260 12 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi |
$7.99
| Scientists investigate what appears to be a meteorite that crashes into the ocean. After a few days ...more about Kronos starring Barbara Lawrence and John Emery |
| 45 |  | Alligator People, The (1959) | 2.7126 20 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$5.70
| A newlywed couple sit in a train. The husband receives a frantic telegram. He gets off at a station ...more about Alligator People starring Beverly Garland and George Macready |
| 46 |  | Indestructible Man (1956) | 2.7082 7 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Crime |
$4.99
| A violent criminal called The Butcher is brought back to life by a scientist using electricity. The ...more about Indestructible Man starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Max Showalter |
| 47 |  | Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953) | 2.7072 11 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Comedy |
$18.64
| Slim and Tubby are American cops in London to study police tactics. They wind up in jail and are ...more about Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello |
| 48 | | Mole People, The (1956) | 2.7043 11 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi | N/A | Archaeologists stumble upon a race of albinos living under the earth. They are afraid of light of ...more about Mole People starring John Agar and Cynthia Patrick |
| 49 |  | Trollenberg Terror, The (1958) | 2.6908 17 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$7.02
| A remote mountain resort in Switzerland is invaded by horrible alien creatures that like to ...more about Trollenberg Terror starring Forrest Tucker and Laurence Payne |
| 50 |  | Attack of the Puppet People (1958) | 2.6886 8 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| Deranged doll-maker Mr. Franz is deathly afraid of being left alone, so he creates a machine that ...more about Attack of the Puppet People starring John Agar and John Hoyt |
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