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10 Best Movies Like Waves

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

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#1
Anuja

Anuja

2024★ 6.5

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

When a brilliant nine-year-old working in a sweatshop gets a chance to attend school, she must make a difficult choice for her and her sister's future....

#2
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

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

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives....

#3
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

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

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father m...

#4
The Audrey Hepburn Story

The Audrey Hepburn Story

2000★ 6.0

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

The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a Dutch ballerina, coming to grips with her parents' divorce, and enduring life in the Nazi-occ...

#5
Flicka

Flicka

2006★ 6.9

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

Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. ...

#6
Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

1974★ 6.9

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

Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming c...

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