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10 Best Movies Like Waiting

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

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#1
Kapoor & Sons

Kapoor & Sons

2016★ 7.0

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

Returning home to visit their ill grandfather, two estranged brothers must confront their unresolved rivalry while their parents’ marriage frays....

#2
Traffic

Traffic

2016★ 6.6

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

An emotional thriller based on a road trip from Mumbai to Pune. Inspired from the real events that happened in Chennai....

#3
Yours Truly

Yours Truly

2019★ 8.2

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

Amidst the daily din of the local trains in Calcutta, a lonely working woman in her late fifties finds herself falling in love with the voice of the railway announcer....

#4
Main Krishna Hoon

Main Krishna Hoon

2013★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waiting for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In answer to an orphan boy's prayers, the divine Lord Krishna comes to Earth, befriends the boy, and helps him find a loving family....

#5
The Cave of the Golden Rose 3

The Cave of the Golden Rose 3

1993★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waiting for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

The powerful evil wizard Tarabas gets knowledge about a prophecy that a king's child will defeat him. So he sends out his army of dead soldiers to kidnap all royal children. When t...

#6
7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough

7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough

2006★ 5.5

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

Snow White asks the seven dwarfs for help, because if they don't manage to find out the name of a little boy (Rumpelstiltskin) within two days, her newborn child will be taken away...