Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Waves

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

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#1
Impossible Things

Impossible Things

2021★ 8.4

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

After the death of her abusive husband, Matilde finds her new best friend in Miguel, her young, insecure, and disoriented neighbor....

#2
Mindwalk

Mindwalk

1991★ 6.9

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

On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, his ex-speechwriter and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about poli...

#3
Electricity

Electricity

2014★ 5.8

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

A woman leaves her seaside hometown to search for her long-lost brother, experiencing hallucinations brought on by her epilepsy during her trip....

#4
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Waves 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...

#5
A Father's Miracle

A Father's Miracle

2025★ 7.8

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

After being falsely accused of a terrible crime, Hector, a man with a neurological disability, goes to a secret prison. His goodness conquers the prisoners, who plan to prove their...

#6
The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

2019★ 6.3

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

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who get...

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