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10 Best Movies Like The Wait

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

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#1
First Snow

First Snow

2006★ 6.1

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

A psychic's ominous reading sends a man into a tailspin....

#2
Magic in the Moonlight

Magic in the Moonlight

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wait for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud....

#3
We Go On

We Go On

2016★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wait for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Paralyzed by his fear of dying, Miles Grissom takes out an advert offering $30,000 in reward money to the first person who can show him evidence of an angel, a demon, or prove that...

#4
Norman

Norman

2010★ 6.1

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

A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness....

#5
Swan Song

Swan Song

2021★ 7.1

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

In the near future, Cameron Turner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Presented with an experimental solution to shield his wife and son from grief, he grapples with altering th...

#6
Posthumous

Posthumous

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wait for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After false reports of his demise put him and his work on the map, an artist decides to continue the charade by posing as his own brother. Soon, a reporter enters his life and has ...

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