Movies Like The Leech Woman (1960)

The Leech Woman is a 1960 horror, science fiction film from Edward Dein with a MovieMagicScore of 4.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Lost City of Z and The Jungle.

Horror Science Fiction

The Lost City of Z

2017

A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.

6.4

MagicScore

The Jungle

2012

A comedy about funny adventures of the married couple on the remote island.

5.0

MagicScore

Tarzan the Ape Man

1932

James Parker and Harry Holt are on an expedition in Africa in search of the elephant burial grounds that will provide enough ivory to make them rich. Parker's beautiful daughter Jane arrives unexpectedly to join them. Jane is terrified when Tarzan and his ape friends abduct her, but when she returns to her father's expedition she has second thoughts about leaving Tarzan.

6.6

MagicScore

Tarzan and His Mate

1934

Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.

6.5

MagicScore

Cannibal Ferox

1981

Three friends out to disprove cannibalism meet two men on the run who tortured and enslaved a cannibal tribe to find emeralds, and now the tribe is out for revenge.

5.4

MagicScore

The Naked Prey

1965

A group of men are on safari. One of the party refuses to give a gift to a tribe they encounter. The tribe is offended, seizes the party, and one-by-one, kills all but one of the safari members in various creative and horrifying ways. The last surviving member is given "The Lion's Chance" by the tribal leader to be hunted down by a party of tribal warriors.

6.7

MagicScore

Gorillas in the Mist

1988

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

7.0

MagicScore

The Seventh Curse

1986

When Dr. Yuen attempts to rescue a girl about to be sacrificed by the Worm Tribe in the middle of a jungle in Thailand, he is damned with seven deadly "blood curses" and must return there to find a permanent cure.

6.6

MagicScore

Cannibal Holocaust

1980

A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.

6.3

MagicScore

#10

Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross

1961

This is the very first silent slapstick comedy short about adventures of Worldly, Coward, and Fool. What's more fun: fishing with worms, or dynamite? Three friends decided to have a blast! Unfortunately their dog Barbos just loves playing fetch. And this time that stick was used for blast fishing. Barbos saw people throwing a smoking stick in a water, and fetched it right back to his owners. The "unusual cross" part begins when owners try to outrun the dog with dynamite.

7.7

MagicScore

#11

Massacre in Dinosaur Valley

1985

A plane crashes in the Amazon jungle, and its passengers must battle their way through cannibals, slave traders, wild animals and murderous piranha fish to safety.

5.0

MagicScore

#12

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

2017

After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

8.1

MagicScore

#13

The Long Goodbye

1973

In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

7.4

MagicScore

#14

The Butcher Boy

1998

Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.

6.8

MagicScore

#15

King Solomon's Mines

1985

Ever in search of adventure, explorer Allan Quatermain agrees to join the beautiful Jesse Huston on a mission to locate her archaeologist father, who has been abducted for his knowledge of the legendary mines of King Solomon. As the kidnappers, led by sinister German military officer Bockner, journey into the wilds of Africa, Allan and Jesse track the party and must contend with fierce natives and dangerous creatures, among other perils.

5.4

MagicScore

#16

Dora and the Lost City of Gold

2019

Dora, a girl who has spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, now must navigate her most dangerous adventure yet: high school. Always the explorer, Dora quickly finds herself leading Boots (her best friend, a monkey), Diego, and a rag tag group of teens on an adventure to save her parents and solve the impossible mystery behind a lost Inca civilization.

6.6

MagicScore

#17

Youth Without Youth

2007

Professor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a week, attracting the world and the Nazis. While on the run, the professor meets a young woman who has her own experience with a lightning storm. Not only does Dominic find love again, but her new abilities hold the key to his research.

6.1

MagicScore

#18

Would You Rather

2013

Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman agrees to compete in a deadly game of "Would You Rather" hosted by a sadistic aristocrat.

6.0

MagicScore

#19

The Gods Must Be Crazy

1980

A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.

7.3

MagicScore

#20

Apocalypse Now

1979

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

8.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Leech Woman?

The top films similar to The Leech Woman by MovieMagicScore are The Lost City of Z (6.4), The Jungle (5.0), Tarzan the Ape Man (6.6). Each shares horror/science fiction themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Leech Woman worth watching?

The Leech Woman holds a MovieMagicScore of 4.6/10 from 35 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Leech Woman?

The Leech Woman (1960) is a horror, science fiction film directed by Edward Dein, starring Coleen Gray, Grant Williams, Phillip Terry.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Leech Woman?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more horror recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Leech Woman

This ranked list pairs The Leech Woman (1960), a horror and science fiction film from Edward Dein, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Coleen Gray 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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