Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Sun

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

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#1
MacArthur

MacArthur

1977★ 6.3

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

The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, when he was removed from his Korean War command by President Truman for insubordination, and is ...

#2
Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970★ 7.2

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

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code w...

#3
Flags of Our Fathers

Flags of Our Fathers

2006★ 6.9

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

There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six survi...

#4
Hacksaw Ridge

Hacksaw Ridge

2016★ 8.2

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

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receiv...

#5
Ike: Countdown to D-Day

Ike: Countdown to D-Day

2004★ 6.6

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

The story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to ...

#6
The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm

2002★ 6.7

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

A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill during a particularly troubled, though little-known, moment in their lives....

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