Highest-Rated Movies about 'Hunchback', Sort by Popularity

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), The Name of the Rose (1986), The Fearless Vampire Killers or: Pardon Me, but Your Teeth Are in My Neck (1967), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1957), Arabian Nights (1942), Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974), House of Frankenstein (1945), Meet the Spartans (2008) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Hunchback movies.

#1. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

Storyline: King Louis XI is a wise and old king and Frollo is the Chief Justice. Frollo gazes on the gypsy girl, Esmeralda, in the church during Fool's Day and sends Quasimodo to catch her. Quasimodo, with the girl, is captured by Phoebus, Captain of the Guards, who frees the girl. The courts sentence Quasimodo to be flogged, and the only one who will give him water while he is tied in the square is Esmeralda. Later, at a party of nobles, Esmeralda again meets both Frollo, who is bewitched by her, and Phoebus. When Phoebus is stabbed to death, Esmeralda is accused of the murder, convicted by the court and sentenced to hang. Clopin, King of the Beggars; Gringoire, Esmeralda's husband; and Quasimodo, the bellringer, all try different ways to save her from the gallows.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>

Plot Keywords: gypsy, bishop, beautiful woman, monster, hunchback, suspenseful, passionate ...

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#2. The Name of the Rose (1986)

Storyline: 1327. After a mysterious death in a Benedictine Abbey, the monks are convinced that the apocalypse is coming. With the Abbey to play host to a council on the Franciscan's Order's belief that the Church should rid itself of wealth, William von Baskerville, a respected Franciscan friar, is asked to assist in determining the cause of the untimely death. Alas, more deaths occur as the investigation draws closer to uncovering the secret the Abbey wants hidden, and there is finally no stopping the Holy Inquisition from taking an active hand in the process. William and his young novice must race against time to prove the innocence of the unjustly accused and avoid the wrath of Holy Inquisitor Bernardo Gui.

Plot Keywords: monk, apprentice, peasant, hunchback, handler, dark, suspenseful ...

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#4. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1957)

Storyline: Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other entertainers, Esmeralda, a sensuous gypsy, performs a bewitching dance in front of delighted spectators. From up in a tower of the cathedral, Frollo, an alchemist, gazes at her lustfully. Later in the night, Frollo orders Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer and his faithful servant, to kidnap Esmeralda. But when the ugly freak comes close to her is touched by the young woman's beauty...—Guy Bellinger

Plot Keywords: hunchback, gypsy, dark, sultry, melodramatic, notre dame cathedral, surrealism ...

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#6. Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)

Storyline: Vampire hunter and expert swordsman Kronos finds himself in a small village where several of the local young women have been found in an advanced state of age, their youth drained from them by a vampire's kiss. Kronos' search leads him to the Durward estate where he is met by the effete children of the apparently aged and sick Lady Durward.—Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>

Plot Keywords: vampire hunter, swordsman, hunchback, maiden, aristocrat, matriarch, campy ...

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#7. House of Frankenstein (1945)

Storyline: Dracula arrives at Dr. Edelman's office asking for a cure to his vampirism. However, this is a ruse by Dracula to get near Dr. Edelman's beautiful female assistant and turn her into a vampire. Meanwhile, a sincere Lawrence Talbot, AKA the Wolfman, arrives seeking a cure for his lycanthropy. When Dr. Edelman's first attempt fails, Talbot tries to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff, but instead finds a network of underground caves where Frankensteins Monster is in stasis. Chaos ensues as the three monsters fight for dominance of each other.—Norman Cook <cook@ssdgwy.mdc.com>

Plot Keywords: werewolf, count dracula, dark, creepy, suspenseful, europe, vengeance ...

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#8. Meet the Spartans (2008)

Storyline: The heroic Spartan king Leonidas, armed with nothing but leather underwear and a cape, leads a ragtag bunch of 13 Spartan misfit warriors to defend their homeland against thousands of invading Persians whom include the Ghost Rider, Rocky Balboa, the Autobots, and an ugly hunchbacked Paris Hilton and a shaved-head Brittany Spears.

Plot Keywords: king, warrior, queen, captain, hunchback, outlandish, madcap ...

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