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10 Best Movies Like The Awakening

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

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#1
7th & Union

7th & Union

2021★ 7.6

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

Ex-fighter Raymundo forms an unlikely bond with a disgruntled man whose life and relationship with his daughter are unraveling. The men join forces to win a fight that could very w...

#2
The Trials of Cate McCall

The Trials of Cate McCall

2013★ 6.4

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

In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicte...

#3
Run

Run

1991★ 6.1

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

When a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police....

#4
Alex of Venice

Alex of Venice

2015★ 5.9

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

After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by hers...

#5
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

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

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives....

#6
Rogue Agent

Rogue Agent

2022★ 6.3

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

Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice....

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