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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
All Good Things

All Good Things

2010★ 6.1

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

Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history....

#2
The Iron Claw

The Iron Claw

2023★ 7.5

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

The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph,...

#3
He Got Game

He Got Game

1998★ 6.8

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

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence....

#4
Beautiful Boy

Beautiful Boy

2011★ 6.0

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

A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass-shooting at his college, then took his own life....

#5
Magnolia

Magnolia

1999★ 7.7

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

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game sh...

#6
Ordinary People

Ordinary People

1980★ 7.4

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

Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He...

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