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10 Best Movies Like A Bright Shining Sun

If you loved A Bright Shining Sun, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Dust of Time

The Dust of Time

2008★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Bright Shining Sun for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan,...

#2
Landscape in the Mist

Landscape in the Mist

1988★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Bright Shining Sun for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two Greek children embark on a journey to search for their father, who supposedly lives in Germany....

#3
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Bright Shining Sun for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

#4
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Bright Shining Sun for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#5
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Bright Shining Sun for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

#6
Sky

Sky

2015★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Bright Shining Sun for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband....

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