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10 Best Movies Like The Perfect Wave

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

#1
Chasing Mavericks

Chasing Mavericks

2012★ 7.0

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

Surfer Jay Moriarity sets out to ride the Northern California break known as Mavericks....

#2
The Kill Team

The Kill Team

2013★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Perfect Wave for fans of War. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In 2010, the media branded a platoon of U.S. Army infantry soldiers “The Kill Team” following reports of its killing for sport in Afghanistan. Now, one of the accused must fight th...

#3
Staudamm

Staudamm

2014★ 6.1

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

A young man called Roman is working for an attorney. Roman has to travel to a small village in Bavaria, in order to get some files from a local police station. These files keep rec...

#4
The Longest Ride

The Longest Ride

2015★ 7.6

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

The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash....

#5
Magic Mike XXL

Magic Mike XXL

2015★ 6.2

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

Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performan...

#6
In the Heart of the Sea

In the Heart of the Sea

2015★ 6.8

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

In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance....