
Movies that feel like The Last Wave (1977)
If you loved The Last Wave, the closest films we have are Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971), The Devil's Advocate (1997) and Midsommar (2019). All three share The Last Wave's contemplative and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max and Howdy Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.
If The Last Wave hit the spot, these will too

Paranoia sits at the heart of each
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

The same mix in both: stillness, then twists
The difference: None of the paranoia that defines The Last Wave

Both keep circling back to paranoia
The difference: Not nearly as dreamlike as The Last Wave

Dread-soaked where it counts, unsettling underneath
The difference: A 2000s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Both trade on dream logic more than on being drama
The difference: Plays it as thriller more than The Last Wave does

Nightmare is the engine of both

Twisty mystery, and it commits to that

Both built around surrealism

The same preoccupation in both: nightmare

Horror with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Dread-soaked mystery in both cases

The same hand behind both of them: Peter Weir
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