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10 Best Movies Like While You Were Sleeping

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

#1
Havoc

Havoc

2005★ 5.3

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

A wealthy Los Angeles teen and her superficial friends wants to break out of suburbia and experience Southern California's "gangsta" lifestyle. But problems arise when the preppies...

#2
Gladiator II

Gladiator II

2024★ 6.6

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

Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Empero...

#3
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#4
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#5
Inside Out

Inside Out

2015★ 7.9

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

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness g...

#6
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

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

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...