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10 Best Movies Like Waiting Places

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

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#1
La La Land

La La Land

2016★ 7.9

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

Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mou...

#2
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé

HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé

2019★ 8.0

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

This intimate, in-depth look at Beyoncé's celebrated 2018 Coachella performance reveals the emotional road from creative concept to cultural movement....

#3
Dance with Me

Dance with Me

1998★ 6.9

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

Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. John...

#4
I Believe in Unicorns

I Believe in Unicorns

2015★ 6.4

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

Feeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter....

#5
Blue

Blue

1993★ 7.1

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

Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, bo...

#6
Synecdoche, New York

Synecdoche, New York

2008★ 7.5

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

A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play....

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