Movies like Never Cry Werewolf (2008)
The best movies like Never Cry Werewolf (2008) are The Beast of Bray Road (2005), Silver Bullet (1985) and Wolfman (1979). If Never Cry Werewolf hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedSilver Bullet (1985)6.7/10 from 745 votes
- NewestWerewolves (2024)Released 2024
The Beast of Bray Road (2005)
Based on actual accounts of werewolf sightings in Walworth County, Wisconsin, the film follows a local sheriff who is finally forced to accept that a string of horrifying deaths is linked to a predator which possesses DNA of both man and wolf.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Silver 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: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWolfman (1979)
A man finds out that his family has a werewolf curse put upon them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Wolves (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: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies 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: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWerewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012)
Set in a 19th century village, a young man studying under a local doctor joins a team of hunters on the trail of a wolf-like creature.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlood Moon (2014)
A stagecoach full of passengers and an enigmatic gunslinger are held hostage by two outlaws on the run from the law but events take an unexpected turn when the travelers are stalked by a mythical beast that only appears on the night of a blood red moon.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
An 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: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Bray Road Beast (2018)
A series of werewolf sighting are reported in the early 1990s in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, and the community becomes a werewolf hotspot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
In 19th-century Paris, a man raised by wolves works at a travelling circus, but on full moon nights, he transforms into a dangerous beast. Professor Paul Cataflanque is in charge of hunting him down as the young man develops an obsession for a prostitute.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Full Moon High (1981)
After a trip to Romania, popular high school quarterback Tony Walker becomes a werewolf, and struggles to come to terms with his hirsute situation.
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Love Bite (2012)
Four teenaged lads set off to get laid in order to stay alive. However, the boys have to attract the girls first in order to complete their mission. Otherwise, they will be hunted and killed by a vicious Werewolf which only seems interested in Virgins.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMom (1990)
During a time when the city of Los Angeles is terrorized by animal attack style murders, a kindly elderly lady provides a nomad with room and board. It turns out that he is a werewolf and is responsible for the recent killings. He bites the elderly woman, turning her into a hungry werewolf. Now her adult son must try to prevent the both of them from doing any more harm.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Bad 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: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFull Eclipse (1993)
The LA police department have a special team of officers with a talent for reducing big-time crime. The team leader has an excellent track record for crime reduction in other big cities, but his methods are unconventional, and so is he - he's a werewolf.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisWolf (1994)
Aging publisher Will Randall is at the end of his rope when a younger co-worker snatches his job out from under his nose. But after being bitten by a wolf, Will suddenly finds himself full of youthful vigor. As he struggles to regain his position, he becomes enthralled with Laura Alden, his former boss's daughter. And, as increasingly animal-like urges begin to overwhelm him, Randall worries that he may be turning into the creature that bit him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMoon of the Wolf (1972)
After several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he may be dealing with a werewolf.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisSkinwalkers (2006)
Creatures, bound by the blood of the wolf, that can kill with curses and move at lightening speed, watching the night sky for the rise of the blood-red crescent moon. They are SKINWALKERS. They feed on our flesh and thirst for the taste of human blood. The red moon signals each pack, divided by principles, hell bent to survive an ancient prophecy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisLate Phases (2014)
When deadly attacks from a nearby forest beset a secluded retirement community, it is up to a blind army veteran to discover what the residents are hiding.
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Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Wolfman (2010)
Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged father, gets bitten by a werewolf and, after a moonlight transformation, leaves him with a savage hunger for flesh.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Howling (1981)
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlood and Chocolate (2007)
A young teenage werewolf is torn between honoring her family's secret and her love for a man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisRomasanta: 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: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisGinger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004)
Brigitte has escaped the confines of Bailey Downs but she's not alone. Another werewolf is tailing her closely and her sister's specter haunts her. An overdose of Monkshood - the poison that is keeping her transformation at bay - leads to her being incarcerated in a rehabilitation clinic for drug addicts where her only friend is an eccentric young girl by the name of Ghost.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWolfen (1981)
A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHowl (2015)
When passengers on a train are attacked by a creature, they must band together in order to survive until morning.
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SnoozefestMovies like thisCursed (2005)
A werewolf loose in Los Angeles changes the lives of three young adults who, after being mauled by the beast, learn that the only way to break the curse put upon them is to kill the one who started it all.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisWer (2013)
A defense attorney begins to suspect that her client, who is charged with the murders of a vacationing family, might be more than meets the eye.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWerewolves (2024)
A year after a supermoon’s light activated a dormant gene, transforming humans into bloodthirsty werewolves and causing nearly a billion deaths, the nightmare resurfaces as the supermoon rises again. Two scientists attempt to stop the mutation but fail and must now struggle to reach one of their family homes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisAnother WolfCop (2017)
An alcoholic cop experiences blackouts and starts turning into a werewolf when the full moon appears in the sky.
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Never Cry Werewolf?
The closest matches to Never Cry Werewolf are The Beast of Bray Road (2005), Silver Bullet (1985) and Wolfman (1979). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Never Cry Werewolf?
People who watched Never Cry Werewolf most often go on to The Beast of Bray Road (2005), Silver Bullet (1985) and Wolfman (1979).
What is the highest-rated movie like Never Cry Werewolf?
Silver Bullet (1985), rated 6.7/10 by 745 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Never Cry Werewolf?
Werewolves (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Never Cry Werewolf?
Yes: The Beast of Bray Road (2005), Silver Bullet (1985) and Wolfman (1979).
How are movies similar to Never Cry Werewolf chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Never Cry Werewolf, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.