
10 Best Movies Like Waking Life
If you loved Waking Life, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Mushi-Shi: The Next Chapter - Drops of Bells
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waking Life for fans of Animation & Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
On a warm summer day, a boy heard the sound of bells ringing, as if in celebration, in the mountain near his home. Several years later in that same mountain, the mushishi Ginko stu...

Maria's Lovers
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waking Life for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love....

The Sound of Belgium
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waking Life for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
In the late 1980s, the Belgian electronic New Beat music movement conquered dance floors worldwide, and all of a sudden Belgium was on the map. This eclectic predecessor of house m...

Wie gut ist deine Beziehung?
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waking Life for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Steve has been with Carola for five years. But then Steve has to watch as his friend Bob is left out of the blue by his girlfriend, who turns to the much older tantra teacher Haral...

Paula Rego: Secrets & Stories
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waking Life for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
An insight into the life and work of celebrated painter Paula Rego directed by her son, the film maker Nick Willing. Notoriously private and guarded, Rego opens up for the first ti...

A Scanner Darkly
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waking Life for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result....