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10 Best Movies Like Waking Nightmare

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

#1
Unfaithfully Yours

Unfaithfully Yours

1948★ 7.2

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

Before he left for a brief European visit, symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter casually asked his staid brother-in-law August to look out for his young wife, Daphne, during his...

#2
Re-Births

Re-Births

2017★ 7.4

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

A documentary film depicting five intimate portraits of migrants who fled their country of origin to seek refuge in France and find a space of freedom where they can fully experien...

#3
Area of Conflict

Area of Conflict

2017★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waking Nightmare for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Human traffickers wipe out a young girl's family and village. She then seeks revenge on those responsible, eventually becoming first the hunted then turning into the hunters with t...

#4
Destroy All Monsters

Destroy All Monsters

1968★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waking Nightmare for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the...

#5
Return of the Living Dead Part II

Return of the Living Dead Part II

1988★ 6.4

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

A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek ou...

#6
Despicable Me

Despicable Me

2010★ 7.3

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

Villainous Gru lives up to his reputation as a despicable, deplorable and downright unlikable guy when he hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sky. But he has a tough time sta...