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10 Best Movies Like The Waiter's Dream

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

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#1
The Unknown Girl

The Unknown Girl

2016★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Waiter's Dream for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jenny, a young doctor who feels guilty after a young woman she refused to see winds up dead a few days later, decides to find out who the girl was, after the police can't identify ...

#2
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

1906★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Waiter's Dream for fans of Animation & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life....

#3
Inside Out

Inside Out

2015★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Waiter's Dream for fans of Animation & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness g...

#4
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

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

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...

#5
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#6
Rush

Rush

2013★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Waiter's Dream for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In the 1970s, a rivalry propels race car drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt to fame and glory — until a horrible accident threatens to end it all....