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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
Catch and Release

Catch and Release

2006★ 5.9

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

For a grieving fiancée, learning to love again requires the help of her late love's three best friends....

#2
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

2009★ 5.9

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

After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdow...

#3
Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

2022★ 6.4

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

A father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family....

#4
Jersey Girl

Jersey Girl

2004★ 6.2

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

Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single f...

#5
He Said, She Said

He Said, She Said

1991★ 5.8

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

Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing...

#6
New York, I Love You

New York, I Love You

2008★ 5.9

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

New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan...

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