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Theme: Jekyll and Hyde Themes

The story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde comes from the novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson. The original story concerns the upstanding Dr Henry Jekyll who becomes fascinated with the nature of good and evil and the way society mandates that baser/evil urges be repressed. He invents a formula that allows his evil side to emerge and calls this other self Edward Hyde. However, Hyde becomes an uncontrollable force and rampages forth conducting mayhem and murder.

On film, the story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde remains the most adapted genre story ever and there have been multiple interpretations. These range from straight adaptations of the story to parodies, musicals, gender-flipped variations and adult versions, and various sons, daughters and grandchildren of Dr Jekyll.

The Jekyll/Hyde story has influenced a number of other films, including serving as the basis of The Incredible Hulk.

For more detail and an overview of the genre see the Theme Essay Jekyll and Hyde Films.


Abbott and Costello Meet Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1953)

3 December 199911 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Two Idiots Meet Dr Jekyll

Director: Charles Lamont
Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Craig Stevens, …
Category: Horror

The Avengers (2012)

4 May 201224 July 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Marvel Comics Superhero Team-Up

Director: Joss Whedon
Actors: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

2 May 20153 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Marvel Comics Superhero Team-Up

Director: Joss Whedon
Actors: Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, …
Category: Science Fiction

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

10 August 201930 September 2021

Rating: ★★

Marvel Comics Superhero Team-Up

Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Actors: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, …
Category: Science Fiction

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

3 November 201812 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Marvel Comics Superhero Team-Up

Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Actors: Robert Downey Jr, Josh Brolin, Chris Hemsworth, Benedict Cumberbatch, …
Category: Science Fiction

Carry On Screaming (1966)

4 January 200429 December 2022

Rating: ★

Spoof of Hammer Horror

Director: Gerald Thomas
Actors: Harry H. Corbett, Kenneth Williams, Fenella Fielding, Jim Dale, …
Category: Horror

Daniel Isn’t Real (2019)

1 March 20203 January 2021

Rating: ★★★

Malevolent Childhood Imaginary Companion

Director: Adam Egypt Mortimer
Actors: Miles Robbins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sasha Lane, Mary Stuart Masterson, …
Category: Horror

Dr Black and Mr Hyde (1976)

18 July 19994 January 2022

Rating: ★★★

Blaxploitation Jekyll and Hyde

Director: William Crain
Actors: Bernie Casey, Rosalind Cash, Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Category: Horror

Dr Jekyll and His Women (1981)

18 December 20125 December 2022

Rating: ★★★

Erotic Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Adaptation

Director: Walerian Borowczyk
Actors: Udo Kier, Patrick Magee, Marina Pierro, Gerald Zalcberg, …
Category: Horror

Dr. Jekyll & Mistress Hyde (2003)

7 September 201615 April 2021

Rating: ★★½

Softcore Jekyll and Hyde Film

Director: Tony Marsiglia
Actors: Julian Wells, Misty Mundae
Category: Horror

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913)

20 December 201814 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Evil Personality Within Unleashed

Director: Herbert Brenon
Actors: King Baggot, Jane Gail, Howard Crampton, William Sorelle, …
Category: Horror

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)

13 February 200914 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Evil Personality Within Unleashed

Director: John S. Robertson
Actors: John Barrymore, Brandon Hurst, Charles Lane, George Stevens
Category: Horror

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

18 July 200114 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Evil Personality Within Unleashed

Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Actors: Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Halliwell Hobbes, …
Category: Horror

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1941)

9 May 200118 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Evil Personality Within Unleashed

Director: Victor Fleming
Actors: Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner, Donald Crisp, …
Category: Horror

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (2002)

24 June 200718 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Evil Personality Within Unleashed

Director: Maurice Phillips
Actors: John Hannah, David Warner, Gerard Horan, Elodie Kendall, …
Category: Horror

Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2008)

31 October 200818 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Evil Personality Within Unleashed

Director: Paolo Barzman
Actors: Dougray Scott, Krista Bridges, Tom Skerritt, Cas Anwar, …
Category: Horror

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995)

8 May 200113 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Dr Jekyll Becomes a Woman Comedy

Director: David F. Price
Actors: Tim Daly, Sean Young, Lysette Anthony, Stephen Tobolowsky, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)

28 May 20008 April 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Dr Jekyll Becomes a Woman/Hammer Film

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick, Gerald Sim, Lewis Fiander, …
Category: Horror

Edge of Sanity (1989)

8 August 199930 September 2020

Rating: 0­

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Adaptation

Director: Gerard Kikoine
Actors: Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber, Sarah Maur-Thorp
Category: Horror

Fatal Pulse (1987)

10 June 200212 November 2020

Rating: 0­

Slasher Film

Director: Anthony J. Christopher
Actors: Ken Roberts, Michelle McCormick, Roxane Kernohan
Category: Horror

Horror High (1974)

21 December 200930 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Teenage Dr Jekyll

Director: Larry N. Stouffer
Actors: Austin Stoker, Pat Cardi, Rosie Holotik, John Niland, …
Category: Horror

How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)

24 January 201221 April 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Talking Boil/Black Comedy

Director: Bruce Robinson
Actors: Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson, Rachel Fielding, …
Category: Fantasy

Hulk (2003)

15 July 20034 September 2022

Rating: ★★★

Comic Book Superhero/The Rampaging Monster Within

Director: Ang Lee
Actors: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Nick Nolte, Sam Elliott, …
Category: Science Fiction

Hulk Vs (2009)

7 September 201716 September 2021

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Marvel Comics Superhero Battles

Director: Frank Paur, Sam Liu
Actors: Steve Blum, Fred Tatasciore, Bryce Johnson, Nolan North, …
Category: Science Fiction

I, Monster (1971)

5 July 200226 August 2021

Rating: ★★★

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Adaptation

Director: Stephen Weeks
Actors: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Richard Hurndall, George Merritt, …
Category: Horror

The Incredible Hulk (1977)

5 May 20034 September 2022

Rating: ★★½

Comic-Book Adaptation/The Rampaging Monster Within

Director: Kenneth Johnson
Actors: Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno, Jack Colvin
Category: Science Fiction

The Incredible Hulk (2008)

15 June 20084 September 2022

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Adaptation/The Rampaging Monster Within

Director: Louis Leterrier
Actors: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988)

2 March 20168 November 2021

Rating: ★★

Marvel Comics Superhero Team-Up

Director: Nicholas Corea
Actors: Bill Bixby, Eric Kramer, Lou Ferrigno, Steve Levitt, …
Category: Science Fiction

Jack the Ripper (1988)

27 October 201318 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Jack the Ripper Killings/TV Mini-Series

Director: David Wickes
Actors: Michael Caine, Lewis Collins, Armand Assante, Michael Gothard, …
Category: Horror

Jekyll (2007)

27 August 20132 September 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Modernised Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde/TV Mini-Series

Director: Matt Lipsey, Douglas Mackinnon
Actors: James Nesbitt, Gina Bellman, Denis Lawson, Paterson Joseph, …
Category: Horror

Jekyll + Hyde (2006)

3 February 200922 November 2021

Rating: ★★

Modernised Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Director: Nick Stillwell
Actors: Bryan Fisher, Bree Turner, Zachary Bennett
Category: Horror

Jekyll and Hyde … Together Again (1982)

2 September 200322 November 2021

Rating: ★★★

Jekyll and Hyde Spoof

Director: Jerry Belson
Actors: Mark Blankfield, Bess Armstrong, Tim Thomerson, Peter Brocco
Category: Science Fiction

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

2 September 200323 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Teamup of Characters from Victorian Fiction/Graphic Novel Adaptation

Director: Stephen Norrington
Actors: Sean Connery, Stuart Townsend, Peta Wilson, Shane West, …
Category: Fantasy

Let Her Out (2016)

29 November 201716 September 2021

Rating: ★★½

Girl at War With Her Split Personality

Director: Cody Calahan
Actors: Alanna LeVierge, Nina Kiri, Adam Christie, Kate Fenton, …
Category: Horror

Luster (2010)

22 January 201525 September 2021

Rating: ★★

Man at War With His Split Personality

Director: Adam Mason
Actors: Andrew Howard, Tess Panzer, Xander Berkeley, Billy Burke, …
Category: Horror

Mad Monster Party? (1967)

5 August 200018 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Famous Monster Bash/Stop-Motion Animation

Director: Jules Bass
Actors: Boris Karloff, Phyllis Diller
Category: Fantasy

Madame Hyde (2017)

13 July 202013 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Gender-Reversed Jekyll and Hyde Film

Director: Serge Bozon
Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Romain Duris, Jose Garcia, Adda Senari, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Manster (1959)

4 June 200230 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Two-Headed Man Amok

Director: George Breakston, Kenneth G. Crane
Actors: Peter Dyneley, Jane Hylton, Terri Zimmern, Satoshi Nakamura, …
Category: Horror

Mary Reilly (1996)

17 July 200914 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Dr Jekyll’s Maid

Director: Stephen Frears
Actors: Julia Roberts, John Malkovich, George Cole, Glenn Close, …
Category: Horror

The Mask (1961)

4 December 201221 April 2021

Rating: ★

Ritual Mask That Brings Out the Dark Side

Director: Julian Roffman
Actors: Paul Stevens, Claudette Nevins, Martin Lavut
Category: Horror

Monster on the Campus (1958)

1 February 199930 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Scientist Reverts to a Caveman

Director: Jack Arnold
Actors: Arthur Franz, Whit Bissell, Joanna Moore, Judson Pratt, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Mummy (2017)

22 July 201727 March 2020

Rating: ★

Revived Mummy

Director: Alex Kurtzman
Actors: Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wallis, Russell Crowe, Sofia Boutella, …
Category: Horror

Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008)

27 July 201519 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Animation/The Children of Marvel Superheroes

Director: Jay Oliva, Gary Hartle
Actors: Noah C. Crawford, Brenna O'Brien, Aidan Drummond, Dempsey M. Pappion, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Nutty Professor (1963)

9 May 20008 March 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Personality Transformation Formula Comedy

Director: Jerry Lewis
Actors: Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens, Del Moore
Category: Science Fiction

The Nutty Professor (1996)

11 March 200029 June 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Personality Transformation Formula Comedy

Director: Tom Shadyac
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, Dave Chappelle, Larry Miller, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Pagemaster (1994)

31 August 200420 December 2018

Rating: ★★½

Adventures in the Land of Fiction

Director: Joe Johnston
Actors: Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr, Mel Harris, …
Category: Fantasy

The Testament of Dr Cordelier (1959)

16 June 201514 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Adaptation

Director: Jean Renoir
Actors: Jean-Louis Barrault, Teddy Bilis, Jean Topart, Michel Vitold, …
Category: Horror

Ultimate Avengers (2006)

6 June 200918 September 2021

Rating: ★★★

Marvel Comics Superhero Team/Animation

Director: Bob Richardson, Curt Geda, Steven E. Gordon
Actors: Justin Gross, Michael Massee, Marc Worden, Olivia D'Abo, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ultimate Avengers II (2006)

21 September 201017 July 2021

Rating: ★★

Marvel Comics Superhero Team/Animation

Director: Bob Richardson, Will Meugniot, Richard Sebast
Actors: Justin Gross, Marc Worden, Nolan North, Grey DeLisle, …
Category: Science Fiction

Van Helsing (2004)

12 May 200422 October 2021

Rating: 0­

Monster Hunter/Famous Monster Bash

Director: Stephen Sommers
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, …
Category: Horror

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