Movies Like The Last Wave

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Picnic at Hanging Rock

1975·1h 47m·★ 7.4·Peter Weir

2 shared crewDir. Peter WeirDP: Russell Boyd

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

2003·2h 18m·★ 7.5·Peter Weir

2 shared crewDir. Peter WeirDP: Russell Boyd

Gallipoli

1981·1h 52m·★ 7.4·Peter Weir

2 shared crewDir. Peter WeirDP: Russell Boyd

The Way Back

2010·2h 13m·★ 7.3·Peter Weir

2 shared crewDir. Peter WeirDP: Russell Boyd

The Year of Living Dangerously

1982·1h 54m·★ 7.1·Peter Weir

2 shared crewDir. Peter WeirDP: Russell Boyd

The Gift

2000·1h 52m·★ 6.7·Sam Raimi

4 shared themes: court, premonition, nightmare...Fans also likedHorror & Drama & Mystery

Take Shelter

2011·2h·★ 7.3·Jeff Nichols

5 shared themes: apocalyptic vision, storm, beach...Fans also likedDrama & Horror

The Mothman Prophecies

2002·1h 59m·★ 6.4·Mark Pellington

Themes: premonition, paranoia, dreamsFans also likedDrama & Horror & Mystery

Dust Devil

1992·1h 43m·★ 6.2·Richard Stanley

Themes: nightmare, surrealism, dreamsFans also likedHorror & Mystery

Enemy

2014·1h 31m·★ 6.8·Denis Villeneuve

Themes: nightmare, paranoia, surrealismFans also liked

The Proposition

2005·1h 44m·★ 7.3·John Hillcoat

Themes: aborigine, australiaFans also liked

Spellbinder

1988·1h 39m·★ 5.8·Janet Greek

Themes: nightmare, lawyerFans also likedHorror & Drama

Primal Fear

1996·2h 10m·★ 7.7·Gregory Hoblit

Themes: court, lawyerDrama & Mystery

Black Swan

2010·1h 48m·★ 8.0·Darren Aronofsky

Themes: nightmare, paranoiaDrama & Horror

Mulholland Drive

2001·2h 27m·★ 7.9·David Lynch

Themes: nightmare, surrealismDrama & Mystery

Weathering with You

2019·1h 52m·★ 7.5·Makoto Shinkai

Themes: rain, surrealism

Anatomy of a Murder

1959·2h 41m·★ 8.0·Otto Preminger

TMDB recommendsDrama & Mystery

Donnie Darko

2001·1h 54m·★ 8.0·Richard Kelly

TMDB recommendsDrama & Mystery

K-PAX

2001·2h·★ 7.4·Iain Softley

TMDB recommendsDrama & Mystery

Wild Things

1998·1h 48m·★ 6.6·John McNaughton

TMDB recommendsMystery & Drama

How Good Is The Last Wave?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.