Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Wakening

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

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#1
Dolemite Is My Name

Dolemite Is My Name

2019★ 7.0

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

The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s....

#2
Comidark Films: In Between

Comidark Films: In Between

2019★ 6.4

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

Working in a ferry as a waiter, Ayzek, having a defect with his front teeth, dreams to get his front teeth fixed and to marry his girlfriend, Songül. The news gets out that the fer...

#3
Thanatomorphose

Thanatomorphose

2012★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wakening for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Bruised from a night of rough sex, a young woman is shocked to find that her body, rather than healing itself, has inexplicably begun to rot. Swept up in the strange sensual experi...

#4
Au Revoir les Enfants

Au Revoir les Enfants

1987★ 7.5

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

Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, t...

#5
Judy

Judy

2019★ 6.7

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

Thirty years after starring in "The Wizard of Oz," beloved actress and singer Judy Garland arrives in London to perform sold-out shows at the Talk of the Town nightclub. While ther...

#6
My Avatar and Me

My Avatar and Me

2010★ 5.3

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

is a creative documentary-fiction film and a film that might expand your sense of reality. It is the story about a man who enters the virtual world Second Life to pursue his person...