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10 Best Movies Like Not Waving but Drowning

If you loved Not Waving but Drowning, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
A Map of the World

A Map of the World

1999★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not Waving but Drowning for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property involving a friend's child, th...

#2
Men of Honor

Men of Honor

2000★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not Waving but Drowning for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's ...

#3
Here

Here

2024★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not Waving but Drowning for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between cou...

#4
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not Waving but Drowning for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#5
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not Waving but Drowning for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#6
I'm Not Here

I'm Not Here

2017★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not Waving but Drowning for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A man struggles with the tragic memories of his past to make sense of his present, but soon realizes that time isn't the enemy he thinks it is....

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