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Frankenstein (2025)

Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.

Directed byGuillermo del Toro

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What to watch after Frankenstein

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  1. 01

    The Shape of Water

    Same director

    2017 · 123 min · Drama · Fantasy · Romance

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    An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • substantial genre overlap
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    Starve Acre

    Similar atmosphere

    2024 · 98 min · Drama · Fantasy · Horror

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    When their son starts acting strangely, a couple unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home, awakening a long-dormant ancient evil rooted deep in the countryside.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    Gaia

    Similar atmosphere

    2021 · 97 min · Drama · Fantasy · Horror

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    In the depths of an ancient forest, something has been growing. Something older than humanity itself, and perhaps greater too. When a park ranger discovers a man and his son living wild, she stumbles onto a secret that is about to change the world.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    Shadow of God

    Strong story similarity

    2025 · 87 min · Horror

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    While performing an unauthorized exorcism on his father, an elite exorcist suspects the entity he's doing battle with might be a holy being – perhaps even God.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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    Discarnate

    Strong story similarity

    2019 · 84 min · Horror · Thriller

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    A neuroscientist's obsession with a drug that expands the human mind inadvertently unleashes a deadly supernatural force on his team.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
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  9. 09

    Dick Johnson Is Dead

    Strong story similarity

    2020 · 89 min · Documentary

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    With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Utilizing moviemaking magic and her family’s dark humor, she celebrates Dr. Dick Johnson’s last years by staging fantasies of death and beyond. Together, dad and daughter confront the great inevitability awaiting us all.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
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  10. 10

    Thomas vs. Thomas (A Sensational Theory Regarding an Insignificant Life in the Multiverse)

    Strong story similarity

    2022 · 98 min · Comedy · Drama

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    A quantum physicist is about to have the breakthrough of the century, but as he closes in on his goal, versions of him from parallel realities force him to untangle the mystery of his own existence; how to be a present father for his son.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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