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10 Best Movies Like Broken Sun

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

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#1
That Evening Sun

That Evening Sun

2009★ 6.7

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

An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm....

#2
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#3
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1997★ 6.1

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

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who...

#4
Cardboard Boxer

Cardboard Boxer

2016★ 6.3

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

Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl....

#5
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

#6
Jane Got a Gun

Jane Got a Gun

2015★ 5.8

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

After her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasn't seen in over ten years to help her defend...

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