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Movies that feel like The Wolf Man (1941)

If you loved The Wolf Man, the closest films we have are Dracula (1931), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and White Zombie (1932). All three share The Wolf Man's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf.

πŸ… 91% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. George Waggnerdreadunsettlingcontemplative
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Dracula
1931 Β· dir. Tod Browning
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.3horror

The same preoccupation in both: transformation

The difference: Missing the stillness of The Wolf Man

A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves the agent and drives him to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931 Β· dir. Rouben Mamoulian
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.6horror Β· science fiction Β· drama

Both are built on the same subject: transformation

The difference: Sits closer to science fiction than The Wolf Man does

Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men: one that is good and one that is evil. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.

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White Zombie
1932 Β· dir. Victor Halperin
πŸ… 77%β˜… 6.2horror

Both land dread and unease at once

A wealthy landowner living in Haiti convinces a sorcerer to lure the woman he has fallen for away from her fiancΓ©. The madman later betrays their agreement by keeping the woman for himself…as a zombie.

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The Phantom of the Opera
1925 Β· dir. Rupert Julian
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.5horror

Both lean on dread more than on horror

The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.

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Dracula
1958 Β· dir. Terence Fisher
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.2horror

Unsettling drama in both cases

After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancΓ©e. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker's friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945 Β· dir. Albert Lewin
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.5drama Β· horror Β· fantasy

Horror built on stillness, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than The Wolf Man does

A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

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The Thing from Another World
1951 Β· dir. Christian Nyby
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7drama Β· horror Β· science fiction

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.

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The Haunting
1963 Β· dir. Robert Wise
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.4horror

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

The difference: 22 years apart, and the 1960s show

Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…

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Onibaba
1964 · dir. Kaneto Shindō
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.8horror

Another one that scratches it

While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.

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Kill, Baby... Kill!
1966 Β· dir. Mario Bava
β˜… 6.9horror

Horror in the same key

A 20th century European village is haunted by the ghost of a murderous little girl.

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The Fly
1958 Β· dir. Kurt Neumann
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.1science fiction Β· horror Β· drama

Both run contemplative where it counts

Industrialist FranΓ§ois Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed her husband. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that he invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber.

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Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979 Β· dir. Werner Herzog
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.4drama Β· horror

Both play drama straight

A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.

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