Horror/Sci-fi ‧ 1h 11m ‧ 1931
This iconic 1931 horror film follows the obsessed scientist Dr. Henry Frankenstein as he attempts to create life by assembling a creature from body parts of the deceased. Aided by his loyal misshapen assistant, Fritz, Frankenstein succeeds in animating his monster, but it escapes into the countryside and begins to wreak havoc. Frankenstein searches for the elusive being and eventually must confront his tormented creation. The film stars Colin Clive as Frankenstein and Boris Karloff as his monster.
Frankenstein had a significant impact on popular culture, and the imagery in the film -- the maniacal "mad" scientist, a subservient hunchbacked assistant, and the film's depiction of Frankenstein's monster -- have since become iconic. In 1991, the United States Library of Congress selected Frankenstein for preservation in the National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
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* Movies must appear on the AFI’s “100 Greatest Movies of All Time” list.