Movies Like Twilight

If you loved Twilight (2008) for the intoxicating forbidden romance between Bella and Edward, the moody Pacific Northwest atmosphere, and the supernatural love triangle, these 10 movies deliver a similar experience. We picked each one based on shared tone, themes, and emotional feel — not just surface-level genre tags.

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   1. Beautiful Creatures

   2013 Fantasy

   In a small Southern town, a teenage boy falls for a mysterious new girl who comes from a family of spellcasters, and her powers will be claimed by light or dark when she turns sixteen. Beautiful Creatures shares Twilight's forbidden romance between a human and a supernatural outsider. The gender roles are reversed, with the human boy narrating, and the tone is more playful.

   Where to watch Beautiful Creatures

2. 2. The Vampire Diaries

   2009 Fantasy

   After her parents' death, a teenage girl in the small town of Mystic Falls falls for a mysterious new student who is a vampire, then meets his dangerous older brother. This TV series covers similar ground to Twilight, with a love triangle and a hidden supernatural world. The Vampire Diaries is soapier and more violent, and it has many more twists and mythology to explore.

   Where to watch The Vampire Diaries
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   3. Warm Bodies

   2013 Romance

   In a post-apocalyptic world, a zombie named R falls for a living young woman after saving her from an attack. Warm Bodies treats the forbidden love between a human and a monster with humor, and it often gently pokes fun at the ideas Twilight popularized. It is a lighter romantic comedy and a loose take on Romeo and Juliet, with a warm tone.

   Where to watch Warm Bodies
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   4. Red Riding Hood

   2011 Fantasy

   In a medieval village terrorized by a werewolf, a young woman played by Amanda Seyfried is torn between the man she loves and the man she is arranged to marry. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, who also directed Twilight, it shares the moody visuals and the love triangle. Red Riding Hood is a darker fairy-tale mystery, and much of the plot centers on unmasking the beast.

   Where to watch Red Riding Hood
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   5. Beastly

   2011 Romance

   A shallow, popular student in New York is cursed by a classmate with witchcraft, transforming his appearance, and he must find someone who loves him in spite of it. Beastly is a modern Beauty and the Beast that offers the same teen romance with a supernatural hook as Twilight. It is more of a lightweight, character-driven teen drama with a clear redemption arc.

   Where to watch Beastly
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   6. The Host

   2013 Sci-Fi

   From Stephenie Meyer, author of Twilight, this film imagines Earth taken over by aliens who occupy human bodies, but the young woman whose body is taken refuses to fade away. Her mind holds onto her love for a human man while the alien inside develops feelings of its own. The Host is more sci-fi than gothic, with an unusual love triangle at its core.

   Where to watch The Host
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   7. I Am Number Four

   2011 Sci-Fi

   An alien teenager hiding on Earth under a new identity enrolls at a small-town high school, falls for a classmate, and is hunted by enemies from his home planet. I Am Number Four shares Twilight's secret identity and forbidden romance between a regular student and an extraordinary one. It leans more heavily on action, with a final battle at the school.

   Where to watch I Am Number Four
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   8. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

   2013 Fantasy

   Lily Collins plays Clary, a New York teenager who discovers she is descended from Shadowhunters, warriors who protect the world from demons. Like Twilight, it is a young adult adaptation with a heroine pulled into a hidden supernatural society and a brooding love interest. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is busier and more action-oriented, with a larger mythology.

   Where to watch The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
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   9. Let Me In

   2010 Horror

   A bullied, lonely boy in a snowy New Mexico town befriends the mysterious girl who has moved in next door, who turns out to be a vampire. Let Me In shares Twilight's central relationship between a human and a vampire who seems young but is not. Matt Reeves's remake of the Swedish film Let the Right One In is far darker and more violent, without romantic fantasy.

   Where to watch Let Me In
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    10. Edward Scissorhands

    1990 Fantasy

    Johnny Depp plays Edward, a gentle, artificial man with scissors for hands who is taken in by a suburban family and falls for their teenage daughter, played by Winona Ryder. Tim Burton's fable shares Twilight's outsider who can be dangerous to those he loves. Edward Scissorhands is a bittersweet fairy tale with a satirical view of suburbia, more whimsical than sultry.

    Where to watch Edward Scissorhands