Movies like A Werewolf in the Amazon (2005)
The best movies like A Werewolf in the Amazon (2005) are Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1991), Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (2023) and Big Bad Wolf (2006). If A Werewolf in the Amazon hooked you with its horror and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedTrick 'r Treat (2007)7.0/10 from 2,213 votes
- NewestHowl If You're Horny (2026)Released 2026
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1991)
Reclusive vampires lounge in a lonely American town. They wear sunscreen to protect themselves. A descendant of Van Helsing arrives with hilarious consequences.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOnyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (2023)
Onyx joins a group of fellow occultists to attend a dark ritual at the mansion of their idol, Bartok. Suspecting Bartok’s nefarious intentions, Onyx is suddenly immersed in a world of monsters, mystery, and mayhem.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBig Bad Wolf (2006)
In Cameron, a group of hunters is attacked by a wild animal, and Charlie Cowley survives, but sees his brother Scott dying. Seven years later, his teenage nephew Derek Cowley steals the key of his stepfather's cabin in the isolated Fire Road 13, and travels with four classmates and his friend Sam to spend the weekend having a party with booze and sex. However, they are attacked by a Beast that kills his friends in a sadistic way. Sam and Derek survive, and they suspect that his stepfather, Mitchell Toblat, is a werewolf. When Charlie meets Derek and Sam, they decide to collect evidence to prove that Mitchell is the Beast and kill him, but Mitchell discovers their plot and chases the trio.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDave Made a Maze (2017)
Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of his own creation. Ignoring his warnings, Dave’s girlfriend Annie leads a band of oddball explorers on a rescue mission. Once inside, they find themselves trapped in an ever-changing supernatural world, threatened by booby traps and pursued by a bloodthirsty Minotaur.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOnce Bitten (1985)
Mark wants to lose his virginity, but his girlfriend wants to wait. Unfortunately for both of them, a 400-year-old vampire Countess needs to turn a virgin into a vampire before Halloween in order to preserve her own youthful appearance, and when she finds Mark, she turns his life upside-down.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisR.L. Stine's Monsterville: The Cabinet of Souls (2015)
Teenage friends must resist the spell of an evil showman staging a house of horrors show in their small town.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTrick 'r Treat (2007)
Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank, and a bitter old recluse receives an uninvited guest.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAll About Evil (2010)
A mousy librarian inherits her father's beloved but failing old movie house. In order to save the family business, she discovers her inner serial killer — and a legion of rabid gore fans — when she starts turning out a series of grisly shorts. What her fans don't realize yet is that the murders in the movies are all too real…
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisAn American Werewolf in Paris (1997)
An American man unwittingly gets involved with werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisHold the Fort (2025)
A HOA turns out to be more troublesome than usual in this wildly amusing, FX-heavy freak-out about newly minted suburbanites unexpectedly forced to take part in a struggle against monstrous forces.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSilver Bullet (1985)
The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside…
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Monster Squad (1987)
Count Dracula returns to the world of humans accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them the ability to rule the world. A group of horror-loving heroes are the only ones daring to stand in their way.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWolves (2014)
The coming-of-age story of Cayden Richards. Forced to hit the road after the murder of his parents, Cayden wanders lost without purpose... Until he meets a certifiable lunatic named Wild Joe who sets him on a path to the ominous town of Lupine Ridge to hunt down the truths of his history. But in the end, who's really hunting whom?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBad Moon (1996)
During an expedition in Nepal, a photo-journalist becomes infected by a werewolf. Returning to the U.S., he holes up in an isolated location in the woods, but when he invites his sister and nephew for a visit, their dog, Thor, knows something is amiss.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGinger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004)
Set in 19th Century Canada, Brigitte and her sister Ginger take refuge in a Traders' Fort which later becomes under siege by some savage werewolves. But when one of the girls is bitten, they have no one to turn to but themselves.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAt Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)
Zé do Caixão is an undertaker in a small Brazilian town, searching for the perfect woman to bear him a superior child. Unable to conceive with his wife, he kills her and sets out to find someone else.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1974)
A notorious bank robber kills his wife and flees the police, only to be captured by a mysterious group of figures in an abandoned town. His beautiful daughter, Lila Lee, receives a letter stating that her father is near death and that he needs to see her. Sneaking away at night from her minister guardian, Lila embarks on a terrifying journey...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Knight's War (2025)
A fearless knight braves a deadly realm to save the Chosen One’s soul. Facing witches, demons, and brutal foes, he discovers her return could ignite chaos and doom humanity.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Evil (1978)
Shortly after moving into a dark, brooding mansion, a psychologist and his co-workers are terrorized by a horrible evil being.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisLittle Monsters (1989)
A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games under his bed where pulling pranks on kids and other monsters is the main attraction.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThat Time of the Month (2023)
A murder investigation takes a reporter and her cameraman to the house of three women roommates, who turn out to be werewolves.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & comedy
Frostbitten (2006)
After Annika, a medical doctor, gets work at the local hospital, she and her 17-year old daughter Saga move to a small town in northern Sweden. Annika is keen to work with her idol, geneticist Professor Gerhard Beckert. However Beckert's sinister past in the Waffen-SS soon catches up with him when a couple of pill-popping interns mistake an experimental vaccine for party drugs. Mayhem ensues as the town's teenagers succumb one by one to the mysterious virus.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisHowl If You're Horny (2026)
Howl If You're Horny, a student dissertation film, explores queerness and mise en scene with a metaphorical relationship between being trapped within the closet and the werewolf exterior. Queer suppression and desire is explored within a dream sequence where posters, which were once in his room, come alive. He must decide if he wants to keep surviving or to live his first day as a human.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & comedy
Werewolf With Uzi! (2015)
A new hero is born. By day, Ly Canthrope is gunning down scum in the streets of Finland. But by night, he's the Werewolf with Uzi, motherfucker!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & comedy
Mor (1991)
In 15th century Croatia, a young farmhand named Mor patiently awaits the coming of spring, not only because of his love for nature, but also because Šu, the daughter of his master that he's been in love since their childhood, will finally return home after a long journey across Europe. However, soon after her arrival, he's informed that Šu had been forced into an arranged marriage with a young nobleman named Arno. Pained by grief, Mor begins to close himself off from the world, however, his curse begins to slowly transform him into something else.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
You Don't Have To Apologize (2024)
Rafa, a young trans and gay man, has already resigned himself to the fact that he will never find another boy who accepts him, until he meets Henrique.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Horus (2022)
Vampire Horus Jaxon has broken he peace treaty between his kind and the werewolves, igniting a war between rivals.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt (2004)
A terror is stalking the land: people are disappearing daily, their bodies appearing covered in savage gashes coupled with precise surgical cuts. The legend of the 'Werewolf of Allariz' spreads across the land like wildfire. When Barbara (Elsa Pataky) falls in love with travelling vendor Manuel Romasanta, she is at first besotted with him - but soon begins to be suspicious of him. What has happened to her sister, who - after being escorted by Romasanta to the city - seems to have disappeared forever.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Feral Man (2002)
A young man believes he's turning into a werewolf after being attacked by an unseen assailant.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Dark Wolf (2003)
A vicious werewolf stalks the streets of Los Angeles. Between killings, its desperate goal is to mate with unsuspecting Josie, who is unaware of her special power attracting the beast. Forced to take over an investigation involving werewolves after his partner is killed, an LAPD Detective is led to the trail of this ravenously deadly hybrid werewolf.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like A Werewolf in the Amazon?
The closest matches to A Werewolf in the Amazon are Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1991), Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (2023) and Big Bad Wolf (2006). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after A Werewolf in the Amazon?
Start with Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1991), the closest match to A Werewolf in the Amazon.
What is the highest-rated movie like A Werewolf in the Amazon?
Trick 'r Treat (2007), rated 7.0/10 by 2,213 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like A Werewolf in the Amazon?
Howl If You're Horny (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to A Werewolf in the Amazon chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside A Werewolf in the Amazon, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.