Pretty complete list with over 2,000 entries. All are in alphabetical order, order of release or to be watch in a sequence as part of the so called "universe", like for instance the Conjuring-universe, or part of an anthology or serie. Anything missing or to add, please let me know.
*Last update 06/03/2024
A curated list from the official Universal Classic Collection, Classic Monster Collection. Legacy Collection, and the Essential and Complete Collections. While there are many universal horror and thriller films, these are the official canonized monster films promoted by the studio.
This is a complete list of all horror films produced by Universal Pictures from the 1931 to 1956. [Note: 'Island of Lost Souls' and 'The Monster and the Girl' were originally produced by Paramount Pictures and later acquired by Universal.]
Ultimate Spooktober List
Universal Classic Monsters is a name given to the horror, fantasy, thriller and science fiction films made by Universal Pictures during the decades of the 1920s through the 1950s. They were the first shared universe in the entire movie industry in Hollywood and around the world.
This list contains all movies of Universal Picture's classic monster line.
From the era of silent movies through present day, Universal Pictures has been regarded as the home of the monsters.
List of Nominees and Winners
GARY COOPER "Sergeant York" - WINNER
CARY GRANT "Penny Serenade"
WALTER HUSTON "All That Money Can Buy"
ROBERT MONTGOMERY "Here Comes Mr. Jordan"
ORSON WELLES "Citizen Kane"
DONALD CRISP "How Green Was My Valley" - WINNER
WALTER BRENNAN "Sergeant York"
CHARLES COBURN "The Devil and Miss Jones"
JAMES GLEASON "Here Comes Mr. Jordan"
SYDNEY GREENSTREET "The Maltese Falcon"
JOAN FONTAINE "Suspicion" - WINNER
BETTE DAVIS "The Little Foxes"
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND "Hold Back the Dawn"
GREER GARSON "Blossoms in the Dust"
BARBARA STANWYCK "Ball of Fire"
MARY ASTOR "The Great Lie" - WINNER
SARA ALLGOOD "How Green Was My Valley"
PATRICIA COLLINGE "The Little Foxes"
TERESA WRIGHT "The Little Foxes"
MARGARET WYCHERLY "Sergeant York"
"HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" Art Direction: Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little - WINNER
"CITIZEN KANE" Art Direction: Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase; Interior Decoration: Al Fields, Darrell Silvera
"THE FLAME OF NEW ORLEANS" Art Direction: Martin Obzina, Jack Otterson; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman
"HOLD BACK THE DAWN" Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
"LADIES IN RETIREMENT" Art Direction: Lionel Banks; Interior Decoration: George Montgomery
"THE LITTLE FOXES" Art Direction: Stephen Goosson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
"SERGEANT YORK" Art Direction: John Hughes; Interior Decoration: Fred MacLean
"THE SON OF MONTE CRISTO" Art Direction: John DuCasse Schulze; Interior Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
"SUNDOWN" Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Richard Irvine
"THAT HAMILTON WOMAN" Art Direction: Vincent Korda; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron
"WHEN LADIES MEET" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
"BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis - WINNER
"BLOOD AND SAND" Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
"LOUISIANA PURCHASE" Art Direction: Raoul Pene du Bois; Interior Decoration: Stephen A. Seymour
"HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" Arthur Miller - WINNER
"THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER" Karl Freund
"CITIZEN KANE" Gregg Toland
"DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE" Joseph Ruttenberg
"HERE COMES MR. JORDAN" Joseph Walker
"HOLD BACK THE DAWN" Leo Tover
"SERGEANT YORK" Sol Polito
"SUN VALLEY SERENADE" Edward Cronjager
"SUNDOWN" Charles Lang
"THAT HAMILTON WOMAN" That Hamilton Woman
"BLOOD AND SAND" Ernest Palmer, Ray Rennahan - WINNER
"ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS" Wilfred M. Cline, Karl Struss, William Snyder
"BILLY THE KID" William V. Skall, Leonard Smith
"BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST" Karl Freund, W. Howard Greene
"DIVE BOMBER" Bert Glennon
"LOUISIANA PURCHASE" Harry Hallenberger, Ray Rennahan
"HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" John Ford - WINNER
"CITIZEN KANE" Orson Welles
"HERE COMES MR. JORDAN" Alexander Hall
"THE LITTLE FOXES" William Wyler
"SERGEANT YORK" Howard Hawks
"CHURCHILL'S ISLAND" National Film Board of Canada - WINNER
"ADVENTURE IN THE BRONX" Film Associates
"BOMBER" United States Office for Emergency Management Film Unit
"CHRISTMAS UNDER FIRE" British Ministry of Information
"LETTER FROM HOME" British Ministry of Information
"LIFE OF A THOROUGHBRED" Truman Talley, Producer
"NORWAY IN REVOLT" The March of Time
"A PLACE TO LIVE" Philadelphia Housing Association
"RUSSIAN SOIL" Amkino
"SOLDIERS OF THE SKY" Truman Talley, Producer
"WAR CLOUDS IN THE PACIFIC" National Film Board of Canada
"SERGEANT YORK" William Holmes - WINNER
"CITIZEN KANE" Robert Wise
"DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE" Harold F. Kress
"HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" James B. Clark
"THE LITTLE FOXES" Daniel Mandell
Walt Disney - WINNER
"ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY" Bernard Herrmann - WINNER
"BACK STREET" Frank Skinner
"BALL OF FIRE" Alfred Newman
"CHEERS FOR MISS BISHOP" Edward Ward
"CITIZEN KANE" Bernard Herrmann
"DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE" Franz Waxman
"HOLD BACK THE DAWN" Victor Young
"HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" Alfred Newman
"KING OF THE ZOMBIES" Edward Kay
"LADIES IN RETIREMENT" Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch
"THE LITTLE FOXES" Meredith Willson
"LYDIA" Miklos Rozsa
"MERCY ISLAND" Cy Feuer, Walter Scharf
"SERGEANT YORK" Max Steiner
"SO ENDS OUR NIGHT" Louis Gruenberg
"SUNDOWN" Miklos Rozsa
"SUSPICION" Franz Waxman
"TANKS A MILLION" Edward Ward
"THAT UNCERTAIN FEELING" Werner Heymann
"THIS WOMAN IS MINE" Richard Hageman
"DUMBO" Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace - WINNER
"ALL-AMERICAN CO-ED" Edward Ward
"BIRTH OF THE BLUES" Robert Emmett Dolan
"BUCK PRIVATES" Charles Previn
"THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER" Herbert Stothart, Bronislau Kaper
"ICE-CAPADES" Cy Feuer
"THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE" Heinz Roemheld
"SUN VALLEY SERENADE" Emil Newman
"SUNNY" Anthony Collins
"YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH" Morris Stoloff
"The Last Time I Saw Paris" in "Lady Be Good" Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II - WINNER
"Baby Mine" in "Dumbo" Music by Frank Churchill; Lyrics by Ned Washington
"Be Honest With Me" in "Ridin' on a Rainbow" Music and Lyrics by Gene Autry and Fred Rose
"Blues In The Night" in "Blues in the Night" Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B" in "Buck Privates" Music by Hugh Prince; Lyrics by Don Raye
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" in "Sun Valley Serenade" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
"Dolores" in "Las Vegas Nights" Music by Lou Alter; Lyrics by Frank Loesser
"Out Of The Silence" in "All-American Co-Ed" Music and Lyrics by Lloyd B. Norlind
"Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye" in "You'll Never Get Rich" Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
"HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" 20th Century-Fox - WINNER
"BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"CITIZEN KANE" Mercury
"HERE COMES MR. JORDAN" Columbia
"HOLD BACK THE DAWN" Paramount
"THE LITTLE FOXES" Samuel Goldwyn Productions
"THE MALTESE FALCON" Warner Bros.
"ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN" Warner Bros.
"SERGEANT YORK" Warner Bros.
"SUSPICION" RKO Radio
"LEND A PAW" Walt Disney, Producer - WINNER
"BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY OF COMPANY B" Walter Lantz, Producer
"HIAWATHA'S RABBIT HUNT" Leon Schlesinger, Producer
"HOW WAR CAME" Columbia
"THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"RHAPSODY IN RIVETS" Leon Schlesinger, Producer
"RHYTHM IN THE RANKS" George Pal, Producer
"THE ROOKIE BEAR" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"SUPERMAN" Max Fleischer, Producer
"TRUANT OFFICER DONALD" Walt Disney, Producer
"OF PUPS AND PUZZLES" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - WINNER
"ARMY CHAMPIONS" Pete Smith, Producer
"BEAUTY AND THE BEACH" Paramount
"DOWN ON THE FARM" Paramount
"FORTY BOYS AND A SONG" Warner Bros.
"KINGS OF THE TURF" Warner Bros.
"SAGEBRUSH AND SILVER" 20th Century-Fox
"MAIN STREET ON THE MARCH!" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - WINNER
"ALIVE IN THE DEEP" Woodard Productions, Inc.
"FORBIDDEN PASSAGE" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"THE GAY PARISIAN" Warner Bros.
"THE TANKS ARE COMING" United States Army
"THAT HAMILTON WOMAN" General Service Sound Department, Jack Whitney, Sound Director - WINNER
"APPOINTMENT FOR LOVE" Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
"BALL OF FIRE" Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
"THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
"CITIZEN KANE" RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director
"THE DEVIL PAYS OFF" Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles Lootens, Sound Director
"HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
"THE MEN IN HER LIFE" Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
"SERGEANT YORK" Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
"SKYLARK" Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren Ryder, Sound Director
"TOPPER RETURNS" Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer Raguse, Sound Director
"FANTASIA" Special Award - WINNER
"KUKAN" Special Award - WINNER
"TARGET FOR TONIGHT" Special Award - WINNER
"I WANTED WINGS" Photographic Effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop - WINNER
"ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS" Photographic Effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop
"FLIGHT COMMAND" Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
"THE INVISIBLE WOMAN" Photographic Effects by John Fulton; Sound Effects by John Hall
"THE SEA WOLF" Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
"THAT HAMILTON WOMAN" Photographic Effects by Lawrence Butler; Sound Effects by William H. Wilmarth
"TOPPER RETURNS" Photographic Effects by Roy Seawright; Sound Effects by Elmer Raguse
"A YANK IN THE R.A.F." Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by E. H. Hansen
"CITIZEN KANE" Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles - WINNER
"THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES" Norman Krasna
"SERGEANT YORK" Abem Finkel, Harry Chandlee, Howard Koch, John Huston
"TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME" Karl Tunberg, Darrell Ware
"TOM, DICK AND HARRY" Paul Jarrico
"HERE COMES MR. JORDAN" Harry Segall - WINNER
"BALL OF FIRE" Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe
"THE LADY EVE" Monckton Hoffe
"MEET JOHN DOE" Richard Connell, Robert Presnell
"NIGHT TRAIN" Gordon Wellesley
"HERE COMES MR. JORDAN" Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller - WINNER
"HOLD BACK THE DAWN" Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
"HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" Philip Dunne
"THE LITTLE FOXES" Lillian Hellman
"THE MALTESE FALCON" John Huston
The Universal monsters are fictional monsters that figured in various horror, suspense and science fiction films made by Universal Studios during the decades of the 1920s through the 1950s. Universal introduce franchises like Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, The Wolf Man and Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Universal Horror or Universal Monsters - phrases used to describe the horror, suspense and science fiction films made by Universal Studios during the 1920s - 1950s.
Horror/Monster franchises include: Phantom of the Opera, Dracula, Frankenstein, Edgar Allan Poe, Mummy, Invisible Man, Werewolf / Wolf Man, Paula, the Ape Woman / Gorilla Girl, Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Creeper, Abbott & Costello, Gill Man / Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Universal has plans for rebooting the franchise. Starting with The Mummy (2019) as an origin story. [Though Dracula Untold (2016) was first and also an origin story, it is downplayed as the restart and said not part of Dark Universe canon). The new reboot Monster franchises include Creature from the Black Lagoon, Dracula, Frankenstein, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Invisible Man, and Phantom of the Opera. As of late 2017, those plans seem to have stalled.
Library for Kodi import
Classic Monster Movies
Here is an exhaustive list of Universal Monster Movies including the new Universal Monster Universe. I will be adding more of those as they are released. If you feel that there is something missing, feel free to suggest an addition. I realize Dracula '92, Frankenstein '94 and Gods and Monsters '98 are not Universal properties but I feel they are closely related and relevant.
This list is no longer updated as changes made to the way lists are editable on the site makes it impossible to place titles where they belong on the list. The complete/ongoing list lives on over at Letterboxed and lists over 1500 titles.
https://boxd.it/he4Mg
Last Update made May 17th 2022. Added: Kuntilanak 3 (2008), Kuntilanak 1-3 (remake trilogy), Haunted 1-5, The Damned and the Dead 1-3.
May 6th 2022: Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight 1&2, Mutilator 1&2, Dark Night of the Scarecrow 1&2, Matabatin/The 3rd Eye 1&2, Fear Pharm 1&2, The Doll 1-3, Invoking 3-5, Araf 3&4 and Paranoia Tapes 1-9.
Films yet to be added (missing in database): The House on the Edge of the Park 2, Cannibals (sequel to Cannibal Holocaust), Shrooms 2, Araf 5.
Hannibal Lector films sorted under "Hannibal", Interview With a Vampire & Queen of the Damned sorted under "Vampire Chronicles", House of 1,000 Corpses, Devil's Rejects, 3 From Hell and The Haunted World of El Superbeasto sorted under "Firefly".
Netflix Genre
Universal Classic Monsters is a home video line based on a series of horror films primarily produced by Universal Pictures from the 1930s to the 1950s. Although not initially conceived as a franchise, the enduring popularity and legacy of the films and the characters featured in them has led the studio to market them under the collective brand name of Universal Studios Monsters. Steve Jones of USA Today described Universal's most famous monsters as "pop culture icons", specifically Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, and the Wolf Man.
PART 2 (1947-1964)
PART 3 (1965-1984)
PART 4 (1985-2002)
PART 5 (2003-2019)
PART 6 (2020-2024)
1-10 — 1929 Winners
11-25 — 1929 Nominees
26-23 — 1930 Winners
24-52 — 1930 Nominees
53-58 — 1930 Winners
59-78 — 1930 Nominees
79-84 — 1931 Winners
85-100 — 1931 Nominees
101-110 — 1932 Winners
111-126 — 1932 Nominees
127-135 — 1934 Winners
136-154 — 1934 Nominees
155-165 — 1935 Winners
166-186 — 1935 Nominees
187-199 — 1936 Winners
200-231 — 1936 Nominees
232-244 — 1937 Winners
245-283 — 1937 Nominees
284-298 — 1938 Winners
299-339 — 1938 Nominees
340-352 — 1939 Winners
353-396 — 1939 Nominees
397-407 — 1940 Winners
408-446 — 1940 Nominees
447-462 — 1941 Winners
463-515 — 1941 Nominees
516-532 — 1942 Winners
533-612 — 1942 Nominees
613-631 — 1943 Winners
632-708 — 1943 Nominees
709-726 — 1944 Winners
727-792 — 1944 Nominees
793-805 — 1945 Winners
806-877 — 1945 Nominees
878-897 — 1946 Winners
898-961 — 1946 Nominees
Most of the films featured on Cinemassacre's Monster Madness, along withba number of related films.
Total Shows watched: 15
24 (6 Episodes): 1x05 - 1x10
The Blacklist (3 Episodes): 4x02 - 4x04
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (11 Episodes): 1x18 - 1x22, 2x01 - 2x06
Criminal Minds (6 Episodes): 4x01 - 4x06
Death in Paradise (1 Episode): 0x01
Doctor Who (1 Episode): 0x158
Ein Herz und eine Seele (1 Episode): 1x12
Familie Heinz Becker (1 Episode): 3x04
Lost Girl (22 Episodes): 2x01 - 2x22
Lucifer (7 Episodes): 3x20 - 3x26
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (13 Episodes): 7x01 - 7x13
The Mentalist (30 Episodes): 2x18 - 2x23, 3x01 - 3x24
NCIS (12 Episodes): 5x01, 5x04, 5x06 - 5x15
Tatort (1 Episode): 53x36
Wednesday (8 Episodes): 1x01 - 1x08
Total Movies watched: 39
8½
A Most Wanted Man
A Simple Plan
As Above, So Below
Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Bourne Identity
The Crazies
DC Showcase: Catwoman
Destry Rides Again
Dinner for One
Earth: One Amazing Day
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
From Hell
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Godzilla vs. Kong
The Hateful Eight
Ho Ho Ho! (Weihnachts-Spezial)
The Human Stain
The Hunt
The Invisible Man Returns
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Woman
It Happened in Broad Daylight
Jurassic World
Justice League: War
Last Action Hero
Leviathan
Molly's Game
Nomadland
Parkland
Paul
Red Dragon
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The Russia House
Sink or Swim
Snatch
Thirteen Days
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Monster films made by Universal including remakes that I need to watch (or rewatch)
My movie collection.
HORROR COLLECTIONS, ANTHOLOGIES, SEQUALS. PREQUELS, REMAKES & SPIN-OFFS
by Paco Torres KosterVIP