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Waves

RomanceDrama

A controlling father’s attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire after his son experiences a career-ending sports injury. Their familial bonds are eventually placed under severe strain by an unexpected tragedy. From TMDB

22 reactions from 2 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews) · newest Oct 15, 2026 · last updated Oct 15, 2026 · How this works

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  • Patrick-or-Treat Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    Drop a film you saw on a first date. Breaking the Waves. Bloody hell. I’m cringing so hard at the memory, I probably won’t sleep tonight.

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  • Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.comBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    In Waves is a movie about surfing and grief, but it also doubles as a movie about comics. It ends with AJ making the graphic novel. Because he has to. Because art is important and rad and connects us to others even after we are gone.

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  • Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.comBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    I got one of the first copies of AJ Dungo's In Waves when we were both at ALA Annual handing out ARCs. It made me cry, and seeing the movie adaptation at #BIFF2026 made me cry again. I'm bothering AJ with daily updates from the festival because I am always so proud of cartoonists.

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  • Gambit @gambitxiii.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    So I saw the synopsis for the Live Action Naruto movie they're doing and yeah it looks like they're just gonna do Land of Waves as a movie which is honestly the best thing to do for like 10 different reasons lmao

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  • Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.comBluesky · Oct 6, 2026

    Today #BIFF2026 kicked off, and once again I'm reporting from on scene. It's happening literally next door to my comics studio, so I kinda have to! I'm on the comics beat, which mostly I'm excited for the film adaptation of AJ Dungo's In The Waves.

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  • SeveredSpirit ❀ @spiritsevered.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2026

    The constant hero male glaze is hurting my eyes here- im serious 💀💀💀 You have 5 CONFIRMED Women Characters already & you only ever done Yelena?¿ What is this? 🫠🙃 No Shuri, No Ava, No Sue & No Raven is crazy stupid 😶 Ik they come in Waves, but omfg- this really is not doing it for me on the movie🫩

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  • LuckyRave: The Ani-Manga Oracle Gamer @1luckyrave.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    Good morning everyone and Happy Saturday I am taking it extremely easy today with rewatching the classic Pokemon The First Movie, and getting back into Wuthering Waves again to catch up on the story. Hope you all have an amazing day. 😄💛💫 #LucyHeartfilia #FairyTail

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  • 🏳️‍⚧️🦊Hydra Spectre🦊🏳️‍⚧️| Call me Judy (I wanna be best at everything) @hydraspectre.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    It was the only Ghibli film never to get dubbed to English. Even Only Yesterday and Grave of the Fireflies were dubbed. However, Ocean Waves is somehow very popular in Taiwan, where it's one of the more popular non-Miyazaki Ghibli films.

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  • Crimson Mayhem @crimsonmayhem.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    I wouldn’t say it broke me. I am more so fascinated by it. Now Ocean Waves is the film that broke me.

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  • otsm01.bsky.social @otsm01.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    Calming, Drifting Waves. Production Library Music for Film, TV, Radio and Online Media. Audition/Download 44.1kHz Wave soundcloud.com/otsm MCPS info news.prsformusic.com/1V6T-6JEA2-F... soundcloud.com/otsm/product...

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  • Frffy Vs Anime @frffy.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 2, 2026

    2027 stuff I’m looking forward to 1) Spider-Verse 3 2) Pokemon Winds/Waves 3) God of War: Laufey 4) Digimon Time Stranger DLC 5) Sonic 4 Movie 6) The One Piece 7) God Valley Movie 8) Baahubali: The Eternal War

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  • Capricious 🔩🤖 Asinine Android Vtuber @capricioustf.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    Still cannot believe they booked THE Gecqua to be in Winds and Waves. Especially after their recent Emmy nomination for the LPS movie

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  • Tony Bianchi @tonybianchi.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    9 9 Miley (Cyrus) - Bass Persuades (3 weeks; peak #6) 10 NE SPC ECO - Warped EP (MA) 11 7 Flowers Must Die - Tystnad (2 weeks; peak #7) 12 10 Maiah Wynne - Into The Waves (2 weeks; peak #10) 13 11 Storefront Church - Blue Movie (2 weeks; peak #11)

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  • martypondo.bsky.social @martypondo.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    Frank Dietz returns to the podcast. He brings along the movie Shock Waves. Marty and Clif give Frank the movie Dawn of the Dead to watch. www.buzzsprout.com/2030901/epis... #shockwaves #dawnofthedead YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5U0cJhX...

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  • Ixtapa y Zihuatanejo @ixyzih.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    El próximo sábado 24 de octubre, Playa La Saladita será una de las sedes de la gira internacional del Save The Waves Film Festival, considerado por la propia organización como el único festival internacional de cine dedicado al surf y al medio ambiente. 2/4

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  • Ixtapa y Zihuatanejo @ixyzih.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    🌊🏄🏻‍♀️🎬 Save The Waves Film Festival 2026 llega a Playa La Saladita, municipio de La Unión, parte del cuarto destino turístico de Guerrero. 1/4

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  • The Vinyl Exile Podcast With Jemal Wilson @vinylexile.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    My 12:04 Saturday afternoon vinyl is "Moving Waves" from the Dutch band Focus. Their song "Hocus Pocus" was used in an intense shootout scene in the film "Baby Driver" which turned me onto the band.

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  • endedgale @endedgaleTMDB reviews · Apr 22, 2024

    the 2019 box office is still one of the best today. and it is no secret that 2019 had some of the best theatrical releases, and i think waves is one of them. amongst many of the box office hits there was a little hidden gem called waves. a film about life, the waves it sends your way, good or bad, the ups and the down, the highs and the lows. a film that touches on every topic known to man and a film that deserves to be watched by everyone, although it is not for everyone it is a brilliant film…

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  • SWITCH. @maketheSWITCHTMDB reviews · Jul 22, 2020

    'Waves', while certainly ambitious, is so busy trying to be a future indie classic with its camera acrobatics and needle drops that it forgets to give any impetus to care about the supposedly profound stories it's trying to tell, instead coasting on its stylistic flairs and hoping these will distract from how shallow its writing is, making the 135-minute run time incredibly laborious. By his own admission, Shults modelled his film on the two-part structure of Frank Ocean's 'Blonde', an album…

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  • Stephen Campbell @BertautTMDB reviews · Feb 6, 2020

    Bleak, but not despondent; brilliant, but not for everyone >For me, style always comes out of the character and the substance. Everything we're doing is just to bring you more inside the main character's head - the camera moves, the colours, the music. Everything's just to be honest to Ty and put you through a subjective, emotional experience with that. For me, if you make it about that and aren't just doing style for style's sake, if there's a purpose behind everything, then it's easier to…

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  • Matthew Brady @MatthewL.BradyTMDB reviews · Jan 27, 2020

    I went into this blind, but as soon as it was over, I instantly knew I witnessed something special. This is gonna be hard to talk about since the movie doesn’t follow a conventional narrative. Although I believe that these type of movies will stay with you much longer, as the emotional connection you had will be remembered for years. In other words, I will try my best to keep myself collective through out. ‘Waves’ is an absolute gut punch of a movie. Incredibly unique with its film making and…

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  • itsalwayssunnyinchicago @itsalwayssunnyinchicagoTMDB reviews · Nov 17, 2019

    Best film of the year by far.

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