Movies Like Alligator 2: The Mutation (1991)

Alligator 2: The Mutation is a 1991 action, horror film from Jon Hess with a MovieMagicScore of 4.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Alligator and The Flood.

Action Horror

Alligator

1980

A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a big-game hunter.

6.1

MagicScore

The Flood

2023

A horde of giant hungry alligators is unleashed on a group of in-transit prisoners and their guards after a massive hurricane floods Louisiana.

6.2

MagicScore

Hatchet III

2013

A search and recovery team heads into Victor Crowley’s haunted swamp to pick up the pieces, and Marybeth learns the secret to ending the voodoo curse that has left Victor Crowley terrorizing Honey Island Swamp for decades.

5.7

MagicScore

The Bayou

2025

Vacation turns disaster when Houston grad Kyle and her friends survive a plane crash in the desolate Louisiana everglades, only to discover there's something way more dangerous lurking in the shallows.

5.6

MagicScore

Attack of the Meth Gator

2024

On a small island in the Florida Everglades, a DEA agent and a local sheriff gather a team of locals to take down a giant meth-fueled alligator.

5.3

MagicScore

Croc

2007

A large man-eating crocodile terrorizes tourists and locals near Krabi, in Thailand. Michael Madsen plays a hunter stalking the immense reptile, while sub-plots include a rivalry between a foreigner, who owns a crocodile-farm, and a Thai man who plays a part in framing the foreigner for the crocodile's rampage.

4.3

MagicScore

Xtinction: Predator X

2010

When her father seemingly goes missing, divorcee Laura LeCrois is forced to return home after a 20-year hiatus. However, home is not the way Laura remembers it. Her father is in major debt with the bank, her ex-boyfriend is the town sheriff, and her ex-husband has quit his job as a world-renowned professor who is now suspiciously buying up swampland in the area. In an effort to save the swamp and to pass the time, Laura decides to work the dying family business giving boat tours of the Louisiana swamp. But on her first sunset tour, deep in the swamp, Laura and her passengers witness two Bayou swamp rats toss a squirming body into a gator pit, only the gators aren't the ones that feast on the flesh. Instead it's the most terrifying creature Laura has ever seen...

3.7

MagicScore

Pearl

2022

Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.

7.2

MagicScore

The Cat and the Canary

1939

Ten years after the death of millionaire Cyrus Norman, his will is to be read out to his six relatives, including Joyce Norman and Wally Campbell. Organized by Norman's lawyer, Crosby, the six meet at Norman's eerie New Orleans Gothic mansion. During the reading, the superstitious housekeeper declares that someone will be dead by midnight. Wally fears for Joyce when she is declared the sole inheritor, but all are alarmed when Crosby turns up dead.

6.9

MagicScore

#10

X

2022

In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.

6.7

MagicScore

#11

Annihilation

2018

A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

6.4

MagicScore

#12

Crawl

2019

When a huge hurricane hits her hometown in Florida, Haley ignores evacuation orders to look for her father. After finding him badly wounded, both are trapped by the flood. With virtually no time to escape the storm, they discover that rising water levels are the least of their problems.

6.3

MagicScore

#13

Lake Jesup: Bonecrusher's Revenge

2024

In 2003, Lake Jesup became the stage for a real-life horror story, as a monstrous alligator escaped from captivity and began a reign of terror. As the body count rose, a desperate hunt ensued to stop the creature.

6.3

MagicScore

#14

The Black Castle

1952

A man investigates the disappearance of two of his friends who were the guests of a sinister Austrian count.

6.3

MagicScore

#15

The Pool

2018

Left alone to clean up a 6-meter-deep deserted pool, Day falls asleep on an inflatable raft. When he wakes, the water level has sunk so low that he can't climb out on his own. Stuck in the pool, Day screams for help, but the only thing that hears him is a creature from a nearby crocodile farm.

5.9

MagicScore

#16

Hatchet

2006

When a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.

5.8

MagicScore

#17

Murders in the Zoo

1933

Dr. Gorman is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His bored, beautiful, much younger wife entertains herself in the arms of other men. In turn, Gorman uses his animals to kill these men. When a New York City zoo suggests a fundraising gala, Gorman sees a prime opportunity to dispatch the dashing Roger and anyone else who might cross him.

5.8

MagicScore

#18

The Alligator People

1959

Under therapeutic hypnosis, a seemingly well-adjusted young woman tells a fantastic story, verified by lie detector, of her forgotten marriage to a man who disappeared on the day of their honeymoon, and of her search for him which takes her to a lonely mansion in a remote section of swampland tenanted by snakes, alligators, a drunken one-armed lout, a mysterious doctor, and a cold-hearted elderly woman who lives alone in a brooding manse.

5.6

MagicScore

#19

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

1957

Professor Frankenstein creates a teenager from an accident victim, who gets angry when he learns he is going to be taken apart.

5.5

MagicScore

#20

Supergator

2007

Geologists encounter a giant alligator while investigating an active volcano in Hawaii.

5.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Alligator 2: The Mutation?

The top films similar to Alligator 2: The Mutation by MovieMagicScore are Alligator (6.1), The Flood (6.2), Hatchet III (5.7). Each shares action/horror themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Alligator 2: The Mutation worth watching?

Alligator 2: The Mutation holds a MovieMagicScore of 4.8/10 from 98 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Alligator 2: The Mutation?

Alligator 2: The Mutation (1991) is a action, horror film directed by Jon Hess, starring Joseph Bologna, Dee Wallace, Richard Lynch.

Where can I find more recommendations like Alligator 2: The Mutation?

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About movies like Alligator 2: The Mutation

This ranked list pairs Alligator 2: The Mutation (1991), a action and horror film from Jon Hess, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Joseph Bologna 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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