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10 Best Movies Like When You Wake Up

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

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#1
Belle du Seigneur

Belle du Seigneur

2012★ 5.2

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

English-language adaptation of Albert Cohen's epic Swiss tale of a tortured love affair between a high-ranking Jewish official and the Protestant wife of one of his employees....

#2
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#3
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#4
The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club

1985★ 7.7

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

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast...

#5
PK

PK

2014★ 7.7

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

A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laugh...

#6
Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein

1974★ 7.9

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

A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderl...