Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Wave

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

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#1
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#2
To the Ends of the Earth

To the Ends of the Earth

2019★ 6.3

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

A young Japanese woman named Yoko finds her cautious and insular nature tested when she travels to Uzbekistan to shoot the latest episode of her travel variety show....

#3
Female Yakuza Tale

Female Yakuza Tale

1973★ 6.2

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

Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, ...

#4
The Good Neighbor

The Good Neighbor

2022★ 6.5

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

A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of g...

#5
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

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

American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-...

#6
Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts

2015★ 6.6

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

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance....

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