Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

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.

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#1
In the Crosswind

In the Crosswind

2014★ 7.1

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

June 14, 1941, 3 a.m. Over 40000 people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are deported by Soviets to Siberia. Among them is a philosophy student Erna, a happily married mother of ...

#2
Munich - The Edge of War

Munich - The Edge of War

2021★ 6.9

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

At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret....

#3
Oranges and Sunshine

Oranges and Sunshine

2010★ 7.0

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

The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from t...

#4
Radium Girls

Radium Girls

2020★ 6.7

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

Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health....

#5
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.3

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

During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain....

#6
1944

1944

2015★ 6.9

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

The events of the war in 1944, from the Blue Hills to Sõrve Peninsula. Shown through the eyes of Estonian soldiers who had to pick sides and fight against fellow brothers. Choices ...

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