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10 Best Movies Like The Waiting List

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

#1
I Am Cuba

I Am Cuba

1964★ 7.8

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

Four vignettes on the lives of the Cuban people in the pre-revolutionary era. In Havana, Maria is ashamed when a man she loves discovers how she makes a living. Pedro, an old farme...

#2
Strawberry and Chocolate

Strawberry and Chocolate

1993★ 7.0

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

In 1979 Cuba, flamboyant gay artist Diego attempts to seduce straitlaced David, an idealistic young communist, and fails dismally. But David conspires to be "friends" with Diego s...

#3
A Buddha

A Buddha

2005★ 7.7

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

Un Buda follows two brothers orphaned as children when their parents were taken by the military during the "Dirty Wars" of the 1970s in Argentina. Tomas is now a drifting and with...

#4
The King of Comedy

The King of Comedy

1982★ 7.8

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

Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy....

#5
Schindler's List

Schindler's List

1993★ 8.6

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

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II....

#6
The Zone of Interest

The Zone of Interest

2023★ 7.0

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

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp....