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10 Best Movies Like Awakening

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

#1
Naughty Couple

Naughty Couple

1994★ 4.0

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

Ma publishes books; his marriage is flat and his wife wants attention, so she arranges a photo session in bed with Si, a gay decorator, to make Ma jealous. Her friend, Linda Lo, al...

#2
The Way to the Heart

The Way to the Heart

2024★ 9.9

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

Ava, an award-winning chef at a big-city restaurant, has lost her spark. Her boss sends her out to find herself to save her menu and her job. She returns home and finds little to i...

#3
The Sandlot 2

The Sandlot 2

2005★ 5.9

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

A decade has passed in the small town where the original Sandlot gang banded together during the summer of ’62 to play baseball and battle the Beast. Now, back at the dugout, nine ...

#4
Teen Spirit

Teen Spirit

2011★ 5.9

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

Amber, a mean popular girl who gets electrocuted and dies, is not allowed to enter into heaven unless she helps the least popular girl in school become Prom Queen within a week, bu...

#5
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts

Kirikou and the Wild Beasts

2005★ 6.4

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

Kirikou's Grandfather says that the story of Kirikou and The Witch was too short, so he proceeds to explain more about Kirikou's accomplishments. We find out how little boy became ...

#6
Return to Innocence

Return to Innocence

2001★ 6.8

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

A searing legal drama that centers on a highly credentialed child psychologist whose life is shattered when he's accused of sexually assaulting a young boy he's been treating....