Movies Like Waking the Dead

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

Mother Night

1996·1h 54m·★ 7.1·Keith Gordon

2 shared crewDir. Keith GordonDP: Tom Richmond

The Chocolate War

1988·1h 40m·★ 6.6·Keith Gordon

2 shared crewDir. Keith GordonDP: Tom Richmond

The Singing Detective

2003·1h 49m·★ 5.4·Keith Gordon

2 shared crewDir. Keith GordonDP: Tom Richmond

Breaking the Waves

1996·2h 39m·★ 7.8·Lars von Trier

Themes: priest, 1970sTMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

Themes: priest, 1980sTMDB recommends

Winter's Tale

2014·1h 58m·★ 6.1·Akiva Goldsman

Fans also likedDrama & Mystery & RomanceStarring Jennifer Connelly

Taxi Driver

1976·1h 54m·★ 8.2·Martin Scorsese

Themes: politician, 1970s

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2004·1h 48m·★ 8.3·Michel Gondry

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Donnie Darko

2001·1h 54m·★ 8.0·Richard Kelly

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Dangerous Liaisons

1988·1h 59m·★ 7.5·Stephen Frears

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

The Conjuring: Last Rites

2025·2h 16m·★ 6.2·Michael Chaves

Themes: priest, 1980s

Possession

2002·1h 42m·★ 6.3·Neil LaBute

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Apocalypse Now

1979·2h 27m·★ 8.4·Francis Ford Coppola

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2001: A Space Odyssey

1968·2h 29m·★ 8.3·Stanley Kubrick

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Rebecca

1940·2h 10m·★ 8.0·Alfred Hitchcock

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Rosemary's Baby

1968·2h 18m·★ 8.0·Roman Polanski

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Do the Right Thing

1989·2h·★ 7.9·Spike Lee

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Hotel Rwanda

2004·2h 2m·★ 8.1·Terry George

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The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

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Remember

2015·1h 34m·★ 7.5·Atom Egoyan

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How Good Is Waking the Dead?

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