Movies Like The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)

The Man They Could Not Hang is a 1939 crime, horror, science fiction film from Nick Grindé with a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Curse of Frankenstein and The Evil of Frankenstein.

Crime Horror Science Fiction

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

MagicScore

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

MagicScore

The Bride!

2026

A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride is born. But what ensues is beyond what either of them imagined.

6.1

MagicScore

Frankenstein Created Woman

1967

A deformed tormented girl drowns herself after her lover is framed for murder and guillotined. Baron Frankenstein, experimenting with the transfer of souls, places the boy's soul into her body, bringing Christina back to life. Driven by revenge, she carries out a violent retribution on those responsible for both deaths.

6.4

MagicScore

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

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

Bowery at Midnight

1942

A seemingly charitable soup kitchen operator (who moonlights as a criminology professor) uses his Bowery mission as a front for his criminal gang. Police attempt to close in on the gang as they commit a series of robberies, murders and bizarre experiments on corpses.

5.0

MagicScore

King Kong Lives

1986

After falling from the Twin Towers, Kong lies in a coma for ten years. When his heart begins to fail, scientists engineer an artificial heart, and a giant female ape is captured to serve as a source for a blood transfusion. When Kong awakens following his heart transplant, he senses the nearby presence of the female ape and the two escape to wreak havoc together.

5.1

MagicScore

The Revenge of Frankenstein

1958

Rescued from the guillotine by his devoted dwarf Fritz, the Baron relocates to Carlsbruck, where he continues his gruesome experiments.

6.6

MagicScore

#10

The Horror of Frankenstein

1970

Young Victor Frankenstein returns from medical school with a depraved taste for beautiful women and fiendish experiments.

5.8

MagicScore

#11

Doctor Blood's Coffin

1961

After being thrown out of medical school for ethical violations, Dr. Peter Blood returns home to a small Cornish village, where he sets up a research laboratory in a secluded cave. There, he attempts to revive the dead, using kidnapped humans -- who he views as unworthy of life -- for their body parts, specifically, their hearts.

5.1

MagicScore

#12

Hunchback of the Morgue

1973

A hunchback working in a morgue falls in love with a sick woman. He goes berserk when she dies and seeks help from a scientist to bring her back from the dead.

5.9

MagicScore

#13

Braindead

1992

When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.

7.4

MagicScore

#14

Before I Hang

1940

Dr. John Garth conducting an innovative medical experiment aimed at prolonging life and combating aging. The experiment takes an unexpected turn, placing the doctor in a confrontation with the ethics of his work and the consequences of his research.

6.1

MagicScore

#15

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

MagicScore

#16

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

MagicScore

#17

The Mutations

1974

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

5.0

MagicScore

#18

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

MagicScore

#19

Blood of the Vampire

1958

A man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has returned to life with a heart transplant. Along with his crippled assistant Carl, the 'anemic' Mad Scientist, believed to be a vampire, conducts blood deficiency research on the inmates of a prison hospital for the criminally insane to sustain his return to life.

5.7

MagicScore

#20

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

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Man They Could Not Hang?

The top films similar to The Man They Could Not Hang by MovieMagicScore are The Curse of Frankenstein (6.8), The Evil of Frankenstein (6.1), The Bride! (6.1). Each shares crime/horror/science fiction themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Man They Could Not Hang worth watching?

The Man They Could Not Hang holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10 from 46 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Man They Could Not Hang?

The Man They Could Not Hang (1939) is a crime, horror, science fiction film directed by Nick Grindé, starring Boris Karloff, Lorna Gray, Robert Wilcox.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Man They Could Not Hang?

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About movies like The Man They Could Not Hang

This ranked list pairs The Man They Could Not Hang (1939), 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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