15 Movies Like Wake in Fright
Loved Wake in Fright? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
Obsession
After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wake in Fright.
Michael
The story of Michael Jackson, one of the most influential artists the world has ever known, and his life beyond the music. His journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talent as the lead of the Jackson Five, to the visionary artist whose creative ambition fueled a relentless pursuit to become the biggest entertainer in the world, highlighting both his life off-stage and some of the most iconic performances from his early solo career.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wake in Fright.
Disclosure Day
If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wake in Fright.
In the Grey
A covert team of elite operatives are living in the shadows. When a ruthless despot steals a billion-dollar fortune, they're sent to take it back—an impossible heist that erupts into a deadly game of strategy, deception and survival.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wake in Fright.
The Punisher: One Last Kill
As Frank Castle searches for meaning beyond revenge, an unexpected force pulls him back into the fight.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wake in Fright.
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
Jack Ryan is reluctantly pulled back into espionage when an international covert mission unravels a deadly conspiracy. Racing against time, he joins CIA allies Mike November & James Greer and sharp MI6 officer Emma Marlowe to battle a rogue black-ops unit in a high-stakes, deeply personal fight.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wake in Fright.
Damage
The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wake in Fright.
Graphic Desires
When reclusive Franklin cheats on his partner with a mysterious girl he meets on a dating app, it becomes the start of a deadly obsession.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wake in Fright.
Seven Snipers
When a former elite sniper is hunted down by the ruthless warlord who once held her captive, she must fight to the death to protect the daughter she has raised in hiding, on a remote Australian farm.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wake in Fright.
Pink Floyd: The Wall
A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wake in Fright.
Over Your Dead Body
A dysfunctional couple head to a remote cabin to "reconnect", but each has secret intentions to kill the other.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wake in Fright.
The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wake in Fright.
Infiltrate
In a city overrun by crime, government Agent Lily Chen is forced to choose between her duty and her family when her husband is kidnapped, and she’s blackmailed into assassinating high-level criminals to save him. As she delves deeper into the criminal underworld, Lily’s relentless pursuit of justice unravels a web of corruption, leading to a final, life-altering decision that will change her world forever.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wake in Fright.
Apex
A grieving woman pushing her limits on a solo adventure in the Australian wild is ensnared in a twisted game with a cunning killer who thinks she's prey.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Wake in Fright.
The Devil Wears Prada
A young woman from the Midwest gets more than she bargained for when she moves to New York to become a writer and ends up as the assistant to the tyrannical, larger-than-life editor-in-chief of a major fashion magazine.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wake in Fright.