Movies like A Werewolf Boy (2012)
The best movies like A Werewolf Boy (2012) are The Beauty Inside (2015), Be With You (2018) and The Shape of Water (2017). If A Werewolf Boy hooked you with its romance and fantasy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest rated20th Century Girl (2022)8.2/10 from 872 votes
- NewestChaO (2025)Released 2025
- In KoreanThe Beauty Inside (2015)Also in Korean
The Beauty Inside (2015)
Woo-jin, a furniture designer who wakes up in a different body every day, falls for Yi-soo, a woman he meets through his work.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBe With You (2018)
Along with his young son, Ji-ho, Woo-jin misses his wife Soo-a, who died after promising to return a year later with the rainy season. Miraculously, they reunite with Soo-a when the rainy season comes around, but she has no memory of her husband and son whom she dearly loved.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & fantasy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Shape of Water (2017)
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMy Sassy Girl (2001)
A young man’s world is turned upside down when a female force of nature takes his life by storm in this outrageous and uplifting ode to true love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIl Mare (2000)
A man and a woman realize they are separated by two years of time when they exchange letters from different years in a mailbox.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBecause I Love You (2017)
Lee Hyeong is a talented songwriter. He happens to connect people who are not good with love. Those include Hyeong-Gyeong who wants to become a singer, but she suffers from stage fright. Scully is a high school student. She helps Lee Hyeong's spirit. Chan-Young is a colleague of Lee Hyeong and he likes Hyeong-Gyeong, but in vain.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & romance
Always (2011)
A former boxer turned parking lot attendant finds hope in the love of the blind telemarketer who walks into his booth one day.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMy Girl and I (2005)
Su-ho is a plain high school boy, and Su-eun is a bright and beautiful girl in the same school. For some unknown reason, Su-eun has a crush on the boy, and for equally mysterious reasons she rescues Su-ho in the sea though he doesn't know who actually saved him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Heaven's Postman (2009)
Jae-jun delivers letters to heaven from those who can't get over the loss of their loved ones. One day Ha-na, who writes to her late boyfriend, discovers Jae-jun's secret identity. He offers her a part-time job assisting him, and they set off on a 14-day journey.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & romance
I Am Dragon (2015)
In the midst of the wedding princess Miroslava is kidnapped by a dragon and carried away into his castle on the remote island. Mira left everything behind in the past - family, friends and groom. Now the only things she had were a stone cage and a mysterious young man named Arman ... but who is he and what is he doing on that island? Miroslava will know the truth too late: loving a dragon will reveal the bitter truth - love is scary.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
Forks, Washington resident Bella Swan is reeling from the departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, and finds comfort in her friendship with Jacob Black, a werewolf. But before she knows it, she's thrust into a centuries-old conflict, and her desire to be with Edward at any cost leads her to take greater and greater risks.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Moment to Remember (2004)
A young couple's love is tested when Sun-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTill We Meet Again (2021)
Ah Lun, who has a choice to make in the underworld, decides to be a god of love in Chinese mythology. As he advances with his tasks on Earth, his biggest challenge is to tie a red string with the woman he loves the most.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpellbound (2011)
A magician makes an assistant out of a strange girl with the ability to see ghosts, and the two achieve success with their shows, through thick and thin. However, another kind of magic might be brewing behind the scenes of their act... love!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)
After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAre We in Love? (2020)
A young woman with a miserable life receives a magical book that gives her the power to make every man she encounters fall for her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisArchitecture 101 (2012)
When Seung-min was on his first year at the Academy of Architecture, he met Seo-yeon. She was a musician student, and Seung-min totally fell in love with her. Years have passed, and now he meets Seo-yeon again - she asks him to rebuild her father's old house.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEdward Scissorhands (1990)
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNo Breathing (2013)
Two very different restless youths join a swimming competition for love and friendship which is, in fact, a rite of passage to growing up.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Mermaid (2016)
When Xuan's real estate project threatens the home of mermaids, Shan is sent to stop him. When they fall in love, he is encouraged to cancel the project. However, he must save them from bigger danger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Little Bride (2004)
A teenage girl tries to continue her normal social and school life, after her grandfather forces her into an arranged marriage with a man in his twenties.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPenelope (2006)
Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soulmate when she's sequestered inside her family's estate with only her parents to keep her company? This untraditional fairy tale is about a girl who bucks convention to create her own happy ending.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeautiful Creatures (2013)
Ethan Wate just wants to get to know Lena Duchannes better, but unbeknownst to him, Lena has strange powers. As Lena's 16th birthday approaches she might decide her fate, to be good or evil. A choice which will impact her relationship forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove 911 (2012)
A doctor tries to woo a grieving, widowed firefighter in her attempt to get him to testify on her behalf in a medical malpractice case.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like this20th Century Girl (2022)
In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Classic (2003)
Ji-hae's friend is having problems expressing her feelings to the boy she loves, so she asks Ji-hae to write e-mails to him in her name. As the boy falls in love with her letters, Ji-hae discovers the story of her mother's romance which is remarkably similar to her own circumstances.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDitto (2000)
In this endearing supernatural love story spanning two decades, a university student finds himself communicating with a female classmate from the same school through an antique ham radio.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDouble Patty (2021)
Kang Woo-ram is busy preparing to get a job. Lee Hyun-ji is a would-be anchor, but she works at a homemade hamburger restaurant. One night, Woo-ram visits the hamburger restaurant and orders a double patty hamburger, which has a "buy one, get one free" sale. This is how their relationship begins.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
ChaO (2025)
In a futuristic world where humans and mermaids coexist, the life of mild-mannered office worker Stephan is upended when he is suddenly proposed to by Chao — a princess from the mermaid kingdom. With no time to make sense of what's happening, Stephan soon finds himself living with the unpredictable, wholehearted Chao, and her sincere love begins to break down his emotional barriers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like A Werewolf Boy?
The closest matches to A Werewolf Boy are The Beauty Inside (2015), Be With You (2018) and The Shape of Water (2017). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after A Werewolf Boy?
People who watched A Werewolf Boy most often go on to The Beauty Inside (2015), Be With You (2018) and The Shape of Water (2017).
What is the highest-rated movie like A Werewolf Boy?
20th Century Girl (2022), rated 8.2/10 by 872 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like A Werewolf Boy?
ChaO (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Korean movies like A Werewolf Boy?
Yes: The Beauty Inside (2015), Be With You (2018) and My Sassy Girl (2001).
How are movies similar to A Werewolf Boy chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside A Werewolf Boy, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.