As many of you know, werewolf films are my favorite. All of my life I have been mesmerized by watching men change into beasts…and now as an adult I see it all too often.
If you have seen these, then you are ready. If not, I suggest you get out there and enjoy. Howl at the moon, rip off your clothes, and gorge yourself on the Top Ten Werewolves Worth Watching
10. The Howling 2 (1985)
This may seem like an odd film for this list, but I have to admit it’s a guilty pleasure for me. This movie is just flat out fun. And hey, Christopher Lee is in it…how awesome is that? As a sequel, it’s pretty usual fare, especially for the 80’s but I dig it. And for you boobie hounds, make sure you stick around for the end credits just to count how many times Sybil Danning rips her top open. It’s pretty funny.
9. The Wolf Man (1941)
So you know I have to give some love to the Wolf Man. I would like to put it higher, but it’s more a sentimental nod than anything. This film helped shaped all the werewolf films after it. Even if Lon Chaney Jr. looks like nothing more than a hirsute man about town and is probably the only known carnivore to choke his victims, this transformation is still cool to watch today.
8. Wolf (1999)
I know a lot of people crapped on this film but I think it is highly underrated. Jack Nicholson’s wolf man is another example of poor shaving hygiene and although I prefer the more wolfy wolves, this film is plenty deeper than most realize upon the first viewing.
7. Wolfen (1981)
Wolfen is another one that doesn’t fit the traditional werewolf film ideas, but it’s cool nonetheless. These are shape shifters in the sense that they turn into actual wolves from Native American folklore. A nice change from the full moon bit. Plus there is a great cast with Albert Finney, Gregory Hines and Edward James Olmos.
6. The Company of Wolves (1984)
This fractured fairytale is one of my favorites (obviously it’s on the list…I know). It has a creepy feel that puts me in mind of Sleepy Hollow. Neil Jordan who also directed The Crying Game, In Dreams and Interview with the Vampire brings the fable of Little Red Riding Hood to life with a nasty little twist. This film is much more than your everyday werewolf movie. It delves deep into numerous themes and is saturated with sexual connotations. Men really are beasts.
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Awesome list. My favourite line from Dog Soldiers, ”
Cooper: Where’s Spoon?
Sergeant Harry Wells: There is no Spoon.” Love it!!!
The Howling and Dog Soldiers, my favorite werewolf movies….
It seems like the werewolf movies In the 80′s and 90′s were the better ones.
American Werewolf is streets ahead but nice work on checking “Werewolf Bah-Mitzvah” (a favourite of my kids) “Werewolf Bah-Mitzvah, spooky, scary. Boys becoming men, men becoming wolves!”
The Company of Wolves is f-ing awesome. I saw it in 1985 and has been my fav werewolf movie since.
Xfinity has Howling 2 on demand. I accidentally the whole thing.
While American Werewolf” is hands down brilliant (my fave horror movie, and yes, that transformation set to Bad Moon Rising will NEVER be topped. The acting is beyond brilliant and the stretching hand and look of horror is beautiful), I gotta say, I’ve never liked the actual werewolf at the end. I get that it’s a hulking beast, but the design never did it for me. But the rest of the movie is so brilliant (and funny) I can forgive that.
Two words: Jenny Agutter
Two more words: Nazi Demons
hate Howling 2 with a Passion! although Sybil Danning is a facebook friend of mine and her boobies are the best thing about this film, the rest of it is shit! sorry Jamie xx also don’t like “Dog Soldiers” and not keen on ” Company Of Wolves” although that’s a very good point on it’s like ” Sleepy Hollow”. the rest of them i can’t argue with although i would have Amercian Werewolf at number one. i too saw both AWIL and The howling at the cinema when they first came out. saw the howling again recently and didn’t like it as much but still good. Have you seen ” Bad Moon” that’s a fun one. Werewolf vs Pet dog.
Why are there so few actually good werewolf movies made? Most of them are shit, and this list only has one or two that are actually watchable and the others are just embarrassing to watch. The werewolf is such a great iconic monster yet there’s no one willing to do it proper justice.
It’s fucking sad, really.
everone leaves off brotherhood of the wolf, but its still better than 5 of the 10 you mentioned.
Never heard of that movie, but if it’s about Werewolves then I want to watch it.
It’s French and it’s called “le pac de loup” which translates to Brotherhood of the Wolf. I was actually surprised it wasn’t on here. It’s great and Monica Bellucci gets naked in it.
Sorry but your 100% wrong. Brotherhood of the Wolf (sorry Mike Berry, but your french is a bit lacking, original title is in fact ‘Le pacte des loups’) is a fantastic film, but the monster is not a werewolf, is in no way supernatural, and is not in fact even a wolf, sorry it quite clearly does not qualify for the list!
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Dude, you missed the baddest werewolf out there, the one from Bad Moon. A well directed movie but it could have had more done with it. Well worth watching for ww fans and the monster wolf is the scariest ww I have seen.
just wanted to point out though not scary the howling reborn was an awesome movie
Wolfen had nothing to do with werewolves or even anything close to werewolves. It’s a fantastic story about a race of wolf-like creatures that existed long before Man. The Native Americans referred to the Wolfen as being the First Nation.
I despise the Ginger Snaps movies and didn’t care for Dog Soldiers either. The rest are okay.
where is 2010 WolfMan ?
I could have sworn Wolf came out in 1994.
Werewolves are my favourite classic supernatural monsters. Love ‘em. My list wouldn’t look much different, just Howling 2 and Wolfen would be missing. I’d add Bad Moon though. That one I actually hated at first, but years later I gave it another whirl and found that it was a lot better than I remembered. The dog as the hero theme is a nice departure from the norm.
It is a shame though that actual great werewolf flicks are so few and far between.
Eric Red’s 1996 Bad Moon is a great little film and should have been on the list!
1 american werewolf 2 dog soldiers 3 silver bullet 4 howling 5 ginger snaps 6 wolf 7bad moon 8 wolfman 2010 9howling reborn 10 skin walkers
All good choices but I hated skin walkers. Huge let down for me even with Rhona Mitra in it
I know it wasn’t a Movie; but too this very day the most compelling portrail of a Werewolf. I’ve ever seen was in a TV series that aired on Fox; called Werewolf (1987–1988). Young Eric Cord vs Skorzeny was a classic. If you can ever find old episodes of it anywhere check it out. If done right would make a great movie
you can watch all episodes here.
Moderator has removed the link (fair enough), suffice to say it is possible to find and watch all the episodes of ‘Werewolf’ through the power of Google.
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