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The Invisible Man Movies Ranked from Must-See to Unsightly

I read "The Invisible Man" by H.G. Wells a couple years ago and decided to make this list ranking adaptations and reworkings of his book after seeing the 2020 movie and a few more movies about transparent figures. Although Wells's novella is an easy read, I wouldn't necessarily recommend it; the better adaptations are improvements overall. That shouldn't be too surprising, though, given that the idea of invisibility is one well suited to a visual and audial art form such as cinema. The letter motif and the business of an "invisible" narrator of the book may be (and has been) easily replaced by more cinematically-reflexive constructions, too.

(Note: Superheros and Cheshire Cat-inspired invisibility not included, and I've intentionally not gone out of my way to see some of the more kiddie-looking, direct-to-video or TV variations.)

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  • The Invisible Man

    1

  • The Invisible Man

    2

  • The Invisible Man Returns

    3

  • X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

    4

  • The Invisible Woman

    5

  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

    6

  • The Invisible Mouse

    7

  • The Invisible Maniac

    8

  • Amazon Women on the Moon

    9

  • Memoirs of an Invisible Man

    10

  • Hollow Man

    11

  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

    12

  • The Invisible Man's Revenge

    13

  • Invisible Agent

    14

  • The Amazing Transparent Man

    15

  • The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

    16