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10 Best Movies Like The Wait

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

#1
The Engineer

The Engineer

2023★ 6.1

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

As Israel is rocked by a series of terrorist bombings, a US senator's daughter is killed in one bloody explosion. Now, ex-Mossad agent Etan must lead an elite, covert team of agent...

#2
All of You

All of You

2025★ 6.2

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

Laura and Simon have been best friends since college. Over the years, they've realized their bond is more than platonic. Can they—and should they—risk everything to explore a love ...

#3
Emmanuelle

Emmanuelle

2024★ 4.7

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

While traveling, Emmanuelle meets Kei, a man who constantly eludes her. Though she indulges in the many alluring distractions, she can’t shake their chance encounter. Will she subm...

#4
Brave Citizen

Brave Citizen

2023★ 7.5

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

An expelled boxing champion, who now is a high-school teacher, witnesses intolerable violence and throws her first punch to build justice against it, while putting on a mask....

#5
Ten Ways The World Will End

Ten Ways The World Will End

2005★ 6.5

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

There are endless gruesome ways that the world could end; through nasty, natural disasters or because of some man-made abomination. From maniac killer robots and super volcanoes, t...

#6
Fib the Truth

Fib the Truth

2021★ 5.7

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

A couple in love spends time away from civilization. The sudden arrival of the younger sister first, and then the girl's ex-boyfriend, violate the country idyll. Each of the heroes...