Movies Like Before I Hang (1940)

Before I Hang is a 1940 crime, horror, science fiction film from Nick Grindé with a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with I, Monster and The Wasp Woman.

Crime Horror Science Fiction

I, Monster

1971

Christopher Lee stars in this Amicus production of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” where the names have been changed to Dr. Marlowe and Mr. Blake. Lee as Dr. Marlowe experiments with intravenous drugs that are suppose to release inner inhibitions. So comes forth Mr. Blake (also Lee) who gets more monstrous with each transformation. Peter Cushing plays his friend and colleague, Dr. Utterson.

5.4

MagicScore

The Wasp Woman

1959

The head of a major cosmetics company experiments on herself with a youth formula made from royal jelly extracted from wasps, but the formula's side effects have deadly consequences.

4.4

MagicScore

Bride of Re-Animator

1990

Unperturbed by the disastrous outcome of his previous meddling with the dead, Dr. West continues his research into the phenomenon of re-animation; only this time, he plans to create life – starting with the heart of his young protégé Dan's dearly deceased Meg Halsey.

6.5

MagicScore

Beyond Re-Animator

2003

Once again tampering with mother nature to disastrous results, Dr. Herbert West continues his research while serving time in a maximum security prison for his previous exploits. West's limited prison-cell experiments are suddenly interrupted by the arrival of a new prison doctor and the brother of the girl who suffered from West's experiments 13 years earlier.

5.9

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The Man They Could Not Hang

1939

Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.

6.6

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The Curse of Frankenstein

1957

Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.

6.8

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Dr. Cyclops

1940

Four explorers are summoned to Peru by the brilliant physicist Dr Thorkel. They discover a rich source of radium and a half-mad Thorkel who shrinks them down to one-fifth their normal size when they threaten to stop his unorthodox experimentation.

6.2

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The Evil of Frankenstein

1964

Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in the ice. He is brought back to life with the help of the hypnotist Zoltan who now controls the creature. Can Frankenstein break Zoltan's hypnotic spell that incites the monster to commit these horrific murders or will Zoltan induce the creature to destroy its creator?

6.1

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The Lady and the Monster

1944

A millionaire's brain is preserved after his death by a scientist and his two assistants, only to create a telepathic monster.

5.8

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#10

The Mutations

1974

A mad scientist crosses plants with people, and the results wind up in a sideshow.

5.0

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#11

Wonder Women

1973

Dr. Tsu is a brilliant surgeon with her own exotic island off the coast of Manila. Using her sexy, all-girl army of martial-arts experts, Tsu kidnaps some of the world's greatest athletes. She is able to transplant any body part, so she uses the athletes for spare parts to sell to the world's richest men. Mike Harber is a womanizing, wise-cracking insurance investigator for Lloyd's of London sent to Manila to investigate the disappearance of a jai-alai player, and becomes involved with Dr. Tsu's mad mission.

4.5

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#12

Monstrosity

1963

A rich but unscrupulous old woman plots with a scientist to have her brain implanted in the skull of a sexy young woman.

3.4

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#13

The Man with Nine Lives

1940

Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe Kravaal has killed a patient. Kravaal freezes the officials, along with himself. Years later, they are discovered and revived in hopes that Kravaal can indeed complete his cure. But human greed and weakness compound to disrupt the project.

6.2

MagicScore

#14

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

2018

Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.

7.1

MagicScore

#15

The Attic Expeditions

2001

Trevor Blackburn is accused of murdering his girlfriend, Faith, in a brutal ritual. He's sentenced to live in an experimental rehabilitation community and falls into a coma. When he wakes up, he meets the mysterious Dr. Ek, who tortures Trevor in an attempt to learn the whereabouts of a powerful occult book. As other patients start to disappear, Trevor begins to wonder who and where he really is.

5.0

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#16

Solomon Kane

2009

A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncing violence, but finds some things are worth burning for as he fights to free a young Puritan woman from the grip of evil.

6.0

MagicScore

#17

Re-Animator

1985

Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.

7.0

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#18

From Beyond

1986

The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. When a beautiful psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she unwittingly opens the door to a hostile parallel universe.

6.5

MagicScore

#19

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

1974

Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.

6.2

MagicScore

#20

Doctor X

1932

A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.

6.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Before I Hang?

The top films similar to Before I Hang by MovieMagicScore are I, Monster (5.4), The Wasp Woman (4.4), Bride of Re-Animator (6.5). Each shares crime/horror/science fiction themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Before I Hang worth watching?

Before I Hang holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10 from 34 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Before I Hang?

Before I Hang (1940) is a crime, horror, science fiction film directed by Nick Grindé, starring Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett.

Where can I find more recommendations like Before I Hang?

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About movies like Before I Hang

This ranked list pairs Before I Hang (1940), a crime and horror and science fiction film from Nick Grindé, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Boris Karloff take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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