Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Wake Up

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

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#1
Heal

Heal

2017★ 7.2

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

A documentary film that takes us on a scientific and spiritual journey where we discover that by changing one's perceptions, the human body can heal itself from any disease....

#2
Stutz

Stutz

2022★ 7.5

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

In candid conversations with actor Jonah Hill, leading psychiatrist Phil Stutz explores his early life experiences and unique, visual model of therapy....

#3
Baraka

Baraka

1992★ 8.2

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

A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life....

#4
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

2017★ 7.5

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

Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon....

#5
Titicut Follies

Titicut Follies

1967★ 7.2

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

A stark and graphic portrayal of the conditions that existed at the State Prison for the Criminally Insane at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and documents the various ways the inmates...

#6
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself

Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself

2020★ 7.6

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

Storyteller and Conceptual Magician Derek DelGaudio attempts to understand the illusory nature of identity and answer the deceptively simple question 'Who am I?'...

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