Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 20, 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
Return to Nim's Island

Return to Nim's Island

2013★ 6.5

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

Fourteen year old Nim, more determined than ever to protect her island and all the wildlife that call it home, faces off against resort developers and animal poachers. Soon she rea...

#2
I Want to Return Return Return

I Want to Return Return Return

2020★ 6.7

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

A depiction of the Wrangelkiez neighbourhood in Berlin. The people portrayed tell their life stories. One woman came to the neighbourhood a decade ago to work in Berlin’s still unf...

#3
Return of Sabata

Return of Sabata

1971★ 5.9

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

Master gunslinger Sabata arrives in Hobsonville, a town completely owned by McIntock, a robber baron who is taxing the inhabitants for the cost of future improvements to the town. ...

#4
Tintin and the Lake of Sharks

Tintin and the Lake of Sharks

1972★ 6.2

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

Tintin is sent to guard Professor Calculus, who has invented a machine that can duplicate anything, and is staying in a village near the border of Syldavia and Bodouria. Rastapopou...

#5
River of No Return

River of No Return

1954★ 6.7

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

An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband....

#6
Cocoon: The Return

Cocoon: The Return

1988★ 6.5

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

The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted t...