Movies like While the Wolf's Away (2017)
The best movies like While the Wolf's Away (2017) are Time Share (2018), The Insomnia Club (2018) and The Amazing Catfish (2013). If While the Wolf's Away hooked you with its mystery and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedRadical (2023)8.3/10 from 523 votes
- NewestHurricane Season (2023)Released 2023
- In SpanishTime Share (2018)Also in Spanish
Time Share (2018)
While staying at a tropical resort, a man becomes convinced the American timeshare company running it has an evil plan to take away his loved ones.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Insomnia Club (2018)
Three people with insomnia get together at a supermarket where they share their experiences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Amazing Catfish (2013)
Young Claudia works in a supermarket where she promotes various types of products. One night, she ends up in the emergency room with severe appendicitis and meets Martha, a patient, laying in the bed next to hers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas (2012)
In the Mexican-Guatemalan border, young teenage lovers, Sabina and Jovany, both Hondurans, accidentally meet again after some years without seeing each other. She plans to get to the United States and dreams about being a great singer; he commits all the required atrocities to be accepted by the gang: la Mara Salvatrucha. Sabina and Jovany crashed with the most adverse conditions at the border like white slavery, the Mexican and American migratory agents Burrona and Patrick, the brothel matron Doña Lita, Don Nico the Mexican Consul in Tecún Umán, the drug trafficking networks, the army and la Mara Salvatrucha.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBuy Me a Gun (2018)
In a timeless México where women are disappearing, a girl helps her dad, a tormented addict, to take care of an abandoned baseball camp where the narcos gather to play.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHeroic (2023)
Luis, an 18-year-old Mexican boy with indigenous roots, enters the Heroico Military College with the hope of securing a better future. There, he encounters a rigid and institutionally violent system designed to make him a perfect soldier.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPost Mortem (2010)
In Chile, 1973, during the last days of Salvador Allende's presidency, an employee at a Morgue's recording office falls for a burlesque dancer who mysteriously disappears.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSeeds (2018)
The coming of age story of a boy that after a traumatic event is taken to beautiful Cuernavaca, where he has to find his father while trying to adapt to life with his grandmother, who has problems of her own.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Golden Dream (2013)
A group of Central-American teen-agers depart from the slums of Guatemala City escaping poverty and violence, towards the promised land of California.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWorkforce (2020)
Francisco was building a luxurious house in Mexico where a fatal accident caused the death of his brother. When Francisco learns that his widowed sister-in-law will not receive a compensation from the opulent owner of the house, he will seek justice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDuck Season (2004)
Flama and Moko are fourteen years old; they have been best friends since they were kids. They have everything they need to survive yet another boring Sunday: an apartment without parents, videogames, porn magazines, soft drinks and pizza delivery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAunt Alejandra (1980)
The arrival of Aunt Alejandra triggers a series of nightmarish events that will put the life of a family at mysterious risk.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRadical (2023)
In a Mexican border town plagued by neglect, corruption, and violence, a frustrated teacher tries an unorthodox new method to break through his students’ apathy and unlock their curiosity, their potential... and perhaps even their genius.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisI'm No Longer Here (2019)
In Monterrey, Mexico, a young street gang spends their days dancing to slowed-down cumbia and attending parties. After a mix-up with a local cartel, their leader is forced to migrate to the U.S. but quickly longs to return home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Chosen Ones (2015)
Sofia, 14 years old, is in love with Ulises. Because of him, in spite of him, she is forced into a prostitution network in Mexico. To set her free, Ulises will have to find another girl to replace her. Adapted from Jorge Volpi’s novel, set in the world of juvenile prostitution.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnder the Same Moon (2007)
Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. while her mother cares for Carlitos back in Mexico.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisIdentifying Features (2020)
Magdalena makes a journey to find her son, who has disappeared on his way to the Mexican border with the United States. Her odyssey takes her to meet Miguel, a man recently deported from the US. They start to travel together, Magdalena looking for her son, and Miguel hoping to see his mother again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPrayers for the Stolen (2021)
Ana and her two best friends, Maria and Paula, navigate life in their oppressive countryside village. Whilst their families struggle in the poppy fields harvesting opium, the girls try to grow alongside the creeping terror of their cartel oppressors.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPerras (2011)
Something terrible is happening in class 3A at Calmecatl Junior High. No one can leave the classroom until the guilty party is found. This is the device that gives us a glimpse of the ethics, games, esthetics and eroticism of these girl-women. It is not easy to say what the subject is, there are so many: the discovery of sexuality, discrimination, chance, drugs, maternity, traditions, betrayals, power, love. A mural of a complex reality from the point of view of twenty-something women in the skin of 14 to 15 year old girls.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisApril's Daughters (2017)
Valeria is 17 and pregnant. She lives in Puerto Vallarta with Clara, her half sister. Valeria has not wanted her long-absent mother, April, to find out about her pregnancy, but due to the economic strain and the overwhelming responsibility of having a baby in the house, Clara decides to call their mother. April arrives, willing to her daughters, but we soon understand why Valeria had wanted her to stay away.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Heiresses (2018)
After her girlfriend is imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to face a new reality. Driving for the first time in years, she begins to provide a local taxi service to a group of elderly wealthy ladies. As Chela settles into her new life, she encounters the much younger Angy, forging a fresh and invigorating new connection.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGüeros (2014)
Set amidst the 1999 student strikes in Mexico City, this coming-of-age tale finds two brothers venturing through the city in a sentimental search for an aging legendary musician. Shot in black-and-white, Güeros brims with youthful exuberance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHurricane Season (2023)
When a group of teens finds a corpse floating in a canal, the brutal reality behind the perverse crime unravels a town's hidden secrets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Out of the Clear Blue Sky (2019)
Returning to Earth as an imitator, the legendary Mexican artist Pedro Infante must prove that he is no longer a womanizer to enter paradise.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisAnd Breathe Normally (2018)
At the edge of Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, two women’s lives will intersect – for a brief moment – while trapped in circumstances unforeseen. Between a struggling Icelandic mother and an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau, a delicate bond will form as both strategize to get their lives back on track.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Vanishing (1993)
The boyfriend of an abducted woman never gives up the search as the abductor looks on.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Caveman's Valentine (2001)
Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim the death is accidental. Romulus is convinced the man was murdered by a prominent art photographer but how can he prove he's right when everyone thinks he's insane?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisAurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly (2020)
Aurora's high school reunion turns deadly when a body is found in the hotel pool. Aurora and her Real Murders Club help investigate which classmate was most likely to kill.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRemember (2015)
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLa Casa (2020)
Responding to an urgent call for help, a police officer becomes trapped by the evil spirits of a cursed house.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like While the Wolf's Away?
The closest matches to While the Wolf's Away are Time Share (2018), The Insomnia Club (2018) and The Amazing Catfish (2013). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after While the Wolf's Away?
People who watched While the Wolf's Away most often go on to Time Share (2018), The Insomnia Club (2018) and The Amazing Catfish (2013).
What is the highest-rated movie like While the Wolf's Away?
Radical (2023), rated 8.3/10 by 523 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like While the Wolf's Away?
Hurricane Season (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like While the Wolf's Away?
Yes: Time Share (2018), The Insomnia Club (2018) and The Amazing Catfish (2013).
How are movies similar to While the Wolf's Away chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside While the Wolf's Away, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.