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10 Best Movies Like Waiting for Santa

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

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#1
12

12

2017★ 5.9

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

Anton and Erika started out as friends for five years and got into a romantic relationship for seven years. Anton is a commercial director while Erika is a former band member and b...

#2
Zombie Fight Club

Zombie Fight Club

2014★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waiting for Santa for fans of Action. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

It's the end of the century at a corner of the city in a building riddled with crime - Everyone in the building has turned into zombies. After Jenny's boyfriend is killed in a zomb...

#3
12

12

2009★ 5.6

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

After blowing his professional ballet career, John's only way to redeem himself is to concoct the demise of his former partner, Leah, who he blames for his downfall; he rehearses h...

#4
A

A

1998★ 5.9

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

Roughly chronological, from 3/96 to 11/96, with a coda in spring of 1997: inside compounds of Aum Shinrikyo, a Buddhist sect led by Shoko Asahara. (Members confessed to a murderous...

#5
Film

Film

2012★ 7.2

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

"This piece, with the generic title Film, is a series of short videos built around one protocol: a snippet of news from a newspaper of the day, is rolled up and then placed on a bl...

#6
12

12

2020★ 5.5

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

An old Finnish athlete travels alone through eastern Europe with his van....