Om zijn leerlingen de atmosfeer in het Duitsland van de jaren '30 duidelijk te maken speelt geschiedenisleraar Burt Ross een gewaagd experiment: hij noemt zichzelf leider van een nieuwe beweging, De Golf, en uit ideeën over macht, discipline, en meerderwaardigheid. Zijn studenten volgen hem, en de gehele school raakt onder invloed van de beweging.
Nee, helaas is The Wave nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Alexander Grasshoff | Director |
| Production | Fern Field | Producer |
| Writing | Johnny Dawkins | Teleplay |
| Sound | John Anderson | Music |
| Art | Cary White | Art Direction |
| Production | Virginia L. Carter | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Hanania Baer | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Mario Di Mambro | Editor |
| Camera | Mike Fletcher | Grip |
| Production | Eve Brandstein | Casting |
| Production | Bruce Hendricks | Unit Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christy Ann Newquist | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Leslie Waldman | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Jim Dunn | Key Grip |
| Camera | Sam Gart | First Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Michael Klick | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Bill Tozer | Property Master |
| Directing | Paul Deason | Second Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Michael Barrett | Electrician |
| Production | Bruce Hendricks | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Gary Welch | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Montie Taylor | Gaffer |
| Camera | Marc Schwartz | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | John Stabile | Grip |
| Directing | Lyn Alice Aronson | Script Supervisor |
| Writing | Ron Jones | Idea |
