Creature movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant creature movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, scary, psychotronic, tense and serious films and TV shows about / with creature, monster, creature feature, blood, danger, survival, supernatural, violence, murder and animal horror plots mostly in Horror, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
creature movies
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TOP 10 movies tagged as creature: Underwater (2020), Splinter (2008), The Ritual (2017), A Quiet Place (2018), Creature (2011), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), The Thing (1982), The Mist (2007), The Untamed (2016), Alien: Covenant (2017).

List of creature movies

Type:
Year:
 5.9
 107K
Underwater (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, scary, lovecraft, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: underwater, creature, giant monster, monster, sea monster, animal attack, creature feature, water, cthulhu, ocean, earthquake, giant creature ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: pacific ocean
Is relevant?
 6.1
 44K
Splinter (2008)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: When their plans for a nature trip go awry, Polly and boyfriend Seth decide to check into a motel. On their way, they're carjacked and kidnapped by low-rent crooks Dennis and Lacey, who take the victims and their SUV to a nearby gas station. ...
Style: scary, psychological, bloody, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: creature, infected, zombie, monster, infection, macabre, survival, parasite, death, virus, body horror, supernatural ...
Time: 21st century
Place: oklahoma, oklahoma city, usa
Is relevant?
 6.4
 141K
The Ritual (2017)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
Style: suspense, demonic, satanic, psychological, spooky ...
Audience: adult
Plot: forest, lost in the woods, creature, supernatural, paganism, guilt, hiking, ritual, folk horror, murder, supernatural horror, sacrifice ...
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
Is relevant?
 7.5
 651K
A Quiet Place (2018)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
Style: suspense, scary, disturbing, visually stunning, frightening ...
Audience: date night, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: creature, post apocalypse, sign language, monster, survival, creature feature, silence, survival horror, deafness, fear, alien invasion, self sacrifice ...
Time: 2010s, near future, distant future, 2020s, 21st century
Place: new york state
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 3.7
 3K
Creature (2011)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An ex-Navy seal (Mehcad Brooks), his girlfriend (Serinda Swan) and their friends head out on a road trip to New Orleans. The group decides to stop at a roadside convenience store owned by Chopper (Sid Haig), who tells them the tale of Lockjaw, a ...
Style: independent film, suspenseful, serious, scary, rough ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: creature, swamp, deadly creature, creature feature, ritual, snake, lesbian sex, outdoor sex, survival, danger, supernatural, gory ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: louisiana, usa, new orleans
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 8.2
 743K
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real ...
Style: fairy tale, dark fantasy, surreal, atmospheric, gothic ...
Audience: kids, teen fantasy, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot: monster, fantasy world, imagination, creature, mythology, macabre, legends and myths, magical, young heroes, imaginary, good versus evil, maze ...
Time: 1940s, 2000s, year 1944, 20th century, year 2006
Place: spain, south america, europe, canada
Is relevant?
 8.2
 520K
The Thing (1982)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.
Style: scary, suspense, cult classic, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience: manly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, isolation, survival, creature, body horror, alien, fear, paranoia, snow, ufo, suspicion, supernatural ...
Time: year 1982, 80s, 20th century
Place: antarctica, antarctic, south pole
Is relevant?
 7.1
 371K
The Mist (2007)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten ...
Style: twist ending, psychological, bad ending, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, monster, apocalypse, stephen king, creature, fear, trapped, twists and turns, survival horror, cosmic horror, chaos and mayhem, death ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, distant future, year 2000, 21st century
Place: usa, maine
Is relevant?
 6.1
 8K
The Untamed (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Hypnotic, perturbing, and utterly enthralling, The Untamed combines a suspenseful family drama with truly bizarre elements of science fiction and horror. Desperate to flee but consumed by fear, Alejandra, a young mother and working housewife, is ...
Style: disturbing, erotic, psychological horror, sensual, eros ...
Plot: creature, interspecies sex, alien, unhappy marriage, sex with alien, animal sex, sex scene, masturbation, adultery, horniness, fetish, female nudity ...
Time: distant future, 21st century
Place: mexico
Is relevant?
 6.4
 342K
Alien: Covenant (2017)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship 'Covenant' discovers what is thought to be an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world – which has its sole inhabitant the ...
Style: bad ending, futuristic, dark, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot: alien, creature, space travel, outer space, extraterrestrial, alien life-form, alien parasite, space exploration, alien creature, human versus alien, androids, robot ...
Time: future, near future, 22nd century, year 2017, 2010s
Place: space western
Is relevant?
 7.2
 270K
The Descent (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, suspense, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, cave, survival horror, trapped, survival, creature, fear, expedition, claustrophobia, gory, group of friends, woman in danger ...
Time: year 2005, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, appalachia
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The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Five college friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.
Style: scary, bloody, mind bending, slasher, lovecraft ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: monster, creature, supernatural, woods, cabin in the woods, survival, trapped, cosmic horror, fear, zombie, death, werewolf ...
Time: year 2012, 20th century, year 2000, year 2009, 2000s ...
Place: usa, seattle
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 5.9
 49K
Antlers (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A young teacher discovers that her troubled student's father and younger brother harbor a deadly supernatural secret. Taking the boy into her care, the teacher must fight for their survival against horrors beyond imagination.
Style: scary, suspense, slasher, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot: creature, wendigo, monster, abuse, folk horror, superstition, native american, school bully, killing spree, child neglect, brother brother relationship, evil spirit ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: oregon
Is relevant?
 5.4
 55K
The Silence (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: With the world under attack by deadly creatures who hunt by sound, a teen and her family seek refuge outside the city and encounter a mysterious cult.
Style: disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: creature, post apocalypse, apocalypse, silence, survival, deadly creature, saving a life, danger, farmhouse, deaf, macabre, deafness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: appalachia
Is relevant?
 6.7
 167K
Pandorum (2009)
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more ...
Style: futuristic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space travel, survival, isolation, creature, outer space, danger, survival horror, deadly creature, spacecraft, post apocalypse, spaceship, monster ...
Time: future, year 2009, year 1969
Is relevant?
 3.3
 2K
The Blackout (2009)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: It's Christmas Eve, the city goes dark, and the few remaining tenants of The Ravenwood find themselves trapped in their building. And they are not alone.
Style: christmas horror, scary, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: creature, deadly creature, survival, isolation, monster, christmas, invasion, danger, supernatural, confined, creature feature, blackout ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
Is relevant?
 6.2
 36K
Rogue (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: From the director of Wolf Creek comes this terrifying look at nature's perfect killing machine. When a group of tourists stumble into the remote Australian river territory of an enormous crocodile, the deadly creature traps them on a tiny mud ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, scenic, natural horror ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: crocodile, animal attack, monster, creature, dangerous animal, survival horror, gory, killer animal, river, isolation, creature feature, disaster ...
Time: jurassic, 70s, 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
Is relevant?
 6.0
 20K
Cold Skin (2017)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A young man who arrives at a remote island finds himself trapped in a battle for his life.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, mysterious, exciting, scary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: creature, lighthouse, island, sea, lighthouse keeper, survival, mermaid, interspecies sex, night, loneliness, creature feature, snow ...
Time: year 1914, 1910s
Place: antarctic, atlantic ocean
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Monsters: Dark Continent (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Jordan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Seven years on from the events of Monsters, and the ‘Infected Zones’ have spread worldwide. Humans have been knocked off the top of the food chain, with disparate communities struggling for survival. American soldiers are being sent abroad to ...
Style: suspense, serious, stylized, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: creature, post apocalypse, alien invasion, alien, alien contact, military, giant monster, giant creature, evil alien, fictional war, missile, dystopian future ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: usa, detroit
Is relevant?
 4.6
 7K
The Lair (2022)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Hungary, Finland
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Royal Air Force pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair is on her final flight mission when her jet is shot down over one of the most dangerous rebel strongholds in Afghanistan. She finds refuge in an abandoned underground bunker where deadly man-made creatures ...
Style: captivating, tense, thrilling, suspenseful, f word
Plot: creature, bunker, monster, survival horror, medical experiment, creature feature, soldier, desert, alien creature, bio weapon, fight, body horror ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: afghanistan
Is relevant?
 5.8
 106K
Splice (2009)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named "Dren", the creature rapidly develops ...
Style: twist ending, psychological, sexy, suspense, erotic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: genetic engineering, genetics, monster, creature, supernatural, experiment gone awry, danger, cloning, laboratory, imaginary, dna, pregnant from rape ...
Time: year 2009, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: america, usa
Is relevant?
 5.0
 5K
Primal Rage (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A newly reunited young couple's drive through the Pacific Northwest turns into a nightmare as they are forced to face nature, unsavory locals, and a monstrous creature, known to the Native Americans as Oh-Mah.
Style: scary, slasher, suspense, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot: sasquatch, bigfoot, creature, native american, creature feature, cryptid, hunting, survival, beast, eaten alive, forest, legend ...
Is relevant?
Witches of East End (2013)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Based on Melissa de la Cruz's best-selling novel, "Witches of East End" centers on the adventures of Joanna Beauchamp and her two adult daughters Freya and Ingrid -- both of whom unknowingly are their family's next generation of ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, exciting, serious, feel good ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: witch, supernatural, magic, spell, creature, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, family secret, curse, evil force, magical, siblings relations ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: long island, new york, usa
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 6.7
 293K
Warcraft (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, China, Canada, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and ...
Style: exciting, dark fantasy, epic fantasy, breathtaking, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sword and sorcery, wizard, magic, warrior, monster, fantasy world, kingdom, good versus evil, sorcerer, magician, creature, invasion ...
Time: year 2016, future, 2010s
Place: chile
Is relevant?
 7.0
 263K
Pitch Black (2000)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is ...
Style: futuristic, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, harsh ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: monster, creature, survival, space travel, alien, alien life-form, one man army, dark hero, outer space, deadly creature, escape, space and aliens ...
Time: future, year 2000, 2000s, y2k
Place: oceania, space western
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Starship Troopers (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an ...
Style: futuristic, stylized, sexy, exciting, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: alien invasion, military, space travel, monster, space and aliens, creature, soldier, space wars, alien, satire, fictional war, space battle ...
Time: future, 23rd century, year 1997, 90s, jurassic ...
Place: buenos aires argentina, space western, argentina
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Digging Up the Marrow (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: He’s one of the hardest working filmmakers in the genre business.......So what’s HATCHET man Adam Green been up to this past year apart from working on his sit-com ‘Holliston’, writing KILLER PIZZA and prepping EXORCISM ON CROOKED LAKE? The ...
Style: disturbing, serious, suspenseful, horror comedy, bleak ...
Plot: creature, nightmare, found footage, amateur detective, supernatural, filmmaking, food, halloween, creature feature, human versus monster, witch, grave ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Shape of Water (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 123 min.
Story: 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.
Style: touching, romantic, biting, fairy tale, disturbing ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, adult
Plot: sign language, interspecies romance, creature, love story, female protagonist, rescue, supernatural, interspecies sex, laboratory, cold war, scientist, friendship ...
Time: year 1962, year 2017, 60s, future, 2010s
Place: maryland, baltimore, los angeles, america, pittsburgh ...
Is relevant?
 5.2
 2K
Nightbeasts (2010)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A father and son on a weekend hunting trip encounter supernatural horror in the woods.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: sasquatch, creature, creature feature, father son relationship, hunting, killing spree, wilderness, legend, survival, danger, murder, violence ...
Place: southern usa
Is relevant?
 4.0
 3K
It Waits (2005)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A lone female park ranger tries to track down a vicious creature killing various people and terrorizing her at a remote national park.
Style: suspense, rough, suspenseful, serious, slasher ...
Plot: creature, wilderness, survival, murder, gory, danger, deadly creature, stalking, forest ranger, forest, travel, mythical creature ...
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