15 Movies Like Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep

Loved Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep? 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.

Schindler's List
#1

Schindler's List

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep.

The Last Castle
#2

The Last Castle

A court-martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep.

Hart's War
#3

Hart's War

When Col. William McNamara is stripped of his freedom in a German POW camp, he's determined to keep on fighting even from behind enemy lines. Enlisting the help of a young lieutenant in a brilliant plot against his captors, McNamara risks everything on a mission to free his men and change the outcome of the war.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep.

The Monuments Men
#4

The Monuments Men

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, how could these guys hope to succeed?

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep.

In Hell
#5

In Hell

A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep.

Defiance
#6

Defiance

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep.

Three Christs
#7

Three Christs

Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep.

Satantango
#8

Satantango

Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep.

Return Ticket
#9

Return Ticket

Five old men and a kid are travelling in a train's cabin without purpose. They travel because it's free and they don't have another place to stay. From their conversations we learn the tragedies of their lives. Also the hidden interlockings of their faith will out slowly.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep.

Son of Saul
#10

Son of Saul

In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son, seeking to give him a proper Jewish burial.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep.

Dealer
#11

Dealer

A drug dealer spends his day pedaling around Budapest visiting friends and clients.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep.

Be Kind Rewind
#12

Be Kind Rewind

A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep.

Feels Like Home
#13

Feels Like Home

Rita, an ordinary, but lonely woman is kidnapped. Her captors are the Árpáds; they claim she is not called Rita but Szilvi, a runaway from their family. Rita eventually understands that the only way out is in - to escape she must impersonate Szilvi. The more she becomes the lost girl the more she finds out about the family - and understands that her life is on the line.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep.

The Survivor
#14

The Survivor

Harry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing legends like Rocky Marciano as a way to find his first love again.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep.

Moscow Square
#15

Moscow Square

1989 is an important year in the political history of Hungary. However, Petya and his friends couldn't care less. They are about to graduate high school. The only important things to them are the parties, girls, making some easy cash. And of course, passing the upcoming exam with the leaked questions.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep.