Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Short Wave

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

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#1
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

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

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

#2
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#3
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#4
Home Run

Home Run

2013★ 6.2

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

A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties f...

#5
The Attack

The Attack

2012★ 6.8

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

An Arab surgeon living in Tel Aviv discovers a dark secret about his wife in the aftermath of a suicide bombing....

#6
Cardboard Boxer

Cardboard Boxer

2016★ 6.3

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

Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl....

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