It's a close call for me between this and the 1933 classic, but this recent version does such an extraordinary job with the cinematic gaze and the remaking of the invisible man into a cinematic construction himself, along with taking the unorthodox perspective of the seen (a terrific Elisabeth Moss) rather than the unseen, that I'll give it the edge.

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One of James Whale's campy horror classics from the 1930s that's right up there with his Frankenstein films, it also features the memorable voice of Claude Rains and works well as an allegory for the then-still relatively new technology of talkies. In the age before digital cinema and CGI, John P. Fulton's traveling matte work for the visual effects is impressive, too.

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The first sequel to the above 1933 film, Vincent Price is a worthy successor in the unseen role, and the film is one of the more underrated classics from Universal's monster movies of the 1930s-1940s. By expanding on the procedural aspects of its predecessor, it's especially a treat for those familiar with semiotics as it relates to film theory.

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Funnier than I expected, this entry in Universal's Invisible Man series swaps genders for the titular invisible woman, with a lot of the jokes playing with the notion of the "male gaze," as well as an unseen naked woman wanting a man named "Dick." Even past his prime, John Barrymore is a hoot, too.

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Not an Invisible Man movie per se, as it mostly focuses on Dracula, the Wolf Man and the Frankenstein monster, as well as Abbott and Costello's usual shtick, in this comedic monster mash, but the best gag in the entire film is relevant to this list.

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A Tom-and-Jerry cartoon short, the inclusion of invisible ink here is a rather clever self-reference for a drawn film.

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Sexploitation adapts the voyeuristic potential of an invisible-man scenario remarkably well. Although, granted, it spends so much time in the girls locker room and on low-production gore that it's mostly enjoyable on a so-bad-it's-good level.

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Sketch comedy in the vein of "The Kentucky Fried Movie," includes an episode that parodies Universal's classic "Invisible Man" films.

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Despite being directed by John Carpenter, this film based on what is seen and not seen is not visually creative, and despite starring comedian Chevy Chase, it's not very funny, either. There's an amusing nightmare scene, however, that depicts castration anxiety.

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Directed by Paul Verhoeven, renowned for poor taste, there's unfortunately nothing amusing about turning Wells's novella into a generic slasher flick. That's just in poor taste.

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Another Abbott and Costello parody, this one features some decent sight gags--although not enough--for a comedic duo best known for their verbal wit.

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A poorly-written mess of a movie that I only don't rank as Universal's worst entry in the series because the film below is nauseatingly bad.

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Manages to take a promising idea of exploiting invisibility for spy craft and making buffoons out of Nazis into something that's not fun, including an annoyingly stupid protagonist.

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This B-production suffers without John P. Fulton's visual effects from the Universal series. All that's left is a poor story poorly executed and not even in a so-good-it's-bad sort of way despite its being featured on "Mystery Science Theater 3000."

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I guess they couldn't use Griffin from Wells for copyright reasons or something, so a thieving, ripped-off version of the Invisible Man is included in this CGI monstrosity of a movie.

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