The Crypt Charts
The Top 31 Werewolf Films
The thirty-one finest werewolf films in the Vault, ranked by the Crypt Score.
Ranked by Crypt Score · Updated weekly · captured Jul 20, 2026
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An American Werewolf in London
R1981 · Comedy, Horror, Fantasy · 97m · David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine
American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. After retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon begins experiencing disturbing changes to his body and mind.
Werewolf by Night
PG-132022 · Action, Fantasy, Horror · 55m · Gael García Bernal, Laura Donnelly, Harriet Sansom Harris, Kirk R. Thatcher
On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple following the death of their leader. In a strange and macabre memorial to the leader’s life, the attendees are thrust into a mysterious and deadly competition for a powerful relic—a hunt that will ultimately bring them face to face with a dangerous monster.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948 · Horror, Comedy · 83m · Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi
The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
The Wolf Man
NR1941 · Horror, Drama · 70m · Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy, Warren William
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.
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965 · Horror · 98m · Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Roy Castle, Alan Freeman
Five train passengers are joined by a mysterious fortuneteller who offers to read Tarot. A quintet of stories unfold: an architect returns to his ancestral home to find a vengeful werewolf; a doctor suspects his new wife is a vampire; an intelligent vine takes over a house; a jazz musician plagiarises music from a voodoo ceremony; and a pompous art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.
Dog Soldiers
R2002 · Horror, Action, Thriller · 105m · Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby, Liam Cunningham
A band of soldiers is dispatched to war games deep in the woods. When they stumble across a rival team slaughtered in camp, they realize they're not alone.
Ginger Snaps
2000 · Fantasy, Horror, Drama · 108m · Katharine Isabelle, Emily Perkins, Kris Lemche, Mimi Rogers
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 heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.
Trick 'r Treat
R2007 · Horror, Fantasy, Comedy · 82m · Brian Cox, Quinn Lord, Anna Paquin, Dylan Baker
Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank, and a bitter old recluse receives an uninvited guest.
The Company of Wolves
R1984 · Horror, Fantasy · 95m · Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Graham Crowden
An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which innocent maidens are tempted by wolves who are hairy on the inside. As Rosaleen grows into womanhood, will the wolves come for her too?
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed
2004 · Drama, Horror, Fantasy · 94m · Emily Perkins, Tatiana Maslany, Katharine Isabelle, Eric Johnson
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.
The Howling
R1981 · Horror · 91m · Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone
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.
Werewolf of London
1935 · Horror, Fantasy · 75m · Henry Hull, Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson, Lester Matthews
A strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster.
The Return of the Vampire
1943 · Horror · 69m · Bela Lugosi, Nina Foch, Roland Varno, Matt Willis
In 1918, an English family is terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get revenge upon the family.
Underworld
R2003 · Fantasy, Action, Thriller · 122m · Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Michael Sheen, Shane Brolly
Vampires and werewolves have waged a nocturnal war against each other for centuries. But all bets are off when a female vampire warrior named Selene, who's famous for her strength and werewolf-hunting prowess, becomes smitten with a peace-loving male werewolf, Michael, who wants to end the war.
The Wolf of Snow Hollow
R2020 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Jim Cummings, Riki Lindhome, Robert Forster, Chloe East
Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage daughter, and caring for his ailing father, officer Marshall struggles to remind himself there's no such thing as werewolves.
Goosebumps
PG2015 · Adventure, Horror, Comedy · 103m · Dylan Minnette, Jack Black, Odeya Rush, Ryan Lee
After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. When Zach unintentionally unleashes real monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it’s suddenly up to Stine, Zach and Hannah to get all of them back in the books where they belong.
Wolfen
R1981 · Horror, Thriller · 115m · Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines
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.
The Curse of the Werewolf
NR1961 · Horror · 93m · Clifford Evans, Oliver Reed, Yvonne Romain, Catherine Feller
A child conceived by a mute servant girl transforms from an innocent youth to a killer beast at night with uncontrollable urges.
Wolf
R1994 · Horror, Drama, Romance · 125m · Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader, Kate Nelligan
An aging publisher becomes a demon wolf and, with this newfound youthful vigor, fights to keep his job.
The Cursed
R2021 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 111m · Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie, Roxane Duran
In the late 19th century, a brutal land baron slaughters a Roma clan, unleashing a curse on his family and village. In the days that follow, the townspeople are plagued by nightmares, the baron's son goes missing, and a boy is found murdered. The locals suspect a wild animal, but a visiting pathologist warns of a more sinister presence lurking in the woods.
Werewolves Within
R2021 · Horror, Comedy · 96m · Sam Richardson, Milana Vayntrub, George Basil, Sarah Burns
When a proposed pipeline creates hostilities between residents of a small town, a newly-arrived forest ranger must keep the peace after a snowstorm confines the townspeople to an old lodge. But when a mysterious creature begins terrorizing the group, their worst tendencies and prejudices rise to the surface, and it is up to the ranger to keep the residents alive, both from each other and the monster which plagues them.
The Undying Monster
1942 · Horror, Mystery · 64m · James Ellison, Heather Angel, John Howard, Bramwell Fletcher
A werewolf prowls around at night but only kills certain members of one family. It seems like just a coincidence, but the investigating Inspector soon finds out that this tradition has gone on for generations and tries to find a link between the werewolf and the family, leading to a frightening conclusion.
Underworld: Evolution
R2006 · Fantasy, Action, Thriller · 106m · Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran, Shane Brolly
As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael, the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the secrets of their respective bloodlines.
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
R2009 · Fantasy, Action, Thriller · 92m · Rhona Mitra, Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen, Shane Brolly
A prequel to the first two Underworld films, this fantasy explains the origins of the feud between the Vampires and the Lycans. Aided by his secret love, Sonja, courageous Lucian leads the Lycans in battle against brutal Vampire king Viktor. Determined to break the king's enslavement of his people, Lucian faces off against the Death Dealer army in a bid for Lycan independence.
House of Frankenstein
1944 · Horror, Science Fiction · 71m · Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., J. Carrol Naish, John Carradine
Deranged scientist, Gustav Niemann, escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a traveling chamber of horrors, soon reviving the infamous Count Dracula, the frozen Frankenstein Monster, and the Wolf Man.
Silver Bullet
R1985 · Horror · 95m · Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Tovah Feldshuh, Megan Follows
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…
Waxwork
R1988 · Horror, Comedy · 97m · Zach Galligan, Jennifer Bassey, Joe Baker, Deborah Foreman
Wealthy slacker college student Mark, his new girlfriend Sarah, and their friends are invited to a special showing at a mysterious wax museum which displays 18 of the most evil men of all time. After his ex-girlfriend and another friend disappear, Mark becomes suspicious.
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
NR1943 · Horror, Science Fiction · 74m · Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Patric Knowles, Ilona Massey
After being resurrected by grave robbers, Larry Talbot searches for Dr. Frankenstein in the hopes of being cured of his lycanthropy. The mad scientist may turn out to be dead, but his monster is just waiting to be found…
Late Phases
2014 · Horror, Thriller · 95m · Nick Damici, Ethan Embry, Lance Guest, Erin Cummings
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.
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning
R2004 · Horror, Drama, Western · 95m · Katharine Isabelle, Emily Perkins, Nathaniel Arcand, JR Bourne
Set in 19th Century Canada, Brigitte and her sister Ginger take refuge in a Traders' Fort which later becomes under siege by some savage werewolves. But when one of the girls is bitten, they have no one to turn to but themselves.
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