# Movies like The Wave

> Films most similar to The Wave (2008) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/the-wave-2008/>

## 11 films in this list

- **[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-2009/)** (2009) — ★ 7.5 · 3,210 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, dread
- **[Black Book](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/black-book-2006/)** (2006) — ★ 7.4 · 1,239 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, paranoid
- **[The Experiment](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-experiment-2001/)** (2001) — ★ 7.4 · 1,208 votes · foreign-gem, cerebral, dread
- **[The Life of David Gale](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-life-of-david-gale-2003/)** (2003) — ★ 7.4 · 2,182 votes · cerebral, gut-punch
- **[The Tank](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-tank-2025/)** (2025) — ★ 7.1 · 422 votes · dread, raw, slow-burn
- **[Before the Fall](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/before-the-fall-2004/)** (2004) — ★ 7.0 · 362 votes · bittersweet, outsider, raw
- **[Run Lola Run](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/run-lola-run-1998/)** (1998) — ★ 7.3 · 2,549 votes · foreign-gem, mindfuck, surreal
- **[Europa](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/europa-1991/)** (1991) — ★ 7.4 · 360 votes · foreign-gem, dread, paranoid
- **[Lucky Number Slevin](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/lucky-number-slevin-2006/)** (2006) — ★ 7.5 · 4,439 votes · mindfuck, neon-soaked, paranoid
- **[We Are the Night](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/we-are-the-night-2010/)** (2010) — ★ 6.1 · 308 votes · bittersweet, neon-soaked, sexy
- **[The Lives of Others](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-lives-of-others-2006/)** (2006) — ★ 8.0 · 4,102 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, paranoid

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