Movies Like The Fly (1986)

The Fly (1986) Movie Release Dates / Movie Details

R | 1h 36m | Horror, Drama, Sci-Fi, Romance, Monsters, Creatures, Body Horror, Cult Classic, Mutants, Sci-Fi
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The Fly Movie Information:

Directors:
David Cronenberg
Stars:
Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel, Leslie Carlson … (full cast)
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  1. The Thing (1982)

    Synopsis/Plot: A US research station, Antarctica, early-winter 1982.

    The base is suddenly buzzed by a helicopter from the nearby Norwegian research station.

    They are trying to kill a dog that has escaped from their base.

    After…

    Tagline: Anytime. Anywhere. Anyone.
    Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery

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  2. Carrie (1976)

    Synopsis/Plot: It's nearing the end of the school year.

    High school senior Carrie White is a social outcast, largely due to being unwise to the ways of the world based on her upbringing.

    Her mother, Margaret…

    Tagline: You were warned never to push Carrie to the limits. Now you must face the evil consequences.
    Genres: Horror, Mystery

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  3. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

    Synopsis/Plot: En route to visit their grandfather's grave (which has apparently been ritualistically desecrated), five teenagers drive past a slaughterhouse, pick up (and quickly drop) a sinister hitch-hiker, eat some delicious home-cured meat at a roadside…

    Tagline: The idyllic summer's day that became a nightmare of fear and blood... [UK Video]
    Genres: Horror, Thriller

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  4. Poltergeist (1982)

    Synopsis/Plot: A young family are visited by ghosts in their home.

    At first the ghosts appear friendly, moving objects around the house to the amusement of everyone, then they turn nasty and start to terrorise the…

    Tagline: From a dimension beyond the living, a terror to scare you to death.
    Genres: Horror, Thriller, Fantasy

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  5. An American Werewolf in London (1981)

    Synopsis/Plot: Two American college students are on a walking tour of Britain and are attacked by a werewolf.

    One is killed, the other is mauled.

    The werewolf is killed but reverts to its human form, and…

    Tagline: John Landis - the director of Animal House brings you a different kind of animal.
    Genres: Horror, Comedy

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  6. eXistenZ (1999)

    Synopsis/Plot: Allegra Geller, the leading game designer in the world, is testing her new virtual reality game, eXistenZ with a focus group.

    As they begin, she is attacked by a fanatic assassin employing a bizarre organic…

    Tagline: Play it. Live it. Kill for it.
    Genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Action

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  7. Videodrome (1983)

    Synopsis/Plot: Max Renn is the President of Channel 83 Civic-TV, a small television station on the UHF dial.

    He defends his programming of largely X-rated shows - which depict graphic s** and extreme violence - as…

    Tagline: From David Cronenberg, Creator of 'Scanners'.
    Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

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  8. The Dead Zone (1983)

    Synopsis/Plot: Johnny Smith wakes from a coma due to a car accident, only to find he has lost five years of his life, and yet gained psychic powers.

    Foreseeing the future appears to be a 'gift'…

    Tagline: He can see the future. But can he escape it?
    Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy

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  9. Scanners (1981)

    Synopsis/Plot: Darryl Revok is the most powerful of all the scanners, and is the head of the underground scanner movement for world domination.

    Scanners have great psychic power, strong enough to control minds; they can inflict…

    Tagline: There are 4 billion people on earth. 237 are Scanners. They have the most terrifying powers ever created... and they are winning.
    Genres: Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Action

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    Synopsis/Plot: Not an adaptation of beat writer William S.

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    Tagline: David Cronenberg and William S. Burroughs invite you to lunch.
    Genres: Drama, Mystery

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  11. Dead Ringers (1988)

    Synopsis/Plot: The Mantle brothers are both doctors - both gynecologists - and identical twins.

    Mentally however, one of them is more confident than the other, and always manages to seduce the women he meets.

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  12. The Fly (1958)

    Synopsis/Plot: After her husband Andre Delambre is crushed to death in a mechanical press, his wife recounts to his brother Francois Delambre and police Inspector Charas the events of the previous few months.

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    Tagline: If she looked upon the horror her husband had become... she would scream for the rest of her life!
    Genres: Horror, Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy

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  13. The Fly II (1989)

    Synopsis/Plot: Seth Brundle was a renowned scientist whose warped experiments with teleportation transformed him into a man/fly hybrid called BrundleFly.

    A few months after the BrundleFly insect met its demise by his lover's, Veronica, shotgun, she…

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    Genres: Horror, Drama, Sci-Fi

Movies like The Fly include The Thing (1982), Carrie (1976), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Poltergeist (1982), An American Werewolf in London (1981), eXistenZ (1999), Videodrome (1983), The Dead Zone (1983), Scanners (1981), Naked Lunch (1991), Dead Ringers (1988), The Fly (1958), and The Fly II (1989).

These movies are similar to The Fly because they include movie themes such as Monsters, Creatures, and Body Horror, Cult Classic, Mutants, Sci-Fi.