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Crying Wolf (2015)
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
There are a lot of strange and weird goings on in the little village of Deddington. For centuries a pack of werewolves has resided in the sleepy town, but when local girl Charlotte meets a particularly gruesome death, the town is descended upon by reporters, crazy detectives and lunatic hunters desperate to get their story, solve the crime and kill the beasts. But these wolves are smart… very smart.
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, bleak, suspenseful
Plot:
werewolf, monster, amateur detective, village, investigation, journalist, murder, missing person, wolf, public nudity, supernatural, female nudity, moon, insanity, british, countryside, hungry, pub, woods, madness, occult, forest, animal horror, gore, underwear ...
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Most similar movies to Crying Wolf
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, scary and bleak films with plots about monster, supernatural, werewolf, creature, murder, deadly creature and danger mostly in Horror, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Crying Wolf: Cryptid (2022), Night Carnage (2025), Cute Little Buggers (2017), Curse of the Wolf (2006), Bonehill Road (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A small rural town in Maine is shocked as a mysterious animal leaves a local resident brutally ripped apart. Deemed to be a random bear attack by town officials, freelance journalist Max Frome suspects it might be something more.
Style:
disturbing, tense, bleak, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
creature, hunting, journalist, victim, danger, peril, fear, investigation, murder, evil, death, supernatural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, maine
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A blogger who is also a werewolf meets a dashing playboy with a dark secret of his own. Starring Logan Andrews and Christian Howard.
Style:
suspense, gothic, urban fantasy
Plot:
werewolf, supernatural, dark secret, shape shifting, secret identity, urban setting, sexual tension, forbidden love, dual identity, urban, self discovery, social media ...
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When hostile aliens crash land on local farmland, the villagers at the summer ball get suspicious when young women start going missing. The villagers soon band together around our hero Melchoir to fend off the alien bunny invaders and bring back ...
Style:
rough, bleak, dark, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
monster, asteroid, forest, little creatures, fear, alien invasion, alien abduction, escape, mental disorder, blood, alien, village ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Dakota, a young werewolf, has finally learned to control her nighttime transformations. She desperately wants to live a normal life, and to break free from her curse, she flees to hide in the city. When the pack aggressively hunts her down, the ...
Style:
scary, serious, grindhouse, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
werewolf, supernatural, gory, rivalry, danger, on the run, deadly creature, curses spells and rituals, martial arts, guts, monster, wolf ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A young couple become stranded in the woods where they encounter a werewolf and a house of horrors.
Style:
slasher, scary, psychotronic, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
werewolf, supernatural, monster, fear, killer, exploitation, murder, supernatural power, killing, creature, revenge, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In Victorian-Era England, a Parish Councillor and criminal take refuge from a storm, at a remote countryside Inn. Forced to stay the night, they soon uncover a deadly pact between the strange Innkeepers and the flesh-hungry werewolves that inhabit ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, suspense, psychotronic, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
werewolf, criminal, victorian england, vengeance, victim, deadly creature, violence, supernatural power, murder, peril, society, revenge ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
In a remote village, some strange creatures are patrolling around. After 5 pm, no one dares to go out. A young journalist comes to the village and stays for 10 days but nothing happens. He gives the camera to a 14-year-old boy in the village and ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, bleak, serious, sinister ...
Plot:
found footage, supernatural, investigation, village, learning the truth, journalist, curfew, murder, remote village, creature, paranormal, isolation ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Sabrina's perfectly planned high school reunion goes south when a monster keeps killing all the guests.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, rough, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
curse, monster, characters murdered one by one, werewolf, mascot, football team, ghost story, high school, killer animal, paranormal, supernatural, paranormal phenomena ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, gothic horror ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
werewolf, full moon, vampire, nightmare, supernatural, trap, wolf, deadly creature, monster, apprentice, creature, graphic violence ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Sophie is a troubled young girl, haunted by the abuse she suffered as a child and harbouring a deep fascination with the unexplained. In the hope of satiating her obsession with the latter, she instigates a trip to the Welsh countryside with four ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
evil priest, confined, rescue, danger, captivity, isolation, werewolf, eye, supernatural, woods, survival, group of friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Cracker County is under attack and lovesick dog catcher Bubba Blanche has been transformed into a ferocious, cigar smoking Werewolf in order to save the day. But first he's got to conquer a beer or two. And maybe a plate of chicken wings.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, bleak, scary, humorous ...
Plot:
werewolf, fear, redneck, vengeance, creature, hunting, mission, youth, violence, murder, chase, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After nights of sleepwalking, a troubled teen straps a camera to himself and discovers a sinister truth.
Style:
scary, bleak, suspenseful, suspense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
werewolf, friendship, murder, friendship between boys, teenage boy, supernatural, found footage, monster, supernatural power, killing, rescue, good versus evil ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, spooky, atmospheric, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
werewolf, deadly creature, superhuman powers, found footage, murder, who done it, supernatural, danger, dedicated lawyer, legal, medical examination, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
As Alyssa and Karla try to escape from the church home that holds them captive, Karla is slaughtered by a vicious, semi-human creature. After Detective Kimball tracks down Alyssa at a rowdy biker bar, she tells Kimball that women inmates disappear ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, detective, captivating, scary ...
Plot:
werewolf, monster, priest, vanished man, mysterious disappearance, mission, investigation, police detective, disappearance, blood, lycanthropy, poker ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A big-game hunter comes out of retirement to help track down a killer wolf, and begins to suspect that it isn't a wolf but an animal that can take human form.
Style:
scary, serious, rough, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
werewolf, wolf, monster, lycanthropy, stalking, investigation, murder, animal life, supernatural ability, supernatural, escapades, dangerous animal ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A vicious and corrupt small-town sheriff and her deputies brutalise Lisa and leave her for dead in the nearby woods. There she is bitten by a werewolf and bestowed with supernatural abilities. Can Lisa retain her humanity as she exacts revenge and ...
Style:
psychotronic, scary, suspenseful, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
werewolf, supernatural, female werewolf, revenge, monster, hunting, vengeance, killing, peril, characters in danger, deadly creature, young girl ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An escaped werewolf - who’s determined to start a family of her own - sinks her claws into Kevin, leaving him with an uncontrollable desire to kill. Can his family save him before his lycan nature takes over for good?
Style:
scary, rough, serious, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
werewolf, female werewolf, survival, danger, supernatural, dangerous animal, stalking, betrayal, family life, transformation, creature feature, wolf ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Whilst trying to reignite their relationship at a remote cottage, Dave and Abi are stalked by a terrifying secret.
Style:
dark, suspense, independent film, mockumentary, psychological ...
Plot:
werewolf, couples, exploitation, fear, monster, cottage, couple relations, heterosexual relationship, sex scene, american horror, scared, friends ...
Similarity:
21%
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631
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A vicious genetically modified creature that's half human and half dire wolf escapes from a research facility so it can go on a murderous rampage in a quiet rural community. It's up to the easygoing Sheriff Parker, eager game warden Jim, ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
werewolf, monster, small town, danger, deadly creature, disorder, experiment gone awry, killer animal, laboratory, scientist, violence, creature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Story:
Darren and Jodi are in the middle-of-nowhere Maine on their way to a funeral. The reason they never make it is simple: werewolves. As other wayward travelers end up in their own battles for life, a suspected killer with a werewolf-sized chip on his ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
werewolf, survival, violence, investigation, monster, good versus evil, danger, rivalry, murder, small town, lycanthropy, creature feature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, maine
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Luxembourg
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A squad of British soldiers on training in the lonesome Scottish wilderness find a wounded Special Forces captain and the remains of his team. As they encounter zoologist Megan, it turns out that werewolves are active in the region. They have to ...
Style:
scary, cult classic, atmospheric, cult horror, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
werewolf, macabre, gory, supernatural, woods, full moon, violence, survival, wilderness, deadly creature, shapeshifter, survival horror ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
scotland, europe, united kingdom, scottish highlands, wales ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Sarah Tyler returns to her troubled family home in the isolated countryside, for a much put-off visit. As a storm rages outside, Sarah, her family and friends shore up for the night, cut off from the outside world. But something comes out of the ...
Style:
tense, serious, scary, rough, slasher ...
Plot:
werewolf, female werewolf, shiny pantyhose, monster, murder, survival, isolation, haunted by the past, danger, deadly creature, creature, attic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, united kingdom, britain
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The residents of a small town discover that something more sinister than killer wolves is lurking in the backwoods: first the wolves start turning up dead...then people.
Style:
scary, captivating, tense, suspenseful, folk tale ...
Plot:
werewolf, police, small town, good versus evil, home invasion, little red riding hood, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murder, black, saving a life, monster, wolf ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A mystical Sasquatch is on the loose in suburbia and only a Native-American warrior can stop it.
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, folk tale, mystical
Plot:
bigfoot, creature, missing person, legend, reporter, paranormal, monster, woods, paranormal phenomena, creature feature, flashback, fishing ...
Similarity:
20%
13K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
scary, creepy, suspenseful, suspense, surreal ...
Plot:
werewolf, murder, monster, dangerous animal, full moon, wolf, legends and myths, transformation, death, native american, investigation, wolf pack ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, bronx new york city, new york state
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A disgraced podcast host interviews an eccentric farmer who claims to have a monster living in the woods near his house.
Style:
serious, captivating, suspenseful, bleak, creepy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
monster, horse, widower, farm, rural setting, woods, forest, countryside, beast, interview, isolation, investigation ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Meet John Wolfman - politician, single parent and werewolf. A man whose (hairy) hands are definitely full. Not only is he trying to stop his opponents from selling the US to China (by way of the controversial CHIMERICA Bill), but also solve a series ...
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, psychotronic, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
werewolf, monster, usa president, u.s. president, killing, good versus evil, violence, peril, murder, supernatural power, creature, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Bob is coming to terms with his unsuccessful attempts at becoming an actor when he is bitten by a vampire named Susan - the daughter of a crazed vigilante slayer.
Style:
suspense, humorous, suspenseful, psychotronic, captivating ...
Plot:
actor, vampire, hollywood, killing, curses spells and rituals, youth, vengeance, evil, victim, escapades, creature, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After retiring from active duty, former elite military operative Caitlin Ross now runs a private security firm. She, however, becomes the target when her private security firm accepts a contract from a young millionaire.
Style:
exciting, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, wing chun, brutality, murder, danger, fight, law enforcement, gunfight, criminal, heist, police officer, fear ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Two horror screenwriters head to a remote artists' retreat seeking inspiration. Instead, each artist falls victim to increasingly gruesome deaths. The morbid atmosphere proves perfect for their writing, if they live to finish the script.
Style:
bleak, humorous, disturbing, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
monster, killing, obsessive quest, characters in danger, heroes, supernatural ability, deadly creature, escapades, society, characters killed one by one, revenge, hunting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
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