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10 Best Movies Like Heat Wave

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

#1
Joe Versus the Volcano

Joe Versus the Volcano

1990★ 5.8

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

Hypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the courage to ask his co-worker out on a date, and is then hired to jump into a volcan...

#2
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Heat Wave 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 Heat Wave 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
PK

PK

2014★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Heat Wave 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...

#5
Inside Out

Inside Out

2015★ 7.9

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

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness g...

#6
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Heat Wave for fans of History & 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....