Movies Like I Was a Teenage Werewolf

If you liked I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), a drama and fantasy movie directed by Gene Fowler Jr., here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Children of the Damned (1964)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and horror
Six children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to each other.
2
Raising Cain (1992)
★ 6/10Also drama and horror
Child psychologist Carter Nix is a loving and caring family man, but under this appearance lies a dark and troubled past. Grappling with the consequences of this past on his own psyche and the influence of his…
3
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and horror
Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.
4
Blood of the Vampire (1958)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and science fiction
A man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has returned to life with a heart transplant. Along with his crippled assistant Carl, the 'anemic' Mad Scientist, believed to be a…
5
The Craft (1996)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and drama
A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.
6
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and horror
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.
7
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and science fiction
A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous depraved fiend.
8
Underworld: Awakening (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasy and horror
Having escaped years of imprisonment, vampire warrioress Selene finds herself in a changed world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate…
9
Victor Frankenstein (2015)
★ 6/10Also drama and science fiction
While searching for animal body parts at a London circus, radical scientist Victor Frankenstein meets gifted surgeon Igor Strausman. Not only does the brilliant doctor offer Strausman his friendship, but also a chance…
10
Ginger Snaps (2000)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and fantasy
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously…
11
Look Away (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and fantasy
A timid and socially alienated 17-year-old high school student's life is turned upside down when she switches places with her sinister mirror image.
12
The Craft: Legacy (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and drama
An eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers.
13
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and fantasy
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…
14
Stake Land (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and horror
Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in an empty pit of economic and political disaster. A vampire epidemic has swept across what is left of the nation's abandoned towns and cities, and it's up…
15
Monkey Shines (1988)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and science fiction
A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who get too close to him.
16
The Fly (1986)
★ 7.4/10Also horror and science fiction
When brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and…
17
The Brood (1979)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and science fiction
A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalised wife, amidst a series of brutal murders.
18
Frankenstein (2025)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and fantasy
Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
19
Donovan's Brain (1953)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and horror
A scientist takes the brain of dead man and revives it via electrodes as it lays suspended in a tank of liquid. Soon, the brain grows to possess enormous psychic powers and inflicts its personality upon the doctor who…
20
Altered States (1980)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and science fiction
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and…