Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Awaiting

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

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#1
Battle Royale

Battle Royale

2000★ 7.3

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

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act....

#2
A Bittersweet Life

A Bittersweet Life

2005★ 7.4

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

Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shad...

#3
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#4
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#5
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994★ 8.5

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

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in ...

#6
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019★ 7.4

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

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie indust...