Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Waves

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

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#1
Kolya

Kolya

1996★ 7.4

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

After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s not long before the communication ba...

#2
Plan A

Plan A

2021★ 6.1

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

Germany 1945, Max, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, meets a radical group of Jewish resistance fighters, who, like him, lost all hope for their future after they were robbed of their e...

#3
Milada

Milada

2017★ 6.7

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

Pre-WWII Czech democratic politician Milada Horáková was one of the first victims of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Opposing the 1948 coup but not leaving the country, she...

#4
Inventing the Abbotts

Inventing the Abbotts

1997★ 6.3

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

In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer...

#5
Defiance

Defiance

2008★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waves for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. Th...

#6
The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1988★ 6.9

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

Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already h...

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