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10 Best Movies Like Wake

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

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#1
Rails & Ties

Rails & Ties

2007★ 6.4

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

A deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer and a young boy who escapes the carnage....

#2
If Anything Happens I Love You

If Anything Happens I Love You

2020★ 7.7

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

In this Oscar-winning short film, grieving parents journey through an emotional void as they mourn the loss of a child after a tragic school shooting....

#3
Restless

Restless

2011★ 6.5

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

Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love....

#4
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.4

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#5
Scrapper

Scrapper

2023★ 6.7

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

A resourceful 12-year-old, who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working-class suburb of London, makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali and keeps the social worker...

#6
Hamnet

Hamnet

2025★ 7.7

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

The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet....

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