Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Howl

If you loved Howl, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Kiss of the Spider Woman

Kiss of the Spider Woman

1985★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Howl for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molin...

#2
Stuart: A Life Backwards

Stuart: A Life Backwards

2007★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Howl for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers f...

#3
Gods and Monsters

Gods and Monsters

1998★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Howl for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his ...

#4
My Brother the Devil

My Brother the Devil

2012★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Howl for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older broth...

#5
Moonlight

Moonlight

2016★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Howl for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of fallin...

#6
Naked Lunch

Naked Lunch

1991★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Howl for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway, Bil...

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