If you loved Brokeback Mountain, try Waves
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Waves has roughly 9.4× fewer votes than Brokeback Mountain — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the cozy, devastating, slow burn mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Brokeback Mountain, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Waves is
Here's a film that wants to be *about* something. A South Florida family implodes after the son's wrestling injury leads to an accidental death. Waves then shifts focus to his sister as she picks up the pieces. It gets points for sheer ambition, if nothing else.
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