Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Sunshine

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

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#1
Primer

Primer

2004★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sunshine for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention sta...

#2
Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton

2007★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sunshine for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar clas...

#3
Gattaca

Gattaca

1997★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sunshine for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue...

#4
The Yellow Sea

The Yellow Sea

2010★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sunshine for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to go on the run from the police ...

#5
Sleeper

Sleeper

1973★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sunshine for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government reg...

#6
Red Planet

Red Planet

2000★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sunshine for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry....