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10 Best Movies Like The Wave

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

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#1
Coach Carter

Coach Carter

2005★ 7.6

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

Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results....

#2
The Wave

The Wave

1981★ 6.9

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

A teacher conducts an experiment in an American high school where students learn how easy it is to be seduced by the same social forces which led to the horrors of Nazi Germany....

#3
A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

1989★ 6.6

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

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody....

#4
6 Underground

6 Underground

2019★ 6.3

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

After faking his death, a tech billionaire recruits a team of international operatives for a bold and bloody mission to take down a brutal dictator....

#5
Equilibrium

Equilibrium

2002★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wave for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the...

#6
Driving Lessons

Driving Lessons

2006★ 6.1

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

A shy teenage boy trying to escape the influence of his domineering mother, has his world changed when he begins to work for a retired actress....

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